What music are you listening to?

[GoldZ]

I went down a rabbit hole today listening to some old stuff. I loved this guy and regret never seeing him live.

Talking about regret of not seeing someone live...imagine seeing Jackie Wilson!

 

[4shotB]

@slugboy, I went back and did some digging. The Costello album is entitled Almost Blue. Here is one of the tracks, which is a cover of a song made famous by the Possum, George Jones, who would be on almost anyone's Mt. Rushmore of country music singers,



the duet I mentioned with Jones is actually on an album cut by Jones called My Very Special Guests, which is an album consisting of nothing but duets with other singers (Mavis and Pop Staples, Emmylou, Linda Ronstadt, Nelson, Paycheck. Jennings, etc.) It too is a fantastic listen. This song was written by Elvis C and was his first attempt at writing a "country" song. Here it is, it's worth a listen:

 

[4shotB]

Talking about regret of not seeing someone live...imagine seeing Jackie Wilson!

I guess that there are many others (too numerous to name) that I missed along the way that I regret not seeing. Most of my life after GT was spent in mostly rural areas (by design) so the stars had to align just right for me to get to a show. Or had to make a very concerted effort. I had always wanted to see the ABB do their annual shows in the Beacon Theatre and never made that happen. It's a great venue and I was fortunate to catch Levon Helm there once. Speaking of the ABB, I did get to see them in 74?75? at the Macon Colisuem. They were "on" that evening so it was one of those performances that I will never forget.

 

[slugboy]

@slugboy, I went back and did some digging. The Costello album is entitled Almost Blue. Here is one of the tracks, which is a cover of a song made famous by the Possum, George Jones, who would be on almost anyone's Mt. Rushmore of country music singers,



the duet I mentioned with Jones is actually on an album cut by Jones called My Very Special Guests, which is an album consisting of nothing but duets with other singers (Mavis and Pop Staples, Emmylou, Linda Ronstadt, Nelson, Paycheck. Jennings, etc.) It too is a fantastic listen. This song was written by Elvis C and was his first attempt at writing a "country" song. Here it is, it's worth a listen:

I found that duet album, and my music app went down a stream of consciousness ad hoc playlist that ended up in a 10 minute live song by the Pretenders

Side note: it’s scary how often (every time) and how badly autocorrect replaces “ad hoc”

Edit: oh! Here’s a song



Also, back to the Pretenders, Chrissy Hynde uses her “imagination” in “Brass in Pocket” but dang it sounds like something else. The lyrics get translated here. Click on the highlights for each section

 

[Southern psu fan]

I found that duet album, and my music app went down a stream of consciousness ad hoc playlist that ended up in a 10 minute live song by the Pretenders

Side note: it’s scary how often (every time) and how badly autocorrect replaces “ad hoc”

Edit: oh! Here’s a song



Also, back to the Pretenders, Chrissy Hynde uses her “imagination” in “Brass in Pocket” but dang it sounds like something else. The lyrics get translated here. Click on the highlights for each section

She was one of my favorites

 

[4shotB]

Did some further looking into the Lip Bombs....an Aussie band!! here's another group from Down Under on my playlist. Warning - don't open if you don't like classic R & B.

 

[slugboy]

Did some further looking into the Lip Bombs....an Aussie band!! here's another group from Down Under on my playlist. Warning - don't open if you don't like classic R & B.

I was looking for an Aussie radio station when I found this



Good stuff

I forgot about Lindsey Stirling. Stumbled upon her again. These songs don’t go together—much like a WREK playlist



And here’s one of the Aussie stations—Triple J. They do a lot of pop, but they have this cool playlist:

 

[CEB]

I was looking for an Aussie radio station when I found this



Good stuff

I forgot about Lindsey Stirling. Stumbled upon her again. These songs don’t go together—much like a WREK playlist



And here’s one of the Aussie stations—Triple J. They do a lot of pop, but they have this cool playlist:

You’re the second person this weekend to send me Marcus King music…. Good stuff!

My wife plays Lindsey Sterling a lot. Not one of my go-to but I really like her too

 

[slugboy]

You’re the second person this weekend to send me Marcus King music…. Good stuff!

My wife plays Lindsey Sterling a lot. Not one of my go-to but I really like her too

When I was coding more, Lindsey Stirling was in my “focus” rotation

 

[orientalnc]

My favorite Aussie band.

 

[forensicbuzz]

 

[DCSS]

Mostly jazz & blues lately- Muddy Waters, BB King, Joe Bonamassa, Jeff Healy, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Fenton Robinson, Big Bill Broonzy, Clarence Brown, John Lee Hooker, Albert King, etc.

Me, too, six years later. Names I’d add to the list include Howlin’ Wolf, Etta James, Taj Mahal, Koko Taylor, Son House, and Shemekia Copeland.

You mentioned Joe Bonamassa. I especially enjoyed his collaboration with Edgar Winter.

 

[Southern psu fan]

Zakk Wylde

 

[slugboy]

A double oldie, I guess.

Blondie covering Roxy Music about 20 years ago

 

[Northeast Stinger]

What’s kind of fun about this thread is discovering that others have eclectic taste too. People ask what kind of music I like and I say any kind as long as it’s good. The only genre of music that I’ve never found a work of that I liked is barbershop quartet. If you’re a fan, I’m not judging, just admitting if tried and I can’t.

 

[DCSS]

What’s kind of fun about this thread is discovering that others have eclectic taste too. People ask what kind of music I like and I say any kind as long as it’s good. The only genre of music that I’ve never found a work of that I liked is barbershop quartet. If you’re a fan, I’m not judging, just admitting if tried and I can’t.

It’s interesting to me how the different genres of music influence each other.

Brian Wilson studied 1930s and 1940s harmony groups. He used harmonies and intervals characteristic of barbershop singing.



The Osmonds started as a barbershop quartet. Eventually, they landed a gig performing at Disneyland where they were discovered by Andy Williams, IIRC.

 

[slugboy]

It’s interesting to me how the different genres of music influence each other.

Brian Wilson studied 1930s and 1940s harmony groups. He used harmonies and intervals characteristic of barbershop singing.



The Osmonds started as a barbershop quartet. Eventually, they landed a gig performing at Disneyland where they were discovered by Andy Williams, IIRC.

 

[Techster]

Anyone watch the Yacht Rock documentary on HBO? I didn't think I would like it as much as I did since a lot of the music was before my time as a music fan. LOTS of really interesting tidbits from that documentary. Didn't realize how impactful many of those musicians were.

For instance, the band members from Toto were the studio band for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album. A lot of beats/tracks from the "Yacht Rock" artists were later used by 90's rappers. Tons of cool stories and anecdotes in this documentary.

 

[orientalnc]

You are the 2nd person who said they liked it. I don't have HBO, so I will live through you guys.

 

[4shotB]

What’s kind of fun about this thread is discovering that others have eclectic taste too. People ask what kind of music I like and I say any kind as long as it’s good. The only genre of music that I’ve never found a work of that I liked is barbershop quartet. If you’re a fan, I’m not judging, just admitting if tried and I can’t.

NES, read your post and my initial reaction was "nobody likes barber shop quartet music". Then thought further and remebered the musical/movie "The Music Man". It's about Professor Harold Hill, who I think was the inspiration and muse for our former football coach Collins. Both were professional con men, just in different fields. Furthermore, I felt led to dig up some tunes from it for your listening pleasure. i wanted to be the first to introduce the barber shop quartet into this long running (and extremely enjoyable) thread. the second video is technically not a barber shop quartet since it's actually a quintet (duh!) but it is vaguely in that style and it was one of my favorite songs as a kid. Enjoy!