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Day 12

In your own space, create a fanwork. Make a podfic, an icon, a sketch, a meta, or a rec list. Arts and crafts. Cross stitch. Draft an essay about a particular medium. Put together a picspam or a fanmix. Write a review of book you love, a ship manifesto, a you-should-be-listening-to-this-band essay. Create something.


Um. While I ponder what to do, here is me singing Nature Boy

*time passes*

Okay. I'm back. And I bring you:

Party King Thranduil's Retro Dance Party!
Four Songs that the Party King would have danced to back in the day:

1) 1960s
Back in the 60s, I'll bet that the Dancing King enjoyed him some Tom Jones songs. And while I'm sure he enjoyed What's New Pussycat (1965), he's guaranteed to have danced more often to It's Not Unusual (1965).

2) 1970s
Speaking of dancing royalty, in 1976 ABBA's Dancing Queen was released. Our royal dancer was bound to have been a fan. (At least until Stayin' Alive came out the following year.)

3) 1980s
You cannot convince me that Thranduil didn't spend 1981 dancing the Prince Charming. Probably he's actually in the video along with Adam and the Ants, but we just don't know.

4) 1990s
You know that back in 1992, His Partiness was dancing to Right Said Fred's - I'm Too Sexy. Can there be any doubt?

(Extra thanks to [personal profile] analise010 for suggestions and letting me bounce song ideas off of her. Also, if you liked this, you might also want to go here)
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Nature Boy, written by eden ahbez in 1947, is a Jazz standard at this point. And I adore it. Here are four different versions of this song.

1) Nat King Cole was the first to record Nature Boy (in 1947). It became very commercially successful for him. If you watch the video, you'll see why. He's fantastic. (Check out this Wikipedia article to find out how he got the song.)

2) The Late (and very much lamented) David Bowie sang Nature Boy for the soundtrack of Moulin Rouge (2001). This was the first time I'd ever encountered the song, and I immediately loved it (and started hearing versions everywhere. Even one in the tv show New Amsterdam). There are actually 2 versions of the song on the soundtrack, but the linked one is the non-Massive Attack one.

3) I love Aurora , so imagine my joy when I found her version of Nature Boy (2016). It's eerie and it sounds like there are wind chimes in the background on some of it. She really makes it her own.

4) There are so many versions of this song out there that it was really hard to choose four. (Seriously, just go to Youtube and type "Nature Boy song" if you want to hear more.) But for my final selection, I'm selfishly choosing mine. A few years ago I recorded it for a friend, and I just stuck it up on Soundcloud so you can hear it too. My version of Nature Boy...three ways (acapella).

I hope that these four selections helped you to enjoy Nature Boy as much as I do. If you have a favorite version (Frank Sinatra? Gregory Porter? Shirley Bassey?) please let me know in the comments.
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So, I saw that someone on Fandom Snowflake was looking for music recs, and I LOVE telling people about music I enjoy. I've already given them some specific recommendations, but here's a few things for everyone:

Hey! Want to listen to an Icelandic hymn in train station? Of course you do! (Árstíðir - Heyr himna smiður ) The harmonies! The echoes! The loud cheering after!

Do you like interesting instruments? Yes? Then check out Wintergatan's Marble Machine. (If you want more information on the machine, there are videos of the build on the Band's youtube channel. And an article from Wired here)

If you enjoyed that, you might also like Orkestra Obsolete playing Blue Monday using 1930s instruments (from BBC Arts)

I'll finish off this random rec list with "The Longing" - Patty Gurdy (she plays the Hurdy Gurdy). It's the Hurdy Gurdy version of a song by her Pirate Folk Metal band, Stormseeker.

That's it for this installment. I hope y'all enjoy.

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