A Capella Wars

Lisnaholic · 12-16-2015, 06:00 PM

TBH, DVW, I´m not really a fan of hiphop, though with the clip you posted, I liked the guy´s natural, almost conversational delivery.

I think the closest I came to hiphop was when I first heard the Last Poets music back in the ´70s. Although a lot of their material sounds like a capella there´s always some jazz percussion going on in the background. Here´s a pretty good example:

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

That was okay. I like his voice and the way he holds some notes (almost sounds tribal at times), but idk wtf he's talking about.

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That´s one of the things I really like; you think he´s singing English, then he completely loses you with stuff about "makmabe soo"

grindy · 12-16-2015, 06:04 PM

Some nice a capella from Zorn's mind:

And some alpine shamanism from Christian Zehnder

Lisnaholic · 12-16-2015, 06:36 PM

That Zorn clip was a lot less unconventional than I was expecting; quite delicate and melodious, in fact.

The Christian Zehnder was really strange, though! Is that some tuvan throat singing technique he´s using, do you think?

grindy · 12-17-2015, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

That Zorn clip was a lot less unconventional than I was expecting; quite delicate and melodious, in fact.

The Christian Zehnder was really strange, though! Is that some tuvan throat singing technique he´s using, do you think?

It's grounded in tuvan singing, but he takes out to lunch.

Lisnaholic · 12-24-2015, 08:07 AM

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Here´s wishing everyone on MB an A Capella Christmas!

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DwnWthVwls · 12-31-2015, 11:44 AM

Awesome vids Grindy.

John Grant - Chicken Bones

**Frownland** · 03-01-2016, 11:47 AM

Couple of ones I've been digging recently

Lisnaholic · 11-18-2016, 09:00 PM

^ I somehow missed these latest a cappella clips, I'm afraid. I particularly liked Richard Dawson's full-throated passion, but all of them are interesting and illustrate one of the fascinations of a cappella:-
If it's a solo performance, as with the three above, there's no place to hide. Rather like stand-up comedy, it's clearly one person against the world. A cappella is also very egalitarian; anyone can give it a go because you don't need any expensive instruments or training.

Here are a couple of songs - more about communal bonds than individualism, but quite interesting imo. The second one in fact was sung by troops in the First World War, a kind of ironical mantra of resignation, I suppose:-

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Lisnaholic · 03-19-2017, 07:57 PM

Sunday evening can be a melancholy time, as the sun goes down and the weekend draws to an end. That's specially true if you've been listening to Klezmer music (thanks, Chiomara) interspersed with Nico. Somehow I felt that Nico had done a few a capella tracks in her time, but actually this seems to be the only one in her repertoire. In any event, on the strength of this sombre masterpiece, I wish she'd done more :

Spoiler for Lyrics to My Only Child:

Lisnaholic · 04-25-2017, 11:34 AM

A slightly slow start to this one by Tuuletar, but here are four nice Scandanavian girls showing us how to do it gently in a cave, so stick with it:-

12-16-2015, 06:04 PM	#192 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Some nice a capella from Zorn's mind: And some alpine shamanism from Christian Zehnder __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

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Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	That Zorn clip was a lot less unconventional than I was expecting; quite delicate and melodious, in fact. The Christian Zehnder was really strange, though! Is that some tuvan throat singing technique he´s using, do you think? __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

12-24-2015, 08:07 AM	#195 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	.................................................. Here´s wishing everyone on MB an A Capella Christmas! .................................................. ........ __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

03-01-2016, 11:47 AM	#197 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Couple of ones I've been digging recently __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

11-18-2016, 09:00 PM	#198 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	^ I somehow missed these latest a cappella clips, I'm afraid. I particularly liked Richard Dawson's full-throated passion, but all of them are interesting and illustrate one of the fascinations of a cappella:- If it's a solo performance, as with the three above, there's no place to hide. Rather like stand-up comedy, it's clearly one person against the world. A cappella is also very egalitarian; anyone can give it a go because you don't need any expensive instruments or training. Here are a couple of songs - more about communal bonds than individualism, but quite interesting imo. The second one in fact was sung by troops in the First World War, a kind of ironical mantra of resignation, I suppose:- .... __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953 Last edited by Lisnaholic; 11-18-2016 at 09:14 PM.

03-19-2017, 07:57 PM	#199 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Sunday evening can be a melancholy time, as the sun goes down and the weekend draws to an end. That's specially true if you've been listening to Klezmer music (thanks, Chiomara) interspersed with Nico. Somehow I felt that Nico had done a few a capella tracks in her time, but actually this seems to be the only one in her repertoire. In any event, on the strength of this sombre masterpiece, I wish she'd done more : Spoiler for Lyrics to My Only Child: My only child be not so blind See what you hold There are no words no ears no eyes To show them what you know Their hands are old Their faces cold Their bodies close to freezing Their feelings find The morning small Too small to fill their ways with breathing The evening tall My only child remember well The words that you are told For some of them it is only Easy to survive Their hands are old Their faces cold Their bodies close to freezing Their feelings find The morning small The evening tall Man and wife are feasting the time The time that lies behind At home in sweetness and delight Drinking the bitter wine Their hands are old Their faces cold Their bodies close to freezing Their feelings find The morning small The evening tall __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

04-25-2017, 11:34 AM	#200 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	A slightly slow start to this one by Tuuletar, but here are four nice Scandanavian girls showing us how to do it gently in a cave, so stick with it:- __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953