auntblabby wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
i dreamt I was in a music store, and I got into a conversation on the merits of The Beatles' "Norwegian wood" song with another customer from India, and together we went to this audio wall that let us pull up versions of songs, and we were listening to India versions of "Norwegian wood" and discussing what we liked about each.
That's awesome. And good break from your recent diet of nightmares. Lol! Interesting that your mind was able to generate music that you have never heard before. The original Beatles Norwejian wood had George Harrison playing the sitar. So the original was already a little bit South Asian sounding. In real life I have a recent recording by a Pakistani group (an orchestra playing trad instruments like sitars and tablas) playing a south Asian version of Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" that's quite awesome.
I would appreciate very much
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if you could email me or snail mail me a copy of that Asian
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as for Norwegian wood, I've been searching for cover versions of Beatles songs, and it seems there are very few of any quality at least for that particular song. I am searching for ones that are not trying to copy the Beatles, that are saying something of their own, I was disappointed in Sergio mendez' version as it was underdone. you have planted a germ of an idea in me noggin, I will search for alternate versions of "
take 5" also
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Have been meaning to send you a ton of music burned on CD's from my collection. Will add that to the shopping cart.
Both Dave Brubeck, and George Harrison, were Western musicians venturing East.
Brubeck played on a world Unesco tour, and the tour swang through the Balkan countries of Europe where they have local ethnic folk music in weird time signatures that are a no-no in both western classical and western pop music (like five beats, or seven beats to a measure instead of four beats, or eight beats). He was inspired to compose an expiramental piece with five beats per measure- the result was his mid Fifties hit "Take Five" (so called because of its five beats per measure). Indian music is also often five-time. So the record I have is kinda the song returning to its Eastern roots.
Brubeck himself rerecorded it several times, and many other have done jazz covers. My second favorite cover (after the afore mentioned Indian/Pakistani record) is by Tito Puente (the Puerto Rican jazz percussionist and band leader). Though his version kinda cheats, and to my non musician ears sounds like its in a normal 4/4 time. But its got the hot Afro-Caribbean Puente sound. So who cares! Also I have a heavy metal rock version by a band called "Panzer Ballet" that's rather mindbending.