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Does Didgeridoo by Aphex Twin count?
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Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
seems daft creating a synthesized didgeridoo when all you have to do is wander into the outback, find a hollow log and blow into it……
Given Aphex Twin’s allegedly legendary appetite for the old wacky backy, I suspect any hollow log he might find is deployed for purposes other than blowing into it…
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Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Aphex Twin is a legend, ON is still one of my fav tunes of the nineties.
I thought of another few selections for the CD from hell, anything from the Top Gun soundtrack. When I joined the air force HMV were practically giving away Top Gun albums (99p or something) and everyone seemed compelled to buy one, stating that Top Gun was the reason they had joined. I of course only joined because the money was better than the crap job I was doing beforehand and I hated every song from Top Gun. Before 3 months was up, I ended up having to sabotage people CDs in their sleep, and threw a copy of it out someones car window one day when they were giving me a lift.
I only thought of this earlier on as "Take my breath away" was played on radio 2 just before it was flicked to radio 1. It still grits me.
Hot Shots on the other hand, now that was a movie.
; The Dreaming is also one of my favourites..using didgeridoos a long time before anyone else did!
Who can forget "Sun Arise" by Rolf Harris which is sprinkled liberally with didgeridoos?
My counsellor keeps asking me to do so
Wikipedia says that the didgeridoo on Sun Arise was in fact a sound recreated by four double basses; however Rolf did play the didgeridoo on The Dreaming and also on Aerial, which means I now have to listen to Aerial again…….
Aphex Twin is a legend, ON is still one of my fav tunes of the nineties.
Aye. There is still much right with the world when a track like that can breach the top 40. I also liked the similarly-vibed "Surfing on Sine Waves" album he recorded as Polygon Window around the same time.
At the other end of his oeuvre, one of mine and the missus’s guilty pleasures is his very early tune "Tamphex" – basically a Bodyform advert set to squillions of bpm, and frankly as immature as that sounds, but we blimmin’ well love it.
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Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
At the other end of his oeuvre, one of mine and the missus’s guilty pleasures is his very early tune “Tamphex” – basically a Bodyform advert set to squillions of bpm, and frankly as immature as that sounds, but we blimmin’ well love it.
Exhibit A;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3z3BEE8lcg
As I said before, like a dwarf in the bottom grade it’s not big and it’s not clever, but hey.
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Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Perhaps not too many tracks, but what would be nightmare listening ? Well theres loads of stuff. Any heavy metal and most "inde" drivel for me, but this is a list of overrated garbage
1. Meat is Murder the smiths (whatever you miserable preaching twats)
2. Fernando Abba (cant abide cold eurpop )
3. Michelle the Beatles ( i love them but hated this)
4. Reflex Duran Duran
5. I will always love you Whitney Houston
6. Artic monkeys – You know im no good (great song ruined by a shocking cover…clueless)
7. Bohemian Raspberry Queen
8. Unchained melody Robson and jerome. (one of the greatest recordings by the Righteous brothers…so dont you dare touch it…)
9 Hello Lionel ritchie
10 No woman no cry – Bob marley (horrible dirge…why bob why?)
well its a start isnt it?
Starts off well – I hate Morrissey – but can’t agree with a number of the others. Bohemian Rhapsody is a genius piece of songwriting.
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