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hellogoodbye
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Topic: 4 little gems (47) Posted: February 02 2014 at 04:00 |
Brigitte Fontaine : Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX8hdlDTkxE Hannibal - St http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP8qmJe_1ns Kennelmus : Folkstone Prism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPHu11H5jMo Magma : Rock Duo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFiLueCJdMA
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: February 02 2014 at 04:04 |
Est...Folle, from 1968, features arrangements from Serge Gainsbourg collaborator Jean Claude Vannier. An announcement from the label describes the album as sporting "lush strings, taut rhythms culled from across the globe and a healthy dose of whimsy," and observes, "Such artful handling of meter and rhyme (or lack thereof) is rare in pop song." 1. Il Pleut 2. Le Beau Cancer 3. Il Se Passe Des Choses 4. Une Fois Mais Pas Deux 5. L'Homme Objet 6. Éternelle 7. Blanche Neige 8. Comme Rimbaud 9. Dommage Que Tu Sois Mort 10. Je Suis Inadaptée 11. Cet Enfant Que Je T'Avais Fait http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1v3zUwu644 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duMGnxxhMkg |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: February 02 2014 at 04:10 |
KennelmusMarch 12, 2010 by garry Hailing from the sun-pummeled desert of Phoenix, Arizona, Kennelmus was a local rock band who were notable for belting out an unlikely--and pretty tweaked--combination of psychedelic and surf, and for operating in the same time (the late 1960s and early '70s) and place as the original Alice Cooper group. While the Coopers, of course, went on to worldwide fame and fortune with a clever songbook that alternated between teen angst and the macabre, and a pioneering violent theatrical stage show featuring Alice's death sentence carried out nightly on the gallows and guillotine, Kennelmus were content to slog it out in the regional trenches, gigging just for fun, a little money...and girls' phone numbers. Starting out playing British invasion top 40 covers as the Shi-Reeves, the band quickly grew tired of that schtick and decided the time was ripe for a little creativity. So, they renamed themselves Kennelmus after bandleader Ken Walker's real name, and wrote a rock opera of sorts called Folkstone Prism loosely based on the band's life story. Originally released in 1971 in a limited-edition of 1000 copies--some of which were sold, and others "given away for sexual favors"--Folkstone Prism was finally unearthed from the Sl*g heap of obscurity via a CD reissue three decades later in 1999. Just one listen reveals a band that was eager to ladle a virtual buffet of sounds into your hungry ears. From upbeat instrumental surf with heavily reverbed and keening lead guitar to melancholy and mellow songs with odd guitar stabs and exotic-sounding zither to all-out rocking sections full of hard fuzz riffs to free-form, floaty realms featuring flitting sound effects and tape static, vocal speech samples and all kinds of backward guitar wash. On one song, they even shouted some dorky, proto-DEVO vocals over a bed of stuttering, quirky rock, and composed a "setting" for Edgar Allan Poe's The Ravenon another. As far as little-known psych gems go, Kennelmus'Folkstone Prism is one of the better examples and comes highly reccomended for fans of this genre. |
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: February 02 2014 at 13:15 |
I went with Kennelmus which I found really interesting. So many of the bands you present here Pierre should be on this site including the one I recommended to you called Baba Scholae. On a side note I noticed a band called Weed when I was checking out one of the YouTube videos and was really impressed. A proto-Prog or Heavy Prog band with Ken Hensley from uriah Heep playing on it.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: February 02 2014 at 13:40 |
Thanks John. Kennelmus is a very good surprise. I don't understand why such a great psych album is not more quoted. I bought Baba Scholae last week. Great stuff, very varied.
And I know Weed with its horrible cover. It's on one of my lists. But which one ? |
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: February 02 2014 at 14:03 |
^ Yes that's the one with the horrid cover. Looks like lentils on that fork, not weed. That first track is so good.
I just got Baba Scholae in the mail on Friday. Haven't played it yet. Some interesting picks here Pierre, that Magma one was good along with the French lady. I can't believe that Kennelmus were from Arizona.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: February 02 2014 at 14:31 |
The Brigitte Fontaine's album is one of the treasure of the french song. Her voice and her lyrics are beautiful. Not very progressive, I know, but where J.C Vannier goes, I go.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: February 03 2014 at 02:15 |
So much exploring for me to do.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: February 03 2014 at 03:09 |
I thought that you pulled rabbits out of your hat
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: February 03 2014 at 04:02 |
Ashratom. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAUkbLs1CuY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJvzietoVJU |
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zravkapt
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Posted: February 03 2014 at 14:19 |
The only one I had heard before was the German Magma and that's what I ended up voting for.
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Magma America Great Make Again
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: February 03 2014 at 14:55 |
Nice one ... and so far from the French Magma
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: February 04 2014 at 14:30 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kiKsHWLfJE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUMIWJ841gc
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