– Music of Note:  Table of Contents –
 
24.  Turin Robinson – Worst
 23. Andrey Zimin – Improvisation 
to the Flatlands & the Scattered Sun 
22. Jeff Mangum – Little Birds 21.  Johann Sebastian Bach –
Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
20. Sidney Bechet – Si tu vois ma mère 19. The Highwaymen – Highwayman
18. Kris Kristofferson – Casey’s Last Ride 17. Francoise Hardy – Mon Amie La Rose
16. Neil Young & Buffalo Springfield – 
Expecting to Fly		 15. Sun Kil Moon – Carry Me, Ohio
14. Eddie Vedder – Guaranteed 13. Marianne Faithfull – Scarborough Fair
12. Johnny Mandel / Mike Altman – Suicide is Painless 11. Neutral Milk Hotel / Jeff Mangum – Oh Comely
10. George M. Cohan – 
Life’s a Funny Proposition After All		 9. Maurice Ravel – Bolero
8. Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To My Lovely 7. Vladimir Vysotsky – Ballad About Love
6. Leonard Cohen – Suzanne 5. Leonard Cohen – The Stranger Song
4. Townes Van Zandt – Waitin’ Around to Die 3. Nico – My Only Child + All That is My Own
2. David Bowie – ‘My Death’ (live 1973) 1. Glenn Yarbrough – The Greatest Adventure

 

 

 

 

 

Turin Robinson – Worst

Turin Robinson – Worst

    A great recent song by Turin Robinson, a currently little-known singer songwriter from Perth, Australia, with a voice that flits between Jeff Buckley, Tom Waits, and your mom, and a sound merging folk, R&B,

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Andrey Zimin – Improvisation to the Flatlands & the Scattered Sun

Andrey Zimin – Improvisation to the Flatlands & the Scattered Sun

    A poignant, plangent, exhilarating, Spanish, Eastern European, gypsy, folk, classical influenced improvisation on guitar by Andrey Zimin, which I recorded on my phone when it was happening, and spontaneously gave the somewhat ponderous

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Jeff Mangum – Little Birds (studio version)

Jeff Mangum – Little Birds (studio version)

Johann Sebastian Bach – Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ

Johann Sebastian Bach – Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ

BWV 639 – from Orgelbüchlein (‘The Little Organ Book’) – performed by Gilberto Guarino  
Sidney Bechet – Si tu vois ma mère

Sidney Bechet – Si tu vois ma mère

The Highwaymen – Highwayman

The Highwaymen – Highwayman

    A Country Western song about— reincarnation. Featuring Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and Waylon Jennings. Sort of like The Fountain of the Country Western genre.
Kris Kristofferson – Casey’s Last Ride

Kris Kristofferson – Casey’s Last Ride

Francoise Hardy – Mon Amie La Rose

Francoise Hardy – Mon Amie La Rose

Neil Young & Buffalo Springfield – Expecting to Fly

Neil Young & Buffalo Springfield – Expecting to Fly

Sun Kil Moon – Carry Me, Ohio

Sun Kil Moon – Carry Me, Ohio

Eddie Vedder – Guaranteed

Eddie Vedder – Guaranteed

Marianne Faithfull – Scarborough Fair

Marianne Faithfull – Scarborough Fair

    In 1966, Marianne Faithfull recorded and released her own take on “Scarborough Fair,” about six months prior to Simon & Garfunkel’s version. Her version is equally, if not more, poignant.  
Johnny Mandel / Mike Altman – Suicide is Painless

Johnny Mandel / Mike Altman – Suicide is Painless

Johnny Mandel (music) – Mike Altman (lyrics) – Sung by uncredited session singers John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Ron Hicklin, and Ian Freebairn-Smith
Neutral Milk Hotel / Jeff Mangum – Oh Comely

Neutral Milk Hotel / Jeff Mangum – Oh Comely

    If you haven’t heard this album, you should. One of the best of the ‘90s. Can’t find a good live recording of this, arguably the magnum opus song, so resort to the album version.
George M. Cohan – Life’s a Funny Proposition After All

George M. Cohan – Life’s a Funny Proposition After All

from Little Johnny Jones (1904)
Maurice Ravel – Bolero

Maurice Ravel – Bolero

    From the film Les Uns et Les Autres by Claude Lelouch. Lead dancer, Jorge Donn. A bunch of imperfect humans coming together to make something transcendent.  
Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To My Lovely

Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To My Lovely

Vladimir Vysotsky – Ballad About Love

Vladimir Vysotsky – Ballad About Love

Leonard Cohen – Suzanne

Leonard Cohen – Suzanne

Leonard Cohen – The Stranger Song

Leonard Cohen – The Stranger Song

Townes Van Zandt – Waitin’ Around to Die

Townes Van Zandt – Waitin’ Around to Die

Nico – My Only Child + All That is My Own

Nico – My Only Child + All That is My Own

    Two haunting and hallucinogenic songs by Nico, visionary songstress, now best known for singing with the Velvet Underground (and maybe for her songs in The Royal Tenenbaums), appearing in the film La Cicatrice

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David Bowie – ‘My Death’ – live 1973

David Bowie – ‘My Death’ – live 1973

    This is one of David Bowie’s best songs, and few know about it. . .  A very loose cover of La Mort by the great Belgian bard Jacques Brel. Lyrics by the American musician and songwriter

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Glenn Yarbrough – The Greatest Adventure

Glenn Yarbrough – The Greatest Adventure

    The original animated The Hobbit film (1977), by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., with its tiny budget, unassuming character animation, and beautiful watercolor backdrops, is actually a lot better than the newer live

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