TM
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TM
On 2006-05-05 11:13, Swanky wrote:
Lounge is certainly not limited to "upbeat" or "light hearted." You go far enough in that thought and you get awful schlock like "Richard Cheese." Buffoonery.
.....not limited to upbeat, as no music really has limits, but I would say that if you bought each one of the ultra-lounge CD's, there would be very little somber music on them..........!
Lounge is music made by adults, for adults. In some ways, it had a certain peak as the rock and roll era got stronger and the old guard orchestra tried to embrace that feeling and incorporate those sounds. See "Billy Mure" and "Les Paul."
...........True enough, it is music for adults, and rock and roll killed it, unfortunately. Esquivel and Les Baxter were pushed out by the beatles and stones......
Pink Martiki is hard to group though. I enjoyed their first CD and saw them live with the symphony in Nashville. But trying to mix them in with lounge is tough. A lot of it is because their mood and the length of the songs does not fit. The sounds are right though. Bossa beat, latin. I put them in with France Gall and others, but they don't quite fit any of the genres. Try "Donde Estas, Yolanda?" for a more peppy song by them.
.......The bossa nova and latin influence was what drew me to them, but once I heard that cello, I gave the CD to my sister.......
.......I will stick to my Antonio Carlos Jobim for now on!!!!........music that is at once lighthearted yet heartbreakingly beautiful!!
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