Writer's Block: Musical Affliction

[pyat]

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Welcome to Max Raabe und das Palast-Orchester!

I also like his version of Super Trouper.

And PS, he does actual songs from the 1920s. It's what the inside of my head is like, a lot of the time.

Comments

[rowyn]

Hey, did Koogrr introduce you to these? He gave me copies of these songs ages ago to listen to. :)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

No, but I wish he had. I only just discovered last week, in Bruce Baugh's LJ

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

I've got Blue Sunny Day (http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/Blue%20Sunny%20Day) stuck in my head now. I'm hoping that's not a really bad sign.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

It's a good song, if that helps any...

And heck, my previous earworm was Jethro Tull's, Wond'ring Again.

There's the stillness of death on a deathly unliving sea,
and the motor car magical world long since ceased to be,
when the Eve-bitten apple returned to destroy the tree.
Incestuous ancestry's charabanc ride,
spawning new millions throws the world on its side.
Supporting their far-flung illusion, the national curse,
and those with no sandwiches please get off the bus.

We're all full of joy and light today!

[vonandmoggy.livejournal.com]

That is AWESOME!!! :D

[pyat.livejournal.com]

:) It is!

[rikoshi.livejournal.com]

Damn it. I have a hard enough time keeping "Super Trouper" out of my head on the best of days. This is just... just... insidious.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Moohahahahah!

[katepufftail.livejournal.com]

Max Raabe! Really? He's -- really great. :)

I saw him in concert this past fall as he came though town. I'd never seen so many old Germans and young hip types together in one place (or, in some cases, young, hip Germans). He didn't disappoint :)

He also does a mean Cole Porter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW78KAjsmUU).

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I'm just listening to his Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz. Very nice. :)

[annakitfox.livejournal.com]

Oh! I am glad you brought this singer to my attention! This is awesome!! And I have to agree the earwormness of Super Trouper. Super Trouper...oy! I am going to be humming or singing the chorus for a loooooooooong time. :D

[jirris-midvale.livejournal.com]

Oh god, this is *awesome*.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

[hannahmorgan.livejournal.com]

I see you ABBA and raise you BRITNEY SPEARS!!!!!



*goes off to dig up her Cole Porter collection*

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Oooh... ow. :)

And since we're talking about fusion anyway...

[hannahmorgan.livejournal.com]

You'll be familiar with this, but perhaps some of your friends may not yet have been introduced to the brilliant musical stylings of The Puppini Sisters!

Re: And since we're talking about fusion anyway...

[pyat.livejournal.com]

They sing good, and are pretty! What's to dislike? :)

[hossblacksilver.livejournal.com]

This is one of those rare times where I don't have an earworm.