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Post by fatfingerjohn on Dec 3, 2023 17:42:41 GMT
Isn't it great when you stumble across a less well known song/performance and it just grabs you. Here's one I found a couple of weeks ago which I can't stop listening to. OK, so the subject is a bit dark, but its sung as a sort of love song to someone who lost their way. MCC's (one of my favorite singers) harmony is just spot on as is the whole performance , including the non-flashy guitar interlude.
What are your 'lesser known' songs/performances that you think are just great?
FFJ
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Post by ocarolan on Dec 3, 2023 18:54:43 GMT
Wow, so many, many to chose from. How's this for starters?
Magnificent song, great performance - I've loved this since seeing on the telly very many years ago and was delighted to find it on Youtube not too many years ago.
Keith
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Post by newdave on Dec 3, 2023 19:45:12 GMT
This is an interesting game...
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Post by martinrowe on Dec 3, 2023 22:19:04 GMT
Lucinda Williams has a great voice doesn't she. I posted one up a short while ago on the Acoustic Cafe thread - Choctaw Bingo written by Ray Wylie Hubbard and sung by James McMurtry. To me the words have what I call resonance i.e their meaning seems to be fathomless. This Clay Pigeonsknocks me sideways every time I hear it. I deliberately don't play it much because what happens is that I keep on playing it and never tire of it. I first heard it sung by Ged Darby on here. Same thing as above really, one line gets me and then I realise that the song is full of lines with endless meaning. No matter how many times I listen to these there always seems to be another subtle meaning that encompasses something. A lot of Dylan and John Prine's stuff I could say the same about - but most people know about those I think. |
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Post by fatfingerjohn on Dec 4, 2023 8:21:41 GMT
Lucinda Williams has a great voice doesn't she. I posted one up a short while ago on the Acoustic Cafe thread - Choctaw Bingo written by Ray Wylie Hubbard and sung by James McMurtry. To me the words have what I call resonance i.e their meaning seems to be fathomless. This Clay Pigeonsknocks me sideways every time I hear it. I deliberately don't play it much because what happens is that I keep on playing it and never tire of it. I first heard it sung by Ged Darby on here. Same thing as above really, one line gets me and then I realise that the song is full of lines with endless meaning. No matter how many times I listen to these there always seems to be another subtle meaning that encompasses something. A lot of Dylan and John Prine's stuff I could say the same about - but most people know about those I think. This is a great song and I remember Ged playing it as well, brilliant in his own inimatable way. For me it fulfills so many of the gret song ciriteria of which simplicity is key; nthng fancy, just a great lyric and melody. Thanks for reminding me of this. FFJ |
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Post by borborygmus on Dec 4, 2023 12:52:52 GMT
Gets me every time...
Peter
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Post by andrewjw on Dec 4, 2023 15:45:06 GMT
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Post by doc on Dec 4, 2023 16:50:25 GMT
Gets me every time.
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Post by lavaman on Dec 5, 2023 14:41:11 GMT
A great song from Aimee Mann from her wonderful album Mental Illness. There's a bit of waffle on this live performance and the song starts about 1 minute in.
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Post by fatfingerjohn on Dec 6, 2023 13:34:47 GMT
Great to see such a variety of replies, not just some excellent songs, most of which were new to me, but some performers who I didn't know and will enjoy seeing more of.
Here's another from me; the song may be a bit familiar to some but not the singer who does his own take on it and has a really distinctive voice.
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