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Dvorak
The Symphonies - Overtures
London Symphony Orchestra
Witold Rowicki

Classic recordings from 1965 - 1972, beautifully mastered.

Sorry for the ad ahead of the video, great music to listen to as you read the forum.
 
Cary Knoop said:
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Here’s the power of this song: it’s something with which every group can identify. Twenty years ago I saw a couple of PBS documentaries within a few days of one another. One was about the Jewish immigrant experience and how Jewish people working in Hollywood expressed their experiences in film to turn it into the populist story of the immigrant experience writ large. The other doc was about how gay people in America found a community in San Francisco. Amazingly, both films used Somewhere Over the Rainbow as an important signature song that spoke to their cause and their feelings. And in both cases it really worked and rang true. It’s why this simple song is considered one of the most important and touching works of the century. Literally everyone is searching for that place to fit in.
 
Mitch Gross said:
Here’s the power of this song: it’s something with which every group can identify. Twenty years ago I saw a couple of PBS documentaries within a few days of one another. One was about the Jewish immigrant experience and how Jewish people working in Hollywood expressed their experiences in film to turn it into the populist story of the immigrant experience writ large. The other doc was about how gay people in America found a community in San Francisco. Amazingly, both films used Somewhere Over the Rainbow as an important signature song that spoke to their cause and their feelings. And in both cases it really worked and rang true. It’s why this simple song is considered one of the most important and touching works of the century. Literally everyone is searching for that place to fit in.
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Indeed, while the end of the rainbow only has a reality of material wealth, going over the rainbow transcends reality and tries to bring idealisim onto reality.

By the way, this rendition is priceless:

 

Amanaz kind of feels like an African velvet underground and at times a little Black Sabbath influence as well. I've been really into this song and the entire album lately.
 
Ian Gillan is known for his part on the original "Jesus Christ Superstar" and for his long career with Deep Purple. Back in 1982, however, he replaced Ronnie James Dio with Black Sabbath. The sound quality of this live recording is pretty awful but, nonetheless, represents a glimpse into a what-could-have-been. Gillan left the band in 1984 to reunite with the Deep Purple Mark II lineup of Blackmore, Paice, Lord and Glover.

 
You guys/gals usually post older songs here and I don't have much to contribute, but I heard this the other day for the first time (I think on her birthday) and thought it was a great song:

 
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