What have you been listening to?

[Rev. Powell]

[Rev. Powell]

Got a couple of soundtracks in the mail (unasked for, studios are sending them out with the screeners because they seem to think my critics' group votes for "Best Soundtrack"):



Not bad, and includes songs by Townes Van Zandt, the Four Tops ("Walk Away Renee"!) and Joan Baez ("The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down").

also "The Shape of Water" by Alexandre Desplat

not released yet, not very good, but it made me listen to

[Allhallowsday]

PASCAL ROGE is the only other pianist that can play MAURICE RAVEL piano works properly, and yet with his own interpretation.   (VLADO PERLEMUTER is first.)

http://youtu.be/k9LYj6GkwUU  

http://youtu.be/0CkAWeAmORc  

I'm no pianist so I can't comment properly, but I enjoy the interpretations in my collection from Anton Batagov, Alexandre Tharaud, and especially Samson Francois.

SAMSON FRANCOIS ...more than competent, and inspired, bringing personal interpretation to RAVEL's music, a necessity.  I myself feel there has been a surfeit of interpretations which miss the point.  This is a very nice Gaspard de la Nuit...  Scarbo is already cool... otherwise, not my RAVEL.  I have now learned how truly unique Scarbo is.  SAMSON FRANCOIS is magnificent and built his entire Gaspard around his Scarbo interpretation.  Wow.  Here he goes, and backs off...    
http://youtu.be/ZZT0qW5gHIM  
Nice.  Really nice.  

PASCAL ROGE   Ondine   It gets a pass.  
http://youtu.be/TwxsqbtFLQU  

The master VLADO PERLEMUTER.  

http://youtu.be/UjfJ8H0guO4    


He hammers that.  He is the Master. 

[Rev. Powell]

[Allhallowsday]

KING CRIMSON    

http://youtu.be/JK9QUqUGmb4 

[Allhallowsday]

BORIS BEREZOVSKY Gaspard de la Nuit ... it's hurried for me... 
http://youtu.be/20vMPMl1QPs   

[RCMerchant]

It's near 60 degrees here! Real nice weather. 

BREADFAN!

http://youtu.be/54H3EUAzpVg

[RCMerchant]

Jefferson Airplane.
This band is under-rated. Grace Slick is the coolest.
They're dressed like Devil worshipers and there's a Munster house back drop!

http://youtu.be/tKtJ0XTwgTE

[RCMerchant]

This is the best Motorhead song EVER.
It makes me wanna smash my head into something! 

http://youtu.be/t5FEu-1hb8c

[Allhallowsday]

Jefferson Airplane.
This band is under-rated. Grace Slick is the coolest.
They're dressed like Devil worshipers and there's a Munster house back drop!

http://youtu.be/tKtJ0XTwgTE

I love JEFFERSON AIRPLANE.  GRACE SLICK isn't just cool; she's hot. 
On "White Rabbit" I think she's singing live. 

[RCMerchant]

Jefferson Airplane.
This band is under-rated. Grace Slick is the coolest.
They're dressed like Devil worshipers and there's a Munster house back drop!

http://youtu.be/tKtJ0XTwgTE

I love JEFFERSON AIRPLANE.  GRACE SLICK isn't just cool; she's hot. 
On "White Rabbit" I think she's singing live. 

I'd like to jap slap Dick Clark,though. What a douche!

[RCMerchant]

Dam! It's beautiful in Michigan today! In the 50's and sunny!

BARRACUDA!

http://youtu.be/PeMvMNpvB5M

[RCMerchant]

the Graveyard Five-Marble Orchard-1968

I love to walk around and check out old graveyards.

http://youtu.be/kt_TD-1T7AI

[RCMerchant]

Quantic-Not So Blue

http://youtu.be/zBft8qY6caE

[HappyGilmore]

The Monkees
http://youtu.be/xvqeSJlgaNk
http://youtu.be/AKs43dHBSWA
http://youtu.be/ZcXpKiY2MXE