Amazingly, no thread for the German master of easy listening - or is there?
This thread is triggered by my seeing that he has an 80th birthday triple CD compilation out. And also, I recently had the good fortune to hear his version of Hawkwind's Silver Machine. The latter has tipped me over into the CLASSIC camp.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Having watched the clip for that I am tempted to agree.
― BLOODY BOLLOCKS HELL! (aldo), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF2ODWluPlY
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
3 classics that I know of - Well Kept Secret, Voodoo Party, and Hair: more dud than a big bag of duds.
― sonofstan, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
thank you to wfmu's fabio for opening my eyes to the rad side of james last
― andrew m., Wednesday, 16 June 2010 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
If there's a Hell, then James Last is the soundtrack.
― Fat Dog Franklin (snoball), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Zat's a snappy tune
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I love throwing on a James Last record at a party where nobody's listening to the music anyway. It usually takes folks a while to catch on.
― Fifi live from gay Paree (staggerlee), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
One of my pals does this - to shock people when they realise that i) they are listening to good music and ii) said good music is by James Last.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Thursday, 17 June 2010 13:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Passed on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33075466
― Keith Moom (Neil S), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 09:56 (eight years ago) link
aww, auf wiedersehen james
― irl friend of the geir (NickB), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 10:01 (eight years ago) link
gonna be a fuckload of old people up there who are really excited to see you btw
― irl friend of the geir (NickB), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 10:02 (eight years ago) link
e.g. my nan
― irl friend of the geir (NickB), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 10:03 (eight years ago) link
But really, who wouldn't want to listen to James Last doing Peter Gabriel?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuADbUs3tW0
― irl friend of the geir (NickB), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 10:34 (eight years ago) link
I have never (knowingly) heard any James Last.
― Willibald Pirckheimers Briefwechsel (Tom D.), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 11:10 (eight years ago) link
You're missing out. Check out "Voodoo Party" and "Well Kept Secret" for starters, which you can now get on CD as a 2-fer.
RIP
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 11:14 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HnZ-5bkniA
^ his version of Immigrant Song
― irl friend of the geir (NickB), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 11:20 (eight years ago) link
his versions of Ghost Town and Two Tribes unfortunately don't appear to be on the internet
― irl friend of the geir (NickB), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 11:28 (eight years ago) link
Rip!
Danish jazz station has been playing stuff from Well Kept Secret last 15 minutes, seems like a decent recording! Never would have thought, I mainly know James from poor record collections in flea markets but will get this one next time I pass it in bin browsing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH60uHwCuSk
― niels, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:37 (eight years ago) link
We had a CD of James Last doing classical songs from adverts that I listened to shitloads when I was about 10.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:45 (eight years ago) link
Songs? Pieces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tplPBywVJNM
― piscesx, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:47 (eight years ago) link
this is astonishingly greathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYQt95pfXP8
― starving street dogs of punk rock (Odysseus), Saturday, 23 September 2017 01:33 (six years ago) link
weren't Lucifer's Friend members of James Last's band or something?
― brimstead, Saturday, 23 September 2017 01:34 (six years ago) link
james last vs rock classics is quite possibly the best thing ever.
https://intmusic.net/263649/james-last-rock-classics-non-stop-dancing-2023
― mark e, Friday, 26 April 2024 20:18 (three weeks ago) link
What about his take on HAIR?
― Billion Year Polyphonic Spree (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2024 12:18 (three weeks ago) link