ano zero performed by egberto gismonti
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At Once You Fall In Love performed by Birgit Lystager
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| | : Yes, we are talking about a real rare album, worth searching for. Filled with unexpected chords and abosutely anti-typical for that era of Danish popular-music, or should I state it: Compromise-lessness. Compared to Bacharach's music, I myself find the pieces on this album more sophisticated - not saying that Bacharach finds the "easy way out!" "I'm Waiting For A Bus", the opening tune of the album is truly my favourite. May I also recommand the Birgit-album "Love's Labyrinth", also worth a search. Here you will find Elton John's break-through "Your Song" in a version of international class, among other fine pieces. Arrangements made in the same style as Ready To Meet You. And yes, also with a nice-looking picture on the cover. Go look for it - but not in my house!
: You guys share my thoughts on this 100%. A friend of mine from Stockholm made me a copy of Ready To Meet You just at the doorstep of summer '01. That summer I barely spent a day without enjoying that record. I'd been a passionate fan of 60's soft pop and psych (and Bacharach) but had never heard anything like Birgit Lystager. The adventurousness of the compositions and the colour of Birgit's voice are what sets this record totally apart from other stuff from that era. It's great that you guys have found this, too! : ...but please guys, if you have until know somehow managed not to get a glimpse of the cover of Ready To Meet You then don't. It will shatter every pretty thought that you may have about the chanteuse. It's totally rude. But this is just my opinion...! : Latest news...In Denmark a 7-CD-set has just arrived, with 76 Birgit Lystager-tunes, including the two English albums - and very fair priced. Have a look at www.lystamusic.com - and be guided to the places to buy it on the internet (link-page). Just a recommendation from one who knows!
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Babaji performed by Supertramp
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Borderline performed by Jane
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Campground Daughter performed by School for the Dead
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Dream a little dream performed by Billie Holiday
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| | : Love, love, love this song... Billie Holiday has such an amazingly raw voice.
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Drowse performed by Queen
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Footprints on the Moon performed by Francis Lai
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| | : Yow! That sound snippet alone is so cool. : I finally got the version by Francis Lai, and i think its better then Johnny Harris one. Splendid song!. I love the ending part of it.. cant get that part out of my head :) : I'd have to go for the Johnny Harris original over the Francis Lai version. It's colder and spookier with less obtrusive strings. "Movements" is available on CD (great sleeve - his expression suggests a combined photo shoot/visit to his proctologist) - but the mono single version (w/"Lulu's Theme") is all you need. : Well, thanks to all of you I had to track down BOTH versions! Amazing what a difference an arrangement makes. I agree with scrubbles: the clip of Lai's version is the most infectious thing around!
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Good Old Owl performed by Niobe
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Guitar in Orbit, PT. 37 performed by Deke Dickerson and the Ecco-Fonics
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Hey Jude performed by The Beatles
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In The Aeroplane Over The Sea performed by Neutral Milk Hotel
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| | : Wow, how many times has this song been entered on here, now!
http://www.psychedelicado.com/filter.php?performer=Neutral%20Milk%20Hotel
Lots, thats how many. It must be a great song. Even if The capitalisation may Be a bit Tricky.
;�)
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Last Summer performed by Lostprophets
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Like to get to know you performed by Spanky and our Gang
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| | : I just found the original album of the same name this song is on. It's beautiful with just the right kind of softly psychedelic artwork and some crazy, groovy spoken word passages on some tracks. "Like to Get to Know You" stands out as the definitive song and remains one of the most mesmerizing soft pop tunes in the world. : It's also worth noting that the single version, found on the 1969 "Spanky's Greatest Hit(s)" album, is the definitive one, free as it is from the pickup-line chatter that obscures the intro on the original album, as well as featuring the gorgeous coda which is included separately on the "LTGTKY" LP. : This is my favorite Spanky and Our Gang tune, a gorgeous and wistful number. I also have the original LP, which features a different version from the 45 as gregcaz mentioned. There is a video of the band performing this on Youtube that I think originally aired on the Smothers Brothers. I saw Spanky and the Gang a number of times on TV as a kid.
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Long Live the King performed by Gary McFarland
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| | : i'm glad to hear that mcfarland has finally been put on cd in some sort. i absolutely love him, just because he's so ridiculous. if you like this, you should check out the album he produced for cal tjader entitled "tjader sounds out burt bacharach". : There actually is at least one album that�s standing out a bit. It�s called "Butterscotch Rum" (1971) and has a guy called Peter Smith accompanying Gary McFarland. He sings and wrote the lyrics and even illustrated the cover! I suppose he�s an Englishman, because his voice has a kind of Robert Wyatt-ish timbre. It�s a very good album with a slightly melancholic mood, and with that special laid-back and somewhat loose instrumentation that is characteristic for a lot of McFarlands later work. Very cool and heartwarming at the same time. Would like to have met him and have little chat sitting in rocking chairs.
(Oh I forgot: some of the songs on "Butterscotch Rum" are Seventies Rock�n�Roll. They are not too bad, but usually I skip them.)
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Lover I Don’t Have to Love performed by Bright Eyes
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Natacha performed by Czerkinsky
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Open Door performed by Genesis
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| | : Um, that song was a throwaway no matter how you slice it : It's all about musical taste, really, although even if it was not to my taste, I would find it hard to put together an argument for it as a throwaway. : I think this is an absolutely beautiful track! : Oh yes, it's quite special...glad someone else appreciates it!
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People and places performed by Constantin Veis
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Sleeping In performed by The Postal Service
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Summer (The First Time) performed by BOBBY GOLDSBORO
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| | : Millie Jackson covered this song and takes all the saccharine out of it! : 'Summer the first time' by Bobby G doesn't have an ounce of Saccharine, it is a powerfully evocative track taking me back to when I was 19 (and that's 32 years ago!)so completely that I can smell, taste and feel everything as if I'd dropped back into 1973 from a time machine! And if you think that I write with Saccharine, then hey,I get paid for it! : I am just listening to this tack as I am typing and it really is an excellent example for nostalgia. The way the song is constructed makes it easily slip into your mind and float downstream to past encounters...
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Tales from the Riverbank performed by The Jam
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Tear It All Away performed by The Church
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The Happiest Day Of My Life performed by Queen Anne’s Lace
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The Land / Rainy Sunday Evening performed by Ramatam
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The March of the Black Queen performed by Queen
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Trampoline performed by The Greenberry Woods
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| | : Sugar by Stretch Princess IS VERY VERY VERRRRRY similar to There She Goes by the La's. A similar high-pitch vocal with an addictive hit chorus:
"Sugar Sugar
sticking me to my babe
Sugar Sugar
sticking me to my babe
Sticking up to my babe
sticking up to my babe
sticking up to my babe"
Beautifully sung, I can't stop listening to it.
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Trzeba Wracać performed by Novi Singers
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| | : just to reiterate, this IS the best song ever!
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