Hey, long time noo see ! I hope all goes well for you and happy new year !
(I haven't touched audio stuff for a long time but interest came back, so I'm working on a few projects right now... I'll post more stuff when I have the time.)
C'mon D, jump up! I'm sure you not jumping to Dylan on New Years ........................
Nige is bizzy on guiness, heard about Schumacher , sad .........
Just saw a few clips of Mighty Sparrow - thnk you, but no, thank you.
This is my cup of tea - music that truly moves the soul. There are at least two excellent movies about her life ...
No, not to Dylan, but there's so much more music available right here in my own collection, I've no trouble finding something for the body and soul.
BTW, anyone knows where's Nige? I haven't seen his posts for quite a while.
This is my cup of tea - music that truly moves the soul. There are at least two excellent movies about her life ...
The French nicknamed him Monsieur 100,000 Volts. And rightly so, in my view, he could combine gentle with fiery emotion like nobody else I know of.
Yves Montand was more refined, a bit like a gentleman's artist, while Jacques Brel was about 112.4% original, truly the one and only composer/performer. His only equivalent in this world is, I believe, Paul Simon.
The worst of it is that most Americans have actually heard a number of works from the above people, but don't know it, because in North America their songs were by default sung by locals. As an off hand example, the song "Seasons In The Sun" by Terry Jacks.
What about the mighty Sparrow , D's favorite at one time .....
And that would be ... ?
Sorry, I don't get it.
There is also Edith Piaf aka Little Sparrow.
Edith Piaf - Non, je ne regrette rien - YouTube
Personally I prefer the mighty one.
The Mighty is the one , everyone likes saltfish, well they used to ...
That's one of the problems in this world; we know very little outside of our own small world bubble.
I'm talkin' real life here, not the cyber space.
Yes Ackee and saltfish (codfish)works for me also, the saltfish Sparrow is singing about is a little chewey and impossible to swallow, young or old...
Sparrow - Saltfish - YouTube
For example, I seriously doubt many of you folks have the foggiest of ideas just how plentyful and varied the Brazilian audio industry is - truly incredible.
OddBike: Amazonas 1600 - Beetle Powered Brazilian BehemothOutside of the country, the odd brute was a curiosity. It was often derided as the ugliest motorcycle in the world, and probably one of the worst to ride. Cycle World reviewed the 1600 and their polite restraint is palpable on the page. It’s clear that the Amazonas was utterly horrific to ride. Slow, heavy, under braked, clunky controls, square-tyred, and with a non-existant “suspension”, it was a disaster to ride for anyone familiar with modern motorbikes. Reviews convey a curious fascination with how crude and unusual it was compared to… Everything. Once you looked past the charm of a cobbled together, tough as Twinkies, Beetle-powered cruiser it was clear that the Amazonas was quite terrible in every conceivable metric.
I don't–now you've piqued my interest!
If the Amazonas motorcycle is any indication of Brazilian creativity, the audio industry must indeed be fun.