FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops - 23 June 2012

Our Troops Rock!!!! | The Canteen DJ's

[AZamericonnie]

 

 

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Tunes For The Troops     **Artist Showcase** Nyro was born Laura Nigro in the Bronx, New York, the daughter of Gilda Mirsky Nigro, a bookkeeper, and Louis Nigro, a piano tuner and jazz trumpeter. Laura had a younger brother, Jan Nigro. Laura was of Russian Jewish and Italian ancestry. As a child, she taught herself piano, read poetry, and listened to her mother's records by Leontyne Price, Billie Holiday and classical composers such as Ravel and Debussy. She composed her first songs at age eight. With her family, she spent summers in the Catskill Mountains, where her father played the trumpet at resorts. While in high school, she sang with a group of friends in subway stations and on street corners. She said, "I would go out singing, as a teenager, to a party or out on the street, because there were harmony groups there, and that was one of the joys of my youth." Among her favorite musicians were John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Pete Seeger, Curtis Mayfield, Van Morrison, and girl groups such as The Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas and the Shirelles. Nyro's own renditions of her songs never attained hit status, but between 1968 and 1970 a number of other singers had achieved significant successes on the charts with her works. Other artists scored hit after hit with her songs, led by the 5th Dimension’s “Stoned Soul Picnic” and “Sweet Blindness” in 1968 (then “Wedding Bell Blues” in ’69 and “Blowin' Away” in ’70). Over two consecutive weeks in October 1969, Blood, Sweat & Tears entered the Hot 100 with “And When I Die,” and Three Dog Night followed with “Eli's Coming.” In 1970-71, Barbra Streisand charted three consecutive times with Laura Nyro songs, “Stoney End,” “Time And Love” and “Flim Flam Man.” Nyro's evocative vocal style mixed jazz and rhythm-and-blues with street pop, gospel, and Broadway, and her three-octave range has led her voice to be characterized as both "a blues soprano" and "a rich, charcoal-smudged alto." In 1996, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. After the diagnosis, Columbia Records prepared a double-disc CD retrospective of material from her years at the label. The company involved Nyro herself, who selected the tracks and approved the final project. She lived to see the release of Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1997), and was reportedly pleased with the outcome. Nyro died of ovarian cancer in Danbury, Connecticut, on April 8, 1997, at 49, the age at which the same disease had claimed the life of her mother. Nyro's influence on popular musicians has also been acknowledged by such artists as Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Elton John, Cyndi Lauper, Todd Rundgren, Steely Dan, and Melissa Manchester. Todd Rundgren stated that, once he heard her, he "stopped writing songs like The Who and started writing songs like Laura". On April 14th, 2012, Laura Nyro was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen Deejays provide throughout the thread. Please ping any DJ with your requests for the Troops! All music is removed on Monday. Thanks to all the DeeJay's for their time & effort providing entertainment for the Troops! *Canteen Mission Statement* Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.

 

More Than a New Discovery	Eli Thirteenth Confession
Stoned Soul Picnic-The Best of Laura Nyro - Cd 1	Stoned Soul Picnic-The Best of Laura Nyro - Cd 2
New York Tendaberry	Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat-(Remastered)
Gonna Take A Miracle Ft. Patti LaBelle	Smile-(Remastered)
Season Of Light	Mothers Spiritual
Live at The Bottom Line	Walk The Dog & Light The Light
Angel in the Dark	The Loom's Desire-Live - Cd 1
> The Loom's Desire-Live - Cd 2
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[MS.BEHAVIN]

~~Tunes For The Troops~~

U2~I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

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This N’That

[ConorMacNessa]

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GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS!!!





BOSTON, Oct. 21, 2009 - Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).
(Click for Bosun’s Whistle)



USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (Released)

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[AZamericonnie]

~~Tunes For The Troops~~

 

Eli's Comin'

Eli's coming- performed by Three Dog Night

Laura Nyro for those who can't access the juke boxes.

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[Publius]

Jeez, Conor, I’d given up on you. The German Requiem is at Post #19. Good to have you here.

[mylife]

Love Mr Neil.

I dont care what anyone says

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sorry, ms b.....I snagged a couple of your tunes. I really had a good laugh when it dawned on me why I was playing ACDC. LOL!

[Drumbo]

Here's yet another UK only commercial single leading up to the band's first album in November of 1966. The band were becoming disillusioned with the record company choices and hated the Pop music mentality of the company executives. They felt (and rightly so) that the powers that be were picking their throwaways and ignoring their true strength. Again, this song never crossed the pond, was never included on an album or performed in concert, but it did lead to the band getting more artistic control with the addition of Felix Pappalardi as producer. Pappalardi was able to help the band find their true blues roots for their first album.

The Coffee Song
~ Cream ~

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Just in case......

Permission Granted!

[Publius]

Johannes Brahms turned 50 in May of 1883, and he celebrated with a small group of friends. Wagner had died, hating Brahms to the very end. From this period came two unusual songs, unusual because in addition to a contralto and piano, there was a part for the viola. The first is a heartbreaker.

(Brahms wrote a lot of songs, but finding videos with both German lyrics and English translations turned out to be almost impossible. These two are exceptions.)

Brahms: “Satisfied Longing”, Op. 91/1

The second is a Christmas song, in which Mary tells the treetops to be still so that baby Jesus can catch a few winks.

”Lullaby of the Spirit”, Op. 91/2

[Liberty Valance]

lol - I don’t think anybody’s saying anything ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeH8s_RAuTI
Neil Young - Hey Hey, My My

Rock on ...

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning, Publius! I spent the evening at Marine Barracks Washington with my youngest son attending the Friday Evening Parade - just got home a little while ago. A great job on the Brahms - the Requiem, of course, and so many other works.

Back in the 80's I was dating a lady who sang in a small (16 voice) chorus - my sister sang in it as well - she introduced us. They sang the Liebeslieder Waltzes in concert - a delectable treat!



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Publius]

Some “Liebeslieder Waltzes” at Post #46.

[Drumbo]

Being under contract, the band were obliged to produce a wealth of material, but their blues numbers were being overlooked by the record company executives in favor of mainstream "commercial" releases which the band loathed. Whether by design or out of frustration, the trio's commercial submissions became less and less "mainstream" so that perhaps even the tone-deaf executives would get a clue. While this tune is technically correct and impecably performed, it is most certainly weird, perhaps intentionally, as a stratagy to get their message across that these trite dittys are trash compared to the beast about to be unleashed.

Weird of Hermiston (Demo)
~ Cream ~

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[Publius]

Johannes Brahms had fallen for contralto Hermine Spies, but he wasn’t going to let this relationship go any farther than any of his previous infatuations. Hermine spent her summer in Wiesbaden in 1883, and that was enough to prompt Jo to switch his allegiance from Bad Ischl. The songs from this summer are all about love lost, rather than love found, so it’s unlikely that Jo got lucky. But the main event of Jo’s Wiesbaden summer was his Third Symphony.

It’s hair raising from the opening, with a theme borrowed from Schumann’s Third Symphony, but in 6/4. At 1:14 his second subject is a bit more calm. This recording repeats the exposition. At 5:23, development begins. The recapitulation starts at 7:15, and at 8:29 he starts a long coda resolving what has come before. It ends peacefully.

Brahms: Symphony #3 in F Major, Op. 90, first movement

The second movement in C Major is in sonata format, which is unusual for a slow movement. The clarinet and bassoon theme leads off with accompaniment from the horn, as though from a wind choir. The second subject at 2:15 will be withheld from the recapitulation so as to appear in the finale.

second movement

The third movement is a short and bittersweet intermezzo in C minor that was the standalone hit of the symphony. It is one of the most beloved of all Brahms’ works for orchestra. It’s a one handkerchief piece.

third movement

The finale starts out in F minor, and at 1:16 the second subject appears in C Major. Development begins at 2:34, and at the end of it we hear the second subject from the slow movement. The coda is a surprise for Brahms because the pace slows down. It sounds like an interlude, but it isn’t. He ends it peacefully and on a sunny note.

fourth movement

For the first time since the German Requiem, Brahms had a hit that everyone liked. Even Leipzig! It didn’t take years to become a beloved work, but happened immediately. But what do you do after that?

That’s for next week.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Headed to AZ, huh....but it is HOT there.

How are the kiddos? Lance still running and swimming? Nicole?

((HUGS))

[mylife]

Blue Venus

[Liberty Valance]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG7mBBIWvcM
Jim Glaser - Woman Woman

[eyedigress]

You’re hurtin’ me honey. My plantation is moving next week. I will let everyone know when I get settled. I’m looking at moving all goods and 1700mi before I’m done. Life is something else. Time to work. Thanks

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Publius...lots of listening to do.

Good night and rest well. Thanks for all the Brahms history. Thanks for helping honor the troops, and thank you for your service to our country.

[eyedigress]

Your poster is boxed and ready to go. It is not going to NC with me. I’m sorry for keeping it for so long. I am so busy I need help.