I advice everyone here to listen to his late work (Wild card, ANGELS & VAMPIRES, Nigor Mortis). The man is so underrated. Just an example : Angels & Vampires is a double cd 40 songs, each song is a rare pearl. Nobody as done it before, not even Prince with Emancipation... and god know I love Prince music.

tunnelvision5 said:

As much as I love his music I never managed to get into his work after Wildcard apart from some songs I enjoy. He is my favourite artist, he is so very talented, but I just don't feel ANGELS & VAMPIRES and Nigor Mortis like I loved all his previous records. But great that you enjoy it the way you do!

I'm starting to think that too, he is way underrated. He has a great voice, is clearly talented, a pianist, a dancer an artist and a visionary, and hes probably not had as much success becuase he refused to go into this cursing and rubbish lyric writing that took over in the 90s. He really is soul to the bone. I forgot have good Vibrator was. The man needs a medal not comdemnation.
Sananda I am sorry

Videos for tracks from the brilliant "Symphony Or Damn".






The horn-filled "O Divina" from "Wildcard." Irresistible!
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Copycat said:

Awesome. That track was never one of my favourites by him and I have listened to it in a long time. But I guess I really should do it now .

Great thread.

I've always felt that Sananda was a vastly overlooked songwriter and singer.

I would deifnitely classify his vocal approach/delivery more in the vein of Sam Cooke than anyone else. And I mean that as a compliment of the highest order.

I see a few folks have referenced Angels and Vampires and I do think the 2 CD set has a number of beautiful songs. But I think where it suffers most is in the production. Sananda is an extremely accomplished musician, but he simply can not take songs instrumentally to their highest level on his own. So songs needing a ferociously passionate guitar solo to take them to the next level, (or any instrument really) don't get one on this album.

Wildcard on the other hand, (outside a few weak compositions) is beautiful throughout.

Either way, as one gentleman on here already posted, Sananda is doing it his way, and that in and of itself is definitely worthy of praise.

By the way, one song I haven't seen referenced on here is Goodbye Diane from Wildcard. Very passionate vocal delivery. Definitely one of my favorites....
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He LOST his soul after the name change.

SUPRMAN said:

Symphony or Damn is his best imo...I listen to that one reguarly. But also agree the dude went nuts.

Why would anyone laugh at anything on the Hardline? Because it is RnB and straight forward. Terrence spends to much time trying to be weird and that was his downfall.
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larksanders said:

laurarichardson said:

He's well-read and lyrically gifted, but the term "weird" doesn't come to mind when I think of him. What downfall? He's an indie artist blazing his own path.

Copycat said:

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Most people would look at Terrence and say weird. When he opens his mouth to talk it is always something crazy. When he had the Hardline out he pissed people off with his arrogance. He was like the Kayne West of his day with the bragging. I realized it was just Terrence trying to hype his music but the music press was brutal on this guy and I think the public got tired of it.

Graycap23 said:

No...he found it...


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Sananda speaks...and speaks...

http://www.sanandamaitrey...0_2009.htm

All art forms are but the process by which we reconstruct what we can of what we have received of the shattered pieces of the rainbow, which fell.

Who wishes to write the truth in a free society must write fiction. What is ‘true’, if written is already full of compromises.

I overheard a married woman friend of mine give this advice to a young woman at a dinner party. (For real). “Never say No to a hard penis and never over commit to a soft one”. Sounded like pretty good advice from where I sat.

We run around in concentric circles, chasing hard what we want, and being equally chased by what we need.

Wii Fit, Wii Active, and all manner of Wii material to assist us in reclaiming some space for ourselves, some time altered as it were by the business of our lives. They are great programmers and marketers. At some point, the only place left for them to go will be, Wii REHAB (complete with stethoscope, urine cups and blow up doll nurse) and Wii’s Pregnant!

Someone recently told me that they talk to God. I told him that at this point, I’m not really comfortable talking to God without my lawyer.

Opinion is most dangerous when it belongs to someone else.

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Copycat said:

very well said!

but pop usually wants uniformity and conformity, No suprises please.

I always really liked the guy. His mind, voice, and looks.

Wildcard is an incredible album, his best one ever.

The tie that binds TTD and Prince is that they are both uncompromising artists, and are part of that list of musicians that made it possible 4 others after them do their music on their own terms and not the labels.

Seven More Days


She Kissed Me


I'll Never Turn My Back On You (Father's Words)


Right Thing Wrong Way

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Not only is he an unique artist, but his staff offers exemplary customer service. I received a same day reply about an order I created, and the merchandise arrived within 11 days from Milan. Prince, on the other hand, took nearly 3 months to ship a freakin' t-shirt.

Graycap23 said:

You and your narrow definition of "soul"...
You don't have a damn clue what soul is.

Copycat said:

Last week I ordered it also. Wildcard was so brilliant that I though I have to have his latest also. Let's wait and see

I love Sananda, but he has even more abandoned the wider pop/rock fanbase than Prince with his namechange and independent publishing. But I guess he is happy with that. It is just too bad that almost nobody who is born after let's say 1987 knows who he is and ther is a big chance they will never hear from him either.

tunnelvision5 said:

No one has done what?

emilio319 said:

lol.....I can ONLY define it 4 myself.
TTD's new music is DEVOID of a lot of things. I sense his living in Europe has a LOT 2 do with that.

Question

On his homepage he is selling a live dvd Live @ Blue Note Milano

Is it good? Can someone recommend it to me? I´m new to Sananda and I would love to buy a live dvd.Which live DVD should I buy??? And where can I buy them? On his homepage store I can only find the Blue Note Milano.




And what about his new cd "NIGOR MORTIS" any thoughts?


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Any Sananda fans on this board who can help me??

PPKING said:

I will help you but I'm at work right now.... I will try and give you a good reply in about an hour or two when I'm home. I have the dvd in question and yes it IS great but I am a hardcore Sananda fan, I have everything by the man and then some, so I dig everything he has put out. So to me, I definitely think the dvd is worth getting. Will reply with more info in a few....

emilio319 said:

Okay, so all I wanted to add is.... Yes, I do think the dvd is great. If I remember correctly, all the songs performed are from Angels & Vampires along with "O Divina" (from Wildcard). The dvd also contains the following bonus features: interview with Sananda, interview with his band (in Italian), the videos for "Bella Faccina" and "South Side Run," and 2 additional mini-concert performances from 2007. Definitely worth getting. In addition, I would recommend that you check out some of the great concert footage on his website:
http://www.sanandamaitrey...certs.html

You can also see great footage at his youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/us...eyasananda

So yeah, I highly recommend the dvd and everything else Sananda has released...
His last 2 albums ("Angels & Vampires Vol. 1 & 2" and "Nigor Mortis") are fantastic, as are all his previous albums as well. Hope this helps.

The Angels & Vampires stuff was good, but the production & drumming sucked so bad. What was up with that?

Graycap23 said:

I think he lived in England even before Hardline