Music Thread: Dipping Into The Archives Edition

That's a photo of Garrett at a local "Furry" party. I guess the song behind the photo is apropos!

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What a voice! And when she was young, absolutely adorable, which isn't a bad combination at all!
Linda Ronstadt's Love Is A Rose
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The Doors seem to be either an acquired taste, or maybe just not for everyone. I like them, although not as much as in my youth.
The Doors' Break On Through (To The Other Side)
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Hard to beat Merle Haggard for classic country. But there are so many genres in country music that I can't keep them apart, and I don't much care. Well, maybe modern pop country is beyond the pale for omeone whose first taste of country music was "Wreck Of The Old 97!"
Merle Haggard's Mama Tried
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Garrett's favorite artist!

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I am not a fan of Nirvana, but this is a solid song, which explains its popularity.

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These two videos are on Rolling Stone's list of best music videos of all time. Of course the number one video is by Beyonce, and that immediately proves that the list is shit.
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Posted by: CBD at 07:30 PM

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1 I'll forward this

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 10, 2026 07:31 PM (cYBz/)

3 Nirvana was pretty good as long as it lasted

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Manly men do not wear Crocs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 10, 2026 07:36 PM (u82oZ)

5 I have never listened to so much of what you all have I'll just go sit in the corner

Posted by: Ben Had at January 10, 2026 07:36 PM (sDNVV)

6 Music bizz was in the doldrums, people were saying guitar bands were over...

Then Nirvana happened and changed everything.

Kind of like the Sex Pistols.

I'm seriously waiting for the next big thing.

Posted by: pawn at January 10, 2026 07:36 PM (Rmqfl)

7 Bob Weir, RIP age 78
Long, strange trip

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 10, 2026 07:37 PM (KAi1n)

8 One of my favorite Weird Al songs is "Bob", an homage to Bob Dylan, every line being an anagram. Friggin' brilliant.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 10, 2026 07:38 PM (0aYVJ)

9 While they might be warm, I can't see myself wearing them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 07:39 PM (zZu0s)

10 "I'm seriously waiting for the next big thing.
Posted by: pawn"

AI goes punk?

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 07:39 PM (vFG9F)

11 RIP Bobby Weir

Posted by: Jerry Saves at January 10, 2026 07:40 PM (3Qk1t)

12 Listening to Haydn's String Quartet #63 right now. I guess I'll go sit in the corner with Ben Had.

Posted by: Tuna at January 10, 2026 07:41 PM (lJ0H4)

13 Not to piss on the parade:

- dislike the Doors. Always seem like an affected fanbase to me.

-similar with Bob Dylan although as a song writer it is impossible to dispute his talent.

- Nirvana was good but like so many other things they are probably better off from a musical history standpoint due to their brevity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 07:43 PM (zZu0s)

14 "Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian "

Heh. I was thinking about that kid the other day. Can you imagine sitting thru that movie without the bots?

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 07:43 PM (vFG9F)

15 >>Bob Weir, RIP age 78
Long, strange trip

Indeed.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2026 07:44 PM (viF8m)

16 >>>These two videos are on Rolling Stone's list of best music videos of all time.

I was robbed! The post just ends after this empty promise of two more videos.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 10, 2026 07:45 PM (syz1S)

17 RIP Bobby Weir. Saw the Dead several times and he was always spot on.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 07:46 PM (ScJGb)

18 I can't beleive Rolling Stone didn't select Thriller as the best video ever. (Not my choice, but it was a cultural juggernaut.)

Posted by: tankdemon at January 10, 2026 07:46 PM (1nXHW)

19 Maybe he was talking Nirvana and Mr Dylan?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 07:47 PM (zZu0s)

20 The way The Doors were used in Apocalypse Now was absolute perfection. Hard to think of other music that fit a scene, and a psychotic film so well.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 07:48 PM (FvUgT)

21 I can't beleive Rolling Stone didn't select Thriller as the best video ever. (Not my choice, but it was a cultural juggernaut.)

Posted by: tankdemon at January 10, 2026 07:46 PM (1nXHW)

Warrant. Cherry Pie.

Stacy's Mom.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 07:49 PM (zZu0s)

22 One big strength of the Doors was that Jim Morrison had a great voice, one of the better voices in rock at the time.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 07:50 PM (FvUgT)

23 Tawny Kitaen in the Whitesnake vid. Before she beat Chuck Finley with a shoe

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 07:50 PM (ScJGb)

24 That shoe is needed for undercover work in Missoula, so I'm willing to give Garrett a pass for wearing it.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 10, 2026 07:51 PM (mbs/5)

25 Tawny Kitaen in the Whitesnake vid. Before she beat Chuck Finley with a shoe
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 07:50 PM (ScJGb)

Even after she beat him with a shoe, to be fair.

Looks a bit rough these days, iirc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 07:52 PM (zZu0s)

26 That photo-film vid you can find on YouTube shorts, a walkthrough film shot backstage at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, the clip edited to snap a still on all who were there: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Johnny Cash, Joanie Mitchell, and more, is for me the coolest thing ever. I had all their albums, many bought the day they hit the record stores.

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 10, 2026 07:52 PM (KiBMU)

27 Always cracked me up that Jim Morrison's father was an admiral

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 07:53 PM (ScJGb)

28 23
' Tawny Kitaen in the Whitesnake vid. Before she beat Chuck Finley with a shoe'

Is this love that you're feeling!

Posted by: Tawny beating Chuck with a shoe at January 10, 2026 07:53 PM (fd80v)

29 @25 looked rough. Now dead

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 07:53 PM (ScJGb)

30 Looks a bit rough these days, iirc.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 07:52 PM (zZu0s)

Well, she is dead so...

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2026 07:53 PM (v8m2L)

31 Tawny Kitaen in the Whitesnake vid. Before she beat Chuck Finley with a shoe

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 07:50 PM (ScJGb)

After the divorce, the musical director at Comiskey Park played Here I Go Again when Finley took the mound. He got fired.

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 10, 2026 07:54 PM (CNl8/)

32 The Doors never did much for me

Tawny was doing OJ for somd time

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 07:55 PM (Ia/+0)

33 Oh, since I mentioned this earlier this week, I'll relinquish it here.

https://youtu.be/Cde5bhjXD5w?
si=GglcE2oqsOHmnosl

Country? Check.

Sequined shirt? Check.

Sad sack, pathetic lyrics? Double check.

Twang? All rhe checks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 07:55 PM (zZu0s)

34 Merle Haggard had a really good voice, to me any way

Posted by: javems at January 10, 2026 07:55 PM (x8Wtu)

35 I like The Doors. I never hear a song and think, "Oh, that sounds like The Doors." Maybe they're not influential? Or maybe I'm just listening to the wrong stuff?

I need a pair of those fur crocs. For dressy occasions.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 10, 2026 07:56 PM (JXTT6)

36 31
'After the divorce, the musical director at Comiskey Park played Here I Go Again when Finley took the mound. He got fired.'

That's hilarious.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 10, 2026 07:56 PM (fd80v)

37 I did not know she had died. RIP.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s)

38 Linda Ronstadt's backing band became The Eagles. They remained friends after separating.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 10, 2026 07:57 PM (sbGWq)

39 Tawny was doing OJ for somd time
Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 07:55 PM (Ia/+0)

Guess it is good for her they never got married.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 07:58 PM (zZu0s)

40 I ate lunch with Tawny at Diamond Peak Ski resort in 1999. She was far from the girl who shook her ass on Whitesnake's car. Unrecognizable.

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2026 07:58 PM (v8m2L)

41 Doors sounded much more modern than anyone else in 1967, especially Robbie's guitar.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 10, 2026 07:58 PM (KAi1n)

42 Tawny Kitaen also banged Robin Crosby of Ratt. She is on the Out Of The Cellar album cover.

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 10, 2026 07:59 PM (CNl8/)

43 Love is a Rose was written by Neil Young.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 10, 2026 07:59 PM (IhIKR)

44 Gal got around.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 08:02 PM (zZu0s)

45 The Doors never had a regular bass player, which is odd because Riders on the Storm and LA Woman both have bass lines that really make the songs. Anyway, I always found the Doors more interesting than the Dead, at least until the Doors were dead.

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 08:02 PM (vFG9F)

46 44 Gal got around.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 08:02 PM (zZu0s)

Groupies gonna groupie.

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2026 08:03 PM (v8m2L)

47 Grateful Dead was one i never got at all, except that it seemed to be far more about the weed than the music.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 08:04 PM (zZu0s)

48 "Doors sounded much more modern than anyone else in 1967, especially Robbie's guitar.
Posted by: Dark Litigator"

Eh hem.

Posted by: The Mothers at January 10, 2026 08:04 PM (vFG9F)

49 >>>>>The Doors never had a regular bass player

Says who?

Posted by: Ray Manzarek's left hand at January 10, 2026 08:04 PM (CNl8/)

50 I was listening to Uncle Tupelo driving into work this evening. This is a Stooges cover they did.

youtu.be/QJGlk1ybdEA

Uncle Tupelo, a great band, flamed out pretty quick. Tweedy and Farrar starting despising each other. Rampaging egos are killers.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2026 08:05 PM (Xr4QU)

51 The Doors' bass was a Mini Moog wasn't it?

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2026 08:05 PM (v8m2L)

52 I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took a furry croc to the knee.

Posted by: Manly Man Generic Whiterun Guard at January 10, 2026 08:08 PM (7Q0e+)

53 25:Looks a bit rough these days, iirc.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

I believe she died not too long ago.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2026 08:08 PM (Xr4QU)

54 I know there’s a lot of Nirvana haters out there.

You’ve no real idea how influential thei music was. Cobain was a mess. All the time. But he was a beautiful mess. And talented. Holy shit. If ever you had seen/heard Seattle music in the 90s.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 10, 2026 08:09 PM (IhIKR)

55 At the end, Tawny Kitaen's face looked like a cosmetic surgery freak show.

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 10, 2026 08:09 PM (CNl8/)

56 @50 saw Tweedy at a theater in my home city. Just him and a drummer. Great show

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 08:09 PM (ScJGb)

57 53
'I believe she died not too long ago.'

So, you're saying there's still a chance?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 10, 2026 08:09 PM (fd80v)

58 >> Grateful Dead was one i never got at all, except that it seemed to be far more about the weed than the music.

You couldn't possibly be more wrong.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2026 08:10 PM (viF8m)

59 Of course the number one video is by Beyonce, and that immediately proves that the list is shit.

If there's no Frank*, the list is wank.

*The Chairman, that is.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 10, 2026 08:10 PM (uQesX)

60 Riders on the Storm is still the best Rain song I’ve ever heard. It always makes me feel like a long gray day with the drops pouring down.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 08:10 PM (FvUgT)

61
I am not a fan of Nirvana, but this is a solid song, which explains its popularity.

Argle Baaaarrrgle... Argle BAAAAARRRGLE!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 10, 2026 08:11 PM (y9nCu)

62 The Doors always had session bass players on their albums, a few songs on early albums and most of the songs on later ones. Live it was just Ray.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 10, 2026 08:11 PM (KAi1n)

63
When Garcia died of a heart attack, one of the jokes that stuck with me was
"So it WASN'T the hashish, it was the BROWNIE????"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 10, 2026 08:13 PM (y9nCu)

64 I pictured Garrett with much hairier ankles somehow. Kind of disappointing.

Posted by: Hirsute and Hisute... at January 10, 2026 08:13 PM (oftw2)

65 Rest in Peace, Bobby.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 08:13 PM (Vvh2V)

66 My girlfriend said my croc was too hairy and that I should have it manscaped. I said, "Let's get it on!"

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 10, 2026 08:13 PM (BSdIE)

67 Do not really think Sinatra when we are talking about music videos.

As far as voices, I'd say you were wrong. Bing Crosby as far as voice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 08:14 PM (zZu0s)

68 The guy that taught me to play bass loved Nirvana which was ok with me because it required no great skill to play.

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 08:15 PM (vFG9F)

69 " Grateful Dead was one i never got at all, except that it seemed to be far more about the weed than the music."

I only went to 7 Dead shows, beginning with Dylan at RFK in '86, so it's not a lot, but they were all great with one bad exception (it happens). My sum total of chemical ingestion is one beer. (The one time I ever did psychedelics at a music show was a Dead cover band, LOL.) They were a fun band to watch live and while they did the long, drawn-out jam thing, they also have a lot of short, catchy songs going back to their 1st album.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 10, 2026 08:15 PM (KAi1n)

70 Never could understand the lyrics of Smells Like Teen Spirit except ‘Here we are now entertain us’. Haven’t a clue to the other lyrics.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 08:16 PM (KDPiq)

71 As far as Grunge, while Nirvana is ok, I think Alice in Chains is more reliable? Even? Consistent.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 08:16 PM (zZu0s)

72 "Never could understand the lyrics of Smells Like Teen Spirit except ‘Here we are now entertain us’. Haven’t a clue to the other lyrics.
Posted by: Opinion fact "

Weird Al did it better.

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 08:17 PM (vFG9F)

73 Greatfull Dead I never understood that noise

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 08:17 PM (Ia/+0)

74 Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 08:16 PM (KDPiq)

I think the song is just about overall yute dissaffection and so forth.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 08:18 PM (zZu0s)

75 Tawny Kitaen in the Whitesnake vid. Before she beat Chuck Finley with a shoe

Posted by: Smell the Glove

After the divorce, the musical director at Comiskey Park played Here I Go Again when Finley took the mound. He got fired.
Posted by: Mark1971

Worth it!

Posted by: the former musical director at Comiskey Park at January 10, 2026 08:18 PM (nhCoE)

76 A major part of any kind of regular drug use (including alcohol) is not eating or sleeping well, gaining or losing too much weight, lack of exercise, etc. If you can manage to eat well, sleep well, and exercise semi-regularly, you probably don't have a bad habit.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 10, 2026 08:18 PM (KAi1n)

77
There were five great voices in grunge: Cobain, Vedder, Staley, Cornell and Weiland. I always found it sad that the only survivor is the least interesting voice of the group.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 10, 2026 08:19 PM (y9nCu)

78 Do not really think Sinatra when we are talking about music videos.

As far as voices, I'd say you were wrong. Bing Crosby as far as voice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 08:14 PM (zZu0s)

Of course not. Just trying to insult that top one. He did live concert clips, I think. Too late for MTV.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 10, 2026 08:19 PM (uQesX)

79 71: Was just going to post something similar. Nirvana was good but I preferred Alice in Chains and Soundgarden. Hell, Motherlovebone were on there way until Wood OD'd. One of the more sadder 'what if's'. I can listen to Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns on a loop.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2026 08:20 PM (Xr4QU)

80 Listening to down in a hole now. Hell, this is one of the heavily played bands from the 90s that I am not still sick of.

https://youtu.be/f8hT3oDDf6c?
si=87enGOWsfrtP5eX_

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 08:22 PM (zZu0s)

81 Dylan and the Dead. Eugene. 1989.

Transformative.

Perhaps dancing for eight hours does that to a person.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 10, 2026 08:22 PM (IhIKR)

82 I can listen to Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns on a loop.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2026 08:20 PM (Xr4QU)

Yeah. Apple is a damn fine album.

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2026 08:22 PM (v8m2L)

83 Never could understand the lyrics of Smells Like Teen Spirit except ‘Here we are now entertain us’. Haven’t a clue to the other lyrics.
Posted by: Opinion fact

I have linked this silliness before, but when an anime voice actress is easier to understand than you are, you need to enunciate.

https://youtu.be/Z9LNSmH8ABk

Posted by: mikeski at January 10, 2026 08:23 PM (nhCoE)

84 Anyone who appears on Live at Daryl’s House has talent. I even enjoy the artists that I otherwise wouldn’t listen to their music.

The one exception was Neon Trees which I did not like.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 08:24 PM (KDPiq)

85 Since we're talking music videos, everybody is aware thst MTV is officially dead, correct? I know they haven't played videos in decades, but they went off the air playing the Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star.:

Posted by: tankdemon at January 10, 2026 08:24 PM (1nXHW)

86 I met Tawny at a Whitesnake concert in Phoenix year ago. She was hot and buzzed, ripe for a shagging. I missed my chance.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 10, 2026 08:25 PM (BSdIE)

87 60 Riders on the Storm is still the best Rain song I’ve ever heard. It always makes me feel like a long gray day with the drops pouring down.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Love Reign O'er Me.
Arrangement is better and the lyrics are much more poignant. Was the closing of Quadrophenia with a young man who had lost everything on a rock in a storm and who finally figures out that love from above is the most important thing in this life.

Riders is about a psychopath that wants to kill people. So I guess if you are a horror film lover, Riders would be the pick.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:25 PM (WDjG6)

88 Tiru Amos cover if Smells Like Teen Spirit is pretty good

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 08:26 PM (ScJGb)

89 Tori not Tiru.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 08:27 PM (ScJGb)

90 I watched David Byrne’s concert movie , Stop Making Sense last week. The guy is a creative entertainer and in shape as hell. I got tired just watching it.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 08:27 PM (KDPiq)

91 84 Anyone who appears on Live at Daryl’s House has talent. I even enjoy the artists that I otherwise wouldn’t listen to their music.

The one exception was Neon Trees which I did not like.

Posted by: Opinion fact
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Kenny Loggins came off badly in his time at Daryl's House (around the dinner table scene) but the performances were good.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:27 PM (WDjG6)

92 I think Mark Lanegan belongs on the list of great grunge voices. Screaming Trees.
And he was there when Cobain supposedly killed himself.

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2026 08:27 PM (v8m2L)

93 Bob Wills is still the KING!

Posted by: DBCooper at January 10, 2026 08:28 PM (t+URH)

94 90 I watched David Byrne’s concert movie , Stop Making Sense last week. The guy is a creative entertainer and in shape as hell. I got tired just watching it.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Something happened to stop the Talking Heads in its tracks after that movie. For a long time, Tina and her husband weren't friends with Byrne at all. Dunno if they have reconciled.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:28 PM (WDjG6)

95 "His mind is squirming like a toad" is a classic but if songwriting

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 08:28 PM (ScJGb)

96 Looked at the photo up top.
*shots fired*

Then looked at the cob name.

Damn, cbd, that's cold.

Did all y'all know that heavy metal without the distortion is just hillbilly blues played fast?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 10, 2026 08:29 PM (QVmho)

97 Kenny Loggins came off badly in his time at Daryl's House (around the dinner table scene) but the performances were good.
Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:27 PM (WDjG6)

Hah I thought the same thing . Also when Daryl mentioned the complexity of his compositions he seemed insulted or arrogant or both.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 08:29 PM (KDPiq)

98 Compositions = arrangements

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 08:30 PM (KDPiq)

99 78 Do not really think Sinatra when we are talking about music videos.

As far as voices, I'd say you were wrong. Bing Crosby as far as voice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Depends on the material. Sinatra can 'swing' better than Bing. Fly Me to the Moon works with Sinatra, Bing doing it, not so much. White Christmas, Bing has the advantate.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:30 PM (WDjG6)

100 If you want to get modern lyrics try Postmodern Jukebox artists

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 08:31 PM (Ia/+0)

101 96 Did all y'all know that heavy metal without the distortion is just hillbilly blues played fast?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 10, 2026 08:29 PM (QVmho)

A lot of it sounds like surf music (Dick Dale, The Ventures, the Surfaris.)

Posted by: tankdemon at January 10, 2026 08:31 PM (1nXHW)

102 Hey, I like music as much as the next guy, so

Posted by: Don Black at January 10, 2026 08:32 PM (ZxPkt)

103 Hah I thought the same thing . Also when Daryl mentioned the complexity of his compositions he seemed insulted or arrogant or both.
Posted by: Opinion fact
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True.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:32 PM (WDjG6)

104 94 90 I watched David Byrne’s concert movie , Stop Making Sense last week. The guy is a creative entertainer and in shape as hell. I got tired just watching it.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Something happened to stop the Talking Heads in its tracks after that movie. For a long time, Tina and her husband weren't friends with Byrne at all. Dunno if they have reconciled.
Posted by: whig

They still had some pretty decent albums after that (True Stories, Little Creatures, etc.).

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2026 08:32 PM (Xr4QU)

105 I'm with whig on this.

In my college days I once went on a frantic run at night during a massive thunderstorm, naked singing "Cool, cool rain!" at the top of my lungs.

Some drugs may have been involved.

A lot of Quadrophenia was prominent in the soundtrack of my college days.

Posted by: pawn at January 10, 2026 08:32 PM (Rmqfl)

106 54 I know there’s a lot of Nirvana haters out there.

You’ve no real idea how influential thei music was. Cobain was a mess. All the time. But he was a beautiful mess. And talented. Holy shit. If ever you had seen/heard Seattle music in the 90s.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 10, 2026 08:09 PM (IhIKR)

This. Nirvana was the meteor that obliterated the kings of the existing rock & roll order at that time; mostly the hair bands.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 10, 2026 08:32 PM (sbGWq)

107 Owned up to this before, up to mid 90s have most of Tori Amos CDs

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 08:32 PM (Ia/+0)

108 95 "His mind is squirming like a toad" is a classic but if songwriting
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Tis true. Unpleasant though and the nihilist vibes of that song just don't do it for me.

Edgar Allen Poe rock.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:34 PM (WDjG6)

109 While I'm at it King Buzzo Osborn needs to be added to the grunge great singers too.

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2026 08:34 PM (v8m2L)

110 I still think the two best bands to come out of the grunge movement weren't even American.

Drain STH - Swedish. Being hot probably affects my opinion of them.

https://youtu.be/MWY015gIIac

I Mother Earth - Canadian. Funk-grunge?

https://youtu.be/70mNzE9HPyU

Posted by: mikeski at January 10, 2026 08:34 PM (nhCoE)

111 Nirvana's Unplugged was great

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 08:35 PM (ScJGb)

112 104 94 90 I watched David Byrne’s concert movie , Stop Making Sense last week. The guy is a creative entertainer and in shape as hell. I got tired just watching it.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Something happened to stop the Talking Heads in its tracks after that movie. For a long time, Tina and her husband weren't friends with Byrne at all. Dunno if they have reconciled.
Posted by: whig

They still had some pretty decent albums after that (True Stories, Little Creatures, etc.).
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2026 08:32 PM (Xr4QU)

Frantz and Weymouth live in Westport CT, and regularly show up at local events. They even hosted a 40th anniversary showing of Stop Making Sense at the library. As far as I can tell, they haven't reconciled.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 10, 2026 08:36 PM (sbGWq)

113 Owned up to this before, up to mid 90s have most of Tori Amos CDs
Posted by: Skip

I do too. I don't think it's "owning up" to anything. She's a good songwriter, good pianist, good singer, and the recording on the Under The Pink and, especially, Little Earthquakes albums is deity-tier. Show-off-the-stereo stuff.

Posted by: mikeski at January 10, 2026 08:37 PM (nhCoE)

114 Saw The Who in Buffalo. Right at the end of Love Reign O'er Me a thunderstorm hit.
Daltrey said "Mick Jagger couldn't do that_

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 08:37 PM (ScJGb)

115 Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley’s sons have a band called Stanley Simmons. They released an album this past December. I only heard a single from the album. Meh.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 08:38 PM (KDPiq)

116 94 Something happened to stop the Talking Heads in its tracks after that movie. For a long time, Tina and her husband weren't friends with Byrne at all. Dunno if they have reconciled.
Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:28 PM (WDjG6)

Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison and Chris Frantz released an album as The Heads. Album title was No Talking, Just Head. Each track had a guest singer. My favorite was "The Damage I've Done" featuring Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Bponde on the mic.
https://youtu.be/62Mye3v3_KQ

Posted by: tankdemon at January 10, 2026 08:39 PM (1nXHW)

117 Did all y'all know that heavy metal without the distortion is just hillbilly blues played fast?
Posted by: BifBewalski

All rock music is just "blues, plus something."

Except progressive rock, which is "jazz" or "classical" plus the same something.

Posted by: mikeski at January 10, 2026 08:39 PM (nhCoE)

118
They still had some pretty decent albums after that (True Stories, Little Creatures, etc.).
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Took a look and find out my memory was crap. Last album was Naked in 88. That was the end of the group.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:39 PM (WDjG6)

119 OT: over at Twitchy there is a report that Walz will resign in the next week. Nelson Muntz warming up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 08:41 PM (ScJGb)

120 Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison and Chris Frantz released an album as The Heads. Album title was No Talking, Just Head. Each track had a guest singer. My favorite was "The Damage I've Done" featuring Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Bponde on the mic.
https://youtu.be/62Mye3v3_KQ
Posted by: tankdemon
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Thanks for the link. I'll check it out. Liked their earlier Tom Tom Club stuff.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:41 PM (WDjG6)

121 114 Saw The Who in Buffalo. Right at the end of Love Reign O'er Me a thunderstorm hit.
Daltrey said "Mick Jagger couldn't do that_
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Heh.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:42 PM (WDjG6)

122 I spend a fair amount of time on Youtube searching for new stuff I like. I'm a musician and I somewhat disappointed in the current music scene but I'm a little worried that I am falling into the "Old Man" thinking groove.

My tastes run outside of the popular stuff but I really liked "The Beths"

I enjoy extended compositions.

My latest "find" is :

https://geordiegreep.com

Posted by: pawn at January 10, 2026 08:43 PM (Rmqfl)

123 I loved Uncle Tupelo, and the splinter bands.... Son Volt and the other one, name of which escapes me at the moment.

And I am a Doors fan. And an unrepentant Deadhead. Saw them many, many times up and down California and a few times in Arizona. I'm not a drinker and have never done drugs, but their shows were just amazing and fun and hard to explain.

Highly recommend Bob Weir's album, Blue Mountain. Have it on now. It's in my top 10. Can't believe it's 10 years old. If you like country, you'll probably like it, too.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 08:43 PM (Vvh2V)

124 I'd recognize Garrett's cankles anywhere

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 10, 2026 08:44 PM (RIvkX)

125 @116 good album. Johnette Napolitano and Concrete Blonde were very underrated/overlooked. Saw them at the Chance in Poughkeepsie and they were awesome

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 08:44 PM (ScJGb)

126 111 Nirvana's Unplugged was great
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Agreed.

Neil Young, Eric Clapton and Pearl Jam were amazing as well. Unplugged was freaking earth shattering. Too bad MTv turned to stupid shit. It was mind blowing in the 80 and 90s. Shit even in the 00s

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 10, 2026 08:44 PM (IhIKR)

127 119
'OT: over at Twitchy there is a report that Walz will resign in the next week.'

I don't understand. He said Donald Trump was the entire problem. Shouldn't Trump have to resign?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 10, 2026 08:45 PM (fd80v)

128 Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison and Chris Frantz released an album as The Heads. Album title was No Talking, Just Head. Each track had a guest singer. My favorite was "The Damage I've Done" featuring Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Bponde on the mic.
https://youtu.be/62Mye3v3_KQ
Posted by: tankdemon

Thanks for that; I'd never heard it before. Good stuff.

Posted by: mikeski at January 10, 2026 08:45 PM (nhCoE)

129 One of my light amusements this week was watching videos of Stevie Nicks from the late 70s when she had the big hair. She and Elon Musk's mom are the same age.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 10, 2026 08:46 PM (+mUZM)

130 I got tired just watching it.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 08:27 PM (KDPiq)
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Yeah, it put me to sleep too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 10, 2026 08:46 PM (RIvkX)

131 >>@116 good album. Johnette Napolitano and Concrete Blonde were very underrated/overlooked. Saw them at the Chance in Poughkeepsie and they were awesome

Always loved her voice.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2026 08:47 PM (viF8m)

132 Wow Bob Weir is of blessed memory huh?

I feel a little older.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 10, 2026 08:47 PM (RIvkX)

133 A lot of Quadrophenia was prominent in the soundtrack of my college days.
Posted by: pawn

The Deluxe CD of Quadrophenia has Pete's demos for the album.

Some are pretty much straight on what the Who laid down on the album, but Can You See the Real Me demo is really funky and different than the mega Who version on the album. Kind of tells you that Pete must have been listening a bit to funk bands I guess.

Best version of Quadrophenia's Drowned is Pete playing solo (and very drunk on brandy) at the Policeman's Secret Ball 1979.

Much more passionate than the Who version on the album and better sung too.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:47 PM (WDjG6)

134 123: I loved Uncle Tupelo, and the splinter bands.... Son Volt and the other one, name of which escapes me at the moment.

Wilco

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2026 08:49 PM (Xr4QU)

135 Also, Merle Haggard is my favorite country artist. John Cash a very close 2nd. Country went to Hell a long time ago, but I still listen to Hag and Cash.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 08:50 PM (Vvh2V)

136 Always loved her voice.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Very distinctive and one of the better voices in 90's hits. Had a bit of grit in it.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:51 PM (WDjG6)

137 >>Wow Bob Weir is of blessed memory huh?

Might be the end of Dead and Company which would be a shame. John Mayer really surprised me. I knew he could play but I didn't think he'd get the music. I was completely wrong about that I'm happy to say.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2026 08:52 PM (viF8m)

138 I’m dying laughing at Weird Al’s Bob. I was not familiar with, genius.

Posted by: Jen the original at January 10, 2026 08:52 PM (iickC)

139 Yeah, it put me to sleep too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 10, 2026 08:46 PM (RIvk

Not a fan I assume😀

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 08:52 PM (KDPiq)

140 A blend of electrified classical music and blues makes for great metal. The key is to have a top notch rhythm guitar player.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 10, 2026 08:52 PM (BSdIE)

141 I better get to bed,
Rock on and Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 08:53 PM (Ia/+0)

142 I've always thought Cowboy Junkies should have been more popular. Earlier today I heard the version of "Misguided Angel" with Natalie Merchant joining Margo Timmons on vocals. Very good. Check it out:

https://youtu.be/AsYmHoetXms

Posted by: tankdemon at January 10, 2026 08:53 PM (1nXHW)

143 I was a huge Doors fan growing up drunk as I did. Morrison really captured the romance of nihilism. The opening drum riffs of When the Musics Over are distinctively the Doors but not really part of music culture the way Good Times Bad Times

Posted by: Accomack at January 10, 2026 08:54 PM (8jVAy)

144 Also, Merle Haggard is my favorite country artist. John Cash a very close 2nd. Country went to Hell a long time ago, but I still listen to Hag and Cash.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 08:50 PM (Vvh2V)

Dwight Yoakam is mine followed by Toby Keith.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 08:54 PM (KDPiq)

145 Wilco, yes! Thank you!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 08:54 PM (Vvh2V)

146 Country has quite a few good artists. Merle Haggard though used to be quite good at singing like other country singers as a party trick.

Really young Merle cutting it up singing like Hank Snow, Johnny Cash, etc. And watch for the surprises coming up. I think this was on the Glenn Campbell variety show but it is uncredited.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4V3S7kGNjY

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:55 PM (WDjG6)

147 Also, Merle Haggard is my favorite country artist. John Cash a very close 2nd. Country went to Hell a long time ago, but I still listen to Hag and Cash.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 08:50 PM

Listening to Merle and Marty Robbins taught me how to sing. Since I'm a woman, I never felt bad about stealing their styles. I still play their songs, too.

Posted by: huerfano at January 10, 2026 08:55 PM (98kQX)

148 Hardly a major trend but I've noticed that some popular stars from the 70s to the 90s, especially vocalists, made a successful switch to traditional western and folk music and classic evergreens. Kathy Mattea, Suzy Bogguss, John Hartford, Toni Tennille, and Michael Martin Murphy come to mind. The voices are as good as ever, just not whatever passes for hit songs these days. Linda Ronstadt made several albums with the Nelson Riddle orchestra of big band songs. The albums still sell and are popular. Their concerts may not fill huge arenas but they do sell out their venues.

Posted by: JTB at January 10, 2026 08:56 PM (yTvNw)

149 143 I was a huge Doors fan growing up drunk as I did. Morrison really captured the romance of nihilism. The opening drum riffs of When the Musics Over are distinctively the Doors but not really part of music culture the way Good Times Bad Times
Posted by: Accomack
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Doors were very influential and I like a lot of their music. But Morrison always seemed like he had a death wish and wasn't happy. The Morrison biopic shows Jim as a monster (probably exaggerated for effect) but then again, never really wanted to read dirt about bands that much as it would spoil the music.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 08:58 PM (WDjG6)

150 Dwight is fabulous, as was Toby Keith, God rest his soul. Met them both, stand up guys, both. Dwight is very funny. Also, kind of flirty and a little weird. In a cool way.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 08:58 PM (Vvh2V)

151 >>Also, Merle Haggard is my favorite country artist.

Best of both.

https://tinyurl.com/ywhrh9ss

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2026 08:59 PM (viF8m)

152 Merle, Waylon, Hank and Johnny.

Posted by: Accomack at January 10, 2026 09:00 PM (/Chlc)

153 JTB,
Toni Tenille is on Pink Floyd's The Wall. She is the female voice in One of My Turns song intro.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:01 PM (WDjG6)

154 144 Also, Merle Haggard is my favorite country artist. John Cash a very close 2nd. Country went to Hell a long time ago, but I still listen to Hag and Cash.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 08:50 PM (Vvh2V)

Dwight Yoakam is mine followed by Toby Keith.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Waylon Jennings! Lately I've been listening to a relative newcomer, Cole Chaney. Kentucky kid, plays mostly Appalachian/Bluegrass. He's fantastic!

youtu.be/9f_EziyDsZY

youtu.be/QA3F0wYiTak

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2026 09:01 PM (Xr4QU)

155 Listening to Merle and Marty Robbins taught me how to sing. Since I'm a woman, I never felt bad about stealing their styles. I still play their songs, too.
Posted by: huerfano at January 10, 2026 08:55 PM (98kQX)

××××××××

I love this so much! And would love to hear you sing!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 09:01 PM (Vvh2V)

156 152 Merle, Waylon, Hank and Johnny.
Posted by: Accomack

Watch the short Merle video I posted above then. Merle does the full impersonation bit on two of the three with the assist from some special guests. About 2.26 playing time.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:02 PM (WDjG6)

157 Country music factoid. June Carter, later June Carter Cash, wrote the song Ring of Fire.

I miss the Johnny and June TV show both for their duets and the many great guests.

Posted by: JTB at January 10, 2026 09:03 PM (yTvNw)

158 119 OT: over at Twitchy there is a report that Walz will resign in the next week. Nelson Muntz warming up
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Too soon to put Walz in "Downfall" bunker scene yet?

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:04 PM (WDjG6)

159 https://tinyurl.com/ywhrh9ss
Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2026 08:59 PM (viF8m)

I was always amazed at how well they covered Hag, since none of them could compare vocally. But it always worked.

Can't believe Bobby is gone. I wasn't aware that he was ill.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 09:05 PM (Vvh2V)

160 Stone’s biopic and the 92 Whitney really wrecked my brain regarding poetry and music. I have come to see most art as exculpatory.

Posted by: Accomack at January 10, 2026 09:05 PM (8jVAy)

161 Toby Keith's Greatest Hits album has 35 songs That's a lot.

Another artist that had an unexpected Greatest Hits album is Rick Springfield. Did realize he had more than three hits.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:06 PM (KDPiq)

162 To be fair I was partial to Jerry but his passing is still a very important milestone.

I must have seen them 50-60 times.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 10, 2026 09:06 PM (RIvkX)

163 Nirvana's Unplugged was great
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 08:35 PM (ScJGb)

Most of the Unpluggeds are- even if you don't like them. Forces them to just fucking sing without the bullshit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:07 PM (zZu0s)

164 122 Posted by: pawn at January 10, 2026 08:43 PM (Rmqfl)

Thanks for the recommendation. I found Geordie Greep interesting. Opening of the song I listened to ("Blues") reminded me of Phish.

If you liked 80's alt stuff, specifically The Smiths, with maybe a bit of a Roxy Music vibe, check out Brigitte Calls Me Baby. I linked a video a couple of weeks ago when Brigitte Bardot (whose pen pal relationship with the lead singer inspired the group name) died. They have a new single releasing Tuesday.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 10, 2026 09:08 PM (1nXHW)

165 I love the Talking Heads but the movie was long, slow, hypnotic, and ...zzzzzzzz.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 10, 2026 09:08 PM (RIvkX)

166 Swedish songbirds performing in front of their American hero:

https://youtu.be/Y3TzP-o4vhs?si=6PFZ6Am2BBAf9Kcp

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 10, 2026 09:08 PM (nbLIj)

167 I miss the Johnny and June TV show both for their duets and the many great guests.
Posted by: JTB

A lot of those are showing up on youtube. Fwiw, there was a video of Elvis's last live show (SD I think or something) and he is obviously badly messed up on drugs/whatever. He sits at the piano and then sings Unchained Melody and blows the Righteous Brothers recorded version and his own pretty dismal studio album take away.

You could see the old Elvis come alive for just a moment singing that song to the crowd. Sad but a fitting epitaph.

https://tinyurl.com/Elvis-Unchained-Melody

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:08 PM (WDjG6)

168 Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:08 PM (WDjG6

Dwight Yoakam does a great cover of Suspicious Minds.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:09 PM (KDPiq)

169 >>Can't believe Bobby is gone. I wasn't aware that he was ill.

Me neither. Sound track of my life. At least we have an endless collection of music.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2026 09:11 PM (viF8m)

170 Yes, Unplugged was amazing All fabulous. Alanis Morissette was really good, so was Melissa Etheridge, Rod Stewart, Neil Young... Springsteen was, too, but is he the one who cheated? Someone definitely cheated on one song, used an electric guitar.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 09:11 PM (Vvh2V)

171 Owned up to this before, up to mid 90s have most of Tori Amos CDs
Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 08:32 PM (Ia/+0)
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*makes note in permanent record*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 10, 2026 09:11 PM (RIvkX)

172 I saw it, Whig. Kids today will hardly ever see that smooth friendly improv because of autotune and AI.

Posted by: Accomack at January 10, 2026 09:11 PM (GbONR)

173 Dr. Noah Drake

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 10, 2026 09:12 PM (KAi1n)

174 FWIW, one of the great albums is From Elvis in Memphis (1969) and the Elvis tv special in his " 1968 Comeback Show" Peak Elvis just goofing around with his old musician friends on a major network show.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:13 PM (WDjG6)

175 Weir joined the Grateful Dead — originally the Warlocks — in 1965 in San Francisco at just 17 years old. He would spend the next 30 years playing on endless tours with the Grateful Dead alongside fellow singer and guitarist Jerry Garcia, who died in 1995.
Weir wrote or co-wrote and sang lead vocals on Dead classics including “Sugar Magnolia,” “One More Saturday Night” and “Mexicali Blues.”
-sfgate

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 10, 2026 09:13 PM (RIvkX)

176 I always quote the late Dimebag Darrell, who said there's not good music or bad music. Only music you like.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 10, 2026 09:13 PM (MZ+PY)

177 Estimated Prophet is my favorite Bob song.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 10, 2026 09:14 PM (KAi1n)

178 According to Bing copilot, it was Nirvana and Covain that cheated with the electric guitar and effects.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:14 PM (zZu0s)

179 176 I always quote the late Dimebag Darrell, who said there's not good music or bad music. Only music you like.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 10, 2026 09:13 PM (MZ+PY)

Are you SURE about that?

Posted by: Rebecca Black and Skrillex at January 10, 2026 09:15 PM (1nXHW)

180 172 I saw it, Whig. Kids today will hardly ever see that smooth friendly improv because of autotune and AI.
Posted by: Accomack
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Rick Beato and Fil of Wings of Pegasus are noting that bands (or their rights holders) are going back to tinker and add that crap to revise the sound on classic rock videos.

My guess is to appeal to people that think that is how music should sound.

Fil, when analyzing both Karen Carpenter and Julie Andrews, demonstrated just how good singers could be without any of the modern technological bullshit improvements.

He also demonstrated that Roger Daltrey was still not using that garbage to fix his voice on a song like Baba O'Riley.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:16 PM (WDjG6)

181 The Martin guitar that Cobain played on Unplugged sold for $6 million at auction a few years ago. Record for a guitar.

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 10, 2026 09:16 PM (CNl8/)

182 Friday got an insane amount of play. SOMEONE was listening to it.

Same for Nickleback. (I still like Rockstar.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:16 PM (zZu0s)

183 178 According to Bing copilot, it was Nirvana and Covain that cheated with the electric guitar and effects.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:14 PM (zZu0s)

Springsteen definitely pulled out the electric.

I guess having The Violent Femmes on Unplugged would have been redundant.

Posted by: Rebecca Black and Skrillex at January 10, 2026 09:17 PM (1nXHW)

184 Sock removal post. Please ignore the lack of snark.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 10, 2026 09:18 PM (1nXHW)

185 The opposite of Unplugged..... bring along a whole orchestra and a choir to play with your metal band.

https://youtu.be/C0zVqDWVrfQ

Best hymn ever written to the dragon Typhon from Greek mythology. Therion is like that.

Posted by: mikeski at January 10, 2026 09:19 PM (nhCoE)

186 Dwight Yoakam does a great cover of Suspicious Minds.
Posted by: Opinion fact
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So did Elvis, the original was written and sung by Mark James who worked for Chip Moman (record producer).

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:19 PM (WDjG6)

187 Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:16 PM (WDjG6)

You can see what relatively current artists who sing really well on Carpool Karaoke .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:19 PM (KDPiq)

188 Dwight Yoakam also does a great cover of Cheap Trick's I Want You To Want Me.

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 10, 2026 09:20 PM (CNl8/)

189 182 Friday got an insane amount of play. SOMEONE was listening to it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:16 PM (zZu0s)

Yeah, that was me. I used to wake Mrs. Splunge up with it, as punishment for sleeping in.

Posted by: Splunge at January 10, 2026 09:20 PM (7DKa5)

190 A relatively new "country" artist I enjoy is Charley Crockett. Really good songwriter in the tradition of Waylon Jennings, IMO. Here's his take on Bad Company:

https://youtu.be/W-xPWTPUddc?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 10, 2026 09:21 PM (nbLIj)

191 Same for Nickleback. (I still like Rockstar.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Video's pretty funny but don't care for the band as a whole. The great Canuck band was Rush imho.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:21 PM (WDjG6)

192 Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:19 PM (WDjG6)

Elvis took ownership.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:21 PM (KDPiq)

193 I wonder what JackStraw's favorite was?

Mine was probably Hell in a Bucket

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 10, 2026 09:21 PM (RIvkX)

194 A relatively new "country" artist I enjoy is Charley Crockett. Really good songwriter in the tradition of Waylon Jennings, IMO. Here's his take on Bad Company:

https://youtu.be/W-xPWTPUddc?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 10, 2026 09:21 PM (nbLIj

Most surprising new country artist?

Post Malone

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:22 PM (KDPiq)

195 Most surprising new country artist?

Post Malone
Posted by: Opinion fact

Most surprising thing about that?

He didn't re-brand himself "Fencepost Malone."

Posted by: mikeski at January 10, 2026 09:26 PM (nhCoE)

196 I never saw a show in which Bob Weir was anything but energetic.

My favorite Bob Weir song was Black-Throated Wind, but there were a bunch that I loved seeing turn up:

The Music Never Stopped
Greatest Story Ever Told
Let it Grow
Estimated Prophet
Samson and Delilah
Beat it on Down The Line

And probably more I'm forgetting.

I once saw Bob Weir's band on a tour with JGB. This was when he had some amazing legendary bass player with him. I've been looking for that perfect version of Book of Rules that they played at Cape Cod Coliseum ever since, and never found it.

Posted by: Splunge at January 10, 2026 09:26 PM (7DKa5)

197 Thx for that Opinion Fact.

I bookmarked the YT channel for that.

I can't visualize images etc. and turn them in my head but curiously enough I can instantly recall music and know whether it is the original artist and recording. I can pick out different takes on the same song or where they spliced in a previous take in a lot of cases as well and where they did it.

I 'hear' the music in my brain like a tape which makes it a stone cold beyotch if I get an earworm.

I can wake up 'hearing' a song replay in my mind on waking up and then hear the song over and over again on a loop all day. Had perfect pitch until I suffered some hearing loss.

And that includes junk songs. I'm a Believer was it one time, Sugar Sugar another.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:27 PM (WDjG6)

198 The great Canuck band was Rush imho.
Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:21 PM (WDjG6)

And here I used to respect you.

*shakes head sadly*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:27 PM (zZu0s)

199
*kicks rocks*

*glooms*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2026 09:27 PM (tgvbd)

200 JackStraw at January 10, 2026 09:11 PM (viF8m)

Yes, that's one of the most awesome things about the Dead. Almost unlimited amounts of shows to enjoy.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 09:29 PM (Vvh2V)

201 And that includes junk songs. I'm a Believer was it one time, Sugar Sugar another.
Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:27 PM (WDjG6)

Hah.I sang Sugar Sugar at the Cub Scouts talent show .

I do Not have perfect pitch.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:29 PM (KDPiq)

202 26 ... "backstage at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, the clip edited to snap a still on all who were there: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Johnny Cash, Joanie Mitchell, and more,"

Not sure but I might have been there that night. I attended many of the festivals and it's hard to remember every specific performance after so many years. But it was fairly standard to have a jam session on stage at the end of the night for both the folk and jazz festivals.

Posted by: JTB at January 10, 2026 09:29 PM (yTvNw)

203 Elvis took ownership.
Posted by: Opinion fact
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Yes he did.

Sometimes though an original is bettered by a different singer even though the original was a hit. Daniel was a hit for Elton John but Wilson Phillips took it to a whole new level in their cover of it. That whole album was composed of Elton's friends doing his songs. Kate Bush and Rocketman was another fantastic take.

Two Rooms was the album.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:30 PM (WDjG6)

204 Most surprising new country artist?

Post Malone
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:22 PM (KDPiq)

Heard some of his stuff and detected autotune. I'm with Ric Beato WRT autotune...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 10, 2026 09:32 PM (nbLIj)

205 Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:27 PM (WDjG6)

Another favorite as a kid to go along with Sugar Sugar was I Think I Love You /Partridge Family.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:32 PM (KDPiq)

206 Cover being better than the original happens a lot. Aaron Lewis with What Hurts the Most for example.

Hell, 1985 is a cover that happened like 6 months after the first band sang it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:33 PM (zZu0s)

207 Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:16 PM

Thor watches both. It's insane how anyone thinks they need to "improve" any of the classic stuff.

I get a little tired of Fil, because it's basically the same thing over and over, but it is truly unbelievable how much bakery there is.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 09:34 PM (Vvh2V)

208 Hah.I sang Sugar Sugar at the Cub Scouts talent show .

I do Not have perfect pitch.
Posted by: Opinion fact
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Occasionally it is Star Wars, or Indiana Jones soundtracks or other classical music or whatever else I listened to years and years ago. Or showtunes. It can get annoying at times but a lot worse when you try to play what you hear in your head and you cannot make it sound right.

Played piano and took lessons (classical) for years as a kid.

I drove delivery as a kid and spent a lot of time listening to the radio as a teenager to whatever I could pick up.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:34 PM (WDjG6)

209 Since we're talking music videos, everybody is aware thst MTV is officially dead, correct? I know they haven't played videos in decades, but they went off the air playing the Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star."
Posted by: tankdemon

Fitting. Go out the way you came in.

Did anyone write a song called "streaming killed the video star?"

With videos going out of style, normal-looking people could make music again.

Giles: "A fourteen-year-old is too old to be babysat, it's not fair to her."

Buffy: "What'd she make you do?"

Giles: "Well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance....."

Posted by: mikeski at January 10, 2026 09:34 PM (nhCoE)

210 Look up Wilson Pickett covering Sugar Sugar

Posted by: Don Black at January 10, 2026 09:35 PM (ZxPkt)

211 Fakery.Not bakery!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 09:35 PM (Vvh2V)

212 Heard some of his stuff and detected autotune. I'm with Ric Beato WRT autotune...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 10, 2026 09:32 PM (nbLIj)

I don't think you're wrong but I thought a number of songs on that debut album were pretty good .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:35 PM (KDPiq)

213 >>I wonder what JackStraw's favorite was?

Song? So many. Althea is one of them. Named one of my boats Althea. But Ripple will always be a favorite.

https://tinyurl.com/mupenmb5

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2026 09:35 PM (viF8m)

214 Kind of bittersweet about MTV. Of course they turned into total crap a while ago , but they had a moment when they were really something.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 09:37 PM (FvUgT)

215 OT from Insty:

Elizabeth Barcohana
@E_Barcohana
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Follow
That’s it. That’s the name.
Erick Erickson
@EWErickson
My kid just referred to what’s happening in Iran as the Shah Shank Redemption

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:37 PM (zZu0s)

216 I get a little tired of Fil, because it's basically the same thing over and over, but it is truly unbelievable how much bakery there is.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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It can be repetitive but a lot of that is what his audience wants/requests are these breakdowns.

I think the 'live' show reveals indicate a lot of people are shelling out big bucks for recorded vocals and backing tracks. Fans should be able to sue the acts for fraud. Big names involved and Fil probably is not making many friends in the current music world by posting these exposes.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:37 PM (WDjG6)

217 Fakery.Not bakery!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 10, 2026 09:35 PM (Vvh2V)

Now I want donuts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:38 PM (zZu0s)

218 214 Kind of bittersweet about MTV. Of course they turned into total crap a while ago , but they had a moment when they were really something.
Posted by: Tom Servo

The old Reeling in the Years and Danny Sugarman's Midnight Special have segments up on Youtube now.

I remember staying up and watching the Midnight Special and listening at night to Reeling in the Years specials so seeing them again is like seeing an old friend.

Little Feet's Dixie Chicken live on the Midnight Special had a young Bonnie Rait singing backup for example.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:40 PM (WDjG6)

219 >>Not sure but I might have been there that night. I attended many of the festivals and it's hard to remember every specific performance after so many years. But it was fairly standard to have a jam session on stage at the end of the night for both the folk and jazz festivals.

We spent many years anchored up on one of our boats off Fort Adams for the Folk Festival. Such a great party atmosphere.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2026 09:40 PM (viF8m)

220 A LOT of the 'singers' are chosen because they look hot (especially chicks) not because they can sing. Hence auto tune.

I am trying to think great modern singers.

Amy Lee definitely.

Adele maybe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:41 PM (zZu0s)

221 Allison Krause (smacks head)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:41 PM (zZu0s)

222 I don't think you're wrong but I thought a number of songs on that debut album were pretty good .
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:35 PM (KDPiq)

Yeah, I hear he's a super nice guy, too, so for younger (far, far, younger) ears than mine, it's nice to know there are decent folks for future generations to admire...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 10, 2026 09:42 PM (nbLIj)

223 7 Bob Weir, RIP age 78
Long, strange trip
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 10, 2026 07:37 PM (KAi1n)

The very day that Jerry died, Bob Weir and Ratdog were playing at Central Park Summerstage. My buddy and I walked over to the Park and saw them play. I'll never forget that evening.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 10, 2026 09:42 PM (0CU3H)

224 The Grateful Dead got their fame and notoriety playing the “Acid Tests” in San Francisco. Not made illegal until 1966, they had a good friend and benefactor in the guise of a fellow named Augustus Owsley, who had a chemist girlfriend, and they made millions of doses of L.S.D. and they dispensed about half of it for free. He is also responsible for their “Wall of Sound” PA, made up of hundreds of speakers and numerous amplifiers. He pioneered using oscilloscopes and other devices to tailor the equalization in order that the sound system worked well in different venues.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 10, 2026 09:42 PM (Ga0s6)

225 Adele maybe.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:41 PM (zZu0s)

Adele definitely. She was on Carpool Karaoke.

Pink can also sing.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:42 PM (KDPiq)

226 Cover being better than the original happens a lot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Well, if you cover something and it's worse than the original, why would you release it? /ponder

There's two ways to do a cover. Totally faithful to the original, or totally making it your own.

Type 1: Eivor - Running Up That Hill
https://youtu.be/fA74UHgWblA

Type B: Leprous - Take On Me
https://youtu.be/5tUA4DhOjnQ

Posted by: mikeski at January 10, 2026 09:42 PM (nhCoE)

227 Fitting. Go out the way you came in.

Did anyone write a song called "streaming killed the video star?"

With videos going out of style, normal-looking people could make music again.

Giles: "A fourteen-year-old is too old to be babysat, it's not fair to her."

Buffy: "What'd she make you do?"

Giles: "Well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance....."
Posted by: mikeski
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AI is killing artists as well. Rick made a point that essentially bands are morte in rock. All the bands making the top of Spotify playlists are ancient relics of past musical eras.

It is all about the individuals and those individual artists are often autotuned and pitch corrected with base tracks to the extent that AI can easily dispense with the singer and just put an AI voice in place with the AI backing track, lyrics, etc.

The big streaming services essentially turned music into a commodity.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:43 PM (WDjG6)

228 Muskrat Love was covered twice.

Explain that.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:44 PM (KDPiq)

229 Adele can definitely sing. Lady GaGa too although I dislike her personal shtick.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:45 PM (WDjG6)

230 >>a fellow named Augustus Owsley

Bear.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2026 09:45 PM (viF8m)

231 I get physical "rushes" from music during certain passages. Goosebumps on my arms and legs.

I also have an audio memory like some people have photogenic memories.

Sometimes I will just be sitting somewhere with my mind wandering and a certain passage of music will start playing in my head and I feel a huge rush of joy and the goosebumps will come.

It's usually instrumental passages that trigger me. It's somewhat repeatable with a number of Yes tunes and some modern classical pieces.

Pretty weird stuff.

Posted by: pawn at January 10, 2026 09:46 PM (Rmqfl)

232 Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:43 PM (WDjG6

I think that like with everything the pendulum is swinging back and the studio made crap is giving way to real singers and musicians.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:47 PM (KDPiq)

233 Since we're talking music videos, everybody is aware thst MTV is officially dead, correct? I know they haven't played videos in decades, but they went off the air playing the Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star."
Posted by: tankdemon

Heh! I did not know that. Clever.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2026 09:47 PM (Xr4QU)

234 Explain that.
Posted by: Opinion fact
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And the Brady Bunch had a Christmas Album where they all demonstrate they cannot sing.

Way back, there was a very amusing lp series called Back from teh Grave in the early 80's. All 1960's no hit wonder garage bands that sounded very fresh in an era of punk rock.

All of them were demonstrably better than the Brady Bunch. Funny as hell LP covers as well.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:48 PM (WDjG6)

235 I think MTV doing stuff besides music killed them.

Same with History Channel (although they are not 'dead'.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:49 PM (zZu0s)

236 The Grateful Dead got their fame and notoriety playing the “Acid Tests” in San Francisco. Not made illegal until 1966, they had a good friend and benefactor in the guise of a fellow named Augustus Owsley, who had a chemist girlfriend, and they made millions of doses of L.S.D. and they dispensed about half of it for free. He is also responsible for their “Wall of Sound” PA, made up of hundreds of speakers and numerous amplifiers. He pioneered using oscilloscopes and other devices to tailor the equalization in order that the sound system worked well in different venues.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 10, 2026 09:42 PM (Ga0s6)

Tom Wolfe chronicled that period in history in The Electric Cool Aid Test. Owsley is mentioned, as are the Merry Pranksters...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 10, 2026 09:49 PM (nbLIj)

237 Pretty weird stuff.
Posted by: pawn

My mother is in dementia care but the churches in her hometown come around every Sunday in rotation and have services including singing hymns.

People that otherwise have quit communicating suddenly 'wake' up and start singing suddenly remembering words. Music gets us at a level below consciousness that implants in us at a very deep level I think.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:51 PM (WDjG6)

238 Did all the Deadheads hate Touch of Grey because it was seen as a sign of selling out?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:51 PM (KDPiq)

239 225 Adele maybe.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:41 PM (zZu0s)

Adele definitely. She was on Carpool Karaoke.

Pink can also sing.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Lady Gaga has an amazing voice.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2026 09:51 PM (Xr4QU)

240 >>Did all the Deadheads hate Touch of Grey because it was seen as a sign of selling out?

Not me. Love that song. The lyrics are fun.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2026 09:52 PM (viF8m)

241 Lady Gaga has an amazing voice.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2026 09:51 PM

Concur. I don't care for her shtick, but the girl can sing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 10, 2026 09:55 PM (Wnv9h)

242 P!nk covered Highway To Hell in concert

Posted by: Don Black at January 10, 2026 09:55 PM (ZxPkt)

243 I get physical "rushes" from music during certain passages. Goosebumps on my arms and legs.
Posted by: pawn

That's what it's supposed to do.

As long as we're owning up to stuff (like owning Tori Amos's discography), there's I can't listen to without tearing up a bit. At least if I'm singing along. Marillion's "Brave" is a concept about a suicidal girl about to jump off a bridge (with most of the songs/story being told in flashbacks) has 3 or 4 spots like that. Mostly when it snaps back to the present, and has the girl talking directly to the cops, or her abusive father, etc.

I don't know what you're doing here
when there's murder on the street.
I appreciate your concern,
but don't waste your time on me.

I'm ashes on the water now, somewhere far away.
You think you came here "just in time."
But you're twenty years too late!

.....you won't have long to wait.

Posted by: mikeski at January 10, 2026 09:55 PM (nhCoE)

244 Since we're talking music videos, everybody is aware thst MTV is officially dead, correct? I know they haven't played videos in decades, but they went off the air playing the Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star."
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I'll go to my grave believing that MTV could have had a 20-year longer (meaningful) run than they did. They pivoted too fast. There was never going to be a stand-alone model for catering to the music crowd they chose to shift to. The beauty of the original MTV model may have been born out of desperation (the scarcity of usable music videos), but what it gave MTV was a magical platform where in the same single hour one might catch songs by Judas Priest, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Palmer, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Run DMC, Krokus, Paul McCartney, and Eurythmics. It was a catch-all. You stayed because of what MIGHT happen.

Posted by: Crusader at January 10, 2026 09:56 PM (Cjcf6)

245 Listening to Haydn's String Quartet #63 right now. I guess I'll go sit in the corner with Ben Had.
Posted by: Tuna at January 10, 2026 07:41 PM

*pats couch*

Budge up.

Vivaldi's concerto for two trumpets and violin.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 10, 2026 09:57 PM (Wnv9h)

246 Touch of Grey had very late commercial success and when it did, all of a sudden it became a song that had somehow earned disdain.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 10, 2026 09:57 PM (RIvkX)

247 MTV unplugged was something I think that MTV should have done more of. Instead they went into reality tv hard and destroyed their music brand. At the same time, FM radio, having killed music on AM, suddenly went into corporate ownership which meant the playlists were suddenly the same coast to coast.

Corporations homogenized music and then streaming destroyed the big corporate world of homogenized music. Now AI is likely to maim and destroy streaming. And good unknown bands are struggling to make a buck live while dinosaur big rock bands suck up the scarce dollars for 'live' music to make bucks before they die.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:57 PM (WDjG6)

248 whig,

It seems that you and I( have similar mental processes going on.

We might have a good overlap on music that we seem to be sensitive to.

Have you listened to any Lyle Mays?

Here's something nice he did:

https://tinyurl.com/tr3mjjz2

Posted by: pawn at January 10, 2026 09:57 PM (Rmqfl)

249 I am trying to think great modern singers.

Amy Lee definitely.

Adele maybe.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 10, 2026 09:41 PM (zZu0s)

I hate to break this to you, but Amy Lee's first album is 25 years old, and Adele's is coming up on 18. Would you have called Diana Ross a modern singer in 1980?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 10, 2026 09:57 PM (1nXHW)

250 Good night folks. Free Iran tomorrow I pray.

Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:58 PM (WDjG6)

251

Here's Charley Crockett performing his "Killers of the Flower Moon". Fun fact, he's a direct descendant of the king of the wild frontier...

https://youtu.be/igcyd-SCdIA?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 10, 2026 09:58 PM (nbLIj)

252 People that otherwise have quit communicating suddenly 'wake' up and start singing suddenly remembering words. Music gets us at a level below consciousness that implants in us at a very deep level I think.
Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:51 PM (WDjG6)
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Seen this over and over. Music involves areas of brain that seem to be less affected by dementia. Just like sweet is usually the last taste so those become highly preferred foods.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 10, 2026 09:59 PM (RIvkX)

253 Posted by: mikeski at January 10, 2026 09:55 PM (nhCoE

I know people make fun of the song or hate it but the line in Billy Don't Be A Hero gives me an emotional feeling.

I need a volunteer....and Billy's hand was up in a moment

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 09:59 PM (KDPiq)

254 Speaking of retro music, I watched "A Hard Days Night." I don't think there's a better depiction of Beatlemania and/or music fandom, and both are done with affection.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 10, 2026 10:00 PM (CHHv1)

255 What's there to live for?
Who needs the peace corps?
Think I'll just drop out
I'll go to Frisco
Buy a wig and sleep
On Owsley's floor

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at January 10, 2026 10:01 PM (vFG9F)

256 219 ... "We spent many years anchored up on one of our boats off Fort Adams for the Folk Festival. Such a great party atmosphere."

Bet that was fun. The festivals moved to Fort Adams after I moved away. But I've seen a number of videos at the fort. I'm so pleased they still attract the best talent. I could listen to Diana Krall and her group for hours. And bringing your own lawn chair would have to be more comfortable than the seats at the old festival field site.

Posted by: JTB at January 10, 2026 10:01 PM (yTvNw)

257 Turn that noise down and get upstairs!

ONT is NOOD!

Posted by: mikeski at January 10, 2026 10:01 PM (nhCoE)

258 🎶 🎹 amateur hour again

Choose Between Love
When love runs away with you, what can you do?
Link in nic. Should play from 3:02 to 9:44 in the vid.
A cut from Mindful Webworkshop #2, 2016 Aug 19

🌅

Posted by: mindful webworker - a bit late to the concert at January 10, 2026 10:01 PM (z2cM0)

259 Diana Ross a modern singer in 1980?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 10, 2026 09:57 PM (1nXHW)

Yes as she was still charting.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 10, 2026 10:02 PM (KDPiq)

260 Well, right. They would setup the Grateful Dead on one side of the hall. The Merry Pranksters on the other, with their very weird setups, and light shows, and a garbage can full of acid dosed kool-aid.

The idea was, kinda, the audience was the show. Not everyone enjoyed being dosed unawares. Janis Joplin throttled Bear “You killed my fucking bass player!” because she thought he had dosed him with the stuff. He didn’t die, but he probably thought he was.

I’m surprised they could play anything under those conditions. “This is a bass guitar, Phil”. “Wow!” “You’re in the band.. it’s time to go on now.”

Posted by: Common Tater at January 10, 2026 10:03 PM (Ga0s6)

261
Fakery.Not bakery!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

Now I want donuts.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Phony donuts

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 10, 2026 10:06 PM (pkeXY)

262 A few rapid-fire comments…
I thought Garrett was a Bronie! I think those Crocs sorta illustrate that.
The Doors? Not so much. In my youth, and now too
Nirvana? Not no, but fuck no!
They and their genre sucked all of the oxygen out of the hair metal scene. The early 90’s still had some serious talent coming along. May I present XYZ. Inside Out, Nice Way to Die, and especially What keeps Me Loving You. The latter being quite excellent.
The rest of the “grunge”, and may I suggest SLUDGE as the proper term, was crap.
I refer to it as Pearl-Nickel-Creed- Back-Jam.
Crap! All of it.
Now, get off my lawn!

Posted by: Gunslinger at January 10, 2026 10:08 PM (4pWEQ)

263 "Listening to Haydn's String Quartet #63 right now. I guess I'll go sit in the corner with Ben Had."

"Vivaldi's concerto for two trumpets and violin."

Bach six Partitas. Actually any JS Bach.

Posted by: JTB at January 10, 2026 10:08 PM (yTvNw)

264 Good evening, all! The fur on those Crocs is mink, in a shade known as Autumn Haze. Very popular in the 60s.

Posted by: Effie Perrine at January 10, 2026 10:15 PM (1auMZ)

265 Bach six Partitas. Actually any JS Bach.
Posted by: JTB at January 10, 2026 10:08 PM

*fistbump*

Anything Bach. Anything Vivaldi.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 10, 2026 10:15 PM (Wnv9h)

266 Here's another fine piece with Lyle and the Metheny group.

Live from "Travels", "San Lorenzo"

https://tinyurl.com/357ukm4v

Posted by: pawn at January 10, 2026 10:19 PM (Rmqfl)

267 Driving a U-haul today (local move) and the radio was stuck on a "new country" station. Every song (at least the 4 that I listened to before turning it off) sounded whiny. The 'singers' weren't really singing, just whining rhythmically. And I swear the auto-tune has a setting for "Nasally hillbilly twang". Garth Brooks and Shania Twain killed country music. And they had a lot of help

Posted by: Stacy0311 at January 10, 2026 11:11 PM (///6J)

268 I think the 'live' show reveals indicate a lot of people are shelling out big bucks for recorded vocals and backing tracks. Fans should be able to sue the acts for fraud. Big names involved and Fil probably is not making many friends in the current music world by posting these exposes.
Posted by: whig at January 10, 2026 09:37 PM (WDjG6)

I don't have a problem with backing tracks per se, to provide the sounds that people expect from the album version, if there isn't someone on stage to do it. But if a singer or an instrument is on the stage acting like they're making sounds, then the track for that sound should be off, and the sound that you hear in the PA should be the one being made live on stage.

I'm still bitter at learning that "top of the pops" type shows basically force musicians to just mime over a recording, since that's easier for the showrunner. At least with those, I can just treat it like Music Video (Version 2) for the song. There is no excuse that I would accept as valid for doing that in a live show that people bought tickets to attend.

Posted by: SciVo at January 11, 2026 12:40 AM (Sy6m/)

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