The Sun Never Shines on the Poor

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/10/sun-never-shines-on-poor.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy2C_PLmBC0endofvid [starttext] Richard & Linda Thompson's Spanish classical influenced masterpiece from the album Hokey Pokey (1974) [endtext]

The Sun Never Shines on the Poor

Peal Jam - Sad - Lost Dogs (2003)

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/10/peal-jam-sad-lost-dogs-2003.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MscMAv7XHYcendofvid [starttext] This is probably my favourite track from their 2003 collection of B-sides and tracks that didn't, for one reason or another, make it onto a major release. This should have been on Binaural - it would have added so much colour to the album, but perhaps it would have stood out too much. In fact, there are six songs on Lost Dogs that didn't make Binaural, and listening to them, it's hard to understand why. Still - no complaints - it's a treat to hear tracks as good as this any way you can. Ironically, what you might expect to be a mish-mash of throwaway ditties turns out to be a great double-album [endtext]

Peal Jam - Sad - Lost Dogs (2003)

Diego Stocco - Bassoforte

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/10/diego-stocco-bassoforte.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhp6P9Ygsocendofvid [starttext]Diego Stocco calls this the Bassoforte - his re-imagining of the keyboard: a sort of hybrid guitar-synth, only without the Miami Vice suit styling. This can only be a good thing, of course. So can instrumental music with an emphasis on the mental.[endtext]

Diego Stocco - Bassoforte

Box of tricks

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/07/box-of-tricks.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItZyaOlrb7Eendofvid [starttext] Why is this guy playing at county fairs? What a waste [endtext]

Box of tricks

Miles Davis Quintet - Walkin'

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/06/miles-davis-quintet-walkin.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTfBpKzu6XAendofvid [starttext]The Miles Davis Quintet perform Walkin' at the Stadthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany (7 Nov 1967)

• Miles Davis (trumpet)
• Wayne Shorter (tenor sax)
• Herbie Hancock (piano)
• Ron Carter (double bass)
• Tony Williams (drums)

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Miles Davis Quintet - Walkin'

BECK - CELLPHONE'S DEAD - From the Basement

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/05/beck-cellphones-dead-from-basement.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6KsNzDcCvcendofvid [starttext] Another outstanding session from the "From the Basement" series, a sort of online show for true music lovers, created by the great producer, Nigel Godrich.
Watch them all at fromthebasement.tv right now, OK?! [endtext]

BECK - CELLPHONE'S DEAD - From the Basement

Charlotte Gainsbourg feat. Beck - Heaven Can Wait

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/05/charlotte-gainsbourg-feat-beck-heaven.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP-nVpOLW88endofvid [starttext] One of Beck's most recent collaborations. This is fairly sure to get removed, so here's an alternate source:

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Charlotte Gainsbourg feat. Beck - Heaven Can Wait

I'd choose the stairs too

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/05/id-choose-stairs-too.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPywendofvid [starttext] Nice experiment. Sounds like Stravinsky. [endtext]

I'd choose the stairs too

Elbow - The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/05/elbow-loneliness-of-tower-crane-driver.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX0B9ZpdZEAendofvid [starttext] Elbow backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra. If the climactic section around 3:43 doesn't floor you, you're not human [endtext]

Elbow - The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver

Not all One Man Bands suck

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/04/not-all-one-man-bands-suck.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JghgJToVP00endofvid [starttext]

Scott Dunbar 'One Man Band' who doesn't necessarily deserve to die

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Not all One Man Bands suck

Richard Thompson pays tribute to Joni Mitchell - Woodstock

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/03/richard-thompson-pays-tribute-to-joni.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h54rRq2SAv0endofvid

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An artist as epic as Joni Mitchell deserves only the best, and that's what she gets from RT.


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Richard Thompson pays tribute to Joni Mitchell - Woodstock

Who knows where the time goes - Fairport Convention

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/03/who-knows-where-time-goes-fairport.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xODjbfYw8endofvid


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Watching David Morrissey's "Don't Worry About Me" on BBC2 last Sunday night, I heard this track fully for the first time. I went straight onto IMDb looking through the credits to see who was playing guitar in such a Richard Thompson-esque style, only to discover it probably was Richard Thompson, seeing as the band was Fairport Convention. Sandy Denny is in [probably her] fine[st] voice too.
Perfect song to end a quiet, poignant and charming film.

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Who knows where the time goes - Fairport Convention

Porcupine Tree "Time Flies"

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/01/porcupine-tree-time-flies.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFxBLLrM-FUendofvid
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Time lapse photography is used to great effect in this video, fitting well with the theme of time, even if that's a bit too obvious.
This band has been around since the 80s, and yet I only heard of them relatively recently.

They're a great band to catch up with sometime, if you haven't already.

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Porcupine Tree "Time Flies"

Ben Folds with the WASO

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/01/ben-folds-with-waso.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD1WrPEJiXEendofvid
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OK, so this is a bit weird. Rock stars and orchestras usually don't mix, and this is probably no exception. I just found it interesting that Ben Folds sounds so much better than the orchestra. They're pretty out of step and seem to be finding it tough to put any colour into their solo parts. No offence to the West Australian Symphony Orchestra - kudos to them for trying.
Now I'm coming across all patronizing...

Despite that, it's still pretty amazing.

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Ben Folds with the WASO

Ben Folds Five - Steven's Last Night in Town

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/01/ben-folds-five-stevens-last-night-in.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOdkcM-yR3Mendofvid
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One of my favourites from Whatever and Ever, Amen. You could almost call it jazz.
Why did it ever have to end? I saw those guys at a gig in Dublin's Red Box, of all places, and they nearly shook the place to the ground. They seemed to communicate through some weird telepathic channel - hard to think why they broke up.

Oh well...

Next up is a live version.


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Ben Folds Five - Steven's Last Night in Town

I've been listening to Fuck Buttons lately ("Ooh, he said 'BUTTONS'")

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/01/ive-been-listening-to-fuck-buttons.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQXSsbQCMsendofvid

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Fuck Buttons are from Bristol and they are only amazing...
Yes, I know, provocative name (and a bit silly, if you ask me, which obviously you're not), but this is the sort of progressive music that Bristol (and surrounding towns) has been in the habit of producing over the years.

This track is from their album "Tarot Sport". If you ask nicely I'll "lend" it to you ;)

Put it on your hi-fi and grab your best set of headphones and enter their aural space. Your ears will thank you for it. This clip doesn't do it justice - no lossless compression on youtube unfortunately.





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I've been listening to Fuck Buttons lately ("Ooh, he said 'BUTTONS'")

Radiohead: Live at the Astoria 1994 [HD]

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/01/radiohead-live-at-astoria-1994-hd.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QerNhaVjZ5oendofvid

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This is one of the 20 concerts I missed that I really, really wish I hadn't

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Radiohead: Live at the Astoria 1994 [HD]

Totally 100% Trend

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/01/totally-100-trend.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbVeN13wGFcendofvid

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Stumbled upon this on Graham Linehan's site. It's not music, but it's certainly rock and roll.

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Totally 100% Trend

Pearl Jam - The Fixer

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/01/pearl-jam-fixer.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdF1Rqet9E8endofvid

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Going to see Pearl Jam in June at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. I expect it will be something like this. Haven't seen them since '96 at the Point in Dublin. Tried to get tickets for the O2 (on the old site of the Point), but logged in a couple of minutes too late :(

Still, Belfast could be even better, and will give us an excuse to see a bit more of the city and hit the Antrim coast after, hopefully with songs like this still ringing in our ears.

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Pearl Jam - The Fixer

Barcarolle from 'Les contes d'Hoffmann' by Offenbach

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/01/test.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is0Lb4cj_3cendofvid

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Image via Wikipedia

The New Year's Day concert performed by the Wiener Konzertverein Orchester featured the orchestrated version of Offenbach's Barcarolle from Les contes d'Hoffmann. It was excellent, but it got me hankering after the 'original' Operatic version, sung by soprano and mezzo-soprano.
Turns out this is harder to find than I expected.
This clip is of soprano Irina Iordachescu and mezzosoprano Cristina Iordachescu singing, accompanied by pianist Gonul Apdula. Enjoy.










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Barcarolle from 'Les contes d'Hoffmann' by Offenbach

Even Better Than The Real Thing

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/01/even-better-than-real-thing.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Y-t85vs4gendofvid

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Here's U2's New Year's Day. Even better than the real thing.










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Even Better Than The Real Thing

Welcome to MusicForLater / Better Now Than Too Late

[postlink]https://musicforlater.blogspot.com/2010/01/welcome-to-musicforlater-better-now.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rSRLFw2RUcendofvid
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Wecome to MusicForLater / Better Now Than Too Late, my blog for all the Musical tidbits I come across that seem worth sharing, and all other things related to the M-word
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Welcome to MusicForLater / Better Now Than Too Late