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moondog: too weird not to be true
« on: March 26, 2019, 06:18:48 pm »
Be sure to give a listen to 11:08 Symphonique #6     ;)

https://youtu.be/I6xQtFsODIQ?t=664   (Symphonique #6)



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Re: moondog: too weird not to be true
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2019, 07:19:42 pm »
I know very little about Moondog and have listened to some of the music - but it's enough for me to respect someone like him. Talk about a "gortbuster!" :)

Edit: I never knew that Ron Carter played bass on "Moondog." What jazz album hasn't he been on?!
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« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2019, 05:15:17 pm »
From his Obituary:

He wrote a certain amount of music for radio and television commercials, but in the mid-Seventies he was invited to perform his music in Germany, and the warmth of the welcome persuaded him to make his home there. He recorded more of his miniature pieces for several small labels, and visited London several years ago to participate in the Meltdown festival on the South Bank, at the behest of Elvis Costello.

Louis Hardin ("Moondog"), composer:
    born Marysville, Kansas 26 May 1916;
    married;
    died Munster, Germany 8 September 1999.
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« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2019, 10:40:59 am »



I love the fiddle and drums at 9 minutes in.   I just enjoy the whole feel of the groove of this song.

I even started tapping, humming, and nearly singing, "You aint gonna get it all done that way …" several times again and again … I don't know why I chose those words.  That's what the humming turned into.

At 54 seconds into the introduction, the weird vibe enters like a cobra.

At 2 minutes into the song, there are some cool wind instruments and percussions.  During the fifth minute (after 4:30) some string instruments, and then, like I said, the fiddles kick in closer to 9 minutes (9:09 to be precise).  At 12 minutes in, it all comes around full circle.
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