tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post2883158133511383115..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Guided by Voices Video Edition)NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-14541350011052641922008-02-26T08:23:00.000-05:002008-02-26T08:23:00.000-05:00Todd Rundgren album which gave us "Bang the Drum A...<I>Todd Rundgren album which gave us "Bang the Drum All Day,"</I><BR/><BR/>Nope. Bang is from "The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect", Born to Synthesize was from Initiation and the a capella album was called, cleverly enough, A Capella. FWIW, the lounge version of Born to Synthesize he did as part of his Tiki tour in the late 90s is quite a treat if you can find a recording of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-82144369665065890512008-02-24T17:16:00.000-05:002008-02-24T17:16:00.000-05:00Damn Steve, I've lost at least three Imogen Heap a...Damn Steve, I've lost at least three Imogen Heap arguments with Insufferable Music Snobs(™ Amanda M).<BR/><BR/>Wish I could have just pulled up this page and said, "See? Steve Simels finds her "bizarrely haunting. So there."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-50309674342199111492008-02-24T08:43:00.000-05:002008-02-24T08:43:00.000-05:00On the Kirsty MacColl box set, there's a lovely ve...On the Kirsty MacColl <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Croydon-Cuba-Anthology-Kirsty-MacColl/dp/B0007KLLBU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1203860349&sr=8-3" REL="nofollow">box set</A>, there's a lovely version of the Beach Boys' "You Still Believe In Me" with Kirsty singing all the parts in a Brian Wilson chorale.<BR/><BR/>ISTR reading somewhere that she could knock out a five-part harmony in five, maybe six takes, with only a pause for a cup of tea or glass of wine in between.MBowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992038501958547302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-76803434881669976842008-02-24T02:16:00.000-05:002008-02-24T02:16:00.000-05:00MBowen saidThe Bangles - More Than Meets The Eye, ...MBowen said<BR/><I>The Bangles - More Than Meets The Eye, from "All Over The Place"</I><BR/><BR/>Agreed, that one is goosebumps territory for me. Most Bangles' fans I know hate it for some bizzare reason. I think it is a little piece of heaven.Mister Pleasanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15525855662696903836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-67371741311807785252008-02-23T19:22:00.000-05:002008-02-23T19:22:00.000-05:00Listening to some tunes today brought a couple of ...Listening to some tunes today brought a couple of others to mind, rather obscure but good.<BR/><BR/>Marc Cohn's "29 Ways"<BR/><BR/>Joe Firstman's "Devil's Bed"Feralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110786176703420978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-23662847671613450432008-02-23T12:50:00.000-05:002008-02-23T12:50:00.000-05:00Brian Wilson on a really bad day is still a very g...Brian Wilson on a really bad day is still a very good gift from God.<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-72669458072122244742008-02-23T09:39:00.000-05:002008-02-23T09:39:00.000-05:00If this is a whole new genre called Android Do-Wop...If this is a whole new genre called Android Do-Wop... should we now call Laurie Anderson "Elvis"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-81678182032008824132008-02-23T06:58:00.000-05:002008-02-23T06:58:00.000-05:00peter spencer said... And a Beach Boys song red...<I>peter spencer said...<BR/><BR/> And a Beach Boys song redone on the "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" soundtrack - a fabulous album, BTW - "This Whole Whole World," with the repeating a cappella motive "Om Bop Diddy."<BR/><BR/> Brian Wilson is our Mozart.</I><BR/><BR/>"This Whole World" is like a great symphony in under three minutes. My god, it's gorgeous.<BR/><BR/>Good call....steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-15749284217594156382008-02-23T02:59:00.000-05:002008-02-23T02:59:00.000-05:00I'm with Mr. Pleasant. Pretty much anything by Bri...I'm with Mr. Pleasant. Pretty much anything by Brian Wilson is the greatest harmony singing of our lifetime. <BR/><BR/>'Til I Die, o! yes. <BR/><BR/>My favorite Smile track: "Wonderful." <BR/><BR/>"Do it Again" I know there's accompaniment but the singing is so great you don't even hear it. <BR/><BR/>And a Beach Boys song redone on the "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" soundtrack - a fabulous album, BTW - "This Whole Whole World," with the repeating a cappella motive "Om Bop Diddy." <BR/><BR/>Brian Wilson is our Mozart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-45015343459101271462008-02-23T01:36:00.000-05:002008-02-23T01:36:00.000-05:00The Bobs doing "Helter Skelter"The Bobs doing "Helter Skelter"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-55419391235621268272008-02-23T01:35:00.000-05:002008-02-23T01:35:00.000-05:00The Bangles - More Than Meets The Eye, from "All O...The Bangles - More Than Meets The Eye, from "All Over The Place"MBowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992038501958547302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-26451916995757309922008-02-22T23:47:00.000-05:002008-02-22T23:47:00.000-05:00FeralLiberal said... Some of my faves... ...<I>FeralLiberal said...<BR/><BR/> Some of my faves...<BR/><BR/> The Who at the beginning of "A Quick One While He's Away"</I><BR/><BR/>Her man's been gone..for nigh on a year...<BR/>:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-41986966243411195002008-02-22T23:15:00.000-05:002008-02-22T23:15:00.000-05:00bill said...though it's off a seriously flawed alb...<I>bill said...<BR/>though it's off a seriously flawed album, there's also an a capella remix of "Your Imagination" off Brian Wilson's 1998 album. Brings tears to my eyes every time...dunno why.<BR/><BR/> </I><BR/><BR/>I've heard that -- it's absolutely astounding. Brian, not at his best, but he might as well be...<BR/>:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-23596007406410575202008-02-22T18:36:00.000-05:002008-02-22T18:36:00.000-05:00Zappa and the Mothers Live at the Fillmore with Fl...Zappa and the Mothers Live at the Fillmore with Flo and Eddie reprising Happy Together from their Turtles days. There is an a cappella section (bah-bah, ba ba ba ba ba bahhhh) that seems to have everyone in the band on their own harmony part...with a fabulous falsetto over the top.agitproprehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13488412489135620552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-45451644188931691682008-02-22T17:20:00.000-05:002008-02-22T17:20:00.000-05:00Anonymous mentioned the Persuasions, I've enjoyed ...Anonymous mentioned the Persuasions, I've enjoyed just about everything I've heard from them. I haven't heard their Beatles and Zappa covers albums, however, and I believe they have an album of U2 covers as well. My pick will be their version of Paul Simon's "Love Me Like A Rock", which they give a gospel treatment its author most likely intended.<BR/><BR/>I'll also throw in the Beach Boys' "Mama Says" (from Wild Honey) and Sinead O'Connor's "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" from the album of the same name.TJWoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00312890704167853988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-91671529103791315632008-02-22T17:19:00.000-05:002008-02-22T17:19:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.TJWoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00312890704167853988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-67895930184250860022008-02-22T12:59:00.000-05:002008-02-22T12:59:00.000-05:00I don't know if I'd count that Imogen Heap song as...I don't know if I'd count that Imogen Heap song as a cappella, as there's clearly a voice synthesizer involved and I suspect it's only her singing. (By that measurement, you'd have to allow Peter Frampton's schtick and the Todd Rundgren album which gave us "Bang the Drum All Day," which is actually pretty good.)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, like phildutra, I was in a R&B/doo-wop group called Instant Pleasure that played under the WSP arch back in the early 1980s (and which I suspect inspired Rufus's song by the same title). Anyway, those guys did an a capella version of "Danny Boy" that was to die for. As far as released tracks go, I've always been partial to the Persuasions' version of the Dead's "He's Gone."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-14528532243810401702008-02-22T11:01:00.000-05:002008-02-22T11:01:00.000-05:00Love, love, love Don McLean's "Babylon", which I h...Love, love, love Don McLean's "Babylon", which I had on 8-track back in the day.... was sure it was <I>a capella</I> - until I found a download and listened after all these years. It's not. There is one delicate banjo accompanying the simple, pure vocal. So I got nothin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-46254338954109623142008-02-22T10:41:00.000-05:002008-02-22T10:41:00.000-05:00Petra Hayden is great. Saw her sit in with the De...Petra Hayden is great. Saw her sit in with the Decemberists a few years ago.<BR/><BR/>Probably better known for their AC version of The Hallelujah Chorus, I nominate a great a capella version of Cole Porter's It's Bad For Me by The Roches.<BR/><BR/>Love those girls.Cleveland Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514937281212775227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-25451672867649068702008-02-22T10:20:00.000-05:002008-02-22T10:20:00.000-05:00Some of my faves...Humble Pie's intro to "30 Days ...Some of my faves...<BR/><BR/>Humble Pie's intro to "30 Days in the Hole"<BR/><BR/>Crosby & Nash's intro to "Wind on the Water"<BR/><BR/>The Who at the beginning of "A Quick One While He's Away"<BR/><BR/>Joni Mitchell's "The Fiddle and the Drum", haunting...Feralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110786176703420978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-77424676779932297552008-02-22T09:57:00.000-05:002008-02-22T09:57:00.000-05:00Don't shoot me...Ther's an a cappella remix of "Le...Don't shoot me...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ther's an a cappella remix of "Leave It" off Yes' 90125 that's breathtaking, really. <BR/><BR/>nd though it's off a seriously flawed album, there's also an a capella remix of "Your Imagination" off Brian Wilson's 1998 album. Brings tears to my eyes every time...dunno why.<BR/><BR/>And I can't believe nobody's mentioend the intro to "A Quick One" by The Who. Brilliant.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912146561373172635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-4645946738061072722008-02-22T09:56:00.000-05:002008-02-22T09:56:00.000-05:00Petra Haden also did a great version of Don't Stop...Petra Haden also did a great version of Don't Stop Believing.<BR/><BR/>I know, I know, I loathe the Journey original too. But her acapella version is killer and is on the Guilty Pleasures cd.<BR/><BR/>And most Beach Boys songs have that wonderful harmony that is so fine! Surfer Girl takes me to a place every time I hear it, a very nice place indeed. <BR/><BR/>On a making of dvd I heard just the harmony vocals from a Fleetwood Mac hit, it was stunning! So much can be done with the voice if the person singing has the creativity and passion to use it.<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-57073834486207296472008-02-22T09:37:00.000-05:002008-02-22T09:37:00.000-05:00I would have to add the Anthology mix of the Beatl...I would have to add the Anthology mix of the Beatles' Because -- it showcases those beautiful harmonies for what would be one of the last times.<BR/><BR/>According to George Martin, they triple-tracked the 3-part harmonies, so what you end up with is a nine-voice Beatles choir.<BR/><BR/>Gummo<BR/>Luscious and lovely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-53675528474836755442008-02-22T08:33:00.000-05:002008-02-22T08:33:00.000-05:00The Tymes - So Much In Love<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXb3vAxBrxw" REL="nofollow">The Tymes - So Much In Love</A>MBowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992038501958547302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-65484729647569608852008-02-22T06:57:00.000-05:002008-02-22T06:57:00.000-05:00peter spencer said... Steelete Span had some gorge...<I><BR/> peter spencer said... <BR/>Steelete Span had some gorgeous Brit-folk a cappellas, including "The Blacksmith" and "Gaudete."<BR/><BR/></I>Pete --<BR/><BR/>I don't know if Steeleye Span qualifies as pop/rock -- I guess it does, considering David Bowie played sax with them -- but "Gaudete" is in fact one of the most gorgeous things in the history of gorgeousness....<BR/><BR/>Good call!!!steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.com