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Originally Posted by Davey
Wow, Zazou overload!
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Yeah, quite a bit of Zazou. I guess you might say that I was impressed with "Sahara Blue." I'll be getting to "Songs From The Cold Seas" and "Lights In The Dark" when the moment feels right.
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Originally Posted by Davey
Hey, let me know what you think of that Blush Music. Might be in my future too if you give me the good word. Yo La Tengo too. I haven't picked up the last couple because I already has so much Tengo, but this new one sure is getting raves. Many say it's a match for the sprawling, loveable "Heart Beating".
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I will do that. I haven't actually received "Mosaic" yet, but it might be in the mail today. I was really anxious for the new Yo La Tengo. I have listened to it once already, [...in the car] and my early feel is that the rave reviews are justified. Definitely an eclectic collection of songs. [...and a great opening track that's almost eleven minutes long] I will be listening more carefully to it with the headphones later today.
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Dr. John, eh? Always loved that sound from the Gris-Gris and Gumbo days. Have a few of his old records. How'd ya like the Dr. John voodoo workout in that Spiritualized "Cop Shoot Cop" closer? The guitar chords that open that song and form the basis of the melody, or bridge, or riff, or whatever it's called in this case when there isn't much structure, always reminded me of the great opener from Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden called "The Rainbow". Actually, it was totally ripped off, but still makes for great song because of Dr. John's piano voodoo, and the amazing waterfalls of guitar noise.
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I recently watched Spike Lee's new documentary on post-Katrina New Orleans, "When The Levees Broke" on HBO. It is a rather eye-opening examination of the whole, mostly under-reported, story. My oldest friend and I were in New Orleans and Biloxi for the first time just weeks before Katrina and fell in Love with the area. [...talk about an area just awash daily in its musical heritage] Got a big dose of Dr John, and other Jazz, Blues, Cajun, Voodoo Cajun etc. music down there, and have been waiting for the right collection ever since. I think that this one might be it. Ever since I was there I seem to have a periodic need for an injection of that New Orleans musical spirit and Spike Lee's film pushed me to do something about it...
[...actually, I think that's why I have been so into the "roots" kind of sound in the music of Califone, Red Red Meat, Sixteen Horsepower etc. over the last year...]
