u/Tall-Truth-9321

Slower and sadder than my normal song but beautiful.

Wikipedia:
“Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966),[4][1][2] known professionally as Too Short(stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper. A pioneer of West Coast hip-hop, Shaw was among the first acts to receive recognition in the genre during the late 1980s. His lyrics were often based on pimping and promiscuity, but also drug culture and street survival;[5]exemplified respectively in his most popular singles "Blow the Whistle" and "The Ghetto". He is one of few acts to have worked with both Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. at the heights of their respective careers.

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“"Soul Kitchen" is a song by the Doors from their first album The Doors. Singer Jim Morrison wrote the lyrics as a tribute to the soul food restaurant Olivia's in Venice Beach, California. Because he often stayed too late, the staff had to kick him out, thus the lines "let me sleep all night, in your soul kitchen".[4]”

Wikipedia:
“"Hocus Pocus" was described as "the bludgeoning guitar riff ... broken up (or held together) by whistles, yodels, flutes and all manner of musical graffiti." Another reviewer wrote that "it amounts to ... a modern day 'Teddy Bear’s Picnic' without a let-up". Akkerman himself has said that it "was a send-up of ourselves ... all that serious Monteverdian fantasy."[11] In NME in May 1973 Akkerman said that it was “just a send-up of those rock groups”.[12]
The song takes the form of a rondo, consisting of alternation between a powerful rock chord riff with short drum solos and then varied solo "verses" (in the original all performed by Thijs van Leer) which include yodeling, organ playing, accordion, scat singing, flute riffs, and whistling. The single version is significantly edited from the album version.
"Hocus Pocus 2" is a slightly faster version with some funk elements and rhythms added. It was released as a single in its own right in Europe and was the B-side to the North American release of "Hocus Pocus". When performing live, Focus would play "Hocus Pocus" even faster.

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“"Mirror in the Bathroom" was ranked at No. 3 in the NME "Tracks of the Year" list for 1980,[10] and at No. 24 in Sounds magazine's "Singles of the Year" list for 1980.[citation needed] In 2003, Q magazine ranked the song at No. 517 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever".[11] In 2002, Gary Mulholland included the song in his list This is Uncool: The 500 Greatest Singles Since Punk and Disco.[12]”

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“Eminem considered naming his third album Amsterdamafter a trip to the city shortly after the release of The Slim Shady LP, in which he and his friends engaged in heavy drug use.[10] The "free" use of drugs Eminem observed during his time in Amsterdam greatly influenced his desire to openly discuss drug use in his music and inspired some of the content on the album.”

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“Of Sarasate's idiomatic writing for his instrument, the playwright and music critic George Bernard Shaw once declared that though there were many composers of music for the violin, there were but few composers of violin music. Of Sarasate's talents as performer and composer, Shaw said that he "left criticism gasping miles behind him". Sarasate's own compositions are mainly show-pieces designed to demonstrate his exemplary technique. Perhaps the best known of his works is Zigeunerweisen (1878), a work for violin and orchestra. Another piece, the Carmen Fantasy (1883), also for violin and orchestra, makes use of themes from Georges Bizet's opera Carmen. “

I got this from an album “House of Blues, Essential Women”.

I’ve posted Lou Ann Barton before: https://www.reddit.com/r/EarVana/s/aI6ljwgFL3.

Tell me about these blues women.

Wikipedia:
“Texas Flood is the debut studio album by the American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, released on June 13, 1983, by Epic Records. The album was named after a cover song featured on the album, "Texas Flood", which was first recorded by blues singer Larry Davis in 1958. Produced by the band and recording engineer Richard Mullen, Texas Floodwas recorded in the space of three days at Jackson Browne's personal recording studio in Los Angeles. Vaughan wrote six of the album's ten tracks.”

Wikipedia:
“Carl Butler is credited as the sole songwriter of "If Teardrops Were Pennies." However, Wayne Bledsoe and Bradley Reeves reported in The Knoxville News-Sentinel that the song had actually been written by Arthur Q. Smith, born James Arthur Pritchett, and sold to Butler.[7] To support his alcoholism, Smith had sold many of his songs outright for 15 or 20 dollars, including songs that became hits such as "Wedding Bells", "Rainbow at Midnight", and "I Overlooked an Orchid". Smith also sold a 1/2 share of the song "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could", but ultimately received credit after his widow, Lillian Pritchett, sued the publisher after the song became a hit for Ricky Skaggsin 1983, twenty years after Smith's death”

The original 1995 version of album didn’t seem to have this song but republication in 1997 did. Song was done some time between 1995-1997. It’s just a very pleasing instrumental ska/reggae song.

Allmusic:
“When the third wave ska revival hit in the mid-'90s, it brought with it for the first time a sizable contingent of bands from Europe and South America. Of the German crew, Dr. Ring Ding & the Senior Allstars were by far the best. Led by the large and garrulous Richie "Dr. Ring Ding" Jung and featuring a crack horn section and pitch-perfect organist, the band manages to produce historically faithful traditional ska and reggae while imbuing it with modern energy and freshness. “

This is the original 9:51 recorded version but many cool live videos out there under generally “Jingo”. This cover shows Santana’s complete absorption and passion into the music he’s playing. Amazing drum section in the middle and throughout.

I am not sure, but saw something that Carlos is in the hospital not doing well.

Wikipedia:
"Jin-go-lo-ba" (or "Jingo") is a song by Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji, featured on his first album Drums of Passion (1959). In Yoruba (Olatunji's native language) it means, "Do not worry.”

The song featured "African-derived rhythms and chants" along with "swooping orchestration".[1] In his autobiography, Olatunji said that this was the only song on his first album that he claimed formal ownership of, meaning that it was the only song he received royalties for.[2] American disc jockey Francis Grasso described the song as "rhythmically sensual".[3

Discogs:
“The Groove Corporation (currently G. Corp) started as Electribe 101. The name "Groove Corporation" was first used as a production moniker on Electribe 101 records and on remixes done for other artists. After Electribe 101 dissolved, the boys in the group continued as "Groove Corporation" (while Billie Ray Martin went solo) and formed (with Rockers Hi-Fi) their own label, The Cake Label. Debut album "Co-operation" was produced for Six6/Network Records - which was bought out by Sony just prior to the release of the album. Without much support from the new major host, the album, although being brilliant, sank almost without a trace. The group continued as G. Corp and recorded the follow-up album "New Roots" but it wasn't released until 2013 (as "The Lost Album"). In the meantime a series of dub albums were released. Currently G. Corp is a duo. Nordhoff and Cimarosti are also part of Overproof Sound System and produce the group as G. Corp.”

Wikipedia:
[Scott Joplin version] The "Maple Leaf Rag" is still a favorite of ragtime pianists, and has been described as an "American institution ... still in print and still popular".[18] As the copyright has expired, the composition is in the public domain. It appears in the soundtracks of hundreds of films, cartoons, commercials, and video games. In 2004, Canadian radio listeners voted it the 39th greatest song of all time.[29]
"Maple Leaf Rag" was featured as one of the piano exam pieces in Grade 8 for the years 2025 and 2026, by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM).[30]
In Joplin's will, he requested that "Maple Leaf Rag" be played at his funeral, but when preparations were being made, his wife, Lottie Stokes, did not allow it because she did not think it was a proper funeral song. She later admitted regretting that decision her whole life.
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Sin80 . Com:
“Mozart's ten sets of German Dances are among his many occasional pieces. Nearly all of them were intended for court functions in Vienna, generally for the balls held in the famous Redoutensaal of the Vienna Hofburg. Mozart's first set of German Dances dates from February, 1787. After his appointment to Court Kammermusiker (court Chamber Music Composer) in December 1787, Mozart's output of dance music would increase. There are two sets of German Dances from 1788, two from 1789, and three from the first two months of 1791.

It seems Mozart and his contemporaries used the term, "Deutsche" (German Dance), as a generic expression. Often it meant the same thing as "Allemande," but eventually came to be replaced by the titles of the two genres it usually signified: the Ländler and the waltz. Examples from the 1780s are generally in triple meter with two repeated phrases of eight measures in length, usually with a da capo. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert composed numerous German Dances for various ensembles for use at court balls. Nearly all of them are in major keys.
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Wikipedia:
“Slim Dusty "released more than a hundred albums, selling more than seven million records and earning over 70 gold and platinum album certifications". He was the first Australian to have a No. 1 international hit song, with a version of Gordon Parsons's "A Pub with No Beer".[1] He received 38 Golden Guitars and an Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) award. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and Australian Roll of Renown. At the time of his death, age 76, Dusty had been working on his 106th album for EMI Records. In 2007, his domestic record sales in Australia surpassed seven million. During his lifetime, Dusty was considered an Australian National Treasure. He performed a cover of Banjo Paterson's "Waltzing Matilda" at the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.”

The wind blows coldly
And kindles the fire
And so with purple arms

The flames rise up in the fire like an offering.
The fire crackles,

The song is lusty;

The coffeepot is passed around, passed around.
La la la, la la la, la lala, lala.

The coffeepot is passed around, passed around.

The fire chips will crackle,

The fire will redden our faces,

Our might will return to us.

From every thin branch in the garden,

Every tree and every twig
Will sing out strong.

The coffeepot is passed around, passed around.
La lala, la lala, la lala, lala.

The coffeepot is passed around, passed around.
(Repeat first verse)

This song is catchy and exciting. The rhythm is surprisingly sharp, the guitar sound is exquisite, and her voice is beautiful.

Wikipedia:
“Recorded in late January 1966 and initially released on Bang Records in April 1966, "Solitary Man" was Diamond's debut single as a recording artist, having already had moderate (but accidental) success as a songwriter for other artists; their versions of the songs he had already written and composed were released before his own versions.

The song is a "ballad of a loner looking for love."[3] The theme of the song has been closely identified with Diamond himself, as evinced by a 2008 profile in The Daily Telegraph: "This is the Solitary Man depicted on his first hit in 1966: the literate, thoughtful and melodically adventurous composer of songs that cover a vast array of moods and emotions..."[4]

In the lyrics, the singer lists some of his relationships and how they each ended. He laments "I know it's been done, having one girl who loves you." But he doubts it will happen for him. Indeed, Diamond himself would tell interviewers in the 2000s, "After four years of Freudian analysis, I realized I had written 'Solitary Man' about myself."[5]

Wikipedia:
“As a solo artist, Neville achieved three consecutive RIAA platinum-selling albums in the 1990s and topped the Billboard Jazz chart with Nature Boy: The Standards Album. He has earned four Grammy Awards, four Top 10 Gospel albums, and a Grammy nomination for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for his 1993 cover of "The Grand Tour". His duets with Linda Ronstadt, including "Don't Know Much" and "All My Life", both topped the Adult Contemporary chart and won Grammy Awards. He has also performed the United States national anthem at the Super Bowl on two occasions, including a 2006 rendition alongside Aretha Franklinand Dr. John.

In addition to his solo work, he is a founding member of the Neville Brothers, alongside his brothers Art, Charles, and Cyril. Neville contributed to notable compilations such as Rhythm, Country and Blues (with Trisha Yearwood) and The Bodyguard soundtrack. In 2023, he won his fourth Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance for "Stompin' Ground", a collaboration with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, underscoring his enduring influence across multiple musical genres. That same year, he was named one of Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
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