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The M/F Thread 2009: The Quickening
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Sweetheart Compilation + Originals
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I took some time and corralled up all of the originals of these covers.
Notes...
-> Files named in an order that lets you list them and listen to cover, original, cover, original...
-> MP3 Tracks tagged by 'album' so you can sort to listen one full album at a time
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Katy Perry - "Black And Gold" (Sam Sparro cover)
DeVotchKa - "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burrito Brothers cover)
Department Of Eagles - "Love Me" (Elvis Presley cover)
Jessica Lea Mayfield - "Words Of Love" (Buddy Holly cover)
Ben Bridwell - "Your Love Is Forever" (George Harrison cover)
Kate Tucker - "I'm On Fire" (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Rogue Wave - "Maps" (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover)
A.C. Newman - "Take On Me" (a-ha cover)
Jem - "Yellow" (Coldplay cover)
Richard Hawley - "Early Morning Rain" (Gordon Lightfoot cover)
Daniel Martin Moore - "I Hear Music" (Billie Holiday cover)
She & Him - "I Put A Spell On You" (Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover)
Lila Downs - "My One And Only Love" (Frank Sinatra cover)
The Cure - Lovesong
Sam Sparro - Black and Gold
Flying Burrito Brothers - Hot Burrito #1
Elvis Presley - Love Me
Buddy Holly - Words Of Love
George Harrison - Your Love Is Forever
Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
A-Ha - Take On Me
Coldplay - Yellow
Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain
Billie Holiday - Hear Music
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
Frank Sinatra - My One And Only Love
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Enjoy!!
ferdydurke:
kate bush - the kick inside
here's kate bush's debut album, featuring the wonderful 'wuthering heights'. if you haven't seen the accompanying music video, you should probably be looking it up on youtube right now.
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Yossarian:
First of all: this post definitely does in no way represent the entirety of the german music scene. I just want to share some of the better recent acts that happened to make it into my record collection. I'm sure, there are a number of board-members who might contribute much more profoundly in that direction.
Blackmail - Bliss, Please (2001)
These four guys from Koblenz certainly are one of the best guitar-based indie-noise-rock bands ever to emerge from provincial Germany, and this, in my view, their most refined effort to date. Not only do they know how to create massive walls of guitar-sound, but there is some neat songwriting to be found here, too. Unfortunately they recently broke up, or rather the singer left the band. But the remaining bandmates seem to be willing to continue with another singer. Yet, at this very moment it's pretty much up in the air for Blackmail. Since there is not much to be found about them on the likes of AMG, P4K a.s.o. here is the link to their WP-entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmail_(band)
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Readymade - It doesn't make sense (1998)
Germany certainly isn't famous for lofi garage-rock. Yet, for as long as it existed (until 2004), this four men outfit from Wiesbaden pretty convincingly dodged this preconception. Some even related their sound to Britpop, but probably only because at the time, this label was used inflationary for anything remotely reminiscent of Oasis or Blur. Actually on this - their full-length debut - they offer a bunch straightforward songs in the line of grunge and garage-rock, with conveniently jarring guitars and a slightly "deranged" singer. Over the years I've really come to cherish this record for its uniqueness in german popular music. Again not much to be found on them on the net, so I leave it at that.
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Slut - Still No1 (2008)
Yes, the bandname is... well... what it is :| . But apart from that, when it comes to german indie-pop, they are among the fistful of bands, that can actually pull off a pop-hymn without sounding completely over the top. When this came out, I was also listening to "Do you like rock music?", and although British Sea Power sound more energetic, both records not only feature an equally pompous album-title, but also share the impetus of aiming at a stadium-sized sound. So in my perception, both releases are somewhat linked. And despite the fact, that there certainly are much more profound acts out there (e.g. The Notwist), Slut offer a number of solid songs with great hooks and melodies. Once more very little to be found in English on either band or album.
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PeterLicht - 14 Lieder (2001)
PeterLicht is probably the preeminent exponent of german electro-pop right now. Though being deliberately elusive to the public eye (for a long time, there existed absolutely no photographs of him in the public space, and still there is hardly anything to be found) he continuously gained in popularity, not only for his music, but also as an author. Unfortunately for non-german-speakers, his songs rely at least as heavily on their lyrics (which are highly associative in nature and more often than not crossing the line towards the absurd) as on the music. But nevertheless I think, that you can enjoy them even without understanding a single word that is being said. They are playful and have a pretty unique sound to them. “Sonnendeck“ was a huge hit in the german summer of '01, but there is no perceivable decrease in quality, when it comes to the other songs.
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Freundeskreis - Esperanto (1999)
Finally, I want to give an example of the huge hip-hop- and rap-scene that has developed in Germany over the years. Since the younger artists nowadays often confine themselves to „outgangstering“ each other, I opted for something older but classy. Freundeskreis only released two full-lengths, but both were extremely influential in german hip-hop. After a little more conventional debut with “Die Quadratur des Kreises“ the follow-up offered a much broader scope, not only musically by employing elements of reggae, funk, soul and jazz, but also in that it featured songs/raps in German, English, French and (as the title indicates) Esperanto. Here is what WP has to say on them as a group:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freundeskreis
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pat101:
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A guy from a Krautrock band decides to goof around with a guitar, a drum machine and some synth, invente modern electronic dance music. This album is from 1981 and it still sounds contemporary.
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some bizarre vortex in the bowels of my hard drive stole this album away from me, awesome to have it back.
dancarter:
Per discussion on the listening thread:
Bitcrush - Epilogue in Waves
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It’s pretty much a given that an n5MD release is going to provide exquisitely recorded beauty and melancholy. Evolving from it’s original IDM roots it now can almost single-handedly lay claim to defining post-rock blends of electronics and instrumental rock. It comes as no surprise then, that label founder Mike Cadoo, going under the guise of Bitcrush, is capable of delivering an album that is a quintessential summation of where the label is currently at.
Acoustic drums with plenty of room reverb clang under the washes of synth and guitar drone, accentuated by electronic pulses and blips. The sound is huge, the epic-ness Cadoo strives for is achieved with aplomb. A spattering of vocal tracks - ‘Of Days’, ‘Epilogue To Tides’ and ‘To Drown’ add a layer of variety to the otherwise distant wall of sound aesthetic. “To Drown’ is also notable for it’s overt use of programmed rhythms, as opposed to the organic drums of the rest of the album. The album can have a tendency to wash over the listener in the wrong context, with it’s consistently languid tempos and simple chordal progressions but, in the right place - and I would suggest up loud and in the dark - its a moving and peaceful body of work.
(Review courtesy: Cyclic Defrost)
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