How about East of Eden, Kiss me Deadly, Lola Montes, Floating Clouds, Pather Panchali, Tales of the Taira Clan, Yang Kwei Fei, Ordet, Smiles of a Summer Night...
Oh, i wasn't classing you in with critics' reviews! It's just i'm a bit suspicious of some music mags' ratings (too dependent on coolness and awareness of how they will be perceived). You're obviously genuine.
Anouar Brahem; well i guess his name sounds as it looks. I've only discovered hom recently. He's a Tunisian oud (stringed instrument) player, a sort of soft but deeply beautiful jazz, usually albums with a couple of other musicians, eg Le Pas du Chat Noir with (French) piano and accordeon. Astrakan Café sounds a bit more exotic, with clarinet and bendir/darbouka. I like all the albums of his i've heard. He did music for some films including Silences of the Palace (Tunisia), but i wasn't aware of that when i last watched it.
Anyway, give Le Pas du Chat Noir a try, and look him up on the net (wikipedia etc).
Then there's Akku by Raushan Orazbaeva from Kazakhstan, but that may be more of an acquired taste. She plays a shamanic spoon-shaped wooden stringed instrument a bit like a cello. I find it quite evocative. Women have only recently been playing it. Of course, as Borat would tell you, they have to stay in their cages!
Well, thanks for the advice; it's a shame that i got rid of Astral Weeks then. I've tended to be more patient watching films than i am with music and books (perhaps cos i've become more attuned to films). My wife is starting to come round to Ys!
Very interesting. Good to find Miyagawa, Muller and Nykvist, though i think their best work is missing. How about Storaro, Chris Menges, Almendros (or have i missed them?- harder to spot when not alphabetical). Glad you put Peter Greenaway as from Wales. I'm irritated that he's often listed elsewhere as born London (including by David Thomson, in his dictionary of film, in spite of my having corrected him!) In fact Chris Menges has been living near here in Wales for some time.
ps; i'm glad you like Springsteen (strangely underrated these days?) and The White Stripes is one of the very few modern bands i've been impressed with, admittedly i've only got the one album.
Sorry, i don't want to put a dampener on your pleasure. It's just for me clearly a 4 star not 5 star album, and i think some of the more orgasmic reviews have been a bit o.t.t, partly cos it's Dylan. But you lie back and enjoy!
Very interesting. Much as i enjoyed parts of Modern Times- the first and last tracks are excellent- it's surely been overrated generally. First for the plagiarism, which has been too easily excused, and second for the ponderous Nettie Moore and relatively uninspired centre, and weak When the Deal goes Down. It's certainly pleasant and i prefer his older voice, but nothing earth-shatteringly original.
I'm a middle-aged fogey, well behind the times, but i did like White Blood Cells a lot so intend to get more White Stripes.
Really? He's so out of fashion (cos of Di and Disney, it seems) and due re-appraisal. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the obvious starter, Tumbleweed and Capt Fantastic growers. Give Caribou a miss. Blue Moves was the crossroads, flawed but full of possibilities, after which he was never the same again; drugs/the backlash about being gay etc...
Quite extraordianry to come up with 1000! And plenty of food for thought, new things to explore. Good to see Double Life of Veronique, others by Preisner, + Once upon a Time in America. I'd have picked more Sibelius, Puccini, Verdi, but just taste...
Thanks for this very interesting list. I'm trying to be less of an old fogey and catch up with so many things; i've missed out on so much (and also been so disappointed/disenchanted with lots of famous, recommended and chart stuff over the years, i virtually gave up on music completely.) Last month, I almost bought In the Aereoplane over the Sea unheard from Amazon, lured by the cover, concept and comments, then was deterred by hearing snatches, but will give it another go, presume it may be an acquired taste?
How about East of Eden, Kiss me Deadly, Lola Montes, Floating Clouds, Pather Panchali, Tales of the Taira Clan, Yang Kwei Fei, Ordet, Smiles of a Summer Night...
Great stuff! Last time i looked, with link from Scaruffi's site, The Last Supper was not the Leonardo Da Vinci version but some pale imitation.
Oh, i wasn't classing you in with critics' reviews! It's just i'm a bit suspicious of some music mags' ratings (too dependent on coolness and awareness of how they will be perceived). You're obviously genuine.
Anouar Brahem; well i guess his name sounds as it looks. I've only discovered hom recently. He's a Tunisian oud (stringed instrument) player, a sort of soft but deeply beautiful jazz, usually albums with a couple of other musicians, eg Le Pas du Chat Noir with (French) piano and accordeon. Astrakan Café sounds a bit more exotic, with clarinet and bendir/darbouka. I like all the albums of his i've heard. He did music for some films including Silences of the Palace (Tunisia), but i wasn't aware of that when i last watched it.
Anyway, give Le Pas du Chat Noir a try, and look him up on the net (wikipedia etc).
Then there's Akku by Raushan Orazbaeva from Kazakhstan, but that may be more of an acquired taste. She plays a shamanic spoon-shaped wooden stringed instrument a bit like a cello. I find it quite evocative. Women have only recently been playing it. Of course, as Borat would tell you, they have to stay in their cages!
Well, thanks for the advice; it's a shame that i got rid of Astral Weeks then. I've tended to be more patient watching films than i am with music and books (perhaps cos i've become more attuned to films). My wife is starting to come round to Ys!
Very interesting. Good to find Miyagawa, Muller and Nykvist, though i think their best work is missing. How about Storaro, Chris Menges, Almendros (or have i missed them?- harder to spot when not alphabetical). Glad you put Peter Greenaway as from Wales. I'm irritated that he's often listed elsewhere as born London (including by David Thomson, in his dictionary of film, in spite of my having corrected him!) In fact Chris Menges has been living near here in Wales for some time.
ps; i'm glad you like Springsteen (strangely underrated these days?) and The White Stripes is one of the very few modern bands i've been impressed with, admittedly i've only got the one album.
Sorry, i don't want to put a dampener on your pleasure. It's just for me clearly a 4 star not 5 star album, and i think some of the more orgasmic reviews have been a bit o.t.t, partly cos it's Dylan. But you lie back and enjoy!
The plagiarism was taking lyrics from an American civil war poet- uncredited.
Very interesting. Much as i enjoyed parts of Modern Times- the first and last tracks are excellent- it's surely been overrated generally. First for the plagiarism, which has been too easily excused, and second for the ponderous Nettie Moore and relatively uninspired centre, and weak When the Deal goes Down. It's certainly pleasant and i prefer his older voice, but nothing earth-shatteringly original.
I'm a middle-aged fogey, well behind the times, but i did like White Blood Cells a lot so intend to get more White Stripes.
Really? He's so out of fashion (cos of Di and Disney, it seems) and due re-appraisal. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the obvious starter, Tumbleweed and Capt Fantastic growers. Give Caribou a miss. Blue Moves was the crossroads, flawed but full of possibilities, after which he was never the same again; drugs/the backlash about being gay etc...
Good to see 2 of the very best- Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town- so high. But where is Elton? Now come on!
Quite extraordianry to come up with 1000! And plenty of food for thought, new things to explore. Good to see Double Life of Veronique, others by Preisner, + Once upon a Time in America. I'd have picked more Sibelius, Puccini, Verdi, but just taste...
Thanks for this very interesting list. I'm trying to be less of an old fogey and catch up with so many things; i've missed out on so much (and also been so disappointed/disenchanted with lots of famous, recommended and chart stuff over the years, i virtually gave up on music completely.) Last month, I almost bought In the Aereoplane over the Sea unheard from Amazon, lured by the cover, concept and comments, then was deterred by hearing snatches, but will give it another go, presume it may be an acquired taste?
no, but i have been tempted to get it! Surely it can't top Rodrigo's? Thanks for the suggestion.