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Post by emsworthsaint on Aug 23, 2024 19:56:59 GMT
In old money I'm a few sheets to the wind so prone to poor decision making - as a lurker with mediocre music taste I'm willing to have a shot.....
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Post by threehundred on Aug 23, 2024 20:25:48 GMT
In old money I'm a few sheets to the wind so prone to poor decision making - as a lurker with mediocre music taste I'm willing to have a shot..... Excellent! The more the merrier! I’ve put the running list up on the first post of the Fred… I’ll add you to it. I think it’s only fair to put you at the back of this round, if you’re ok with that?
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Post by ivangolac on Aug 24, 2024 8:23:58 GMT
Final. What to put up. Done Electro, R and B Jazz so just thought, let’s do a great track. Because I’m about to watch them…. Can’t beat the sound of a Ric. They didn’t disappoint. They were great.
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Post by threehundred on Aug 26, 2024 10:53:35 GMT
Hey Frankfurt Saint - the floor’s all yours if you want it… 😀 If not, let us know and we can all chip in ad hoc as we did once before…
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Post by Frankfurt Saint on Aug 29, 2024 13:55:44 GMT
Sorry, I’ve been otherwise engaged and missed this until now.
This one makes me laugh.
I believe it’s based on an online review she read.
She’s Swiss but doesn’t seem to have a Wiki page yet so I don’t know much more than that. The accent definitely adds something.
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Post by Frankfurt Saint on Aug 29, 2024 14:02:45 GMT
I’m enjoying Mattiel a lot at the moment too. I’m trying to engineer a trip back to the UK to see them live in Bristol.
This one isn’t my favourite song and it’s a bit old (from 5 years ago on Jools’ show and with 3.6m views so they’re not exactly unknown) but I thought I’d aim for live versions this week.
She’s got a set of lungs on her and the baldy bloke at the back does all the music.
I guess that’s an unusual setup but it works for me anyway.
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Post by Frankfurt Saint on Aug 29, 2024 14:18:57 GMT
I saw Adwaith at Heartbreakers in Southampton a little while back.
I thought it was going to be a popular gig with students as tickets were dead cheap but there were only about 12 of us there. At least we were able to have a little chat with them at the end of the gig.
They’re obviously selling themselves short by singing only in Welsh but fair play to them for sticking to their principles.
I have no idea what they’re on about but they introduced it as a love song and closed their set with it. I think they say “cariad” a few times but that’s all I can make out. This one always gets me belting out the chorus while bringing a tear to the eye, despite me not understanding 99% of the words. She can really sing but she is Welsh after all.
Here’s them playing at Glasto a couple of years back. I’m on a mission to get more people along to their gigs as I think they deserve more. Maybe they get bigger crowds in Wales?
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Post by spot51 on Aug 29, 2024 14:39:44 GMT
Wot!
No Bug Club?
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Post by threehundred on Aug 29, 2024 16:32:23 GMT
I’m enjoying Mattiel a lot at the moment too. I’m trying to engineer a trip back to the UK to see them live in Bristol. This one isn’t my favourite song and it’s a bit old (from 5 years ago on Jools’ show and with 3.6m views so they’re not exactly unknown) but I thought I’d aim for live versions this week. She’s got a set of lungs on her and the baldy bloke at the back does all the music. I guess that’s an unusual setup but it works for me anyway. There’s a touch of the Nico’s about her voice
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Aug 29, 2024 17:08:08 GMT
I’m enjoying Mattiel a lot at the moment too. I’m trying to engineer a trip back to the UK to see them live in Bristol. This one isn’t my favourite song and it’s a bit old (from 5 years ago on Jools’ show and with 3.6m views so they’re not exactly unknown) but I thought I’d aim for live versions this week. She’s got a set of lungs on her and the baldy bloke at the back does all the music. I guess that’s an unusual setup but it works for me anyway. There’s a touch of the Nico’s about her voice I was thinking similar... not sure if it was Nico I was thinking of, but I can't think who I was thinking of...
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Aug 29, 2024 18:43:06 GMT
Sorry, I’ve been otherwise engaged and missed this until now. This one makes me laugh. I believe it’s based on an online review she read. She’s Swiss but doesn’t seem to have a Wiki page yet so I don’t know much more than that. The accent definitely adds something. I bloody loved this
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Post by Frankfurt Saint on Aug 29, 2024 18:53:23 GMT
I’m saving them for tomorrow when their new album comes out!
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Post by Frankfurt Saint on Aug 29, 2024 18:53:48 GMT
I’m enjoying Mattiel a lot at the moment too. I’m trying to engineer a trip back to the UK to see them live in Bristol. This one isn’t my favourite song and it’s a bit old (from 5 years ago on Jools’ show and with 3.6m views so they’re not exactly unknown) but I thought I’d aim for live versions this week. She’s got a set of lungs on her and the baldy bloke at the back does all the music. I guess that’s an unusual setup but it works for me anyway. There’s a touch of the Nico’s about her voice That’s probably why I like it so much.
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Post by Frankfurt Saint on Aug 30, 2024 6:42:10 GMT
I’ve buggered this right up as not only was I slow on the uptake about it being my week but I also forgot it was Thursday yesterday so I only posted 3 videos to catch up instead of 4. Oh well.
(Puts on DJ voice):
Here’s Dehd from Chicago with Alien. This is another unusual setup and I wouldn’t normally like this kind of thing but there’s something about it that caught my ear when I heard it on BBC Radio 6 a while back. I do enjoy a call and response and a blend of male and female voices. I still love listening to the radio to hear new/new but old music that I’m not familiar with and BBC Radio 6 is great for that. I can’t stand Mary Ann Hobbs though. Her voice boils my piss and she plays some right shite sometimes. She’s been getting on my nerves since she was the compere for Leeds Festival back in 1999. I’m sure she’s a lovely person but she gives me the ick. I also hate jazz with a passion. They’re obsessed with Ezra Collective because they won the Mercury last year. Not on my watch!
Anyways, I’m continuing with my general theme of female live performances but I’m cheating a bit now as there’s more lads involved in my last two picks. I was delighted to find this live from Leeds version as they always have the best bands on at Brudenell Social Club. It makes me yearn for being a student in Leeds with all the time and venues in the world (but with not enough dosh) to go and check out new bands.
In my youth I used to prefer man bands but as I get older I find I’m appreciating women’s voices more.
This one is a real foot-tapper for me. It’s filmed on a phone but I think that just makes it feel more intimate. I’d like to see these guys live so I’ll have to keep an eye out for them. Luckily Ms Y is getting into music now and her tastes are improving so it’s something we all enjoy we all doing as a family.
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Post by Frankfurt Saint on Aug 30, 2024 6:56:49 GMT
Right, I’m going to stick in a cheeky and cheaty extra one here now.
I saw John Grant live in Madrid a couple of years ago. We went to a festival in a botanical garden (funnily enough) and it was lovely. It was really chilled out, the scenery was beautiful and I cried when he played this. I don’t know why. I mean, it’s my favourite song of his but it just got me right in the feels.
He’s an interesting bloke. He’s a massive gayer who had to keep it under wraps in his youth in the US as he was considered an abomination for religious reasons. He’s a cunning linguist as well as a talented musician. He lived in Berlin for a while and learned German before moving to Iceland and learning Icelandic, which can’t be easy. When we saw him he made loads of jokes in Spanish.
He’s one of those people who are too talented for their own good. This is quite an old song but it’s the one that got me into him. I don’t think he’s that big in the US but he should be.
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