Lomar's Music Review

Monday, August 11, 2014

The girl from ipanema (original version from 1962)

Bossa Nova

Astrud Gilberto was just the wife of singing star João Gilberto when she entered a NYC studio in March 1963. João and Jobim were making a record with tenor saxman Stan Getz. The idea of cutting a verse on “Ipanema” in English came up, and Astrud was the only one of the Brazilians who spoke more than phrasebook English.
Astrud’s child-like vocal, devoid of vibrato and singerly mannerisms, was the perfect foil for her husband’s soft bumblebee voice. Jobim tinkled piano. Getz blew a creamy smooth tenor. Four minutes of magic went to tape. - Grace Notes Music

~Lomar

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

I think I first heard this song on an episode of “Grey’s Anatomy”. It really caught my attention at the time. A lot of the music that I like (not all) is rather simple. Acoustic guitar (piano), mild percussion, easy vocals. This track fits along those lines. I really like to lay on the ground with my acoustic guitar and play this one. I like also the rain drops that come down in the video. I recommend to everyone, next time it rains, lay down on the ground and watch the drops fall from the sky. It is alway amazing to me.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Neil Young

I have been listening to Neil Young’s “Massey Hall 1971” CD for the last couple of weeks. This disc has a classic set of Neil Young jams. Some videos from this release can be found on Neil’s website

There are also a number of free video downloads from “Living With War” Along with 1,970 other Living With War songs. I have only gone through about 10 of these so far.

The story and all the music from his “Greendale” release is worth a look. It took me a few times through to get a good handle on the story and its well worth it.

He also has a number of songs on his myspacepage.