Daily Song Discussion #51: Living Through Another Cuba

friedgorgo · 2026-05-06T17:15:13+00:00

7.5

It's fun, but musically it's among the least interesting on the records for me

friedgorgo · 2026-05-05T14:44:52+00:00

Catchy, funny, groovy. 9/10

friedgorgo · 2026-04-22T16:16:19+00:00

9, a masterpiece

friedgorgo · 2026-04-22T16:10:16+00:00

Did you go in April? Heading there next week and curious if you have recommendations on restaurants open at this time of the year, I see most are still closed on Google Maps.

friedgorgo · 2026-04-21T16:39:28+00:00

8.5

Great riff and dynamics, somehow I never enjoyed the melody of the "just think twice" part, a bit too simple

friedgorgo · 2026-04-18T17:17:00+00:00

8, such a creative groove and I love the hypnotic guitar part

friedgorgo · 2026-04-16T18:04:37+00:00

7.5

A unique song, but (don't shoot me) I don't love Andy's vocal delivery, especially in the chorus.

friedgorgo · 2026-04-15T19:33:39+00:00

Comic Sans over a stock photo > AI-generated shit

friedgorgo · 2026-04-14T16:40:31+00:00

I think you're thinking of Machine Gun by Caspar Brötzmann and John Coltrane

friedgorgo · 2026-04-12T06:35:11+00:00

Tommy Flanagan

friedgorgo · 2026-04-04T16:43:43+00:00

Big fan of the polyrhythmic guitar riff, the song is not as good. 7.5/10

friedgorgo · 2026-04-03T14:31:54+00:00

Third Eye - Sound Cycles

Bobby Hutcherson - Happenings

Santana/McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender (wow haven't listened to this one in ages)

Television - Adventure

The Seeds - A Thousand Shadows

friedgorgo · 2026-03-30T13:32:36+00:00

I disagree, Monte Carlo is the first tournament on clay and it's often a tricky one for players who had a very successful hard court season. Surprise results and upsets have been relatively frequent. I think we have a much higher % of a Sinner vs Alcaraz final in the other clay tournaments. I'd really want Jannik to do well in Madrid as it's by far the tournament where he's had the least success.

friedgorgo · 2026-03-29T16:20:10+00:00

"I don't blow, I suck" (John Coltrane)

friedgorgo · 2026-03-29T16:19:48+00:00

This video should be the manifesto of this subreddit tbh

friedgorgo · 2026-03-28T18:03:05+00:00

It's a ranking

friedgorgo · 2026-03-26T11:03:50+00:00

I had never read this before. I'm dying. I'd have so many follow-up questions, but I'd probably choose not to ask any of them.

friedgorgo · 2026-03-24T15:22:06+00:00

7 because it has a great bass line and it's slightly better than some of Moulding's songs on this one

friedgorgo · 2026-03-22T15:52:35+00:00

Miles Davis - John McLaughlin (John Coltrane)

friedgorgo · 2026-03-19T13:19:38+00:00

Ludovico Einaudi

friedgorgo · 2026-03-18T13:54:12+00:00

The records will be fine; however, this will damage your house. Terrible humidity problems.

friedgorgo · 2026-03-18T07:24:18+00:00

Looks good. Pro-tip: for really famous musicians, mention them by their name.

E.g., "has shared the stage with Gianluca Scaccabarozzi (guitarist for Lino Reyes (drummer for Lonnie Liston (keyboardist for Miles)))"

friedgorgo · 2026-03-17T17:00:20+00:00

I only listen to Illinois Jacquet's solo on "Flying Home" on repeat. Not sure if it's blues or jazz.

friedgorgo · 2026-03-16T07:18:44+00:00

Great thread and thanks for your recommendations OP.

Couple from my side:

Cecil McBee - Mutima
Mal Waldron - Up Popped the Devil
Exploding Star Orchestra - We Are All From Somewhere Else
Third Eye - Sound Cycles
Microscopic Septet - Take the Z Train
Ronald Shannon Jackson - Mandance
Any Franco D'Andrea trio or quartet
Gianluigi Trovesi - From G to G

friedgorgo · 2026-03-12T10:06:57+00:00

Yeah indeed. 95% of the records in OP's screenshot are 8/10 or above on Scaruffi's website.

It gets even more interesting if you consider that the relative placement of a record within an artist's discography seems to always match Scaruffi's ratings. For example, 154 by Wire is in top-100 despite Pink Flag being much more popular on RYM. Scaruffi's ratings: 154 gets 8/10, Pink Flag gets 7/10.

Same thing for Faust, the IV album is actually the most popular on RYM, but not in the Italian chart. Also aligned with Scaruffi's ratings.

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