Des_Lab
09-10-2007, 08:21 PM
Surely most of you have one song or CD in your collection from a style or artist you otherwise wouldn't. Tell us about it and how you found it. Here's mine.
The CD is Harem by Sarah Brightman. The song in question is track #7 titled "Mysterious Days". Attached is a YouTube video clip of it being played on my X-2000R.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiN1vFxTmYg
Sarah Brightman is an opera singer. Pretty much all of the music is painstakingly slow in tempo and draws heavy influence from Classical. Frankly, I'm not much for either genre.
However, back in 2003 when the aforementioned CD came out, I walked into my local Virgin Megastore and proceeded to audition some of the new releases. Right away the album cover display caught my attention. See for yourself. I love the tone of the lighting and scenery. Also, in that pose, Ms. Brightman happens to look pretty damn hot. I just HAD to listen to the disc.
http://s.yottamusic.com/i/agcp.4qEW/375x375
Of course I'm maybe 30 seconds into the first track and thought to myself "No way am I going to listen to THIS". But for whatever reason, I kept skipping through the tracks, each one as boring to me as the last.
Until I hit across #7. Right away the upbeat tempo caught my attention in stark contrast to what I had heard up to that point. Ms. Brightman has a very high pitched almost childlike voice. But she has obviously been well trained and sings like an angel here. I was so captivated and mesmerized by this song that I listened to it three times right there at the listening station. I went no further and immediately decided to purchase the CD, whereupon I listened to that one track at least half a dozen times on the way home. I never grew tired of it and can still, even though I prefer the old Rock-N-Roll and 80's "Flashbacks", crank it up at full volume. This song earned a special place in my mind and collection.
All from an artist I never would've otherwise heard of or bothered checking out. The album cover did work. It got my attention and made me give it a listen. The one track made me buy it. The rest of the CD (I've since listened to the whole thing) is otherwise a torpid collection of classical/opera. Some of which isn't even in English.
Has anything like this ever happened to any of you?
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DL-Check out Ms Brightman sprawled out on page 7 of the insert. Any more erotic and it'd be porn.
The CD is Harem by Sarah Brightman. The song in question is track #7 titled "Mysterious Days". Attached is a YouTube video clip of it being played on my X-2000R.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiN1vFxTmYg
Sarah Brightman is an opera singer. Pretty much all of the music is painstakingly slow in tempo and draws heavy influence from Classical. Frankly, I'm not much for either genre.
However, back in 2003 when the aforementioned CD came out, I walked into my local Virgin Megastore and proceeded to audition some of the new releases. Right away the album cover display caught my attention. See for yourself. I love the tone of the lighting and scenery. Also, in that pose, Ms. Brightman happens to look pretty damn hot. I just HAD to listen to the disc.
http://s.yottamusic.com/i/agcp.4qEW/375x375
Of course I'm maybe 30 seconds into the first track and thought to myself "No way am I going to listen to THIS". But for whatever reason, I kept skipping through the tracks, each one as boring to me as the last.
Until I hit across #7. Right away the upbeat tempo caught my attention in stark contrast to what I had heard up to that point. Ms. Brightman has a very high pitched almost childlike voice. But she has obviously been well trained and sings like an angel here. I was so captivated and mesmerized by this song that I listened to it three times right there at the listening station. I went no further and immediately decided to purchase the CD, whereupon I listened to that one track at least half a dozen times on the way home. I never grew tired of it and can still, even though I prefer the old Rock-N-Roll and 80's "Flashbacks", crank it up at full volume. This song earned a special place in my mind and collection.
All from an artist I never would've otherwise heard of or bothered checking out. The album cover did work. It got my attention and made me give it a listen. The one track made me buy it. The rest of the CD (I've since listened to the whole thing) is otherwise a torpid collection of classical/opera. Some of which isn't even in English.
Has anything like this ever happened to any of you?
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DL-Check out Ms Brightman sprawled out on page 7 of the insert. Any more erotic and it'd be porn.