Sounds From A Bygone Age, Vol. 2
Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2007-02-21
Reviewed 2007-02-21
ROMICA PUCEANU & GORE BROS. – “Music from a Bygone Age, Vol. 2”
Asphalt Tango, 2006
ROMANIA – Awesome Gypsy café music from the 1960s, sounds like something you’d find on a dusty old 78. The sweet-voiced Puceanu was queen of a genre known as “cântece de mahala” (songs of the suburbs), which reflected the lives of poor people through bouncy rhythms and emotional lyrics. The vocals are almost deadpan but hint of hardship and restrained power. The band is great fun, with accordion, 2 violins, cymbalom (dulcimer), bass and cobza (lute). Makes me want to drink.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7
1. 4:24 – fast and extra-bouncy
2. 2:43 – relaxed pace, heavy bass
3. 1:11 – quick, cartoonish inst.
4. 4:19 – dragging, circular rhythm
5. 7:15 – speedy, fantastic playing
6. 4:38 – loping rhythm, male vox
7. 2:20 – instrumental, Turkish feel
8. 3:28 – slow, plodding beat
9. 4:07 – bright and speedy
10. 2:15 – inst, tricky little melody
11. 4:19 – slow, high male vox
12. 3:53 – nice vox, record-skip feel
13. 2:14 – lilting instrumental
[ Fo ] 21-Feb-07
Asphalt Tango, 2006
ROMANIA – Awesome Gypsy café music from the 1960s, sounds like something you’d find on a dusty old 78. The sweet-voiced Puceanu was queen of a genre known as “cântece de mahala” (songs of the suburbs), which reflected the lives of poor people through bouncy rhythms and emotional lyrics. The vocals are almost deadpan but hint of hardship and restrained power. The band is great fun, with accordion, 2 violins, cymbalom (dulcimer), bass and cobza (lute). Makes me want to drink.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7
1. 4:24 – fast and extra-bouncy
2. 2:43 – relaxed pace, heavy bass
3. 1:11 – quick, cartoonish inst.
4. 4:19 – dragging, circular rhythm
5. 7:15 – speedy, fantastic playing
6. 4:38 – loping rhythm, male vox
7. 2:20 – instrumental, Turkish feel
8. 3:28 – slow, plodding beat
9. 4:07 – bright and speedy
10. 2:15 – inst, tricky little melody
11. 4:19 – slow, high male vox
12. 3:53 – nice vox, record-skip feel
13. 2:14 – lilting instrumental
[ Fo ] 21-Feb-07
Recent airplay
Hora Lui Baila, Balanus, In Gradina Cu Tufani
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3:00 AM till 6:00 AM — Apr 17, 2007
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Charting
2007-02-25 — 2007-04-29
Reggae/World
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 22 | 3 |
| Apr 1 | 1 |
| Mar 25 | 1 |
| Mar 18 | 5 |
| Mar 11 | 3 |
| Mar 4 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | In Gradina Cu Tufani | ||
| 2. | Balanus | ||
| 3. | Hora Lui Baila | ||
| 4. | Sa Te Ajunga Dorul Meu | ||
| 5. | Vintule, Bataia Ta | ||
| 6. | Pleaca-O Nevestica-N Lume | ||
| 7. | Maneaua Florareselor | ||
| 8. | Inima Suparacioasa | ||
| 9. | Doi Tovarasi Am La Drum | ||
| 10. | Hora Dinspre Ziua | ||
| 11. | Adu Calu Sa Ma Duc | ||
| 12. | Unde O Fi Puiul De Aseara | ||
| 13. | Hora Lui Gore Ionescu |