tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post2623200019043011231..comments2023-11-02T05:19:15.176-07:00Comments on The Misread City: Great Makeout Records and Happy Valentine's DayScott Timberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02018827087884225579noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-55543193451903801422009-02-26T21:12:00.000-08:002009-02-26T21:12:00.000-08:00lucky you -- making love to "loveless".... a weird...lucky you -- making love to "loveless".... a weirdly erotic record... i could never get serious about a girl who didnt at least like MBV, i dont think...Scott Timberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018827087884225579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-32561607963668849072009-02-26T18:44:00.000-08:002009-02-26T18:44:00.000-08:00I had a college girlfriend who liked to get it on ...I had a college girlfriend who liked to get it on to "Loveless." Sort of goes against the grain of the album title I suppose, but it worked for her.Eric J. Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09744871615269470283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-16062206790690576502009-02-19T13:39:00.000-08:002009-02-19T13:39:00.000-08:00that's a great piece on guttersnipe -- significant...that's a great piece on guttersnipe -- significantly raunchier than mine... <BR/><BR/>how could i have forgotten my bloody valentine's "loveless" -- one of my favorite all time records! i'm not sure i've ever known a woman who was eager to be seduced to the shimmer of its overtoned guitars... okay, one -- but that was a long time ago and i think i missed my chance.Scott Timberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018827087884225579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-87011838760055309882009-02-19T02:16:00.000-08:002009-02-19T02:16:00.000-08:00i just came across this after reading Scott's LAT ...i just came across this after reading Scott's LAT story on John Updike. Here's a related story to makeout music: http://guttersnipemedia.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/lets-get-it-on-a-guide-to-hump-music/Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10883428245675099618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-57382596126660648402009-02-16T11:56:00.000-08:002009-02-16T11:56:00.000-08:00and how could i forget anything by van morrison? f...and how could i forget anything by van morrison? for a certain kind of moody, introspective, candles-after-dark girl, astral weeks would be perfect -- for a more mainstream/optimistic type, moondance is a good bet. tho some of it may be too uptempo for our purposes here.<BR/>if someone comes up with the perfect van mix, pls share it with my readers.Scott Timberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018827087884225579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-88990860893612684592009-02-13T07:59:00.000-08:002009-02-13T07:59:00.000-08:00"All the things you are" may be the single best of..."All the things you are" may be the single best of the american songbook... i say that not for the lyrics or the melody even, but for the great changes it's offered jazz players.<BR/><BR/>another great one -- charlie parker doing "embraceable you."Scott Timberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018827087884225579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-5317843354224679612009-02-13T05:39:00.000-08:002009-02-13T05:39:00.000-08:00More standards:Weill - "Speak Low"Gershwin - "They...More standards:<BR/><BR/>Weill - "Speak Low"<BR/><BR/>Gershwin - "They can't take that away from me" (with Ira's great volta: "the way you hold your knife / the way you changed my life")<BR/><BR/>and The Great American Art Song (tada!) ...<BR/><BR/>Kern/Hamerstein - "All The Things You Are"Milton Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470769665751561545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-31123225064901633932009-02-12T22:03:00.000-08:002009-02-12T22:03:00.000-08:00I wasn't sure about coldplay until i heard "fix yo...I wasn't sure about coldplay until i heard "fix you"...such a haunting, beautiful song...not valentine material, tho...English Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18143046698168051018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-17858097665375167912009-02-12T20:22:00.000-08:002009-02-12T20:22:00.000-08:00those are all classics, of course -- i could do wi...those are all classics, of course -- i could do without the coldplay.<BR/><BR/>the miles "my funny valentine" is of course beautiful, and the billie holiday/lester young "the man i love" something i've played a lot recently. <BR/><BR/>those classic american songs never go out of style.Scott Timberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018827087884225579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-67623841233990606452009-02-12T20:13:00.000-08:002009-02-12T20:13:00.000-08:00I prefer the Great American Song book:"Someone to ...I prefer the Great American Song book:<BR/><BR/>"Someone to watch over me"<BR/><BR/>"My funny valentine."<BR/><BR/>"The man I love."<BR/><BR/>Maybe a little Coldplay mixed in. <BR/><BR/>Call me an old fashioned modern girl...English Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18143046698168051018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-36135920154682820282009-02-12T19:55:00.000-08:002009-02-12T19:55:00.000-08:00wow, dark side of the moon -- you are a sick man!h...wow, dark side of the moon -- you are a sick man!<BR/><BR/>how do you make out to the cash register in "money"? i've never found quite the right girl for that one!Scott Timberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018827087884225579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-36247129967992237432009-02-12T19:47:00.000-08:002009-02-12T19:47:00.000-08:00All juicy selections, but allow me to add a few mo...All juicy selections, but allow me to add a few more.<BR/><BR/>Stanley Turrentine's "Blue Hour". Undoubtedly one of the smoothest tenors ever with the great Gene Harris on piano. Sexy stuff.<BR/><BR/>Spiritualized "Pure Phase". If you don't fall asleep first, it's a must. A real opiated aphrodisiac.<BR/><BR/>"Dark Side of the Moon"-for the lingering effects of those junior high school sessions. Anna just chimed in her protest on that one and suggested Lil Kim instead. Oh well.<BR/><BR/>I can see a long list starting to build in my head so I'll bail out now before I overheat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-92009535895936501182009-02-12T19:03:00.000-08:002009-02-12T19:03:00.000-08:00kudos to my distinguished correspondents:that stra...kudos to my distinguished correspondents:<BR/><BR/>that strauss is awesome -- romanticism itself.<BR/><BR/>have recently been digging mulligan with paul desmond.<BR/><BR/>and while it's far from my favorite roxy, "avalon" is on nearly everyone's makeout discs list, for good reason.Scott Timberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018827087884225579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-73484643432107631842009-02-12T18:39:00.000-08:002009-02-12T18:39:00.000-08:00How 'bout...- Bryan Ferry / Roxy Music: Street...How 'bout...<BR/><BR/>- Bryan Ferry / Roxy Music: Street Life<BR/><BR/>- Tom Waits: Closing Time<BR/><BR/>- With you on Ben Webster, but how about something a little bari? Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker on Pacific? Hamiett Bluiett's Tribute to the King Cole Trio?<BR/><BR/>- Aruturo Delmoni: Songs My Mother Taught Me<BR/><BR/>- Cocteau Twins: Heaven or Las Vegas<BR/><BR/>- Pure Ella (Decca-era Ella, just her and Ellis Larkins on piano)IkesCardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242216364723967525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-8517664084962218812009-02-12T17:40:00.000-08:002009-02-12T17:40:00.000-08:00I know that this admission could somehow lead to m...I know that this admission could somehow lead to my incarceration, but I think of the Strauss Four Last Songs as make-out music ...Milton Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470769665751561545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-86692757649357614622009-02-12T11:14:00.000-08:002009-02-12T11:14:00.000-08:00sounds like a perfect valentine's day performance!...sounds like a perfect valentine's day performance!Scott Timberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018827087884225579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-79707786679481046932009-02-12T09:59:00.000-08:002009-02-12T09:59:00.000-08:00I'd like to get back to a much older subject - you...I'd like to get back to a much older subject - your (screen?)play depicting the classic argument between the Stalinists and the Trotskyists in teh form of the notorious slander suit, Lillian Hellman v. Mary MCarthy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com