Good call, J.

I posted a rather naughty "John and George only" version on page one but I'm sure I can do better than that!

I'll try to organize a more balanced single LP -- much John and Paul, some George and a little Ringo. Hopefully to be continued.


   

[They really lost something without him.]

Hes my favorite Stone, absolutely. They really lost something without him.

That's for sure. Much like Pink Floyd really lost something when Syd was squeezed out...

[BWPS: great but not definitive, nor could it ever be. However, 9/10.]

BWPS: great but not definitive, nor could it ever be. However, 9/10.
TLOS: the SMiLE of "solo" Brian. 9/10.
At My Piano: 100% better than it had any "right" to be. 10/10.
Long Promised Road "soundtrack": might be the only person in the known Universe who likes this, but can't care less. Unvarnished Brian, at last. 8/10.

That has to be the perfect summary of BWPS! And I agree 100% with your descriptions of the other three -- yes, including the Long Promised Road OST! 

It was your predecessor in this thread whose love of TLOS prompted me to reconsider it. After getting it for Christmas, I was lucky enough to have it signed by Scott and Nelson at the Lutterworh (UK) meet-up in April 2024...

If "Peace Like A River" is definitely my favourite Paul song, this next one is arguably my favourite S&G track:   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8yGwNyrHeE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Town

Did some repairs today. Surprisingly, there were only two missing videos after a three-year gap!

Very cool! Those synth patches work really well. I'm sure Brian would be proud.

I just knew I was missing something during my absence.

I'd forgotten you get about three and a half seconds of edit time round here!    

[Nick Beggs]

Obsessing is perhaps going too far, but anything where bassist/Chapman Stick-player Nick Beggs is involved is pretty good in my book these days...

Guitarist Maria Barbieri describes "Guitar Dance In The Morning" as "my instrumental single that is part of my album in progress. […] Played on the song the legend Nick Beggs, amazing Larry Crowe [both in the video] and Lenny Castro recently like final special guest! It's a big emotion and honour!"

The YouTube blurb goes on to list those involved:

Larry Crowe: drums and sound engineering-mixes
Nick Beggs: bass
Lenny Castro: percussion
Stephen Duros: mastering
Enzo Buono: electronic sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlIA5mbSfOo

Grief can take one in unexpected directions. When my first pen pal passed, I turned to the instrumental music of Alice Coltrane. After Brian passed, I found the piece I kept returning to was also an instrumental, this time by the UK "prog-folk" band Iona.

It's a live performance of "A'mmachair" done in 1990 for Dutch TV with a lineup that includes Nick Beggs on Chapman Stick, an instrument he mastered in the shortest time.

It's not just the music that's consoling -- the video includes "stunning views of Iona and The Isle Of Mull". We passed through Mull on our way to Iona for a wonderful couple of days' stay during a tour of Scotland in 2016:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ1TkZLBzKg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iona_(album)

My favourite BW/BB documentary by far.   

Now that I'm posting again at Smiley (not quite sure why I stopped, actually), I just have to link one or two tracks by my now-favourite bass guitarist Nick Beggs.

This is the song that brought his prodigious technique into the public eye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXndkQqosPY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajagoogoo

I had to refresh my password but I needed to post in this topic, out of respect if nothing else.

Very sad news. Sly was a master of "less-is-more", using a minimum of components in many of his songs. Perhaps the finest of these is "Everyday People":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSKJ5t4tE2I

Rest in peace, Mr Stewart.

Very sad. My favourite track of hers is from early on, when she was still Christine Perfect:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohx9Ve7-GS0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27d_Rather_Go_Blind

Posted by Al on facebook:


RIP Jerry Lee Lewis aka The Killer! I remember that Jerry made our show in Spain in 1990 very special. He refused to perform unless he closed the show. We had a great show!

Here you can see some footage of that show. First it's the Beach Boys' set (without Carl), then you'll see one song by Jerry Lee (he did perform more of course):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC5yLO33qPE

Wow, Rocker -- thanks for that. Rest in peace, that man.

To reactivate this heart-warming topic after far too long, how about this charming duet between Viagra Boys lead singer Sebastian Murphy and Amy Taylor of Amyl and the Sniffers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLl1qpDL7YA

I've looked all over and can find nothing.

Well let's keep hoping it gets published in some form or another. It would certainly make a wonderful read!

[Requiem]

I've been fascinated by René Leibowitz as a conductor ever since buying his luminous rendition of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem. And then discovering I already owned a version (on a 78 rpm record bought in a junk shop) of Alban Berg's Four Songs, Op. 2 that he had orchestrated and conducted.

A couple of days ago, this wonderful album of music by Albert Roussel conducted by Leibowitz was brought to my notice. Both Le Festin de l’araignée and Le Marchand de Sable qui passe are magical listens: 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nqjb2yqFOdVFp-TGjIdUcBYIzY9NVAea0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Leibowitz

[Debut]

Thanks for that, Ovi. Yes, the Everlys are special. My first taste of their music was this other-worldly 45 fading in and out on Radio Luxembourg one night in ’61. It scared the life out of me! It’s still my favourite of theirs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IymHqQjuG0Y

Of the artists you mention, I know and love Björk’s Debut and Utopia. The great Gene Vincent cut some fantastic classic rock and roll tracks with guitarist Cliff Gallup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Gallup):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkTErqFicTE

I was lucky enough to see Steely Dan play in Lucca (of all places) in 2007. My favourite albums of theirs are Pretzel Logic, The Royal Scam, the much later Two Against Nature and (at the top of the list) Gaucho:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGQtq9PD9iA

Take care!

Quite bizarre for a BB forum that no one has responded to this yet! Your videos deserve better.

Well let's hope your message here has roused the browsers, if not the posters, into action.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL93D2239252DE7EE8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Could_Only_Remember_My_Name

I haven't visited this section in ages. But I certainly came up trumps this time. These are sensational, Guillaume. The one that sticks in my mind the most is the stamping "Reverberation", although every track is pretty blissed out.

Good luck with those vocals! That said, the tracks sound fantastic in themselves, so I hope you leave them up after uploading the vocal versions.

Thanks so much buddy! Was checking the forum to find an accurate list of all BBs documentaries and saw this. What a nice surprise! Struggled to remember my login details!

What have you been up to? What music are you into these days?

Hi Ovi. I really didn't think you'd see it -- what a coincidence. Very cool!
 
What music am I into? Well, in the past few years I've been exploring pop/rock from former Yugoslavia…

https://endlessharmony.boards.net/thread/1171/1980s-pop-yugoslavia

…and from the former Soviet Union:

https://endlessharmony.boards.net/thread/1937/dawn-alyans-1980s-soviet-synthpop

I've also been exploring Sovietwave (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLxj6TbbtDk) and Vaporwave (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaQS379Idss), along with much Baroque music. Plenty to explore then!

As for rap, I still like MF Doom's stuff but Kendrick L is simply too heavy for me! And you? Have you found anything interesting recently?

Take care!

JK 

Heard Tavares' take on "She's Gone" while on holiday, decided to check out Hall & Oates' original and much preferred the cover version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP20RxVPUCk

Love the vibe on that track! Dobie Gray’s song is perfectly suited to the RL treatment. May he rest in peace.

Ovi being the fella who tried to kindle my interest in rap and partially succeeded (for a while) -- and who makes cool videos!  

La Mulți Ani!  

I see Mr Linett looked in yesterday. I can only assume he's unable to answer your question, although it might be polite of him to say so.