...Ah, c'mon @lordmelton ....pray tell, what do your really think....😏 *L*
Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too?
For me there is one that has always been top of the list.
Edith Piaf…..l just can’t think of anything worse.
Do not get me wrong and consider my choice is in any way racist….l love to listen to music with songs in any language… Italian, French, Spanish…..
Russian and German can however be extremely demanding, but Edith Piaf (if possible in any language) is a potential harrowing experience.
Do any others on here have a similar artist, or artists that can trigger the same physical reaction?
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You are full of crap, @mylogic . "Live with it." |
@asvjerry Back on topic and JLP. l notice you collected Jean-Luc Ponty albums from an old post l stumbled across. l wonder if you are aware of what could be a rare Ponty performance? l was a projectionist in my student years which was a hobby job. The free tickets alone l would have been quite happy with. Sometimes squeezing in 6 free films a week between the cinemas. I have a bit of a photographic memory for obscure info and showed the film “Sitting Target” when first released. When the film “hit the screen” projectionists always “focused up” on the “main titles” So l remember a lot of the credits while focusing, checking the framing and light. Technically there were differences in film stock so focus could not be preset. The music was by Stanley Myers and the next credit from memory was “violin solo by Jean-Luc Ponty”. I was not aware of this musician so l researched him as in 1972 he was not well known. The prominent electric violin was played with a tortured, strident quality. The counter pointing orchestral strings/electronic pulsating arrangement perfectly matched the onscreen visuals. Oliver Reed alone in a prison cell exercising using the available fixtures and furnishings. Think of iron bars, bedsteads with bench pressings/pushups and sweat. There was never an LP soundtrack to my knowledge. There was a CD release 30+ years later l bought because l always recalled the well crafted opening scene. Strangely JLP is not even mentioned at all on the CD as a contributor. l was wondering if you are a completist with your JLP collection and know of this music? The opening scene for me is the films stand out moment because of the visual and music integration. l hope this is useful info for you and for any other collectors out there that may not even be aware of this piece of music. Without that “on screen” credit it may have never been known it was JLP |
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