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[Early Access!] New video: Why you should listen to Weyes Blood's 'Titanic Rising'
Added 2022-11-13 15:54:44 +0000 UTCHey folks,
So, this is a video I coyly hinted at in my latest Channel Update but never went into any detail about.
It's a love-letter to one of my favourite albums of the last few years. If you love music from the 60s and 70s and think today's music often lacks the charm, melodies, sincerity, and boldness of the music of fifty years ago, then I IMPLORE you to listen to 'Titanic Rising' (before or after you watch this video).
I would love to know in the comments to this thread what you think of it once you've heard it.
I know this isn't Beatles or biopics related so thank you if you did watch it and would like to see more videos like this where I discuss more of my favourite music.
E.
Comments
Hi Elliot! I loved your 60s video, maybe in future you could add those artists to your ranking format. Anyway, I just wanted to add a fan fact: "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" is actual a cover of an italian classic song of '65 called "Io Che Non Vivo" by Pino Donaggio.
Giorgio Bartolelli
2024-12-16 17:40:55 +0000 UTCMy favorite album of 2019! Great video, Elliot
Kent Cichowicz
2024-12-14 18:08:11 +0000 UTCHer voice is incredible and so unique. Reminds me of Linda Ronstadt. Really excellent album!
Breann B
2022-11-23 15:30:24 +0000 UTCIt’s a fantastic video about a very intriguing album. Well done! It does get me thinking about retro revivals lacking an understanding of what made the original aesthetic/message work. A band like Greta Van Fleet does Led Zeppelin-style material without a twist and without the sense of grandiosity that Zep had. Therefore, it feels tired. I’d give the same criticism to the more cynical emulations of ‘70s/‘80s sounds. Others understand the assignment in appropriating vintage sounds. You take a band like The Darkness and there’s a true sense of understanding the power of sleaze and spectacle of bands like The Stooges or New York Dolls. The Darkness added a playfulness and technical ability* to the material, which gives it distinctiveness. Hell, somebody like The Weekend can take those ‘80s synth sounds and completely redirect the lyrics into something fresh (with a more self-eviscerating tone). Random Access Memories worked as well as it did because it had one of funk/disco’s architects (Nile Rodgers) working on it. Weyes Blood is very much doing some much-needed innovation within her revival sound. It isn’t derivative in the negative sense, but more is a communication within a historical aesthetic. * That channel-separator tech used for Get Back/Revolver is desperately needed for Iggy Pop’s Raw Power. Bowie and Iggy did the best with what they could for the mixes, but the end results feel underwhelming to me.
Peter Melling
2022-11-15 05:43:40 +0000 UTC
