The beautiful music project
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:23 am
Since this is the internet ("I think I just downloaded to my internet!"), I'm going to propose we do this with visuals. Not all of my favourite music comes with easy access to video, but some does. I encourage you to watch these links all the way to the end. If it strikes you as rewarding, I further encourage you to go to a record store *gasp* and buy *Mein Gott!* an album containing the song in question.
I'm aiming for obscurity here. I have a feeling this thread will develop into pop pap, but I'm interested in responses.
Louis Jordan, Caldonia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB-7tE07qms
EDIT: removed
Woody Herman, Sister Sadie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbjK9TZ3vnQ
EDIT: Like a lot of these videos, if you plug your headphones into the computer, rather than speakers, you tend to get better fidelity. This one is apparently from a TV broadcast, but the depth is there.
Louis Prima (and Keely Smith), Just a Gigalo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K1InOOLEsQ
EDIT: Also from a TV broadcast, the sound is very good. If you ever see an LP of Louis Prima and Keely Smith, grab it. Sell it on to someone with an actual turntable. They did several albums of pure magic. Plus she always wears those weird revealing 1950s outfits. Crazy.
from Quebec, Jean Leloup, 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAappAsGBO0
EDIT: Now of course Jean Leloup is a total and complete prat in this video. Who wants to see him in bed? The lurid juvenile sexual overtones make this video even stranger and less palatable. However, the dancing skeleton should have its own TV channel. I'd watch non-stop.
Desmond Dekker, The Israelites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZlFz9yZ1Fs
EDIT: removed
The Selector, On My Radio - CORRECTED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-xxTAJBuMs
EDIT: removed again
The Mills Brothers, Paper Doll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2m8VZBfRYo
Classic! The Andrews Sisters, The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SraRU5oD17c
Cab Calloway, Reefer Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D44pyeEvhcQ
Shuffle Demons, Spadina Bus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZnLjRi_g9o
United Future Organization, United Future Airlines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPVvQGwq48M
Fantastic Plastic Machine, Different Colours
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkjGn8CZ_QM
Einsturzende Neubauten, Sabrina (now with better resolution)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TssuSYrxVI
Watch these last three! Great stuff.
I'm aiming for obscurity here. I have a feeling this thread will develop into pop pap, but I'm interested in responses.
Louis Jordan, Caldonia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB-7tE07qms
EDIT: removed
Woody Herman, Sister Sadie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbjK9TZ3vnQ
EDIT: Like a lot of these videos, if you plug your headphones into the computer, rather than speakers, you tend to get better fidelity. This one is apparently from a TV broadcast, but the depth is there.
Louis Prima (and Keely Smith), Just a Gigalo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K1InOOLEsQ
EDIT: Also from a TV broadcast, the sound is very good. If you ever see an LP of Louis Prima and Keely Smith, grab it. Sell it on to someone with an actual turntable. They did several albums of pure magic. Plus she always wears those weird revealing 1950s outfits. Crazy.
from Quebec, Jean Leloup, 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAappAsGBO0
EDIT: Now of course Jean Leloup is a total and complete prat in this video. Who wants to see him in bed? The lurid juvenile sexual overtones make this video even stranger and less palatable. However, the dancing skeleton should have its own TV channel. I'd watch non-stop.
Desmond Dekker, The Israelites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZlFz9yZ1Fs
EDIT: removed
The Selector, On My Radio - CORRECTED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-xxTAJBuMs
EDIT: removed again
The Mills Brothers, Paper Doll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2m8VZBfRYo
Classic! The Andrews Sisters, The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SraRU5oD17c
Cab Calloway, Reefer Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D44pyeEvhcQ
Shuffle Demons, Spadina Bus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZnLjRi_g9o
United Future Organization, United Future Airlines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPVvQGwq48M
Fantastic Plastic Machine, Different Colours
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkjGn8CZ_QM
Einsturzende Neubauten, Sabrina (now with better resolution)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TssuSYrxVI
Watch these last three! Great stuff.