Music that surprised you...

[Stella_Omega]

That explains it. I was searching 'prince husker du'

Which incidentally, sounds like a GREAT band name.

Whenever I read husker du, I just remember the game.

http://neighborhoodvalues.com/nv/Toys-Games/TG4/pixs/HuskerDu1.jpg

The first board game I ever played, I believe.

Now you have something else to remember!

"Husker Du" means "Do You Remember" in something-- Norwegian maybe?

 

[Cruel2BKind]

Now you have something else to remember!

"Husker Du" means "Do You Remember" in something-- Norwegian maybe?

Dutch. It's a little matching game. The board has a paper wheel on the inside that can be rotated so different icons peep through the holes, and then you cover the holes with little plastic hats.

I remember it for being my first time, and for being the only board game I had with aggressively caucasian mascots.

All of our versions of candy land and Chutes and Ladders and hi ho cherry-oh, had at least one black kid on the cover. Or they just didn't have anyone on the cover.

 

[sheablue]

Why should that be a surprise? Minneapolis has been producing great music for decades

*coughHuskerDuPrincecough*

Yes always and forever to Prince! and Husker Du is pretty cool, too.

I saw Atmosphere at Lollapalooza, too. Really great sound.

 

[MayorReynolds]

Taylor Swift.

She writes her own songs and plays her own instruments. She doesn't need Auto-Tuning to enhance her vocals.

She is a contemporary country/pop singer whom I can tolerate.

 

[DeYaKen]

Music that surprised me?

Gimme Shelter by Sisters of Mercy

Wild horses by Susan Boyle

Both are Rolling Stones but the arrangement is so different from the original that they are almost unrecognisable.

 

[JKendallDane]

When I was first turned on to Declan by a friend, I was totally amazed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-74p4qVQgk

If he hadn't decided to make college a priority over his singing career, we would all be saying "Beiber who?" now!

 

[oggbashan]

Last night we went to our local multiplex to see a live transmission from the Royal Opera House of Wagner's Parsifal.

I knew it would be an endurance test - 5 hours of opera, six hours including the intervals.

I also knew that there weren't any memorable arias or chorus pieces.

What surprised me/us was how much we enjoyed it.

At one point the subtitles (it was in German) included a short line that the performer missed his cue for - and couldn't sing it when the orchestra had moved on.

The Flower Maidens described Parsifal as a 'handsome youth' when they were trying to seduce him. He wasn't. He was an overweight middle-aged man, but his voice was fantastic! He would have been well cast as Sir John Falstaff instead of Parsifal.

The main female part - Kundry - is supposed to be 2000 years old and has to be changed by Klingor's magic from a 'wild woman' to a ravishing seductress, and later to a repentant Mary Magdalene. The costumes and make-up did her no justice, but the changes in her voice were enough to make her triple role believable.

I'm not sure I'll attempt to see Parsifal again because of the difficulty caused by my back during the long performance, but I am pleased to have seen and enjoyed it.

 

[sr71plt]

The surprise "reveal" of the voice of one who is now a major singing talent, Josh Groban, was the hook of an episode of the TV show Ally McBeal. An unknown actor, Groban, played a shy high school student of no known abilities and Ally McBeal agreed to go to his senior prom with him because he was down and out and she felt sorry for him--and the episode surprise came when he sang at the prom.

 

[SweetDommeSam]

Music that seemed to surprise me was MGMT, it's a typical indie pop band but I grew to love it pretty quickly. The beats and the lyrics were something else. I've never listen to much pop music in my life but this artist has style in my opinion. I also seem to love the way the band members all dress up in hippie clothing.

http://www.blogto.com/upload/2008/04/20080415_MGMT.jpg

 

[wakingDown]

Tori Amos caught me completely off guard. Her typical pop/heartfelt/endearing work was completely wretched for me. She is talented, but it is simply a style I cannot stand. Then I heard her cover of Raining Blood by Slayer. Well, her version of it, at any rate. She took a go-for-the-throat, definitive thrash/death metal staple and turned it into a tense, atmospheric, brooding work of slow, chilling effect. To say I was surprised is quite the understatement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKILvAggpYw - Original

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCpOAXIgF9U - Remake

 

[patientlee]

I have to say, tonight's 5th grade band concert surprised the heck out of me. Much better than I expected.

This afternoon's kindergarten play? About what I expected.

 

[patientlee]

JT won me over with his appearances on SNL. Dude is funny. The wife and I both think he should have his own variety show.

He's on SNL tonight with Jimmy Fallon! Set your TiVo!