The Galaxy Playlist

May 26, 2008

Starting off with a Slipknot Sing-Along!

Composer's name is listed where notable (i.e. Classical Performance, Jazz Performance).

For more information on any of the rock, pop and Jazz music featured on this program, I frequently utilize AllMusic , an excellent free database holding a huge plethora of information about music and the artists that make it.

Composer Performer Title Genre Label Notes
Slipknot
Vermillion Pt. 2
Metal
Roadrunner, 2004
 
Danger - Keep Away
The Nameless
Welcome
Dimitri Shostakovich
St. Petersburg String Quartet (Alla Aranovskaya, Ilya Teplyakov, violins, Andrei Dogadin, viola, Leonid Shukaev, cello)
String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
Classical, 20th century, chamber music
Sony Classical, 1995
Written in 1946
Willie Dixon
Cream
Spoonful
Rock, classic, blues-based
Polydor, 1966
Note the huge guitar solo here - you think he was feeling the heat from Hendrix right about this time?
Arthur Reynolds
Outside Woman Blues
BBC, 1996
The original is found on Disraeli Gears, but this version may be better. Recorded live at the BBC, 10/24/67
Deep Purple
Smoke on the Water
Rock, Classic
Warner Bros, 1972
 
Robert Johnson
Cream
Crossroads
Rock, Classic, blues-based
Polydor, 1968
 
Jesus and Mary Chain
Taste The Floor
Rock, Indie, "Shoegazer"
Reprise, 1985
The heavy fuzz and distortion sound they got was completely by accident, and they had difficulty achieving this high quality distortion again, although their concerts were known for the heavy amounts of feedback (compared to a "hurricane")
You Trip Me Up
Cut Dead
The Deftones
Minerva
Metal, Alternative
Maverick, 2003
 
Korea
Maverick, 2000
 
Cole Porter
Charlie Parker (with strings, Tommy Potter, bass, Al Haig, piano, Max Roach, drums)
What Is This Thing Called Love
Jazz, Bop
Verve, 1950
These were some of Bird's favorite recordings - working with strings was a pet project of his, and shows some of his most daring and innovative work.
Vernon Duke, "Yip" Harburg
April In Paris
Neil Hefti
Repetition

 

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