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covidcoffeecornerHappy Friday! I thought it might be interesting to talk about music today.
I am, what one might call, an appreciator of music but not someone who should be encouraged to try and make music. As a child I had piano lessons but was never encouraged to take any of the exams because there is a dreaded singing element and I am entirely unable to replicate a note. I can hear the difference between notes but I cannot make my voice replicate them or anywhere near them. Ditto the years of playing the oboe. I was not bad, per se, at either the piano or the oboe. I was mostly competent if one defines competency as "able to replicate the notes, mostly in the correct order, but does not expect any interpretation to occur".
However, I do enjoy listening to music. I have music on in the background for a good portion of my day, and even more of my day now I'm working from home. I cannot listen to music through headphones at work. Not because it's forbidden, we're allowed to do so, but I can guarantee that the phone will not have rung all morning and the minute I put my headphones in it will leap off the cradle and ring incessantly and then three people will turn up needing to ask me a question and it's just not worth the interruptions. Mostly these days I set spotify off on an album and then let it just keep playing at me. It's interesting to see where you get when you start with Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
I am also a big fan of Night Tracks from the BBC. I never listen as it's broadcast, but it is, to me, the perfect soundtrack for Sunday afternoons and reading on the sofa. As is Early Music Now, again from the BBC.
So, are you a music person? Are you a musical person? Or does the sound of music playing in the background with no one paying attention to it infuriate you beyond all measure? Have you discovered any exciting new (to you) music during The Great Entroublement?
I am, what one might call, an appreciator of music but not someone who should be encouraged to try and make music. As a child I had piano lessons but was never encouraged to take any of the exams because there is a dreaded singing element and I am entirely unable to replicate a note. I can hear the difference between notes but I cannot make my voice replicate them or anywhere near them. Ditto the years of playing the oboe. I was not bad, per se, at either the piano or the oboe. I was mostly competent if one defines competency as "able to replicate the notes, mostly in the correct order, but does not expect any interpretation to occur".
However, I do enjoy listening to music. I have music on in the background for a good portion of my day, and even more of my day now I'm working from home. I cannot listen to music through headphones at work. Not because it's forbidden, we're allowed to do so, but I can guarantee that the phone will not have rung all morning and the minute I put my headphones in it will leap off the cradle and ring incessantly and then three people will turn up needing to ask me a question and it's just not worth the interruptions. Mostly these days I set spotify off on an album and then let it just keep playing at me. It's interesting to see where you get when you start with Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
I am also a big fan of Night Tracks from the BBC. I never listen as it's broadcast, but it is, to me, the perfect soundtrack for Sunday afternoons and reading on the sofa. As is Early Music Now, again from the BBC.
So, are you a music person? Are you a musical person? Or does the sound of music playing in the background with no one paying attention to it infuriate you beyond all measure? Have you discovered any exciting new (to you) music during The Great Entroublement?
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on 2020-05-10 02:24 pm (UTC)1. Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll
2. The Stooges - TV Eye
3. George Jones - A Good Year For The Roses
4. Neil Young - Southern Man
5. Joni Mitchell - Circle Game
6. Van Morrison - Caravan
7. Kris Kristofferson - The Best Of All Possible Worlds
8. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
9. Black Sabbath - War Pigs
10. Flying Burrito Brothers - Wild Horses
Whereas, say, the 1995 list looks like this:
1. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
2. Radiohead - Just
3. Neil Young & Pearl Jam - I'm The Ocean
4. Sparklehorse - Spirit Ditch
5. Pulp - Common People
6. Spiritualized - Medication
7. Emmylou Harris - Sweet Old World
8. Palace Music - The Mountain Choir
9. Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea
10. Yo La Tengo - Blue Line Swinger
And last year's like this:
1. Fat White Family - Feet
2. The Coathangers - F the NRA
3. Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs
4. Fontaines DC - Boys in the Better Land
5. The Highwomen - If She Ever Leaves Me
6. The Comet Is Coming - Summon the Fire
7. Anderson .Paak - King James
8. Mannequin Pussy - Drunk II
9. Billie Eilish - bad guy
10. Angel Olsen - Chance
Wow!
on 2020-05-18 08:06 pm (UTC)