{"id":195,"date":"2005-03-27T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-27T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/?p=195"},"modified":"2005-03-27T13:41:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-27T13:41:00","slug":"sunday-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/?p=195","title":{"rendered":"Sunday sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

With the clocks going forward in the early hours of the morning, I overslept and woke to be greeted by the dull leaden clouds of first day of British Summer Time. I needed to lift my mood and so…<\/p>\n

\"Neville-ization\"<\/p>\n

…whilst the rest of the family are out observing their religion, I have spent the morning taking a wander down a musical memory lane with the help of iTunes and eBay. Back in the early ‘80s, I first heard the The Neville Brothers when a friend made me a tape of Neville-isation<\/a> (remember those<\/em> days before digital and CDs?). I loved their stuff and, whilst I went on to explore more of their work, this is the album that got me started and remains a favourite.  To get an idea of the seemingly endless variety of music hailing from Louisiana, from southern R&B and Gospel to Cajun and Zydeco, you can do a lot worse…<\/p>\n

\"Tbe\"<\/p>\n

…than pick up the soundtrack of ‘The Big Easy’<\/a>, a good movie that owes more than a little to it’s soundtrack. This recording makes a great primer with which you can explore the vibrant and emotive musical forms that are to be found in and around New Orleans – one of the few places that are on my ‘must visit someday’ list. Moving from the sublime to the downright unusual…<\/p>\n

\"Gshf\"<\/p>\n

…I snapped up a copy of The Crash Test Dummies’ God Shuffled His Feet<\/a>. This tape was a constant in the FFWD-only player in my rusty old Nissan years ago. Best known for their surprise hit Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm<\/a>, Brad Roberts’ voices his (some say) highbrow lyrics with rumbling vocals against a band who appear to draw influence from pretty much every musical style there is. Revel in something different. <\/p>\n

my lo-fi ears are listening to Swimming in Your Ocean<\/a>\/Crash Test Dummies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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