Bruce Clinton Haacklisten (May 4, 1931 – September 26, 1988) was a musician and composer, and a pioneer within the realm of electronic music. He was born in Alberta, Canada.
Biography
From Alberta to New York (1931-1963)
Demonstrating an early ability for music, Bruce Haack is said to have started picking out melodies on his family's piano at age four, and progressing to providing piano lessons for others by age 12.
While attending college in Edmonton, Canada, at the University of Alberta, Haack began performing in local venues with a then-popular local band called The Swing Tones. While the band played primarily modern and old-time music, they also performed Ukrainian Folk music, which introduced Haack to Eastern musical motifs and themes. This exposure would prove to have a significant influence on Haack's work later in life. Prior to leaving Alberta to move to New York City, Haack assembled a large record collection of music from many parts of the world. In later years, Haack's painting of St. Basil is said to be reminiscent of his earlier years with The Swing Tones in Edmonton.
"Play Me" is a 1972 song by Neil Diamond from his album Moods. The song, the first single from Moods, was recorded in February 1972 in Los Angeles. It was released as a single in May 1972 and peaked at #11 in the United States in September of that year. It was listed by Billboard as #27 of his best 30 songs.
The "catchy pop-rock" song, a medium-tempo waltz, features broken chords played on the acoustic guitar, courtesy of Diamond's long-time collaborator Richard Bennett. Bennett had played on a few songs on Diamond's 1971 album Stones; Moods was his first full album with him, and he played on every Diamond album until 1987 and toured with him for 17 years.
Reception
Female praise
"Play Me" is an audience favorite, especially, it seems, among women, who carry signs that read "Neil, Play Me" to his performances and scream "me, me, me" when he plays the tune, described as "an entreaty to romance". Along with "Love on the Rocks" and "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", it is one of the "baritone ballads" that have "60-year-old women erupting in girlish screams"; it makes female audience members shriek and swoon. According to Melissa Ruggieri, writing for Media General about a 2008 concert, "Diamond [at age 67] also still possesses the ability to charm, even though he didn't need to do much except wiggle his prominent eyebrows at women in the crowd to elicit schoolgirl-like squeals—'Play Me,' in particular, had a bizarre aphrodisiac effect."
Play Me is an album by Harry Belafonte, released in 1973. It would be his final studio album for RCA Records and his last studio album until 1977's Turn the World Around.
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Play Me Your Album · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Composer: Bruce Haack
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published: 06 Jan 2022
Bruce Haack - Haackula (Full Album)
** I do not own the rights to this tunage nor do I claim to ** enjoy!
Originally recorded in 1977 but unreleased due to content.
Produced by Bruce Haack except * (Produced by B. Haack and Russell Simmons.)
All songs written by Bruce Haack (ASCAP) and licensed from Ted Pandel.
Remastered from the original master tapes by Simon Polinski, 2008.
A1 Lie Back (0:00)
A2 Blow Job (4:25)
A3 Man Kind (9:25)
A4 Play Me Your Album (14:38)
A5 Invocation (18:11)
B1 Death Machine (20:52)
B2 Sun Sukd (26:50)
B3 Tit For Tat (31:37)
B4 Haackula (35:40)
*B5 Party Machine (36:15)*
published: 25 Aug 2016
Party Machine
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Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Composer: Bruce Haack
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published: 06 Jan 2022
Death Machine
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Death Machine · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Composer: Bruce Haack
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published: 06 Jan 2022
Bruce Haack - Electric To Me Turn (Alternate Version)
The alternate version of the 1st track off Buce Haack's sensational "The Electric Lucifer".
This was a bonus track on the CD re-release of the album along with a radio interview Bruce did with Canadian radio station CKUA in 1970. If you were a fan of the vocals on Requiem, you'll like this.
published: 21 Dec 2012
Bruce Haack - Blow Job
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From the old Muddles
published: 17 Jan 2013
Bruce Haack - Music
Track 03 from the album Captain Entropy released in 1973
published: 23 Mar 2015
Tit for Tat
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Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Composer: Bruce Haack
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Play Me Your Album · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
...
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Play Me Your Album · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Composer: Bruce Haack
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Play Me Your Album · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Composer: Bruce Haack
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** I do not own the rights to this tunage nor do I claim to ** enjoy!
Originally recorded in 1977 but unreleased due to content.
Produced by Bruce Haack excep...
** I do not own the rights to this tunage nor do I claim to ** enjoy!
Originally recorded in 1977 but unreleased due to content.
Produced by Bruce Haack except * (Produced by B. Haack and Russell Simmons.)
All songs written by Bruce Haack (ASCAP) and licensed from Ted Pandel.
Remastered from the original master tapes by Simon Polinski, 2008.
A1 Lie Back (0:00)
A2 Blow Job (4:25)
A3 Man Kind (9:25)
A4 Play Me Your Album (14:38)
A5 Invocation (18:11)
B1 Death Machine (20:52)
B2 Sun Sukd (26:50)
B3 Tit For Tat (31:37)
B4 Haackula (35:40)
*B5 Party Machine (36:15)*
** I do not own the rights to this tunage nor do I claim to ** enjoy!
Originally recorded in 1977 but unreleased due to content.
Produced by Bruce Haack except * (Produced by B. Haack and Russell Simmons.)
All songs written by Bruce Haack (ASCAP) and licensed from Ted Pandel.
Remastered from the original master tapes by Simon Polinski, 2008.
A1 Lie Back (0:00)
A2 Blow Job (4:25)
A3 Man Kind (9:25)
A4 Play Me Your Album (14:38)
A5 Invocation (18:11)
B1 Death Machine (20:52)
B2 Sun Sukd (26:50)
B3 Tit For Tat (31:37)
B4 Haackula (35:40)
*B5 Party Machine (36:15)*
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Party Machine · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Compo...
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Party Machine · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Composer: Bruce Haack
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Party Machine · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Composer: Bruce Haack
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Death Machine · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Compo...
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Death Machine · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
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Composer: Bruce Haack
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Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
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Composer: Bruce Haack
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The alternate version of the 1st track off Buce Haack's sensational "The Electric Lucifer".
This was a bonus track on the CD re-release of the album along with ...
The alternate version of the 1st track off Buce Haack's sensational "The Electric Lucifer".
This was a bonus track on the CD re-release of the album along with a radio interview Bruce did with Canadian radio station CKUA in 1970. If you were a fan of the vocals on Requiem, you'll like this.
The alternate version of the 1st track off Buce Haack's sensational "The Electric Lucifer".
This was a bonus track on the CD re-release of the album along with a radio interview Bruce did with Canadian radio station CKUA in 1970. If you were a fan of the vocals on Requiem, you'll like this.
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Tit for Tat · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Compose...
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Tit for Tat · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Composer: Bruce Haack
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Tit for Tat · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Composer: Bruce Haack
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Play Me Your Album · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Composer: Bruce Haack
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** I do not own the rights to this tunage nor do I claim to ** enjoy!
Originally recorded in 1977 but unreleased due to content.
Produced by Bruce Haack except * (Produced by B. Haack and Russell Simmons.)
All songs written by Bruce Haack (ASCAP) and licensed from Ted Pandel.
Remastered from the original master tapes by Simon Polinski, 2008.
A1 Lie Back (0:00)
A2 Blow Job (4:25)
A3 Man Kind (9:25)
A4 Play Me Your Album (14:38)
A5 Invocation (18:11)
B1 Death Machine (20:52)
B2 Sun Sukd (26:50)
B3 Tit For Tat (31:37)
B4 Haackula (35:40)
*B5 Party Machine (36:15)*
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Party Machine · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Composer: Bruce Haack
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Death Machine · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Composer: Bruce Haack
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The alternate version of the 1st track off Buce Haack's sensational "The Electric Lucifer".
This was a bonus track on the CD re-release of the album along with a radio interview Bruce did with Canadian radio station CKUA in 1970. If you were a fan of the vocals on Requiem, you'll like this.
Provided to YouTube by Redeye Worldwide
Tit for Tat · Bruce Haack
Haackula
℗ 2021 Bruce Haack
Released on: 2015-09-22
Music Publisher: Bruce Haack
Composer: Bruce Haack
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Bruce Clinton Haacklisten (May 4, 1931 – September 26, 1988) was a musician and composer, and a pioneer within the realm of electronic music. He was born in Alberta, Canada.
Biography
From Alberta to New York (1931-1963)
Demonstrating an early ability for music, Bruce Haack is said to have started picking out melodies on his family's piano at age four, and progressing to providing piano lessons for others by age 12.
While attending college in Edmonton, Canada, at the University of Alberta, Haack began performing in local venues with a then-popular local band called The Swing Tones. While the band played primarily modern and old-time music, they also performed Ukrainian Folk music, which introduced Haack to Eastern musical motifs and themes. This exposure would prove to have a significant influence on Haack's work later in life. Prior to leaving Alberta to move to New York City, Haack assembled a large record collection of music from many parts of the world. In later years, Haack's painting of St. Basil is said to be reminiscent of his earlier years with The Swing Tones in Edmonton.
We have seen the singing wind We have heard the sun We have tasted lavender We have just begun- We have cried at happiness We have laughed at pain We have let the grass turn brown Waiting for the rain Paradise has gone away Our parade is here All we now have left to kill Is hate and pain and fear Love came in when we began Love is back again Powerlove is what we are