Never listened to or even knew about this early live album Ruido Blanco before today.
― Johnny Bit Rot (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 June 2023 14:34 (ten months ago) link
Then found another live recording from early on, this one simply called En Vivo, which has a lot of noise. Seems to be the soundtrack of a performance, the first night in Viña Del Mar in 1987.
― Johnny Bit Rot (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 June 2023 15:34 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZsMmket4e0
Guess they were promoting Signos, which was released the previous November and then had the three singles coming out throughout the year.Crowd noise on this sounds like some Beatles stuff#onethread
― Johnny Bit Rot (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 June 2023 15:52 (ten months ago) link
Crowd doesn’t quite know “Persiana Americana” yet. There is some screaming when he starts singing but that’s it.
― Johnny Bit Rot (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 June 2023 15:54 (ten months ago) link
Somos cómplices los dos
― Looking For Mr. Goodreads (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 30 June 2023 23:10 (ten months ago) link
My music listening in general lately has been slow, but I did finally hear Amor Amarillo (hooray for titles even I can understand). "Lisa" and "Te llevo para que me lleves" are good, the latter a cool take on Isn't Anything MBV, but thought the rest was pretty sluggish. I will give Bocanada another listen eventually but so far I much prefer Soda to Cerati solo
― Vinnie, Saturday, 1 July 2023 19:20 (nine months ago) link
Think the production is less dense on his solo stuff but his singing, songwriting and guitar playing is still strong.
― Looking For Mr. Goodreads (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 1 July 2023 20:57 (nine months ago) link
That could be it. I think I tend to like fuller productions in general
― Vinnie, Saturday, 1 July 2023 22:55 (nine months ago) link
Too much time on this thread:Just a few hours ago I overheard someone saying “Gracias” and my mind automatically added “Totales!”
― Looking For Mr. Goodreads (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 July 2023 18:40 (nine months ago) link
Soda getting a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement award. https://www.grammy.com/news/latin-recording-academy-announces-2023-special-merit-award-honorees
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 16:56 (nine months ago) link
Just read more about when he did that Police tribute song. Pretty interesting.
― Poor Little Fool Killer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 July 2023 14:08 (nine months ago) link
Heh, can you guess who were the Top Two artists in my Spotify 2023 Wrapped?
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 17:16 (five months ago) link
Had to step away for a bit but now I’m back
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 29 February 2024 18:15 (two months ago) link
good timing, I just dug out Canción Animal for the first time in a while. for some reason I have a hard time remembering its tracks (apart from "De Música Ligera"), so I forget how good it is
― Vinnie, Thursday, 29 February 2024 23:54 (two months ago) link
Ha exactly! That album is full of great tracks, many of them also live staples. Often I forget “De Música Ligera” is even on there.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 March 2024 00:43 (one month ago) link
Also many of these tracks not so uptempo so kind of heavier but still really cool.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 March 2024 00:44 (one month ago) link
Yeah they play with time signature, mood, tempo to create a pretty diverse set of songs. Though they throw "Cae el Sol" at the end so you get an anthemic chorus
Also wtf... 9 of the 10 songs were released as singles??
― Vinnie, Friday, 1 March 2024 11:54 (one month ago) link
Forgot about that.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 March 2024 13:18 (one month ago) link