The Lost Fingers - Lost in the 80's (2009) flac
BAND/ARTIST: The Lost Fingers
- Title: Lost in the 80's
- Year Of Release: 2009
- Label: Tacca Musique
- Genre: Jazz
- Quality: MP3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 00:55:50
- Total Size: 135.9 MB / 380,32 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
[3:49] 01. The Lost Fingers - Pump Up The Jam
[3:51] 02. The Lost Fingers - You Give Love A Bad Name
[3:09] 03. The Lost Fingers - You Shook Me All Night Long
[4:13] 04. The Lost Fingers - Incognito
[3:42] 05. The Lost Fingers - Touch Me
[3:49] 06. The Lost Fingers - Part-Time Lover
[4:09] 07. The Lost Fingers - Fresh
[4:17] 08. The Lost Fingers - Billie Jean
[4:53] 09. The Lost Fingers - Careless Whisper
[3:31] 10. The Lost Fingers - Tainted Love
[4:06] 11. The Lost Fingers - Straight Up
[5:23] 12. The Lost Fingers - Black Velvet
[3:47] 13. The Lost Fingers - Joe Le Taxi (Bonus Track)
[3:18] 14. The Lost Fingers - Belleville Rendez-Vous (Bonus Track)
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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
Total length: 00:55:50
Main artist: The Lost Fingers
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Tacca Musique
Genre: Jazz
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
(c) 2009 Tacca Musique
One doesn't often get a chance to hear Gypsy jazz renditions of Paula Abdul songs, and many might think that's the sort of combination of music that shouldn't be heard in the first place. Listening to the Lost Fingers, however, it's easy to become a convert. The ensemble plays a basic style of manouche that bounces and rolls along in a fairly standard but well-played fashion. However, they then take "classic" (or otherwise) pieces from the '80s and renovate them into the form they want. There are basic traces of the original pieces in their chord progressions and their basic melodic lines, but the songs are transformed by the Lost Fingers' timbre, by their softer vocalizations, by the French tinges in their accents. Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" moves from anthemic stadium rock to a soft romp. The incomparable "Billie Jean" is kept nearly in its original mode, though it's turned acoustic. The darkness of "Tainted Love" stays, but is morphed into a dark café piece, verging on the circus aesthetic at times. Importantly, the interesting part of what the Lost Fingers do is not the novelty of covering pieces of pop culture, but instead in incorporating those pieces simply as songs from the larger pantheon of classic compositions, and using them as fodder for their own Gypsy jazz playing. It can be a little disconcerting at times, but it's a fine album for both nostalgia and for contemporary Gypsy jazz fans.
© Adam Greenberg /TiVo
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[3:49] 01. The Lost Fingers - Pump Up The Jam
[3:51] 02. The Lost Fingers - You Give Love A Bad Name
[3:09] 03. The Lost Fingers - You Shook Me All Night Long
[4:13] 04. The Lost Fingers - Incognito
[3:42] 05. The Lost Fingers - Touch Me
[3:49] 06. The Lost Fingers - Part-Time Lover
[4:09] 07. The Lost Fingers - Fresh
[4:17] 08. The Lost Fingers - Billie Jean
[4:53] 09. The Lost Fingers - Careless Whisper
[3:31] 10. The Lost Fingers - Tainted Love
[4:06] 11. The Lost Fingers - Straight Up
[5:23] 12. The Lost Fingers - Black Velvet
[3:47] 13. The Lost Fingers - Joe Le Taxi (Bonus Track)
[3:18] 14. The Lost Fingers - Belleville Rendez-Vous (Bonus Track)
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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
Total length: 00:55:50
Main artist: The Lost Fingers
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Tacca Musique
Genre: Jazz
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
(c) 2009 Tacca Musique
One doesn't often get a chance to hear Gypsy jazz renditions of Paula Abdul songs, and many might think that's the sort of combination of music that shouldn't be heard in the first place. Listening to the Lost Fingers, however, it's easy to become a convert. The ensemble plays a basic style of manouche that bounces and rolls along in a fairly standard but well-played fashion. However, they then take "classic" (or otherwise) pieces from the '80s and renovate them into the form they want. There are basic traces of the original pieces in their chord progressions and their basic melodic lines, but the songs are transformed by the Lost Fingers' timbre, by their softer vocalizations, by the French tinges in their accents. Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" moves from anthemic stadium rock to a soft romp. The incomparable "Billie Jean" is kept nearly in its original mode, though it's turned acoustic. The darkness of "Tainted Love" stays, but is morphed into a dark café piece, verging on the circus aesthetic at times. Importantly, the interesting part of what the Lost Fingers do is not the novelty of covering pieces of pop culture, but instead in incorporating those pieces simply as songs from the larger pantheon of classic compositions, and using them as fodder for their own Gypsy jazz playing. It can be a little disconcerting at times, but it's a fine album for both nostalgia and for contemporary Gypsy jazz fans.
© Adam Greenberg /TiVo
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