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dr wu23 
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 Posted: May 06 2014 at 22:43 |
Kind of Blue............considered by many critics to be the greatest single jazz album ever.
It's mellow , but not boring imho and that's what great jazz is all about for me....mellow and cool.
It also has a stellar line up of musicians who are all brilliant in their own right.
From a you tube link:
"The album's influence on music, including jazz, rock, and classical music, has led music writers to acknowledge it as one of the most influential albums ever made. In 2002, it was one of fifty recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. In 2003, the album was ranked number 12 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time."
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Stool Man
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Posted: May 12 2014 at 03:57 |
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What's so special about " Io Sono Nato Libero"?
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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dr wu23
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Posted: May 12 2014 at 08:03 |
 Stool Man wrote:
What's so special about " Io Sono Nato Libero"? |
Sorry...is that Italian or French..?
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Neo-Romantic
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Posted: May 12 2014 at 16:23 |
Finally, an album I've actually heard!  I really like this one. That first track is very well-executed, which says a lot considering just how varied its sections are. I give Banco a ton of credit for being masters of formal organization based on this album alone. Also, I love the way their keyboards sound on this album. It's very memorable, melodically speaking. I can recall many passages off-hand, even though I've only heard it a few times and haven't listened to it recently. Great vocal work too! Can't speak Italian, but that doesn't detract from the music in the slightest IMO.
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May God bless you all in Jesus' name. No matter who you are, you're special, you're loved, and you matter.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: May 12 2014 at 16:43 |
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I've rarely been able to really follow what Banco is doing, but it sounds really excellent when its on. I honestly can't tell the first 3 Banco albums apart from each other, i'd be lying or bluffing if i said anything specific about it. I'm in awe of the band, actually, but they're way over my head. I generally reach for their instrumental stuff (Garofano Rosso, Di Terra), at least I can understand the words on those. God bless Banco: fantastic hand that I may yet understand some day.
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Dellinger
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Posted: May 12 2014 at 20:55 |
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I have their first 3 albums, and from those ones, this is the one I like the least. I kind of remember that when I was listening to those albums for the first time, that was the one I thought I would like better, but then I ended up liking the other two much more. Still, it's got great musicianship and singing all along, as is to be expected of such a great band.
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Stool Man
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Posted: May 19 2014 at 04:28 |
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What's so special about Scheherazade And Other Stories?
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octopus-4
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Posted: May 19 2014 at 07:24 |
It's special. That's all !
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I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: May 19 2014 at 09:02 |
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I am definitely the wrong person to answer that. My tummy doesn't agree with Haslam's vocals. They're too 'pretty'.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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dr wu23
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Posted: May 19 2014 at 09:26 |
Nice music to fall asleep to......and I don't mean that in a negative way.
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octopus-4
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Posted: May 19 2014 at 09:43 |
dr wu23 wrote:
Nice music to fall asleep to......and I don't mean that in a negative way.
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Usually if I can get asleep, it's good. I can't relax with music that I don't like.
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I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution
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Posted: May 19 2014 at 09:45 |
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Annie's voice and some lovely piano on Trip to the Fair. Not a fan of the epic, personally. I also think Novella/SFAS are better albums.
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TODDLER
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Posted: May 19 2014 at 09:53 |
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Obviously it is only special to those who have a personal liking for the band and their catalog. I've tried a zillion times to give people some personal insight to the type of audience that followed them in the U.S. when they were most popular. Youths who listened to "Top 40" hits in the 70's were drawn into the pretty style of Renaissance with songs like "Carpet Of The Sun" and continued , later buying into "Northern Lights" and were responsible for high financial growth in their record sales. Another audience that took the band seriously was a pure "Folk audience" that appreciated American Folk such as Bob Dylan ,but were also die hards for Fairport Convention and Pentangle. Yet..another audience was the Progressive Rock one because Renaissance were Classical and sometimes complex and a small portion of a Classical audience/fans were drawn to them.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: May 19 2014 at 09:55 |
rogerthat wrote:
Annie's voice and some lovely piano on Trip to the Fair. Not a fan of the epic, personally. I also think Novella/SFAS are better albums. |
My thoughts too, pretty much.
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Mirror Image
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Posted: May 19 2014 at 10:01 |
Stool Man wrote:
What's so special about Scheherazade And Other Stories? |
Your guess would be as good as mine. Can't stand Haslam or Renaissance.
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“Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov
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TODDLER
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Posted: May 19 2014 at 10:02 |
Stool Man wrote:
What's so special about Scheherazade And Other Stories? |
It was a progression forward for the band and the fine writer influencing the band to progress was Michael Dunford. Although I like Ashes Are Burning a bit more, I understand the complexity to the Scheherazade epic and appreciate. It's merely adapting the mind set for it to understand how to go about enjoying anything about it. For example....Some people in life have to be in the right mood to watch a period film.
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Mirror Image
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Posted: May 19 2014 at 10:22 |
TODDLER wrote:
Stool Man wrote:
What's so special about Scheherazade And Other Stories? |
It was a progression forward for the band and the fine writer influencing the band to progress was Michael Dunford. Although I like Ashes Are Burning a bit more, I understand the complexity to the Scheherazade epic and appreciate. It's merely adapting the mind set for it to understand how to go about enjoying anything about it. For example....Some people in life have to be in the right mood to watch a period film. |
But then again, some people may just not like the style, which is the case for me.
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richardh
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Posted: May 19 2014 at 15:08 |
Stool Man wrote:
What's so special about Scheherazade And Other Stories? |
I've only had it a few years. I heard the main prog epic on the radio - German Prog radio(!) and I liked it. Its different to other symphonic prog. Annie has an exceptional voice. There is nothing bombastic going on. Its about telling stories with music. Nice. 
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TODDLER
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Posted: May 19 2014 at 16:39 |
Mirror Image wrote:
TODDLER wrote:
[QUOTE=Stool Man]What's so special about Scheherazade And Other Stories? |
It was a progression forward for the band and the fine writer influencing the band to progress was Michael Dunford. Although I like Ashes Are Burning a bit more, I understand the complexity to the Scheherazade epic and appreciate. It's merely adapting the mind set for it to understand how to go about enjoying anything about it. For example....Some people in life have to be in the right mood to watch a period film. |
But then again, some people may just not like the style, which is the case for me. [/QULY
I totally understand. For example , although I respect the musicianship and composition of Van Der Graaf Generator, I don't care for their style. I personally like Univers Zero and Art Zoyd and dislike the music of V.D.G.G. which is life and it's unpredictability of one's personal taste.
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Mirror Image
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Posted: May 19 2014 at 16:50 |
TODDLER wrote:
I totally understand. For example , although I respect the musicianship and composition of Van Der Graaf Generator, I don't care for their style. I personally like Univers Zero and Art Zoyd and dislike the music of V.D.G.G. which is life and it's unpredictability of one's personal taste. |
I'm not a great fan of VDGG either.  My favorite bands are Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, and King Crimson. I'm also a huge fan of Steve Hackett's solo work (if my avatar wasn't obvious enough  ). I just can't stand Peter Hammill and the lack of a guitar, for me, is the main drawback to VDGG's style overall. I don't like Univers Zero or Art Zoyd either. I'm mainly into Symphonic Prog, Neo-Prog, and some Psychedelic/Space Rock. |
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