Showing posts with label Sweetest Songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweetest Songs. Show all posts

23 September 2023

Pianobaserade Superpärlor Topp 1-12

stycken mest omtyckta av mig, som jag upplever horisonten på nytt överblickad, åter och åter i mycket dryga oktaver, från en dodekad till nästa

 

0

HOUSE WITH NO DOOR

skriven av Peter Hammill

med Van Der Graaf Generator 1970

experimentell men enkel, progressiv rock i form av vacker ballad

 

1

RAINY NIGHT HOUSE

av Joni Mitchell 1970

långt förspel som smälter perfekt ihop med hela låten

 

2

GRIEGS PIANOKONSERT i a-moll

i synnerhet tredje satsen

av Edvard Grieg 1868

enda som norrmannen skrev för det största formatet

(i viss mån influerad av Schumann, sägs det)

 

3

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER

skriven av Paul Simon 1969

med Art Garfunkels huvudstämma, som även får flygeln att sväva över djupet

 

4

FIRTH OF FIFTH

av Genesis

med Tony Banks vid klaviaturerna

symfonisk rock från 1973

 

5

THE ENTERTAINER

av Scott Joplin

ragtime från 1902 (tre år efter Maple Leaf Rag)

blev ledmotiv i filmen The Sting 1973

 

6

PIANO MAN

eller annat stycke på albumet med samma namn

av/med Billy Joel 1973

sing-along music hall med vibbar från vilda western

 

7

FOOL'S OVERTURE

med Supertramp

av Rick Davis respektive Roger Hodgson

sist på Even in The Quitest Moments 1977

 

8

DEBUSSY'S PRÉLUDES

består av 24 småstycken

komponerade av Claude Debussy 1910

framförda av diverse pianister

brukade fastna särskilt för "FLICKAN MED LINHÅRET"

= åttonde stycket i första boken

 

9

JEALOUS GUY

av/med John Lennon

från andra soloalbumet 1971

(emellertid såg stycket sin första form 1968, med titeln Child of Nature, under de indiska sessionerna till Beatles vita album)

 

10

LADY GRINNING SOUL

eller bättre spelad snarare LIFE ON MARS

av/med David Bowie

från 1973 respektive 1971

 

11

PAINTING WINDOWS eller VINTERSPEL

av/med Nils Erikson 2007 respektive 2002

djupt utsmyckade

 

12

THE REASON

av/med Ted Gärdestad 1981

vari flygeln verkar spelas av Björn J:son Lindh

(som parallellt stod för stråk-arrangemanget?)

 

 

 

 

ZYZ

17 September 2023

Musikstycken från 1973 (i Mitt inre Hus)

 

Återigen inser jag att -73 är den kanske mest gyllene årgången inom allt vad poprockmusik heter. Den tiden fyller 50 i år, lika många som utrymmena i mitt symboliska hus har fått bli vid det här laget.

Visserligen en sorts förteckning över favoriter, eller sådana jag hört mest, men numreringen anger ingen rangordning, blott poetisk överblick.

 

 
0) på Taket
 
LITTLE LAMB DRAGONFLY
Paul McCartney with Wings
 
 
1) Gårdsplanen
 
GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
Elton John
 
 
2) Brevlådan
 
ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS
Mott The Hoople
 

3) Verandan
 
THE BALLAD OF BILLY THE KID
Billy Joel
 

4) Dörren in
 
MIND GAMES
John Lennon
 
 
5) Hallen (längs korridorer)
 
MINUETTO
Mia Martini
[toner av Dario Baldan Bembo
text av Franco Califano]
 

6) Köket
 
HOOKED ON A FEELING
Björn Skifs & Blåblus /Blue Swede
(fast egentligen gillar andra låtar på albumet mer
såsom Destiny eller Never My Love)
 
 
7) Skafferiet
 
UNFINISHED SWEET
Alice Cooper
 

8) Matsalen
 
COME BACK BILLIE JOE
"she's baked an apple pie"
Cliff Richard
B-sida till Power To All Our Friends
 
 
9) Toaletten
 
LADY GRINNING SOUL
David Bowie
 
 
10) Tvätt & Badrummet
 
DISILLUSION
Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida
[skriven av Fältskog]
 
 
11) Städskrubben
 
KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG
Roberta Flack
(eller versionen med Lill Lindfors
SÅNGEN HAN SJÖNG VAR MIN EGEN)
 
 
 
12) Skrivbordet samt Läsfåtöljen
 
DANCING WITH THE MOONLIT KNIGHT
Genesis
 
 
13) Klädgarderoben
 
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD
Charlie Rich
 
 
14) Finsalongen
 
WHEREWITHAL
Clifford T. Ward
(with woodwind instruments)
 
 
15) Vardagsrummet
 
I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY
Roy Wood as Wizzard
 
 
16) inuti TV:n
 
TV CEASAR "Mighty Mouse
tops the pops in every house"
Procol Harum
 

17) Trappan ned
 
IN EVERY DREAM HOME A HEARTACHE
Roxy Music
or the title track from album For Your Pleasure

 
18) Källaren
 
SPIRAL ARCHITECT
Black Sabbath
 

19) Garaget
 
SMUKKE LINDA
Gasolin [Kim Larsen]
 
 
20) MusikStudion
 
TUBULAR BELLS (both parts)
Mike Oldfield
 
 
21) FotoLaboratoriet
 
DESPERADO
"only want the ones that you can't get"
Eagles

 
22) Elcentralen + Proppskåpet
 
SEVEN STARS
Uriah Heep
 
 
 
23) LönnLuckan
[Till Okänt Rum]
 
UNIVERSUM
[inklusive preludium]
Ted Gärdestad
 
 
 
24) SpegelByrån
 
ANGIE
"with no lovin' in our souls
and no money in our coats"
Rolling Stones
 
 
25) Sängkammaren
 
SIX O'CLOCK
Ringo Starr
[composed by McCartney]
 
 
26) Gästrummet
 
TILL LINNEA VIA LEONARD COHEN
Cornelis Vreeswijk
 
 
27) Meditationshörnan
 
THE LIGHT THAT HAS LIGHTED THE WORLD
George Harrison
 

28) Träningslokalen
 
RUBBER BULLETS
"dancin' at the local county jail"
10CC
 

29) Öppna Spisen /Skorstenen
 
IN THE BLACK ROOM /THE TOWER
Peter Hammill
(solo without VDG Generator)
 
 
30) Trappan upp igen
 
THE REMEMBERING (HIGH THE MEMORY)
Yes
 
 
31) Vindens vrår
 
KOM MORGON "och låt skuggorna dö ut"
Anna-Lena Löfgren
 
 
32) Målarateljén
 
TIME
Pink Floyd
"Tired of lying in the sunshine,
staying home to watch the rain"
 
 
33) Dörren ut
 
THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE
Dusty Springfield
[av David Gates]
eller
LEARN TO SAY GOODBYE
Dusty Springfield
[av Bradford Craig och Hugo Montenegro]
 
 
 
34) övre Balkongen
 
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
"to tell the sun to leave the sky"
Elvis Presley
[by Sid Wayne and Armando Manzanero]
 
 
35) nedre Terrassen
 
A SONG FOR EUROPE
"sit at this empty café"
Roxy Music
 
 
36) Växthuset
 
ME AND BOBBY AND BOBBY'S BROTHER
"climbing the apple tree"
Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida
 
 
37) Lekstugan
 
KOM SKA VI LEKA (kärleken)
Lill Lindfors
[cover på Piccolo Uomo
komponerad av Baldan Bembo]
 
 
38) Simbassängen
 
SOMMAR'N SOM ALDRIG SÄGER NEJ
Göran Fristorp & Claes af Geijerstam
melodifestivalvinnare
[skriven av Forssel & Dominique]
 
 
39) Utedasset
 
WHISKEY IN THE JAR
Thin Lizzy [traditional]
 
 
40) Stallet
 
NO QUARTER
Led Zeppelin
(vars album passade nog heter Houses of The Holy)
 
 
41) Tältet
 
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SUITE (Cold Nights in Canada)
John Denver
 
 
42) CykelSkjulet
 
VARGEN
"Dessa tio hjul som spinner i natten, långa kedjor av små och stora cykler, de roterar runt min elektriska syster"
Turid Lundqvist
[av Tomas Wiehe]
 
 
43) RedskapsBoden
 
LARKS' TOUNGES IN ASPIC (both parts)
King Crimson
 
 
44) Soptunnan
 
JUST ANOTHER ONIONHEAD /DA DA DALI
Todd Rundgren
 
 
 
45) Gungorna & Hammocken
 
WAS A SUNNY DAY
Paul Simon
eller svenska versionen
VA' EN SOLIG DA'
Gösta Linderholm
 
 
46) Häcken //Staketet

CUT MY HAIR
The Who
from Quadrophenia
 
 
47) Utanför Tomten
 
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE
Paul McCartney with Wings
 
 
48) genom Snårig Terräng
 
KARN EVIL 9 : FIRST IMPRESSION
Emerson, Lake & Palmer

 
49) i Gyllene Glänta
 
THE FOREIGNER SUITE
"Heaven must have programmed you"
Cat Stevens
 
 
50) vid Grannens Port
 
OPERATING MANUAL FOR SPACESHIP EARTH
Donovan
even though I like more I Like You and Maria Magenta
 
 
 
 
 
ZYZ

11 November 2021

111 ELVIS Songs I Love Most

presented in order of how strong I appreciate each track nowadays, after fourty years of returning in periods to Presley.


Every song here I must have heard more than twenty rounds (including versions), some of them around hundred times since pre-school, some discovered very recently.

For each tune I mention one person or constellation, who's associated with its background, may be a composer and/or lyricist and/or original performer

Much qualities are also thanks to choires such as The Jordanaires and other musicians, even if ELVIS is the king of everything here.


1. THE WONDER OF YOU
Baker Knight

2. (NO) ONE-SIDED LOVE AFFAIR
Bill Campbell

3. KENTUCKY RAIN
Eddie Rabbitt

4. FOOLS RUSH IN (where angels fear to tread)
Bloom & Mercer

5. I GOT A WOMAN
Ray Charles

6. STUCK ON YOU
Schroeder & McFarland

7. IT'S NOW OR NEVER
Eduardo di Capua

8. RETURN TO SENDER
Scott & Blackwell

9. UNTIL IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO 
Buffy Sainte-Marie

10. DON'T CRY DADDY
Mac Davis

11. LIFE ("Somewhere out in empty space, long before the human race")
Shirl Milete



12. TRYIN' TO GET TO YOU
McCoy & Singleton

13. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE ("to ask a baby not to cry")
Armando Manzanero

14. GENTLE ON MY MIND
John Hatford

15. MARY IN THE MORNING
Cymbal & Rashkow

16. SWEET CAROLINE
Neil Diamond

17. SHE'S NOT YOU
Doc Pomus

18. (Now and then there's) A FOOL SUCH AS I
Hank Snow

19. SNOWBIRD
Gene MacLellan (Anne Murray)

20. LONESOME COWBOY
Bennett & Tepper

21. I WAS THE ONE ("who taught her to kiss")
Peppers, Demetrius and more

22. ANYWAY YOU WANT ME (THAT'S HOW I WILL BE)
Aaron Schroder



23. THE GIRL OF MY BEST FRIEND
Bobrick & Ross

24. SUSPICION
Pomus & Shuman

25. WOODEN HEART
Bert Kaempfert and more

26. SOLITAIRE
Neil Sedaka

27. (IT'S ONLY) WORDS
Bee Gees

28. JUST TELL HER JIM SAID HELLO
Leiber & Stoller

29. MY BABY LEFT ME
Arthur Crudup

30. LOVE LETTERS
Heymann & Young

31. LET ME
Presley & Matson

32. LAWDY MISS CLAWDY
Lloyd Price

33. YOU'RE THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE
Kaye, Giant & Baum



34. WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK
Carroll & Moody

35. (MARIE'S THE NAME of) HIS LATEST FLAME
Pomus & Shuman

36. SOLDIER BOY
Jones & Williams Jr.

37. HEART OF ROME ("in every fountain")
Howard & Blaikley & Stephens

38. BLUE SUEDE SHOES
Carl Perkins

39. THE NEXT STEP IS LOVE
Evans & Parnes

40. FEVER
Blackwell & Cooley

41. I GOT STUNG
Schroeder & Hill

42. GOT A LOT O' LIVIN' TO DO
Schroeder & Weisman

43. I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND CRY
Joe Thomas & Howard Biggs

44. (YOU'RE SO SQUARE) BABY, I DON'T CARE
Leiber & Stoller



45. (LET'S HAVE A) PARTY
Jessie Mae Robinson

46. SUCH A NIGHT
Lincoln Chase

47. FLAMING STAR
Sid Wayne

48. SURRENDER
Pomus & Shuman

49. I'LL BE HOME ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Michael Jarrett

50. INDESCRIBABLY BLUE
Darrell Glenn

51. CRYING IN THE CHAPEL
Artie Glenn

52. SUSPICIOUS MINDS
Mark James

53. I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING
Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

54. INHERIT THE WIND
Eddie Rabbitt

55. EARLY MORNIN' RAIN
Gordon Lightfoot



56. OLD SHEP ("if dogs have a heaven")
Red Foley

57. ANYTHING THAT'S PART OF YOU
Don Robertson

58. LOVE ME TENDER
Elvis Presley & Vera Matson

59. HARD-HEADED WOMAN
Claude Demetrius

60. ROCK-A-HULA-BABY
Dolores Fuller and more

61. DOUBLE TROUBLE
Pomus & Shuman

62. TUTTI FRUTTI
Little Richard

63. SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL
Jesse Stone

64. SWING DOWN SWEET CHARIOT
traditional spiritual

65. GOOD LUCK CHARM
Schoeder & Gold

66. LONG-LEGGED GIRL (WITH THE SHORT DRESS ON)
Scott & McFarland



67. AND THE GRASS WON'T PAY NO MIND
Neil Diamond

68. IF I CAN DREAM
Walter Earl Brown

69. WILD IN THE COUNTRY
Peretti & Creatore

70. LOVING YOU
Leiber & Stoller

71. ASK ME
Domenico Modugno

72. I'LL NEVER KNOW
Wayne & Weisman

73. ALWAYS ON MY MIND
Mark James and more

74. TODAY, TOMORROW AND FOREVER
Kaye, Giant & Baum

75. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT
Sid Wayne & Bix Reichner

76. TEDDY BEAR
Mann & Lowe

77. LOVE SONG OF THE YEAR
Chris Christian
 
 

78. I GOTTA KNOW
for Cliff Richard

79. LITTLE SISTER
Pomus & Shuman

80. POOR BOY
Presley & Matson

81. IN THE GHETTO
Mac Davis

82. MONEY HONEY
Jess Stone

83. KING CREOLE
Leiber & Stoller

84. ALL SHOOK UP
Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley

85. BOSSA NOVA BABY
Leiber & Stoller

86. TREAT ME NICE
Leiber & Stoller

87. PARALYZED
Otis Blackwell

88. READY TEDDY
Little Richard



89. BLUEBERRY HILL
Fats Domino

90. MILKCOW BLUES BOOGIE
based on Kokomo Arnold

91. U.S. MALE
Jerry Reed

92. BLUE MOON
Hart & Rodgers

93. I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
Leon Payne

94. FOOL
Carl Sigman from James Last

95. MOODY BLUE
Mark James

96. THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING
Dallas Frazier

97. FROM A JACK TO A KING
Ned Miller

98. KISS ME QUICK
Pomus & Shuman

99. I LOVE ONLY ONE GIRL (ONE IN EVERY TOWN)
Bennett & Tepper



100. CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
Peretti & Creatore

101. HEARTBREAK HOTEL
Axton & Durden

102. I FEEL SO BAD
Chuck Willis

103. YOU'RE RIGHT, I'M LEFT, SHE'S GONE
Taylor & Kesler

104. NEVER AGAIN
Chestnut & Wheeler

105. MAMA LIKED THE ROSES
Johnny Christopher

106. RAGS TO RICHES
Yuri Shchetkov

107. BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
Simon & Garfunkel

108. MEMORIES
Mac Davis & Billy Strange

109. ALL THAT I AM
Bennett & Tepper

110. YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'
Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil



111. I'VE LOST YOU ("I can't reach you anymore")
Ken Howard & Alan Blaikley

This last was earlier one I loved most







ZYZ

07 July 2021

21 Records ReOpening my Summer Door

Recently (Re)discovered Albums 

+ one soundtrack and two live performances

during May, June and a bit of July

 

through the seven chakras, with three records in each = 21

 

 

in my Crown chakra


GAUDI

Alan Parson's Project -87

fave tunes now : Closer To Heaven + Standing On Higher Ground

 

 

LADIES OF THE CANYON

Joni Mitchell -70

fave tunes now : For Free + Rainy Night House



NIELSEN's Clarinet Concerto + "SINFONIA ESPANSIVA"

composed by Carl Nielsen 1928 /1911

performed by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra via Myung-Whun Chung -85

fave part now : ANDANTE PASTORALE, 2nd movement of 3rd symphony



 

in my (third) Eye chakra

 

DOT

Karmakanic -16

fave tune now : Higher Ground [where Nils Erikson sings]

though their masterpiece still is : God, The Universe And Everything Else No One Really Cares Ablout part I

 

 

AFTERNOONS IN UTOPIA

Alphaville -86

fave tunes now : Fantastic Dream + Carol Masters

 

 

LIVE as a FAIRY during URBAN GARDEN DAY

Josefin Berger -21

fave tune now, released as new single : YOUR ADVENTURE

 

 

 

in my Throat chakra

 

THE DREAMING

Kate Bush -82

fave tunes now : There Goes a Tenner + Night of The Swallow



SKYLARKING

Xtc -86

fave tunes now : Summer's Cauldron + 1000 Umbrellas


 

COME FLY WITH ME

Frank Sinatra -58

fave tunes now : Brazil + Isle of Capri


 

 

in my Heart chakra

 

THE LAUGHING APPLE

Cat Stevens / Yusuf -17

fave tune now : Mary And The Little Lamb

 

 

The Lost Tapes : SEARCHING FOR THE SONGS

Jon Anderson [without Yes] -86

fave tunes now : Jessica + Strawberry Wine

 

 

SUMMER CONCERT in SANKTA MARIA CATHEDRAL of VISBY

with Konstellation:Kvartett -21

women playing three strings + piano

fave part : 3rd movement of piano quartet 1 by Gabriel Fauré 1879

+ Piano Quartet by Judith Weir -00


 

 

in my SolarPlexus chakra

 

EVERYTHING

The Bangles -88

fave tune now : Bell Jar 

though Eternal Flame always shines most high

 

 

BAG OF TRIX 

a Tripple Box

Roxette 1986-2020

fave tunes now :

Som i En Dröm (early version of So Far Away)

Hotblooded (demo)

Watercolours in The Rain (demo)

 

 

IMPLODING THE MIRAGE

The Killers -20

fave tunes now : Lightning Fields + My Own Soul's Warning



 

in my Sex chakra

 

LIKE A PRAYER

Madonna -89

fave tunes now : Dear Jessie + Till Death Do Us Part



HUNKY DORY

David Bowie -71

fave tunes now :  Oh, You Pretty Things! + Fill Your Heart


 

SOUNDTRACK to RUSHMORE

the movie by Wes Anderson -98

fave tunes now : 

Here Comes My Baby with Cat Stevens -67

A Quick One, While He's Away with The Who -66


 

 

in my Root chakra


EMPTY GLASS

Pete Townshend -80

solo without The Who

fave tune now : I Am an Animal

 

 

COURT AND SPARK

Joni Mitchell -74

fave tunes now : Raised on Robbery + Car On a Hill


 

RENDEZ-VOUS

Jean Michel Jarre -86

fave tune now : Second Rendez-Vous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

those sung in only swedish aren't choosen from here 

since they make more sense on my other blog's lists

 

ZYZ

18 January 2021

my House of Uriah Heep tunes

a kind of Top 21 or those I've heard most

among songs from their earliest 12 albums

everything Uriah Heep made in the 70's


each tune put in one of my inner Rooms 
and symbolical spaces that may show
which kind of values they have for me 




Roof Top : SEVEN STARS
from Sweet Freedom -73



Chimney : HIGH PRIESTESS
from Salisbury -71



Front Door : (MISTER) WONDERWORLD

[dreams were made to dim the light, the torment day can bring]
from Wonderworld -74



Hallway : WISE MAN [so many ways to turn]
from Firefly -77



Kitchen : THE WIZARD

[...told me tales and he drank my wine]
from Demons & Wizards -72



Bathroom /Toilet : COME BACK TO ME [alone again]
from Fallen Angel -78



Parlour : CIRCLE OF HANDS [sky full of eyes]
from Demons & Wizards -72



Living TV Room : CRYSTAL BALL
single bonus to The Magicians Birthday -72



Stairway
(down...)
: SALISBURY

= their very longest track
from Salisbury -71



Basement : ECHOES IN THE DARK
from The Magicians Birthday -72



Secret Wardrobe : ILLUSION
from Innocent Victim -77



Workroom
: WHAT SHOULD BE DONE

[...trouble for sure, by living behind a locked door]
from Look At Yourself -71



Bedroom : DREAMS
from Wonderworld -74



Stairway
(...up again)
: RETURN TO FANTASY
from Return to Fantasy -75



Attic : FIREFLY
from Firefly -77



Balcony : FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW
from High & Mighty -76



Garden : JULY MORNING
from Look At Yourself -71



Children's Cottage : IF I HAD THE TIME [to relive my life]
from Sweet Freedom -73



Food Cellar : [they will all be dead in] A YEAR OR A DAY
from Return to Fantasy -75



Fence (Border to World) : THE SPELL 

[...to save us from the evils of your mind...]
from Demons & Wizards -72



Caravan : COME AWAY MELINDA
(cover) from Very 'eavy Very 'umble -70





Recently discovered which couldn't find some place :

MIDNIGHT

from High & Mighty -76



0W0

04 October 2020

Absolutely Best 99 songs of ABBA

in other words every tune

among the more or less 99 songs they've made

and recorded between 1972 -1982

....trying to compare how much I appreciate each piece
which no one else on earth would put in same order?!?!

so here is my most recent list
now after four decades of devoted listening



1
MAMMA MIA

2
HONEY HONEY

3
ME AND I

4
THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME

5
THE VISITORS

6
SLIPPING THROUGH MY FINGERS

7
SUZY-HANG-AROUND

8
SITTING IN THE PALMTREE

9
LOVE ISN'T EASY (BUT IT SURE IS HARD ENOUGH)

10
CHIQUITITA

11
ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN
 


12
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU

13
RING RING

14
ANGEL EYES

15
WHEN I KISSED THE TEACHER

16
WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE

17
DISILLUSION
[written by Fältskog]

18
ANDANTE, ANDANTE

19
EAGLE

20
MOVE ON

21
PEOPLE NEED LOVE

22
DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW 
 
 

23
ME AND BOBBY AND BOBBY'S BROTHER

24
OUR LAST SUMMER

25
HASTA MANANA

26
FERNANDO

27
LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME

28
HEAD OVER HEELS

29
THE KING HAS LOST HIS CROWN

30
WATERLOO

31
I AM THE CITY
[last among these recorded
and my most recent discovery]

32
WHAT ABOUT LIVINGSTONE?

33
ANOTHER TOWN, ANOTHER TRAIN 
 
 

34
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC
(including "Doris Day version")

35
I AM JUST A GIRL

36
SHOULD I LAUGH OR CRY

37
KING KONG SONG

38
NINA, PRETTY BALLERINA

39
INTERMEZZO NO. 1

40
"ABBA UNDELEATED"
mix of working versions or unfinished songs

41
THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL

42
ONE OF US

43
THAT'S ME

44
HOLE IN YOUR SOUL 
 
 
 
 

45
I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO

46
MY LOVE, MY LIFE

47
S.O.S.

48
BANG-A-BOOMERANG

49
MERRY-GO-ROUND

50
MONEY MONEY MONEY

51
I'M A MARIONETTE

52
I LET THE MUSIC SPEAK

53
THE PIPER

54
DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON)

55
TAKE A CHANCE ON ME
 
 

56
ROCK ME

57
AS GOOD AS NEW

58
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE

59
GONNA SING YOU MY LOVE SONG

60
KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU

61
WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ME?
including single version HAPPY HAWAII

62
TROPICAL LOVELAND

63
I WONDER (DEPARTURE)

64
ROCK'N'ROLL BAND

65
WATCH OUT

66
HEY, HEY HELEN 
 
 

67
SHE'S MY KIND OF GIRL

68
CRAZY WORLD

69
I HAVE A DREAM

70
LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM

71
ELAINE

72
DANCING QUEEN

73
GIMME! GIMME! GIMME! (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT)

74
KISSES OF FIRE

75
SO LONG

76
SANTA ROSA

77
SUPER TROUPER
 
 

78
SUMMER NIGHT CITY

79
DREAM WORLD

80
THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO

81
HAPPY NEW YEAR

82
SOLDIERS

83
LOVELIGHT

84
DUM DUM DIDDLE

85
MAN IN THE MIDDLE

86
HE IS YOUR BROTHER

87
YOU OWE ME ONE

88
I SAW IT IN THE MIRROR
 
 

89
THE NAME OF THE GAME

90
PUT ON YOUR WHITE SOMBRERO

91
ARRIVAL

92
LOVERS (LIVE A LITTLE LONGER)

93
TIGER

94
ON AND ON AND ON

95
UNDER ATTACK

96
CASSANDRA

97
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE NIGHTS

98
VOULEZ-VOUS

99
MY MAMA SAID
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
= from Mamma to Mama
 
....though some singles and tracks on Voulez-Vous was
not discovered until 2004 when I completed every gap.
 
 
 
 
ZYZ 

01 July 2020

Seven Favourite Music Pieces by Traffic


1. in Crown chakra

PAPER SUN

[Capaldi, Winwood]
single -67



2. in Eye chakra

EMPTY PAGES

[Capaldi, Winwood]
from John Barleycorn Must Die -70



3. in Throat chakra

HOUSE FOR EVERYONE

[Mason]
from Mr. Fantasy -67



4. in Heart chakra

(I'm looking for a girl who has)
NO FACE, NO NAME, NO NUMBER

[Capaldi, Wood, Winwood]
from Mr. Fantasy -67



5. in Gut chakra

COLOURED RAIN

[Capaldi, Wood, Winwood]
from Mr Fantasy -67



6. in Sex chakra

VAGABOND VIRGIN

[Capaldi, Mason]
from Traffic -68



7. in Root chakra

WALKING IN THE WIND

[Capaldi, Winwood]
from When The Eagle Flies -74






+ two Bonus illusions
hard to decide whether they shine Above
and/or Below many others


RAINMAKER

[Capaldi, Winwood]
from The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys -71


WITHERING TREE (bearing no fruit)

[Capaldi, Winwood]
from Traffic -68







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04 April 2020

McCartney Compositions I Love Most

among every song Paul has ever created
(not included the purely instrumental)
in an attempt to order
how much I appreciate each piece now



1. PENNY LANE
single -67
then from Magical Mystery Tour (Retrospective)


2. GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE
from Revolver -66


3. MAYBE I'M AMAZED
from McCartney -70


4. THE FOOL ON THE HILL
from Magical Mystery Tour -67


5. ROCKY RACCOON
from White Album -68


6. LITTLE LAMB DRAGONFLY
from Red Rose Speedway -73

 
7. HEATHER (..to the moon..)
from Driving Rain -01


8. MOTHER NATURE'S SON
from White Album -68


9. GOLDEN SLUMBERS (Once there was a way)
from Abbey Road -69

 
10. I SAW HER STANDING THERE
[maybe co-written by Lennon]
from Please Please Me -63


11. ELEANOR RIGBY
from Revolver -66


12. YOU WON'T SEE ME
from Rubber Soul -65


13. TAKE IT AWAY
from Tug of War -82


14. MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHT
from Ram -71


15. MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER
from Abbey Road -69


16. HOUSE OF WAX
from Memory Almost Full -07


17. EIGHT DAYS A WEEK
[maybe co-written by Lennon]
from Beatles For Sale -64


18. THAT DAY IS DONE
[maybe co-written by Costello]
from Flowers in The Dirt -89


19. LADY MADONNA
single -68


20. NOBODY KNOWS
from McCartney II -80


21.  KEEP UNDER COVER
from Pipes of Peace -83


22. WE ALL STAND TOGETHER
single -83


23. VENUS AND MARS
(+REPRISE)
from Venus And Mars -75


24. SIX O'CLOCK
for Ringo Starr on Ringo -73


25. UNCLE ALBERT - ADMIRAL HALSEY
from Ram -71


26. ENGLISH TEA
from Chaos and Creation in The Backyard -05


27. SUMMER'S DAY SONG
(Someone's sleeping through a bad dream)
from McCartney II -80


28. DISTRACTIONS
from Flowers in The Dirt -89


29. SOMEDAYS
from Flaming Pie -97


30. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE
from Band On The Run -73


31. THINGS WE SAID TODAY
from A Hard Day's Night -64


32. HELLO GOODBYE
single -67
then from Magical Mystery Tour (Retrospective)


33. BIP BOP
from Wings Wild Life -71


34. MARTHA MY DEAR
from White Album -68


35. MICHELLE
from Rubber Soul -65


36. SOUVENIR
from Flaming Pie -97


37. GOOD DAY SUNSHINE
from Revolver -66


38. LONDON TOWN
from London Town -78


39. YELLOW SUBMARINE
for Ringo to sing
from Revolver -66 and Yellow Submarine -69


40. HONEY PIE
from White Album -68


41. THIS ONE
from Flowers in The Dirt -89


42. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
for Ringo to sing
from Sgt. Pepper -67


43. AVERAGE PERSON
from Pipes of Peace -83


44. PAPERBACK WRITER
single -66


45. ON MY WAY TO WORK
from NEW -13


46. ANOTHER DAY
single or bonus track to Ram -71


47. SALLY G
single -76


48. LET 'EM IN
from Wings at The Speed of Sound -76


49. FOR NO ONE
from Revolver -66


50. FIXING A HOLE
from Sgt. Pepper -67


51. FRIENDS TO GO
from Chaos and Creation in The Backyard -05


52. FEET IN THE CLOUDS
from Memory Almost Full -07


53. I'M CARRYING
from London Town -78


54. WINTER ROSE
from Back to The Egg -79


55. LONG-HAIRED LADY
from Ram -71


56. SOME PEOPLE NEVER KNOW
from Wings Wild Life -71


57. I DON'T KNOW
from Egypt Station -18


58. YOU GAVE ME THE ANSWER
from Venus And Mars -75


59. WHEN I'M SIXTY-FOUR
from Sgt. Pepper -67


60. THE SONGS WE WERE SINGING
from Flaming Pie -97


61. HERE TODAY
from Tug of War -82


62. THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
from Let it Be -70



....at first I was heading for 44 songs
but some seemed impossible to let out





my biggest periods of discovering McCartney was in :

1982 while six years old
1990 while fourteen years old
1993 while seventeen years old
1997 while twenty-one years old
2003 while twenty-seven years old
2013 while thirty-seven years old
2017 while fourty-one years old



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28 March 2020

Top Twelve Elton John Songs

if inside a space ship I could bring only twelve
among Elton's own tunes to Taupin's lyrics

I would choose these now, after recent repetitions
(only allowed to take one song from each album)


1
ROCKET MAN
(I think it's gonna be a long long time)
from Honky Château -72

2
COUNTRY COMFORT
from Tumbleweed Connection -70

3
SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT
from Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy -75

4
WESTERN FORD GATEWAY
from Empty Sky -69

5
SIXTY YEARS ON
from Elton John -70

6
ISLAND GIRL
from Rock of The Westies -75

7
SOLAR PRESTIGE A GAMMON
from Caribou -74

8
JAPANESE HANDS
from Reg Strikes Back -88

9
LITTLE JEANNIE
from 21 at 33 -80

10
GREY SEAL
(How does it feel to be so wise?)
from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road -73

11
SONG FOR GUY
from A Single Man -78

12
COLD AS CHRISTMAS (in the middle of the year)
from Too Low For Zero -83




Bonus mixing themes from his/their story :
THE CAPTAIN & THE KID
from The Captain & The Kid -06



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12 August 2019

sensible pianist Julia Isaksson nails it again

on Gothenburg Piano Festival, here clips from playing
Petrushka by Stravinskij and a prelude by Debussy

seen her for this second time, swedish Isaksson now is 23 years








03 August 2019

19 favourite Eurythmics tracks

so far in my experience
which soon will evolve...
here among songs made 1981-89


1. THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL
(PLAYING WITH MY HEART)

2. THORN IN MY SIDE

3. SHE'S INVISIBLE NOW

4. I COULD GIVE YOU (A MIRROR)
 
5. SYLVIA (into a deep deep sleep)

6. SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS)

7. REVENGE

8. THE KING & QUEEN OF AMERICA

9. SATELLITE OF LOVE
[cover of Lou Reed]

10. BETTER TO HAVE LOST IN LOVE
(THAN NEVER TO HAVE LOVED AT ALL)

11. DOUBLEPLUSGOOD

12. WHEN TOMORROW COMES

13. HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN

14. JENNIFER

15. BELINDA

16. YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART

17. ANGEL (Elvis... on a Sunday)

18. ADRIAN

19. LOVE IS A STRANGER



Almost half of what Stewart & Lennox so skillfully has created I still have a difficult time to really enjoy, neither in a superficial or deeper way. While some songs per album I love more and more, simultanously in a superficial and deeper way.

Strangely enough their most famous TOUCH I feel less for than other albums. Their first two In The Garden + Sweet Dreams I seem to hold highest, viewed as whole experiences. Revenge and Savage I've listened too little to to estimate, even though singles from there were my very first impressions of Eurythmics over Sky Channel aso, when I was eleven. So this list can soon change a bit.

We Two Are One I must have lent from the library as more of an adult, after buying Dave Stewarts solo works, also some years after. This was still long before discovering the roots of Eurythmics, including The Tourists. And Lennox' great voice + acting skills I'm just beginning to realise clearly now.



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10 July 2019

Open Road with Donovan

and his kind of Band
at the start of the 70's
which could've been even better
than his pure solo songs, but unfairly began
to drive Donovan into public oblivion


as my Summer Album # 19:1
by kinda chakra based evaluation from Crown to Root


most Whole Soulful song : PEOPLE USED TO

most Introspective Dreamlike song : CURRY LAND (Yogi Blue)

most Expressively Amusing song : CHANGES

most Beautifully Lovable song : JOE BEAN'S THEME

most Mighty Strongfelt song : NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION (Get on your Bike)

most Sexy Teasing song : CLARA CLAIRVOYANT

most Survive-Struggling song : POKE AT THE POPE


Below and/or Above everyone : ROOTS OF OAK



Reminds me most of : 
Kinks
Cat Stevens
T. Rex
Harrison
Wings
Byrds
Bowie
Neil Young
early Deep Purple



Whole Album

(7) compositions
(5) instrumentations
(6) singin' /playin' feelin'
(6) lyrics (incl titles)
(7) variation
(4) synchronization
(1) cover /concept
(5) historical importance

= 41

I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 8 x 7 = 56 never exist(?)


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30 June 2019

my House of White Album

every song put in each of my inner Rooms 
and symbolical spaces that may show
which kind of values they have for me
since an ordinary top list feels impossible

While Returning once more in life
to Beatles most spiritual and eclectic record
now through the 50-years-Anniversary Remix
which seems clearifying and potentially fantastic
but haven't changed my impressions completely



Roof Top
BLACKBIRD



Chimney /Stove
HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN



Front Door
ROCKY RACCOON



Hallway
LONG LONG LONG



Workroom
I'M SO TIRED



Kitchen, cooking corner
HONEY PIE


Kitchen, dinner table
SAVOY TRUFFLE



Bathroom, Toilet part
GLASS ONION


Bathroom, Shower part
SEXY SADIE



Parlour
MARTHA, MY DEAR



Living TV Room
REVOLUTION 9



Stairway
(down...)

HELTER SKELTER



Basement
YER BLUES



Music Studio
DON'T PASS ME BY



secret wardrobe
GOOD NIGHT



Broom Closet
WILD HONEY PIE



Extra Toilet
WHY DON'T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD?



Bedroom
WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS



Stairway
(...up again)

OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA



Attic
DEAR PRUDENCE



Mirror
JULIA



Balcony
I WILL



Garden
MOTHER NATURE'S SON



Play Cottage
THE CONTINUING STORY OF BUNGALOW BILL



Tool Shed
REVOLUTION 1



Food Cellar
PIGGIES



Fence (Border to World)
EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE
(EXCEPT FOR ME AND MY MONKEY)



Outside (Neighbor)

BIRTHDAY



Another Home (Castle)
CRY BABY CRY



Caravan Away
BACK IN THE USSR





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28 April 2019

Pieces Recently (Re)discovered, Musical Body 19:2

while summer shines already
though whole April but
finally rains again



Crown chakra


HIGHLAND

with One More Time
by Nanne and Peter Grönvall
from Highland -92



Eye chakra

TIME TO GO

with Saga
from Silent Knight -80



Throat chakra

QUIET

with Ian Dury & The Blockheads
from Do it Yourself -79



Heart chakra

BLUE MOON (alone)

with Pat Boone
from Moody River -61

after repeating Elvis Sun Sessions



Solar Plexus chakra

GHOST TOWN

with The Specials
from single -81



Sex chakra

ANNA and/or X TELLING ME ABOUT THE LOSS OF SOMETHING DEAR, AT AGE 16

with Hello Saferide
from More Modern Short Stories of Hello Saferide -08



Root chakra

HALF A WORLD AWAY

with R.E.M.
from Out of Time -91






+ Special Spinning Darling Now 
cross every chakra or none :



BABY, NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU

with The Foundations -67
by Macaulay & Macleod

and may more from compilation Buttercups & Rainbows -01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJPIVC_X4l0



also Above and/or Below everyone :

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
by Queen -75

with just piano played by blind boy Avett
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOrqLME1CFY







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01 March 2019

my Top 39 among Albums Released 1979


-79 seems to me a bit superficial, strange year in music history. Of course many splendid songs were made, in creative styles. But to find whole concepts fantastic enough (in my ears) became a quite sluggish, still unfulfilled process.

From Breakfast To Breakfast
including a favourite track from each



1. BREAKFAST IN AMERICA
Supertramp

Take The Long Way Home


2. DISCOVERY
Electric Light Orchestra

Confusion


3. ARMED FORCES
Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Green Shirt


4. REALITY EFFECT*
The Tourists
= Stewart & Lennox early band
where Peet Coombes was great composer

The Loneliest Man in The World

* in fact released -80
though "The Tourists" -79
probably would feel as good as this



5. THE FINE ART OF SURFACING
Boomtown Rats

(Tell Me Why) I Don't Like Mondays


6. LONDON CALLING
Clash

The Card Cheat


7. THE RAVEN
Stranglers

Duchess


8. THE AGE OF PLASTIC
Buggles

Elstree

[Released rather in January -80] 


9. pH7
Peter Hammill

Faculty X


10. MANIFESTO
Roxy Music

Dance Away


11. FEAR OF MUSIC
Talking Heads

Mind


12. THE WALL
Pink Floyd

Comfortably Numb


13. LABOUR OF LUST
Nick Lowe

Switchboard Susan


14. REPEAT WHEN NECESSARY
Dave Edmunds

Girls Talk


15. EVE
Alan Parsons' Project

Winding Me Up


16. A CURIOUS FEELING
Tony Banks

After The Lie


17. I CAN SEE YOUR HOUSE FROM HERE
Camel

Eye of The Storm


18. SPLIT VISION
Björn Skifs

Let Music Live


19. EVOLUTION
Journey

Too Late


20. REPRODUCTION
Human League

Empire State Human


21. KORGIS
Korgis

Dirty Postcards


22. TUSK
Fleetwood Mac

What Makes You Think You're The One?


23. THE BELLS
Lou Reed

City Lights [around Chaplin]


24. DREAM POLICE
Cheap Trick

Way of The World


25. VOULEZ-VOUS
ABBA

Angel Eyes


26. LOVEDRIVE
Scorpions

Always Somewhere


27. HONEST LULLABY
Joan Baez

Let Your Love Flow


28. SPECTRAL MORNINGS
Steve Hackett

The Virgin and The Gypsy


29. STORMWATCH
Jethro Tull

Home



30. DRUMS & WIRES
Xtc

Helicopter


31. GET THE KNACK
The Knack

Lucinda


32. ONE STEP BEYOND
Madness

Bed and Breakfast Man


33. LOOK SHARP!
Joe Jackson

Sunday Papers



34. E LA LUNA BUSSO'
Loredana Bertè

Folle Citta'


35. OCEANS OF FANTASY
Boney M

Bahama Mama


36. ANGEL STATION
Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Belle of The Earth


37. NUMBER ONE IN HEAVEN
Sparks

My Other Voice


38. BACK TO THE EGG
Paul McCartney with Wings

So Glad to See You


39. FATE FOR BREAKFAST
Art Garfunkel

Beyond The Tears







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05 February 2019

Pieces Recently listened to, Musical Body 19:1

(Re)discoveries mostly within field of progressive, softer rock
while snow falls, melts away and falls again



Crown chakra

DON'T LET IT SHOW

by Alan Parsons' Project
sung by Dave Townshend
from I, Robot -77



Eye chakra

HALF ASLEEP, HALF AWAKE

by Henry Cow
from Unrest -74



Throat chakra

GENERALE

by Premiata Forneria Marconi
from Per un Amico -72



Heart chakra

CLOSER TO BELIEVING

by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
from Works vol. 1, side two by Greg Lake -77



Solar Plexus chakra

TROPICAL FISH : SELENE

by Gong
from Camembert Electrique -71



Sex chakra

Fifty-nine ANGELS AT MY GATE

by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
from Angel Station -79



Root chakra

BORTGLÖMDA GÅRDAR

by All Traps On Earth [former Änglagård]
from A Drop of Light -18






+ Special Spinning Darling Now 
cross every chakra or none :


(You've been) WINDING ME UP (too long)

by Alan Parsons' Project
sung by Chris Rainbow
from Eve -79





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19 January 2019

My Travels Through Progressive Rock... ....49 Golden Milestones


from recent discoveries
or already known pieces deeper listened to
presented backwards
to my first attempts

= a process being seriously active since around 2007
even if my very first impressions was shaped 1997
...while still many bands I hardly know at all


49
APPENA UN PO
Premiata Forneria Marconi
from Per Un Amico -72

48
FRIENDSHIP
Rikard Sjöblom's Gungfly
from Friendship -18

47
ALL TRAPS ON EARTH
All Traps on Earth [former Änglagård]
from A Drop of Light -18

46
NIMROD - THE PROCESSION - THE WHITE RIDER
Camel
from Mirage -74

45
THE REMEMBERING (HIGH THE MEMORY)
Yes
from Tales From Topographic Oceans -73

44
SUPPER'S READY
Genesis
from Foxtrot -72
(also from Genesis Revisited by Hackett -12)

43
FOXLIGHT
Wobbler
from From Silence To Somewhere -17

42
OMMADAWN PART II (incl On Horseback)
Mike Oldfield
from Ommadawn -75

41
THICK AS A BRICK, PART I
Jethro Tull
from Thick As a Brick -72

40
MAN-ERG
Van Der Graaf Generator
from Pawn Hearts -71
Deeper study...

39
KARN EVIL 9
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
from Brain Salad Surgery -73

38
THE CAMERA EYE
Rush
from Moving Pictures -81

37
MISERERE ALLA STORIA
Banco del Mutuo Socorso
from Darwin! -72

36
HIS LAST VOYAGE
Gentle Giant
from Free Hand -75

35
SOME OTHER TIME
Alan Parsons' Project
from I, Robot -77

34
MA HRA
Blue Effect
from Nova Synteza -71

33
MERLIN THE MAGICIAN
Rick Wakeman
from ...King Arthur and The Knights of The Round Table -75

32
THE WATCHMAKER
Steven Wilson
from The Raven that Refused to Sing -13

31
BURNING ROPE
Genesis
from And Then There Were Three -78

30
GARDEN PARTY
Marillion
from Script For a Jester's Tear -83

29
INDOOR GAMES
King Crimson
from Lizard -69

28
EMPEROR IN HIS WAR ROOM
Van Der Graaf Generator
from H To He Who Am The Only One -70
Rediscovered
(or bonus version from Hammill's In Camera -74)

27
FOREVER MORNING
Tony Banks
from A Curious Feeling -79

26
VELVET VOYAGE
Klaus Schulze
from Mirage -77

25
LA PRINCESSE PERDUE
Camel
from The Snow Goose -75

24
WINTER WINE
Caravan
from In The Land of Grey and Pink -71

23
PEEL THE PAINT
Gentle Giant
from Three Friends -73

22
THE LIE (BERNINI'S SAINT THERESA)
Peter Hammill
from The Silent Corner & The Empty Stage -74

21
UNFINISHED SWEET
Alice Cooper
from Billion Dollar Babies -73

20
ALAN'S PSYCHEDELIC BREAKFAST
Pink Floyd
from Atom Heart Mother -70

19
IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON (incl Libra's Theme)
King Crimson
from In The Wake of Poseidon -70

18
AWAKEN
Yes
from Going For The One -77

17
SONG OF SEVEN
Jon Anderson
from Song of Seven -80

16
MY ROOM (WAITING FOR WONDERLAND)
Van Der Graaf Generator
from Still Life -76

15
SHADOW OF THE HIEROPHANT
Steve Hackett
from Voyage of The Acolyte -75

14
FOOL'S OVERTURE
Supertramp
from Even In The Quitest Moments -77

13
MAD MAN MOON
Genesis
[by Tony Banks]
from A Trick of The Tail -76

12
LIFE
Cat Stevens
from Izitso -77

11
FEEL THE BENEFIT
10cc
from Deceptive Bends -77

10
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Queen
from A Night at The Opera -75

9
APRIL
Deep Purple
from Deep Purple -69

8
TAKE A PEBBLE
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
from Emerson, Lake & Palmer -70

7
LITTLE LAMB DRAGONFLY
McCartney's Wings
from Red Rose Speedway -73

6
FROM THE SUN TO THE WORLD (BOOGIE no.1)
Electric Light Orchestra
from ELO 2 -73

5
FIRTH OF FIFTH
Genesis
from Selling England by The Pound -73

4
JULY MORNING
Uriah Heep
from Look at Yourself -71

3
MIGHTY QUINN (LIVE VERSION)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
from Watch -78

2
THE LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS
Traffic
from The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys -71

1
WILD EYED BOY FROM FREECLOUD
David Bowie
from Space Oddity -69


0
(OPEN THE DOOR) TO THE FAIRYTALE
Di Leva
from Naked Number One -93



some pieces in the end are rather questionable (as always)
whether they really belong to progressive rock or something else??
though the upper majority are represented in forums as progarchives

however my definition is dynamic, kind of rhapsodic, longer pieces
in which rock guitar stuff use to be balanced
by orchestral or organ-based parts






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12 November 2018

Pieces Recently listened to, Old Stars Reflected Gold

as my Eighth Musical Body of 2018

while last fresh autumn leaves dies
and another old space is born

7 (or 9) songs, some discoveries
and some still growing deeper




Crown chakra

STARSHIP TROOPER : a) LIFE SEEKER b) DISILLUSION c) WÜRM

by Yes
[Anderson, Howe, Squire]
from The Yes Album -71




Eye chakra

PROVIDENCE
[rather than those night mares]

by King Crimson
[Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford]
from RED -74




Throat chakra

JUDY DO

by Thompson Twins
from Quick Step & Side Kick -83




Heart chakra

ITALIAN SONG

by Jon Anderson & Vangelis
via The Best of Jon & Vangelis -84




Solar Plexus chakra

(Tell Me Why) I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS

by The Boomtown Rats
from The Fine Art of Surfacing -79

more brilliantly overwhelming than ever
as I realise it also got bits of sci-fi potential




Sex chakra

UNDER LIME
"...if you never get caught..."

by Elvis Costello & The Imposters
from Look Now -18

where Costello's singing style
suddenly reminds me much of Bowie's!?!
= never compared them before




Root chakra

(What am I doing Wrong?) I DON'T KNOW

by Paul McCartney
from Egypt Station -18








Below and/or Above All


TO CATCH THE MOON

by Stefan Andersson
from Emperor's Day -92
 +

(Talking to the) MAN IN THE MOON

by Titiyo
from Titiyo -90

better songs than I believed
when finally heard them again, never since then




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18 October 2018

Returning to Costello's masterpiece Imperial Bedroom


Dynamic as hell and heaven, really bitter and really happy, emotionally a bit more complex than the six albums before... still these actual "classical" arrangements makes some pieces the most "pop" Elvis ever has done.

Recorded in October -81. Released in July -82. Discovered by me first -05, deeper -13, now again -18. During -81 the boy I was was rather occupied by discovering Beatles. Only saw Costello on idol cards modern then.

Fantastic work! Produced by Geoff Emerick, who lend a hand to Beatles' post-Pepper records. Cover picture is playing with Picasso's "three musicians", which may represent the band members = The Attractions.


as my Autumn Album # 18:5
by kinda chakra based evaluation


most Whole Soulful song : HUMAN HANDS
["whenever I put my foot in my mouth and you begin to doubt..."]


most Introspective Dreamlike song : BEYOND BELIEF
["through a two-way looking glass you see your Alice"]


most Expressively Amusing song : AND IN EVERY HOME
["sliding down the banisters in your Sunday suit"]


most Beautifully Lovable song : A LONG HONEY MOON
["there's no money back guarantee on future happiness"]


most Mighty Strongfelt song : THE LOVED ONES
["we break wise guys just like matches"]


most Sexy Teasing song : LITTLE SAVAGE
["you do something very special to Mr. Average"]


most Survive-Struggling song : SHABBY DOLL
["in this dress... in distress"]




Above and Below everyone : TOWN CRYER
["just a little boy lost in a big man's shirt"]
also the fast bonus version becomes greatest contrast


Even More Above and Even More Below everyone  : MAN OUT OF TIME
["the high heels he used to be has been ground down"]
still a bit tired on this since I heard it endless times the last time





Whole Album

(7) compositions
(7) instrumentations
(5) singin' /playin' feelin'
(6) lyrics (incl titles)
(5) variation
(2) synchronization
(5) cover /concept
(7) historical importance

= 44

I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 8 x 7 = 56 never exist(?)




Harder to grasp for me is why he/they have put almost every slower, melancholic or harsh tune on the A-side - and almost every faster, bouncy or spiritual song on the B-side!! Surely I experience some moods differently than other listeners, but anyhow potential reasons :

Maybe it gives a strange kind of (un)balance? Or he/they prefered a clearly divided album? Or just created them in that order? Or intended to lead from despair up to joy in a longer process? Or to reward the audience who survived the first side?





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22 September 2018

Small Town Talk by Per Gessle and more

Since I've heard his swedish, preceding versions
these in english becomes an exciting retrospective
collected in a slightly different order
+ almost half of the pieces new

mainly made in Nashville, while
the nice sound hasn't changed at all?!
still featuring mostly Helena Josefsson


as my Autumn Album # 18:4
by kinda chakra based evaluation


most Whole Soulful song : FOR THE FIRST TIME

most Introspective Dreamlike song : IT CAME TOO FAST

most Expressively Amusing song : SIMPLE SOUND ("I look at your smile while you're dancing")

most Beautifully Lovable song : FAR TOO CLOSE (with Savannah Church)

most Mighty Strongfelt song : NAME YOU BEAUTIFUL

most Sexy Teasing song : RUDY & ME (with Jessica S)

most Survive-Struggling song : SMALL TOWN TALK (with Nick Lowe)


Above and Below everyone (my favourite now) : HOLD ON MY HEART



Whole Album

(7) compositions
(6) instrumentations
(6) singin' /playin' feelin'
(4) lyrics (incl titles)
(3) variation
(3) synchronization
(5) cover /concept
(6) historical importance

= 40

I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 8 x 7 = 56 never exist(?)


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