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Friday, October 13, 2006
11:49:00 AM EDT
Hearing Flow, My Tears -- Sting
Well, not actually medieval. But certainly 17th century. Sting (you may have heard of him) has gone waaaay arty and released a disc of songs written by John Dowland, who was burning up the top of the charts... four hundred years ago. Dowland, he was a madman on the lute!
Oh, stop looking at me like that. You know you want to listen to it.
And as it happens, AOL Music is streaming the whole album here. It's lute-licious! And also, not bad. And you'll get to hear what was passing for pop music back when Shakespeare was still scribbling out his plays.
For those of you who want more context on the album (which is called Songs From the Labyrinth), here's an article in which Sting talks about why he decided to party like it's 1599.
Enjoy! Seriously, I'd be interested in knowing what you think.
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11:49:00 AM EDT
Hearing Flow, My Tears -- Sting
Getting Medieval on Your Ears
Well, not actually medieval. But certainly 17th century. Sting (you may have heard of him) has gone waaaay arty and released a disc of songs written by John Dowland, who was burning up the top of the charts... four hundred years ago. Dowland, he was a madman on the lute!
Oh, stop looking at me like that. You know you want to listen to it.
And as it happens, AOL Music is streaming the whole album here. It's lute-licious! And also, not bad. And you'll get to hear what was passing for pop music back when Shakespeare was still scribbling out his plays.
For those of you who want more context on the album (which is called Songs From the Labyrinth), here's an article in which Sting talks about why he decided to party like it's 1599.
Enjoy! Seriously, I'd be interested in knowing what you think.
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This entry has 4 comments: (Add your own)
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Medieval as done by what Elvis Costello termed "that silly faux reggae voice." I never liked Stink, and I actually rooted against the rainforests when he championed them.
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Sting.. Hmm.. He is always looking for new stuff--he sings that song, "Fragil" very well in Portuguese--I was impressed! I just hope he doesn't attempt to do any remakes of Abba any time soon! Julie :)
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I believe I'm going to buy that album. It sounded great. Sting has an excellent voice for that kind of music. And he's such a great musician, too. He plays, what, several dozen different instruments?
I've always been a big fan of traditional music from all over the world, and I loved what I heard of this. Plus, it sounded like it was very well recorded by Deutsche Gramafone.
-Paul
http://journals.aol.ca/plittle/AuroraWalkingVacation/
10/13/06 5:53 PM
natalie