So I'm listening to some Mika the other day, and the I turn off that and turn on the radio and Leo Sayer's "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" comes on, and I'm thinking "this is a lot of falsetto all at once", but I was cool with it. So for today, nominate your favorite falsetto songs.
1. Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitanada “Journey into Satchidananda”* World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatice Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitanada
2. Einstürzende Neubauten “Der Schacht Von Babel” Ende Neu
3. Aphex Twin “Meltphace 6” drukQs
4. Aphex Twin “Gwarek2” drukQs
5. Horace Andy “Can I Change My Mind” Feel Good All Over (Anthology 1970-1976)
6. Black Dice “Pigs” Mr. Impossible
7. Horse Lords “Who Taught You to Hate Yourself?” Horse Lords
8. Shannon Stephens “Song of the Breadwinner” The Breadwinner
9. Autechre “Nine”* Amber
T. Horace Andy “John Saw Them Coming” Feel Good All Over (Anthology 1970-1976)
B. Tom E Lewis “Two Dollar”* Buried Country 1.5: The Story of Aboriginal Country
*Notes:
1. A self-cover of her own, the title track of her album featuring Pharaoh Sanders. I don't know if I would know about Alice Coltrane without her having married John, but wow did she create her own unique discography. I need to get further into her music.
Just learned that she and Carlos Santana did a collab album in 1974. I'll listen to the youtube cuts after I finish this list.
9. Track 7 on the album.
B. "This must be the darkest town this side of the world.
One road leads to Hell, the other one goes out of this town."
After walking away from this compilation and a half, I'm drawn back by the modern cuts on 1.5. Sounds like the American West, much more than songs from the Southeast about beer, fishing, pickups, and pick-ups.
One mostly-background listen to the Santana/Alice album and...
I could tell almost immediately when the song Alice wrote began... I started liking the music for about 5 minutes.
The other 4 tracks... not my CoT.
I prefer countertenors.
Peter Schickele calls them "bargain counter tenors"
I can't think of the particular songs, (or were they just bits for effect?), but I really enjoyed the Beck falsettos on Mellow Gold, Stereopathetic Soul Manure, and One Foot in the Grave.
"I met you... at Jay Cee Penneh's..."
Oh, wait, I think that's Midnight Vultures. Whatever...
Yeah, That was the first Beck album I didn't get.
I think the group I listen to with the consistently best falsetto singing has to be Delays
01. “The Break” – Urge Overkill – Exit The Dragon
02. “Peace Song” – Kye Kye – Young Love
03. “Twitch” – The Honeydogs – Seen A Ghost
04. “As” – Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life
05. “Suburban Dogs” – Beach House – Beach House
06. “Jocko Homo” – Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
07. “Caroline” – Low – Long Division
08. “Infrared (Bagua)” – Jlin – Dark Energy
09. “How You Got That Girl” – Ex Hex – Rips
10. “I Need You All Life” – William Onyeabor – Atomic Bomb
Picking a favorite falsetto is pretty easy for me. I love singing this song.
01. DJ Quik & Problem ft. AMG - "European Vacation" from Rosencrans
02. Widowspeak - "Expect the Best" from Expect the Best
03. Tera Melos - "System Preferences" from Trash Generator
04. Japanese Breakfast - "Soft Sounds from Another Planet" from Soft Sounds from Another Planet*
05. Kehlani - "Do U Dirty" from SweetSexySavage
06. Pharmakon - "Nakedness of Need" from Contact**
07. Tee Grizzley - "10K" from My Moment
08. Pissed Jeans - "Have You Ever Been Furniture" from Why Love Now
09. Aldous Harding - "Blend" from Party
10. Deerhoof - "Ay That's Me" from Mountain Moves
BT. A Giant Dog - "Lucky Ponderosa" from Toy
* There's a free browser RPG that was released this week to accompany the album titled... Japanese Breakquest. Michelle is the very best.
** It's too early for this, but this is pretty killer. Are you into her, AMR?
I fixed the URL. We can't use the httpv:// anymore, but can just enter the https youtube URL.
I knew before fixing it was some Ween.
Thank you for the assist!
I have not heard of Pharmakon before, although her previous two album covers look familiar... Pitchfork lists?
Sounds like Pan_Sonic x Black Dice x early Zola Jesus.
Oh cripes, I just heard the first Diamanda Galas wail. F--- . I can't think of many situations in which I would want to listen to this.
Well... new music for the "Halloween" Playlist. MLWT Thrill Kill Kult needed some company.
If I were like the neighbors that played spooky sound effects in their yard for trick-or-treating, but played this... I'd have kids involuntarily voiding themselves. I don't know how much more I can take right now.
End of song 1.
This got a literal "lol" from me. I was into the track that came up, and it made me want to see her live, but sheesh... yeah, not a ton of times I'm going to pull this one out.
I don't remember which radio station did it, but way back in day, one of them had a show somewhere in the UHF band on Saturday nights (maybe it was Friday) that played music videos. That show basically got me into Ween as they played "Push Th' Little Daisies", "Voodoo Lady", and this video here.
There was an article in the Fargo Forum when I was in the 7th grade that talked about smaller radio stations. There were two that caught my eye: KNDS at NDSU, and a nightly show broadcast from Arthur, ND called Manchester Avenue. I called into KNDS and asked if they'd play a Ween song the first time I listened to it. I was familiar with "Push th' Little Daises" because Beavis & Butt-Head, but my parents wouldn't let me buy records with the Explicit Lyrics sticker on them, so I couldn't hear more. The woman seemed kind of shocked such a young kid was calling in; she played "Voodoo Lady" and then dedicated "Tricky Kid" by Tricky to me haha. I loved "Voodoo Lady" I eventually went out and snuck home a copy of Chocolate & Cheese a few years later. I listened to it on headphones at night when I was on IRC, over and over.
I ended up listening to Manchester Avenue a lot more, though. Primarily because a friend and I would party line and call the guy all the time. We asked him to play "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" every night. He was a champ and complied. He also played "Pepper" by Butthole Surfers long before it got huge on radio, and talked me into buying Independent Worm Saloon which was a pretty formational album for me.
Here comes a Nazarene
Looked good in that magazine
Halie Selassie I
They look after I
God will receive us
Got me like Jesus
Mary Magdalene
That'd be my first sin
Being with this temptress
Yes to Gene & Deaner!
Didn't get introduced Ween until much later(Mollusk, maybe White Pepper?), but I loved being able to step into a 'new' band, still touring & releasing albums, who also had a book of work to catch up on.
How could I forget Prince's falsetto on "Beautiful Ones"?
Because I sang along with Beck but didn't even try with Prince?
Probably other good candidates from Prince, but that one stands out to me.
It was one of the songs I remember my Dad made me turn off. (Another: "Screaming Slave" Nine Inch Nails "remix" from Fixed)
one of the few consistently available prince performances on YT:
Name two songs that reached #2 on the Billboard singles chart that end with a gong:
Vampire Weekend (Ezra Koenig).
And, on behalf of nibbish, I nominate Sigur Rós (Jónsi Birgisson).
Thank you, CoC.
I wish my car hadn't died that day. That would've been a great show.
1. The Relay – The Who
2. Picture of You – My Morning Jacket
3. Remember – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
4. Which Way Are You Goin’ – Jim Croce
5. Boomin’ Granny – Beastie Boys
6. Something More (Augustine’s Confession) – Switchfoot
7. 11 am – Incubus
8. Old Sept Blues – My Morning Jacket
9. Chelsea Bridge – Ricky Ford
10. Entrance – Washed Out
B1. Brokedown Palace – Grateful Dead
"I Believe In A Thing Called Love"ʲᵘˢᵗ ˡᶦˢᵗᵉⁿ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ʳʰʸᵗʰᵐ ᵒᶠ ᵐʸ ʰᵉᵃʳᵗ
YES.
I missed all this earlier so I'll just say, uhhh, all of King Diamond/Mercyful Fate and 3 Inches of Blood.