Other Mixes By abangaku
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Rock - Prog-Rock/Art Rock
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Theme - Narrative
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Mixed Genre
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Other Mix
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Rock - Prog-Rock/Art Rock
Circumstances. (For...)
| Artist | Song | |
| Angélique Kidjo | Okan Bale (3:33) | |
| Yoko Ono | Mindweaver (3:27) | |
| Joni Mitchell | Harlem In Havana (4:26) | |
| The Doors | Orange County Suite (5:41) | |
| Lotte Lenya & Marc Blitzstein | The Ballad Of Mack The Knife (2:40) | |
| Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March", Op. 31 (9:24) | |
| Gong | Gong Song (4:08) | |
| Tom Waits & Primus | On The Road (Home I'll Never Be) (4:01) | |
| They Might Be Giants | Turn Around (2:50) | |
| Robotrek (for SNES) | Volcano Base (1:29) | |
| Earthbound (for SNES) | Dungeon Man (1:14) | |
| Nico | Frozen Warnings (5:17) | |
| Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate | Tunkaranke (6:32) | |
| Björk | Cetacea (3:11) | |
| Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention | Aybe Sea (2:41) ---> | |
| Brian Eno | By This River (2:58) ---> | |
| Allen Ginsberg & Alan Johnson | Wichita Vortex Sutra Part 3 (7:40) | |
| John Raitt, Christine Johnson & Carousel Original Broadway Cast | The Highest Judge Of All / You'll Never Walk Alone (4:51) | |
| Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band | Circumstances (3:12) | |
Comment:
"ONCE YOU FIIIND OUT... THE CIR-CUM-STAN-CES... ... ... THENNN YOOUUU, CAN GO OOOUUUTT!!!" (Beefheart, rather phonetically transcribed. Indeed, I agree with the sentiment.)For Luke79, who specifically requested lots of the artists/styles on this mix. Track 8 features lyrics by Jack Kerouac; track 12 is from the Lou Reed / John Cale / Nico "Le Bataclan '72" bootleg; tracks 15, 16 and 17 all fade into each other; track 18 contains considerable (20-some seconds) blank space at the end.
Marc Blitzstein and Alan Johnson are both piano accompanists whom I've decided to credit equally with their more famous track-mate vocalists. Blitzstein gets extra credit here because he's also the translator of Bertolt Brecht's German lyrics for Die Driegroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) into English, Mäckie Messer becoming the Mack The Knife we all know and love; and Johnson gets it because he navigates the inherent drama of Philip Glass's accompaniment to this snatch of Ginsberg's epic poem "Wichita Vortex Sutra" on the Holy Soul Jelly Roll box with a touch defter than Glass himself provides on the Wichita Vortex Sutra album; in my own humble opinion of course.
Enjoy!
Feedback:
abangaku, your sprawling musical adventures continue to astound me, wonderful.
This is my kind of concoction! Un grand merci, Lawrence; can't wait to explore. Hope you got the CDs?
Fantastic. Looks like a lot of work went into this. Very diverse and out there!
What gable on said. I like tracks 3, 4 & 15.
Wow...now, this is mixed genre.
Really intersting juxtapositions.
Must peruse back catalog....now!
Really intersting juxtapositions.
Must peruse back catalog....now!
Another strong mix, abangaku. Keep 'em coming!
Pretty wicked mix here.
Right up my alley.
This is good. Love the Brian Eno, can live without the Yoko Ono. Although I understand its inclusion, no really, I do. Always a pleasure to read informative notes. Ah, Zappa and Beefheart - it's all a blur.
Beautiful. Always (!) good to see an abangaku mix. Classy opener, too.
Yoko has my admiration, and Joni & I are soulmates.
Just listened to it - seamless opening tracks, wildly eclectic (a good thing) middle section, and surprisingly rousing ending (Ginsberg - Carousel), capped by a mad flourish of Beefheart. Tres enjoyable!