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Tinnitus and Cacophony (sadchild's music thread)
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Isn't Sicilian a Simon & Garfunkel song? No, wait, I'm thinking of Cecelia. I know you're all wondering what was the first number-one Italian-language song in the United States. It was Enrico Caruso's I Pagliacci – Vesti La Giubba. He first recorded the song in 1902 for the Gramophone Concert Record label in Milan. In 1904, two years after moving to the United States and joining the New York Metropolitan Orchestra, he recorded a new version for Victor Records. It became his first hit, reaching #2 in May of that year behind Blue Bell by Frank Stanley and Byron G. Harlan. Here is Causo's third recording of the song, which went to number one in October 1907:
That does sound pretty good, doesn’t it?
Yes, it’s about huffing whip-it’s on a merry go round.
No, you're thinking of the Paul Simon song Me & HecticArt Made The Blueprint For A Schoolyard.
Blueprint fumes will make you gag.
(They smell like ammonia.)
I'm glad that they are nearly obsolete now.
(They smell like ammonia.)
I'm glad that they are nearly obsolete now.
So in 1902 Enrico Caruso had the first number-one Italian-language song in the United States. The second was Domenico Modugno's Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu, which translates to "In The Blue-Painted Blue Sky." The song, more commonly known as Volaré ("I Will Fly") was number one for five weeks in August-September 1958. Here is an obscurity: Vado Via ("I Go Away") by Drupi, born Giampero Anelli. He took his stage name after the MGM cartoon character Droopy the basset hound. Drupi has released 22 albums and more than 40 singles. This was his only U.S. hit, if you can call it that. It reached #88 on the Hot 100 in November 1973. Rosa Dorino Dato, Drupi's wife, is one of the background singers.
It's-a ok. But it's-a no "Shaddup You Face"
... which went to #1 in at least 9 countries (and like so many other international smash hits, didn't break the top 40 here)
Halfway through the year. Here are some songs I like so far that others here may like too
ROCK
Buckcherry "Good Time"
Extreme "Rise"
Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park) "In My Head"
Nita Strauss/Alice Cooper "Winner Takes All"
Therapy "Joy"
Warning "More"
Winger "Proud Desperado"
METAL
Disturbed "Bad Man"
Megadeth "Killing Time"
Metallica "Lux Aeterna"
ALT-POP
Beck/Phoenix "Odyssey"
Depeche Mode "Ghosts Again"
A/C
Beck "Thinking About You"
Dropkick Murphys "Never Git Drunk No More"
Ed Sheeran "Eyes Closed (Piano Version)"
COMEDY
Tenacious D "Video Games"
ROCK
Buckcherry "Good Time"
Extreme "Rise"
Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park) "In My Head"
Nita Strauss/Alice Cooper "Winner Takes All"
Therapy "Joy"
Warning "More"
Winger "Proud Desperado"
METAL
Disturbed "Bad Man"
Megadeth "Killing Time"
Metallica "Lux Aeterna"
ALT-POP
Beck/Phoenix "Odyssey"
Depeche Mode "Ghosts Again"
A/C
Beck "Thinking About You"
Dropkick Murphys "Never Git Drunk No More"
Ed Sheeran "Eyes Closed (Piano Version)"
COMEDY
Tenacious D "Video Games"
Finally remembering to drop a list of my fav songs of 2023.
Font size predicts how much I think the crew here might like the song.
01 Tigercub "The Perfume Of Decay"
02 Lenny Kravitz "TK421"
03 Yard Act "The Trench Coat Museum"
04 Helmet "Holiday"
05 Therapy "Joy"
06 Dirty Nil "Nicer Guy"
07 McFly Where "Did All The Guitars Go"
08 Ben Folds "Exhausting Lover"
09 Megadeth "Killing Time"
10 Tenacious D "Video Games"
11 Mount Westmore "Ghetto Gutter"
12 Disturbed "Bad Man"
13 Missio "Good Vibrations"
14 Tigercub "Play My Favourite Song"
15 Katatonia "Birds"
16 Latewaves "Frog"
17 Mount Westmore "I Got Pull"
18 Yellowcard "Childhood Eyes"
19 Aesop Rock Mindful "Solutionism"
20 Disturbed "Divisive"
21 Tigercub "Show Me My Maker"
22 Brick + Mortar "No Money To Love You"
23 Token "That's Why They Look"
24 Watsky "Best Friend the Floor"
25 NF "Motto"
26 Redlight King "Eye of a Hurricane"
27 Nita Strauss/Alice Cooper "Winner Takes All"
28 Peter Gabriel "Road to Joy (Bright-Side Mix)"
29 Skindred "Set Fazers"
30 Hyro The Hero "Sho Nuff"
31 Grandson "Something to Hide"
32 Metallica "Lux Aeterna"
33 Danko Jones "Good Time"
34 Disturbed "Unstoppable"
35 Warning "More"
36 Avatar "Gotta Wanna Riot"
37 Limp Bizkit "Out Of Style"
38 Beck "Thinking About You"
39 Louis Cole "Park Your Car On My Face"
40 Redlight King "King Again"
41 Dark Sarah "Warning Sign"
42 Jason Isbell "When We Were Close"
43 Dropkick Murphys "Never Git Drunk No More"
44 Redlight King "In Our Blood"
45 Kali Uchis "Endlessly"
46 Token "Rookie"
47 Skindred "If I Could"
48 Hed PE Detox "Planet Earth"
49 Katatonia "Atrium"
50 Easy Life "Palm Tree Days"
51 Ministry "Just Stop Oil"
52 Mgmt "Mother Nature"
53 Redlight King "Raise The Dead"
54 Buckcherry "Good Time"
55 Skindred "Unstoppable"
56 Depeche Mode "Ghosts Again"
57 Nita Strauss/Lzzy Hale "Through The Noise"
58 Ed Sheeran "Eyes Closed" (Piano Version)
59 Winery Dogs "Stars"
60 Pink "When I Get There"
61 Above Snakes "Crash N Burn"
62 Corey Taylor "Talk Sick"
63 Nita Strauss/Dorothy "Victorious"
64 Glorious Sons "Mercy Mercy"
65 Jason Mraz "Feel Good Too"
66 Metallica "Screaming Suicide"
67 Winger "Proud Desperado"
68 Logic & Norah Jones "Paradise II"
69 The Plot In You "Divide"
70 Nita Strauss/Chris Motionless "Digital Bullets"
71 Sleep Theory "Numb"
72 Skillet "Psycho in my Head"
73 Point North "Safe and Sound"
74 Prong "State of Emergency"
75 Dave Gahan "Chains"
Font size predicts how much I think the crew here might like the song.
01 Tigercub "The Perfume Of Decay"
02 Lenny Kravitz "TK421"
03 Yard Act "The Trench Coat Museum"
04 Helmet "Holiday"
05 Therapy "Joy"
06 Dirty Nil "Nicer Guy"
07 McFly Where "Did All The Guitars Go"
08 Ben Folds "Exhausting Lover"
09 Megadeth "Killing Time"
10 Tenacious D "Video Games"
11 Mount Westmore "Ghetto Gutter"
12 Disturbed "Bad Man"
13 Missio "Good Vibrations"
14 Tigercub "Play My Favourite Song"
15 Katatonia "Birds"
16 Latewaves "Frog"
17 Mount Westmore "I Got Pull"
18 Yellowcard "Childhood Eyes"
19 Aesop Rock Mindful "Solutionism"
20 Disturbed "Divisive"
21 Tigercub "Show Me My Maker"
22 Brick + Mortar "No Money To Love You"
23 Token "That's Why They Look"
24 Watsky "Best Friend the Floor"
25 NF "Motto"
26 Redlight King "Eye of a Hurricane"
27 Nita Strauss/Alice Cooper "Winner Takes All"
28 Peter Gabriel "Road to Joy (Bright-Side Mix)"
29 Skindred "Set Fazers"
30 Hyro The Hero "Sho Nuff"
31 Grandson "Something to Hide"
32 Metallica "Lux Aeterna"
33 Danko Jones "Good Time"
34 Disturbed "Unstoppable"
35 Warning "More"
36 Avatar "Gotta Wanna Riot"
37 Limp Bizkit "Out Of Style"
38 Beck "Thinking About You"
39 Louis Cole "Park Your Car On My Face"
40 Redlight King "King Again"
41 Dark Sarah "Warning Sign"
42 Jason Isbell "When We Were Close"
43 Dropkick Murphys "Never Git Drunk No More"
44 Redlight King "In Our Blood"
45 Kali Uchis "Endlessly"
46 Token "Rookie"
47 Skindred "If I Could"
48 Hed PE Detox "Planet Earth"
49 Katatonia "Atrium"
50 Easy Life "Palm Tree Days"
51 Ministry "Just Stop Oil"
52 Mgmt "Mother Nature"
53 Redlight King "Raise The Dead"
54 Buckcherry "Good Time"
55 Skindred "Unstoppable"
56 Depeche Mode "Ghosts Again"
57 Nita Strauss/Lzzy Hale "Through The Noise"
58 Ed Sheeran "Eyes Closed" (Piano Version)
59 Winery Dogs "Stars"
60 Pink "When I Get There"
61 Above Snakes "Crash N Burn"
62 Corey Taylor "Talk Sick"
63 Nita Strauss/Dorothy "Victorious"
64 Glorious Sons "Mercy Mercy"
65 Jason Mraz "Feel Good Too"
66 Metallica "Screaming Suicide"
67 Winger "Proud Desperado"
68 Logic & Norah Jones "Paradise II"
69 The Plot In You "Divide"
70 Nita Strauss/Chris Motionless "Digital Bullets"
71 Sleep Theory "Numb"
72 Skillet "Psycho in my Head"
73 Point North "Safe and Sound"
74 Prong "State of Emergency"
75 Dave Gahan "Chains"
My number ones (and #2's that never hit #1) of 2023
01.06.23 Skindred "Gimme That Boom" (Nilufer Yanya "Midnight Sun")
01.13.23 Lowlife "Sometimes"
01.20.23 Cleopatrick "Scaring Me"
01.27.23 Cleopatrick "Scaring Me"
02.03.23 Tigercub "The Perfume Of Decay"
02.10.23 Tigercub "The Perfume Of Decay"
02.17.23 Tigercub "The Perfume Of Decay"
02.24.23 Tigercub "The Perfume Of Decay"
03.03.23 Tigercub "The Perfume Of Decay"
03.10.23 Katatonia "Birds"
03.17.23 Mount Westmore "Ghetto Gutter"
03.24.23 Mount Westmore "Ghetto Gutter"
03.31.23 Beck "Thinking About You"
04.14.23 Katatonia "Atrium"
04.21.23 Mount Westmore "I Got Pull"
04.28.23 Mount Westmore "I Got Pull"
05.05.23 Megadeth "Killing Time"
05.12.23 Beck "Thinking About You"
05.19.23 Therapy "Joy" (Nita Strauss/Alice Cooper "Winner Takes All")
05.26.23 Therapy "Joy"
06.02.23 Therapy "Joy"
06.09.23 Therapy "Joy"
06.16.23 Tenacious D "Video Games"
06.23.23 Tigercub "Play My Favorite Song"
06.30.23 Skindred "Set Fazers"
07.14.23 Therapy "Joy"
07.21.23 Watsky "Best Friend The Floor"
07.28.23 Brick + Mortar "No Money To Love You"
08.04.23 Dirty Nil "Nicer Guy"
08.11.23 Dirty Nil "Nicer Guy" (Avatar "Gotta Wanna Riot")
08.18.23 Skindred "If I Could" (Danko Jones "Good Time")
08.25.23 Missio "Good Vibrations" (Easy Life "Palm Tree Days")
09.01.23 Missio "Good Vibrations"
09.08.23 Tigercub "Show Me My Maker" (Winery Dogs "Stars")
09.15.23 Corey Taylor "Talk Sick" (Above Snakes "Crash N Burn")
09.22.23 Helmet "Holiday"
09.29.23 Helmet "Holiday" (Hed PE "Detox Planet Earth")
10.13.23 McFly "Where Did All The Guitars Go?" (Ben Folds "Exhausting Lover")
10.13.23 McFly "Where Did All The Guitars Go?" (Token "Rookie")
10.20.23 McFly "Where Did All The Guitars Go?"
10.27.23 McFly "Where Did All The Guitars Go?"
11.03.23 Lenny Kravitz "TK421"
11.17.23 Lenny Kravitz "TK421"
11.24.23 Aesop Rock "Mindful Solutionism"
12.01.23 Yard Act "The Trench Coat Museum" (Token "That's Why They Look")
12.08.23 Yard Act "The Trench Coat Museum" (Latewaves "Frog")
12.15.23 Yard Act "The Trench Coat Museum"
12.22.23 Yard Act "The Trench Coat Museum"
12.29.23 Yard Act "The Trench Coat Museum"
Now that we're about halfway through the year, here are some of the songs I like best so far
Blacktop Mojo "As The Light Fades"
Dead Poet Society "How Could I Love You"
Depeche Mode "Before We Drown"
Eminem "Houdini"
Louis Cole "These Dreams Are Killing Me"
Mick Mars "Right Side Of Wrong"
Rolling Stones "Mess It Up"
Sebastian Bach "What Do I Got To Lose"
Blacktop Mojo "As The Light Fades"
Dead Poet Society "How Could I Love You"
Depeche Mode "Before We Drown"
Eminem "Houdini"
Louis Cole "These Dreams Are Killing Me"
Mick Mars "Right Side Of Wrong"
Rolling Stones "Mess It Up"
Sebastian Bach "What Do I Got To Lose"
Famous pianist George Winston released a Doors covers album in 2002 (Stern is talking about it on 9/26/2002 - the show I'm listening to). George called "Break On Through" the greatest piece of music he'd ever heard. I continue to be in the minority here, but I still can't stand that song. And everything else they've ever done. It's like a hacksaw to my eardrums.
But I post this simply to say that yeah, I do get it, people love them. They think it's genius. I just can't understand how (and probably don't even want to understand it).
But I post this simply to say that yeah, I do get it, people love them. They think it's genius. I just can't understand how (and probably don't even want to understand it).