Lights Down Low: Trollheart's Journal of Ballads and Slow Songs

Trollheart · 04-15-2017, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Title: “Song to the siren”
Artiste: Tim Buckley
Nationality: American
Year: 1970
Genre: Folk
Subgenre:
Source: Album Starsailor
Written by: Larry Beckett and Tim Buckley
Chart position(s) (Singles only): n/a
Storyline: Basic love song? Not familiar with it at all but that's what it seems to be.
Main instrument: Guitar (only instrument, I think)
Other version(s) by: Most famously, Pat Boone in 1969, before Buckley's original was released, then, among others, This Mortal Coil (1983), The Chemical Brothers (1992), Sally Oldfield (1996), Robert Plant (2002) as well as many others including George Michael, Sinead O'Connor and Bryan Ferry.
Comments: Buckley's voice overpowers the reverb guitar which kind of ends up being in the background, but it works reasonably well. Very emotional, but almost too harsh for me: very in-your-face when I would prefer it was softer and gentler. Might even have worked better as an acapella, given the strength of his voice. Not really my style, have to say.
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grindy · 04-13-2017, 12:48 PM

Still shocked you're a ProgMetal fan and never listened to Psychotic Waltz.
At least check out their balladry.

Trollheart · 04-15-2017, 12:13 PM

Title: “Clair de Lune”
Artiste: Claude Debussey
Nationality: French
Year: 1905
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
Source: n/a
Written by: Claude Debussey
Chart position(s) (Singles only): n/a
Storyline: n/a
Main instrument: Piano
Other version(s) by: Too numerous to mention; classical standard
Comments: I don't know too much of Debussey's work (that will change once I get my arse in gear and sort out my History of Classical Music – no, I haven't forgotten it! - but I do know this piece, as do most aficionados of good classical music. Even if you're not one, you'll surely have heard it as it's been used in ads, films, on TV, just about everywhere. One of the most relaxing piano pieces, along with Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Chopin's Nocturnes that you will ever hear. Just beautiful. Ethereal, fragile, sad, dreamy, emotional, powerful, wistful, and so much more.
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04-13-2017, 12:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Still shocked you're a ProgMetal fan and never listened to Psychotic Waltz. At least check out their balladry. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

04-15-2017, 12:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Title: “Clair de Lune” Artiste: Claude Debussey Nationality: French Year: 1905 Genre: Classical Subgenre: Source: n/a Written by: Claude Debussey Chart position(s) (Singles only): n/a Storyline: n/a Main instrument: Piano Other version(s) by: Too numerous to mention; classical standard Comments: I don't know too much of Debussey's work (that will change once I get my arse in gear and sort out my History of Classical Music – no, I haven't forgotten it! - but I do know this piece, as do most aficionados of good classical music. Even if you're not one, you'll surely have heard it as it's been used in ads, films, on TV, just about everywhere. One of the most relaxing piano pieces, along with Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Chopin's Nocturnes that you will ever hear. Just beautiful. Ethereal, fragile, sad, dreamy, emotional, powerful, wistful, and so much more. Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018