This weekend's musical treat

[TwoTankAmin]

It was a lousy week capped by a very long Sunday. So, this is a tad late. This weekend features four entirely different acts which all have one thing in common despite this covering 1957 to 2014 . What they have in common is that they are all playing the same song.

"Not Fade Away" is a song credited to Buddy Holly (originally under his first and middle names, Charles Hardin) and Norman Petty (although Petty's co-writing credit is likely to have been a formality[3]) and first recorded by Holly and his band, the Crickets.
Can be played as high as 1080.)


Then in 1966 it's Rolling again (1080)


And then for all you dead heads (I first saw them July 31, 1971 at the Yale Bowl)
(Sorry, 480)


In 2014, Austin City Limits celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special primetime broadcast featuring performances by various artists,
(Play in 720)

 

[gwand]

Amuse, a songwriting AI collaborator for music composers

Wouldn't it be great if music creators had someone to brainstorm with, help them when they're stuck, and explore different musical directions together? Researchers at KAIST and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed AI technology similar to a fellow songwriter who helps create music.

techxplore.com

 

[TwoTankAmin]

This weekend's musical treat will likely require 3 posts to complete.

Paul Simon's 1987 African concert in Harare, Zimbabwe, was attended by an estimated 14,000 people. Many attendees had traveled from South Africa to witness the performance, which was part of Simon's "Graceland" tour, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.

Some 25 years later,

The Paul Simon concert in Hyde Park in July 2012 was attended by approximately 60,000 people. The event celebrated the 25th anniversary of Paul Simon's album Graceland. The concert also featured Simon's Graceland collaborators and many of the album's songs.

So what follows are a series of the same song played at both concerts. many of the musisans and guest stars played at both events.
Under African Skies
Africa 1987


Hyde Park 2012 (play at 1080p)


Graceland
Africa 1987 (play at 720)


Hyde Park 2012 (play at 1080p)


See and hear the next two songs when I post them tomorrow.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Here comes two more as promised.

The Boy in the Bubble
Africa 1987


Hyde Park 2012 (play at 1080p)



Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Africa 1987


Hyde Park 2012 (play at 1080p)

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I hope you have had as much fun as did digging out the vids and playing them all before I posted them. Tonight I had to use the album made form the African tour as there was no live vid of it that I could find.

Homeless
African Concert
(play at 1080p)


Hyde Park 2012 (play at 1080p)


You Can Call Me Al
African Concert


Hyde Park 2012 (play at 1080p)


As a final encore, this one was only played at the African Concert and not at Hyde Park

Township jive​

When the music starts, turn up the volume.


I hope this weekend's music has been as much of a joyful noise for you as it was for me.

 

[gwand]

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Unfortunately, I have never learned to appreciate or like opera. As a boy I did get to see a lot of Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas.

Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) and to the works they jointly created. The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado are among the best known.[1]

I saw all three of the above on Broadway in the 1950s. But they are light opera and in English which helps. I also saw My Fair Lady with Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews. My dad had friends who were British and both actors- Robin and Babs Craven. He appeared in the musical and as a result we got to go back stage after the performance and I met the stars. The night we went Robin was appearing A the Colonel.

My Fair Lady Opened March 15, 1956

as Colonel Pickering (Replacement) as Bystander (Replacement) as Zoltan Karpathy (Replacement) as Henry Higgins (Understudy - Replacement)

Mt father was an aspiring playright. He was set to have his first play done on broadway when WW II changed everything. He never stuck with is and from there on he was a lawyer. But I got taken to see a lot of the great musicals of that era.

So you will never see me posting opera in this thread. The closest was the Eric Clapton and Luciano Pavarotti number I did post. But it is not really opera.

 

[fishorama]

Most of the opera I know is from Bugs Bunny cartoons. My mom liked a couple but like Gilbert & Sullivan etc. more including the Who's "Tommy".

 

[gwand]

Opera is an acquired taste. But once you give it a chance it’s addicting like MTS. Try this aria out.

 

[Back in the fold]

Opera is an acquired taste.

It’s got fat ladies , what’s not to like ?

 

[Fishmanic]

I’d rather listen to fingernails scratching on a chalkboard than listen to opera.