Has anyone actually heard "Veronique" by Pink Martini?

[Kyle]

Is it any good? What's it like?

[snarlydwarf]

http://pinkmartini.com/hang_on/pm_hang_on.html

If you are comfortable with Brazilian music or Jazz, you should get along fine with it.

[jacabo]

... not, in my opinion, thier best effort. There are some terrific songs on the second CD (Hang on Little Tomatoe) but Sympathique stands out as a really inspired bit of whimsy (you know how some people's best effort comes when not really trying?)

look forward to hearing your opinion

[Kyle]

Listened to it. Really not my cup of tea.

[notanatheist]

I first heard Sympathique off a lounge album I picked up from Borders. Then I found the album and got a hold of "Hang on Little Tomato" as well. I enjoy the variety and it is personally more appealing than The Chieftans whom I enjoy a bit of (only have Fire in the Kitchen). Not hard to understand why it wouldn't be somebody's cup of tea when tea isn't everyones drink. I mean some people like {*shudder*} country!

[byKnight]

I heard an interview of some of the members of Pink Martini one morning last week on NPR, and they played a couple of their tunes live.

I though to myself, "That names sounds familar." But I just couldn't place where I'd heard it before.

I was really enjoying the samples of their music they presented. So when I got home that night, I switched my kitchen SB3 to SqueezeNetwork, went to Pandora, and asked it to build a station based on the music of Pink Martini.

"Veronique" was the first track that played. Looking at my SB3 it suddenly dawned on me where I'd heard -- or rather, seen -- the name Pink Martini before.

[snarlydwarf]

I saw them in Portland last Tuesday for the concert for the release of their new CD.

They put on a heck of a show (although since they are from Portland, the traveling show may not be as large... they had the 10-piece band, a 10-piece string section, a 16 voice chorus and a 20 or so piece marching band... not all were on the stage at once...)

Two sold-out shows in Portland, with a very surprising mix of people: the vast majority were in their 30's and older, but there was a surprising number of seniors there, which I wouldn't have guessed at all.

[Kyle]

Since my original post, I have listened a few more times to Hang On Little Tomato. It's definitely not the type of music I listen to regularly, but some of the songs I really enjoy.

[atlslim]

Thursday 6/14