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Random Moments Jukebox #1 – no coins needed
Promised, this is fun. “Random Moment” is a playlist series we launched during COVID in 2020, offering bite-sized musical escapes. Each playlist features 4 songs, adding up to 10-20 minutes of listening—a perfect length for a break. Our selections span a wide range of genres, from classical compositions to pop and jazz. In the beginning,…
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Music from “In The Mood For Love 花樣年華” – 4 versions + original
Yumeji’s Theme was composed by Shigeru Umebayashi originally for the soundtrack of Seijun Suzuki’s 1991 film -“Yumeji”. It became very well-known when it was used in the soundtrack for the 2000 film -“In The Mood For Love” (花樣年華) by Wong Kar-Wai, a Hong Kong film director. Wong’s film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2000, it earned…
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Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Last Playlist
Ryuichi Sakamoto died on March 28, 2023 after enduring throat cancer and then colon cancer. I(Chris) have been a longtime fan of his music and wrote a tribute post about his passing last year. I have discovered two public playlists curated by Mr. Sakamoto. One was built between June 13, 2022 and March 23, 2023…
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Night and Day by Cole Porter – 7 versions
Night and Day is a popular song that was written by Cole Porter for The Gay Divorce, a 1932 musical released shortly after the Great Depression in the United States. The song is now 90 years old. Fred Astaire sang the original which was the top selling single in 1933. Since then, many many versions of the song including instrumentals had…
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Random Moment #17 – If
Four vocals pieces, 3 by modern classical composers, 2 of them written for films, 1 written in the 1600’s. 1 – If by Michael Nyman2 – La Wally by Vladimir Cosma3 – Music For A While by Henry Purcell, performed by Christina Pluhar, L’Arpeggiata4 – Songs of the Auvergne: Bailero by Joseph Cantalobe, performed by…
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Random Moment #16 – Breathe (In The Air)
“Dark Side of the Moon” was released 50-years ago on March 1, 1973 by Pink Floyd. Included here is the second track from that iconic, best-selling album of all time. It spent nearly all of the next 14 years — through punk, disco, early hip-hop and the pop heyday of MTV — lodged in Billboard’s Top…