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Louis — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:38:55 -0000

I love the Last Emperor, he's probably my favourite rapper ever. Downloading those songs from Napster back in the day (don't worry, I've bought his albums since), kept me going through some bad times.

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Arash — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:00:48 -0000

What ever happened to Last Emperor? I remember claiming that he was the greatest of all time after hearing this track.

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Anon — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:47:49 -0000

Hell yes. Last Emperor was definitely underrated. I'd rock his stuff a lot on my radio show.

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nadezhda — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:39:46 -0000

TNC - in case you don't know where "quiet nights, quiet stars, quiet chords on my guitar" comes from, it's the first two lines (the English verse) of "Corcovado" by Antonio Carlos Jobim. It's my favorite of Jobim's Bossa Nova songs.

Though it's been covered by just about every crooner and jazz standards artist, my absolute favorite version is sung by Astrid and Juao Gilberto with Stan Getz on tenor sax. It's Getz at his most fluid, melodic, rich "The Sound" best from his 60s pop period. Highly recommended -- video has nice slide show of Rio sights.

The feel of Corcovado -- the easy but tense bossa nova beat, the wistful tone and some of the harmonies -- find parallels in Do You Remember, which has all sorts of little echos and almost-quotes of a variety of tunes and lyrics from earlier vinyl eras. Lots of bits of not-quite-complete memories. Thanks for sharing it!