Music Thread: Shut Up And Sing!

I don't think even Garrett would wear those!

In my youth I really enjoyed Cat Stevens, and even today I hear his music and remember simpler times when all I and my friends had to worry about was making enough money to afford a pizza from one of the the two joints in town. Yup, both were good, although one specialized in Sicilian style, so we could mix it up and have the best of both worlds! Longer Boats is one of my favorites...sort of weird, but with his signature sound. (Don't worry, that's not a link that will make him any money)

But not any more. And that makes me yearn for a time in which art and music and movies weren't entwined with politics, with the angry, screeching opinions of everyone with a guitar or skill at regurgitating lines in a script, and who think that their celebrity gives them license to double as a political pundit.

The stupidity of most "artists" is well documented by their own words. Perhaps their skills at mimicry and singing and playing an instrument come at the expense of higher-order thinking. And certainly the industries in which they work are subsumed in leftist orthodoxy.

But there is a difference between the casual ignorance of some B-list singer jabbering about a ceasefire in Gaza or defunding the police (but my private security will keep their guns!) or how Trump will force pregnant women into birthing camps, and the virulent anti-Western, anti-Semitic words and deeds of Cat Stevens. Nope...I won't use his new name. Why should I? He has no respect for me...why would I respect him?

From his support for the murder of Salman Rushdie for the sin of writing a book (a rare misstep), to his ongoing support of "Palestine," and of course a ceasefire in Gaza that would allow Hamas to recover and continue their Islamic-based murder and destruction of Jews and Israel...Cat Stevens has (mostly) carefully threaded the needle and presented a peaceful, hippie-like public persona, but his deeds are solidly in the pro-Islam, anti-Israel camp. He makes a lot of money from detached boomers who love his music and buy his whitewashing of his true beliefs.

But not from me. When one of his songs comes up on my algorithmic music feed I skip it, and I don't have his music on my lists. Short of cancelling my Spotify account there isn't much else I can do. I guess I can smash my CDs, but that is a sunk cost and won't hurt him at all.

Mostly I'm pissed off that nothing is off limits. Everything is political. Yes, Breitbart was correct, "politics is downstream from culture," but sometimes I just want to listen to music or watch a movie and not be punched in the nose by somebody else's politics.

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Happier stuff below. Mostly what was on my recently played list...

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ELO is sort of a weird group. Their music, at least to my ear, is over-produced and electronic, yet it works! Maybe it's the quality of the musicianship (Lynne can play the guitar pretty well), or the fact that it seems original.

Regardless..it's good stuff!

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I know very little about Soul music, but I sure do love this song. In the Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett is a classic, and for good reason.
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Speaking of great music, this is as good as it gets.

That was his first hit! He died in a plane crash in 1967, but not before taking music by storm.

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I didn't know much at all about Stevie Ray Vaughan...mostly his name. I listened to other stuff in the 1980s. But a friend introduced me to him by coming over with a CD, and I was mesmerized. "Let's go see him!" "Hey...dumbsh*t. He's dead!"

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Speaking of dumbsh*ts. Van Morrison is climbing Dildo's boycott chart. "They Own the Media" is his entry in the Jew-Hate competition, although Roger Waters is probably going to retire the trophy soon. Morrison also recorded an anti-lockdown song with Eric Clapton, so he isn't all bad, but still...

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Sorry to be sort of serious. You are of course free to ignore my blather and go off on wild tangents, which you are going to do anyway!

Posted by: CBD at 07:05 PM

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Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 17, 2024 07:10 PM (XMwZJ)

2 2nd?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 17, 2024 07:10 PM (XMwZJ)

3 Saw SRV at the Washington D.C. Civic Center circa 1986. Fantastic show.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 17, 2024 07:12 PM (XMwZJ)

4 The one thing that unifies their ideology.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2024 07:13 PM (RIvkX)

5 Don't remember who on one of these music threads who linked a Deep South video, but been watching them occasionally and they have a few new ones out

Posted by: Skip at February 17, 2024 07:13 PM (fwDg9)

6 I've always had a soft spot for ELO. Probably stems from my enjoyment as a wee hobbit lassie watching Xanadu.

Posted by: She Hobbit at February 17, 2024 07:13 PM (ftFVW)

7 Yusuf's music sucks anyway, IMHO.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 17, 2024 07:15 PM (XMwZJ)

8 R and B.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2024 07:16 PM (7h3oY)

9 Stevie Ray! Just waiting for the first commenter to say he was "overrated".

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 17, 2024 07:18 PM (V8he0)

10 She Hobbit, I think you can dance to anything.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2024 07:18 PM (7h3oY)

11 She Hobbit, I think you can dance to anything.
Posted by: Ben Had

I'll at least give anything a try!

Posted by: She Hobbit at February 17, 2024 07:20 PM (ftFVW)

12 I was never a Cat Stevens fan but he was so talented and so handsome when he was a young guy I guess he got burned out from all the hippie dippy love stuff and went hard right into being a muzzie looking for something he didn't get at home. I think he almost died once from TB so that may have fucked his head up a bit.

I think he is Greek and Swede mixed together so talk about good genes.

"First Cut Is The Deepest" is still a great listen after all these years.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 17, 2024 07:21 PM (R/m4+)

13 ELO has the most top 40 singles (20) without ever having a number one.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 17, 2024 07:21 PM (xPl2J)

14 I still have the ELO album I won on a radio contest (I was the seventh caller) on KSTP in Minneapolis-St. Paul in 1975. Holds up pretty well even after digitizing.

Posted by: come with me if you want to live at February 17, 2024 07:21 PM (kvDvI)

15 That picture hurts.

Posted by: fd at February 17, 2024 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

16 Ya know what's the most fun ever? The dance floor at the TXMoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2024 07:26 PM (7h3oY)

17 I used a Cat Stevens lyric as my h.s. yearbook quote because I was a punkass douchebag commie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2024 07:26 PM (RIvkX)

18 If I boycotted all entertainment by people who disagree with me, there wouldn't be a lot left. But that said, I will boycott those who go out of their way to tell me that they hate me.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 17, 2024 07:27 PM (sNc8Y)

19 Stevie Ray was what I was listening to in the 80s. Fabulous Thunderbirds too. Mojo, Rev Horton Heat, rockabilly redneck music for riding around in a truck and trying not to get stuck in the mud.

Posted by: fd at February 17, 2024 07:28 PM (vFG9F)

20 and go off on wild tangents, which you are going to do anyway!
Posted by: CBD

How could you label us with this dastardly canard?
Squirrel!!!!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 17, 2024 07:29 PM (5/CA+)

21 Ya know what's the most fun ever? The dance floor at the TXMoMe.
Posted by: Ben Had

#truth

Posted by: She Hobbit at February 17, 2024 07:30 PM (ftFVW)

22 I love ELO's cover of Roll Over Beethoven.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 17, 2024 07:30 PM (63Dwl)

23 SRV and George Thorogood.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2024 07:31 PM (7h3oY)

24 SRV and George Thorogood.
Posted by: Ben Had

Those 2 will do.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 17, 2024 07:33 PM (5/CA+)

25 Got Tool - Undertow playing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 17, 2024 07:34 PM (rI455)

26 ELO takes me way back. Always liked most of their music.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 17, 2024 07:34 PM (V8he0)

27 Apparently Mellancamp is blathering about needing gun control. Another artist on the edge of the dustbin of history.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 17, 2024 07:35 PM (W/lyH)

28 Blue Oyster Cult apparently has a new album coming out. Single available already on YT

Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2024 07:36 PM (FQmDC)

29 Undertow is their best album

Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2024 07:37 PM (FQmDC)

30 Apparently Mellancamp is blathering about needing gun control. Another artist on the edge of the dustbin of history.
Posted by: Diogenes

Shot the cougar!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 17, 2024 07:37 PM (5/CA+)

31 Mellencamp has pretty much always been an assclown.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 17, 2024 07:37 PM (rI455)

32 I went to see a Beach Boys concert back in the 80s, just to have something to do for a date. The opening act was Stevie Ray Vaughan, who I'd never heard of (before he hit it relatively big). After that, I bought all his albums as soon as they came out. Just a mesmerizing performance. I remember that the true Beach Boys fans in the audience were not impressed. There's no accounting for taste, and it was a Beach Boys show, after all, but still. Kind of sad.

Posted by: Isheen at February 17, 2024 07:37 PM (Gbu8q)

33 He stopped being cool when he dropped the John Cougar moniker

Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2024 07:38 PM (FQmDC)

34 I used to make my own CDs of my favorite tunes. I don't think my computer is capable of that now,

Posted by: Ronster at February 17, 2024 07:38 PM (a0G++)

35 ELO's Can't Get It Out Of My Head, and CS's First Cut, and Father and Son are classics from my youth. Shame about the latter's plunge into insanity.

Posted by: goatexchange at February 17, 2024 07:38 PM (c7wWd)

36 Sponge Bro, son and She Hobbit knowing all the steps to Footloose is a heart memory.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2024 07:38 PM (7h3oY)

37 some B-list singer jabbering about a ceasefire in Gaza

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Susan Saranwrap and Her Jew-Hating Choir sing Let Gaza Live.

http://tinyurl.com/483sy5b6

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 17, 2024 07:38 PM (FVME7)

38 NEW ZEALAND LAUNCH
Tomorrow Morning
Rocket Lab - Electron - One Closer Inspection -
Mahia Peninsula NZ
February 18th at 9:25 a.m. ET

http://tinyurl.com/4zh8awzm

Posted by: Ciampino - ROCKET SCIENTISTS at February 17, 2024 07:39 PM (qfLjt)

39 And that makes me yearn for a time in which art and music and movies weren't entwined with politics, with the angry, screeching opinions of everyone with a guitar or skill at regurgitating lines in a script, and who think that their celebrity gives them license to double as a political pundit.
______

That ended 60 years ago. By the time I hit my teens, it was already heavily into Communism.

On the bright side, now I'm in NC, where the public radio ISN'T NPR. It's all music, all the time. The Marx:Mozart ratio is - believe it or not - zero.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 17, 2024 07:39 PM (1bNHn)

40 ELO was just another band on radio to me

Posted by: Skip at February 17, 2024 07:40 PM (fwDg9)

41 If I was to run an Operation Arc Light on Gaza doing it Dresden the theme song would absolutely be "Peace Train".

...and I would summon up Cat Stevens to personally thank him live for his inspirational words which gave us the strength to make peace.... while 'Peace Train' plays to live streaming of bomb impacts on the bluescreen behind us.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 17, 2024 07:40 PM (cOq4q)

42 Blue Oyster Cult apparently has a new album coming out. Single available already on YT

Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2024 07:36 PM (FQmDC)

It's all older previously unreleased tracks. They say it's their last album.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 17, 2024 07:40 PM (xPl2J)

43 Undertow is their best album
Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2024 07:37 PM (FQmDC)

Love it. It's just raw.

They're all great musicians.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 17, 2024 07:40 PM (rI455)

44 Oh and Kerry King with his new Not Slayer Slayer album coming out has a single on YT.

Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2024 07:41 PM (FQmDC)

45 42 Ohhh okay

Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2024 07:41 PM (FQmDC)

46 Speaking of electronic, and it’s really off the wall, but I like 2 tunes by a French guy named Serge Blenner (Pièce tendre and Palabre d’A). My go-to electronic stuff is Jean Michel Jarre and of course Tangerine Dream. Great album is Ride on the Ray: The Blue Years Anthology. And of course Dream Sequence. The 5-disc set, Tangents 1973-1983, is superb. JMJ is at his best in Oxygene and my fave, Equinoxe. As always with music, YMMV.

Posted by: dhmosquito at February 17, 2024 07:42 PM (rAyua)

47 Back in the early 80's there used to be concerts on the National Mall in what we now call the capitol city.

Beach Boys, as I recall were a big draw. Fireworks, patriotic music, etc.

I do have receipts in the form of photos... not so much in video.

Which is sad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 17, 2024 07:44 PM (Q4IgG)

48 I bought a USB DVD R/W for my new laptop as it no longer has a built-in optical drive. About $30.

Posted by: Ciampino - Jump Drive not as durable as DVD at February 17, 2024 07:44 PM (qfLjt)

49 47 One good thing about the cellphone generation is you can see every concert for free usually by the next day on YT.

Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2024 07:45 PM (FQmDC)

50 I change the radio station when Cat Stevens music comes on, but I still listen to Richard Thompson. They are both Muslims, but if Richard Thompson has said anything political, I have not heard it. He's also an excellent guitar player.

Posted by: huerfano at February 17, 2024 07:45 PM (Q4KYm)

51 Days like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L842mz-tNBQ

Posted by: Braenyard at February 17, 2024 07:47 PM (s+bMu)

52 I have this thing I do on road trips. I'll put the 60s channel on (Sirius) and try to name the artist/group and year. I maintain about a .900 batting average. Everybody had a 9 volt wonder plugged into their ear at all times in those days.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 17, 2024 07:47 PM (0EOe9)

53 Cat Stevens was right about one thing. It IS a Wild World.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 17, 2024 07:48 PM (63Dwl)

54 Anyone ever heard of Johnny Hallyday?

Weird French Elvis who is supposed to be the biggest thing since sliced croissants outside the engrish and spanglish speaking world.

He's dead now but Jimmy Buffett has a song from the grave that is pretty catchy, "Johnny's Rhum".

http://tinyurl.com/mr29eyat

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 17, 2024 07:48 PM (R/m4+)

55 My mind has broken like a rotten melon

Posted by: Cat Stevens at February 17, 2024 07:48 PM (FVME7)

56 Garrett might not be wearing that footwear, but he's looking for the creature that does.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 17, 2024 07:49 PM (EEgXH)

57 Music thread!!

I have tickets for Dwight Yoakam next weekend. I think Mom will enjoy it too. I haven't been to any concerts since pre-'rona times, except the Clem[p]son a capella groups (which are lots of fun).

Posted by: screaming in digital at February 17, 2024 07:49 PM (1eY81)

58 We owe so much to Blues for great modern music.
My contribution for the day.
And I am/was a basement Bass player.

Posted by: RI Red at February 17, 2024 07:49 PM (cGD0I)

59 54 Anyone ever heard of Johnny Hallyday?

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Yes.

Posted by: Ciampino - That dates me at February 17, 2024 07:51 PM (qfLjt)

60 Stevens is of Greek Cypriot heritage. They were occupied and oppressed by the Muslim Turks. To take on the faith of the oppressor is even worse than being a simple collaborator.

Posted by: Avi at February 17, 2024 07:51 PM (cBCwV)

61 I drove to Pittsburgh last night to see a local band, Ghost Hounds, and was blown away. Not just well written songs well played, but stage presence and presentation that made it impossible to not enjoy the show. It was easy to have fun because it was obvious they were.

The opener, Orianthi, came out with her guitar for the encore , a really banging cover of Sympathy for the Devil.

I could joke about it being the best concert I’ve been to all year, as it’s the first of the year, but this band should be out there headlining in front of much larger crowds.

Posted by: SMOD 2024 at February 17, 2024 07:52 PM (Y2NGV)

62 Here's a group some of the horde may like.

"Gonna drink beer till the day I die" is a goodie:

http://www.daziemae.com/velvet-dress-and-stockings

Posted by: Joe Bribem at February 17, 2024 07:52 PM (QB+5g)

63 Foreigner's Mick Jones was in Johnny Hallyday's band in the 60's.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 17, 2024 07:53 PM (xPl2J)

64 I think... yes... my last live concert was B.B. King.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 17, 2024 07:53 PM (Q4IgG)

65 I've recently discovered Noiselund.

http://tinyurl.com/mryuxsm5

LOWLY EARTHLING WE INSTRUCT YOU TO CLEAN US

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 17, 2024 07:53 PM (CHHv1)

66 I think... yes... my last live concert was B.B. King.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

And even if you never see another live show you have won.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 17, 2024 07:54 PM (5/CA+)

67 Foreigner's Mick Jones was in Johnny Hallyday's band in the 60's.
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 17, 2024 07:53 PM (xPl2J)

Wow! I did not know that. I've been grooving on Hallyday the past few weeks even though my French is limited to swear and sex words but he does have style.

Thanks Mark1971!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 17, 2024 07:55 PM (R/m4+)

68 I saw ELO in concert once just after Eldorado came out (still love that album) Not many remember that for a couple years in the late 70's, they were one of the hottest bands touring.
And they put on a great show!

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 17, 2024 07:56 PM (S6gqv)

69 That story about SRV just goes to show that SRV was loved only when he was gone.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 17, 2024 07:56 PM (8sMut)

70 One of the greatest examples of obnoxious politicking by a musician: ROGER WATERS. Which is a shame because I rather like Floyd, Pink.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 17, 2024 07:57 PM (8sMut)

71
My French is limited to swear and sex words

Used to date her.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at February 17, 2024 07:58 PM (rxm2j)

72 Oh, and Orianthi was absolutely amazing with the way she played that guitar. Her and her band were worth the price of admission all on their own.

Posted by: SMOD 2024 at February 17, 2024 07:59 PM (Y2NGV)

73 BTW top picture - I hate to be picky but isn't just one ugly shoe, that's one ugly foot. Yuck.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 17, 2024 07:59 PM (S6gqv)

74 44: ROSES ARE GAY, VIOLETS ARE GAYER
FUCK THE POEM AND LISTEN TO SLAYER

(From a meme featuring Kerry King)

I am big into Slayer so I will have to check this out.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 17, 2024 08:01 PM (8sMut)

75 71 In the movie "The Departed" French was limited to swear and sex words. And hurtin' people. Real bad.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 17, 2024 08:01 PM (0EOe9)

76 Yeah Tom, see #15. Sinister Footwear.

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at February 17, 2024 08:02 PM (vFG9F)

77 "First Cut Is The Deepest" is still a great listen after all these years.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 17, 2024 07:21 PM (R/m4+)

Linda Ronstadt does a great cover:

http://tinyurl.com/bdzjh7me

Posted by: browndog tail wagging to the beat at February 17, 2024 08:02 PM (TTAGa)

78
I drove to Pittsburgh last night to see a local band, Ghost Hounds, and was blown away.

Ghost Hounds on Youtube

http://tinyurl.com/4ztsjpx4

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 17, 2024 08:02 PM (63Dwl)

79 My current favorite band is out of New Zealand:

The Beths.

https://youtu.be/1XriDeVHO8w

Posted by: pawn at February 17, 2024 08:04 PM (QB+5g)

80 71
My French is limited to swear and sex words...

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at February 17, 2024 07:58 PM (rxm2j)

You're welcome.

Posted by: Patti LaBelle at February 17, 2024 08:04 PM (PiwSw)

81 We need a thread about first concerts.

Mine was Ozzy’s first appearance in San Antonio in a Decade Of Aggression. 1992. Alice In Chains opened. Awesome.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 17, 2024 08:04 PM (8sMut)

82 68 I saw ELO in concert once just after Eldorado came out (still love that album) Not many remember that for a couple years in the late 70's, they were one of the hottest bands touring.
And they put on a great show!
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 17, 2024 07:56 PM (S6gqv)

They're still going strong.

Jeff Lynne has been touring, and he sounds great, even in his 70s...

Posted by: browndog tail wagging to the beat at February 17, 2024 08:05 PM (TTAGa)

83 I have tickets for Dwight Yoakam next weekend. I think Mom will enjoy it too.

Hope he's still got his chops and that y'all enjoy the show. One of my all-time favorites.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 17, 2024 08:05 PM (V8he0)

84 In KPFM-FM Radio Interview in 1984, Zappa told that "Sinister Footwear" is "a ballet about a guy who designs the ugliest shoe in the world and then all the things that happen before you get to wear it.

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at February 17, 2024 08:05 PM (vFG9F)

85 My first concert was Triumph at the Los Angeles Sports Arena in March of 1985. Keel was the opener.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 17, 2024 08:05 PM (xPl2J)

86 I saw ELO in concert once just after Eldorado came out (still love that album)

Same here.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 17, 2024 08:06 PM (V8he0)

87 Morrison also recorded an anti-lockdown song with Eric Clapton, so he isn't all bad, but still...

Self-interest trumps all. If everyone's locked down and not going to concerts, musicians don't make much money.

Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2024 08:06 PM (DgGvY)

88 31 Mellencamp has pretty much always been an assclown.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 17, 2024 07:37 PM (rI455)

What name is he going by this week?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 17, 2024 08:06 PM (8sMut)

89
Larkin Poe are two sisters from GA, play roots rock/blues type stuff. Young still but have been playing for a while, here's a couple of tunes that are representative-

http://tinyurl.com/LPSouthernComfort

http://tinyurl.com/LPDownSouth

Posted by: Leon Sphinx at February 17, 2024 08:07 PM (UIngH)

90 SRV hung out in East Texas and played small bars in the Mid 80's in places like Nacogdoches, Tyler, and Kilgore. He did this while he was working to get clean from a nasty drug abuse problem. The great tragedy of his life was that he finally kicked his drug habit for good, he put out some albums that were wildly successful, he started touring everywhere and was finally on top of the world - and then he died in that helicopter crash.
He was at the absolute peak of his life when it happened; but then perhaps that's the best time to go. But you see why has fans have always been so devastated.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 17, 2024 08:07 PM (S6gqv)

91 I figured out that the Fast Car song sounds like a Mellencamp song and that's why I hate it.

Posted by: fd at February 17, 2024 08:08 PM (vFG9F)

92 SRV was one of those guys that got into a zone where he became "one" with the instrument. That's not seen very often. There are still a few out there.

I still love to see the magnificently expert-level technicians.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 17, 2024 08:08 PM (EEgXH)

93 my first concert - Amy Grant

my brother's - Def Leppard

Posted by: screaming in digital at February 17, 2024 08:08 PM (1eY81)

94 83 A Dwight Yoakam concert with a Buck Owens hologram would be very cool. The YouTube video with them doing "The Streets of Bakersfield" is one of the best out there.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 17, 2024 08:08 PM (0EOe9)

95 Stevie Ray Vaughan...man I'd love to see that guy play again. Rude Mood/Hideaway is one of my favorites. And the live version of Voodoo Child.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 17, 2024 08:09 PM (YRsIm)

96 Was a big Pink Floyd fan until mid 80s, dropped them like a hot rock

Posted by: Skip at February 17, 2024 08:09 PM (fwDg9)

97 Is that shoe supposed to be a high heeled croc?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 17, 2024 08:10 PM (8sMut)

98 A Dwight Yoakam concert with a Buck Owens hologram would be very cool. The YouTube video with them doing "The Streets of Bakersfield" is one of the best out there.

Totally agree.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 17, 2024 08:11 PM (V8he0)

99 Garrett might not be wearing that footwear, but he's looking for the creature that does.
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Whoever s/he is, s/he won't be able to run away

Posted by: screaming in digital at February 17, 2024 08:12 PM (1eY81)

100 CBD

Good call on Wilson Pickett
here's his cover of "Born To Be Wild"
https://youtu.be/2aDMl1nyQO0?si=i56TxDS2kb3S0nvC

Posted by: Don Black at February 17, 2024 08:13 PM (geLO8)

101 The drummer and bass player from SRV & Double Trouble helped form a band called ARC Angels after he died. I discovered them from hearing one of their songs played by a bar band one night. If they could’ve stayed together I think they would’ve been huge. Check em out on YouTube. Thank me later.

Posted by: Pendejo at February 17, 2024 08:14 PM (rVhSN)

102 Another Beths tune I can personally relate to:

"Expert In A Dying Field"

https://youtu.be/-KACt6YhOyY

Posted by: pawn at February 17, 2024 08:14 PM (QB+5g)

103 Another vote for The Beths. Another example:

https://youtu.be/ct8AwQwlbNA

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 17, 2024 08:15 PM (PiwSw)

104 Wilson Pickett - Hey Jude (w/ Duane Allman)

https://youtu.be/0y8Q2PATVyI

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 17, 2024 08:15 PM (xPl2J)

105 93 my first concert - Amy Grant

my brother's - Def Leppard
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 17, 2024 08:08 PM (1eY81)

My middle sister’s first at first is unremarkable: Scorpions.

Except that this concert was at Saarbrücken, Deutschland.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 17, 2024 08:16 PM (8sMut)

106 Hey, we're over 100.The movie "Se7en" is on Sundance. A dark movie that can cheer you up. Brad Pitt gets the shit kicked out of him a couple times, Kevin Spacey gets shot in the end, and Gwyneth Paltrow gets beheaded.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 17, 2024 08:16 PM (0EOe9)

107 Little known fact about SRV: his main guitar, that worn '59 strat he bought in a second hand guitar store, was formerly owned by Christopher Cross.

Posted by: davidt at February 17, 2024 08:17 PM (SYTee)

108 I Ain't That Lonely yet...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EOG7UWcThQ

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 17, 2024 08:18 PM (V8he0)

109 106 Hey, we're over 100.The movie "Se7en" is on Sundance. A dark movie that can cheer you up. Brad Pitt gets the shit kicked out of him a couple times, Kevin Spacey gets shot in the end, and Gwyneth Paltrow gets beheaded.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 17, 2024 08:16 PM (0EOe9)

And it features GySgt Hartman.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 17, 2024 08:18 PM (8sMut)

110 My middle sister’s first at first is unremarkable: Scorpions.

Except that this concert was at Saarbrücken, Deutschland.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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Even if at the Iowa State Fair, still beats Amy Grant.

Posted by: screaming in digital at February 17, 2024 08:19 PM (1eY81)

111 Christopher Cross played one show for Deep Purple in 1970 when Ritchie Blackmore got sick.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 17, 2024 08:19 PM (xPl2J)

112 When I win the Powerball, I'm hiring Marjana as my personal lullaby-singer.

iamthemorning:

https://youtu.be/CjjX3993Sm4

Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2024 08:20 PM (DgGvY)

113 First concert, have to admit, was the Carpenters. But the next year, 1973, my first ROCK concert was Grand Funk Railroad with REO Speedwagon opening, so I always say that was my first because it sounds cooler.

Posted by: skywch at February 17, 2024 08:20 PM (uqhmb)

114 Oingo Boingo at the Belly Up Tavern ( the butt hut) in Encinitas. That was a good time.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 17, 2024 08:21 PM (YRsIm)

115 Interestingly, I first learned about The Beths from Mollie Hemmingway's Twitter feed, she linked to the video of Expert in a Dying Field..

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 17, 2024 08:22 PM (PiwSw)

116 checked my music library
says 12 Dwight Yoakam albums, 135 songs

don't listen to them much anymore, except for his covers of old rockabilly artists like Buck Owens or Johnny Horton

Posted by: Don Black at February 17, 2024 08:22 PM (geLO8)

117 Van Morrison was referring to the leftist establishment in “They Own the Media” i.e. the same clowns that gave us lockdowns and vax mandates.
I remember the anti-Semite accusations at the time and his response.

Posted by: Detroit Wheels at February 17, 2024 08:23 PM (CBaKi)

118 If you asked an AI to create an 80's music video, this is probably what you would get.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKXRbAcsUJg

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at February 17, 2024 08:23 PM (9yUzE)

119 > Christopher Cross played one show for Deep Purple in 1970 when Ritchie Blackmore got sick.
_________

"Ride Like The Wind" has an killer guitar solo by Cross that's lost in the weeds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8VwP5iEr1g

Rick Beato

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 17, 2024 08:24 PM (Q4IgG)

120 Now, I need some advice.When I was a kid, I took music lessons and finally landed on guitar. Unlike my buds at the time, I had a bad ear and couldn't pick up on riffs, but I had a strict teacher and learned to read music, even the really complicated stuff. If it was in ink on paper I could play it. Mom and Dad started me with a Stella, went to a Gibson LG, and then a Gibson SG with a little Ranger amp. All gone.Haven't picked up a guitar in decades but was thinking of one of the on line courses with a decent cheap import guitar, just for personal amusement. Any suggestions on the courses available?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 17, 2024 08:24 PM (0EOe9)

121 First concert was Van Halen 5150.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 17, 2024 08:25 PM (R4t5M)

122 Dwight and Buck: Streets of Bakersfield

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB7oUI32E1Y

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 17, 2024 08:26 PM (V8he0)

123 If you asked an AI to create an 80's music video, this is probably what you would get.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKXRbAcsUJg

There's even a guy doing the robot at 2:40.

Doing the robot means something entirely different in the age of sex dolls, doesn' it?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at February 17, 2024 08:26 PM (9yUzE)

124 She Hobbit, I think you can dance to anything.
Posted by: Ben Had

I'll at least give anything a try!
Posted by: She Hobbit

Don't trip!

https://youtu.be/8pavnAi7lNk

Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2024 08:27 PM (DgGvY)

125 122 A video sure to cheer up anybody. You can even appreciate accordion music listening to that, and might wish you could play mandolin.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 17, 2024 08:27 PM (0EOe9)

126 First concert was the James Gang in 1971 or so up at Kent State. I was under age and snuck in through a back door at the bar they were playing at. I forget the name of the place but it had to be either on Main or Water St.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 17, 2024 08:28 PM (Pu/zx)

127 David Lee Roth did make some fun videos

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 17, 2024 08:28 PM (YRsIm)

128 68 I saw ELO in concert once just after Eldorado came out (still love that album) Not many remember that for a couple years in the late 70's, they were one of the hottest bands touring.
And they put on a great show!
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 17, 2024 07:56 PM (S6gqv)

Their take on Roll Over Beethoven made me a believer. Finally got to see them when they toured on their Twilight album. Most recently caught Jeff Lynne when he came to The Forum a few years back. John Lennon was a fan. Jeff Lynne's influence on George Harrison and Tom Petty speaks to his genius.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 17, 2024 08:29 PM (szKLp)

129 SRV and Jeff Beck...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84_UvByGDkM

Posted by: davidt at February 17, 2024 08:29 PM (SYTee)

130 Really good 80's funk song released in 2023.

https://youtu.be/iUw3LPM7OBU?si=UfCoFTUDp6wDrhi2

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at February 17, 2024 08:30 PM (9yUzE)

131 First concert was the James Gang in 1971 or so up at Kent State. I was under age and snuck in through a back door at the bar they were playing at. I forget the name of the place but it had to be either on Main or Water St.

Awesome. Been there, done that. They were originally The Measles, believe it or not. I have some long ago connections with that long gone era.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 17, 2024 08:31 PM (V8he0)

132 My first concert was Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids. Great sounds!

Years later had a sergeant who played in a warm up band for REO Speedwagon. Damn that kid was good. I asked him once why he joined the army. He said he needed a steady job.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 17, 2024 08:31 PM (W/lyH)

133 Percy Mayfield>Otis Redding, but both are great.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2024 08:32 PM (tkR6S)

134 First concert was Black and Blue. Snuck out for that one and hitched me a ride. First official was Huey Lewis accompanied by my mother.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 17, 2024 08:32 PM (EEgXH)

135 41
'I would summon up Cat Stevens to personally thank him live for his inspirational words '

I like the way you think.

Posted by: Guy with pillow in the shadow's of FJB's bedroom at February 17, 2024 08:32 PM (roH4R)

136 My first concert was Santana, Focus opened for them.

Posted by: davidt at February 17, 2024 08:33 PM (SYTee)

137 A friend got me into some reggae about a year ago, not rasta or Jamaican, more west coast style.
I saw these guys last summer, and I'm going to a 4 day
festival next month to see them again. The music does have a good effect on my mood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j__u4YOg7BM

Posted by: TC at February 17, 2024 08:33 PM (OgfrC)

138 I've always had a soft spot for ELO. Probably stems from my enjoyment as a wee hobbit lassie watching Xanadu.
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 17, 2024 07:13 PM (ftFVW)

Their version of "Roll Over Beethoven" is the shiznit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2024 08:34 PM (tkR6S)

139 Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan playing a double necked guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdmlEZAWYIM

Posted by: huerfano at February 17, 2024 08:35 PM (Q4KYm)

140 I asked him once why he joined the army. He said he needed a steady job.
Posted by: Diogenes

An excellent guitar player worked with me just before y2k. I asked him why he gave up playing he said:
1) What do you call a musician with a mortgage? An optimist.
2) What is the difference between a pizza and a musician? A pizza can feed a family of four.
3) What do you call a musician throwing his guitar into the trash can across the room? Perfect pitch.

He was great at networking and herding servers.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 17, 2024 08:38 PM (5/CA+)

141 106
'A dark movie that can cheer you up.'

If Se7en cheers you up, you aren't right.

Posted by: Guy with pillow in the shadow's of FJB's bedroom at February 17, 2024 08:38 PM (roH4R)

142 If you asked an AI to create an 80's music video, this is probably what you would get.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKXRbAcsUJg
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

That's exactly what an AI would create: it got everything right except the hair.

Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2024 08:39 PM (DgGvY)

143 I think... yes... my last live concert was B.B. King.

I last saw BB many years ago, he couldn't stand, sat on a stool and played. Recently discovered him playing The Thrill is Gone with Gary Moore (RIP both). Delightful

Posted by: SonnyD at February 17, 2024 08:39 PM (4jtdv)

144 >>> Haven't picked up a guitar in decades but was thinking of one of the on line courses with a decent cheap import guitar, just for personal amusement. Any suggestions on the courses available?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 17, 2024 08:24 PM (0EOe9)
---------------

I'm looking at brass horns, a horn, to help get my wind up. I want a baritone but student models are hard to come by.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 17, 2024 08:39 PM (s+bMu)

145 Haven't picked up a guitar in decades but was thinking of one of the on line courses with a decent cheap import guitar, just for personal amusement. Any suggestions on the courses available?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 17, 2024 08:24 PM (0EOe9)

Online courses are probably like anything else out there, some good, some bad. If you can read music chances are you'll probably be ok. There are a lot of guys on youtube teaching things. Try out different vids and see who you like. The best thing is to zero on what song you want to learn, and see who is best at teaching it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2024 08:40 PM (VwHCD)

146 Off pillow hero sock.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 17, 2024 08:40 PM (roH4R)

147 First concert, Three Dog Night, Albuquerque, '73 or '74.

Posted by: goatexchange at February 17, 2024 08:41 PM (c7wWd)

148 SRV and Double Trouble had two song in "From Dusk Till Dawn" (a movie which soundtrack-wise was pretty much Texas blues), "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and "Willie the Wimp (And His Cadillac Coffin)".

Magna Spheniscidae delenda est

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 17, 2024 08:41 PM (a3Q+t)

149 138 I've always had a soft spot for ELO. Probably stems from my enjoyment as a wee hobbit lassie watching Xanadu.
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 17, 2024 07:13 PM (ftFVW)

Their version of "Roll Over Beethoven" is the shiznit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2024 08:34 PM (tkR6S)

Yes it is...

They have a live version on You Tube, played at Glastonbury, that just kills!

Posted by: browndog tail wagging to the beat at February 17, 2024 08:42 PM (TTAGa)

150 The thrill is here:

https://youtu.be/ueaANdi5em4

Posted by: SonnyD at February 17, 2024 08:42 PM (4jtdv)

151 Classic Pop Dissected

🎶And if it comes back the very next day
then I'll understand🎶

Can you believe there was a time when the post office was that efficient? They even delivered twice a day!

Elvis - Return to Sender
https://youtu.be/IFEkEsch5wM

The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman (1961)
https://youtu.be/A_zVeKPjOpI

Beatles cover
https://youtu.be/Jzy4R8EbWJ4

The Box Tops - The Letter
https://youtu.be/HIWY8UyW9bw

Related obsolete communication method
The Five Americans - Western Union
https://youtu.be/fJMwxucTJyo

Posted by: mindful webworker - ho ho meow at February 17, 2024 08:43 PM (FOLlN)

152
126 First concert was the James Gang in 1971 >>>>>> I forget the name of the place but it had to be either on Main or Water St.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 17, 2024 08:28 PM (Pu/zx)

TP in 1970 James Gang played a mixer dance at St Peter Chanel in Bedford, OH. I was too young for a HS dance at that time, so I had to sneak in too. I was in awe. Amazing to me how that album still holds up

Posted by: Leon Sphinx at February 17, 2024 08:43 PM (UIngH)

153 120

Get yourself a knock off Stratocaster and a good amp. I have a Line 6 amp that has some decent effects. Google Ultimate Guitar. They have chords for just about any song you'd want to learn. If you took lessons, you'll be surprised how much comes back to you. Get an ax and start swinging, man!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 17, 2024 08:44 PM (szKLp)

154 Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jeff Healey, who I drank beers with one time.

https://youtu.be/2HmLFyvFxTc?si=DSiPGctGAG9zR0Kx

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2024 08:46 PM (tkR6S)

155 SRV, Hendrix's Third Stone from the Sun...

(you thought Hendrix was the master of feedback?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYEEovuhsgY

Posted by: davidt at February 17, 2024 08:46 PM (SYTee)

156 Top pic...

croque monsieur >>> monsieur in crocs

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 08:46 PM (ynpvh)

157 145 I was also considering late life piano lessons. Saw a course offered that was interesting. I was thinking about a full keyboard electric, with headphones, because my neighbors are also armed and I don't like annoying people that are armed. There is also a teacher in Fort Smith that advertises "seniors welcome" so I guess that's a thing nowadays.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 17, 2024 08:47 PM (0EOe9)

158 Popping in after a fine dinner. (CBD - sou vide strip steaks finished on a smoking hot grill with roasted vegetables and a killer Merlot)

First concert Blue Oyster Cult when I was a mini Meta.

Best concert - Miles Davis.

Last concert: The Hooters. (Saw them in kollege some 40 years ago.)

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 17, 2024 08:47 PM (GTqXr)

159 What happens when a couple Japanese women forget that it's the 21st century, and record a song for 1958 instead:

https://youtu.be/TtAjxpNijjY

(RIP Ritsuko Okazaki)

Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2024 08:49 PM (DgGvY)

160 Stevie Ray Vaughn has some good stuff. Only have listened to a small bit of it, but liked what I heard.
"Look at Little Sister"
"Pride and Joy"
Good music.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 08:49 PM (ynpvh)

161 158...

Last concert: The Hooters. (Saw them in kollege some 40 years ago.)

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 17, 2024 08:47 PM (GTqXr)

I've been to Hooters. Does that count?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 08:50 PM (ynpvh)

162 153 Heh. Get an ax and start swinging. In the 60s I was the most boring guitar player on Earth. I could have been that guy in the front row of the NBC band on the Tonight Show, hitting two chords on a big ass Rick Country Gentleman.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 17, 2024 08:50 PM (0EOe9)

163 Natalie Merchant did a cover of Cat’s “Ride On The Pee Stain.” She’s another political lost soul. Mary Ramsey also was in 10k Maniacs. I like the cover she did of Roxy Music’s “More Than This.”

Posted by: Rex B at February 17, 2024 08:51 PM (zbJ2L)

164 TP in 1970 James Gang played a mixer dance at St Peter Chanel in Bedford, OH. I was too young for a HS dance at that time, so I had to sneak in too. I was in awe. Amazing to me how that album still holds up
Posted by: Leon Sphinx at February 17, 2024 08:43 PM (UIngH)

Chanel...now there's a name you don't hear often.

Does the name John Cannaday (sp) ring a bell. 3 sport athlete. I ran against him in the 440...he.was.FAST.

Posted by: browndog tail wagging to the beat at February 17, 2024 08:52 PM (TTAGa)

165 Last concert: The Hooters.
Posted by: Heavy Meta

I've been to Hooters. Does that count?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Did any of the waitresses sing? Then yes.

Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2024 08:53 PM (DgGvY)

166 Wolfgang, Eddie's son, had a tale as to why there were such tensions in VH. Eddie was a fanatical and skilled musician; David Lee Roth had a decent voice, but was an average musician at best. However, his parents had been in Vaudeville and he was a born entertainer - and it burned Eddie up to know that fans liked DLR better than they liked him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 17, 2024 08:53 PM (S6gqv)

167 Or thinking back, maybe the first wasn't Huey Lewis, but Loverboy? Damn, early eighties, - I was still crapping my diapers.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 17, 2024 08:56 PM (EEgXH)

168 165 Last concert: The Hooters.
Posted by: Heavy Meta

I've been to Hooters. Does that count?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Did any of the waitresses sing? Then yes.

Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2024 08:53 PM (DgGvY)

Mostly the non-standard version of Happy Birthday...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 08:56 PM (ynpvh)

169 Saw ELO at Madison Square Garden in 1977. It was a great show.

Posted by: Pepe LePew at February 17, 2024 08:56 PM (V5BDR)

170 Kamala was a born entertainer, too.

Posted by: Willie Brown at February 17, 2024 08:56 PM (tkR6S)

171 I am a metal-head. Most of the best live shows I've seen are Megadeth, Slayer, Death Angel, Testament, Helloween, Flotsam and Jetsam, and so many more.

Why? A lot to do with smaller venues where the sound system works. Plus, metal musicians are among the best ever in terms of talent and skill.

Saw the Scorpions live years ago, and they sucked; and I was deaf for days.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at February 17, 2024 08:56 PM (T/Lqj)

172 167 Or thinking back, maybe the first wasn't Huey Lewis, but Loverboy? Damn, early eighties, - I was still crapping my diapers.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 17, 2024 08:56 PM (EEgXH)

Dr. Bone, you're making me feel old now, and I'm not QUITE finished with my second round of going for 29...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 08:57 PM (ynpvh)

173 Dr. Bone, you're making me feel old now, and I'm not QUITE finished with my second round of going for 29...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 08:57 PM (ynpvh)

I rounded that bend last week, brother. heh.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at February 17, 2024 08:58 PM (T/Lqj)

174 170 Kamala was a born entertainer, too.

Posted by: Willie Brown at February 17, 2024 08:56 PM (tkR6S)

A more...interactive...entertainer.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 08:58 PM (ynpvh)

175 173 Dr. Bone, you're making me feel old now, and I'm not QUITE finished with my second round of going for 29...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 08:57 PM (ynpvh)

I rounded that bend last week, brother. heh.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at February 17, 2024 08:58 PM (T/Lqj)

Was looking through my HS yearbooks and found where, my Junior year, my future-to-be wife had actually signed my yearbook and left a message. Almost 40 years ago. We didn't start dating until the late 90's...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:01 PM (ynpvh)

176 When you're really sure of the name, then it's the name of your band, and your album, and your song.

Lunatic Soul:

https://youtu.be/KlTWzAn6Pik

Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2024 09:01 PM (DgGvY)

177 First concert, Three Dog Night, Albuquerque, '73 or '74.
Posted by: goatexchange
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I saw Atlanta Rhythm Section open for Three Dog Night at a hot air balloon festival in 1989.

[not a Horde meme, true story]

Posted by: screaming in digital at February 17, 2024 09:02 PM (1eY81)

178 The is a decent cover of "Everyone Wants To Rule The World"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_jKN4PW3rY

Posted by: TC at February 17, 2024 09:02 PM (OgfrC)

179 Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin,
-------------

Just got back from craigslist, lot of options.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 17, 2024 09:03 PM (s+bMu)

180
164 Chanel...now there's a name you don't hear often.

Does the name John Cannaday (sp) ring a bell. 3 sport athlete. I ran against him in the 440...he.was.FAST.

Negative on Cannaday, the 440 was my race though too. Chanel was in my neighborhood. One brother graduated '64 another in '83. Me and another brother went to Ignatius, I graduated '74, brother '71.

Posted by: Leon Sphinx at February 17, 2024 09:03 PM (UIngH)

181 176 When you're really sure of the name, then it's the name of your band, and your album, and your song.

Lunatic Soul:

https://youtu.be/KlTWzAn6Pik

Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2024 09:01 PM (DgGvY)

Ad in EweToob with a busty blonde showed up with that vid. Ad is for borrowing if you own a house. LOL.
Normally, for some reason, Asian Dating. Block those too.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:03 PM (ynpvh)

182 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:01 PM (ynpvh)

*fist bump*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at February 17, 2024 09:04 PM (T/Lqj)

183 My first concert was Iron Maiden in Phoenix, 1987.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at February 17, 2024 09:05 PM (T/Lqj)

184 I am a metal-head. Most of the best live shows I've seen are Megadeth, Slayer, Death Angel, Testament, Helloween, Flotsam and Jetsam, and so many more.

Why? A lot to do with smaller venues where the sound system works. Plus, metal musicians are among the best ever in terms of talent and skill.

Saw the Scorpions live years ago, and they sucked; and I was deaf for days.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at February 17, 2024 08:56 PM (T/Lqj)

Yeah, volume doesn't mean great.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2024 09:06 PM (VwHCD)

185 Didn't do concerts growing up. My folks didn't allow me to go the the Theatre (too much stuff happens there!). I wasn't allowed to listen to R&R music at home either (but plenty at school). My brother got a contraband radio and we would surreptitiously listen to AM radio playing the "devil's music".
It was kinda ironic; my Dad had LPs of R&R music from the 50's, but the music from the 70's and 80's? Devil's music. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:07 PM (ynpvh)

186 Roxy Music’s “More Than This.”

That is a beautiful song.

Lots of great covers out there.

Norah Jones (obscure cut)

https://youtu.be/Enhsq8QdsMA

Posted by: pawn at February 17, 2024 09:08 PM (QB+5g)

187 47 Back in the early 80's there used to be concerts on the National Mall in what we now call the capitol city.

Beach Boys, as I recall were a big draw. Fireworks, patriotic music, etc.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 17, 2024 07:44 PM

I was living in DC at that time and remember that concert. Didn't the Secretary of the Interior (James Watt, I think?) try to get it shut down?

Posted by: Moonbeam at February 17, 2024 09:09 PM (rbKZ6)

188 Well, my broiled lamb shoulder steak with brown rice was yummy. I think I cut a nice thick slice of papaya for dessert.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2024 09:10 PM (tkR6S)

189 My first concert was Marty Robbins in Amarillo, Tx. I was about 3. He was so good that I still remember parts of it. It was about the time the Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs album came out and he sang El Paso and Big Iron.

Posted by: huerfano at February 17, 2024 09:11 PM (Q4KYm)

190 186 Roxy Music’s “More Than This.”

That is a beautiful song.

Lots of great covers out there.

Norah Jones (obscure cut)

https://youtu.be/Enhsq8QdsMA
Posted by: pawn at February 17, 2024 09:08 PM

I was never a big Roxy Music fan but I LOVE that song.

Posted by: Moonbeam at February 17, 2024 09:11 PM (rbKZ6)

191 I drive into work on weekends. Friday night I listened to Styx-Greatest Hits on the way in.

https://youtu.be/9b-i0XknSnM?si=f-jHJMjx4aV0RQBD

Tonight, on the way in, Alabama-Southern Star

https://youtu.be/IhsbhbnKoR0?si=ex-33uc1iYKbrT6J

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 17, 2024 09:11 PM (AdHga)

192 Negative on Cannaday, the 440 was my race though too. Chanel was in my neighborhood. One brother graduated '64 another in '83. Me and another brother went to Ignatius, I graduated '74, brother '71.
Posted by: Leon Sphinx at February 17, 2024 09:03 PM (UIngH)

Iggie...very good.

I was at US, '73.

We didn't face you guys in anything back then.

These days I think they play hockey against each other.

Posted by: browndog tail wagging to the beat at February 17, 2024 09:12 PM (TTAGa)

193 188 Well, my broiled lamb shoulder steak with brown rice was yummy. I think I cut a nice thick slice of papaya for dessert.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2024 09:10 PM (tkR6S)

Sous vide steaks with roasted potatoes (w added onions and bacon grease...) and some brussel sprouts.

I think that's dinner.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:12 PM (ynpvh)

194 Love Van Morrison

https://youtu.be/0AQtd5LFa38?si=jQOZUEQQ1L_keMmo

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 17, 2024 09:12 PM (AdHga)

195 Neil Young is a cranky old asshole, but when starting out, did some nice stuff.

I bought my Martin D-18 guitar in 1972, the year Young's "Harvest" was the year's top selling album.

I lost the album but still have the D-18 and play every day.. Harvest Moon with its signature riff, the second guitar coming in in the vocal line with those harmonic pings, is a wonderfully sweet tune. No politics.

It's longer than many pop songs, at a little over five minutes, but it doesn't seem long when played and sung. Young plays it dead steady at 113 beats per minute, the rhythm od his right hand never wavering.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at February 17, 2024 09:12 PM (KiBMU)

196 Live music is best. I just wrote a heartfelt pain to the Fillmore. Forgot to hit post and refreshed.

All that brilliance….. lost.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 17, 2024 09:13 PM (BHL6B)

197 191 I drive into work on weekends. Friday night I listened to Styx-Greatest Hits on the way in.

https://youtu.be/9b-i0XknSnM?si=f-jHJMjx4aV0RQBD

Tonight, on the way in, Alabama-Southern Star

https://youtu.be/IhsbhbnKoR0?si=ex-33uc1iYKbrT6J

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 17, 2024 09:11 PM (AdHga)

I was driving on Ventura highway to get to a work site when America's "Ventura Highway" came on the radio. How fitting.

https://youtu.be/ujsOx33f4mk

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:13 PM (ynpvh)

198 Pretty much done with live concerts. My tinnitus is bad enough. I don't need loud music to make it worse. The last concert I saw was Handel's Messiah at the Kennedy Center. The Washington Philharmonic and UofMD choir. It was excellent and my ears didn't bleed.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 17, 2024 09:18 PM (AdHga)

199 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2024 09:06 PM (VwHCD)

Very glad to see you’re feeling well enough to post. I assume everything went well . Did your brother have any interesting quotes for you😀

Posted by: Sap Green at February 17, 2024 09:18 PM (MNhXM)

200 Last concert...Lady Antebellum.

Too many years ago.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 17, 2024 09:18 PM (W/lyH)

201 I was driving on Ventura highway to get to a work site when America's "Ventura Highway" came on the radio. How fitting.

A reminder, in case you forgot where you were going.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 17, 2024 09:19 PM (AdHga)

202 Didn't do concerts growing up. My folks didn't allow me to go the the Theatre (too much stuff happens there!). I wasn't allowed to listen to R&R music at home either (but plenty at school). My brother got a contraband radio and we would surreptitiously listen to AM radio playing the "devil's music".
It was kinda ironic; my Dad had LPs of R&R music from the 50's, but the music from the 70's and 80's? Devil's music. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:07 PM (ynpvh)

My father was a typical rock guitarist of the late 50's, yet when I went in the same direction it was a horror. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2024 09:19 PM (VwHCD)

203 Not a big fan ( free tickets) but surprisingly a Kiss concert was one of the best concerts I ever went to.

Posted by: Sap Green at February 17, 2024 09:20 PM (MNhXM)

204 198 Pretty much done with live concerts. My tinnitus is bad enough. I don't need loud music to make it worse. The last concert I saw was Handel's Messiah at the Kennedy Center. The Washington Philharmonic and UofMD choir. It was excellent and my ears didn't bleed.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 17, 2024 09:18 PM (AdHga)

Airforce Band would come to our school once a year. Always left me feeling deaf and ears ringing, no matter where in the auditorium I sat. Today? Normal hearing loss at high frequencies, some overall loss especially at a certain notch frequency (gun thread event near my ear).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:20 PM (ynpvh)

205 202 Didn't do concerts growing up. My folks didn't allow me to go the the Theatre (too much stuff happens there!). I wasn't allowed to listen to R&R music at home either (but plenty at school). My brother got a contraband radio and we would surreptitiously listen to AM radio playing the "devil's music".
It was kinda ironic; my Dad had LPs of R&R music from the 50's, but the music from the 70's and 80's? Devil's music. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:07 PM (ynpvh)

My father was a typical rock guitarist of the late 50's, yet when I went in the same direction it was a horror. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2024 09:19 PM (VwHCD)

Yeah, that happens. As parents we realize some of our...decisions...lacked forethought and clarity of consequences.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:21 PM (ynpvh)

206 I’ll try again. Jimmy Buffet played a benefit for Hurricane Katrina victims years ago at the Fillmore in SF. Not a huge crowd but it SRO so you could get very close.

He channeled the spirits of the greats who had played the venue and surprised me with his range. From Hendix and Joplin to lots of good blues and some soul. Plus plenty of sixties rock.

Really an enjoyable show and unexpected. And of course we sang along to Margaritaville.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 17, 2024 09:22 PM (BHL6B)

207 that guy in the front row of the NBC band on the Tonight Show, hitting two chords on a big ass Rick Country Gentleman.

Wow. You mean Gretsch Country Gentleman? In my day sonny that is what Ted Nugent played. And that old guy was likely Bucky Pizzarelli, who played 7-string and maybe knows a lot more then two chords, if you watched real close.

Congratulations. You sure hit the shit gong with that one.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 17, 2024 09:22 PM (zdLoL)

208 Last concert...Lady Antebellum.

Too many years ago.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 17, 2024 09:18 PM (W/lyH)

Now known as Lady A when they surrendered to the woke life.

Posted by: Sap Green at February 17, 2024 09:22 PM (MNhXM)

209 Very glad to see you’re feeling well enough to post. I assume everything went well . Did your brother have any interesting quotes for you😀

Posted by: Sap Green at February 17, 2024 09:18 PM (MNhXM)

yeah I'm feeling great. I'm all beat up, but no pain just sitting around. My chest looks like a jumped on a grenade, but I'll heal. As far as my brother goes, yeah I learned NOT to use speaker phone while talking to him from my room. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2024 09:22 PM (VwHCD)

210 The papaya was pretty good. Very much like canteloupe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2024 09:23 PM (tkR6S)

211 >> 187 47 Back in the early 80's there used to be concerts on the National Mall in what we now call the capitol city.

Beach Boys, as I recall were a big draw. Fireworks, patriotic music, etc.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 17, 2024 07:44 PM

I was living in DC at that time and remember that concert. Didn't the Secretary of the Interior (James Watt, I think?) try to get it shut down?
Posted by: Moonbeam at February 17, 2024 09:09 PM (rbKZ6)
____________

Probably... the "concerts on the mall" during that time went on without much drama, but there were some issues from time to time. I went to 3-4 of the concerts during that time.

"Woodstock on the Potomac"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 17, 2024 09:23 PM (Q4IgG)

212 Stevie Ray Vaughn

https://youtu.be/TMY9Wrh1oPA?si=uuWWTcdDhq_nyLrP

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 17, 2024 09:23 PM (AdHga)

213 206 I’ll try again. Jimmy Buffet played a benefit for Hurricane Katrina victims years ago at the Fillmore in SF. Not a huge crowd but it SRO so you could get very close.

He channeled the spirits of the greats who had played the venue and surprised me with his range. From Hendix and Joplin to lots of good blues and some soul. Plus plenty of sixties rock.

Really an enjoyable show and unexpected. And of course we sang along to Margaritaville.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 17, 2024 09:22 PM (BHL6B)

One couple had a song of his at their Yacht wedding...
https://youtu.be/7RgyNCt9UXs&t=31s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:25 PM (ynpvh)

214 Roxy Music’s “More Than This.”
That is a beautiful song.
Lots of great covers out there.
Norah Jones (obscure cut)

Thanks for that. I really like it.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 17, 2024 09:25 PM (V8he0)

215 Now known as Lady A when they surrendered to the woke life.
Posted by: Sap Green at February 17, 2024 09:22 PM (MNhXM)

Not to be confused with Aunt Ladybelly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2024 09:25 PM (tkR6S)

216 160 Stevie Ray Vaughn has some good stuff. Only have listened to a small bit of it, but liked what I heard.
"Look at Little Sister"
"Pride and Joy"
Good music.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 08:49 PM

If you like the upbeat stuff, check out "The House is Rockin'". You also might like the album "Family Style". It's an album by Stevie Ray and his brother Jimmie, so you'd have to look it up under "The Vaughan Brothers". It's one of my favorites.

Posted by: Moonbeam at February 17, 2024 09:25 PM (rbKZ6)

217 My father was a typical rock guitarist of the late 50's, yet when I went in the same direction it was a horror. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2024 09:19 PM (VwHCD)

Yeah, that happens. As parents we realize some of our...decisions...lacked forethought and clarity of consequences.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:21 PM (ynpvh)

The best part was when I spent a few years brushing up on classical guitar. My parents thought it was greatest thing from the heavens, but..... then I had to deal with Mrs B poking her head into the room yelling "will you play some F'n metal already!"

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2024 09:26 PM (VwHCD)

218 One couple had a song of his at their Yacht wedding...
https://youtu.be/7RgyNCt9UXs&t=31s
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:25 PM (ynpvh)

Yachts got to be married. Illegitimate dinghies are a terrible thing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2024 09:27 PM (tkR6S)

219 Last concert...Lady Antebellum.

Too many years ago.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 17, 2024 09:18 PM (W/lyH)

Now known as Lady A when they surrendered to the woke life.
Posted by: Sap Green at February 17, 2024 09:22 PM (MNhXM)
***

so I've heard.
Pretty much stopped listening to Country.

The only music I listen to now with any regularity is the chubby chick singing on the Jadiance commercial.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 17, 2024 09:27 PM (W/lyH)

220 Not to be confused with Aunt Ladybelly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2024 09:25 PM (tkR6S)

Or Leadbelly. Lots of soul wrenching pain filled Blues. “Tell me where did you sleep last night?”

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 17, 2024 09:27 PM (BHL6B)

221 You also might like the album "Family Style". It's an album by Stevie Ray and his brother Jimmie, so you'd have to look it up under "The Vaughan Brothers". It's one of my favorites.
Posted by: Moonbeam at February 17, 2024 09:25 PM (rbKZ6)

I remember that one as being a gooder.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2024 09:28 PM (tkR6S)

222 Hmmm... last concert I went to was Chris Stapleton, October 2019 in Peoria with Brothers Osborne opening. Just a month before that, Queensryche in KC. Then... nothing. Plans for Zac Brown in fall 2021 fell through when the venue instituted a vax mandate AFTER we had bought tickets. We did get a full and prompt refund after telling them to fuck right off.

Posted by: screaming in digital at February 17, 2024 09:28 PM (1eY81)

223
192 Iggie...very good.

I was at US, '73.

We didn't face you guys in anything back then.

These days I think they play hockey against each other.

Posted by: browndog tail wagging to the beat at February 17, 2024 09:12 PM (TTAGa)

US, even mo better. I believe you're right about our alma maters never competing much. At that time we went against the Senate League- all the city schools and a few Catholic ones like St Joe's, St Ed's, Benedictine.

Posted by: Leon Sphinx at February 17, 2024 09:28 PM (UIngH)

224 The only music I listen to now with any regularity is the chubby chick singing on the Jadiance commercial.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 17, 2024 09:27 PM (W/lyH)

Oh Lord so happy they switched her out with someone else. You have diabetes because you eat too much!!!

Speaking of that, look up Mike and Molly actor , comedian Billy Gardell. He is now unrecognizable. Good unrecognizable.

Posted by: Sap Green at February 17, 2024 09:30 PM (MNhXM)

225 Or Leadbelly. Lots of soul wrenching pain filled Blues. “Tell me where did you sleep last night?”
Posted by: Pete Bog at February 17, 2024 09:27 PM (BHL6B)

He had quite a varied catalog. Did a lot of music for children, IIRC.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2024 09:30 PM (tkR6S)

226 216 160 Stevie Ray Vaughn has some good stuff. Only have listened to a small bit of it, but liked what I heard.
"Look at Little Sister"
"Pride and Joy"
Good music.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 08:49 PM

If you like the upbeat stuff, check out "The House is Rockin'". You also might like the album "Family Style". It's an album by Stevie Ray and his brother Jimmie, so you'd have to look it up under "The Vaughan Brothers". It's one of my favorites.

Posted by: Moonbeam at February 17, 2024 09:25 PM (rbKZ6)

Nice guitar work.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:30 PM (ynpvh)

227 Speaking of first concerts, mine was in the seventh grade. Lobo played at the National Guard Armory in my very small town. It was not a big building. Maybe 50 people there. Whenever I think of it, it makes me a little sad for the artists who hit that phase of their career.

Posted by: Moonbeam at February 17, 2024 09:30 PM (rbKZ6)

228 Roxy Music’s “More Than This.”
Posted by: Rex B

You made me think of October Project's "Something More Than This."

https://youtu.be/RHY5827m6Dk

Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2024 09:31 PM (DgGvY)

229 90 SRV hung out in East Texas and played small bars in the Mid 80's in places like Nacogdoches, Tyler, and Kilgore. He did this while he was working to get clean from a nasty drug abuse problem. The great tragedy of his life was that he finally kicked his drug habit for good, he put out some albums that were wildly successful, he started touring everywhere and was finally on top of the world - and then he died in that helicopter crash.
He was at the absolute peak of his life when it happened; but then perhaps that's the best time to go. But you see why has fans have always been so devastated.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Yep.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 17, 2024 09:31 PM (AdHga)

230 1 minute and 52 seconds that netted me 2 speeding tickets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUsvRaRk9Fs

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 17, 2024 09:32 PM (Q4IgG)

231 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2024 09:22 PM

Prayers up for your continuing recovery, bro. We were a bit worried there for a while.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 17, 2024 09:32 PM (V8he0)

232 We used to hire cheap bands for our frat parties. One band was so cheap they played Wild Thing every other song. And we loved it.

Posted by: Sap Green at February 17, 2024 09:32 PM (MNhXM)

233 219- The only music I listen to now with any regularity is the chubby chick singing on the Jadiance commercial.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 17, 2024 09:27 PM

I can't stop laughing!

Posted by: Moonbeam at February 17, 2024 09:33 PM (rbKZ6)

234 Speaking of first concerts, mine was in the seventh grade. Lobo played at the National Guard Armory in my very small town. It was not a big building. Maybe 50 people there. Whenever I think of it, it makes me a little sad for the artists who hit that phase of their career.
Posted by: Moonbeam
---
Their appeal has become more selective.

Posted by: screaming in digital at February 17, 2024 09:33 PM (1eY81)

235 Cat Stevens - I think Buddha and the Chocolate Box was his last album as Cat. Last one I got, anyway.

His songs like Peace Train had a hopeful, gospel-ish quality although kind of empty at the core. I liked his work and wished him well.

With Buddha, I thought he was really getting near religion, tending toward something Christian or at least Buddhist, with songs like Ghost Town, Jesus, Home in the Sky, and King of Trees. Still seemed he hadn't found a core faith, but seemed like he was heading in a good direction. I liked the album and wished him well.

Next thing I knew he turned Mooselimb and denounced music. Seriously? How terribly sad. And I didn't even fully realize how bad a turn Islam was at the time, just that he'd jumped the tracks and crashed the peace train. I hoped he would take a new turn again, but he hasn't. I knew he still was hollow at the core. Tragic. His talents might have been a great force for good.

Posted by: mindful webworker - oops at February 17, 2024 09:34 PM (FOLlN)

236 Speaking of being 29, I remembered last week that when I was in college, I was in a 'Smiths' cover band. Our bass player was the nephew of the president of Pakistan. True story.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at February 17, 2024 09:34 PM (9yUzE)

237 Prayers up for your continuing recovery, bro. We were a bit worried there for a while.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 17, 2024 09:32 PM (V8he0)

Thanks. I was in great hands though. I was confident. I'm just glad to get it over with while I'm young. Doing this while old had to be a nightmare.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2024 09:34 PM (VwHCD)

238 He was at the absolute peak of his life when it happened; but then perhaps that's the best time to go. But you see why has fans have always been so devastated.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Yep.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 17, 2024 09:31 PM (AdHga)

Randi Rhodes enters the conversation.

Posted by: Sap Green at February 17, 2024 09:34 PM (MNhXM)

239 "Wild Thing....da da, da da...I think you blew my amp!"

Posted by: pawn at February 17, 2024 09:35 PM (QB+5g)

240 One of my earlier concert memories was seeing The Amboy Dukes (Uncle Ted Nugent) at the Akron Armory. I was semi-deaf for nearly a week.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 17, 2024 09:36 PM (V8he0)

241 Speaking of being 29, I remembered last week that when I was in college, I was in a 'Smiths' cover band. Our bass player was the nephew of the president of Pakistan. True story.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at February 17, 2024 09:34 PM (9yUzE)

Did he go on to form No Doubt😀

Posted by: Sap Green at February 17, 2024 09:36 PM (MNhXM)

242 230 1 minute and 52 seconds that netted me 2 speeding tickets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUsvRaRk9Fs

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 17, 2024 09:32 PM (Q4IgG)

Oh yeah, I know that one.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:36 PM (ynpvh)

243 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2024 09:34 PM

*thumbs up*

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 17, 2024 09:37 PM (V8he0)

244 Randi Rhodes enters the conversation.

Posted by: Sap Green at February 17, 2024 09:34 PM (MNhXM)

Damn, that was a true tragedy.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2024 09:38 PM (VwHCD)

245 ONT is early !

Posted by: Sap Green at February 17, 2024 09:39 PM (MNhXM)

246 233 219- The only music I listen to now with any regularity is the chubby chick singing on the Jadiance commercial.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 17, 2024 09:27 PM

I can't stop laughing!

Posted by: Moonbeam at February 17, 2024 09:33 PM (rbKZ6)

https://youtu.be/pdPM6j1Q4sg
Used to hear that one all the time. That has some fatties too.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 17, 2024 09:39 PM (ynpvh)

247 It would be hard to figure out which concert I saw that was the loudest. I lost my hearing, briefly, during a Boston concert. They had a pipe organ (mobile one. Go figure) and on one song (can't remember which one), it blasted out this marvelous, melodic, sound and my ears just went 'yea, were out'. Recovered and enjoyed the rest of the show. Boston is really good live. Not sure my hearing ever recovered.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 17, 2024 09:41 PM (AdHga)

248 46 Speaking of electronic, and it’s really off the wall, but I like 2 tunes by a French guy named Serge Blenner (Pièce tendre and Palabre d’A). My go-to electronic stuff is Jean Michel Jarre and of course Tangerine Dream. Great album is Ride on the Ray: The Blue Years Anthology. And of course Dream Sequence. The 5-disc set, Tangents 1973-1983, is superb. JMJ is at his best in Oxygene and my fave, Equinoxe. As always with music, YMMV.
Posted by: dhmosquito at February 17, 2024 07:42 PM (rAyua)

Over 1/3 of my music collection (3000+ CDs, 500+ LPs, 1TB digital files) is Electronic music. Tangerine Dream makes up the bulk of that, with over 200 unique items. I saw them five times, starting in '86 at the Alberquerque concert (which is NOT what is featured on LiveMiles!), and was a guest at their '96 and '97 shows in London.

Anyone wanting to start exploring their immense catalogue should start with 1975's Rubycon from their first Golden Era ('73–'79), and then 1982's Logos - Live from their second Golden Era ('80–'85). Ignore anything from the current iteration of the band — without its founder and visionary Edgar Froese, they're just wearing the name as a skin suit.

Posted by: goozer at February 17, 2024 09:41 PM (ha2Ia)

249 The only music I listen to now with any regularity is the chubby chick singing on the Jadiance commercial.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 17, 2024 09:27 PM (W/lyH)

Well she can fill out a track suit. Kind of like the Michelin Man

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 17, 2024 09:44 PM (BHL6B)

250 Over 1/3 of my music collection (3000+ CDs, 500+ LPs, 1TB digital files) is Electronic music.

Within that genre, I'm rather fond of this Japanese artist called 'Ghost Data.'

https://youtu.be/Y0VfxCnP6_o?si=ROWHJgEhi8nQ62q7

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at February 17, 2024 09:45 PM (9yUzE)

251 At that time we went against the Senate League- all the city schools and a few Catholic ones like St Joe's, St Ed's, Benedictine.
Posted by: Leon Sphinx at February 17, 2024 09:28 PM (UIngH)

Ah, it’s all coming back to me now.

We played Benedictine, Cathedral Latin, Shaw, East Tech…and a few others like Maple and Orange.

Gilmore, Hawken and Western Reserve were our local rivals though.

League play was against schools in Detroit, Buffalo , and Pittsburg

Posted by: browndog growling at February 17, 2024 09:45 PM (TTAGa)

252 A little Doobie Bros to close me out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIi_GbFa_nw

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 17, 2024 09:48 PM (V8he0)

253 For those lovers of street music:

https://youtu.be/NMefxohehPQ

Posted by: pawn at February 17, 2024 09:59 PM (QB+5g)

254 234- Their appeal has become more selective.
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 17, 2024 09:33 PM (1eY81)

LOL! I thought of making a Spinal Tap reference!

Posted by: Moonbeam at February 17, 2024 10:01 PM (rbKZ6)

255 "Speaking of dumbsh*ts. Van Morrison is climbing Dildo's boycott chart." Sir George Ivan Morrison is an Irish SOB, I say.

To quote someone from 3 years ago debating him and that album on Reddit, "Van Morrison has created some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard in my life. He's also an a**hole and pretty much always has been as far as I can tell. I won't be listening to his new music but I also won't be cancelling Moondance and Astral Weeks." I OTOH would & do, but that's me.

Want to be happy, entertained & non-controversial? Catch Jon Bolton, formerly, or still with, The Beatniks - Seattle. Better yet, catch him with the band. They're classic rock, he's wildly entertaining. He played with the Beach Boys touring band 2023, replacing the also fun & talented John Cowsill, a vocalist & drummer with his siblings' band. Who? asks the 29 year olds, the same I asked when dragged to a Steve Allen, Edyie Gormet concert decades ago. And I couldn't have been more impressed with their performance. Quite a lesson for me. (Paul Anka soon?)

ELO is fun, happy. If Jeff Lynne tours around my region, I'd make every effort to see him. It's been decades.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun and bear, they only have to outrun us - for now at February 17, 2024 10:14 PM (GshMh)

256 189 My first concert was Marty Robbins in Amarillo, Tx. I was about 3. He was so good that I still remember parts of it. It was about the time the Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs album came out and he sang El Paso and Big Iron.
Posted by: huerfano at February 17, 2024 09:11 PM (Q4KYm)

My Dad loved Marty Robbins, and as kids we listened to all those songs and knew them by heart. FF many years, and there we were in the Silver Bowl in Las Vegas watching the Grateful Dead late one Saturday night, when they break out 'El Paso.' I just laughed as we all sang along with Jerry, knowing the absolute consternation on my Dad's face as I told him, "Well, Dad, it was great to hear the Grateful Dead covering Marty Robbins..."

My first live Concert was Genesis in '78 touring '...And Then There Were Three.' Many great shows followed, Van Halen opening for Black Sabbath (most people left after Van Halen), Rush touring 'Hemispheres' with April Wine opening, Supertramp touring 'Breakfast in America'... Sigh.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at February 17, 2024 10:22 PM (zX+j0)

257 Carly Simon had it right about Asshat Stevens with Legend in Your Own Mind. In fact her worst songs are better than his best.

Posted by: TxDan at February 17, 2024 10:59 PM (sM4GC)

258 For more Soul-Percy Sledge, "When A Man Loves A Woman".

Posted by: Esteve at February 17, 2024 11:01 PM (weH2K)

259 Ray Charles and 'The Night Time (is the Right Time) ... and please: NO MORE FEET IN THE CROCS. Holeeee Jeeeebus! Them is some UGGGGGGGGLY feets ... okay - 'foot' ... it's singular, yes? It's still ugly, tho' ... and I ain't even curious about what that foot's attached to ...

Posted by: Dr_No at February 17, 2024 11:36 PM (ayRl+)

260 Maybe Van Morrison's recent foray into blues is his attempt to atone for that terrible Jew hate.

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Posted by: This bass is sick ! at February 18, 2024 07:49 AM (XCfNt)

262 255. I wrecked their names last evening: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé

Mea culpa

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258 For more Soul-Percy Sledge, "When A Man Loves A Woman".
Posted by: Esteve

Beautiful

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only have to outrun us - for now at February 18, 2024 09:24 AM (GshMh)

263 In my mid-20s in Dallas I read about this "hot young guitarist" from Texas. This before SRV had a record deal. I went to a performance at a small venue on Greenville Avenue in Dallas. I have never that blown away by a live performance. I was standing 10 feet away the whole time and I will never forget when he began to play his guitar behind his back! For my money, he was the best electric guitar player of all time. (My "trinity" of guitar players is SRV, EC and Jimmy Page.) His covers are always way better than the original versions. See Texas Flood, Voodoo Child and Hideaway. Also, check out the beauty and complexity of his own Riviera Paradise.

Re Van Morrison, he has written more really good songs than any other artist, and he is as good as anyone as a singer. A great all-around musician.

Posted by: JR at February 18, 2024 11:28 AM (n7Aro)

264 Similar to James Taylor. Winderful music in the past but his politics makes me turn him off whenever I hear him

Posted by: S.Lynn at February 18, 2024 01:13 PM (9/PQM)

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