Not enough people rock the pipe organ these days.
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Got any lost gems to share? heard this one on an oldies station and was just blown away.
I’m enjoying the fact that It’s kind of hard with the people here to determine what is “lost”, and that defining a “gem” might actually be easier.
From my perspective, Here’s one in the latter category from Meat Beat:
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Actually, it’s a barrel organ in this case, although Ligeti wrote it originally for harpsichord. Still, the barrel organ reinforces a rather Keith Emerson-like feel (which was also present in the original instrumentation). This was written a few years after ELP’s heyday, so I suspect it’s one of those rare cases where a classical composer was influenced by a Rock musician.
I like the sound and feel. Having known some people who could play the bass with their feet and a couple of keyboards on top, It’s always in my head when I hear something like that. 
Aw man, you guys. This thread was started right as I was getting ready for a surgical procedure. (Long story and I won’t bore anyone with details. Short story is I’m fine and recovering nicely, thanks.) I feel very late to the party, but let me jump in with one of my absolute favorite weirdo obscuro sort of songs, which is doubly odd as it was by the not really weird at all Katie Lee:
I’m also a lifelong Oingo Boingo fan, and of course before they were just OIngo Boingo they were The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo:
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I still love the Live at Pompeii movie that they made right after Meddle was done and while they were working on Dark Side. All those great performances for a crowd of ghosts…
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Someone posted this in another thread a while ago and it kicks ass - Seun Kuti - IMF:
Also, one of my favorite Throwing Muses songs - I hate My Way:
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@PatRx2 posting the Ligeti video got me Googling. I had never seen the Barbara Hannigan / GSO performance based on the arias from The Grand Macabre. A recent performance, but something I completely missed, and am glad to have seen / heard now.
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Occupying my mental space between Pink Floyd delay effects and Ministry grinding is Last Crack’s Burning Time. One of my fave LPs.
I’ve been informed that the people want more jazz in this thread.
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Add a little space on your Radiohead Uke Covers shelf for Radiohead String Quintet Remixes:
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fantastic posts. it is funny how awesome I thought The Wall was at 14 and how crap I think it is now (functions perfectly as a film, tho.) Really love Meddle (San Tropez, me and the dog like to sing Seamus) but now I see I’ma have to cop AHM now.
the older I get, the more in awe I am of Lauper, who as a kid I just enjoyed in all her pop-y goodness. the songwriting in TAT and True Colors etc is flawless. Also, how can you not love the woman who does this with your entire heart?
@GilbertWham A&E Dept: surprisingly, yes. particularly when the beat gets set to “simmer” around the 5:30 mark. TOA… can’t get into it. As for Carbine:
“Really?”
I kid. here’s one from a 12" that I won in a raffle when I went to see label-mate DJ Assault do an in-store set:
kinda like the flipside better, but not on the tube
and since you and @miasm went downtempo on us, too, I’ll contribute this as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWbaG6zhIWw
@solstone: welcome!
in that spirit, I’ll post what is considered an anthem in my community but may be new to a lot of y’all ITT. If you’re skeptical of rap at all, I challenge you to read the lyrics first–click highlighted text for annotations. The video is really nice, too.
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Ha ha! I’ve been swapping thumb drives with my buddy at work and I just gave him the entire Esper Retirement Edition. phenomenal score.
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Vangelis hit the sweet spot, that’s for sure.
Trying to find that kind of oceanic spaciousness in other music is kind of a challenge.
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Played live, no less.
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Are you familiar with Aes Dana? (Vincent Villuis, co-owner of the fantastic Ultimae label.) Some of his stuff hits a sweet spot for sure:
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une aussie femme
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Youse (@miasm et alia) pushed me to hear this for the first time in 25 years
At the time, it was certainly awesome. After 25 years, it could do without the rap.
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Waterlow - Mott the Hoople
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