Good Morning all! :) As many of you know already, every Saturday I'm writing here a post in the 'Juke Box' series, which is my Top-5 songs from the past week. From all the music I'm listening every week, I choose the best 5 songs
according to my likings, and I'm posting them here. The actual purpose is to get an idea what I listen and what I like, and also in some occasions find some songs you maybe didn't know 'till now.
So without further delay, these are my Top-5 for this last week:
Galahad: This Life Could be my Last (Empires Never Last) - 2007 Black Sabbath: Megalomania (Sabotage) - 1975 Camel: The Eyes of Ireland (Harbour of Tears) - 1996 Tim Buckley: Song to the Siren (Starsailor) - 1970 Pink Floyd: In the Flesh (Part.2) (O.S.T: The Wall) - 1982
If any of you in in the mood he/she can write here as a comment, (or at G+) your favorite songs or albums from this past week. It doesn't really matter if they are Rock or Pop or something else. The point is to exchange our musical tastes and likings.
Thank you all, and have a nice Weekend! :)
TIM BUCKLEY: Goodbye & Hello (1967) Tim Buckley was one of the greatest talents and unique voices in Rock music. He was born on February 1947 in Washington D.C on Valentine's day, and his full name was Timothy Charles Buckley III. He discovered music since his early years thanks to his entire family who were big fans of Jazz music. (Exception was his father who was mostly into country music). At the age of 13 he learn to play banjo, he formed his first band, and he decided that he will dedicate his life to music. And so he did. He released his first record under his name in 1966 and it was an excellent example of Rock music with many psychedelic colors, andt it was influenced mostly by Folk. After that first effort it was the time to show to the world his true talent. And he did, with the release of his second recond 'Goodbye & Hello'. At the time of the release he was 20 years old. (On a personal note, I bought this vinyl record when I was about 16 or 17 years old, and I immediately fell in love with it! I loved his bizarre but wonderful voice, the beautiful and melancholic music, and that was just the start. I bought almost all of his records finally, but Goodbye & Hello will always have a special place in my heart). Goodbye & Hello was recorded in spring of 1967 and it was released on August of the same year. Being a truly wonderful album it is often cited as Tim Buckley's ultimate music statement. Unfortunately failed in the market both in United States and Europe. (The best ranking it achieved in the charts was at #171 in USA) The record contains 10 songs in total and here you can find some of Buckley's strongest moments. Songs like 'Pleasant Street', 'One I was', 'Phantasmagoria in two', 'Goodbye & Hello' and 'Morning Glory' are considered classics. For those who are interested to discover the beauty of Tim Buckley's music this record should definetely be the starting point! If I have to recommend some of his other albums, these would be: Tim Buckley (1966), Greetings from L.A (1972) and Look at the Fool (1974). In the following videos you can listen to the songs 'Phantasmagoria in two' and 'Pleasant Street'.
Hello everybody! I want to inform you that tonight GFreedom Team will be hosting a special event on JustIn Case Prog Radio.
In the 'Full Album Hour' of the radio station, we will present the soundtrack of the movie 'The Wall' (1982).
The movie was filmed by Alan Parker and in the basic role of 'Pink' we see Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats).
For the needs of the film a couple of new songs were recorded, and almost all of the songs in the album were re-recorded or remixed. So what you are going to listen is very different than the record you already know.
For example will you will hear Bob Geldof singing instead of Roger Waters. (And he gives a great performance as 'Pink!)
In my opinion it is an excellent record, and in some parts I dare to say better than the original. (For example in the song 'In the Flesh Part.2' where Bob Geldof literaly acts with his singing).
Some time ago, I posted on this blog a post about 'The Wall', so for some more info you can read that post if you want. You can read it by clicking here: http://gfreedomathina.blogspot.com/2012/04/pink-floyd-wall-starting-this-post-i.html
Anyway, the point is that tonight at 21.00 GMT (23.00 Greek time) if you log in at the radio station's site you will be able to listen to the whole album. But this is not a live show. That means that there will be no broadcast. But GFreedom Team will be online and we will speak with the visitors through the chatbox, we will be providing info where needed etc...
I hope some of you will find that interesting, log in to listen, and maybe have a little chat altogether.
You can log in by clicking on this link: JustIn Case Prog Radio
Thank you in advance, and have a great day! :)
Taylor’s
Universe is the project of the Danish composer & multi-instrumentalist
Robin Taylor.
The band is
active since 1993 & they released 12 albums so far, with ‘Worn out’ being
their most recent one.
The album
contains 6 songs and has a total running time of almost 43 minutes.
The music
style is mainly Avant-Garde/ Jazz and to be honest its musical style is not my
cup of tea. But despite that I found the listening of the album rather pleasant,
and it surprised me I must admit.
The album is
instrumental, with the only exception of a few voices in the song ‘Munich’, but
that’s something you can’t call ‘singing’.
The opening
song is called Floating Rats and together with “Cruelty in words” are maybe the
‘easiest’ songs to listen in this album. Also ‘Cruelty in words’ is maybe the
best song here. As for the weirdest song? That without a doubt is ‘Jens in
Afganistan’.
There are
several melodic passages in the songs, mostly with piano or keyboards among the
many Jazzy rhythms that can be found in every song.The first thing that is obvious to the
listener is the abundant use of wind instruments, such as Saxophones (alto
soprano & tenor) and trumpets.
Concluding this review I have to say that it
is an interesting album, and its main target are those who are fond of Jazz and
experimental releases.
Unfortunately I couldn't find any song from this record in YouTube to post here for you to listen...
Good morning! :)
Last night we had one more Prog & Roll radio show as we usually have on Sunday nights...
I must say that I really enjoyed it, despite the fact that this time our audience was smaller than usual, mostly because of the Euroleague's basketball big final game between Real Madrird and Olympiakos.
So I'm guessing many people from Greece stuck in front of their TV's to watch the game.
But further than this, I believe we put out a good show, played some very good music, and the conversations in the chatbox were more calm and more music-orientated just for a change. That gave us the chance to enjoy the music, rather than trying to catch up everythin that is going on in the chatbox.
As for the grading of the songs from our audience, I am also very pleased because once more all 5 songs in the Top-5 gathered very high average points & achieved to enter in our list for 'The Song of the Month' contest. Also a 6th song gathered the required average of 8.5 points. That means in simple words that 6 songs of last night's playlist were excellent according to our audience. And which are those songs?
You can see them here: 1. David Bowie: Starman 2. The Who: Won't Get Fooled Again 3. Myrath: Merciless Times 4. Pink Floyd: Goodbye Blue Sky 5. Spock's Beard: On a Perfect Day (The 6th song that enters the list for the big contest for 'The Song of the month' is Procol Harum's 'Grand Hotel' performed Live with Orchestra & Choir)
And here you can see the whole playlist from last night's show:
Beyond the Bridge: The apparition / Mythodea: Another World / Pentagram: Behind the
Veil / Myrath: Merciless Times / Atomic Rooster: Devil’s Answer / Frank Zappa: Dirty love / Blood Sweat & Tears: I can’t Quit her / Santana: Open
Invitation / The Who: Won’t Get Fooled Again / Wishbone Ash: Blind Eye /
Tamalone: Good Earth Wine / Jethro Tull: Nothing to Say / Psychotic Waltz: I
Remember / Spock’s Beard: On a Perfect Day / Adventure: Joybringer /
Pendragon: Paintbox / David Bowie: Starman / Marillion: Easter / Pink Floyd: Goodbye Blue Sky / Steve Hackett: For Absent Friends / Barclay James Harvest: The Great 1974 Minning Disaster / Procol Harum: Grand hotel (Live). A very big thanks to all those were listening, participating, voting etc...
Hello folks!
It's another Saturday morning, and I'm sitting in front of my pc screen in order to write my best 5 songs from the week that just passed.
Usualy there are some great songs in my Top-5 lists, some known and some unknown. In case you don't know some of the songs in those lists, I recommend that you make a small research and listen to them. That's one of the reasons I'm writting these posts actually.
Anyway, here are the 5 songs that I chose as the best from all the songs I've listened this week:
The Who: Won't Get Fooled Again (Who's Next) - 1971 Psychotic Waltz: I Remember (A Social Grace) - 1990 Procol Harum: Grand Hotel (Live) (In Concert with the Danish National Orchestra & Choir) - 2009 Country Joe & the Fish: Patt's Song (I-Feel-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die) (1967) Twisted Sister: Under the Blade (Under the Blade) - 1982
If any of you is in the mood for it, it would be great to write your most favorite songs (or albums) for this week. (As a comment in this blog or in G+). Doesn't matter what kind of music it is. The fun here is to see what other people are listening in their own free time...
Have a great Weekend! :)
This Sunday 12/5 GFreedom Team will present one more Prog & Roll Radio Show.
Last Sunday we gave ourselves a day off because it was the Orthodox Easter, therefore this will be the first radio show we will do on this month.
I just finished the playlist, and I must say that it contains many great songs. (22 in total).
We will play again many different kinds of music as usual, which means that our audience will listen to Prog-Metal, Fusion, Symphonic Prog, Neo-Prog, Classic Rock, etc...
I hope some of you will join us on Sunday night, and altogether will spend 2 nice hours full of music.
We have a rather active chatbox, so if you are in the mood you can say whatever you want to us.
I just want to remind you that 'Prog & Roll' is a live show, and the broadcasting is in English & Greek. The duration of the show is 2 hours, and it starts at 20.00GMT. (22.00 Greek time).
That's all for now, I hope to 'see' you there.
Thank you in advance! :)
Almost a month ago, David Bowie decided to surprise everyone by releasing a new single on his 66th birthday, followed by his brand new album that was released a couple a weeks later.
Being a big fan of David Bowie, I couldn't resist. Truth is that I am a fan mostly of his early works, and I like a few of his later albums, but a new album from D.Bowie is always something very interesting for me. Well, not this time I'm afraid...
The bad news started with the single 'where are we now'. I found that song uninspired and shallow, and I let's not mention the really bad video clip. (You can read what I wrote in this blog about that song if you click here: David Bowie: Where are we now )
Let's take a look at the cover of the album... It is actually the cover of 'Heroes' with a blank square in the middle. hmmmm Ok, not really important I know. Symbolically it might mean "There are no heroes today." but would that be accurate? Or even more importantly, would that be "Bowie Original" enough?
Ok then, let's take a look at the music. (Which is important.)
I listened to the record 3-4 times before I decided that I should write a review. But before that, I made a small search in the web, reading other people's reviews. And there I was really surprised! When I saw many reviews with 4 & 5 stars (with 5 being the highest). And here is the question that I really wanted to ask to all those people: 'If you put 4 & 5 stars on this record, how many stars you would put to records like 'Ziggy Stardust', Space Oddity', 'Alladin Sane' etc? 20 stars? Because this is the actual difference!
Don't get me wrong here, I'm not saying that this is a bad record, because it isn't. But it is not a good one either! (For my personal liking of course). Do you know what it is?
Well, if this record was a salad, I could say that the basic ingredients are the ones that were used in 'Hours' and 'Heathen', with a nostalgic dressing from 'Heroes'. I hope you get my point here...
The production is very good, the musicians are very good, but the inspiration is absent. So what we really have here is 14 songs that are not really good or really bad, but they are performed very good!
If this is one of your criterias for liking an album, then go ahead and buy it! As for the ones that want something more inspired, I suggest to listen to the record first, and decide later.
If I have to rate this record, I'm affraid I can't give more than 2.5 Stars. (out of 5).
I would really like to see comments from people here or at G+ about this record, just to see what are your thoughts on this album. (In case you know the songs of course.)
Here I will post 2 videos from this new album, so you can listen and have a small idea...
Good morning folks!
Today it is Saturday so it is the time to post my usual Top-5 songs of this last week.
Truth is I am terrible busy these days, but I took sometime out of today's jammed program in order to post here my Top-5.
So here are the songs that were the best from all the songs I've listened in this last week:
Those were my best 5 songs folks, and if anyone wants he/she can write his/hers top-5 songs here as a comment, or at G+. It's fun to see other people likings...
That's all for now, see you all later! :)
Good morning everybody!
According to Orthodox Christian religion this week is the Holy week, and on next Sunday it is Easter.
I don't know if I will be able to post anything here for the next 3-4 days, but I will try.
In the meantime, since today is Holy Thursday, I will post a few videos from something that I always listen a lot on these days of the year...
Here you can watch a few songs from the famous rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rise. (Yes yes, this is the one we did present on the radio show last Sunday).
So, enjoy some very nice songs from this movie...
As many of you know already, every Saturday I'm writing here a post in the 'Juke Box' series, which is my Top-5 songs from the past week. From all the music I'm listening every week, I choose the best 5 songs 
