Best Music for the Mood?

[ThePerfectTool]

Massive Attack, D'Angelo, Barry White, Enigma, Sade, some chilled out techno is always nice too.

 

[jeepwranglerboi]

Originally posted by DoubleMeatWhopper+Jan 25 2005, 11:57 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DoubleMeatWhopper &#064; Jan 25 2005, 11:57 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Originally posted by ebviking@Jan 25 2005, 11:39 PM

Originally posted by jeepwranglerboi@Jan 25 2005, 03:38 PM
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@Jan 25 2005, 11:25 PM
Ravel&#39;s Bolero does it for me. If I&#39;m going with opera instead, I don&#39;t think I&#39;d choose Maria Callas, or any soprano, for that matter ... except possibly Leontyne Price. Give me a baritone instead: Rodney Gilfrey, Bryn Terfel or Nathan Gunn preferably.

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Excellent choice babe&#33; I guess Maria Callas first popped into my mind because I find a (this will probably sound weird) saltiness to her voice that is intoxicating. I dunno, guess I&#39;m weird. LOL I find making love to opera very powerful and quite sensuous. :wub:

*makes mental note to plan a date w/DMW. Dinner at La Vela and then off to The Met, then who knows?*

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What do you mean who knows??
We all KNOW.

You two horndogs are headed for the first dark corner you can find&#33;&#33; LOL

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Try again. We&#39;re keeping the lights on. The sight will be too choice to keep it in the dark&#33;

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Excellent point&#33; I wanna be able to see it all&#33;

 

[jeepwranglerboi]

Originally posted by ebviking+Jan 26 2005, 12:17 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ebviking &#064; Jan 26 2005, 12:17 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Originally posted by DoubleMeatWhopper@Jan 25 2005, 04:14 PM

Originally posted by ebviking@Jan 26 2005, 12:08 AM

Originally posted by DoubleMeatWhopper@Jan 25 2005, 03:57 PM

Originally posted by ebviking@Jan 25 2005, 11:39 PM

Originally posted by jeepwranglerboi@Jan 25 2005, 03:38 PM
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@Jan 25 2005, 11:25 PM
Ravel&#39;s Bolero does it for me. If I&#39;m going with opera instead, I don&#39;t think I&#39;d choose Maria Callas, or any soprano, for that matter ... except possibly Leontyne Price. Give me a baritone instead: Rodney Gilfrey, Bryn Terfel or Nathan Gunn preferably.

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Excellent choice babe&#33; I guess Maria Callas first popped into my mind because I find a (this will probably sound weird) saltiness to her voice that is intoxicating. I dunno, guess I&#39;m weird. LOL I find making love to opera very powerful and quite sensuous. :wub:

*makes mental note to plan a date w/DMW. Dinner at La Vela and then off to The Met, then who knows?*

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What do you mean who knows??
We all KNOW.

You two horndogs are headed for the first dark corner you can find&#33;&#33; LOL

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Try again. We&#39;re keeping the lights on. The sight will be too choice to keep it in the dark&#33;

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Good point my man&#33;
Let&#39;s see that hotness in action&#33;

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Let&#39;s see you join us&#33;

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Don&#39;t know much about music, but I can swing cock with the best.

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Hey, that is quite alright with me&#33;

 

[prepstudinsc]

Originally posted by DoubleMeatWhopper@Jan 25 2005, 06:25 PM
Ravel&#39;s Bolero does it for me. If I&#39;m going with opera instead, I don&#39;t think I&#39;d choose Maria Callas, or any soprano, for that matter ... except possibly Leontyne Price. Give me a baritone instead: Rodney Gilfrey, Bryn Terfel or Nathan Gunn preferably.

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I&#39;m with DMW...I prefer male singers to female. There are a few soprani that I enjoy, Kathleen Battle (eventhough she&#39;s a bitch on wheels), Jessye Norman, to name a couple, there&#39;s something more satisfying about hearing a man sing. I enjoy Bryn Terfel, too. However, give me a Tenor or Baritone over a Basso Profundo. Some of the "up and coming" singers are really quite amazing--there&#39;s a lot of talent out there.

 

[WorthyGirthy]

Most anything by Portishead especially "All Mine" or "Sour Times" (Give Me a Reason to Love You) will do the trick. The combination of vocals and deep bass is just about perfect.

 

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Ravel&#39;s Bolero does it for me.

The most erotically charged live concert I have attended had Ravel&#39;s Bolero as the last item. The Sydney Symphony Orchestra had appointed a new Chief Conductor: Gian Luigi Gelmetti, and this was one of his first concerts afetr his appointment.
After interval, there was no break between another Ravel piece and the Bolero: there was just a smooth transition to the Bolero, with quite a dramatic change of mood..
Now just imagine the scene: Sydney Opera House ( there had been a full moon over the Harbour at interval), this most sensuous music. My companion is a female friend of long standing ( I am gay; there is no sexual element to our friendship) .
From the way the audience reacted at the conclusion, I think it had been quite an erotic experience for many that night. My friend was on her feet,: there was a standing ovation from many in the audience. Afterwards, my friend could not stop exclaiming about the sensual/erotic charge she had had from the music.

Now the interesting aspect to this concert, is that this particular performance series is directed to young people ( cheap tickets; early starting time; some of the pieces are those prescribed in the Music syllabi)). My A Reserve seats look directly across at the D reserve behind the orchestra: here were young peple who had never seen the movie which featured Bolero, possiblyy never heard the piece before; probably only attended a few Symphony concerts before; and here they were swaying away in rhythm with the orchestra.


So I think DMW is not alone in his appreciation of Ravel&#33;

The particular reason I post this now is that today there was a broadcast on my local radio which featured musicians talking about performing the Bolero. A very brief summary is that while in some respects it is simple, it is very difficult to actually play properly.

I&#39;ve heard the programme before, say 2 years ago, so just in case you get a chance to hear it, here are the details from the FM guide:

Ravel Boléro - André Maranne, reader; Soloists; Montreal Sym Orch/Charles Dutoit
BBC Radio International 28&#39;


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