Interactive Lightning Round Poll: Loved Songs

And thanks also for the vote for my choice (a not surprising pick to those who know me well) and to the others who voted for it, and any positive comments regarding it.  I think all of these deserve votes and are winners in my book.  Each of these songs says something about the person, and that in itself is a wonderful thing -- that we are sharing this music that is significant to each of us. It feels like a little doorway into each person in a way to me.  How we relate to music is such an intensely personal thing I find, and while everyone's experience of music is different, we can relate to those experiences and create a shared experience in these topics.  That is part of what is special to me about these polls (it's interactive and interpersonal in its way).

Edited by Logan - September 22 2021 at 21:04

Sorry for the late vote 

jamesbaldwin wrote: Mila-13 wrote: jamesbaldwin wrote: My podium: Grand Public's Prize: Andrew Lloyd Webber/ Tim Rice - Everything's Alright Grand Critic's Prize: Vlatko Stefanovski & Miroslav Tadic - Jovano, Jovanke Voting Sanremo style?  In fact, at the Sanremo festival there is the critics' prize and the Sanremo audience prize! These prizes of mine generally ironize with the various film festivals where, in addition to the first prize, there is always a jury prize, and then there are endless accessory prizes. Sometimes I have also added special prizes. In this case I stopped at the two most classic awards: - that of criticism is often given to the most sophisticated, experimental or cultured art-work (sometimes, but not always, it is also the most incomprehensible and boring one, and depending on the case either goes down in history or goes into oblivion. Sometimes it should have won but being very distant from the people's tastes they rewarded it in this way)  - The prize of the he public is the prize for the most pleasant opera, which does not always mean that the art-work is simple (but it is easily understood), sometimes it is beautiful but it is not rewarded for reasons of jealousy, or prejudice about the artist, or because it was considered too... popular or traditional. In this case, the public's prize I would have given it to the Springsteen song, but having proposed it myself ...

Snicolette wrote: Sorry to hear of your needing to care for your mum again.   And the Byrd vote.  I am happy so many enjoyed hearing it, you add some more perspective on his career as well, with your comments.

@Greg and George

Mila-13 wrote: I prophesy disaster wrote: Cristi wrote: I don't hear any ELO influence with Sfinx.   Not ELO... ELOY.   I could hear to strong influence in that track, but I couldn't identify it until I realised it was Eloy.   Exactly, too many abbreviations here. ELP, ELO, ELOY . . lol

I prophesy disaster wrote: Cristi wrote: I don't hear any ELO influence with Sfinx.   Not ELO... ELOY.

Mila-13 wrote: My votes, after all: Donald Byrd From his early days I know him primarily as a sideman of Coltrane, Dexter Gordon or Sonny Rollins. Then in the 1970's he was producing some of best jazz funk fusion ever. Yet, the suggested track shows another musical facet of Byrd’s work.  With his album “A New Perspective” (1964) he takes a modern approach to the tradition of jazz interpretation of African American  spiritual music, in particular by using a gospel choir in a jazz context. Awesome! I’m sorry for the delay. I’m taking care of my mum. That makes planning difficult. I hope you will understand that.

Sorry to hear of your needing to care for your mum again.   And the Byrd vote.  I am happy so many enjoyed hearing it, you add some more perspective on his career as well, with your comments.  

Mila-13 wrote: Sfinx I’m largely unaware of the East European rock music scene from the Cold War era. So I’m all the more impressed by this 1970s Romanian band. Sure, the influences of prominent prog bands such as Genesis or ELO are clearly recognizable here but they did bring their own personal style to it. Hats off to them!

I don't hear any ELO influence with Sfinx. Possibly Yes and Genesis. On Sfinx debut album from 1975 if i remember right, there are some Emerson influences with the keyboardist. Famous bands could have been an influence I guess.

Nevertheless it's strange how people state all sorts of influences with Romanian prog, especially in the 70s, but to be honest I don't know if any of the bands mentioned were an influence, after all eastern European countries were isolated and information was scarce. Western music was not easy to find, possibly Radio Free Europe was a source of listening to new music back then. It was forbidden after all to listen to that (or Voice of America), one could risk serious punishment if found listening to those radio stations. 

My votes, after all:

Nick Drake

An acoustic guitar, a voice and a poetic soul. The beauty of melancholy. He has it all. A great discovery!

Donald Byrd

From his early days I know him primarily as a sideman of Coltrane, Dexter Gordon or Sonny Rollins. Then in the 1970's he was producing some of best jazz funk fusion ever. Yet, the suggested track shows another musical facet of Byrd’s work.  With his album “A New Perspective” (1964) he takes a modern approach to the tradition of jazz interpretation of African American  spiritual music, in particular by using a gospel choir in a jazz context. Awesome!

Sfinx

I’m largely unaware of the East European rock music scene from the Cold War era. So I’m all the more impressed by this 1970s Romanian band. Sure, the influences of prominent prog bands such as Genesis or ELO are clearly recognizable here but they did bring their own personal style to it. Hats off to them!

It has never been more difficult to vote for me. Beautiful  songs, each in its own way and each choice going with its own background story. I decided to give my vote to those artists or songs that surprised me and touched me most. It's purely a matter of heart. Thank you all for the music!

I’m sorry for the delay. I’m taking care of my mum. That makes planning difficult. I hope you will understand that.

Edited by Mila-13 - September 19 2021 at 15:10