Seven Songs Meme
Tagged by Jane, I happily comply:
"List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to."
- Digital Construction #3, Ted Smoker -- This is going to get a blog post all of its own sometime in the near future. My brother sent me a cd of some of his recent compositions just before I left for China. This tune in particular kept me company for much of the flight over.
- Peer Gynt (specifically, In the Hall of the Mountain King), Edvard Grieg -- Numbers 2, 3, & 4 are all on this list thanks to one of Ben's favorite shows, the Disney Channel's Little Einsteins. In every episode, they select a snippet of a famous classical tune and use it throughout the show. During the day, I've been playing the cds I have that match that day's show.
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, W.A. Mozart -- ditto.
- Symphony No. 9, Antonin Dvorak -- ditto ditto.
- El Barrio, Joe Henderson -- I've been on a Joe Henderson kick lately. Henderson's opening solo on this track is haunting.
- Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Flatt & Scruggs -- Just received a Flatt & Scruggs cd as a belated Christmas present from my dad. Yeehaw!
- Music for Airports, Brian Eno -- This is the music that we play to help Ben calm down at bedtime. If there is any music that is more soothing than this, I'd like to know what it is. Recordings of ocean waves or babbling brooks don't count.
The next seven people who read this are tagged. You know who you are. Come on. You know you want to.
Comments
I heard Eine Kleine Nachtmusik probably 50 times in Music History 2 that I swore if I ever heard it again I would totally flip out and destroy whatever was playing it... It is a very beautiful song though.
Leah
Posted by: Leah Elder | February 18, 2006 8:13 PM
Well, I feel obligated since you included me at the top spot and all. Since I'm working on getting a blog up and running, I'll just leech off of your web-host:
Victoria's O Magnum Mysterium
Abby sat up in attentive stillness with me when this sixteenth century latin motet came up on the Itunes shuffle. Simply breathtaking. The music that is, Abby sitting still is pretty amazing too.
How It Happens-The Voice of I.F. Stone: It Raged by Scott Johnson, performed by the Kronos Quartet on Released/Unreleased
One piece that has inspired my recent obsession with using modified voice in composition.
Penderecki's Violin Concerto #2 "Metamorphosen"
A Christmas present from my dear wife. mmm, Penderecki.
ToxyGene by The Orb
More voice modification effects. "Now wait a minute.. errrrck"
Laurie Anderson. Dark Side of the Moon Tour.
Saw her at the Light in Winter Festival in Ithaca. Beyond description, get the DVD.
Nymphea by Kaija Saariaho
A string quartet by the master of non-traditional string techniques.
Wombo Lombo by Angelique Kidjo
I like it. Intoxicating and intelligent. What all pop music should be.
Posted by: Ted | February 19, 2006 9:55 PM
I've been following your Ben story after you posted on the DFW list. Congrats by the way!
Here's my list and I will add it to my blog too. Great idea.
Miss Sarajevo - that one song over and over, from the Passengers cd by U2/Eno.
The Denial Twist - by the White Stripes - it's embarrassing how many times I have played this song. It's just so ... garage-y.
Wake Up - Arcade Fire - they should be way more popular. Like Radiohead crossed with David Bowie.
City of Dreams - Marah - Dave Bielanko sings like an angel.
Vorspiel - from Wagner's Das Rheingold -it's not James Horner's score that makes The New World so haunting - it's this Wagner prelude.
Gleaming Auction - on Snow Patrol's Final Straw - the whole album is wonderful, but this is the repeatable song this week.
Mirror Mask - the soundtrack is the background to the work day b/c it's hard to watch movies at work.
Posted by: Cynthia | February 21, 2006 5:58 PM