It Sounds Like _What_? (music)

[drwex]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/tom-waits-and-keith-richards-perform-shenandoah-20130111

Please take a moment to experience Keith Richards and Tom Waits doing their rendition of "Shenandoah" - the traditional sea shanty. This track came to me context-free so I had to look it up. Turns out there's an entire album called Son of Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys that came out a couple months ago. The creative forces behind this are Johnny Depp, Gore Verbinski and Hal Willner – the creative forces behind the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Go figure.

Anyway, I'm playing this thing and my elder wants to know what it is. "It sounds like orcs singing," he opines. And, y'know, if orcs had a spiritual it would probably sound a lot like that.

Comments

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I have that album. My dad had it, and burned me a copy. In case you didn't know, my dad is cool. :)

[drwex]

Apple fell under the tree, eh?

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

yeah, orcs is about right. someone should tell him that his vocal cords are overdue for maintenance.

(pet peeve: "vocal chords" *shudder*)

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Pretty much! When I first heard of Einsturzende Neubauten in college, and decided to order an album of theirs, I went back to my parents' house for...I think it was Thanksgiving Break. When I told my dad about my new discovery, he said, "Oh, that sounds familiar." Then he rummaged around and brought out a different EN album, which he'd taped off a friend. :) My dad and I are very much alike in our tastes and interests!

[mizarchivist]

Yeah, orcs.

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

that's what happens when you put an orc in a rock tumbler.

[drwex]

DOOD! EN is not exactly what you'd call a widely known act, let alone a widespread taste.

[bluegargantua]

Orcs do have a spiritual and much better singing voices frankly (they are built from elf and elf by-products):

[drwex]

Good god I'd forgotten all about that.