This was to be my inaugural post of 2013, however it has now taken about 2 weeks to finish composing, and it has been well-and-truly bumped down the list. I had it clear in my mind that I had no intention of heralding the new year by blowing hot air about how grand resolutions to keep the posts coming and write more regularly for you, my handful of readers. But the lesson has been learned and the stock has been taken, and nowadays I have even less time to devote to hollering into the ether in the vain hope [...]
NEWSFLASH! That man in the shadows ( Chaîne pt.15 ) was not The Hacker, it was The Invisible Man... [ image source ] L'Homme Invisible lurks in the bushes, late at night, outside the flats of unsuspecting batchelorettes: *knock-knock-knock-knock* ----eerie voices whistle and wail and a stalking, slow-jazz rhythm strikes up---- femme: "Who is there?" ----silence---- [...]
'Ik dans dus ik besta' is a Dutch translation of 'Je dans donc je suis', a song written by André Popp for Brigitte Bardot. She had a hit with it in 1964, this cover by List is from her debut-album from 1966. I recently came across this version, and thanks to Sylvester and Paul, I can post it here. Liesbeth List , for the uninitiated, is Holland's most respect chansonniere. She made her tv-debut in 1964, duetting with Gainsbourg . Later, she recorded several chansons in French and translated versions. Songs by Barouh, Gainsbourg and most famously, Jacques [...]
In 1967, Vicky Leandros hit #4 at the Eurovision Song Contest with the bittersweet kitsch ballad L’amour est bleu, written by space age pop pioneer André Popp . While Vicky scored a modest hit, as well as Claudine Longet a few months later, it was French orchestra leader Paul Mauriat – kind of the Gallic pendant to American muzak lightster Ray Conniff – who made ten tons of bucks with the song, topping the US charts with his key party warm-up version for five consecutive weeks in spring 1968. The same year, covers [...]
Still looking for the right sound to holler in the new year? Look no further, for you have found it, the perfect Old-timey Holler (MP3) by Leonard Emanuel, 1975 World Champion Pig Hollerer. And this is only the beginning of Phonoanomalies: A Totally New Recording for Hi-Fi Bugs , the third and (unfortunately) last installment of Keith Lo Bue' s Phonoanomalies series of compilations. Be sure to check out parts one and two if you missed them. Apart from expert pig hollering, you will hear the sounds of [...]
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