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Guest Music Thread [Joe Mannix]
Musical genre is one of those things that is subject to endless subdivision to the point of the absurd, and to endless conglomeration to the point of the useless. I am occasionally fascinated by some of the distinctions and subdivisions within genre, usually argued by those who are obsessed with whatever it is. Take, as a "for instance," Shoegaze. Per Wikipedia, Shoegaze is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volume. It emerged in Ireland and the United Kingdom in the late 1980s among neo-psychedelic groups who usually stood motionless during live performances in a detached, non-confrontational state. Could be anything, I suppose.
What interests me more is what qualifies for any given appellation. Staying on the "Shoegaze" topic, take two bands widely considered representative of the genre. There's Lush and there's The Jesus and Mary Chain. They aren't exactly similar. Oh well. None of it really matters anyway, I suppose. If there's a thing, people are always willing to argue the finer points of it! What genres are you in to, if any? Do you care about the minutiae of subgenre, or is it all just noise (unless, of course, you consider Shoegaze to be a subset or offshoot of Noise Pop, in which case we're right back where we started...)? Me, I am fascinated by the minutiae but would rather just put the record on! NOTE: As always, the intro is just a conversation starter if needed. You're welcome to go off-topic, just please keep it to the world of music!AC/DC puts on a hell of a show. The scale of this concert at a stadium in Argentina is enormous, and boy can they work a crowd.
Great Singularly Pointless Covers
One thing about 90s music - love it or hate it - is that much of it was fun (or, at least, aspired to be fun). The New Radicals' big hit, "You Only Get What You Give" was never particularly great, but it was fun. Fun was primarily what it going for it. Which is why I just can't fathom this downbeat, boring, bored, breathy hipster take on it. The song wasn't exactly high art in the first place, and this cover lacks the main thing it had to its credit. Even odder, I first heard this song on a TV commercial for HP computers. I can't fathom hearing this and reacting with "Yeah! Buy that product!" Odd all around, I suppose.
Sometimes simplicity is its own reward. This video is not elaborate. It's not brilliantly shot. It doesn't tell a grand story. It's just a desert, a demolition derby, chicks, breakdancers and some kids who look like they walked off the set of a Mad Max movie.
In no particular order and no implications of quality, here are four songs I've heard recently. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Turntable
I get the distinct impression that this song isn't actually about a record player. Ugly Kid Joe - Panhandlin' Prince
He's got a bench for snooizn', some sauce to keep boozin' and he still manages to pull 20 Gs a year. What. A. Legend. Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame
Sometimes, a song doesn't really need to be over three minutes long. She broke his heart. It sucks. Oh well. The end. Johnny Lang - Still Rainin'
Hard to believe he was only 17 when this album dropped.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 07:31 PM (Zp1WF)
Posted by: Marybel Smiles at February 08, 2025 07:33 PM (U7ln1)
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Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2025 07:38 PM (mB6WH)
So good to see you, handsome!
Y'all will make fun, but the most inspiring concert I ever attended was Neil Diamond. He was on stage for three hours. He talked. He sang. He made us laugh, and cry, and sing along with him. It was an amazing evening. I went with my mom when I was 13. So memorable.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 08, 2025 07:38 PM (WhMxF)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2025 07:41 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2025 07:42 PM (mB6WH)
My new fascination is Herbie Hancock with the Headhunters. I'd always heard it was lame cheesy plastic electronics. It's grooooove
Esp Hang up your hang ups with Wah Wah Watson.
I guess that's "Fusion" jazz? Idk.
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 07:42 PM (z6Ybz)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 08, 2025 07:38 PM (WhMxF)
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Neil Diamond was the headliner at the huge NYE concert in 1999/2000 in Denver. It was *not* a sell-out show, IIRC. People were worried about Y2K and NYE at the turn of the century/millennium was subdued. Always thought that was kind of a bummer for Neil Diamond.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 07:42 PM (Zp1WF)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 08, 2025 07:44 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 08, 2025 07:44 PM (MCgFl)
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 07:42 PM (z6Ybz)
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Ah yes, when "western" was still a thing - and so was "western swing."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 07:44 PM (Zp1WF)
https://tinyurl.com/uzhk9kpb
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2025 07:44 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 08, 2025 07:45 PM (xcxpd)
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Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 08, 2025 07:45 PM (xcxpd)
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Huh. Now that's an idea. Next time CBD is out for a Music Thread, maybe I'll do TV show themes. Nice. I'm gonna file that one away. Thanks!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 07:46 PM (Zp1WF)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2025 07:46 PM (mB6WH)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Monty Python Enthusiast at February 08, 2025 07:47 PM (bDNzX)
Posted by: Skip at February 08, 2025 07:47 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 08, 2025 07:47 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Marybel Smiles at February 08, 2025 07:33 PM (U7ln1)
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What does it feel like listening to Johnny Mullenax, the expletive-wielding, joint-puffing Eagle Scout (Troop 22) and genre-bending guitar protege bolstering the funk rock music scene in Tulsa? Stand close enough, and you might hear the sound of a rocket ship taking off, blasting forward at high speed.
He’s made a name for himself in Tulsa, Northwest Arkansas and beyond as a preeminent purveyor of bluesy, funk-drenched country, bluegrass and rock and roll, playing with bands all over the region.
Now *that* is downright effusive!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 07:48 PM (Zp1WF)
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at February 08, 2025 07:48 PM (Vt0MF)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 08, 2025 07:48 PM (sJHOI)
Damn. I can go straight through four whole albums of Zep without skipping a single song...if we don't count The Crunge...which I don't want to. Because that song sucks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 08, 2025 07:48 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2025 07:46 PM (mB6WH)
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Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 07:48 PM (Zp1WF)
Recollections of a live performance by Lena Horne (also a Mafia boyfriend) starts at 5:15
https://tinyurl.com/28me3hw7
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 08, 2025 07:50 PM (lCaJd)
Posted by: Skip at February 08, 2025 07:50 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 08, 2025 07:50 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 08, 2025 07:50 PM (EUtBO)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 08, 2025 07:48 PM (xcxpd)
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We finally seem to be coming out of the "boring, repetitive, down-beat, borderline monotone" misery of the past decade or so. 2012ish through today has been a pretty bad time for music.
I hope things start to improve. We can't keep regressing forever. Eventually, there's a floor.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 07:50 PM (Zp1WF)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2025 07:51 PM (bss/y)
A friend of mine said John Denver gave the best show ever. Sang all night and finally sent the other musicians home.
Contrast with Cher, who was on stage for about one hour and did overhead slideshows of herself accepting every award she ever won and every Bob Mackie gown she ever wore.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 08, 2025 07:51 PM (lCaJd)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2025 07:51 PM (mB6WH)
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at February 08, 2025 07:52 PM (Vt0MF)
Chet Atkins, Mark Knofler and the Everlys with Why Worry
https://tinyurl.com/yhre764p
And Phil Everly with The Air That I Breathe
https://tinyurl.com/352pjj8v
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 08, 2025 07:52 PM (EV2jz)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 08, 2025 07:38 PM (WhMxF)
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Neil Diamond was the headliner at the huge NYE concert in 1999/2000 in Denver. It was *not* a sell-out show, IIRC. People were worried about Y2K and NYE at the turn of the century/millennium was subdued. Always thought that was kind of a bummer for Neil Diamond.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 07:42 PM (Zp1WF)
Ironically, I got interested in Neil Diamond due to a local cover band (MegaDiamond) who was playing a MSFT team meeting afterparty. They were good, I came into the Seattle Stadium just as they were playing 'America'. It's the closest my real life has ever been to being a music video.
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Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2025 07:53 PM (mB6WH)
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Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at February 08, 2025 07:55 PM (Vt0MF)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Bob Wills is still the king.
youtube.com/watch?v=SwEOZtJm8pU
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 08, 2025 07:55 PM (ncgY2)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 08, 2025 07:56 PM (Gqoy+)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2025 07:57 PM (mB6WH)
One of the most surprising concerts I attended was, believe it or not, The Carpenters. This was circa 1971 or 72. I thought it would just be them playing their radio hits. Wrong. Richard displayed huge talent on piano, the talks to the audience was laced with humor and some insight into the music and Karen, with that angelic voice, did some vocal ad libs and played drum solos.
The most pleasant concert I attended was John Denver. He was at the height of his popularity and the place was sold out. Everyone knew the songs and on the gentler ballads the audience sang along softly, more like to themselves. The result had the reverberant feel of a cathedral. Fifty years later it is still easy to recall.
Posted by: JTB at February 08, 2025 07:57 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 08, 2025 07:57 PM (szMU5)
Amazing show from an amazing man.
ACDC will still be cool a thousand years from now.
Saw the Razor's Edge Tour at ASU Activity Center in 1991. Fresh out of high school from a town of 3500 people.
There were 10x as many people as my home town there that night.
Best show I have ever seen.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 07:59 PM (YUm6j)
Posted by: Skip at February 08, 2025 07:59 PM (fwDg9)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhD7WuRKsxM
Posted by: huerfano at February 08, 2025 08:01 PM (n2swS)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 08, 2025 08:02 PM (bA75n)
He touches the Warren Zevon vibe on those.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:02 PM (YUm6j)
Posted by: Skip at February 08, 2025 08:02 PM (fwDg9)
Roger Whittaker ... saw him at the Jubilee Auditorium the following year.
2 of my favorite voices
Posted by: Wingnutt at February 08, 2025 08:03 PM (/lIaR)
Posted by: SamIam at February 08, 2025 08:04 PM (oasF3)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_genres
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 08, 2025 08:04 PM (szMU5)
Posted by: gdoubleu at February 08, 2025 08:04 PM (s9TOl)
Posted by: JTB at February 08, 2025 08:05 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Don Black at February 08, 2025 08:05 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:06 PM (YUm6j)
Posted by: Dr_No at February 08, 2025 08:06 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 08, 2025 08:07 PM (EV2jz)
Posted by: SFGoth at February 08, 2025 08:07 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Monty Python Enthusiast at February 08, 2025 08:08 PM (bDNzX)
Started by a White brother and sister (ST AX from their names) in Black Memphis as a combined recording studio and record store. The in-house band later got fame as The Blues Brothers Band.
Things took a turn when Otis Redding died in a plane crash. The NYC vultures were always circling. MLK stayed at the integrated Lorraine Motel becuase that's where the band members hung.
Later Black Moses Isaac Hayes led the exodus to LA.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 08, 2025 08:08 PM (Gqoy+)
I grew up with Motown and everybody danced. What do you do with metal?
Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2025 08:08 PM (mB6WH)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 08, 2025 08:09 PM (EV2jz)
Posted by: Dr_No at February 08, 2025 08:06 PM (ayRl+)
ALSO linked this week, oddly enough:
https://tinyurl.com/mpzenm55
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2025 08:09 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: SFGoth at February 08, 2025 08:10 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2025 08:08 PM (mB6WH)
You can dance to metal. It's just not the kind of dance most people would want to be in the middle of.
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 08, 2025 08:11 PM (szMU5)
I grew up with Motown and everybody danced. What do you do with metal?
Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2025 08:08 PM (mB6WH)
I love metal. It drains the negative energy from my mind. It's therapy. It's loud and aggressive, but I loved going to metal concerts. The crowds were friendly but exuberant.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Monty Python Enthusiast at February 08, 2025 08:11 PM (bDNzX)
Hearing Soulshine and Gimme Back My Bullets live was surreal.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:12 PM (YUm6j)
Posted by: Dr_No at February 08, 2025 08:12 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 08, 2025 07:38 PM (WhMxF)
****
I was fortunate to attend Neil Diamond's 1985 concert at the Seattle Coliseum. Mind blowing, as we used to say.
Posted by: SWOK at February 08, 2025 08:13 PM (AQ9kW)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 08, 2025 08:13 PM (szMU5)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 08, 2025 07:57 PM (szMU5)
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That's one explanation, yeah. They look down all the time because they have to look at their effects pedals. The other explanation I've heard a lot is that they're emotional, largely depressive types as a rule, so they stare at the floor.
Speaking of effects pedals, KT Tunstall is a wizard with them. She uses them as loop samplers and controllers. She'll set up her own backing track with effects loops and play with her feet as well her hands.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 08:15 PM (Zp1WF)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 08, 2025 08:16 PM (EUtBO)
At one point they were changing out some stuff on the stage, so he stood out front and did a monologue on past people he’d performed with, and in the course of it I realized he not only remembered every gig he’d ever played, but he remembered every other band who was on the ticket that night and who was in them - and this is like 30 years worth of gigs, every weekend. The guys a genius with a near photographic memory, I never expected that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 08, 2025 08:17 PM (MCgFl)
Motown is so damn good. It was always on in the house.
Jimmy Ruffin
Sam Cooke
Solomon Burke
Joe Tex
The ultimate date music.
Also
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:17 PM (gH3hx)
For sure, as did Derek Trucks a bit later on.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 08, 2025 08:17 PM (mH6SG)
Oh, I also saw Charlie Pride there. Those were good times 😊❤
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 08, 2025 08:18 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2025 08:18 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: gdoubleu at February 08, 2025 08:18 PM (s9TOl)
Ska?
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:06 PM (YUm6j)
Hell yes! Started with Desmond Decker
https://youtu.be/dUyBS--0ZHs
Mighty Mighty Bosstones keep the flame alive
https://youtu.be/NIGMUAMevH0
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 08, 2025 08:18 PM (bA75n)
I was always more interested in the "Meatgazer" genre...
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at February 08, 2025 08:19 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: skywch at February 08, 2025 08:20 PM (uqhmb)
I would have loved to see Eric Clapton back in the 80s
I saw the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Dr John, Buddy Guy and BB King play at the Colombia River Gorge. That was a cool show.
So was Blind Mellon, Pearl Jam and Neil Young at the same venue.
Of course, working in the bar scene I. The 90s in Seattle gave me an opportunity to see a lot of bands. Some ok. Some good. Some outrageously good. A surprise visit by Robert Cray was a memorable event on a dull Sunday shift.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 08, 2025 08:21 PM (rkCMe)
From pirate songs to country.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:21 PM (gH3hx)
I haven't seen many live concerts, and I've never been a huge Prince fan, but in honor of the upcoming Superbowl, I have to say i thought his Superbowl halftime performance was pretty epic.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 08, 2025 08:21 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 08, 2025 07:57 PM (szMU5)
Not sure if this qualifies, but I like it..kinda dreamy..
https://youtu.be/5tr5ptnUoDE
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 08, 2025 08:22 PM (bA75n)
One of the best songs by one of the best punk/New Wave bands, The Jam:
"Eton Rifles"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Oqfr8vQVi8
Crank it up!
Posted by: naturalfake at February 08, 2025 08:22 PM (iJfKG)
Well let me say when I saw Rush in concert, that they never sounded better.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 08, 2025 08:22 PM (MCgFl)
Hearing Soulshine and Gimme Back My Bullets live was surreal.
Posted by: Sifty Boones
The Allman Brothers were great live. Saw them in Tampa, mid 90s. Dickie Betts was still in the band. He was replaced with Derek Trucks and they still sounded great. Didn't see that version of ABB live though. Warren Haynes is the most underrated guitarist in rock.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 08, 2025 08:23 PM (aKh6S)
Posted by: Skip at February 08, 2025 08:23 PM (fwDg9)
I was shitface drunk and expected it to be awful.
Those are some amazing musicians.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:23 PM (gH3hx)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 08, 2025 08:23 PM (rkCMe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 08, 2025 08:23 PM (EUtBO)
Well let me say when I saw Rush in concert, that they never sounded better.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 08, 2025 08:22 PM (MCgFl)
*watches pitch amble toward the plate*
*checks watch*
*pitch is still in the air*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2025 08:24 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: CA Token at February 08, 2025 08:24 PM (2+yws)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 08, 2025 08:25 PM (rkCMe)
Metal is good for another 10lbs on the bar.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:25 PM (gH3hx)
As a proud Moron, I've never accepted the concept of cultural appropriation. However, i recently went on a cruise with my family, which included my kids aged 14-22. One night's entertainment was a Motown tribute, and let me tell you, trying to really get gen z kids to appreciate Motown when an all White/young bunch of smiling blondes are singing it, with none of the auditory richness and soul, struck me as almost sacrilegious...
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 08, 2025 08:26 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 08, 2025 08:26 PM (rkCMe)
Rush in Rio is an excellent album!
youtu.be/BGm6FKSGt3s
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 08, 2025 08:26 PM (aKh6S)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 08, 2025 08:26 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 08, 2025 08:26 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 08, 2025 08:26 PM (szMU5)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2025 08:27 PM (mB6WH)
Ska?
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:06 PM (YUm6j)
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I dare!
Vegas Records was always a good label for Ska. For the minute that the Ska thing was happening, anyway. I ended up with a sampler compilation disc of theirs called "Hey Brother, Can You Spare Some Ska?" It billed itself as a "Cheap-o-Comp" and had printed on the disc, "If you paid more than $3.99 for this, you got RIPPED OFF."
Ska was almost always irreverent.
Jeffries Fan Club - She's So Cool:
https://youtu.be/lFGajPl5SpU
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 08:27 PM (Zp1WF)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Apparently she is an extreme introvert.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 08, 2025 08:27 PM (aKh6S)
I was shitface drunk and expected it to be awful.
Those are some amazing musicians.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:23 PM (gH3hx)
Caught the Zippers at the Garden State Arts Center in NJ on a Vans Tour. Mighty Mighty Bosstones were on the same bill as were Soul Coughing. Talk about bang for the buck...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 08, 2025 08:28 PM (bA75n)
Well let me say when I saw Rush in concert, that they never sounded better.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 08, 2025 08:22 PM (MCgFl)
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I take it the way you meant it.
And they are spectacular live. Their music is *hard* and being able to nail it live is even more impressive in some ways than being able to bang it out in a studio. I got to go to one Rush show. Great time.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 08:28 PM (Zp1WF)
Play a REALLY small venue.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 08, 2025 08:29 PM (rkCMe)
"That's Entertainment"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-H0uIH5HHQ
"A Town Called Malice"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfpRm-p7qlY
"A Bomb in Wardour Street"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I92_mVREcRk
and many, many more!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at February 08, 2025 08:29 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Yoder at February 08, 2025 08:30 PM (sJHOI)
I was shitface drunk and expected it to be awful.
The latest 90s and early 2000s had some pretty weird, experimental music. A couple people on my floor had Squirrel Nut Zipper CDs and played them. Pretty catchy.
Rush is just as good live as they are on their albums.
I was going to snark "So is Yoko", but realized it's not true. A Yoko album is cheaper, and you can turn it off when you break.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 08, 2025 08:30 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 08, 2025 08:31 PM (EUtBO)
Not liking Motown and Soul music is like not liking sunshine.
Thanks to 23&Me I have lost my guilt over Listening to Motown While White.
4% Baby.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:31 PM (gH3hx)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 08, 2025 08:27 PM (aKh6S)
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And a total smoke show, in a "complicated art school girl" kind of way.
If you want stripped down and introverted. Mazzy Star performing "Hala" and "Bells Ring" on the roof of EMI records approaches the Platonic ideal of that concept:
https://youtu.be/x7niQAQJZf8
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 08:32 PM (Zp1WF)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 08, 2025 08:32 PM (a3Q+t)
Sounds like a strangled cat.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 08, 2025 08:26 PM (rkCMe)
So not a Neil Young fan? Strangled Cat could be a genre..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 08, 2025 08:32 PM (bA75n)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2025 08:32 PM (mB6WH)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 08, 2025 08:33 PM (SRRAx)
In a similar way, I love the ballad type songs of Heart, Nancy and Anne Wilson. There are some acoustic performances of the two sisters that are a treat for the ears. Nancy's creative and moody guitar playing and Anne's vocals combine for something special.
Posted by: JTB at February 08, 2025 08:33 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 08, 2025 08:34 PM (EUtBO)
Posted by: Reforger at February 08, 2025 08:34 PM (xcIvR)
Posted by: azjaeger at February 08, 2025 08:35 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:35 PM (gH3hx)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 08, 2025 08:36 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 08, 2025 08:33 PM (SRRAx)
A lot of folks dismiss him but everyone I know who saw him live came away a rabid fan...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 08, 2025 08:36 PM (bA75n)
Thanks to 23&Me I have lost my guilt over Listening to Motown While White.
4% Baby.
Posted by: Sifty Boones
Lol, no...the problem was all the cruise entertainers singing the Motown Songs were young, cheery, white kids more suited to singing pop and showtunes. My kids didn't really know much Motown, so when I saw it on the schedule, I was excited to go to the show. The young performers did what they could, but it was a pale, PALE imitation of the actual product, and didn't convey the rich soul it.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 08, 2025 08:37 PM (ycI94)
I know, I know. Start ruling out every hard lefty and your music collection shrinks quickly.
Posted by: Yoder at February 08, 2025 08:37 PM (sJHOI)
I hope things start to improve. We can't keep regressing forever. Eventually, there's a floor.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 07:50 PM (Zp1WF)
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You wanna bet?
Have you heard any East African music, say, 50s or earlier vintage, in other words, African before external influence and external instruments?
Yes, that bad.
Posted by: Ciampino - a courtesy mention at February 08, 2025 08:38 PM (KjLnc)
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 08:38 PM (z6Ybz)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Monty Python Enthusiast at February 08, 2025 08:11 PM (bDNzX)
I guess that's how it makes Mr. Dmlw! feel, also. It has the opposite effect on me--makes me feel stressed and irritated.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 08, 2025 08:39 PM (OX9vb)
4% Baby.
Posted by: Sifty Boones
23andMe lies. They admitted it. They fight racism by dropping trace amnts of black and jewish in rando white pepos results.
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 08:40 PM (z6Ybz)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 08, 2025 08:39 PM (OX9vb)
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Heh. It can go either way. Just don't listen to it while driving, I guess...
"Songs that help you get into trouble behind the wheel" is itself an effective genre...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 08:40 PM (Zp1WF)
Making great Motown music requires having a little mud on your soul.
Hard to play and sing it when the biggest heartbreak you ever had was failing Math 5 years ago.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:41 PM (gH3hx)
The story checks out with the family tree research.
Also, a couple years ago I tried to steal my own bicycle.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:42 PM (gH3hx)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 08:40 PM (Zp1WF)
Or why you shouldn't listen to Turkish music while driving in moderately heavy urban traffic
Posted by: Kindltot at February 08, 2025 08:42 PM (D7oie)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nwfCoKNI5hs
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Ig71fhUc8
Posted by: Happy at February 08, 2025 08:42 PM (F+55o)
Posted by: azjaeger at February 08, 2025 08:43 PM (3/XaG)
Saw within the week, concert tickets are $200, that is crazy
Posted by: Skip
Concert tickets used to be the price of an LP.
Then they were the price of a CD.
Then they were the price of a car payment.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 08, 2025 08:43 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: skywch at February 08, 2025 08:43 PM (uqhmb)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 08, 2025 08:43 PM (bA75n)
"Uh, what kind of music do you play here?"
"Both kinds! Country AND Western!"
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 08, 2025 08:43 PM (/zNha)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Monty Python Enthusiast at February 08, 2025 08:11 PM (bDNzX)
Hell yeah. I love the brute power.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 08:44 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 08, 2025 08:45 PM (LkLld)
I like all things cello, fot some reason. Recently I have been teaching myself more about the video recording process, so here's a barbershop quartet:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uDNF0xrSmuY
Posted by: Piercello at February 08, 2025 08:45 PM (1Osw1)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 08, 2025 08:45 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 08:46 PM (z6Ybz)
I know, I know. Start ruling out every hard lefty and your music collection shrinks quickly.
Posted by: Yoder at February 08, 2025 08:37 PM (sJHOI)
Same same with The Housemartins. Two excellent albums though. Here's some tunes:
"Happy Hour"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9sHfcCwTYA
"Five Get Overexcited"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGYofWnTueQ
"Me and the Farmer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLOyF50wlBU
Posted by: naturalfake at February 08, 2025 08:46 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:48 PM (gH3hx)
4% Baby.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:31 PM (gH3hx)
Ah, the ol' one drop rule! Works both ways, right? If you get the negative, you also get to enjoy the positive.
I love Motown when I'm in the mood for it. Great for making me move my feet when I'm using my stand-up desk at work.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 08, 2025 08:49 PM (OX9vb)
Echo and the Bunnymen were my thing way back though damn U2 stole it all from them.
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 08:49 PM (z6Ybz)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 08, 2025 08:49 PM (gm9Sb)
Never attended one of his concerts but I saw several of his TV specials and have most of the albums. People joke about being a Manilow fan but I am too old and too well armed to care about their opinions. My problem is having to decide which is more impressive: his writing or arranging. He produced and arranged the first Bette Midler albums, her best, before she became another aging shrew.
Manilow did one of my absolute favorite albums (that doesn't involve Bach): 2 A.M. Paradise Cafe. I wore out my LP and have a backup CD in case something happens to the first CD. Sadly, it can never be recreated as many of the performers, Mel Torme, Gerry Mulligan, Sarah Vaughn and others, have passed away. The album was recorded in one, unbroken take. Phenomenal!
Posted by: JTB at February 08, 2025 08:49 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 08, 2025 08:51 PM (EUtBO)
Choices and Cold Hard Truth by George Jones helped me quit drinking.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:48 PM (gH3hx)
Billy Joe Shaver helped me find Jesus.
I guess my emotions and religion are in a hillbilly register hahahah unsurprising.
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 08:51 PM (z6Ybz)
4% Baby.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 08, 2025 08:31 PM (gH3hx)
Ah, the ol' one drop rule! Works both ways, right? If you get the negative, you also get to enjoy the positive.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 08, 2025 08:49 PM (OX9vb)
You get N-word privilege, but only get to say the "N" part.
Posted by: Al Sharpton at February 08, 2025 08:52 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Monty Python Enthusiast at February 08, 2025 08:11 PM (bDNzX)
Hell yeah. I love the brute power.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 08:44 PM (VwHCD)
Truth
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 08, 2025 08:53 PM (dR6yv)
4% Baby.
Posted by: Sifty Boones
One quarter Sicilian here so. . . . according to Christopher Walken. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at February 08, 2025 08:55 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 08, 2025 08:49 PM (gm9Sb)
Yeah. Crazy story. He legit did it and got off. His story about Ragged Old Truck is funny. His wife did go to town and he got bored and went to town and saw some hippies super happy tripping and bought a sheet because why not and went home and ate it all and was fried for 3 days all alone and then wrote the song. Hilarious the way he tells it. And then the sadness he felt when his friends wouldn't let him near their kids because he was such a wild dangerous addict.
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 08:55 PM (z6Ybz)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 08, 2025 08:55 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 08, 2025 08:55 PM (gm9Sb
Mel Torme, The Velvet Frog.
Posted by: Eromero at February 08, 2025 08:56 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 08, 2025 08:57 PM (EUtBO)
I guess my emotions and religion are in a hillbilly register hahahah unsurprising.
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 08:51 PM (z6Ybz)
You might like this. KC Musgrave..
https://youtu.be/UyKnYvUgqWg?t=21
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 08, 2025 08:58 PM (bA75n)
I like all things cello, fot some reason. Recently I have been teaching myself more about the video recording process, so here's a barbershop quartet:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uDNF0xrSmuY"
Piercello,
Thanks for that link and congrats on such an excellent video. You really caught the harmony and feel of a barbershop quartet. Not what folks expect from a cello.
Posted by: JTB at February 08, 2025 09:00 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 08, 2025 08:55 PM (WXNFJ)
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Heh. Great scene.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 09:01 PM (Zp1WF)
I saw Barry Manilow in Dallas in 1981.
We played his tapes in the gym constantly. I stuck my first double back flip while "Let's hang on". Was playing.
Our coach was a Beach Boys fan. He was not amused with our musical choices.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 08, 2025 09:01 PM (YRXS4)
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 09:02 PM (z6Ybz)
I love Willie Nelson, if I just enjoy the songs and try to forget that he's a wack lefty.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 08, 2025 09:02 PM (OX9vb)
"Both kinds! Country AND Western!"
Great scene. Probably unavailable in original form. Belushi holds up a pack of Chesterfields, says "Jacob Stein, musicians union. You got your cards?" The Country band leader replies "Stein? That's a jew name ain't it?".
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at February 08, 2025 09:03 PM (TTak+)
Posted by: JTB at February 08, 2025 09:04 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Tonypete
Dennis Hopper. You're an eggplant. :-)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 08, 2025 09:05 PM (aKh6S)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February
My maternal grandfather adored the Muppet Show and Willie Nelson. And me.
I miss him so much.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 08, 2025 09:06 PM (sdSI9)
Willie's duet with Ray on Seven Spanish Angels just destroys me every time. That version is masterful.
I think he wrote a lot of Patsy Cline songs.
I assume Robert Earl Keen and Jerry Jeff Walker are shitlibs but i don't really care. Kris Kristofferson was a true genous and prob a total Lib Deep State maniac.
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 09:06 PM (z6Ybz)
Swedish group doing '50s country
thecountrysideofharmonicasam.com
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at February 08, 2025 09:06 PM (Vt0MF)
Gonna try and rrcord another, non-barbershop arrangement this week.
Barbershop harmonies are like audible sunshine.
Posted by: Piercello at February 08, 2025 09:06 PM (1Osw1)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 08, 2025 08:45 PM (gm9Sb
I was in HS in the 60s and was told by my black friends that I sang My Girl just like David Ruffin. Didn’t have the moves though.
Posted by: Eromero at February 08, 2025 09:07 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 08, 2025 09:07 PM (sdSI9)
I love Willie Nelson, if I just enjoy the songs and try to forget that he's a wack lefty.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 08, 2025 09:02 PM (OX9vb)
My father listened to that 60's and 70's country. Well, mostly because it was in the 60's and 70's lol. Being a captive audience I had to listen to a lot of it, so I'm real familiar with it. Yeah, really different from the bubblegum country you hear today.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 09:08 PM (VwHCD)
Thanks for that link and congrats on such an excellent video. You really caught the harmony and feel of a barbershop quartet. Not what folks expect from a cello.
Posted by: JTB
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Beautiful.
It brings back memories. High school buddy and I would go to the Chinese grocery meat display, all wrapped and iced, and buy a pound of hamburger *wink* go to DeMolay but stay outside and drink 4 Roses wine while singing My Wild Irish Rose.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 08, 2025 09:09 PM (ncgY2)
What song was playing when ......
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 08, 2025 09:07 PM (sdSI9)
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Limitless potential. Famous events ("when Kennedy died")? Personal events ("on your first date")? Cultural touchstones ("when it all goes for Henry Hill in 'Goodfellas'")?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 09:09 PM (Zp1WF)
Posted by: Nightwatch at February 08, 2025 09:09 PM (25kuG)
Shoegaze-adjacent dream pop:
https://youtu.be/3X7HRJZKoYU
Posted by: mikeski at February 08, 2025 09:10 PM (DgGvY)
Yes. Great writer, couldn't sing his way out of a box. A good actor. He was friends with Waylon, Willie, and Cash. I've seen interviews of him and he's interesting. A commie but interesting.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 08, 2025 09:11 PM (aKh6S)
https://youtu.be/EUx1i38Rco8
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 08, 2025 08:36 PM (63Dwl)
I see these kids with “No Doubt” printed on their shirts. I can tell you how you’re supposed to say “No Doubt”..
Posted by: 90s kid at February 08, 2025 09:13 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 08, 2025 09:13 PM (QVTZe)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 08, 2025 09:11 PM (aKh6S)
++++
:: whistles nonchalantly ::
Posted by: Bob Dylan at February 08, 2025 09:13 PM (Zp1WF)
R&B from the 60's. 70's Rock (The last decade of the true Rock & Roll.)
Stand Alone...Steely Dan...and some 1950's Jazz ensembles but don't ask me to name names.
Posted by: Nightwatch at February 08, 2025 09:14 PM (25kuG)
Posted by: JTB at February 08, 2025 09:15 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 08, 2025 09:13 PM (QVTZe)
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Some of those old live performances, especially on late-night shows (though perhaps that "especially" is because that's much of the stuff that survived ...) are stupendous. They had to deliver in a big way with no tricks. The equipment could make you louder, but it couldn't make you better.
And yeah, Fats Domino had some serious pipes. So did the Righteous Brothers and the Crystals.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 09:15 PM (Zp1WF)
youtu.be/AINUPFbFpqg
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 08, 2025 09:16 PM (aKh6S)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 08, 2025 09:16 PM (bA75n)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 08, 2025 09:11 PM (aKh6S)
I'm pretty confident he was a CIA/FBI agent if not officially. They were heavily into the hollywood and LA music scenes.
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 09:16 PM (z6Ybz)
Posted by: mikeski at February 08, 2025 09:18 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Piercello at February 08, 2025 09:18 PM (1Osw1)
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at February 08, 2025 09:06 PM (Vt0MF)
Oh, I'll bookmark that for later when there's no tv on. I always enjoy non-Americans making country music. A current fave of mine is a Swiss duo, Hillbilly Moon Explosion. "My Love Forevermore" is the bomb.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 08, 2025 09:19 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Piercello at February 08, 2025 09:18 PM (1Osw1)
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The internet often looks like it is forever, but it isn't. Are those bits still somewhere that somebody could maybe find them? Yeah, probably. But effectively? Gone.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 09:19 PM (Zp1WF)
Like a cat sucked into a snowblower..
Posted by: 90s kid at February 08, 2025 09:20 PM (l3YAf)
Boom boom boom boom
Hey chile
Posted by: Blind Muddy Lemon Waters Miklos at February 08, 2025 09:20 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: Archer at February 08, 2025 09:20 PM (IDphi)
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at February 08, 2025 09:20 PM (iNp3L)
youtu.be/AINUPFbFpqg
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 08, 2025 09:16 PM (aKh6S)
I'm a fan from my first listen of "Guitar Town". He tragically lost his son Townes (named after Townes Van Zandt) to drug addiction..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 08, 2025 09:21 PM (bA75n)
R&B from the 60's. 70's Rock (The last decade of the true Rock & Roll.)
Stand Alone...Steely Dan...and some 1950's Jazz ensembles but don't ask me to name names.
Posted by: Nightwatch at February 08, 2025 09:14 PM (25kuG)
Steely Dan, my all-time favorite. So many great musicians performed with Donald Fagan and Walter Becker.
Posted by: Eromero at February 08, 2025 09:21 PM (LHPAg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY
Posted by: MichiCanuck at February 08, 2025 09:21 PM (G97aY)
Barbershop harmonies are like audible sunshine."
Piercello,
Please let us know when the video is available. And you are right about Barbershop harmonies. I've sung a bit of it, low bass, and it is both fun and can be a challenge to maintain those close harmonies.
Posted by: JTB at February 08, 2025 09:22 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Bob Dylan
Dylan isn't just one of the best songwriters of all time, what's really amazing is the breadth of artists who have covered his songs. A lot or songwriters get covered by artists of the same style but everyone covers Dylan.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 08, 2025 09:22 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 08, 2025 09:22 PM (LkLld)
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He could write.
He just couldn't sing. Not really. I've liked most Dylan songs that I've heard done by other people.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 09:23 PM (Zp1WF)
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at February 08, 2025 09:23 PM (wVNP5)
Posted by: Java Joe at February 08, 2025 09:24 PM (WaLgG)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 09:08 PM (VwHCD)
Haha, yes! We had one radio in the house, and dared not turn it from Dad's country station.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 08, 2025 09:24 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 08, 2025 09:25 PM (Zp1WF)
Lots and lots of really weird movies with Bruce Dern and Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson. The latter doesn’t exist, officially. He had no birth certificate strangely enough. “Mondo Hollywood” is a weird one, if you can find it. Anything about the 60s and the hippies will usually have Vito Paulekas and Carl Franzoni in it, and the Freaks.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 08, 2025 09:25 PM (QVTZe)
Posted by: Your Cousin That You Wonder About at February 08, 2025 09:25 PM (/zNha)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY
Posted by: MichiCanuck
All 13+ minutes of 'Telegraph Road' is sublime.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 08, 2025 09:25 PM (aKh6S)
Posted by: mikeski at February 08, 2025 09:26 PM (DgGvY)
No argument from me. Can't sing but an absolute genius with lyrics.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 08, 2025 09:26 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 08, 2025 09:19 PM (OX9vb)
First Aid Kit wrote a tribute to Emmylou Harris. Find the video of their performance with the great lady in attendance. Major dust warning..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 08, 2025 09:26 PM (bA75n)
Posted by: Eromero at February 08, 2025 09:26 PM (LHPAg)
Robert Earl Keen does a great version of Earle's Tom Ames' Prayer
Calexico does a killer Alone Again Or by Love
Jerry Jeff kills Lookin' for the Heart of Saturday Night by Tom Waits.
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 09:27 PM (z6Ybz)
Posted by: Archer at February 08, 2025 09:28 PM (IDphi)
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 09:30 PM (z6Ybz)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 08, 2025 09:24 PM (OX9vb)
I heard it more in the car, because mom was master and commander of the home stereo. I want to shoot who ever invented the frigging repeat function. Why did I become a metal guitar player? MOM, with the endless fucking tom jones, and englebird humpwhaledick and other shit. Oh yeah, and motown. Rebelled? Damn right I did. Nothing says how does my ass taste now than a hug wall of guitar amps peeling paint for hours every day until the day i moved out.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 09:30 PM (VwHCD)
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People call, say "Beware, doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all a-kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging your next meal
Posted by: Bob "Miklos" Zimmerman, should be played non-stop in DC and environs at February 08, 2025 09:31 PM (xesY+)
All Along The Watchtower.
Jimi Hendrix and literally everyone else in the world.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 08, 2025 09:31 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: mikeski at February 08, 2025 09:31 PM (DgGvY)
*tips cap*
Posted by: Piercello at February 08, 2025 09:32 PM (1Osw1)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 08, 2025 09:33 PM (QVTZe)
This is before he became a Three Namer like Lee Harvey Oswald......aaaaaaannnnnyyyyway-
They played this song till I was sick of it.
His first hit I think:
"Geronimo's Cadillac"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiTYf8iJC84
Posted by: naturalfake at February 08, 2025 09:33 PM (iJfKG)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY
Posted by: MichiCanuck at February 08, 2025 09:21 PM (G97aY)
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I have collected many versions of DS playing Sultans of Swing and indeed that version at the link is the tops. The guitar starting at around 7:30 is marvelous and I love the high notes. Also the drummer was fab.
Posted by: Ciampino - the drummer at February 08, 2025 09:34 PM (KjLnc)
I hope I still have the 1965 album somewhere.
Quite....interesting.
Posted by: Musically minded Miklos at February 08, 2025 09:35 PM (xesY+)
But Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" is a marvel.
I like covers of tunes and Madison Cunningham has a good one of Tom Waits's "Hold On."
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 08, 2025 09:35 PM (KiBMU)
Existential - there is no heaven or hell. Could be interpreted that way, anyhow. Hunter Thompson thought it was the best tune ever.
Saw him give a speech in person. There’s another likely spook. Talk about “election interference” LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at February 08, 2025 09:36 PM (QVTZe)
Posted by: Crusader at February 08, 2025 07:53 PM
I thought his first album was fantastic. I'm also a sentimental fan of Barry Manilow. His music was the soundtrack to my high school days.
Posted by: Moonbeam at February 08, 2025 09:37 PM (rbKZ6)
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"Good Ol' Boys" and "Ragtime" are probably his best albums ...
Posted by: Dr_No at February 08, 2025 09:37 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Musically minded Miklos had questions at February 08, 2025 09:37 PM (xesY+)
Dire Straits
Posted by: Ciampino - 2 different words at February 08, 2025 09:38 PM (KjLnc)
Alas, I came down with a cold and it's crappy weather anyway.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 08, 2025 09:38 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 08, 2025 09:39 PM (LkLld)
I waste a lot of time on YouTube searching for stuff to learn to play and sing. Mark Knopfler's "5:15 a.m." is a good one.
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 08, 2025 09:40 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 09:30 PM (VwHCD)
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LOL, I'm getting Norman Bates-level anger here.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 08, 2025 09:40 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Miklos attempts to restart clogging career at February 08, 2025 09:41 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 08, 2025 09:41 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 09:30 PM (VwHCD)
\m/ \m/
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Monty Python Enthusiast at February 08, 2025 09:44 PM (bDNzX)
Some of you might have heard I'm a Dead fan. No really. When I first heard Mayer was going to play with Dead and Company I thought the band had collectively lost their minds. I was completely wrong.
He's been fantastic. He doesn't just play well he understands the vibe and I never saw that coming. Whatever else he is he's a brilliant musician.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 08, 2025 09:44 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Miklos attempts to restart clogging career at February 08, 2025 09:41 PM
But then you have mando players like Sierra Hull who does stuff like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEdN2ThcUUY
and this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iWb9d1VXqE
Posted by: huerfano at February 08, 2025 09:46 PM (n2swS)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 08, 2025 09:40 PM (kpS4V)
You have no idea. When mom found a favorite album she latched onto it like a bear trap, and then came the repeat function, and it played over and over and over all..day..long.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 09:46 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Joe Kidd
Agreed! I have seen that. And I can listen to their song Silver Lining several times on repeat before letting the playlist move on. Voices are ethereal.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 08, 2025 09:47 PM (OX9vb)
__________
🎶 🎹 amateur hour again
Old St. Lou
Travel music for broken-hearted midwesterners
Link in nic. Should play from 0:18 to 2:01 in the vid.
A cut from Mindful Webworkshop #4, 2016 Sep 1
🌅
Posted by: mindful webworker - blue because of you at February 08, 2025 09:47 PM (e1u+7)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at February 08, 2025 09:47 PM (6t8M3)
Posted by: Miklos attempts to restart clogging career at February 08, 2025 09:41 PM (xesY+)
Zazzoff Boys playing somewhere in Five Points.
Posted by: Eromero at February 08, 2025 09:48 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Miklos attempts to restart clogging career at February 08, 2025 09:41 PM
LOL! I took clogging lessons for a couple of years in high school! Shuffle step step step!
Posted by: Moonbeam at February 08, 2025 09:49 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 08, 2025 09:49 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: SFGoth at February 08, 2025 09:49 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: SFGoth at February 08, 2025 09:50 PM (KAi1n)
"...the endless fucking tom jones, and englebird humpwhaledick and other shit. Oh yeah, and motown...."
Ok. My mom loved classical & played piano. Dad loved Bi Band & played clarinet, trombone & sax.
I rebelled against cello (sorry, Piercello, it just wasn't *for me*) and learned to love ANYTHING BUT classical & Big Band. Heh.
Posted by: JQ at February 08, 2025 09:50 PM (YoCnN)
Side bar: my Old Man was a musician and played the clubs there in the '30s.
Posted by: 0007 at February 08, 2025 09:51 PM (ZrNSG)
Green Manalishi
Posted by: SFGoth at February 08, 2025 09:49 PM (KAi1n)
Yes.
Also, Sound of Silence, Disturbed
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Monty Python Enthusiast at February 08, 2025 09:51 PM (bDNzX)
Green Manalishi
Posted by: SFGoth at February 08, 2025 09:49 PM (KAi1n)
Hell yeah. Judas Priest did that one some serious justice.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 09:51 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 09:46 PM (VwHCD
My brother did that with I’ve Got A Brand New Pair Of Roller Skates, and we were both grown men in our 30s. I wanted to shoot him or the stereo or myself.
Posted by: Eromero at February 08, 2025 09:52 PM (LHPAg)
Yeah, I forgot about shorts. I hate shorts. For various reasons. You can always delete the "/shorts" part and display the video like a regular as-God-intended format.
As for leaving out the http:// part: I did that for a short while, even recommended it, but
a) if you've got a properly shortened link, the http:// should not make a line overlong, and
2) when I haven't got time to read every comment in a thread, I search for links by looking for http,
so, I recommend leaving it in.
Posted by: mindful webworker - bubbalou at February 08, 2025 09:53 PM (e1u+7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2025 09:53 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 08, 2025 09:54 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Eromero at February 08, 2025 09:52 PM
I got lucky. My brother's obsession was Little Feat's "Waiting for Columbus" album.
Posted by: Moonbeam at February 08, 2025 09:55 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: Bigsmith at February 08, 2025 09:55 PM (1Au9i)
Red, Red Wine by UB40. I love it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 08, 2025 09:56 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: JQ at February 08, 2025 09:50 PM (YoCnN)
I spent some years with classical guitar, but from renaissance to early baroque period. Basically stuff that was originally written for lute, 5 course guitar, vihuella etc. Those dudes were the metalheads of the era. There was a lot of bach stuff that was good, but it was adapted from violin and cello suites for guitar. Wasn't the same as the earlier stuff that was written for guitar type instruments. I think the oldest song I played was 500 years old. The only reason I even went there is because classical and metal are strange bedfellows. We use many of the same scales.
Big band on the other hand, yeah keep it. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 09:57 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Bigsmith at February 08, 2025 09:55 PM (1Au9i)
because shit comes in many shades. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 09:58 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: SFGoth at February 08, 2025 09:59 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Skip at February 08, 2025 09:59 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Eromero at February 08, 2025 09:52 PM (LHPAg)
And I thought I had it bad.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 09:59 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: WendyDLee at February 08, 2025 10:00 PM (jdRoy)
>> Any cover of any Rush song.
A bunch of metal bands got together and covered a bunch of Rush songs.
It was Primus, Mike Portnoys band and a couple of others I can’t remember.
I don’t know if any commercially released cover of any Rush song though.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 08, 2025 10:01 PM (XV/Pl)
I love the blues in most of its forms and sub-genres because of its authenticity.
It helps if you sold your soul to the devil to play like a demon.
Posted by: Rev Wishbone at February 08, 2025 10:01 PM (fY84s)
So, I says... how 'bout guitar?
NOPE!!! "That's not a stringed instrument!!!"
Huh?
LOL. It was the '60s, they didn't want me to turn into some hippie freak or whatever.
Posted by: JQ at February 08, 2025 10:01 PM (YoCnN)
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 08, 2025 10:01 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 08, 2025 10:01 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Monty Python Enthusiast at February 08, 2025 10:02 PM (bDNzX)
Posted by: Moonbeam at February 08, 2025 09:55 PM (rbKZ6)
I can relate. I sorta rotate through background obsessions with Lowell George and Doug Sahm and Brian Wilson.
George's What do you want the girl to do? Is ridiculously good.
Posted by: Thesokorus at February 08, 2025 10:02 PM (z6Ybz)
Posted by: Bigsmith at February 08, 2025 09:55 PM (1Au9i
Island In The Sun - Weezer
Islands In The Stream - Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
Brandy - Looking Glass
Moonlight Feels Right -Starbuck
Who really knows?
Posted by: Eromero at February 08, 2025 10:03 PM (LHPAg)
So, I says... how 'bout guitar?
NOPE!!! "That's not a stringed instrument!!!"
Huh?
LOL. It was the '60s, they didn't want me to turn into some hippie freak or whatever.
Posted by: JQ at February 08, 2025 10:01 PM (YoCnN)
Not a stringed instrument? I have no words, lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 10:04 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Rev Wishbone at February 08, 2025 10:05 PM (fY84s)
Friend of mine ended up making a good living playing rock but his first love was Chicago blues. He liked paying bills more but it was always his favorite.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 08, 2025 10:06 PM (LkLld)
Sat Night ONT NOOOOD
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=413564
Posted by: mindful webworker - better nate than lever at February 08, 2025 10:06 PM (e1u+7)
Repeat function - Brian Wilson, Beach Boy who was completely flaked by this time on Owsley’s finest, thought “Be My Baby” contained the secrets of the Universe, and had it on a continuous loop. His daughter said he would play it hundreds of times a day, sometimes headphones, sometimes not, and go into a trance.
Drove her nuts, too. Boom boom boom Thwack! Boom boom boom Thwack!
Be my be my baby…
Posted by: Common Tater at February 08, 2025 10:08 PM (QVTZe)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Monty Python Enthusiast at February 08, 2025 10:02 PM (bDNzX)
That was a good one. The very first cover band I was in was among the first to play any Iron maiden in the area venues.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 10:10 PM (VwHCD)
I love the blues in most of its forms and sub-genres because of its authenticity.
It helps if you sold your soul to the devil to play like a demon.
Posted by: Rev Wishbone at February 08, 2025 10:01 PM (fY84s)
Absolutely! Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Bo Diddley, Albert Collins, David Bowie and many others visited or played at his place.
Posted by: WendyDLee at February 08, 2025 10:16 PM (jdRoy)
Posted by: JTB at February 08, 2025 08:49 PM (yTvNw)
Oh, my favorite song of his is on there - "When October Goes"! Wore out my cassette tape rewinding to that song 😊❤
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 08, 2025 10:28 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at February 08, 2025 10:49 PM (tOso8)
But my very first concert ever was Rush at the Checkerdome in St. Louis, March 1981. Tickets were $9.50 each and we had to camp out at the record store to get them.
Fantastic show.
Quote of the night from my buddy's dad: "Hey, why is that guy smoking a cigarette with tweezers?"
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at February 08, 2025 10:53 PM (tOso8)
Posted by: John Haugen at February 08, 2025 11:12 PM (yo1J3)
Posted by: ShainS -- Stop The #WINNING, I gotta GET OFF! at February 09, 2025 01:29 AM (vAHT7)
Green Manalishi
Posted by: SFGoth at February 08, 2025 09:49 PM (KAi1n)
Hell yeah. Judas Priest did that one some serious justice.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 08, 2025 09:51 PM (VwHCD)
Mick Fleetwood did a Peter Green tribute concert, Fleetwood and Friends. They played Green Manalishi with Billy Gibbons on vocals and rhythm guitar and Kirk Hammett on lead. I own copies of the Priest version and the Fleetwood version. The Fleetwood version is better.
Posted by: Advo at February 09, 2025 10:53 AM (jO4mz)
Posted by: ShainS -- Stop The #WINNING, I gotta GET OFF! at February 09, 2025 08:14 PM (h+f0D)
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