Jeff's favorite music
 

Just one more thread, to cover music, proud and all knowing part of my trinity of interests.

My aim is to put together a wonderfully persuasive, and unexpectedly all-inclusive mix that totally makes sense, but shouldn't, if anything was just slightly different.

Each post in this thread will contain enough music that would be the running time of a feature length film.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...4AgZLJPlF1Hpnn

1 --- Richard Tauber - Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert aus Giuditta (Lehàr)

how Berlin Alexanderplatz begins

https://youtu.be/QxPda8_vlSE?si=6X-0vSaPMTLApf-a


2 --- Björk Mother Heroic

my muse, special stuff here, i think it comes from her collaboration with John Tavener

https://youtu.be/Mp3S4Vod0yw?si=J0elmGa48ctBSZwP


3 --- Moon River - La Mala Educación

Haunting rendtion from one of Almodovar's better films

https://youtu.be/7U8rbTFSv1s?si=ZNzNml0sqRmc36yJ


4 --- Musica Poetica I: Gassenhauer

I adore how this sounds, and i thank the movie Badlands for it

https://youtu.be/J-3jI3m6T8A?si=fiOywAWAYgHdDI8Y


5 --- June Christy - Bewitched

I heard this in a Godard, and it's needed at this point

https://youtu.be/gXRgSo7WfWM?si=jGvP207NJZHw_f2Q

6 --- Soul Bossa Nova

one of the grooviest things i've heard


https://youtu.be/y-ndMMYhmi0?si=nOgDinwdJ8IraEZv


7 --- Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)

From groove to a funk standard

https://youtu.be/gBWH3OWfT2Y?si=b4f_Ak-Y4bL16qGQ


8 --- John Cooper Clarke - Evidently Chickentown

this is a weird little dittie i found long ago

https://youtu.be/3KgB-sI2H-c?si=faKwLqJvnOcJcfR8


9 --- Greta Van Fleet - Heat Above

a GREAT power ballad

https://youtu.be/dRHs8a-ISXA?si=98O_dzwa9LN88xdr


10 --- Tom Waits - "God's Away On Business"

an edgy Tom hit

https://youtu.be/W9mhsW5aWJM?si=YV1Dfz-60sybQfrb


11 --- Skinny Puppy-Chainsaw

love me some classic industrial sometimes

https://youtu.be/31S7weQH8JA?si=UTZbHHMO1A8BZD0r


12 --- Joséphine Baker "La Petite Tonkinoise" "Pretty Little Tonkin Girl" Il m'appelle sa p'tite bourgeoise

My favorite moment in Forbidden Zone when Frenchie sings this

https://youtu.be/tauFAfQ9Aa8?si=dHrCrCd-DIVIQXR0

13 --- Chantal Goya-Tu M'as Trop Menti

then we remember a classic 60's French pop hit

https://youtu.be/YZfI2A601i8?si=tc7RcaHsBKbwIdh0

14 --- Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk

Overture to the next string of doo-wop hits that are featured in a Kenneth Anger film -- Rabbit's Moon

https://youtu.be/t4qqwNmLc4U?si=a98T7tcwP39WFlLO


15 --- The Capris -There's A Moon Out Tonight

https://youtu.be/P4xNF9uh8SA?si=77z9Fn2TY372qD_i

16 --- Mary Wells - Bye Bye Baby

https://youtu.be/WbrBUFpFGr4?si=zJcsJV1mCWQO-k7M


17 --- The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You

https://youtu.be/FvzNeh4Mq1o?si=u9DpHVoYGlvo1gQ_


18 --- The El Dorados - Tears on My Pillow

https://youtu.be/WMZh2PrBBrI?si=yHyoGSdFb3w_spLx


19 --- Robert Schumann. "Gesänge der Frühe" Op.133. 1853

I feel this piano piece so much, it feels like it expresses the sad part of going crazy

https://youtu.be/pcmO4AKmeDc?si=8-_8ErJkBfO3_rPV


20 --- Nick Lowe - "The Beast In Me"

The Sopranos gave me many songs to cherish, this seems very apt to end on here

https://youtu.be/0j7WGxbe6zA?si=OWx3n21XJsUSU1lU

Re: Jeff's favorite music
 

Jeff's favorite music Part 2 of 366

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...cPU8_8not4dvyT

I dunno if it's the case for others but playing videos on MoFo pages can be problematic, so i just refer to my playlist linked right above. This installment is more feel good song oriented on the whole.

21 --- Bach -- he was the best
22 --- Cole Porter -- its cited in my favorite Cassavetes in a bar scene
23 --- Bonzo Dog Dooh Dah Band -- Hello Mabel see the tie in here with the previous?
24 --- Ween -- more than just a novelty band
25 --- Rage Against the Machine -- this played when i was driven home from a memorable party during high school times, lovely memories
26 --- En Vogue -- Free Your Mind, awesome song, we need it now, more than we did in the 90s
27 --- Sparks, that funny song from Guy Maddin's late career effort
28 --- Grimes - Genesis -- I love a couple Grimes songs, this is one of them
29 --- Samiyyah - Never Mind -- this was a lucky find a little over a year ago
30 --- theme for season 1 of True Detective, cool dark country vibes
31 --- My favorite Talking Heads song
32 --- a couple Josephine Foster songs, she's unique
33 --- a super catchy "Russian" song
34 --- The Frights -- Tungs -- love these catchy ditties i wouldn't have known of without YouTube
35 --- Beck does catchy pretty damn good
36 --- Prince -- Partyman -- the long version, great moments, Prince was the first pop star i ever idolized
37 --- The Black Keys -- Everlasting Light -- this is feel good done right
38 --- New York Groove from that guy from Kiss
39 --- Sheryl Crow makes mistakes sound so good.
40 --- Joan Jett -- Bad Reputation -- a timeless energy track
41 --- Bowie's Young Americans is a time when Lars von Trier picked a goodie for the end credits
42 --- A Grease soundtrack goodie
43 --- Chaka Khan begs us to tell her something good

Re: Jeff's favorite music
 

Music for when yer off yo rocker


https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...A7Hvbr_af8YKBz

This reminds me of Hamilton Bohannon's Disco Stomp.

I don't know if your musical taste makes any sense but it's nice to listen to stuff I had never heard of before.
Maybe I'll start a thread of my own just to see how it compares:D

Thanks, i don't understand why i like what i like, it's either to be catchy, or a dignified kind of gloomy. Lyrics hardly ever mean anything to me, it's all about the sound overall.

Re: Jeff's favorite music
 

All sorts of great stuff in here. The more eclectic and wide ranging, the better, I say.

Thanks, maybe that's just the word for my music tastes -- eclectic, some of the top hits, less known finds that come few and far between, and classical. I don't want to be spending time usually finding more stuff, that could be seen as obscure, not enough time, not when one has audiobooks to listen to.