Comments on: Earworms 23 July 2012

By: Zalamanda

Zalamanda — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:13:11 +0000

"Hare Krsna Mantra" didn't do an awful lot for me, I'm afraid; it was a bit too repetitive for my tastes. But the list didn't let me down. The tablas and the growly (?) voice on "Tabla Motown" was more like it, and "Genroku Hanami Odori" was fabulous, despite not having any vocals for me to fasten my ears on to. But my earworm of the week has got to be Girlie Girlie. Which duly wormed and sqirmed its way in... Te Digo Amor was absolutely lovely, and I did enjoy The Swan of Tuonela, but I'm not sure I got the full benefit of it. I always feel like that with classical. Kind of ... its nice, but I'm missing something...

By: goneforeign

goneforeign — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:18:09 +0000

Like several others here Girlie was the top of my pops. I have a personal involvement with that one, I took the photos for the album when it was released in Ja. Also we have a sweet old female Boxer called Jasmine but my wife calls her ‘Girlie Girlie’, I’d never made the connection ’til now.
An overall interesting playlist, I liked that each came as a surprise and it was always a pleasant surprise. Hare Krishna I always thought of as wild airport chanting, here we get the full treatment and an appreciation of manta effect, lovely. ‘Tabla’, anything with tablas is OK with me and the more N. African the better, Earwormers can’t be picky. Sakura’s cut was very Dick Dale-ish but the Japanese influence made it doubly interesting, I liked it more than I thought I would. Sophie, a lovely girl, nuff said, her husband was Geoffrey Chung, a producer who worked with just about every Ja. group. As usual Ms. Maki’s contribution was a lovely piece, she’s continually introducing us to a group of artists we’d otherwise never know, loved Miguel Bose. And the Swan; am I alone in seeing all sorts of comparisons to Vaughn William’s ‘Lark’? I’ve never been to Finland but this piece fulfills my imaginary vision of what it looks like, dark fiords surrounded by dark tree covered mountains with a threatening dark sky as the swan sails serenely by whereas the Lark absolutely creates mental visions of a Suffolk summer afternoon, I could take you to the exact spots but Wiki tells me it was nothing of the sort; shattered all my illusions.
Richard, not guilty, ’twasn’t me.

By: pairubu

pairubu — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:08:53 +0000

Some good stuff this week, I particularly like Girlie Girlie and Takeshi’s twang.
Can’t take Hare Krishna seriously thanks to the Fugs version which automatically plays in my mind at the first mention of “hare” or “Krishna”.
Refuse to like Sibelius lest I catch “culture”.

By: SpottedRichard

SpottedRichard — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:22:09 +0000

1. It’s a lovely mantra and I like that it was sung by an obviously British group of singers. I believe the story of the patients going into the trance-like state; it’s hypnotic.

2. I like this tremendously. I think the fusion of influences and the unexpected bits were wonderful. If music like this that helps interest those who are stuck in the chart-type music into exploring the music of other cultures that has to be a good thing.

3. This is extraordinarily fun and a great sound. Terrific!

4. I remember Girlie Girlie with much affection too. It’s wonderful. This is the wormiest song this week for me.

5. I am growing fond of Miguel Bose, and although he will never replace Alejandro Fernandez and Luis Miguel in my heart I enjoyed the song. I said it was a bolero on RR, but I am not sure it really qualifies as one.

6. I’ve always liked a bit of Sibelius, me, and I know and love this piece. A thing of beauty indeed.

These tunes showcase the diverse taste we have on The ‘Spill very well indeed! Well done wormers.

By: SpottedRichard

SpottedRichard — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:58:51 +0000

*shudders*
Now I think of it there are loads. Should have waited and put up a Spill Challenge

By: SpottedRichard

SpottedRichard — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:56:12 +0000

That’s you in the corner
That’s you in the spotlight
Losing your….oh

By: Shoegazer

Shoegazer — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:28:15 +0000

Songs by athletes you ask? You’ll be sorry you did. Here’s Carl Lewis channeling his inner Grace Jones in an 80′s horror work out:

Am sure Mr Bolt could do better.

By: sweethomealabama1

sweethomealabama1 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:20:51 +0000

I think comments with lots of YouTube links embedded get flagged for review.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:41:03 +0000

What a prat I am. Only sometimes, hopefully.

By: SpottedRichard

SpottedRichard — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:51:18 +0000

Your contributions (thank you!) were dire. I even shut off Terry Bradshaw before he started singing.