Subject: Re: (exotica) OST One From the Heart by Tom Waits
From: Lou Smith
>>My wife said I was "weird" for listening to Crystal Gayle. (we are anti
C&W
>>but I must be straying) Have I gone too far??????
In defense of my wife, I think she was just in a state of shock to find m=
e
listening to something with Crystal Gayle.
>I guess one thing "our" music teaches is that it's hard to be a purist. =
And
>that generalities fall over quickly if nudged. Make that 2 things ...
>
But like Lou says we gotta stop being purists and open up. This weekend t=
he
radio station I'm on is broadcasting part of the Lowell Folk Festival. I'=
m
going to go help out and listen! Now I'll tell you, I can't get into fol=
k
music. But I'm going to give it a try. Looking forward to seeing this Bri=
an
Marshall & his Tex-Slavik Playboys. Its a, get this, Texas Polka band. Yo=
u
learn something new every day. According to the Boston Globe there were
Polish settlements in Texas back in the 1850's and it's closer to the
old-country stuff that Chicago polka.
>(Now that you've listened to the One From The Heart OST, are you going t=
o
>seek out the video?)
I've been meaning to see this movie since it came out. My sister just got=
a
job at a video store and will have to do it!
=46rom Nat:
>And I'm pretty sure Nastassja Kinski was in it as the "other woman".
People on the list also like the same kind of movies, now guys, what abou=
t
the same kind of actresses?
I would call Nastassja Kinski exotic.... Meow!
Domenic
=93Martinis With Mancini" broadcasting Friday's from 6-9 AM.
WJUL 91.5, Lowell Massachusetts.
The Show=92s web page: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Booth/8007/
7/23/99 playlist
Like Someone in Love, Bjork
Bachelor In Paradise, Henry Mancini (Our Man In Hollywood) (LP)
At Last Glenn Miller (LP)
Opus One, Tommy Dorsey
I Could Have Danced All Night, Les Brown (LP)
Tangerine, Dave Brubeck
In The Land Of Hi-Fi, George Auld (LP)
One for Ken, Paul Combs
Nica=92s Dream, Hatrack Gallagher
King Of the Road, Les and Larry Elgart (LP)
Molten Swing, OST Kansas City
The Very Thought Of You, Billie Holliday
Mr. Lucky, Jimmy and Marion McPartland (LP)
You=92d be so Nice To Come Home To, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins
Summertime, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong
Autumn Leaves, All That Jazz (The group All That Jazz is a trio from Conc=
ord
NH. Kids ages 14, 16, and 17)
Little Boy Blue, OST One From The Heart, Tom Waits
I=92m The Lonesomest Gal In Town Kay Starr
Sorta Blue, OST Peter Gunn (LP)
Boogie For A Nickel, Bob Keene
Thunderball, Percy Faith (LP)
Don=92t Fence Me In, Bing Crosby and The Andrew Sisters
Black Coffee, Peggy Lee
One Note Samba, Marco Ritzmo
Wave, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Wonderland By Night, Xavier Cugat
Frensi, Perez Prado
The Cat, Henry Mancini, (Big Band 67) (LP)
A Rockin=92 Good Way, Dinah Washington/Brook Benton
Hot Weather Blues, Love Dogs
John Keating, The Shadow Of Your Smile
It=92s Oh So Quiet, Bjork
Begin The Beguine, Bob Keene
Main Title, OST Star Trek First Trek
You Stepped Out Of A Dream, Pete Rugolo
Takes Two To Tango, Ray Charles, Betty Carter
Something Cool, June Christy
Swahili, Bob Keene, Jungle Jive
Miserlou, The Lively Ones, Surf Monsters
It Had Better Be Tonight, Seks Bomba
Rock Gently Alvino Rey
I Get A Kick Out Of You, Felix Slatkin
Granada, Esquivel
Sat Night on Saturn, Les Baxter
5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days, Louis Prima
Sloppy Shopping, Four Piece Suit
Fried Bananas, Benny Golson
The Tango, ,OST One from the Heart, Tom Waits
The Millionaire=92s Holiday, Combustible Edison
The Asteroid Field, The Evil Genius Orchestra, Cocktails in the Cantina
Moon River Cha-Cha, OST Breakfast at Tiffany=92s
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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 00:42:48 +0000
From: Michael Zadoorian <mzadoori@cecom.com>
Subject: (exotica) Western Swing
Has anyone read "Lone Star Swing" by Duncan McLean? It's a pretty
interesting
> book about a Scot travelling around Texas in search of authentic
Western
> Swing. He doesn't find a whole heck of a lot of it, but it's an
interesting
> book. He even talks to some of the orignial Texas Playboys (some of
whom have
> since passed.)
> Michael Zadoorian
>
Mimi Mayer wrote:
>
> > >Queried AlaMoRitz:
> > >> BTW: I LOVE Western Swing. We should really open a little
> > >>discussion on that... Any suggestions?
> > >
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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 13:51:52 -0400
From: "Dom Ciccone" <dciccone@inspex.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) CD Jungle Comp...
From: Nathan Miner <nminer@jhmi.edu>
Anybody have a comp. (I think) put out by Del Fi called something like
"Jungle Jive?" It's all instros.....
Good?
- - Nate
I have it and like it. It's not all instrumentals. I would say it's mostly
vocals.
"Woman needs Man" sounds like the Chickmunks have gone calypso native.
Singing "yes we have no bananas" in their somewhere.
I flipped when I first heard "On the Ginza" on Jimmy's Easy.
Thunderstorm/rain background and some sexy chick talkin' in what sounds
Japanese. wow.
"Rum and Coca Cola is also a calypso vocal.
Swahili:by Bob Keen has bird calls in the intro and occasionally, over the
flute, a bass voice talking in a foreign language.
And since it's on Del-fi... a few surfish tracks. Still with vocals!
Domenic Ciccone
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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 14:08:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: delicado@cheerful.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Riddle me this,Batman...?
Albert Fish wrote:
>New York City has plenty o' groovy record stores, but >it seems....Anyone know how to deal with, (or rather, >deal down), dinosaurs that are sitting on treasure
>but charge twice their weight in gold?
I would recommend taking a trip down to Philadelphia, or even just to Jersey to check out the Princeton Record Exchange. They are online at prex.com
I love to browse, but almost all my bargains in the city have been on CD or on less well known records at thrift stores or flea markets. Vinyl is generally overpriced in stores.
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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 15:25:52 -0400
From: "m.ace" <ecam@voicenet.com>
Subject: (exotica) it's clobberin' time
Oh sure, go ape when my back is turned.
Another round of the "what is exotica?" question? Oh dear. Well, the links to the FAQs have already aired. But I'll throw in my two ducats...
"Exotica" is used in different senses around here. In its strict definition -- and boiled down very briefly, Exotica is mood music incorporating elements evoking non-European/North American regions.
However, the list itself has a much wider scope, following our collective curiosity for unknown music wherever it may lead.
Perhaps a selective quote from Lazlo's "welcome to the list" letter is in order (presuming Lazlo doesn't mind (it's worth the emphasis, it seems)):
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The Exotica mailing list is a forum for people interested in unusual
music, primarily that from the 1950s and 1960s. There is no hard and fast
definition of "Exotica" as the distinction is primarily in the eye (and
ear!) of the collector. Just keep in mind that the primary focus of this
mailing list is the *unusual*. ... If you're still not sure what the list is
about, lurk for a week or two and see what's happening.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
This is not to say that everything discussed on the list is exotica itself. It just happens to be the name of the list (and the strict genre is one of the core elements of interest).
The core lesson I have taken from (or had emphasized by) the list is to listen to ANYthing with open ears and without prejudice. Even if I don't actually like it, I may learn something from it. And as Brian has said, following the unlikely connections can be very illuminating. And hey, someone in north-eastern Asia may find rural North American music to be very exotic. As has been pointed out here long ago, "what is exotic" depends largely on point of view. For someone living in Bali, gamelan isn't the least bit exotic. Exclusions simply do not fit our free-ranging explorer agenda. And if one wants to throw around flame-bait for its own sake, some kiddy-punk newsgroup would be a much better forum.
Two more items...
Johan? Did you ever get any response out of those people who, er, appropriated your word "Exotiquarium" for their book?
An additional item to add to the 'secret history' of Les Baxter: Don't forget, he owned the building where the Fantastic Four lived.
m.ace ecam@voicenet.com
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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 15:56:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Peter Risser <knucklehead000@yahoo.com>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Velvet Underground and other Piles of Shit
As far as bluegrass versions of VU tunes, it doesn't surprise me. They
could be as folky as they could heavy. REM does a bunch of VERY folky
VU covers, which I had no idea.
And besides, a lesson we've learned a billion and one times on this
list, a good tune transcends all genres, arrangable in any style.
Witness Caravan.
As for anyone anywhere dissing anybody (except, I suppose Celene Dion
:) )as a pile of shit, I really don't think this is the list for you.
This list, like the other lists I am part of, is exceptional, only
because it leaps librarian-driven category boundaries, drawing links
between all sorts of music.
Besides, I've had to sit through lengthy discussions of Soft Pop, Humpa
music and Lee Hazelwood, none of which interests me particularly, none
of which could be said to be Exotica in the narrow definition, but none
of which I minded, because it was obviously important to some of the
wide-minded, friendly and exceptional individuals on the list. Which
means that probably, it ought to be important to me.
I'm more than willing to learn a bit more about Bob Willis and the
Texas Playboys, especially if they've wrangled a version of Caravan. Or
