1000 Years of Popular Music

[altariel]

communicator posted a link a while back to Richard Thompson's list of the best popular songs from the last 1000 years. Being a fan of the Miserable But Talented One, and recently having actually earned some money(!), I coughed up for the CD, and jolly good it is too.

Not often you find yourself listening to music hall songs and bits of The Mikado arranged (as he points out on the sleeve notes) for acoustic guitar and snare drum. But my current favourites are Oops! I Did It Again (yes, that one), and the 13th century fragment (possibly from Brittany) Marry, Ageyn Hic Hev Donne Yt.

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[fileg.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up on this, I am off to order it. For Jim, you understand (grin)

Have you heard Max Raabe and Das Palast Orchester do 'Oops I Did It Again?' (Or 'Mamma Mia', for that matter?) check out their album "Superhits"

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I am off to order it. For Jim, you understand (grin)

Funny, I ordered my copy for my other half too! *grin*

Thanks for the rec! I love Abba, and love covers of their songs. Richard Thompson does Money, Money, Money on this album.

BTW, Richard Thompson seems to be in your part of the world at the moment: http://www.richardthompson-music.com/Tour.asp

[communicator.livejournal.com]

Marry, Ageyn Hic Hev Donne Yt.

LOL. Is that his joke or yours?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Oh, his, of course!

Apropos of Abba

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I was watching the Best Popular Songs as Voted by the C4-Viewing Public an hour or so back, as one does, and was amused to note that Dancing Queen made it to the top five. And to my utter astonishment Bohemian Rhapsody, my all-time favourite pop song, came in at number 2. Marry, Ageyn Hic Hev Donne Yt was not however in evidence.

Re: Apropos of Abba

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I was watching that too, as one certainly does :-D I think there may have been fragments from Brittany earlier in the show, but we only switched on for the top 20.