Random “Q”sings: Christina Perri, Renaissance, Rodrigo Y Gabriela

I just got around to watching Christina Perri sing her latest single “Arms” on the May 18th Jimmy Kimmel Live. It’s really very sweet! She pretty much can’t help but smile all the way through the first couple of verses before she gets serious and kicks the song into gear. I’m sure a lot of that smiling had to do with starting her performance cold with a song that she’s been placing second to last on her current tour with James Blunt. She is getting so much more confident than when she started! Musically, the symphonic musical arrangement was translated surprisingly well by her band. That is not easy to do and she should be proud!

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OK, speaking of bands that do a great job translating symphonic arrangements to a live show, let’s go waaaay back in time. I featured Renaissance, a prog rock band from the 70’s, on my show last week, and I can’t get a song of theirs out of my head! Although I have always liked the band, I have never really cared for “Can You Hear Me Call Your Name?” from their “Novella” release. It is a dense 13+ minute symphonic excursion with a couple of false endings. Maybe it was too much for me to take in at the time that I first listened to it. Over the years, I have heard it a few more times and have never given it a positive rating on my own music rating system. Now I can’t get it out of my head! Go figure. It’s very atmospheric, and I should have known it was good because it isn’t available as a download! On the other hand, I still have never warmed up to “Midas Man,” quite possibly their most accessible radio friendly song. I wonder how long it will take it get used to that one……………..

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Let’s stay in the symphonic vein.

I was very pleased to see that Rodrigo Y Gabriela have several songs featured in the new “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” movie. They performed one of them on May 13th on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno with a small symphony and they were very impressive! They are extremely underrated, and it was good to see them expanding their musical vision even more!

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Until next time, take care of yourself, and take care of each other!

Peace!

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