So here's the story: on New Year's Day a friend in FB land decided that he would post a song a day that he liked, no rhyme or reason. Personally, I liked the idea so much I figured I'd start it too.
Made it about six days before I realized that required logging into FB each day, and honestly, fuck FB.
Fast forward to the 17th of January, and I figured what the hell: I'll just start posting it here. Best part about doing it this way? You can participate too. The more music, the better. Anyway, here's Day 1 (for here, anyway).
The Go-Go's - Head Over HeelsI just love this song so f'ing much. It's catchy, it's 80s. The bass line is underrated but delivers. Everybody loved Belinda Carlisle, and I liked her too but damn did I have a crush on Jane Weidlin (Joan of Arc!).
So anyway, participate as much or as little as you want. I hope you do, music is good. :)
haha I love this!
ok, Ill piggyback off of yours...
So, not a new wave guy, I think everyone her knows that, but we all have our guilty pleasures and while I was not a Go-Go's guy, I did like this song as it pertains to the opening sequence in Fast Times.
The new wave fads, back when malls were the it place, the designer jeans (Jordache anyone?) the arcade video games of the day, the Pat Benatar lookalikes, it was f'in awesome lol and
We Got the Beat was the anthem
It's been so long since I've seen that movie I totally forgot that the Go-Gos were in the open for it. Hahahaha, I remember being a mallrat and just meeting people up there! Absolutely love that song too though (I freely admit to being a Go-Go's slappy at this point lol).
For today, January 18, I'm gonna go with the choice I used on Day 1: probably the most recognized song from what may very well be the biggest musical of the past decade. I'll leave you with this...
"I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
When's it gonna get me?
In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?
If I see it comin', do I run or do I let it be?
Is it like a beat without a melody?"
The Broadway Cast of Hamilton - My Shot
not much into musicals but those lyrics are dope.
Since Im bringing up guilty pleasures, I might as well admit it, Gwen Stefani is one.
This song was everywhere when we were vacationing in Cabo so being with the ladies meant you were dancing to this tune ;-)
Hahaha, nothing wrong with guilty pleasures, especially that one. I dig it. 👍🏽
Speaking of guilty pleasures, for January 19 (late but whatever) I'm really digging Ariana Grande's stuff. Totally not a song that refers to a current situation or anything like that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ariana Grande - Boyfriend
https://youtu.be/9SRxBTtspYM
Ill play. This is old but I love it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixm2KvrnmCk
Quote from: TheNorm on January 20, 2020, 03:12:50 AM
Speaking of guilty pleasures, for January 19 (late but whatever) I'm really digging Ariana Grande's stuff. Totally not a song that refers to a current situation or anything like that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ariana Grande - Boyfriend
https://youtu.be/9SRxBTtspYM
no, no course not ;-)
Quote from: Rigg44 on January 20, 2020, 01:57:37 PM
Ill play. This is old but I love it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixm2KvrnmCk
Beer busts, backyard and house parties, this was in the queue.
I'm coming in with one I didnt know about until I saw Tarantino's Death Proof.
Coasters - Down in Mexico
And Ill post the Death Proof scene with Vanessa Ferlito, you're welcome :D
Btw, Id recommend Death Proof btw, especially if you remember the old drive ins.
Something I love is taking something that, well, I love, and re-shaping it or re-imagining it. Obviously, sometimes you get things that feel like they completely missed the point, or you get something that takes something familiar and finds new and interesting ways to present it. To that effect, within the past year I discovered both lo-fi (I promise, I won't barrage this thread with lo-fi songs), which, for me at least, is nice, chill, and not sensory overloading unlike some music (including other music I listen to).
So, for an example of something familiar, that I love, shaped it into something new, I give you a classic from my childhood: Mario 64, and the song from the stage Dire, Dire Docks, remixed.
Maintains the parts that make it great, and turns it into an absolute banger. Can't help but love this.
Love the choices, fellas. Also been awhile since I've seen Death Proof, so thanks for jogging my memory. LOL
Anyway, January 20.
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
I didn't listen to very much music in the 90s. I actually specifically remember, 6th grade, having to fill out some sort of music questionnaire thing in chorus class, and literally not being able to answer because I just didn't listen to music. Music was something my parents put on the radio in the car. It was just noise, mostly. I had some cassettes from earlier years at that point (literally like, Green Day Dookie and Offspring Smash, with Silverchair thrown in? and the CDs I had were basically movie soundtracks. Episode I soundtrack, Batman Forever and Batman and Robin soundtrack. Took me until high school to really get into artists).
So, when I heard this song, somehow, amazingly, just last year, I was blown away. It kicked off something of a 90s renaissance for me, courtesy of a combination of Youtube Music and Pandora.
I love singers that sound like this. It is a very 90s sound, for sure, more artists today would sound like Taylor Swift or Katy Perry give or take a Sia or Florence and the Machine, but also, I love the lyrics. They're simple, and yet when sung with the tone of her voice it adds just an incredible amount of emotion. I imagine this was the perfect breakup song for a lot of people back in the day.
This song always gave me a Heart esque vibe what with her tone and ability to hold the note.
This song is one I can listen to at any time and it makes me at a minimum hum along.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc
Before I continue, just want to say I love that you guys are jumping in with your picks too. Keep 'em coming-we might all have different tastes depending on the day but I love seeing what interests you/keeps you guys going. Kudos.
Anyway, even though I've missed a couple days I'll just jump back in with this little Billie Eilish jam I've been digging lately. Would love to put together a routine for this someday (and you'll find a song I post on more than a few days will probably end up being related to something I can use down the road lol).
Billie Eilish - You Should See Me in a Crown (also, I won't link it here but you should look up the vertical video for this song and watch it on your phone).
I never even heard of Billie Ellish until what, a couple of weeks ago?
I'm so not hip anymore lol
I'll go the other way and offer up this gem from the 50's by Chester Arthur Burnett, or other aka Howlin Wolf.
He's one hat actually sounds like his moniker, to me anyway.
A blues legend signing what would be covered by other blues artists many times over.
Smokestack Lightning
This is by far my favorite female artist. This song and many of her others are in permanent rotation for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5chkHjTNFgk
Quote from: Rigg44 on January 24, 2020, 11:24:00 AM
This is by far my favorite female artist. This song and many of her others are in permanent rotation for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5chkHjTNFgk
Never heard of her, but fired up Spotify while at the gym and I dig her. Not all of what I heard, some of its a bit poppy for me, but I definitely heard some tunes that I liked. This is why I love threads like this, fresh input.
This is the last "newest" artist I added to my faves, Samantha Fish.
She's a breakout blues girl, I say breakout, been around 6-8 years I guess, but man, serious talents.
I hear shit like this and it just makes me want to practice my guitar for days.
Surprising when I found this vid, I never knew she went red lol
Quote from: Crewe on January 24, 2020, 06:19:33 PM
Quote from: Rigg44 on January 24, 2020, 11:24:00 AM
This is by far my favorite female artist. This song and many of her others are in permanent rotation for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5chkHjTNFgk
Never heard of her, but fired up Spotify while at the gym and I dig her. Not all of what I heard, some of its a bit poppy for me, but I definitely heard some tunes that I liked. This is why I love threads like this, fresh input.
This is the last "newest" artist I added to my faves, Samantha Fish.
She's a breakout blues girl, I say breakout, been around 6-8 years I guess, but man, serious talents.
I hear shit like this and it just makes me want to practice my guitar for days.
Surprising when I found this vid, I never knew she went red lol
Yea I don't like everything ZZ puts out but the tone of her voice is what gets me. I like unique sounding singers. The first time I heard her I did not expect her to look like she did when I finally looked her up.
Today's contribution Is another song that has been in heavy rotation for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HsFPa2vidw
Quote from: TheNorm on January 23, 2020, 04:27:15 PM
Before I continue, just want to say I love that you guys are jumping in with your picks too. Keep 'em coming-we might all have different tastes depending on the day but I love seeing what interests you/keeps you guys going. Kudos.
Anyway, even though I've missed a couple days I'll just jump back in with this little Billie Eilish jam I've been digging lately. Would love to put together a routine for this someday (and you'll find a song I post on more than a few days will probably end up being related to something I can use down the road lol).
Billie Eilish - You Should See Me in a Crown (also, I won't link it here but you should look up the vertical video for this song and watch it on your phone).
I am sure it will bring her cool factor down to have an old fart liking her but so far I like her music a lot.
Quote from: Rigg44 on January 24, 2020, 11:24:00 AM
This is by far my favorite female artist. This song and many of her others are in permanent rotation for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5chkHjTNFgk
And here I was thinking I was the only one around here that might know who ZZ Ward is. Good choice. Also the reason for (to this day) my one and only photo credit. :)
Every summer Ann Arbor has this weekly outdoor concert series called Sonic Lunch, and my brother suggested we should go check this person out. Got there early enough and we were up close. Took a bunch of shots but this is the one I posted that day...
https://www.instagram.com/p/qR295CQlEf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Sonic Lunch took notice of it, asked if they could use it and a short time later my photo was front and center for a time. Someone even asked what camera I was using for that shot...just my iPhone lol.
Quote from: TheNorm on January 27, 2020, 03:12:28 PM
Quote from: Rigg44 on January 24, 2020, 11:24:00 AM
This is by far my favorite female artist. This song and many of her others are in permanent rotation for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5chkHjTNFgk
And here I was thinking I was the only one around here that might know who ZZ Ward is. Good choice. Also the reason for (to this day) my one and only photo credit. :)
Every summer Ann Arbor has this weekly outdoor concert series called Sonic Lunch, and my brother suggested we should go check this person out. Got there early enough and we were up close. Took a bunch of shots but this is the one I posted that day...
https://www.instagram.com/p/qR295CQlEf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Sonic Lunch took notice of it, asked if they could use it and a short time later my photo was front and center for a time. Someone even asked what camera I was using for that shot...just my iPhone lol.
Funny enough I found her a few years ago following a thread similar to this. The post was on Danielle Colby's twitter feed and I gave it a shot. I have been listening to her ever since. I have never understood how she is not a bigger star, ZZ Ward that is.
My cousin turned me on to Beth Hart
I will have to check her out
It's been a few days. Not even gonna bother to catch up either lol.
Anyway, January 28. Really thought this song might've pulled down a couple more Grammys but it was a stacked field full of jams and I'm not even mad about it.
Lizzo - Truth Hurts
Quote from: Rigg44 on January 28, 2020, 04:19:46 PM
I will have to check her out
If you do, I think the Live in Amsterdam with Joe Bonamassa would be a good place to start. Thats what this clip is from.
Ill be seeing her in St. Louis with said cousin later this spring
This song is one of my all-time favorites when I just want to chill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfiHmoD13TY
Never heard that tune or of Ephraim Lewis before, but I like it. Thanks!
January 29, throwing it back to a little old school and Jurassic 5. Loved this song back then, and started thinking about it earlier today too.
Jurassic 5 (and Nelly Furtado) - Thin Line
January 31. No explanation necessary...
Prophets of Rage - The Ballot or the Bullet
February 1stI always play this. 8)
February 2nd
No idea why I'd choose this song for today. Just felt right.
Quote from: TheNorm on February 02, 2020, 11:01:34 AM
February 2nd
No idea why I'd choose this song for today. Just felt right.
yea lol and check the you didnt know thread lol :D
Ill stay in the same era
Loved this in Full Metal jacket
I'll play, here is one of my favorite older songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWKXU0ApF08
I've been getting into Harry Belafonte and various 50s music lately? I've had a thing for 1920s big band music since Boardwalk Empire, and an offshoot of that (since 20s music isn't exactly the easiest to come by at the time) was an appreciation of 40s music, but for some reason the 50s I've avoided, until recently. It's not exactly an unknown song, but it's sure to still put some pep in your step after listening. So go on, jump in the line, rock your body in time.
February 3rd...aka the "Day the Music Died". Seems only fitting to throw this one up there.
https://youtu.be/iX_TFkut1PM
Uh oh. Did we reach a limit?
Quote from: BojackHorsefella on February 03, 2020, 10:38:33 PM
Uh oh. Did we reach a limit?
Hmm...try it without using the YouTube tag up top. I did that and it looks like my post is fixed from here.
Quote from: Crewe on February 02, 2020, 05:52:25 PM
Ill stay in the same era
Loved this in Full Metal jacket
Very familiar with the song, but how have I never actually seen Nancy Sinatra performing this until now? Yowza.
Quote from: TheNorm on February 04, 2020, 11:08:18 AM
Quote from: Crewe on February 02, 2020, 05:52:25 PM
Ill stay in the same era
Loved this in Full Metal jacket
Very familiar with the song, but how have I never actually seen Nancy Sinatra performing this until now? Yowza.
May 1995 Playboy @ 55 years old
Quote from: Rigg44 on February 03, 2020, 12:27:42 PM
I'll play, here is one of my favorite older songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWKXU0ApF08
Im not ashamed to admit it, I have a few of his songs on my playlist
Quote from: BojackHorsefella on February 03, 2020, 01:30:22 PM
I've been getting into Harry Belafonte and various 50s music lately? I've had a thing for 1920s big band music since Boardwalk Empire, and an offshoot of that (since 20s music isn't exactly the easiest to come by at the time) was an appreciation of 40s music, but for some reason the 50s I've avoided, until recently. It's not exactly an unknown song, but it's sure to still put some pep in your step after listening. So go on, jump in the line, rock your body in time.
I dont know which song this is, video won't play
Quote from: TheNorm on February 03, 2020, 10:01:17 PM
February 3rd...aka the "Day the Music Died". Seems only fitting to throw this one up there.
https://youtu.be/iX_TFkut1PM
why not indeed
50's music was mentioned so I thought id follow that train of thought, and this one always pops up for me.
Granted, since Planes Trains and Automobiles, I cant help but to chuckle during this song, every, single, time.
I won't quote your post, because that's so much cleanup with 3 quotes within it, but mine above was "Jump in the Line."
February 4
Absolutely loved this jam when it came out a few years ago and still dig it now. The Weeknd has some great stuff. FYI, this song was nominated for a Teen Choice award. Pretty baller considering the subject matter. :D
The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face
https://youtu.be/KEI4qSrkPAs
Quote from: TheNorm on February 04, 2020, 11:57:12 PM
February 4
Absolutely loved this jam when it came out a few years ago and still dig it now. The Weeknd has some great stuff. FYI, this song was nominated for a Teen Choice award. Pretty baller considering the subject matter. :D
The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face
https://youtu.be/KEI4qSrkPAs
Great song
This one will stay in my rotation for all time. This is a classic and a good trivia question, hardly anyone ever knows its Kenny Rodgers singing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj37IhZDokY
Quote from: Rigg44 on February 05, 2020, 11:08:19 AM
This one will stay in my rotation for all time. This is a classic and a good trivia question, hardly anyone ever knows its Kenny Rodgers singing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj37IhZDokY
haha dig that, back when he was leading a pop group. A far cry from his duets with Dolly :D
I ran across this duo shortly after their first album arrived and Im really into these chicks.
Ive met these girls at their shows and taken guitar lessons from the singer and they are dope AF.
Quote from: Crewe on February 05, 2020, 12:10:02 PM
Quote from: Rigg44 on February 05, 2020, 11:08:19 AM
This one will stay in my rotation for all time. This is a classic and a good trivia question, hardly anyone ever knows its Kenny Rodgers singing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj37IhZDokY
haha dig that, back when he was leading a pop group. A far cry from his duets with Dolly :D
I ran across this duo shortly after their first album arrived and Im really into these chicks.
Ive met these girls at their shows and taken guitar lessons from the singer and they are dope AF.
I will be adding them to my rotation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iywaBOMvYLI
Makes every playlist I make lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C37Spsk8TQI
I think it's almost cliche to like The Rolling Stones because their catalog is so freaking vast and extends decades, and decades of great albums, not just one good record surrounded by ten years of shit...ok, 80's excluded. ;)
It's impossible to declare a favorite, but when Im asked, I declare Gimmie Shelter, if for no other reason, the Merry Clayton vocals. Man its just so freakin good.
I agree that it is almost cliche to like the Stones or Beatles but who cares they made a lot of great music. I will stick with your thought process. My favorite Stones song is ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f47TZePukuQ
Quote from: Rigg44 on February 07, 2020, 04:22:05 PM
I agree that it is almost cliche to like the Stones or Beatles but who cares they made a lot of great music. I will stick with your thought process. My favorite Stones song is ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f47TZePukuQ
man, thats also a great one. We could apply that to quite a few of em couldn't we? lol
If this thread has nothing but the Rolling Stones or Beatles for weeks on end it would still be amazing.
Not where I'm going today though.
February 9 finds me dropping another Billie Eilish tune on all of you.
Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted
https://youtu.be/qCTMq7xvdXU
February 10
Somedays, you absolutely need to just fire up a theme song simply to get through the day/night. Like today.
Alan Silvestri - Avengers Theme
https://youtu.be/QtxeJ703w18
Feb 12
This was a weird song when it was new and remains one that most don't like but I love. Back when my mullet game was strong and metal was my jam this was a guilty pleasure of mine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGH_16SICL0
Absolutely LOVED Siouxsie & the Banshees back in the day!
February 14
Not much of a Valentine's Day person, which is weird because deep down I'm a bit of a hopeless romantic. This song got me through some shit a few years ago. Neither one of us handled things well, and even after this song got me through that rough patch we proceeded to make a mess of each other's lives for a couple more years after that. It prompted one of my best friends to say "for as smart as you are, you make some really dumb decisions when it comes to women." Guilty as charged.
James Bay - Let It Go
https://youtu.be/GsPq9mzFNGY
My dad turned me on to this song and Johnny Cash.
I know Cash didnt write this song but he is such a narrative force, it seems what ever he does, it's his own.
February 15/16...meant to post this yesterday but whatever.
Love this band, this song got some considerable play late in 2014/early 2015 for me. Yep, same relationship. I don't make the same mistake twice, I make it five or six times just to be certain.
Fitz & the Tantrums - Fool's Gold
https://youtu.be/YdbGXHwHAko
Quote from: Crewe on February 15, 2020, 02:57:45 PM
My dad turned me on to this song and Johnny Cash.
I know Cash didnt write this song but he is such a narrative force, it seems what ever he does, it's his own.
I love this song because of my dad.
Here is one that popped up on my playlist today that I absolutely love. Ralf Gyllenhammar's Bed on Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgv5-nxLinY
Quote from: Rigg44 on February 20, 2020, 03:48:25 PM
Quote from: Crewe on February 15, 2020, 02:57:45 PM
My dad turned me on to this song and Johnny Cash.
I know Cash didnt write this song but he is such a narrative force, it seems what ever he does, it's his own.
I love this song because of my dad.
thats awesome. My dad got me with A Boy Named Sue lol
Since we mentioned our dads contributions to our music likes, I want to throw in this one by Jerry Reed.
I remember dad getting me to listen to this and the Reed was immediately relatable.
Love his everyman sound and style, even on a campy tune like this one. Later on, I discovered what a talented guitar player he was and even played on Elvis Presleys version of his song, "Guitar Man."
After Smokey and the Bandit, needless to say Reed already had me but I was a fan forever. So much so, I even named my dog Snowman :-)
"I'll take you out in back of this courthouse and try a little bit of your honor on, you hillbilly"
This song was in constant rotation during my football days. It may be metal silly but still gets my blood going for a work out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l6PZBfAMrM&list=PL50AE394F80950B85
weren't they the pre cursors to AIC, Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden et al?
So I just watched That Little Ole Band From Texas on NF which is a ZZ Top doc and its well worth the watch, especially if all you know is the 80's MTV era songs.
They recorded this live version of their song Brown Sugar (not to be confused with the Stones version) and its awesome.
It was recorded at Gruene Hall which is a famous old dance hall from the 1800's in Texas that still operates today as a music epicenter.
Who doesn't like James Taylor? I can thank a Surgeon that I assisted for my love of his music. After hearing his entire collection over and over for years in the Operating Room I finally became a fan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbD7lfrsY2s
Quote from: Crewe on March 04, 2020, 09:10:06 PM
weren't they the pre cursors to AIC, Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden et al?
So I just watched That Little Ole Band From Texas on NF which is a ZZ Top doc and its well worth the watch, especially if all you know is the 80's MTV era songs.
They recorded this live version of their song Brown Sugar (not to be confused with the Stones version) and its awesome.
It was recorded at Gruene Hall which is a famous old dance hall from the 1800's in Texas that still operates today as a music epicenter.
If you grew up in the 80's or early 90's you have to love ZZ because every woman loves a sharp dressed man.
Quote from: Rigg44 on March 05, 2020, 11:41:44 AM
Quote from: Crewe on March 04, 2020, 09:10:06 PM
weren't they the pre cursors to AIC, Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden et al?
So I just watched That Little Ole Band From Texas on NF which is a ZZ Top doc and its well worth the watch, especially if all you know is the 80's MTV era songs.
They recorded this live version of their song Brown Sugar (not to be confused with the Stones version) and its awesome.
It was recorded at Gruene Hall which is a famous old dance hall from the 1800's in Texas that still operates today as a music epicenter.
If you grew up in the 80's or early 90's you have to love ZZ because every woman loves a sharp dressed man.
And those videos :D
Seriously, thats kinda what I mean because some only know that era. It's actually quite interesting, and its discussed in the doc, but they built themselves as a blues rock band, departing from the ubiquitous traditional blues and just when they began to succeed, the MTV era hit and they reinvented themselves. Its interesting to see the evolution of bands in this manner.
After that post, I recalled a long while back I'd run across a website where a journalist slash sleuth discovered some of the MTV girls from back when, so I looked it up.
Here's a brief, easy read on the "Legs" girls
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/stop-the-presses/zz-top-legs-women-own-them-210417325.html
And a more in depth article from the original journalist (this is about the Legs girls, but he has articles on others on that site)
https://www.noblemania.com/2013/07/the-girl-in-video-legs-1984-part-1-of-3.html
And tidbit, Kym Herrin, the blonde in the red and black leather was a playmate
Been a few days since I posted...life and all that.
March 6
Absolutely digging this new jam...this is the Lady Gaga I crave, Shallow wasn't cutting it lol.
Lady Gaga - Stupid Love
https://youtu.be/5L6xyaeiV58
I'll participate once more with one I can't get out of my head lately:
For whatever reason, I've listened to this CD since 2003, but it's the only AFI CD I've ever listened to (I say for some reason, the reason is: nostalgia! surprise).
Yet, once a year, I'll be in a "I don't know what to listen to space," and that's when this one shines. And it's like, a one playthrough, "ah, that hit the spot," and wait until next year type of thing.
Even funnier is one of my friends from back in high school, when I texted him about this phenomenon, said "Haha, yup, just went through the phase in December so I'm good for a year," hahaha.
Anyways, for your enjoyment, AFI's This Celluloid Dream, from Sing the Sorrow.
I have had this one on heavy rotation since it came out. I know its not the original version but this is the one I prefer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8NQUbLQGio
Quote from: Rigg44 on March 09, 2020, 05:52:53 PM
I have had this one on heavy rotation since it came out. I know its not the original version but this is the one I prefer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8NQUbLQGio
Man, I dig that cut! Especially love that KWS is in it as well as Brian May.
Since we are locked down (some of us,) let Joe Walsh give you some ideas of what to do...
Waffle Stomp...you might know it from Fast Times
Sunday, March 22
Absolutely loving the 80s vibe on this song and video.
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
https://youtu.be/4NRXx6U8ABQ
Contributing this today. No particular reason.
Thinking of my mom today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ-r0bilzhU
you know some, like Ray Charles, never respected Elvis because he claims he ripped off the black man's music. What ever your opinion on the matter, that fucker could flat out sing!
Quote from: Crewe on March 25, 2020, 04:23:41 PM
you know some, like Ray Charles, never respected Elvis because he claims he ripped off the black man's music. What ever your opinion on the matter, that fucker could flat out sing!
I get that in the era it was easier for him than other artists like Ray Charles because of his color. But that should not take from his ability to sing. I personally believe Michal Jackson was a pedophile and R kelly is as well but I still sing along to Billy Jenne and I believe I can Fly. So him copying the style and sound of ethnic music, if true, seems like a lesser crime to me.
Quote from: Rigg44 on March 25, 2020, 05:17:37 PM
Quote from: Crewe on March 25, 2020, 04:23:41 PM
you know some, like Ray Charles, never respected Elvis because he claims he ripped off the black man's music. What ever your opinion on the matter, that fucker could flat out sing!
I get that in the era it was easier for him than other artists like Ray Charles because of his color. But that should not take from his ability to sing. I personally believe Michal Jackson was a pedophile and R kelly is as well but I still sing along to Billy Jenne and I believe I can Fly. So him copying the style and sound of ethnic music, if true, seems like a lesser crime to me.
And can a musical style be owned? That's always my beef with those that get haughty about it.
Used to sing this with my girls just about every night before bed. They got to choose between this twinkle little star, zippity do dah, and I won't back down. Weird combo I know but this one got chosen a lot ;P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Man4Xw8Xypo
America, A Horse with no name.
Mainly because its the song Im trying to learn right now ;-)
April 4, 2020.
Meant to post this yesterday (missed it by minutes)...another soulful voice gone. Posted in the Top Five Thread a couple months ago my Top 5 Bill Withers tunes, and this was/is my #1. Rest in Peace.
https://youtu.be/CICIOJqEb5c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkhfL0pnMPQ
This one just seems to fit the time.
Some days, you just gotta go old school. This may continue for a few days lol.
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - It Takes Two
https://youtu.be/phOW-CZJWT0
April 15...the old school 'education' continues. Can still do the dance too, just like in high school. Still got it. :D
New Edition - If It Isn't Love
https://youtu.be/ReI6gvzVP0Y
Well if we are talking oldies lets go way back to a classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFyuOEovTOE
Still on it.
Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
https://youtu.be/95gP3m-uBHA
I used to love they might be giants
Here is one of my favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo0X77OBJUg
out of all of my other choices, this turned out to be the first song Ive learned on guitar
Quote from: Rigg44 on April 17, 2020, 03:27:17 PM
I used to love they might be giants
Here is one of my favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo0X77OBJUg
Heh, the first time I'd ever heard that song was on Tiny Toon Adventures and I loved it.
And Crewe that's a good song choice to learn!
Quote from: TheNorm on April 18, 2020, 11:14:32 AM
Quote from: Rigg44 on April 17, 2020, 03:27:17 PM
I used to love they might be giants
Here is one of my favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo0X77OBJUg
Heh, the first time I'd ever heard that song was on Tiny Toon Adventures and I loved it.
And Crewe that's a good song choice to learn!
yea, but as I noted I had others I wanted to learn, but this one just fit my ability while all the others are on hold till I improve lol
This may go on for awhile.
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You
https://youtu.be/BONgL61snlM
Quote from: Crewe on April 18, 2020, 12:19:45 PM
yea, but as I noted I had others I wanted to learn, but this one just fit my ability while all the others are on hold till I improve lol
I get it. Been wanting to learn the bassline from Rio by Duran Duran for almost 10 years now and I'm still nowhere close lol
haha that doesn't give me a lot of hope lol
Quote from: Crewe on April 19, 2020, 01:04:19 PM
haha that doesn't give me a lot of hope lol
Lol to be fair it's a really f'ing difficult bassline and up to recently I haven't practiced as much over the last few years.
I haven't either. I get frustrated too easily then just throw the f'in thing down and walk away lol
Quote from: Crewe on April 19, 2020, 04:31:37 PM
I haven't either. I get frustrated too easily then just throw the f'in thing down and walk away lol
Have you seen the deal on Fender Play? Free 3 months if you sign up by tomorrow? I know you've got lessons already I think I've heard you mention, but this might be a good supplement too. For me it's a nice welcome jump back into it. :)
https://play-support.fender.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041201531-3-Months-of-Free-Lessons-Offer-FAQs
Ill look at it, thanks norm!
norm?
ok, just checking, thanks norm lol
I like the original version although Tia Carerra's is good too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHkojuUSDO8
Terrible video great song. The video is taken from the movie they did "Kiss meets the Phantom of the Park" which was BAD.
Quote from: Crewe on April 26, 2020, 05:36:01 PM
I like the original version although Tia Carerra's is good too
I liked both also
I am not a country fan but a good song is a good song. You can feel the emotion in the song being poured into it by Patty Loveless
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n57WBtvtC4
Ok, I fell down a youtube hole today over lunch and it lead me to three gems that hit me in the feels unexpectedly. Listening to them took me back to laying on my mom and dad's living room floor watching westerns with my dad. For that reason, I give you three classics done by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4niv522mbtM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT1NJwEi6nw&list=RDDT1NJwEi6nw&start_radio=1&t=3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enuOArEfqGo
This Eastwood flicks were such a staple of my youth and I defy anyone to not recognize the good bad ugly tune, even if they dont know its a movie lol
Those are good renditions
Those renditions were amazing! And Ecstasy of Gold is my favorite tune from any western, and when that hit at about the 3:00 minute mark in the Good, The Bad and the Ugly video I got some chills. Nice finds.
A Graceful Fall from John Mellencamp in 2010.
This is such a great recording for a number of reasons. One is, Mellencamp had zero interest in recording for success of th album but for the love.
He traveled to several sites of old blues recordings such as Robert Johnson et al. He also recorded with a portable recorder and one microphone, just like the predecessors.
Thats cool to me and I really dig this tune.
May 15, 2020
Fun fact about this video: this was directed by William Friedkin, which you might know him more by his films The French Connection and The Exorcist.
Also, still can't believe she's been gone since 2004.
Laura Branigan - Self Control
https://youtu.be/RP0_8J7uxhs
May 16, 2020
This song was the first single released off of Purple Rain on this day in 1984. Had no idea that even after some of the amazing hits he had before this (1999, Controversy, Delirious, Little Red Corvette), When Doves Cry was his first #1 single. That's just crazy to me...damn I miss this dude.
https://youtu.be/UG3VcCAlUgE
This song was stuck n my head so it might as well be in yours too.
It's a remarkably close cover to the S&G original.
I love that cover more than the original...looking at Susanna Hoffs also doesn't hurt. ;)
"...and just like that it's over. We tend to our wounded, count our dead.
Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this truly means freedom.
Not yet."
The dream lives on for now...gotta make sure we can make it permanently stick come November.
https://youtu.be/6_35a7sn6ds
Quote from: TheNorm on June 18, 2020, 12:19:24 PM
I love that cover more than the original...looking at Susanna Hoffs also doesn't hurt. ;)
still doesn't :D
June 25 2020
Country isn't my thing. That said, this song right here is a damn good one. Also has really good timing for a Viennese Waltz too...maybe someday I can get back to that ballroom dance thing again.
Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey
https://youtu.be/IBLruNfUqUs
So, I was full bore country at one time believe it or not. hell, I was even full on cowboy as we had a ranch in the family on my dad's side lol
That leads in to the part where I completely that genre when I heard Eruption in my freshman year.
Then, I went both ways soon after when country rebounded but then I left again when Billy Ray whatshisfuckface destroyed it with all his bullshit.
And now, last few years, Stapleton and a few others have regenerated my interest, to a degreased anyway.
In short, nice pick norm.
Other than Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, my view on country is limited. I really did enjoy the Dixie Chicks and still do, although they're probably more country lite and the genre in general disowned them when they spoke truths back in the early 2000s (and still do now). Heard a couple random songs I like here and there but those would mostly be considered arena country (This is How We Roll, Chicken Fried, That's My Kind of Night). Chris Stapleton has a sound I like. :)
Quote from: TheNorm on June 26, 2020, 01:32:51 PM
Other than Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, my view on country is limited. I really did enjoy the Dixie Chicks and still do, although they're probably more country lite and the genre in general disowned them when they spoke truths back in the early 2000s (and still do now). Heard a couple random songs I like here and there but those would mostly be considered arena country (This is How We Roll, Chicken Fried, That's My Kind of Night). Chris Stapleton has a sound I like. :)
Those are two good ones for sure. My dad was a George Jones fanatic so I grew up on the old country, Don Williams, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Tanya Tucker and the like.
Now not all those in that era were bad, I mean Alan Jackson for instance, to me, he is old school country even though his music mostly isn't. he just has those values and aura of the old time. Dwight Yoakum, my cuz, Lee Roy Parnell ;-) et al all had some good contributions to the otherwise city slicker country.
Never was a fan of the Dixie Chicks and not for THAT reason lol I think initially they were more country before Maines joined up and went contemporary but I could be wrong. But yea, them, the likes of Shania Twain (whom I liked) all the 90's stuff had its time.
Digging this one the last day or so.
AWOLNATION - Run
https://youtu.be/mw2kKyJu9gY
Stuck in my head so hear you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHekNnySAfM
Damn I miss these guys.
Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
https://youtu.be/JhqyZeUlE8U
September 21, 2020
"Do you remember the 21st night of September?
Love was changin' the minds of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away..."
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
https://youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk
Quote from: TheNorm on September 21, 2020, 07:37:16 PM
September 21, 2020
"Do you remember the 21st night of September?
Love was changin' the minds of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away..."
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
https://youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk
Great song
This is my favorite Earth Wind and Fire song
https://youtu.be/v_2Xy84EPP0
September 23, 2020
Breonna Taylor deserves justice.
N.W.A. - F*ck tha Police
https://youtu.be/ADdpLv3RDhA
You know why this is here.
This album was really good, especially coming out of the gates with Hagar's first post Roth album.
Some good work on this record but I think the title track is a good song with an amazing guitar solo, and that's saying soemthing when talking EVH.
I also believe this tune showcases Alex's talents on the drums as well.
November 3, 2020
Feelin' it today. Let's go. 8645.
Prophets of Rage - Unfuck the World
https://youtu.be/6ad4MH7fMLs
November 18 2020
Over 25 years later and this theme still slaps.
The Immortals - Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat)
https://youtu.be/EAwWPadFsOA
Old and worn out but still good
https://youtu.be/WrhAC0dFis0
November 19, 2020
I miss David Bowie.
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
https://youtu.be/Wb3bfsuttdk
November 26, 2020
It's time...not ashamed one bit to admit this is probably my favorite Christmas song.
https://youtu.be/aAkMkVFwAoo
November 30, 2020
This song is catchy AF and these boys aren't bad. K-pop is alright.
BTS - Dynamite
https://youtu.be/J8fQMq4T8Yg
This one is still in my head because of my Thanksgiving watch of Planes Trains and Automobiles