Mike Patton - C or D?

I've listened to some of the originals, and it seems like Patton has given them a pretty respectful treatment. He sings them in his own way, but the arrangements and everything are quite true to the style of the original songs. Who knows, maybe your mother will like it too..

Right from the golden era of Italian pop, Fred Buscaglione and his Damon Runyon fixation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSiGcGgOtZw

i think this is a really unique project. i can't say if patton does the originals justice, but italian music is a blindspot for me, so the fact that he's making me want to seek out the originals is a victory in itself. and of course, patton's chulo vibe is unmistakable here :P

Chulo-lololol!

Definite props to Patton if he can spark new interest in the original material. It's worked in me, for sure. Been reading up on some of the original artists. I have come to the conclusion that Italy is great. To wit: Gino Paoli attempted suicide by shooting himself in the chest, and the bullet's apparently still in there; Mina sang like nobodys business but was such a tearaway that she got banned by the Catholic church... then she shaved her eyebrows...her whole bio is generally pretty amazing; Luigi Tenco committed suicide in 67 (I think), but there were suspicions of murder...his body was exumed in 2006!!
See? Awesome music. Awesome bios. World needs more of this.

Talking about classic ways to go, Fred Buscaglione (the guy above) died in Portofino in a horrific car accident while driving, totally drunk, his pink Cadillac (Patton performs his "Che notte!").
And since we're there:

Mina "Il cielo in una stanza" (in later, 1969 version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01uDmfoUjj4&feature=related

not sure what's going on in "urlo negro" lyrically, but i really like the vocal juxtapositions between the rollicking crazy verses and the more restrained, poppy chorus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWhXaODyZCA

it reminds me a lot of mr. bungle. here's a clip of patton doing it live just for good measure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTSq3A0470w

i was reading a review of the album on allmusic (http://bit.ly/97fls0) and was surprised to hear that the album was patched together from various recordings of mondo cane live... i had no idea. i knew the project first existed as a live entity, but i had no idea that those performances were being recorded, or that the final product is actually culled from multiple shows.

"not sure what's going on in "urlo negro" lyrically"

Quick lyrical sample: "You know what you did to me?/ You know what you did to me?!/I will hate you until God won't take me with Him" and other assorted delicacies.

And isn't the Urlo Negro chorus something about 'pick your own damn coffee beans, I'm not a slave'....or something like that?

Apparently Patton plans to release more volumes, with other songs from the live performances. YAY.

This video of Mina doing Il Cielo Una Stanza is pretty awesome. Pre-eyebrow shaving...she seems kind of out of it, somehow...drunk, or stoned, or something?...something in the way she keeps closing her eyes. But damn, that VOICE. And she's pretty gorgeous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6s_kjlhP5U

New Tomahawk record sounds like it might be cool.

http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/tomahawk-returns-with-a-versatile-new-lineup-a-forthcoming-album-and-their-first-live-shows-in-nine-years/Content?oid=3057483

Oddfellows has grown into my favourite thing he's done for a decade or more. Smashing record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AEOzqUO3jw

liking this more than anything off the last FNM album

Yeah, that's awesome

New Dead Cross really good as well. Coming from a similar place to the last Tomahawk album imo, heavier of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpdcT8kyP1U

Yeah, this is good stuff

New score. Anyone heard it? Feel like Patton’s slowed down lately

Regret missing dead cross on tour

Mike Patton will indeed sing the National Anthem at tomorrow's NFL playoff game https://t.co/kFfOc0VUbh

— Revolver Magazine (@Revolvermag) January 11, 2019

i hope he pisses in a boot afterwards

hope he shits on the 50 yard line

he "wasn't feeling well" and cancelled?! i demand a backstory!!

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/mike-patton-cancels-national-anthem-performance-at-nfl-playoffs/

he "wasn't feeling well" and cancelled?! i demand a backstory!!

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera)

he was informed that shitting on the 50 yard line was not traditional and might actually offend some attendees

I’ve gotta say the album with Jean Claude Vannier is actually rather good