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Jul 3, 2012 - 7:29 AM
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lexedo
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In biz, the worst thing is the end of the 1h of the year. You have to close q2, & the 1h in the same week. I haven't been to a 4th of July party in years.
So, as a consolation, I always have music. I'm an edgy and trendy NYC type, so the following is a playlist for cruising in the east this year, although I think this one will work in SF / Oakland too.
Gritty City "The 70s"
01 Bananas (1971) [Hamlisch] -- Action Theme - Part 1 (film music)
02 The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974) [Shire] -- Main Title (fusion, film music)
03 McQ (1974) [E Bernstein] -- Dirty Laundry - Fooled (fusion, film music)
04 The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974) [Shire] -- Money Montage (fusion, film music)
05 Busting (1974) [Goldenberg] -- Busting The Club (fusion, film music)
06 White Lightning (1973) [C Bernstein] -- Evasive McClusky (RR, film music)
07 The French Connection (1971) [Don Ellis] -- Subway (fusion, film music)
08 Bullitt (1968) [Schifrin, WDR Big Band] -- Shifting Gears (re-recording) (jazz, film music)
09 Cops and Robbers (1973) [Legrand] -- Main Title (pop)
10 Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975) [Frontiere] -- Pool Hall Rock (source) (RB)
11 Busting (1974) [Goldenberg] -- The Chase (fusion, film music)
12 Ocean's Twelve (2004) [David Holmes] -- What R We Stealing (RB)
13 Busting (1974) [Goldenberg] -- The Electra (fusion, RB)
14 Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975) [Frontiere] -- Main Title (instrumental) (fusion, RB, film music)
15 One Is a Lonely Number (1972) [Legrand] -- Source Rock (5M2) (fusion, RB)
16 The Enforcer (1976) [Fielding] -- Harry's World (fusion, film music)
17 The Enforcer (1976) [Fielding] -- Rooftop Chase (fusion, jazz, film music)
18 Michel Colombier (1979) -- The Dancing Bull (fusion)
19 Ocean's Twelve (2004) [David Holmes] -- 7-29-04 The Day Of (fusion, film music)
20 The Super Cops (1974) [Fielding] -- Interior Hock Shop - Turn in Your Badges (jazz, film music)
21 Cleopatra Jones (1973) [Brandt] -- Wrap Up (fusion, RB)
22 Tom Scott (1976) -- Gotcha (Theme from 'Starsky and Hutch') (fusion, RB, tv music)
23 Brannigan (1975) [Frontiere] -- Main Title (fusion, RB, film music)
24 Brannigan (1975) [Frontiere] -- Stampede Along The Thames (fusion, RB, film music)
25 Brannigan (1975) [Frontiere] -- End Titles (fusion, RB, film music)
26 The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974) [Shire] -- End Title (fusion, film music)
So, the mix contains a couple from David Holmes' Ocean's 12 - guy does a decent take on the 70s for sure. There is a non-film track, and that is the Colombier track - I consider it "personal" source music. The Pelham123 and McQ running order is nice bc they are both using F#m. The "Bananas" theme is really just the first 11ish seconds or so of that score - trying to keep it fun. It's a very intense mix, and you will have no problems "being cool" if this is blasting from your car on Astoria Blvd. or something. [edit]If you would like an iPod cover, drop me a note w the same FSM id on aol.
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Jul 3, 2012 - 2:27 PM
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lexedo
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Thanks. It is a pretty tasty set dude. I've been getting head-turns all week. It could be the car, or my coiffed presentation. I like to think it's the music.
Some other notes on the set: Just about sure it's Artie Kane on the Legrand source piece. I wish I knew the LSO drummer on Brannigan - the guy hits the floor-toms like Rocky Balboa, and in that respect, I tried to put a nice Brannigan suite on there. You have Tom Scott doing that Lyricon from the 70s on Gotcha, and that has Chuck Rainey, Steve Gadd, and Ray Parker Jr. The Colombier piece has Jaco Pastorious on bass, Steve Gadd on drums, Tom Scott on sax, Herbie Hancock on Clavinet, Colombier on the Rhodes and ARP, and guitar by Larry Carlton and Ray Parker Jr. It's insane 70s. Tommy Tedesco is playing on Busting, and in all honesty, it is one of the great guitar records of the 70s that nobody has ever heard of - guitar wars and everything. There is the great Don Ellis piece from the FC "Subway" - his trumpet playing gets head-turns from 126th down to the FI District. From a fidelity perspective, that's the weak link of the set. The Schifrin WDR Shifting Gears has the necessary "bottom" for this type of set, and very heavy sax - I used this one specifically for the bottom, which is a little thinner on the original. Everyone loves Charles Bernstein's synth scores, but here we have him in the deep south, and it is an on-fire take for sure from White Lightning. No Shaft - too cliche. No Street of SF - too heavy. The more disco/RB flavored stuff (e.g. Conti, Shire) will go on a "Groovy City" mix coming soon...
[edit]If you need help w the Colombier track, drop a note.
Well, the clients have all split a few hours ago. Nice to have a little time for myself. One year, we got locked in bc of the alarm system. Another year, someone forgot to set the holiday schedule for the alarms, so I had to wait for PD to come and relieve me.
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"It's a very intense mix, and you will have no problems "being cool" if this is blasting from your car on Astoria Blvd. or something. [edit]If you would like an iPod cover, drop me a note w the same FSM id on aol."
You live in Astoria, NY? Was that you blasting Apollo 13 from your car along Steinway and Astoria Blvd a few years back?
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Jul 19, 2012 - 6:19 PM
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lexedo
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Thanks H. It is a cool mix for sure.
When I do these, I try to come up w keywords that help me identify the appropriate music. So for this one: 70s, cops, crime, urban, lines moving up or down in minor-3rds, strong brass, funky rhythms, summer cruising, minor pentatonic riffs, mischief, etc.
The White Lightning cue is great. In the movie, it is preceded by the 2nd part of The Barge - it's a boot-scootin' wacka-wacka guitar line. Real cool. As Evasive Mcklusky kicks in, you hear the growl of Gator's 455 Ford CV as he cuts through a corn field. It's nice, but like everything else in the movie - starts good, ends bad.
Glad you like the Colombier track; other than jaco & brecker, everyone has done something w film music.
The Cops and Robbers is really a throw-back to the spoken-word of the 70s. If we were peeling through the Bronx or something during the 70s, some wacko would've been on the corner "telling us how it is." This C&R song covers that. (And in this respect, imagine you and I are "cruising around" by kind of following the action of the playlist. C&R is like spoken-word source music that we encounter on our mischievous cruise.)
I was on the fence w Gotcha bc of the lyricon he plays, but I came around bc of the guitars & rhythm section. It has a really a great intro, w the passing tones back to the D for the main line.
I couldn't use the Big Sleep main title bc it was too much - either Pelham123 or Big Sleep as the opener; they are both so huge. Same w The Enforcer main title - you just can't stick it in the middle of the set bc it blows everything away. I also missed Trailing Marlowe, which is part 2 of Harrys World.
I would have included Moby New Dawn Fades from Heat when Vincent & Mcauly meet on the 405, but the keys kill the 70s vibe.
Couldn't use the Magnum Force main title bc of the vocal-synth lines, which work against the 70s vibe I was going for. This hurt. I tried taking the whole 2nd-half, but it just didn't sound right coming in strong on the drums, and then getting blasted by the horn section.
I didn't use SWAT - too cliche now. The Brannigan kind of covers this, but as more RR/RB than disco. Didn't do anything from Condor: too RB. 70s RB is covered well w the Frontiere music.
I couldn't fit Show Your Hand, or whatever - the one w the cool Bernie Maupin solo, from Death Wish by Herbie Hancock.
There's a Joe Farrell tune on Moon Germs - Great Gorge, that would've been nice, but too much soloing, & too long. There's an ELP tune, Food for Your Soul, but too intense (if you can believe). The Emerson synths are a little much too. A Jeff Beck tune called You Got the Feeling was the other potential track w vocals.
There's a cue or 2 from Hamlisch's Informant that I couldn't figure in. There's some other cool David Holmes Oceans music - saved it for volume 2. There's a Howard Shore piece or 2 that would've fit well after Rooftop Chase, bc of the way it ends w the acoustic bass, but there was no more room. Across 110th St was also too heavy - vol 2 for sure.
Sounds like some cool tune-age in the new cartoon, Black Dynamite, but I don't have this (yet). :-D
I'm working on a Redneck kind of playlist: Hooper, Gator, Convoy, etc., but this may take awhile since I probably will be using some LPs on this one.
I am working on the 70s disco-flavored playlist, but trying not to include too much stuff from the likes of Car Wash, etc.
I'll post them as I complete them. See ya Hammon.
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