Posted by redlotus51 on August 15, 2009 at 11:30pm
Billy Strayhorn was one of America's greatest composers and arrangers of the last century. As Duke Ellington put it, Strayhorn was "my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brain waves in his head, and his in mine. "His dreams of playing classical music was not realizable in that era for a Black and Gay man, so he joined in with the Duke (Ellington) in writing some of the great music of last century using the jazz idiom."Take the A Train"," Lush Life" "Satin Doll"," Lotus Blossom", "Raincheck". "Blood Count"." U.M.M.G.". Larger suites such as : larger works such as "Such Sweet Thunder", "A Drum Is a Woman", "The Perfume Suite" and "The Far East Suite", where Strayhorn and Ellington worked closely together.Check out "And His Mother Called him Bill", Duke Ellington's tribute album on Bluebird. Will try and upload some songs on my wall since it doesn't seem possible in this format.Here's one vid of Take the A Train with Billy playing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjc7mu9leYwADDED FOUR SONGS TO MY PLAYLIST IF FOLKS ARE INTERESTED. BOO-DAH, UMMG, ROCK SKIPPING AT THE BLUE NOTE, AND LOTUS BLOSSOMFrom Wikipedia:Though classical music was Strayhorn’s first love, his ambition to become a classical composer was shot down by the harsh reality of a black man trying to make it in the then-completely white classical world. Strayhorn was then introduced to the music of pianists like Art Tatum and Teddy Wilson at age 19. These musicians guided him into the realm of jazz where he remained for the rest of his life. .He met Duke Ellington in December 1938, after an Ellington performance in Pittsburgh (he had first seen Ellington play in Pittsburgh in 1933). Here he first told, and then showed, the band leader how he would have arranged one of Duke's own pieces. Ellington was impressed enough to invite other band members to hear Strayhorn. At the end of the visit he arranged for Strayhorn to meet him when the band returned to New York. Strayhorn worked for Ellington for the next quarter century and collaborator until his early death from cancer. As Ellington described him, "my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brain waves in his head, and his in mine".[2]Strayhorn was openly gay during an extremely homophobic era. Critics agree that his dedication to the gay movement was a contributing factor to him being so overlooked as an important musician. More attention was given to the fact that he was gay and black than to his genius as a pianist, composer, and arranger. For this reason, he long hid behind Ellington, letting the Duke take credit for much of his work..
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forget your medicineand your drugs of choiceescape from your escapeeasier to take. even if it's a mistake.guesssuicide is a constant fantasy.keeps things upbeat.My life has such a superb cast,but sometimes I just can't seem to figure out the plot.i feel like i died on sunday night and these last few days i've been stuck in limbo.something to relate too peaking eyes"these are my twisted words" leak from unknown source.download// http://bit.ly/hRtw2
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Spin Spin Spin Oh Wicked Wind-Dark falls beneath you-Beyond its earthly grin-When morning rises and evening sets-Love will live with no regrets¤¤c
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I know it's been a while since Harry Patch was released... my world moves this slow because of illness. But I wanted to share some personal identification with this song. It is up there with 4 Minute Warning which reminds me of the days I spent under my desk during the Cuban Missile Crisis ( yes, I am a fossil).One of the most moving and beautiful things to come out of 'rock' music ever. Thom's phrasing of Harry's words and the emotion of his singing and Jonny's fantastic score is a landmark!If anyone ever gets a chance to communicate with Jon and Thom tell them my father was in the invasion of Omaha Beach in WWII. He would still wake up screaming 40 years later till the day he died. My Dad too, "saw devils rising out of the Earth" ( I just got so choked up at this line I could not read it to my wife) and he was one of the few from his unit to survive. People being cut down in the water or even before they got off the landing craft.That's why I am anti-war and against the system of aggression and exploitation behind it.For a world without exploitation, oppression and war !
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Depois de "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)", faixa beneficente que é vendida a 1 libra no site oficial da banda, o Radiohead já estaria com mais uma música. Estaria, na condicional, porque "These are My Twisted Words" vazou no fórum de discussão do At Ease, site de fãs da banda. A faixa:12/08/09Escrito por Thiago Ney às 23h29Folhaonline - blog da folha, Ilustradaoutra matéria:
'New Radiohead song' leaks onlineSong title could be 'These Are My Twisted Words'"A song strongly suspected by many fans to be new from Radiohead has leaked online.The song, the MP3 of which bore the title 'These Are My Twisted Words', has been posted on YouTube - click on the video below to hear it.The track features frontman Thom Yorke's vocals and the guitar lines typical of the band, and is somewhat reminiscent to their 2001 single 'Knives Out'. The group have recently been recording new material in Oxfordshire with producer Nigel Godrich.The leak comes shortly after Radiohead released a new song, 'Harry Patch (In Memory Of)' – a tribute to Patch, who was the last surviving British World War 1 veteran until he died last month.In other Radiohead news, Yorke recently said the band were looking to step away from releasing conventional albums in the future."NME NewsAugust 13, 2009http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/46663
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i dont ever know if i love her anymore. when i see her i just want to grab her and shake her apart.she says, "i feel as if i'm losing you".i say, "it doesnt matter, you've already replaced me."it really doesnt matter. i'll never get her. i saw her yesterday and ignored her, just to see what would happen.
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Sounds either like Thom Yorke trying not to sound like Thom Yorke (-> Velvet Goldmine) or like someone imitating Thom Yorke's manner of singing to the point of compulsion. Not too far fetched, considering that Thom is a big Modeselektor fan and Moderat will open for Radiohead in Posnan in two weeks. I'm seeing Moderat tonight in Cologne and wonder if I can muster up enough courage to approach and ask them about it because this has been nagging at me for a while now and I really want to know if I'm right. If uploaded the song here, listen for yourself if you like.
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...stay connectedrandom stuff aheadwww.storyofstuff.combroken memorya van made of weedthe left of our abilitiesrandomizedemisecut and pasteall the days blend into one
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O vocalista do Radiohead, Thom Yorke, deu a entender que a banda não tem planos de lançar um outro álbum. Ele afirmou a The Believer que um novo CD poderia "matar"o Radiohead."Se tornaria uma chatice. Funcionou em "In Rainbows" porque tínhamos uma ideia real de onde estávamos indo".Thom Yorke acrescentou que a banda "precisa fugir" de lançamentos no formato tradicional e pode lançar trabalhos através de EPs ou pela internet, como fez na semana passada com a canção "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)".O vocalista disse que ele e Jonny Greenwood tem conversado sobre lançar um EP com músicas orquestradas.Redação SRZD - Esquina da Música | Música | 11/08/2009 12:22http://www.sidneyrezende.com/noticia/50648+novo+album+mataria+radiohead+diz+yorke
Radiohead não quer mais lançar álbuns, diz Thom YorkeDepois de lançar um single inédito on-line na última semana, o Radiohead deve parar de lançar álbuns, diz o vocalista Thom Yorke em entrevista para a revista “Believer”.“Nenhum de nós quer voltar a essa bagunça criativa de um disco de longa duração novamente”, explicou o vocalista. “Funcionou em ‘In rainbows’ porque nós tínhamos uma ideia fixa sobre o que queríamos. Mas todos nós concordamos que não podemos entrar em uma dessas de novo. Isso nos mataria”.A banda lançou na última quarta-feira (5) a música “Harry Patch”, single on-line sobre o último soldado britânico sobrevivente da Primeira Guerra Mundial. O novo projeto do grupo (ou pelo menos de Yorke ao lado do guitarrista Jonny Greenwood) é um EP com obras para orquestra.“Jonny e eu conversamos sobre sentar e escrever músicas para uma orquestra. E então gravar tudo em um único take – pronto”, imagina o cantor. “Você imagina – ‘por que fazer um disco inteiro com isso? Que tal tentar um pouco e ver como fica?’”.Mas a desistência não quer dizer que Yorke despreze o formato. “Obviamente, existem coisas incríveis em [fazer] álbuns. [Mas] ‘In rainbows’ tinha uma estética particular, e eu não consigo nem imaginar a ideia de fazer tudo aquilo novamente. Não que seja ruim. Mas não dá”.Globo.com - 11/08/09, 10:37http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Musica/0,,MUL1262499-7085,00-RADIOHEAD+NAO+QUER+MAIS+LANCAR+ALBUNS+DIZ+THOM+YORKE.html
Radiohead's Thom Yorke: 'We need to get away from releasing albums'Frontman hints that making another conventional album 'would kill' RadioheadRadiohead frontman Thom Yorke has hinted that the band aren't currently planning to release another album conventionally.The singer said that he still had a lot of time for the album as an artform, but explained that to release another batch of songs in that format would "kill" Radiohead."None of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again. Not straight off," he told The Believer magazine."I mean, it's just become a real drag. It worked with [2007 album] 'In Rainbows' because we had a real fixed idea about where we were going. But we've all said that we can't possibly dive into that again. It'll kill us."Yorke added that Radiohead "need to get away" from releasing albums in the traditional format.Instead, he hinted that the band may release new music via EPs or online (as they did with new song 'Harry Patch (In Memory Of)' on August 5).One idea the he and guitarist Jonny Greenwood have been mulling over includes a new batch of orchestral songs, to be released as an EP."Jonny [Greenwood] and I have talked about sitting down and writing songs for orchestra and orchestrating it fully and just doing it like that and then doing a live take of it and that's it - finished. We've always wanted to do it, but we've never done it because, I think the reason is, we're always taking songs that haven't been written for that, and then trying to adapt them," he said."That's one possible EP because, with things like that, you think do you want to do a whole record like that? Or do you just want to get stuck into it for a bit and see how it feels?"NME NewsAugust 10, 2009http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/46596
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Cuando piensas que las cosas no te van a afectar, todo es más fácil.Cuando la música alegre te parece una especie de burla cruel a tu tristeza...A veces la vulnerabilidad del ser humano es inesperada y traicionera.Me encantaría saber por qué nuestros propios sentimientos nos traicionan... o ¿es que nuestra maravillosa mente nos miente para, malamente no hacernos daño?Cualquiera que sean las razones; la sensibilidad es tan positiva como negativa (como todo en la vida) Muchos la aprecian por que demuestra: "la parte bella de la inteligencia, el sentido artístico que se puede tener, lo que nos diferencia de los animales" otros la califican como: "una bobería, una tontería y una debilidad" sobre todo si se demuestra en los hombres...para ustedes...¿qué es?A veces me gustaría no ser tan sensible y vulnerable para no salir lástimada de cosas que no valen la pena.
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Posted by SubSickAlien on August 8, 2009 at 5:00pm
"Sadness falls upon the land..."
In a lengthy interview in the latest issue of The Believer magazine, Thom Yorke has revealed that we'll probably be waiting quite a long time for the next proper Radiohead album. We're more likely to get some EPs or singles or one-off musical releases (perhaps like "Harry Patch [In Memory Of]"?) in the near future."None of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again. Not straight off," Yorke said. "I mean, it's just become a real drag. It worked with In Rainbows because we had a real fixed idea about where we were going. But we've all said that we can't possibly dive into that again. It'll kill us."He clarified that Radiohead doesn't inherently hate the concept of the full-length. He said, "I mean, obviously, there's still something great about the album. It's just, for us, right now, we need to get away from it a bit." Later, he added, "In Rainbows was a particular aesthetic and I can't bear the idea of doing that again. Not that it's not good, I just can't... bear... that."One kind of Radiohead-related music that might materialize? Orchestral works. As Yorke told The Believer, "Jonny [Greenwood] and I have talked about sitting down and writing songs for orchestra and orchestrating it fully and just doing it like that and then doing a live take of it and that's it - finished. We've always wanted to do it, but we've never done it because, I think the reason is, we're always taking songs that haven't been written for that, and then trying to adapt them. That's one possible EP because, with things like that, you think, Do you want to do a whole record like that? Or do you just want to get stuck into it for a bit and see how it feels?"The entire interview is well worth reading, with Yorke celebrating the death of the CD and the downfall of the music industry as we know it, reflecting on the difficulty of environmentally-friendly touring and music releasing, and musing on the state of Radiohead in general. There's also this wonderful exchange:The Believer: Do you feel like there's any definitive sound that you've been solidifying over your career?Thom Yorke: I fucking hope not.Here is part of the interview:THE BELIEVER: In some ways, the way Internet singles work is close to the way things used to be with the music industry in the ’50s, before full-lengths were the thing, and radio singles were what defined artists.THOM YORKE: Right, and if you forget about the money issue for just a minute, if it’s possible to do that—because these are people’s livelihoods we’re talking about—and you look at it in terms of the most amazing broadcasting network ever built, then it’s completely different. In some ways, that’s the best way of looking at it. I mean, I don’t spend my fucking life downloading free MP3s, because I hate the websites. No one seems to know what they’re talking about. I’d much rather go to sites like Boomkat, where people know what they’re talking about.BLVR: Boomkat is great.TY: It’s brilliant. To me, that’s a business model. It’s like when I used to go to music shops in Oxford. You’re looking at this and you’re looking at that and there’s a whole line of other things going down the side saying, “You’ll probably like this,” and “You might like this.”BLVR: I love those stores where everything’s hand-selected and the clerks write little descriptions about the music.TY: Yeah, and you can listen to it all. I mean, Boomkat is very specific with the type of stuff they flog there, but I can’t see why that wouldn’t work for all music.Source: The Believer MagazineHere's a bit more of that same interview:[Believer]: Do you think [the In Rainbows pay-as-you-will method] worked?[Yorke]: Oh, yeah. It worked on two or three different levels. The first level is just sort of getting a point across that we wanted to get across about music being valuable. It also worked as a way of using the Internet to promote your record, without having to use iTunes or Google or whatever. You rely on the fact that you know a lot of people want to hear it. You don’t want to have to go to the radio first and go through all that bullshit about what’s the first single. You don’t want to have to go to the press. That was my thing, like, I am NOT giving it to the press two months early so they can tear it to shreds and destroy it for people before they’ve even heard it. And it worked on that level. And it also worked financially.[Believer]: Do you think this method would work for other bands who aren’t as known as Radiohead?[Yorke]: With the press, we’re in a lucky position where we don’t really have to rely on a reviewer’s opinion, so why would we let that get in the way? If people want to play it for themselves, why don’t we just give it to them to listen to? I just don’t want to have to read about it first.[Believer]: And that style of release definitely promotes the album as a work of art, rather than a bunch of singles floating around the Internet.[Yorke]: Oh, that’s interesting. I appreciate that. Unfortunately, a lot of people got the album in the wrong order.[Believer]: What about the idea of an album as a musical form? You think that the format is still worthwhile amid iPod shuffling?[Yorke]: I’m not very interested in the album at the moment.[Believer]: I’ve heard you talk a lot about singles and EPs. Is that what you’ve been moving toward?[Yorke]: I’ve got this running joke: Mr. Tanaka runs this magazine in Japan. He always says to me, “EPs next time?” And I say yes and go off on one, and he says, “Bullshit.” [Laughs] But I think really, this time, it could work. It’s part of the physical-release plan I was talking about earlier. None of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again. Not straight off. I mean, it’s just become a real drag. It worked with In Rainbows because we had a real fixed idea about where we were going. But we’ve all said that we can’t possibly dive into that again. It’ll kill us.
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Стою в очереди в ларьке на остановке. Долго рылась в портмоне (http://www.waste-central.com/profiles/blogs/esche-odin-podarok). Сзади голос: "А что это за группа?" Оборачиваюсь - невысокий мужчина видом начинающего колдыря, но с просветом каких-то знаний в глазах.Улыбаясь, отвечаю: "РАдиохэд"."То-то я смотрю, что-то знакомое". И взял за мной бутылку водку и два пластиковых стаканчика. Интеллигенция))
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"Harry would be 100 per cent' behind idea says grandsonAugust 6, 2009The grandson of Harry Patch, the late British World War 1 veteran who was the last surviving UK soldier from the conflict until he passed away last month, has spoken about Radiohead's tribute song, 'Harry Patch (In Memory Of)'.Yesterday (August 5) Radiohead made the song available as a download to benefit the Royal British Legion, with frontman Thom Yorke writing it after being inspired by a 2005 radio interview with Patch.Now Patch's grandson, Roger Patch, has given his backing to the song, saying he believes that his granddad would be equally enamoured."Our family is very touched that Radiohead has reached out to its followers and especially the younger generation through the single that echoes Harry's interview in 2005," he told The Sun.He added: "Harry loved music and would be 100 per cent behind Radiohead in raising awareness of the suffering of conflict – not least the futility of it – in a way that can also benefit the Legion. It's a great idea which we support wholeheartedly."Patch is being buried today (August 6) in Wells, Somerset, with a public service taking place in Wells Cathedral.!NME Newshttp://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/46530
Radiohead's Thom Yorke reveals reasons behind Harry Patch tribute song'It would be very easy for our generation to forget the true horror of war,' singer explainsAugust 5, 2009Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has blogged about his reasons for recording and releasing new track 'Harry Patch (In Memory Of)'.The song was put online today (August 5) at Download.waste.uk.com, with all proceeds going to the Royal British Legion. It's release comes one day before the funeral of Harry Patch, who was the last surviving First World War veteran to have fought in the trenches. Patch died, aged 111, on July 25.Writing on Deadairspace.com about the track, Yorke explained how he first became aware of Patch, adding that the he and bandmate Jonny Greenwood had recorded the tribute to him in an abbey shortly before his death."I had heard a very emotional interview with him a few years ago on the Today program on BBC Radio 4," Yorke wrote."The way he talked about war had a profound effect on me. It became the inspiration for a song that we happened to record a few weeks before his death."It was done live in an abbey. The strings were arranged by Jonny [Greenwood]. I very much hope the song does justice to his memory as the last survivor."Yorke added that he thinks it is important for future generations to keep in mind the "horror" caused by war.He stated: "It would be very easy for our generation to forget the true horror of war, without the likes of Harry to remind us. I hope we do not forget."He ended his piece by quoting Patch, who said "irrespective of the uniforms we wore, we were all victims" and hailing "peace and understanding".NME Newshttp://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/46517Radiohead release new song 'Harry Patch (In Memory Of)' as downloadSong honouring late World War One veteran available nowAugust 5, 2009"Radiohead have released a brand new song, 'Harry Patch (In Memory Of)', as a download from today (August 5).The song is available now from the band's official online store, Download.waste.uk.com, with proceeds from the track going to the Royal British Legion.'Harry Patch (In Memory Of)' was written by frontman Thom Yorke about Patch – who was the last living British World War 1 veteran until he passed away on July 25 this year aged 111 – after he heard an interview with him on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. The song was debuted on the station this morning.You can listen to Patch's original interview on the 'Today' programme now.The track was recorded in the last few months, as the band worked in Oxfordshire with long-time producer Nigel Godrich on a new album.The lyrics to 'Harry Patch (In Memory Of)' are available to read at the band's official website, Radiohead.com/deadairspace."NME Newshttp://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/46501Abbey
Thom and Jonny in Abbey
"i am the only one that got throughthe others died where ever they fellit was an ambushthey came up from all sidesgive your leaders each a gun and then let them fight it out themselvesi've seen devils coming up from the groundi've seen hell upon this earththe next will be chemical but they will never learn""Recently the last remaining UK veteran of the 1st world war Harry Patch died at the age of 111.I had heard a very emotional interview with him a few years ago on the Today program on Radio4.The way he talked about war had a profound effect on me.It became the inspiration for a song that we happened to record a few weeks before his death.It was done live in an abbey. The strings were arranged by Jonny.I very much hope the song does justice to his memory as the last survivor.It would be very easy for our generation to forget the true horror of war, without the likes of Harry to remind us.I hope we do not forget.As Harry himself said"Irrespective of the uniforms we wore, we were all victims".Please click here to download.The proceeds of this song will go to the British Legion.To peace and understanding.Thom"http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/
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We have not learnedwill we evernot sure who said it...fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity....it just doesn't workit just doesn't workkids signing up to go fight half way around the worldpeace begins in our homes and in our heartswe need to forgivetry life without egolet it goit is not all about you or metry to learntry to do betterlet peace be with youlet it go
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A very special morning.While listening to BBC Radio 4 this morning Radiohead was mentioned. A song by them in remembrance of the last WW1 veteran Harry Patch, who died recently at the age of 111yrs, was to be played.I'm sure as RH fans no-one will need any persuading to listen to this new work.A haunting melody sung with all the angst and sorrow that Thom is so good at feeding in to his performances. The words were taken from an interview that Harry had given a couple of years ago after many years of keeping silent on the subject of his experiences in the war.The beautiful string accompaniment arranged by Jonny perfectly matches the mood.It is a perfect tribute to the memory of Harry Patch and all who gave there lives in the war and of those who survived and suffered the memories of all they saw.
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