Have you ever loved something, only to realize it’s a commercial flop or just obscure? What’s something that deserves more light than it got?

  • PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    I’ve come to appreciate that guy and how hard all of that actually is and should probably listen to more. He did a “Peter and the Wolf” back in ancient times that was seriously great, peerless listening for a kiddo I’d say.

    Did you watch the silly biopic? Daniel Radcliffe? Can’t remember the name. I tried like 3 different times :( it was so over the top Weird Al that I couldn’t fault it for being flat out him AF, but I also just could not finish it lol.

    My only other comment in this thread (so far) is singing the virtues of a movie called “Freddy Got Fingered”, so. Maybe it’s me lol.

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      4 days ago

      I wish that album were still in print. You can easily “acquire” a digital copy, but it would be nice to own the physical record.

      A great collab with Wendy Carlos.

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        3 days ago

        It’s really fantastic and I’d buy a physical copy in whatever medium.

        Thought I didn’t know Wendy Carlos, went and looked, nope I’m familiar! What a badass, and what a cool mind she must have. Of course this came from the two of them, thanks for adding an additional little gem to a treasure from my childhood :)

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          3 days ago

          She’s a moog pioneer. And she collaborated with Al in '88.

          A lot of people don’t know that Al was on a Brian Wilson track in the early 1990s, “Let’s Stick Together” (it later became “The Waltz”).

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            3 days ago

            Yeah, I know her film score work (just by accident) a lot better than much else sadly. Looks like most of her library is unavailable on land, so to speak.

            And I think I DID know that cuz I used to have a neighbor who was both a super fan and a trivia wiz, lol.

            Definitely a supremely talented artist. The video of him conducting a Jr Orchestra is a lot of fun too, whatever he does, he really commits, which I’ve always admired.