Current song you are listening to(or the Last song you listened to) - by Andarthiel
Tocky on 1/3/2020 at 16:48
I don't like many soft songs. This one I love.
[video=youtube_share;lbjZPFBD6JU]https://youtu.be/lbjZPFBD6JU?list=RDlbjZPFBD6JU[/video]
Gray on 6/3/2020 at 18:58
To reduce the spread of the Covid-19 virus, people are urged to wash their hands more often and for longer. Fair enough, that's always a good idea, it'd reduce the spread of your average cold virus and others as well. However, to make sure you wash your hands for 20 seconds, they suggest you hum "Happy Birthday" twice while you do it, that'll be roughly 20 seconds. But imagine the scene, you're standing in a public restroom, alone, washing your hands and singing "Happy Birthday" to yourself, it seems pathetically sad (as pointed out on The Last Leg last week). Boris suggested you sing the national anthem, but he's a complete moron and anything he says should be ignored. So is there a better song? I can think of at least one.
They Might Be Giants: Fingertips (segment 19/21, "I'm having a heart attack"):
[video=youtube;D6NyC2NJFYM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6NyC2NJFYM[/video]
Fair enough, it might not work for you, but I seriously intend to use it. What are you washing? Fingertips! What could be an unpleasant outcome of catching the virus? Death! (Well, not exactly a heart attack, but close enough.) And I've listened to this song for over 25 years, I know it impossibly well.
If you'd rather go with a different 20 second song, fine, feel free to suggest one, but this one works for a TMBG-nerd like me.
[Edit]
I'm not saying that they are even vaguely aware of that I posted the above, but 90 minutes later they did the same thing on this week's The Last Leg - asking for suggestions on twitter of other songs to hum while washing your hands. I did not send them this one though, because A) I don't think they'd find it even half as funny as I did, and B) I'm not on twitter. But yeah, I'm not saying I had a unique thought and they clearly copied me, quite the opposite, it's such an obvious idea to have if you don't want to sing Happy Birthday to yourself.
Karras35 on 13/3/2020 at 10:38
[video=youtube;qFjrGqXry-s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFjrGqXry-s[/video]
qolelis on 15/3/2020 at 19:16
Go Go Machine Orchestra is a new favourite from KEXP.
Purple Hash:
[video=youtube;6wQ15FfpZN4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wQ15FfpZN4[/video]
Union Works:
[video=youtube;naqIQuHoZUY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naqIQuHoZUY[/video]
Morse Code:
[video=youtube;hi-FDfJIqm8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi-FDfJIqm8[/video]
Bits Steve Reich, bits Mike Oldfield, bits Bugge Wesseltoft, bits something else. Sort of "experimental easy listening" (if I may call it that) with probably a couple of odd time signatures and shifting patterns paired with some electronic and rock influences etc...
I was also going to write something about Fläskkvartetten, because Gray mentioned them... uhm... oh, yeah, it happened that Swedish choreographer Mats Ek employed them for his performances. My favourite piece is from Apartment (and the dance performance itself icke att förglömma):
[video=youtube;4eN9GwOKj-c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eN9GwOKj-c[/video]
Powerful.
Tocky on 15/3/2020 at 22:40
[video=youtube_share;3lDsko8SDQE]https://youtu.be/3lDsko8SDQE[/video]
[video=youtube_share;Itq8_HOPEXU]https://youtu.be/Itq8_HOPEXU[/video]
[video=youtube_share;Zrnu2wb3AIc]https://youtu.be/Zrnu2wb3AIc[/video]
[video=youtube_share;kA_uMtkBMWY]https://youtu.be/kA_uMtkBMWY[/video]
Tocky on 15/3/2020 at 22:58
I can't help it. A few more. We need the laughs about now.
[video=youtube_share;_GzvK3z0Hes]https://youtu.be/_GzvK3z0Hes[/video]
[video=youtube_share;kqgqHX0udIU]https://youtu.be/kqgqHX0udIU[/video]
[video=youtube_share;6MLeME9PieI]https://youtu.be/6MLeME9PieI?list=RD_GzvK3z0Hes&t=72[/video]
Perdustin on 15/3/2020 at 23:31
Children of Light, Biff Rose.
[video=youtube_share;Hwp99je5OrI]https://youtu.be/Hwp99je5OrI[/video]
Tocky on 17/3/2020 at 04:27
[video=youtube_share;6A-pRJxCKR8]https://youtu.be/6A-pRJxCKR8?list=PLmIPxPfYjL7w2enDTJSyHvOqIXSLxZf-y[/video]
McTaffer on 17/3/2020 at 06:13
With all the metal cats above, I feel the need to give the metal dogs some love.
For their last album, Alestorm decided (in typical Alestorm fashion) to do an entire second version of the album but with the vocals replaced by a cheap dog barking keyboard sound, also adding "for dogs" to the end of every song title. The result is a masterpiece.
[video=youtube;h3AquH7gR_g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3AquH7gR_g[/video]
Gray on 18/3/2020 at 00:43
I am so tediously predictable.
KMFDM: Virus
[video=youtube;o8hMCqzZTHA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8hMCqzZTHA[/video]
[Edit]
Link errors, I blame this shitty tablet interface. Long story.