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U218 Singles - U2 (my favorite band)

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[Marvin the Martian]

This 1991 Seattle supergroup brought together Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron of Soundgarden with the surviving members of Mother Love Bone (Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard) and Eddie Vedder, later of Pearl Jam. The experiment worked. Cornell shines, seeming more comfortable here on this tribute to his former roommate and deceased MLB lead singer Andrew Wood than with his own band. "Hunger Strike" and "Say Hello 2 Heaven" combine glam and grunge better than anything in Love Bone's catalog, while "Wooden Jesus" is less didactic than anything in Pearl Jam's oeuvre. Most of the songs may be about loss and addiction, but this is compelling music for black days. --Charles R. Cross

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Strawbs - Hero and Heroine

Great album

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[Marvin the Martian]

Can't break in new 'phones without some Floyd
Wish You Were Here is a song cycle dedicated to Pink Floyd's original frontman, Syd Barrett, who'd flamed out years before: two grimly funny songs about the evils of the music business ("By the way, which one's Pink?" ) , and two long, touching ones about the band's vanished friend. The real star of the show, though, is the production: sparkling, convoluted, designed to sound deeply oh-wow under the influence--and pretty great sober too--with David Gilmour getting lots of space for his most lyrical guitar playing ever. And, though the album is big and ambitious, even bombastic, it somehow dodges being pretentious--the Barrett tributes are honest and heartfelt, beneath all the grand gestures and stereophonic trickery. --Douglas Wolk

[Marvin the Martian]

The Division Bell is the final studio album by Pink Floyd, released in 1994 (30 March in the United Kingdom and 5 April in the United States), and their second album without Roger Waters. It was recorded at a number of studios, including guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour's houseboat studio called The Astoria. It went to #1 in the UK and debuted at the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 album charts in April 1994, spending four weeks as the top album in the country. By contrast, Pink Floyd's previous album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, had peaked at #3. The Division Bell was certified Gold, Platinum, and Double Platinum in the U.S. in June 1994 and Triple Platinum in January 1999. Its release was accompanied by an extremely successful tour documented in the P•U•L•S•E album released the following year.

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[Marvin the Martian]

Got to try all the genres with the new 'phones, so....



Feels So Good is a 1977 jazz album released by Chuck Mangione.[1] It contains his hit single, the title song "Feels So Good", which in an edited form reached #4 on the U.S. charts.[2] The song also reached the top of the Billboard adult contemporary chart.[3] It is also frequently referenced on animated TV comedy King of the Hill. Mangione voices himself during all of the references.
The album Feels So Good peaked at #2 on the Billboard albums chart in 1978.[3]

[Marvin the Martian]

Amazon.com
With Tonic, John Medeski, Billy Martin, and Chris Wood clearly have in mind both a window on their roots and a boundary test. A bristling live album, Tonic whisks listeners back to the trio's auspicious, acoustic-piano-driven debut, Notes from the Underground, without even a glimpse of Medeski's electric keyboards. That the trio has made its name in music circles beyond the jazz crowd by using these very keyboards--as well as their trance-like rhythms and deeply involved jams--is largely irrelevant for Tonic. The album starts off with cascading, chromatic rushes on the piano and steamrolls through an often twisting, even free-leaning topography with churning energy. Without the sustain and ambient effects of electric keys, Medeski attacks the piano fiercely, with the rhythms largely driving at the same pace. "Rise Up" is a killer, soulful piece, using a funky hard-bop core as its focal point. The trio closes with Hendrix's "Hey Joe," delivered with a tender, sad calm. It's a fine coda to a thrilling session. --Andrew Bartlett

From Jazziz
On Tonic, recorded at the lower Manhattan club of the same name, Medeski Martin & Wood leave the electronics at home, along with most of the acid-jazz rhythms and trance-music structures that have made them so successful. Like other jazzmen who've hit it big by playing music significantly removed from their roots, MMW want to remind us that they can still handle the lingua franca - the post-bop mainstream - as well as they used to. On the opening "Invocation," they do more than that, shuttling back and forth on the freedom train before the piece melts into Lee Morgan's "Afrique." Soon Coltrane's wistful "Your Lady" sets the stage for the trio's own "Rise Up," a post-modern boogie-woogie distinguished by Chris Woods' bravura bass.Since they're using the traditional piano-trio format, you might expect pianist John Medeski to take an even more prominent role than usual, but MMW remains an equal-opportunity outfit. In fact, I'd venture that less than half of Medeski's work on this album consists of the spotlit, single-note soloing found in most piano trios. (Of the three, it's the drummer, Billy Martin, who actually commands the most attention.) It all results in a quite competent performance, more impressive for its arrangements and mood swings than for the notes themselves - a 21st-century update on the Ramsey Lewis Trio of the 1950s. Hard-core MMW fans can take solace in the fact that their follow-up disc, The Dropper (due late October), returns to electronics and acid. Others will likely wonder (despite MMW's appropriation of source music from Bud Powell to Cecil Taylor) what the fuss is all about.
--- Neil Tesser, JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.

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Nothing quite like Finnish polka by the pensioneers. The best album I only understand one word of !HUMPPA!

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vs. the dastardly

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Tô a tôa
ao vivo
Asa de águia

A band that knew how to mix up rock and axé (Brazilian rhythm played during carnival). This is how we define the band Asa de Águia (Eagle Wing), formed in 1987 and that became an "institution" of the State of Bahia Carnival and of Brazil’s main micaretas (Carnival-like parties all around the country). With a solid group, the band is formed by 5 great musicians.

Durval Lelys is the band leader, he is the face of Asa de Águia. His irreverence transformed him into a very charismatic dude, who gets the crowd going wild like no one. Durval is an architect graduated by the Federal University of Bahia - UFBA, but he dropped out his design tools to dedicate his time to his artistic career. He is the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of almost all band songs.

Leví Pereira is a very skilled bass player and singer; he has a strong personality as a musician, besides being also a songwriter. He started his career when he was 16, and carries a rich music background after having played with Armandinho and all of the unforgettable Osmar Macedo (Carnival founder) family.

Behind the steady pulsation of Asa de Águia´s drums is Rady Santos. A well-known musician in the State and with a high-energy beat, he commands the band rhythm. He started by playing in small town bands when he was 16 in the city of Barrrocas (State of Bahia), his hometown. Besides playing the drums, Rady is also a songwriter and sings at band shows.

The Uruguay-native keyboard player, Ricardo Ferraro came to Brazil in january1987 to visit State of Bahia beaches. He fell in love with the place and decided to stay in the land of all saints, where he met Durval Lelys, who invited him to join the group. Today, this musician also invests in a solo career as DJ Rambo.

Ubajara Carvalho is the band percussion player. He also came from the school of Dodô and Osmar and was invited by Durval and Levi to join Asa de Águia. Bajara is also a songwriter and has successful compositions with Luiz Caldas, Durval Lelys, Carlinhos Brown and David Sersan. During Carnival in Salvador, the band parades with blocos (groups who pay to follow a band or singer during a certain street course) CocoBambu (Something like CoconutBamboo) and Me Abraça (Hug Me). Throughout micaretas held all over the country, the band parades with bloco Cerveja & Coco (Beer & Coconut), a partnership between Asa de Águia and singer Ivete Sangalo.

Besides blocos, different show projects such as Trivela, Mica Hall, Carna Hall, FeijoAsa, Cocobambu Folia, Asa Beach and Farrauê were created, innovating band’s performances. Betting on a mix of rhythms, the band has been gaining different audiences and accumulating success hits such as: Bota pra Ferver, Take it Easy, Qual É?, A Gente Pede Festa, Com Amor, Não Tem Lua, Oba Vou Passear, Cocobambu, Dia dos Namorados, Pra Lá de Bragadá, Xô Satanás, A Dança da Tartaruga, Manivela, Dança do Vampiro, Pit Bull, O Rei da Rua, Reino da Folia, Casamento Não, Salvador Dalino, Abalou, O Mago, Amor de Fé, Gênio da Lata, O Lobo, Gladiador, O Que Tem Que Ser Será and Quebra Aê, this last song won six prizes as the best song of the 2007 Carnival and was the most played song during the 2008 Carnival.

http://www.asadeaguia.net/site_ingles/a_banda.asp

[Marvin the Martian]

Continuing to test my new 'phones with a FLAC of



The Dark Side of the Moon (titled Dark Side of the Moon in the 1993 CD edition) is a concept album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on 17 March 1973 in the United States and 24 March 1973 in the United Kingdom.[1]
The Dark Side of the Moon built on the ideas Pink Floyd had explored in their live shows and recordings, but it lacked the extended instrumental excursions which had characterised their work following the departure of founding member, principal composer and lyricist, Syd Barrett. The album's themes include conflict, greed, aging, and mental illness (or "insanity") , the latter partly inspired by Barrett's deteriorating mental state.[2]
Developed during the band's live concert tours, it was recorded between 1972 and 1973 at Abbey Road Studios in London, making use of some of the most advanced studio techniques of the time. Innovative ideas included multitracking, analogue synthesizers, and tape loops.
The band's most commercially successful release, The Dark Side of the Moon is often considered to be their magnum opus,[3] and is frequently ranked by music critics as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time.

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Mexico City
Nu Med
Balkan Beat Box

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AC/DC - Highway to Hell - Great Album and Bon Scott's last

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Electric Funeral
Paranoid
Black Sabbath

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AC/DC's newest album - Black Ice

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Another AC/DC album - Ballbreaker

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Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight - Great album

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Some very decent music from Easter Europe.