JRockBlues
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Speaking of Dylan, The Band spent quite a lot of time in New York.
I like early hip-hop (especially Public Enemy and Beastie Boys) when bands could rip off whatever sound they wanted without having to pay royalties -- a license to steal. But it was of course stealing -- and so the wide open field of creativity shrunk as quickly as it expanded. There are a few artists I like post-80s (MIA springs to mind) but I am so woefully unknowledgeable about the genre that I have no context for comparison to other artists nor evolution of the form.
I love Paper Planes which was the huge hit and the two records I’ve heard by her are unique and diverse and funky — something to be said for the daughter of a Tamil revolutionary making music; messages about a world I don’t know.I'm similar to you on this. No idea about MIA. Most Hip Hop is a mystery to me.
Glad you enjoyed it mate. There's many different versions, but this is my favourite conducted by the brilliant Daniel Barenboin.Hey Bill.
I played the Elgar movement this morning, after reading your post. You're right, it's beautiful.
I'm a bit of an ignoramus when it comes to classical music I'm afraid. It's definitely an area I've shied away from in the past, whilst secretly admiring and wanting to learn more.
I hope you nominate a classical album on the other thread.
I like Magic better than The Rising too. Both albums have their highlights but The Rising suffers from the fifteen-songs-so-there-are-at-least-four-or-five-duds syndrome.Yup, Dylan is a Minnesotan but I think it can only be Dylan or Bruce. I'd like it to be Magic but The Rising or Modern Times would do.
Interesting. Like, Metallica, this is an album that I own although I haven't listened to it for a few years so it will be good to revisit it. "Mississippi" is an excellent song, and I was already aware of it before I bought this album because Sheryl Crow did a storming version on her album The Globe Sessions - bizarrely 3 years before it appeared on Dylan's own album.