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Who?
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I guess it's something to do with the notification system, then. Confirmation email arrived half an hour after your message above.
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Hooooly cow Chris Huelsbeck just followed me on Twitter! I'm freaking out!
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TV's Frink said:
Who?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Huelsbeck
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Oh, gonna make me copy/paste, are you?
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Leonardo said:
Hooooly cow Chris Huelsbeck just followed me on Twitter! I'm freaking out!
Wow!
Have you contacted him yet?
“Logic is the battlefield of adulthood.”
- Howard Berk
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JayArgonaut said:
Leonardo said:
Hooooly cow Chris Huelsbeck just followed me on Twitter! I'm freaking out!
Wow!
Have you contacted him yet?
http://twitter.com/Chris_Huelsbeck/status/638432635874734080
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Oh, gonna make me copy/paste, are you?
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More music from Rogue Squadron,
here's the Opening Logos:
http://tindeck.com/listen/ohdwu
EDIT: unfinished, gotta do the final "tada!!" part.
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Uploaded on Youtube
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What are you working on at the moment?
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I took a break, I would've loved to do a couple more tunes from Rogue Squadron, but real life has distracted me ;P
I may be attending a training course in the next days, nothing major but, much like a hound, my ears have been perked up pointing to the sky.
Will reprise work on these and other projects of mine (the italian Terminator preservation) as soon as my mind tells me I may sit down and have a beer.
Thanks for asking! :)
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Leonardo said:
as soon as my mind tells me I may sit down and have a beer.
Why wait? Anytimes a good time to have a beer. Especially before work!
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Said the guy who is drunk or high at work all the time...IIRC.
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Both actually, and I just got a promotion, and am possibly in the running for another one. Are they related? Probably not...
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Hey buddy pretty cool stuff. I have no musical talent. None. So this all sounds pretty good to my ears.
Peace.
K. Let’s have this ride.
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Leonardo said:
I have to be honest, having been born at the tail end of the 80s, "Blue Monday" is the only New Order track I've been exposed to, thanks to compilation CDs and the like.
*faints*
Track down Substance and go from there. It includes Blue Monday, True Faith, Bizarre Love Triangle, on and on. A fantastic album.
*helps Frink up*
Yes, those are all among my favorites...did I ever mention that you have excellent taste my good Frink...? ;-)
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I am now in the midst of listening to some Pop Italian...here is the playlist:
01 - Gino Paoli - Il cielo in una stanza
02 - Drupi - Piccola e fragile
03 - Cugini di campagna - Bella da morire
04 - Loredana Berté - E la luna bussò
05 - Matia Bazar - Solo tu
06 - Edoardo Bennato - Viva la mamma
07 - Donatella Rettore - Lamette
08 - Caterina Caselli - Sono bugiarda
09 - Rita Pavone - Il Geghegé
10 - Gianni Morandi - Fatti mandare dalla mamma
11 - Franco Battiato - Cuccurucucu
12 - Amedeo Minghi & Mietta - Vattene amore
13 - Gianni Togni - Luna
14 - Gigliola Cinguetti - Non ho l'età
15 - Tony Renis - Quando quando quando
16 - Julio Iglesias - Sono un pirata e un signore
17 - Mal dei Primitives - Yeeeeh!
18 - The Rockes - E la pioggia che và
19 - Bobby Solo - Una lacrima sul viso
20 - Umberto Tozzi - Tu
21 - Lucio Battisti - Un'avventura
22 - Heather Parisi - Cicale
23 - Rocky Roberts - Stasera mi butto
24 - Pupo - Gelato al cioccolato
25 - Umberto Tozzi - Stella stai
26 - Ricchi e Poveri - Mamma maria
27 - Viola Valentino - Comprami
28 - Renato Zero - Mi vendo
29 - Gianni Drudi - Fiki fiki
30 - Francesco Salvi - Esatto!
31 - Raffaella Carrà - Rumore
32 - Mina - Zum zum zum
33 - Edoardo Vianello - I watussi
34 - Patty Bravo - Ragazzo triste
35 - Vasco Rossi - Ti voglio bene
36 - Luis Miguel - Noi ragazzi di oggi
37 - Loredana Bertè - Non sono una signora
38 - Righeira - L'estate sta finendo
39 - Adriano Celentano - La storia di Serafino
40 - Toto Cutugno - L'italiano
41 - Piero Focaccia - Stessa spiaggia stesso mare
42 - Domenico Modugno - Volare
43 - Mina - Nessuno ti giuro nessuno
44 - Dik Dik - Sognando la California
45 - Little Tony - Cuore matto
46 - Equipe 84 - Io ho in mente te
Is any of this popular in your corner, Leonardo...?
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I usually avoid italian music. I feel like rock n roll has always been best suited for the english language, where you can say meaningful stuff without using words that have more than two or three syllables. The italian language doesn't have that, and besides IMHO the lyrics are often very silly and simplistic. Especially during the 60's, when dealing with covers of popular english songs. The cover to David Bowie's "Space Oddity" is the perfect example: the italian lyrics tell a completely unrelated and utterly banal story, the trite "oh boo hoo my girl made me cry" crap that was so damn popular at the time. Most of that stuff just sounds like bubblegum music to me, and the few good ones were often covers of popular british or american hits.
That said, I do enjoy some of it, either because I think they're musically interesting or lyrically or both. PFM (Premiata Forneria Marconi) made some amazing stuff, I know they were popular abroad. My father recommended "Area - International POPular Group" to me once, but I never took the time to listen. They're supposed to be great, I'll have to try them sometime.
I like some of Franco Battiato's stuff for his "interesting" lyrics, many people will think them nonsensical, but there's a meaning all right.
Fabrizio DeAndré is another one whose lyrics are the strong point but he was more "direct" in his approach, no cryptic stuff. One of my favorites of his is "La ballata dell'amore cieco" (Ballad of blind love). Some ass (I think it was just some dude on the internet) tried to make, in recent times, a cover of it, in what is supposed to be english, and completely ruined it. Don't waste your time trying to find it. Laughable effort, they just merely translated the lyrics but made no attempt to put them to music, if you know what I mean. Like, it's poetry, you can't just translate it like that...
I will now comment on your playlist.
01 - Gino Paoli - Il cielo in una stanza
Beautiful song, it's been recorded by many artists. The english language cover is pretty good too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbxr4lV5wa0
02 - Drupi - Piccola e fragile
Deffo not my cuppa tea. I remember listening to the A side of this and liking it, but I listened to it just now and... nah.
03 - Cugini di campagna - Bella da morire
Hate it with a passion.
04 - Loredana Berté - E la luna bussò
Don't usually like her but this one is good. I like the chord progression.
05 - Matia Bazar - Solo tu
Same as above, more interested in the arrangement.
06 - Edoardo Bennato - Viva la mamma
Nah.
07 - Donatella Rettore - Lamette
Yes. It's a song that takes the mick out of cutters, but I like it anyways.
08 - Caterina Caselli - Sono bugiarda
The original was enough for me.
09 - Rita Pavone - Il Geghegé
Utter bobbins, but it will stay in your head for a while.
10 - Gianni Morandi - Fatti mandare dalla mamma
Utter bobbins.
11 - Franco Battiato - Cuccurucucu
Good stuff.
12 - Amedeo Minghi & Mietta - Vattene amore
Awful. Would rather listen to "Walking on sunshine" on repeat for 12 hours. And I absolutely loathe that song.
13 - Gianni Togni - Luna
Nice.
14 - Gigliola Cinguetti - Non ho l'età
Snorefest.
15 - Tony Renis - Quando quando quando
Yuck-a-roo.
16 - Julio Iglesias - Sono un pirata e un signore
I don't even.
17 - Mal dei Primitives - Yeeeeh!
Not my cuppa.
"The Primitives" were part of the British invasion in Italy. Which had its peculiarities. Take a group like the Primitives, for example, who would come to Italy, and record songs in italian, and they were hits. Now, Mr. Paul Bradley Couling, AKA "Mal", is welsh, and as a british person, speaks (and sings) with a pronounced british accent. So, what do you do when a gimmick is popular? You adopt it of course! And all of a sudden many italian singers would adopt a fake english name and sing in a fake british accent. After the fad was over, names and accent went. Not for Mal though, he still has it of course. The general public, nowadays, knows him more for "Furia", a 45 which was recorded as a closing theme to "Fury" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fury_%28TV_series%29
a song that almost single handedly ruined his whole career, because from then on, everybody thought of him a singer of kids songs. He hates it to this day.
18 - The Rockes - E la pioggia che và
Here's another british group that had success in Italy. Not my cuppa.
19 - Bobby Solo - Una lacrima sul viso
Don't like him. Both him and Little Tony relied too much on aping Elvis Presley and Little Richard, going as far as keeping the same look for decades and looking ridiculous.
20 - Umberto Tozzi - Tu
Eeeeeechhhhh.
21 - Lucio Battisti - Un'avventura
Many love Lucio to death, others just refuse to like him because of his alleged political affiliations. I like some of his songs, that's it.
22 - Heather Parisi - Cicale
80's bubblegum pop. Can be obnoxious at times.
23 - Rocky Roberts - Stasera mi butto
Rocky was from Miami, he passed away 10 years ago. I don't usually listen to his stuff, but with his rhythm and blues he's a nice change from the usual fare.
24 - Pupo - Gelato al cioccolato
Awful. "Pupo" began with a label, "Baby Records", that usually dealt with Italo Disco, which as trashy and unsophisticated as some would think, is highly preferable to Pupo's music.
25 - Umberto Tozzi - Stella stai
Not my cuppa.
26 - Ricchi e Poveri - Mamma maria
These people, too, came from "Baby Records". They're slightly better than Pupo but that's not saying much.
27 - Viola Valentino - Comprami
Never heard of it before. Don't like the "whispered" style.
28 - Renato Zero - Mi vendo
Renato's interesting, although not my usual fare.
29 - Gianni Drudi - Fiki fiki
What in the world???? Sorry but this is shit, the lyrics are beyond childish, very vulgar, the title basically translates to "Hump-y Hump-y" if you know what I mean. Seeing this one amid everything else makes it stick out like a sore thumb.
30 - Francesco Salvi - Esatto!
Tired catchphrases from an 80's comedian that no one cares about anymore. Dumb.
31 - Raffaella Carrà - Rumore
Don't like Raffaella at all.
32 - Mina - Zum zum zum
Mina's good. Her voice is legendary.
33 - Edoardo Vianello - I watussi
Song about the actual african tribe, the Watusi. Not the most PC song, if it were translated in english. Good thing the italians today are still as racists as in the 1920s.
34 - Patty Pravo - Ragazzo triste
Cover of a Sonny & Cher song, I'm indifferent to it.
35 - Vasco Rossi - Ti voglio bene
Don't like Vasco. I think he's highly overrated.
36 - Luis Miguel - Noi ragazzi di oggi
Never heard of it before.
37 - Loredana Bertè - Non sono una signora
Classic 80's stuff.
38 - Righeira - L'estate sta finendo
It's 80's pop but I like it.
39 - Adriano Celentano - La storia di Serafino
Don't like Adriano, I think he's a pretentious, pompous ass.
40 - Toto Cutugno - L'italiano
Awful.
41 - Piero Focaccia - Stessa spiaggia stesso mare
60's beach music.
42 - Domenico Modugno - Volare
A classic, much has been said and written.
43 - Mina - Nessuno ti giuro nessuno
Not my one of my faves from Mina.
44 - Dik Dik - Sognando la California
Doesn't reach the original but it's pretty good.
45 - Little Tony - Cuore matto
Hate this song.
46 - Equipe 84 - Io ho in mente te
Pretty good.
Hope you don't mind me asking, how did you compile this playlist? Did you find it on youtube? Most of it looks like the stuff people sing at karaoke night.
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Well thank you for this very in-depth analysis of these songs...I've truly enjoyed reading your comments...
I have been listening to some compilations by DJ Checcottanta. At first I thought his mixes too slow a pace, but then I found that I began to truly enjoy the flow of most after repeat listenings...I have about 20 of his mixes and have listened to half (as they are about 1 1/2 hours in length on average). Most are in English, but he did provide 3 in Italian. The one listed above was the first of these that I had listened to. Naturally due to the novelty of such songs I have not yet acquired an 'ear' for them and so have yet to determine how to rate them in my collection. Based in part on your assessment and what I have heard I feel it fair to rate this particular set with 3 stars.
If you are interested, the next group is as follows:
01 - Stadio - Acqua e sapone
02 - Gianna Nannini - Fotoromanza
03 - Anna Oxa - A lei
04 - Scialpi - Solitario
05 - Ivan Cattaneo - Odio e amore
06 - Caterina Caselli - Perdono
07 - Vasco Rossi - Una splendida giornata
08 - Marcella Bella - Nell'aria
09 - Franco Battiato - Bandiera bianca
10 - Tullio de Piscopo - Andamento lento
11 - Raf - Ti pretendo
12 - Julio Iglesias - Se mi lasci non vale
13 - Mango - Bella d'estate
14 - Sammy Barbot - Aria di casa mia
15 - Rita Pavone - La partita a pallone
16 - Ivan Graziani - Monna Lisa
17 - Patty Bravo - La bambola
18 - Sergio Caputo - Un sabato italiano
19 - Dalla & De Gregori - Ma come fanno i marinai
20 - Raffaella Carrà - Tuca tuca
21 - I Nuovi Angeli - Donna felicità
22 - Fiorello - Spiaggie
23 - Zucchero - Diavolo in me
24 - Edoardo Viannello - Abbronzatissima
25 - Gianni Togni - Giulia
26 - Pooh - Piccola Katy
27 - Riccardo Cocciante - In bicicletta
28 - Lucio Battisti - Dieci ragazze
29 - Rino Gaetano - Ma il cielo è sempre più blu
30 - Baccini & Ladri di biciclette - Sotto questo sole
31 - Giorgio Gaber - Goganga
32 - Rita Pavone - Viva la pappa col pomodoro
33 - Gianni Morandi - Andavo a 100 all'ora
34 - Adriano Celentano - Svalutation
35 - The Rockes - Ma che colpa abbiamo noi
36 - Paolo Conte - Via con me
37 - Armando Trovajoli - Samoa tamoure
38 - Fred Buscaglione - Eri piccola così
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“It wasn’t the flood that destroyed the pantry…”