Totally Random! List
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Topic: Totally Random! List
Posted By: zwordser
Subject: Totally Random! List
Date Posted: March 25 2020 at 23:17
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More time on my hands--more random listening. Listed below are (most of) the tracks I heard March 23-25. They are in the order they came up from a shuffle of about 12000 tracks, I randomly removed any duplicate artist and "unknown" tracks (to shorten a bit). Look through the list below and find tracks you're familiar with. Create your ranked list from 1. (your favorite) to...(however many--your least liked at the end). Try to list at least 10 if you can. Do NOT include tracks not in the below list (e.g., something else from one of the artists). If you feel so inclined, make a comment about it and/or say if its an old favorite, or if its just something you've recently heard. Here's the random-order list (title of track - artists/band) Pick Yourself Up - Diana Krall Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes IV Hoe-Down - Aaron Copeland (Leonard Bernstein conducting, New York Philharmonic) Etude De Concert No. 3 in D Flat "Un Sospiro" - Franz Liszt (Valentina Lisitsa, Pianist) Cardinal Points - The Essex Green Teidhir Abhaile Riu - Clannad The Letter - Macy Gray Schubert Trout Quintet Part I - (Ensemble Villa Musica) Gumppet Holvot (The Wolves Howl) - Mari Boine Strip The Soul - Porcupine Tree Wreck of The Hesperus - Procol Harem Our Little Town - Heath Brothers Cascades - Steve Haskin Lost In A Dream Yell - Asia Minor Summersong - The Decemberists Hanazono - Jazznova Something's Coming (live) - Utopia Make Me Smile - Chicago Crack in the Sky - Stick Men Back To The Earth - Rusted Root Birds Flying Into Buildings - Birds & Buildings Drift - Brian Eno Toussaint L'Overture (Live) - Carlos Santana Dvorak New World Symphony: Largo - St. Petersburg Radio and TV Orchestra The Only Mama That'll Walk The Line - Linda Ronstadt Last Year's Man - Leonard Cohen Ave - Vangelis It Can Happen - Yes Paradox - Kansas Terzo Incontro - Il Balletto Di Bronzo Yulunga (Spirit Dancer) - Dead Can Dance Chopin Polonaise No. 9 In B-Flat Major - Alexander Brailowski (pianist) Retribution - Atheist Capitaine Couer De Miel - Ange Living Forever - Genesis Stand Back - The Fabulous Thunderbirds The Watchmaker - Steven Wilson Black and Blue - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra Anxiety/Taurian Matador - Billy Cobham Odyssey - Dixie Dregs Nocturne No. 11 in E Flat Major - John Field (Benjamin Firth, Pianist) Clover III - Majestic Moderno Ballabile - Picchio Dal Pozzo Dawn - Circus Mulher Barraguda - Secos & Molhados I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You - The Alan Parsons Project The Romantic Warrior - Return To Forever This Dying Soul - Dream Theater (live in Tokyo) Cassandra Geminni: Tarantism - The Mars Volta Massive Illusion - Gazpacho You Wreck Me - Tom Petty Peaceable Kingdom - Rush Sir Galahad - Rick Wakeman Ganglat - Atlas The Sacrifice - Symphony X Santiago - Loreena McKennitt Bouncing Around The Room - Phish Lord Franklin - Pentangle Bridge - Queensryche Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider - Camel ------------- Z |
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Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: March 25 2020 at 23:32
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My ranking. (Of course I just listened to all of them, but I'll just do my top 30 or so): 1. Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider The best was saved for last! love this track. 2. Birds Flying Into Buildings This track is awesome with creative jazzy-crazy prog! 3. The Watchmaker Maybe (?) best track from a great album. 4. Massive Illusion Amazing how entrancing this track is.. 5. Terzo Incontro Jazz-inspired Italian heavy-avant rock! 6. Lost in a Dream Yell Great atmostphere on this, even though its not necessarily all that "ambient" a composition. 7. The Romantic Warrior Just some of the best Jazz-rock around. 8. Odyssey up to here, I've been quite familiar with the tracks; this is the pleasant surprise that I hadn't heard as much! from the Dixie Dregs. 9. It Can Happen The one track that brings me back... 10. Strip the Soul One of the most ominous/disturbing tracks, but brilliant. 11. Gumppet Holvot Proggy Scandanavian folk with an amazing violin. 12. Toussaint L'Overture (live) Just classic Santana. 13. Anxiety/Taurian Matador What incredible drum work by Mr. Cobham! 14. Wreck of the Hesperus Not heard as much as I should, but love the sweeping orchestra with a simple progression. 15. Rodeo ... Hoe-Down This is the orchestral work that inspired ELP's version, great in its own right! 16. Retribution Whoa! haven't heard this much, but I could really get into this; Great bass/drum work.. 17. Santiago I knew Mckennitt was good, but may have to become a real fan. Love the violin. 18. Yulunga 19. Back to the Earth Not heard much, but I like the driving tribal sounding drums. 20. This Dying Soul Sounds like a great concert; amazing speed guitar! 21. Dawn Nice surprise, not heard Circus too much; very subtle. 22. Capitaine Coeur de Miel A grower; didn't like it till I saw performance and heard again now. 23. Hanazono Great Jazz-rock sound, proggy enough to be here (Jazznova not listed on PA, so far as I know). 24. Ganglat 25. Peaceable Kingdom Never gotten into Vapor Trails much, but this is decent. 26. Cassandra Gemini: Tarantism In context, might put this higher on list, also the whispering is a bit annoying, but still great track. 27. Trout Quintet I Classical fans should not be without this. 28. Crack in the Sky Stickmen, good. 29. Dvorak..Largo The pastoral/slow part to a great symphony. 30. Clover III Composition a little off, but good some parts and good female vocals. 31. Pick Yourself up Just beating out Mr. Wakeman because I'm a Diana Krall fan, and Sir Galahad is a little awkward. 32. Sir Galahad (see above comment) Ok, thats enough; I'll just mention that I generally like the rest of the tracks, but nothing grabbed me as much as above. ------------- Z |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 26 2020 at 00:54
| It Can Happen - Yes and The Watchmaker - Steven Wilson certainly stand out. I would need a bit of time to rank the tracks as their are many that I'm not that familiar with. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 26 2020 at 06:54
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For me also the highlight came last, the Camel one. Otherwise the Picchio dal Pozzo, Dead Can Dance, Romantic Warrior jumped at me, but there's many, many I don't know. |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: March 26 2020 at 09:43
That's expected. Just rank the ones you do know. Picchio Dal Pozzo is fairly interesting to me--a potential grower, but I still don't quite git it. ------------- Z |
Lewian wrote:Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 26 2020 at 17:28
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1. Birds and Buildings - Birds Flying Into Buildings 2. Billy Cobham - Anxiety/Taurian Matador 3. Picchio Dal Pozzo - Moderno Ballabile 4. Camel - Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider 5. Dixie Dregs - Odyssey 6. Porcupine Tree - The Watchmaker 7. Return to Forever - The Romantic Warrior 8. The Mars Volta - Cassandra Geminni: Tarantism 9. Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You 10. Yes - It Can Happen ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: March 27 2020 at 09:49
You reminded me Parsons was in the random list-- somehow I totally missed it in my ranking! I'd put it fairly high, but probably not in my top 10. ------------- Z |