General Music Discussion (Non-Japanese)

Moi dix Mois~The other side of the Door~

Akira Ifukube - Godzilla vs. Mothra (Main Title)...

Wonderful use of lietmotif in this...particularly enjoyed the inclusion of the Shobijin song...Nagasawa Masami was half of the Shobijin in one of the later Mothra movies...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUbFX6KendY

E.S. Posthumus - Nara

Twelve Girls Band...Clocks

What a joy!!!!

Is there any instrument, when well played, more amazing than the erhu?

monta wrote:Namie Amuro - What a Feeling



:thumbsup: a really hip dance song

love your avie :thumbsup:


OT :

Exile - Pure/You're My Sunshine

Everybody~ Katori Shingo feat. Kouda Kumi

Ai Otsuka's music (never fails) :)

Joni Mitchell - Blonde in the Bleachers

Teshima Aoi - The Rose

kyon-kyon chan wrote:Teshima Aoi - The Rose

hey kyon nice ava and siggy.. have you watch the L movie already?..

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Ken Hirai - Canvas

YUI - Laugh away.. :woot: :dancing:

Ai Otsuka - Amaenbo

Nakagawa Shoko - Calling Location..

slashersam016 wrote:

hey kyon nice ava and siggy.. have you watch the L movie already?..

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Ken Hirai - Canvas

Not yet.. this film will be out in my country around April.. :victory:

Yvonne Elliman-If I Cant Have You...

Disco with French Horns!!!

George Harrison--Behind That Locked Door...

Steel Guitarist Pete Drake...

Drake also did Dylan's Lay Lady Lay and Tammy Wynette's Stand by Your Man...

Starman (Jack Nitzsche) - End Theme (Symphonic Version..

Much has been said in the Nodame Cantabile thread about newfound or renewed interest in Western Classical Music, and understandably so...

Let's start...I've been a fan of WCM since I was a teenager...one of the first pieces i loved was Ralph Vaughn Williams'--The Lark Ascending...

here's a two part video of an excellent performance of that piece...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbcuteYm-EA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsOOQB0uA5Q&feature=related

For Youtube, the video and audio quality is quite remarkable...

Here's a downloadable copy of The Lark Ascending...

http://www.sendspace.com/file/pjz0fn

Thank you for starting this interesting thread.

I started listening to WCM since high school - that's over 30 years ago. I still remember the first time I tried to record a radio broadcast - it was Beethoven's 'Pastoral' (#6) Symphony. I'm really a 'pop' classic kind of guy and Nodame Cantabile has opened up some previously unexplored territory, such as Rachmaninoff, for me.

thtl wrote:Thank you for starting this interesting thread.

I started listening to WCM since high school - that's over 30 years ago. I still remember the first time I tried to record a radio broadcast - it was Beethoven's 'Pastoral' (#6) Symphony. I'm really a 'pop' classic kind of guy and Nodame Cantabile has opened up some previously unexplored territory, such as Rachmaninoff, for me.

thtl...Have you ever seen the Disney movie Fantasia...it might be the ultimate tribute to WCM...the Pastoral was just perfect...

runpup wrote:

thtl...Have you ever seen the Disney movie Fantasia...it might be the ultimate tribute to WCM...the Pastoral was just perfect...

Most certainly I did. It was the first visual representation of WCM. They even managed to put on a visual for abstract music (i.e. without a 'real world' theme) such as Bach's Fugue and Toccata. I love that movie/animation.