Notes on a music collection, part 10
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pedantherBad Boy, The Beatles. Another of their covers. I'm not that keen on it.
Bali Ha'i, South Pacific film soundtrack. It goes on for a bit, this one. I like parts of it, and am not so keen on other parts of it.
The Ballad of Davy Crockett. From a box set of music from various Disney movies and TV shows. I remember singing the first verse, the one about how he kilt him a bar, when I was a kid, but I don't think I've heard the later verses before. It's got oomph, but the gleeful verse about the Injun War is going to cost it any chance it might have had of staying in the rotation.
The Ballad of John and Yoko, The Beatles. Energetic, but I don't find it very interesting.
The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti, Ennio Morricone. The solo vocalist is Joan Baez, who apparently also co-wrote. I could see myself listening to this again.
Ballade De Mr. Browning, Edith Piaf. A song I don't particularly care for from an album I got for one of the other tracks.
Ballet Music from Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. Instrumental. I presumably intended to add something else about it once I'd listened to it, but it appears nothing came to mind.
Ballet Music from Prince Igor, James Last. Specifically, it's the melody that became famous as the tune to the song "Stranger in Paradise". Originally by Alexander Borodin; I'm pretty sure Borodin's version had less harmonica and electric guitar.
Balulalow, Choir of King's College Cambridge. Presumably a Christmas carol, since it's from an album of carols. I can't make out any of the words, but I can't tell if it's entirely in another language or if it's just because the soloist's up in that high register where the words are harder to distinguish.
Barabask, Paul Robert Bondy (feat. Hannah Mae Duggan & Joel Goodman). Background music from the web series Natural Six. One of these days, I'm going to get around to watching the episode where it's used in context.
Barbara Ann, The Beach Boys. Another of those songs where I'm not sure if I actually like it or I've just heard it so often that it's comfortably familiar.
Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman, James Last. One of Last's innovations is to lay it over a steady rock drum figure. It's not an improvement.
The Bare Necessities, The Jungle Book soundtrack. Like several of the tracks from this box set of Disney music, it's just the song track and doesn't include the spoken parts between the verses, which reduces the charm somewhat.
The Bargain - Waltz of Treachery, Les Mis 10th Anniversary Concert. Fun, in a challenging-your-faith-in-humanity kind of way.
Bali Ha'i, South Pacific film soundtrack. It goes on for a bit, this one. I like parts of it, and am not so keen on other parts of it.
The Ballad of Davy Crockett. From a box set of music from various Disney movies and TV shows. I remember singing the first verse, the one about how he kilt him a bar, when I was a kid, but I don't think I've heard the later verses before. It's got oomph, but the gleeful verse about the Injun War is going to cost it any chance it might have had of staying in the rotation.
The Ballad of John and Yoko, The Beatles. Energetic, but I don't find it very interesting.
The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti, Ennio Morricone. The solo vocalist is Joan Baez, who apparently also co-wrote. I could see myself listening to this again.
Ballade De Mr. Browning, Edith Piaf. A song I don't particularly care for from an album I got for one of the other tracks.
Ballet Music from Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. Instrumental. I presumably intended to add something else about it once I'd listened to it, but it appears nothing came to mind.
Ballet Music from Prince Igor, James Last. Specifically, it's the melody that became famous as the tune to the song "Stranger in Paradise". Originally by Alexander Borodin; I'm pretty sure Borodin's version had less harmonica and electric guitar.
Balulalow, Choir of King's College Cambridge. Presumably a Christmas carol, since it's from an album of carols. I can't make out any of the words, but I can't tell if it's entirely in another language or if it's just because the soloist's up in that high register where the words are harder to distinguish.
Barabask, Paul Robert Bondy (feat. Hannah Mae Duggan & Joel Goodman). Background music from the web series Natural Six. One of these days, I'm going to get around to watching the episode where it's used in context.
Barbara Ann, The Beach Boys. Another of those songs where I'm not sure if I actually like it or I've just heard it so often that it's comfortably familiar.
Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman, James Last. One of Last's innovations is to lay it over a steady rock drum figure. It's not an improvement.
The Bare Necessities, The Jungle Book soundtrack. Like several of the tracks from this box set of Disney music, it's just the song track and doesn't include the spoken parts between the verses, which reduces the charm somewhat.
The Bargain - Waltz of Treachery, Les Mis 10th Anniversary Concert. Fun, in a challenging-your-faith-in-humanity kind of way.
