Teasing the Korean

On the rare occasion that we hear Guy Lombardo - which is about once a year this time, and generally accidental - Ms. TTK will describe the sound as "dead people music." I think she is picking up on the sax section sound, and I tend to agree with her. Does that distinctive sound have to do solely with the players' use of vibrato, or is there some other weird doubling/orchestration going on? Whatever the device, I'm glad that sound went out of vogue. But obviously some people dug it, and you can't blame a brother for trying to earn a living.

Thanks all. I realize my description was very subjective and vague. I will try to find the track that I heard from one of those albums posted above.

This should be moved to the "artists" sub-forum. Because she was an artist. RIP.

I can promise you that in the high school and junior high school that I attended during the disco era, there was a definite racist/homophobic subtext to the whole "Disco Sucks" thing, to the point that the "sub" in "subtext" was disappearing. I also went to schools in a region with lots of racist, homophobic white kids representing particular demographics. If leftist intellectuals were also dismissing disco - and they may very well have been - I don't think they were channelling their dislike into organized disco demolitions at baseball games. In other words, two very different people can hate the same thing for very different reasons.

Steve Allen wrote lyrics to George Duning's theme to Bell, Book and Candle.

My taste in classical music tends to be baroque or earlier, and Debussy/Ravel and later. As a result, there are massive swaths of the classical and romantic periods that I've not explored, Chopin being the main exception. I recently heard a piano piece that captured my attention. It had what sounded to me a very "Americana" sound. The harmonies reminded me of more introspective Scott Joplin pieces like "Solace." I found out that the piece was by Schumann. I don't remember the title, or whether it was one movement of a larger piece. At any rate, I am curious if anyone understands what I mean about the Americana/Scott Joplin aspect of Schumann, and if whatever I was picking up on is a general Schumann characteristic, or exclusive to this one piece.

I really love a lot of the late 70s/early 80s disco/new wave crossover stuff. A lot of what disco inspired or evolved into was much more interesting than disco's first wave.

Don't forget Disco Demolition Night, in which records by all kinds of Black artists - disco or otherwise - were brought to the event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night

Do you remember the article in the 1990s, maybe Time or Newsweek, "If Everyone's Cool, Is Anyone Cool?" It was in response to Miles Davis and Chet Baker being used in Gap commercials.

Yeah, I grew up with it too. I've assumed it was a well-known term. My Dad liked Jim Beam bourbon. I like Jim Beam Pre-Prohibition rye.

I think I may try to mix this masterpiece this NYE. I currently have everything but the brandy.

Mono LPs could accommodate a lot more audio than stereo LPs.

Then Chuck would say, "Buy a digital sortable discography."

Waiting for Chuck to say "Buy a discography." It's like Chinese water torture.

Bocal 5 - Musique Electronique A gift from Ms. TTK's brother to Ms. TTK. This group evolved from, or to, X-Ray pop. Minimalist post-punk pop with synths. Influenced Stereolab.

I married into the right family. And they married into the right family. YMMV.

Yulesville and Under the Mistletoe compilations, gifts from my brother to Ms. TTK and me.

Anyone have his exotica album from the 1980s? It is excellent.

This was a gift from my brother to me and Ms. TTK. I will specify in the above posts. EDIT: I specified in two posts; the others were already pre-specified.

Various - Destination Forbidden Planet - 37 Outer Space Shock Treatments (Bear Family) A gift from my brother to me and Ms. TTK.

The original, sad lyrics are currently in a slim lead of only four votes!

Turnaround to the relative minor is winning by only one vote! A nail-biter!

Angelo Badalamenti - Blue Velvet deluxe edition - A gift from me to Ms. TTK, for whom Blue Velvet was once a litmus test regarding prospective boyfriends.

Piero Piccioni - Colpo Rovente (1970) - A gift from Ms. TTK to me.

So far we have spun: Morricone - Maddalene (1971) - A gift to Ms. TTK Piero Piccioni - Il Dio Sotto la Pelle (1974) A gift from Ms. TTK to me.