Post subject: [Closed] Best of 1974 1B: Elis & Tom vs. You
This matchup is between two Brazilian Bossa Nova-ists, and a bunch of Anglo-French psychedelicians.
Elis Regina is considered the best female Brazilian vocalist ever, and that's not me saying that, that's several footnotes on Wikipedia. Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim was one of the inventors of the Bossa Nova style, and famous in the United States as the author of "The Girl from Ipanema".
In 1974 they got together and recorded and album called simply, Elis & Tom.
In 1967 a member of the Soft Machine named Daevid Allen--that's how he spells it--formed a psychedelic band called "Gong". The band made a bunch of albums, changed personnel, you know, like bands do. Then in 1973 they added guitarist Steve Hillage and began work on a trio of albums that would come to be known as the Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy. Which are "Flying Teapot", "Angels Egg", and the album we are concerned with today:
Elis & Tom is pleasant enough, but I really prefer the wild psychedelic ride of this Gong record. This if the first time hearing You after experiencing some earlier Gong records a few months ago. _________________ http://jonnyleather.com
After my first listen to these albums, I felt sure I was going to vote Gong. You is more diverse, more complex, and more fun. What's more, I was going to come in here and write about how I'd never had that "aha" moment with a bossa nova recording, how it sounded like edgeless, watered-down jazz. But no...
On Mondays, I watch my son, and though I love him to death, I often find myself mentally and physically exhausted at the end of the day. When my wife got home from work yesterday, we had about an hour before a friend was coming over for dinner, so I told her I wanted to take 45 minutes to myself to wind down. I put on Elis & Tom and just laid in bed. Wow. Elis Regina's voice complemented Jobim's musical style perfectly and every note seemed to flow organically from the next. Not only do I love the album, but this may have been a breakthrough for me.
After my first listen to these albums, I felt sure I was going to vote Gong. You is more diverse, more complex, and more fun. What's more, I was going to come in here and write about how I'd never had that "aha" moment with a bossa nova recording, how it sounded like edgeless, watered-down jazz. But no...
Wow. Elis Regina's voice complemented Jobim's musical style perfectly and every note seemed to flow organically from the next. Not only do I love the album, but this may have been a breakthrough for me.
Elis & Tom
that's funny. I could have sworn that's how you liked your jazz. ( )
Elis & Tom is good but space is the final frontier... _________________ "And can’t you see you’re in on it?
You were born though you need not
And is that not some cause
For worship, being born among these trees?"
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