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Time for a new music thread. I'll open with some favorites, and you add what you like. I suspect we'll see a wide variety. This may be more fun than a bear thread!


[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Ya7GmKMZ4[/ame]

Enya, in Caribbean Blue, live
 
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Clannad: I Will Find You, Love Theme from, The Last of the Mohicans, one of my favorite movies and one of the most powerful films I've seen. I think James Fennimore Cooper would have liked what the director did with his book, despite a few changes. Really, I think those were for the better.
 
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[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhbanyLRmSw[/ame]



"Red, Red, Wine", performed by UB-40. Wait for an orchestral intro, then the song begins, their most famous. Every time I hear this on the radio, it goes though my mind for hours, and not just because I like wine.
 
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I like Clannad and Enya's traditional Irish tunes.

Try Enya's "Siuil a ruin". It's an early tune lamenting the "Flight of the Wild Geese" after the Stuart Rebellion wherein Catholic men were banished from Ireland (short version). It's a young girl lamenting the flight of her lover to France to fight against England.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKTG1lzEW7o[/ame]

An amorphous group, Celtic women do many similar tunes, Irish and non-Irish.
 
I learned last night that Enya is the younger sister of Moya Brennan and that Clannad includes two of their brothers, two uncles and it looks like maybe some of their grown kids.

Enya used to be part of Clannad, then went out on her own.
 
Texas Star said:
Clannad: I Will Find You, Love Theme from, The Last of the Mohicans, one of my favorite movies and one of the most powerful films I've seen. I think James Fennimore Cooper would have liked what the director did with his book.
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The screenplay was taken from the 1936 movie of the same name. And there are several changes to the original novel, which some folks like, and some folks don't.

The novel leaves Natty Bumpo alone with Chingnachgook, allowing Alice and Major Heyward to survive and return to England.

However, Michael Mann does a tremendous job with keeping the mood of the period. One of my favorite movies of all time.
 
Does anyone here like the late Bob Marley? I never gave his music a try until last night when I heard a French reporter ask Candice Swanepoel what her favorite song is. She replied, "No Woman, No Cry.''

I admire Candice on several levels, and she's a thoughtful, insightful person who hears a lot of music at work and who knows Taylor Swift, a very close friend of her own pal, Behati Prinsloo, whose husband is Maroon 5's frontman, Adam Levine. And Candice's fiance is Brazilian and she spends a lot of time down there, exposed to the very talented Brazilian artists.

So, I gave, "No Woman, No Cry" a try. I like it, and it may even grow on me. But I couldn't find a version that I liked enough for this thread. In most videos, his voice was too faint for the best listening. Maybe I'll find a better version.

I think Marley died about 1983 (?) but he still has a lot of fans. Are there any here? Which of his other songs should I give a try?
 
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BearBio said:
I like Clannad and Enya's traditional Irish tunes.

Try Enya's "Siuil a ruin". It's an early tune lamenting the "Flight of the Wild Geese" after the Stuart Rebellion wherein Catholic men were banished from Ireland (short version). It's a young girl lamenting the flight of her lover to France to fight against England.
Enya - Siuil A Run - YouTube

An amorphous group, Celtic women do many similar tunes, Irish and non-Irish.
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Hey, thanks. I liked this. And I appreciate the history lesson about those wild geese.
 
Snowy winter Sunday afternoon........ a fire,good book and new age go together with a nice single malt!!!!!

Or "Last of the Mohicans" sound track...maybe a little Aaron Copland's " Ode to the common man".


Try listening to the sound track of the "Last of the Mohicans" while driving down the Shenandoah Parkway with the sunroof open in mid September!!!
 
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Texas Star said:
Hey, thanks. I liked this. And I appreciate the history lesson about those wild geese.
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Men who fought in Scotland under the Stuarts were under death sentences. They were smuggled out of Ireland under manifests reading "Wild Geese". Most went to Spain or France and earned a fierce reputation as mercenaries. Hence the use of the term "Wild Geese" as a slang term for mercenaries.
 
Some great stuff Texas Star. Thanks.

In the late '90s I was stationed in Phoenix. The only good thing about the assignment was the new age radio station in town. It introduced me to Enya and all the rest. Kitaro became one of my favorites, then he came to town for a live performance. I was mesmerized through the evening and bought the live cd of that show on my way out.

"Silk Road" is stunning on the studio cd, but the live version is simply captivating.
 
Texas Star said:
So, I gave, "No Woman, No Cry" a try. I like it, and it may even grow on me. But I couldn't find a version that I liked enough for this thread. In most videos, his voice was too faint for the best listening. Maybe I'll find a better version.

I think Marley died about 1983 (?) but he still has a lot of fans. Are there any here? Which of his other songs should I give a try?
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Try Redemption Song, possibly his most-covered song. Joe Strummer, Eddie Vedder, Johnny Cash.
 
There are things about Marley that bothered me, but which I can't discuss here. But if his music is okay, I'll give it a trial listen.
 
Dr.Lou said:
My favorite Enya song is "How can I keep from singing."

I recently heard a cover of S&G's "Sound of Silence" by Disturbed, a group I'd never heard of and still not a fan of their genre; however, I really like this version.

Disturbed "The Sound Of Silence" 03/28/16 - YouTube
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I liked that when Simon & Garfunkel sang it, and this version is imposing. Sounds a bit darker, but very impressive.

Thanks for posting. :)
 
smooth harmony DOO WOP.....

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[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQR_NPXLCtE&index=2&list=PLq93mP4lnEH7fxOdnFYRtK_6CMI1TN9Pz[/ame]
 
Here's a traditional song that's sung a number of ways.
I have been known to sing it, as good as these Navy Ladies!
Actually probably not!
They are really Great!

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY3XxnRtu48[/ame]
 
Silly Wizard fans???

They run the gamut from jigs and reels to ballads like this one:

The Fisherman's Lament

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC1ZY8SC4ew[/ame]

I like this version. The splash cymbal sounds like waves crashing on the shore and there is a marine conditions report in the background which gives it a 'you are there' feeling.


How about the theme from 'Fargo'? A haunting piece based on a Scandinavian folk song, "The Lost Sheep'.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4NCC0dUXks[/ame]
 
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How about Russian Folk?

This is Pelagia, a beautiful lady with a big, beautiful voice. I picked this one because it's a happy little love song. So many Russian songs, especially Cossack, are pretty heavy on the death theme. I picked this one because it's a happy love song about a boy growing up noticing a 'girl down the street' that lives by a Cherry tree.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4GhE9esCWo[/ame]


This one is simply called 'Horse'. It's about love of country and longing for life close to the earth.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuWvZl4cHUc[/ame]

You can tell from the people crying that this song means a lot to Russians. Kind of like our 'American the Beautiful'.

For more youtube Russian folk music pelagia

Her name is spelled different ways which makes it hard,

Get these guys. A Turkish choir sings 'Black Raven', one of those Russian songs about death.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr0WwY5Bulw[/ame]
 
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I like folk and bluegrass. That is the music of the American people. I like playing my 10-string banjo.

When I was a Boy Scout, all the adult leaders were WW2 veterans that fought in the Pacific. They taught us this song. I think they were hoping that none of us boys would ever see what they saw.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43F8-xMkAS4[/ame]

This song reminds me of my father who had a ship sunk by a U-boat in the North Atlantic.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7jBbCQwJ0g[/ame]

This isn't exactly American folk music, but it sure sounds good to me.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqC3BjIyq_0[/ame]
 
Some of the traditional Russian songs are truly beautiful, and beloved by the Russian people. When I studied Russian, one of the songs that my teacher taught us was Подмосковные вечера, which is usually translated as "Moscow Nights", or "Moscow Summer Nights". There are several versions on YouTube, this one sort of showcases some of the Moscow sights.

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KairmsARpyo[/ame]

It has English subtitles, but you may have to turn them on in settings, if they don't open automatically. A very haunting melody that I learned many years ago, before I ever dreamed that I would be hearing and singing it in Moscow one day!!

Best Regards, Les
 
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Speaking of Reuben James...

The Wayfarers did 'Rueben James' way back in the 60's. This is one of my favorites.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktq44ijZZKw[/ame]

I met Ray Blouin when he lived in Charleston. Last I heard he was still playing and singing up in West Virginia or thereabouts. One thing I can say about Ray is the he could play the dog mess out of a banjo.:)
 
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