Excuse me..,
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But Its so cool, a vessel of
Kübler,Eduard,Brut,Ike,Clandestine listenin to good jams
oh She makes the music so kool
so much more ALIVE!
She makes MUSIC into Magick,no?
The Fairy was neglected for soo many years...
She would"ve made the 60,s and 70's, 80's rock so much more
if the Fairy was there...,
maybe list some good tunes while sipping on good Absinthe
I sure miss the great stuff of the 60's,70,s and 80's......

I like listening to avante-garde progressive fusion music with chanting in made-up languages.

No, really.

Guess Im old , I love Hendrix,Trower, Clapton ,Stevie and all that stuff....

theres somethin about the James Taylor side also...

Um, no...

You should have stopped at Clapton.

And I'm really OLD, so I oughtta know. :P

Adsomphe... Im older than you..

Sorry, but I do have to agree with Absomphe.

You should've stopped at Clapton.

Not old and crusty, yet, but I appreciate Hendrix and Clapton... Thanks to my dad (who incidentally resembles Jimi.)

What's four months between old farts?

Besides, there's more to age than simple chronology...

I'm a real curmudgeonly codger, at heart!

I do believe that most women love music and I know that some have a song that they love..any voices out there?

Woodstock? each of you know somthing you love to add here
find it

James Taylor is the greatist male singer/songwriter style artist of all time IMHO

MoMo talk to us!

I listen to a band called Squirrel Nut Zippers, anything in that vein is great.

I tend to listen to Delerium alot and some vocal trance. Every now and again I like to go back to the stuff from my youth, Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull, Moody Blues, Hawkwind, Clapton.......
Oh yea and Vangelis.

Haven't seen anything mentioned here I wouldn't throw on in a heartbeat. I have a little of all of it in my collection, 'cept the Zippers, but they're fun too.

Combustible Edison is cool. Delta Blues is awesome as well. Ellington, Fitzgerald, Brian Setzer. Anybody ever hear of Lee Press-on and the Nails? Fun stuff if you like jump swing.

"rock-a-bye sweet baby James..."

I'm a little more of the Nina Simone, Etta James type.

Been listening to Cyrus Chestnut, very good Jazz pianist.

Hendrix,....... 1983 A Merman I should turn to be, is perfect absinthe drinking music.

Keith Jarrett is another great jazz pianist to listen to...pure soulful playing. Depending on moods I love Stereolab, Jean Michael Jarre, and Philip Glass. Of course there's whats be mentioned and too much more to be mentioned.

File this with the "I drank beers with Henning" line: a friend used to live in Hendrix's childhood home, which was recently re-located from Seattle to Renton, closer to Jimi's grave.

I like staring at the dripping fountain in silence. Or, say, with Bruckner's 9th blowing the plaster off the ground-floor neighbour's ceiling.

One of these works well too.

Can't go wrong with Bruckner. I've been trying to get ahold of the sheet music for his string quintets.

Greek rembetika music provides a nice background for a drink or two. Not the sixties' electrified show-off style, but old recordings of Sotiria Bellou, Roza Eskenazy, Markos Vamvakaris etc.

Portuguese Fado goes nicely with Absinthe as well.

During my first sip ever of absinthe I made sure to listen to Professor Longhair, the New Orleans pianist. It felt proper to listen to New Orleans music during my first absinthe.

I love so much music and so many different kinds of music that I have no set music rituals for absinthe...but Professor Longhair does seem to make frequent appearances while Im drinking.

Cyrus Chestnut is great! A bit underrated. If you like him, you should try Marcus Roberts.

And Keith Jarret is one of the most significant jazz pianist of the post-Coltrane period....probably THE pianist of the 80s and 90s. Among my all time favorites along with McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Cedar Walton, Monk, Bud Powell, Wynton Kelly.......and on and on and on....

The first time I had absinthe, a couple friends and I had a bad music party (including Morty from Fee Verte). We had a contest to see who could find the worst piece from the library. My friend Kathy won with Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Piper, although the CD entitled "Bassoon Bon-Bons" was a close second.

Nowdays I just listen to what I'm listening to.

But in the early days of my absinthism, I put together special playlists ( I used to call them party-tapes out of habit ) of music that had an absinthe mood.
I followed Barnaby Conrad's advice for my first "formal" absinthe tasting, and listened to Eric Satie. I found a recording called "Satie in the Sahara" by the Gini Wilson Quartet, that has a snake-charmer flute, and adds an exotic, arabic smokiness to the Satie. Like the mixing of different herbs into a complex taste.

Then I added the "Hot Club de France", high-energy swing-jazz guitar and violin from virtuosos Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. ( those of you that talked about the Squirrel Nuts won't hate this )

I mixed in some Zap Mama, for some contemporary french groove, a little reggeae for a nice, lingering finish...


I think I'll start with King Crimson for my Slerpis playlist.


PS- my first actual drink of absinthe wasn't formal at all. I had my new flask-size bottle of UE68 in my knapsack, and drank it at the beach with a girl named Stanna, with no sugar thank God ( it was the UE68, after all ) and bottled water in a plastic cup. It was one of the three or four best day/nights of my life.

I haven't begun to try and associate particular music with absinthe, but one of my favorite albums seems like a good fit:

"The Plateau Phase" by the band "Crispy Ambulance"

Hypnotic, moody, referred to as a "dark and ragged masterpiece". The band members include "Hawkwind" as one of their influences and this seems borne out in this album.

Not much of a jazz fan myself (more my wife's interest than mine). I do like the "Lounge Lizards" and a friend played some Ornette Coleman that appealed. Can't say any of it was absinthe-friendly, though.

All good choices.

I've got a few Radiohead ditties for the somber somnambulist in me (True Love Waits)...

Angry™ Grim appreciates Halo Sixteen...

If I'm drunk and live, I prefer Dean Martin tunes.

Don't forget Bobby D.

Mr. Darin is always welcome in my home, absinthe or no.

I listen to what's on.. mostly background music. I usually sit outside by the fire with a semi-portable (well, it's meant to be) radio and CD player. Then again, I like most things composed by Lully as well, which is the same stuff I play during corset making

Is anyone here familiar with the music of Scott Walker? Pop star in the '60s with the Walker Brothers, a couple of hits ("The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore," "Make It Easy on Yourself"), then a series of solo records with artsy string arrangements and introspective lyrics. He also became a noted interpreter of Brel around this time. In the past ten years or so his music has begun to sound like some bizarre cross between Sinatra and Nine Inch Nails.

Anyway - I've found the early solo albums (titled, oddly enough 'Scott 1 - 4') to be excellent absinthe-drinking music - American pop-balladry in the vein of Sinatra and Jack Jones but with a self-dramatizing European twist.

This is my first post, by the way - I like your forum, Hiram.

Welcome, Enoch!

Oh, yes, I do know Scott Walker. I only have one recording with him, though - on a collection of songs by yugoslav composer Goran Bregovic. I'd like to become a bit more familiar with his work.

Martin Sexton :guitar:

Clapton should have been on that helicopter instead of Stevie Ray.

As for music to listen to whilst drinking absinthe,
I can listen to most anything,
love the Squirrel Nut Zippers but tend to go for cabaret type stuff,
Weimar Berlin influenced, like Nicki Jaine and Dresden Dolls,
and of course the originals.
I also love The Mediaeval Baebes.

Wrong.

It went down the way it should have.

The Mediaeval Baebes got me introduced to Delerium, I heard a song titled "Aria" they did together. Haven't had the chance to listen to much of anything else they have done, need to add that to my list of things to check out.

I vote for Jacques Brel. If his "J'arrive" doesn't give you goosebumps down your back, you ain't alive.

I was raised during the days of the Beach Boys, Beatles, Stones, Young Rascals, etc. so they would be my first choices. The Beach Boys "Pet Sounds", one of the finest albums ever made, is very introspective and IMHO would make a fine accompaniment to absinthe. For intimate absinthe parties of 2, my suggestion would be John Klemmer's "Touch". (Well, Hell, for any kind of intimate party of 2!)

I am going to draw a lot of flack here, but the music that would make me immediately leave the building is anything by Pink Floyd. After a few notes I feel like my spinal cord is being squeezed and my head is going to explode.

Born in 1955? Youngsters...

You make me feel so young...

Ooh, The Mediaeval Baebes is nice.. but a bit too depressing at times...Laïs is a good one as well! Faun, Omnia.. yum yum. As for the rest, whatever is on the desk

Lately, Bill Evans, Chopin's Nocturnes, odd Scandinavian stuff, Eivør Pálsdóttir (who just happens to be just stunningly beautiful) and Vashti Bunyan. However, the best music I listened to while drinking absinthe was performed by a certain AndrewT.

In no order, but these have been in the player lately

Bill Frisell with Dave Holland & Elvin Jones
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Miles Davis - Tribute to Jack Johnson
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music
Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy's Party
Brah Mehldau - Largo
Robert Bradely's Blackwater Surprise
Jamie Cullum
Jeff Buckley
and Martin Sexton (all albums)

The first time we danced with the green fairy we listened to the soundtrack from the movie "Total Eclipse". I think it's perfect for drinking absinthe to. Now of course every time I hear it I can almost smell the absinthe! I prefer to listen classical stuff when drinking (absinthe that is, I listen to other stuff for boring booze).

The 'Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra' album would be a nice soundtrack for absinthe-drinking, especially his version of Fauré's 'Pavane.'

I have been really into the White Stripes lately. I love Sublime. I love Medeski, Martin and Wood. First time I ever heard of them an old boyfriend took me to see them when I was living in Columbus (Go OSU!) They were so great live!! I went right out and bought the CD. I'm also into a lot of local bands. A band that I'm friends with is about to put out their first CD. Very exciting! I listen to a lot of different genres though. I don't really have any favorites, just whatever I'm in the mood for.

M, M &W rock!

This is a great thread. I love being able to expand the sonic horizons.

FYI

If anyone is looking for a great site to download music, I would suggest the Archive

These artist have free taping policies and the guys taping spend a lot of $$/time for the love of. Some have .mp3 but most are lossless so be forwarned, the file sizes will eat mp3 players alive.

Ok, I'll give you some of your expected and well deserved flack! Just kidding, I would like to think I have long since outgrown the need to criticize people for what appeals to them or not. I, for one, love Pink Floyd. You don't have to. You are, after all, your own Molly.