What are you listening to?

• Apr 15, 2011

• #6,161

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Geiamama said:

Truly a wonderful voice but I'm not sure it's exactly helping my mood out:

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This might help....

Annette Hanshaw.... she always cheers me up.

'If You Want the Rainbow' (1929)
[video=youtube;FU415NaTgwM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU415NaTgwM&feature=related[/video]

 

• Apr 15, 2011

• #6,162

Geiamama

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^ Aww ain't you just a sweetheart :love:

 

• Apr 15, 2011

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AtomicEraTom said:

Kris Kristofferson on the old Hi-Fi tonite.

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Man, Tom, I like your taste in music. To me, modern C/W doesn't touch some of this older stuff. This guy sings like he has LI VED!

 

• Apr 15, 2011

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Amy Jeanne

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Right this second: "Humming To Myself" by Connee Boswell. I'm in the process of listening to every song in my iPod from A to Z

 

• Apr 15, 2011

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Cliff Edwards -- When I See My Sugar (1929)

[video=youtube;3NTJNaKxTNA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NTJNaKxTNA&feature=channel_video_title[/video]

Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees -- Doin' The Raccoon (1928)

[video=youtube;qDmbtj-9RJw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDmbtj-9RJw&feature=related[/video]

 

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• Apr 15, 2011

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No Critiques is probably the only song written about a conversation between a peacock and a crocodile. From what I’ve been told, the peacock tells the crocodile that he’s a “horror” to look at. The croc answers back that the peacock is the king of the birds and is beautiful, but if he stopped to look at his own feet, he’d be ashamed. That goes into the chorus, which says “Don’t criticize friend without looking at yourself first”. The rest of the lyrics are improvised by whoever is singing.


The Eddie Palmieri version was recorded in 1963 and had Manny Oquendo on timbales (or in the case of the actual tune, bongos) and Barry Rodgers on trombone. 12 years later Manny started his own group and rerecorded it. Barry was on that recording as well. They just don’t write stuff like that anymore. The tune is great whether you know what the song is about or not. For years I had no idea what it was about.

[video=youtube;mT5-VheB0lI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT5-VheB0lI[/video]

[video=youtube;W_ukPpAXL-M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_ukPpAXL-M[/video]

 

• Apr 15, 2011

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Devo lately...and the new Duran Duran cd. ;0
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• Apr 15, 2011

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A lovely interpretation of a classic tango.

Anna Saeki -- El Dia Que Me Quieras

[video=youtube;vecxpwQF21Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vecxpwQF21Q&feature=channel_video_title[/video]

 

• Apr 16, 2011

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BinkieBaumont said:

[video=youtube;uwSPGiD95s8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwSPGiD95s8&feature=related[/video]

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Brilliant! :eusa_clap Perfect time capsule of the early 1960s! :eusa_clap

Love images, love audio! Witty and wonderful! Thank you very much!

 

• Apr 16, 2011

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Amy Jeanne

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I'm LOVING this version of this song and I'm loving the accompanying video

[video=youtube;iSlfQ49Bq1s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSlfQ49Bq1s[/video]

 

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• Apr 16, 2011

• #6,171

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The Ink Spots.....

'I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire'

[video=youtube;6l6vqPUM_FE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l6vqPUM_FE&feature=related[/video]

'Till Then'

[video=youtube;gPdidRreduM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPdidRreduM&feature=related[/video]

 

• Apr 16, 2011

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Mozart: Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K.448
Schubert: Fantasia for Piano, Four Hands in F minor, D.940

 

• Apr 16, 2011

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Take a Number from One to Ten - Jimmie Grier & Orch., 1934. Irrepressibly sunny and guaranteed to make your day a little brighter. Grier's band had that fat and happy sound of old Hollywood, possibly because they snuck onto a lot of film soundtracks.

You Hit the Spot - Richard Himber & Ritz-Carlton Orch., 1935. Dick brings Big-Time Radio crackle to a tune that might have been just a little too flip for his style. Kinda Your Hit Paradey, but not unenjoyable.

March Winds and April Showers - Abe Lyman & California Orch., 1935. Compare to Himber's ensemble just above; more or less the same instrumentation (even the singers sound a little alike), but a lot more rhythmic oomph.

 

• Apr 16, 2011

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Radio to try and figure out how much water it takes to rehydrate by --

It's December 12, 1936, and the Quaker Oats Company brings us "Kaltenmeyer's Kindergarten," a comedy program about a strict German (a la Katzenjammer) schoolmaster and his classroom full of zany ethnic stereotype students. This is a concept with deep, deep roots in vaudeville -- the Marx Brothers began their career doing exactly this act -- but it would vanish forever with the coming of the war, when strict Germans suddenly lost their comic value.

 

• Apr 16, 2011

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Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra -- My Golden Baby
(featured in the operetta Die Blume Von Hawaii [1931] by Paul Abraham)

[video=youtube;5KS-SkJPEAs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KS-SkJPEAs&feature=channel_video_title[/video]

 

• Apr 16, 2011

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The Fred Allen Show, courtesy Texaco, from March 9, 1944. Guest star Reginald Gardiner. Skits include jabs at OPA, points for meat, and Wendell Wilkie. Great stuff~

 

• Apr 16, 2011

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rue said:

The Ink Spots.....

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On his radio show, Henry Morgan sometimes offered excuses for the absence of prominent guest stars--
for example: "We WERE going to have the Ink Spots. But you know the one who says, 'Do I Worry?' Well, he was too worried to come."
Another time:
"We WERE going to have the Andrews Sisters. But you know the one who says, 'Dum Dum Duddle Dee Dee'? Well, she's not speaking to the one who says, 'Doo wahhh, doo wahhh, doo wahhh...'"

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• Apr 16, 2011

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[video=youtube;oG0V7OO_QWQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG0V7OO_QWQ&feature=relmfu[/video]

How cool is she?

 

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• Apr 16, 2011

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Dvorak: Serenade for Strings in E:coffee:

 

• Apr 16, 2011

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A very different kind of vintage.

I'm a huge lover of early music and John Dowland wrote some of the most beautiful tunes ever, like the Earl Of Essex galliard (also known as Can She Excuse My Wrongs). I couldn't find neither the Jordi Savall nor the Dowland Consort versions on youtube, but his rendition is really nice as well.

[video=youtube;dVUbegXkf5M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVUbegXkf5M[/video]

Also very nice: Jordi Savall, Bouree d'Avignonez

[video=youtube;bozyKYhqOY8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bozyKYhqOY8&feature=related[/video]

Jordi Savall: Pavana & Gallarda

[video=youtube;TQ_FAwg9aT8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ_FAwg9aT8[/video]

 

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