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What are you listening to?

dhermann1

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Da Bronx, NY, USA
I just listened to Exploring Music, with Bill McLaughlin, on WQXR. The show was about classical music inspired by Shakespeare. The last piece was the suite from Laurence Olivier's 1944 movie of Henry V, music by William Walton. Great stuff. And if you haven't seen that movie, it's just wonderful.
 
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Portage, Wis.
Dedicated to Carrie Nation.

[video=youtube;OBnkAkmLtaw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBnkAkmLtaw[/video]

When I was a kid, and all my buddies wanted a girl like Brittany Spears, I wanted one like Loretta Lynn :)
 

Shangas

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6,116
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Melbourne, Australia
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra

"Gloomy Sunday".

I love this song, but I'm hankering for an instrumental-only version. Does anyone know if such a thing was ever recorded?
 

Derek WC

Banned
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599
Location
The Left Coast
Some late night jiving to another version of Calcutta:

[video=youtube;DMGB6b75foE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMGB6b75foE&feature=channel_video_title[/video]

I've listened to this song about fifty times in a row and I still ain't tired of it.
 

Fletch

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Iowa - The Land That Stuff Forgot
the wearin' o' the green (label)

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James Morrison, fiddler from Co. Sligo, recording in New York in 1926.

Columbia captured quite an array of Irish music on its -F (foreign) series in the '20s - all of which, no matter the country, bore the green label.
 
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13,468
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Orange County, CA
My God.... one day I will learn about hard core country music...for the time being, it just ... baffles me?

A couple of my favorites...

Floyd Tillman -- I Love You So Much It Hurts (1948)

[video=youtube;CXWpLPK4Kmo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXWpLPK4Kmo[/video]

Ray Price -- San Antonio Rose (1983)
(from the film Honky Tonk Man)

[video=youtube;rwYXybK3Zrk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwYXybK3Zrk&feature=channel_video_title[/video]
 
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Romy Overdorp

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275
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The Netherlands
You're missing out! Well, I shouldn't say that. I was raised on it and can relate to it, so I like it, but it's not for everybody.

I agree!! But it's also quite unusual for a Dutch girl to know about the country stars from the 40's and 50's.
I wish that I could emigrate to the US...oh dreams....

Right now, Wanda Jackson! (Fiddlin Kate in the background!!)

[video=youtube;6bpOjdQb6JE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bpOjdQb6JE[/video]
 

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