#popiversary2 — Public Fediverse posts

Baroque music tended to repeat existing ideas, and Nyman's work is based on an extract from Purcell's 1691 work "King Arthur", recycled through the same chord sequence as doo-wop music of the 1950s.

This tune has been used in many adverts and sampled by another baroque act, Pet Shop Boys.

#MichaelNyman #Minimalism #Baroque #ClassicalMusic #Popiversary2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHiJkLmclkA

Footage of original film from the Apollo moon journey was edited together; you may know the film from its reissue as "For All Mankind".

Brian Eno's music is calm, stately, clear and purposeful. "Weightless" centres the electric piano, its riff still sounds contemporary four decades on.

#BrianEno #Space #Electronic #Popiversary2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku0mbtyfuwY

In February 1986, Michael Hurll asked Paul Hardcastle for a shiny new title theme for Top of the Pops. "The wizard" was written in a couple of days; the fizzy-bangy-twiddly tune was used for the next 5½ years.

When Paul had had a bit longer to think about the tune, he came up with this mellow mix. It featured on the 12-inch single.

#PaulHardcastle #TOTP #Synthesiser #Jazz #Popiversary2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g3MPQEdlnI

A setting of a seventeenth-century poem by Rabbi Shalom Shabazi turned into a song John Peel championed and a German number one hit.

Ofra Haza's combination of traditional Yemeni instruments and Western disco was augmented by some very effective scratching, Haza's music was sampled on Eric B & Rakim's "Paid in full".

Haza died in 2000 of an AIDS-related illness.

#Popiversary2 #OfraHaza #Yemenite #Judaism #JohnPeel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvDkryqHoHE

A setting of a seventeenth-century poem by Rabbi Shalom Shabazi turned into a song John Peel championed and a German number one hit.

Ofra Haza's combination of traditional Yemeni instruments and Western disco was augmented by some very effective scratching, Haza's music was sampled on Eric B & Rakim's "Paid in full".

Haza died in 2000 of an AIDS-related illness.

#Popiversary2 #OfraHaza #Yemenite #Judaism #JohnPeel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvDkryqHoHE

Written in 1976, Górecki built from Mahler's mournful bass and solo voice. This movement uses the words of a prisoner of the nazis: "Mother, do not cry, no, do not weep, Most pure Queen of Heaven, Protect me always."

#Popiversary2 #Gorecki #DawnUpshaw #ClassicalMusic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN2DiY5OXF4

Written in 1976, Górecki built from Mahler's mournful bass and solo voice. This movement uses the words of a prisoner of the nazis: "Mother, do not cry, no, do not weep, Most pure Queen of Heaven, Protect me always."

#Popiversary2 #Gorecki #DawnUpshaw #ClassicalMusic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN2DiY5OXF4

The final studio album from Simon Jeffes' chamber jazz-classical project, "Union Cafe" is like a big box of rich chocolates, perhaps too much to enjoy in one sitting.

Jeffes died in 1997, but his work lives on at the intersection of intellectual and accessible, Penguin Cafe have a new album this month.

Six points if you recall where you've heard this recently.

#Popiversary2 #PenguinCafeOrchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp6Tx0dftYE

The final studio album from Simon Jeffes' chamber jazz-classical project, "Union Cafe" is like a big box of rich chocolates, perhaps too much to enjoy in one sitting.

Jeffes died in 1997, but his work lives on at the intersection of intellectual and accessible, Penguin Cafe have a new album this month.

Six points if you recall where you've heard this recently.

#Popiversary2 #PenguinCafeOrchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp6Tx0dftYE

Out of Soft Machine and into the concert hall, Karl Jenkins composed a baroque style with a clear nod to Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

In this opening movement, solo parts begin to emerge and alternate with concert motifs, building drama and suspense.

You might know it from the diamond adverts.

#KarlJenkins #ClassicalMusic #BaroqueMusic #Popiversary2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hViPSRHyU0Y

Out of Soft Machine and into the concert hall, Karl Jenkins composed a baroque style with a clear nod to Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

In this opening movement, solo parts begin to emerge and alternate with concert motifs, building drama and suspense.

You might know it from the diamond adverts.

#KarlJenkins #ClassicalMusic #BaroqueMusic #Popiversary2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hViPSRHyU0Y

Craig Armstrong is Baz Luhrmann's go-to composer; this track is an extension of his work on 1996's "Romeo + Juliet".

The rest of the album is similar soundtrack extensions, songs that sound like they ought to be on a soundtrack, and some oddball covers.

#Popiversary2 #CraigArmstrong #BazLuhrmann #movie #soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTSe_pdxAzA

Craig Armstrong is Baz Luhrmann's go-to composer; this track is an extension of his work on 1996's "Romeo + Juliet".

The rest of the album is similar soundtrack extensions, songs that sound like they ought to be on a soundtrack, and some oddball covers.

#Popiversary2 #CraigArmstrong #BazLuhrmann #movie #soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTSe_pdxAzA

Any summer evening by the pool has to feature this track. It's the law.

Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker had been respected remixers for years before their own album came out. It was worth the wait, and this track remains a high point of their career.

#Zero7 #Popiversary2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_OKigBRqBI

Any summer evening by the pool has to feature this track. It's the law.

Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker had been respected remixers for years before their own album came out. It was worth the wait, and this track remains a high point of their career.

#Zero7 #Popiversary2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_OKigBRqBI

Eros did what Nik Kershaw could have done: turned a sudden mid-80s success into a lifelong career.

By 2003, almost two decades into his art, Eros has moved towards warm and inclusive adult rock, most clearly on the album's lead single.

"An emotion forever" is about the love that remains even when the warm bodies are apart.

#ErosRamazzotti #Popiversary2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBZaLPEhq04

Eros did what Nik Kershaw could have done: turned a sudden mid-80s success into a lifelong career.

By 2003, almost two decades into his art, Eros has moved towards warm and inclusive adult rock, most clearly on the album's lead single.

"An emotion forever" is about the love that remains even when the warm bodies are apart.

#ErosRamazzotti #Popiversary2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBZaLPEhq04

The Brooklyn indie trio wanted to make the soundtrack of someone exploring a secret garden at night with a flashlight. Earthly music with a certain dreamlike, magical quality.

Heather D'Angelo went on to compose for "Vampire Academy", Annie Hart's released some punk albums.
#Popiversary2 #AuRevoirSimone #Dreampop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TMm7Z9JcB4

The Brooklyn indie trio wanted to make the soundtrack of someone exploring a secret garden at night with a flashlight. Earthly music with a certain dreamlike, magical quality.

Heather D'Angelo went on to compose for "Vampire Academy", Annie Hart's released some punk albums.
#Popiversary2 #AuRevoirSimone #Dreampop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TMm7Z9JcB4

Volker Bertelmann, who recorded early work as Hauschka, offers a piano-and-strings piece. For me, it sounds like a bicycle being pedalled along the canals and fields of the Low Countries, whizzing along with the sun on my back and nary a care in the world.

Bertelmann's gone on to do film scores - "All Quiet on the Western Front" his most famous.

#Popiversary2 #Hauschka #piano #bicycle #ClassicalMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2BFJlPmF9c

Volker Bertelmann, who recorded early work as Hauschka, offers a piano-and-strings piece. For me, it sounds like a bicycle being pedalled along the canals and fields of the Low Countries, whizzing along with the sun on my back and nary a care in the world.

Bertelmann's gone on to do film scores - "All Quiet on the Western Front" his most famous.

#Popiversary2 #Hauschka #piano #bicycle #ClassicalMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2BFJlPmF9c

Whosoever unlocks the centuries-old song cycle shall be the true king of #Popiversary2.

#ToriAmos shifted across to a classical label for this work, reflecting her usual concerns (relationships, myths, gender) through tracks from before the dawn of pop music.

"Edge of the moon", for instance, is based on a Bach flute sonata.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU-BaubPu5k

Whosoever unlocks the centuries-old song cycle shall be the true king of #Popiversary2.

#ToriAmos shifted across to a classical label for this work, reflecting her usual concerns (relationships, myths, gender) through tracks from before the dawn of pop music.

"Edge of the moon", for instance, is based on a Bach flute sonata.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU-BaubPu5k

Recording again after 17 months off... what? 17 *years*?! No way.

A slice of late-90s dreampop, expansive and atmospheric and with a vocal line buried somewhere in the mix.

Hope Sandoval keeps her familiar phrasing and vocal lift, sings with weary resignation about the drudgery of life. And it sounds so enticing, too.
#Popiversary2 #MazzyStar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTUEsPXOprU

Recording again after 17 months off... what? 17 *years*?! No way.

A slice of late-90s dreampop, expansive and atmospheric and with a vocal line buried somewhere in the mix.

Hope Sandoval keeps her familiar phrasing and vocal lift, sings with weary resignation about the drudgery of life. And it sounds so enticing, too.
#Popiversary2 #MazzyStar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTUEsPXOprU

In this 8½ hour album, Max Richter explores sleep, activity, consciousness, and a slower pace of living.

Rather than present the whole work, here's just one track, from the deep sleep after the third dream.

(#Popiversary2 moves into its era phase: 2014-17 today, 2013 tomorrow.) #MaxRichter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IEKidI7BnI

In this 8½ hour album, Max Richter explores sleep, activity, consciousness, and a slower pace of living.

Rather than present the whole work, here's just one track, from the deep sleep after the third dream.

(#Popiversary2 moves into its era phase: 2014-17 today, 2013 tomorrow.) #MaxRichter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IEKidI7BnI

Does your film or tv show feature strong women? Well-defined characters? Pervasive queerness? You need a soundtrack from Sunna Wehmeijer!

This piece soundtracks the only formal occasion in the 52 episode story.

#SheRa #SPOP #SunnaWehmeijer #CatraInASuit #Popiversary2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HThcccnqNGs

Does your film or tv show feature strong women? Well-defined characters? Pervasive queerness? You need a soundtrack from Sunna Wehmeijer!

This piece soundtracks the only formal occasion in the 52 episode story.

#SheRa #SPOP #SunnaWehmeijer #CatraInASuit #Popiversary2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HThcccnqNGs

"Ooh, this is a bit Secret Garden", I thought when hitting track 5 on #LindseyStirling's album. This part is a musing on what it means to be immortal, just one fragment of a (gasp!) coherent concept album.

And chilled enough for #Popiversary2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ox23El2HE

"Ooh, this is a bit Secret Garden", I thought when hitting track 5 on #LindseyStirling's album. This part is a musing on what it means to be immortal, just one fragment of a (gasp!) coherent concept album.

And chilled enough for #Popiversary2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ox23El2HE

A married woman falls in love with someone who isn't her husband. This is a peril for the monogamy; perhaps there's some presumed heterosexuality.

Taken from #TaylorSwift's cottagecore phase, "ivy" may be inspired by Emily Dickinson and Susan Gilbert.

It's been adopted by the #gaylor crowd, who are the best literary critics around: aggressive interpretations of female sexuality through contemporary texts.

#Popiversary2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nIOx-ezlzA

A married woman falls in love with someone who isn't her husband. This is a peril for the monogamy; perhaps there's some presumed heterosexuality.

Taken from #TaylorSwift's cottagecore phase, "ivy" may be inspired by Emily Dickinson and Susan Gilbert.

It's been adopted by the #gaylor crowd, who are the best literary critics around: aggressive interpretations of female sexuality through contemporary texts.

#Popiversary2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nIOx-ezlzA

Inspired by the #NASA spaceprobe, #Vangelis worked with #AngelaGheorgihu and sounds from the actual moons of Jupiter for an out-of-this-world soundtrack.

The album is more background music than foreground, which makes it perfect for #Popiversary2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT0Ex6bKnQ0

Inspired by the #NASA spaceprobe, #Vangelis worked with #AngelaGheorgihu and sounds from the actual moons of Jupiter for an out-of-this-world soundtrack.

The album is more background music than foreground, which makes it perfect for #Popiversary2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT0Ex6bKnQ0

#Popiversary2 is summertime chill through the years. Here, #Maro and friends yearn for a better world, better in some indefinable way. Deeply sad, and deeply optimistic at the same time.

Performance from the Festival da Canção in 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUjtDMZF6oA

#Popiversary2 is summertime chill through the years. Here, #Maro and friends yearn for a better world, better in some indefinable way. Deeply sad, and deeply optimistic at the same time.

Performance from the Festival da Canção in 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUjtDMZF6oA

The #Haim sisters wrote a pleasant jazz groove, musing about how to be a support to troubled friends. Our heroes stroll around Los Angeles in the video.

Any resemblance to "Walk on the wild side" is coincidental, Lou Reed's estate gets some of the royalty.

More like this next month: it's the vibe I'm targetting for #Popiversary2, after #NowPop40 ends.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjuA_o6Jzyo