General Music Discussion?

[440 Dakota]

Hmmm I've never thought about trying to make a list and may no be able to there's just so much to choose from, growing up we always had lots of music around, my mother played locally in the 50's with some success but it was all pop or country  with a tiny bit of rock n roll of the era thrown in, has a huge collection that we were forbidding to touch but at grandma and grandpas it was a different story they had a stack of records and a cheap player so they let us kids raid that at will, so a lot of classic country, 50s pop and rock was listened to

well at home one Christmas we were gifted a plastic record player with built in speakers and very low output, so the records she no longer wanted would be cast off to either my brother or my self, knowing there had to be better harder music to obtain and not wanting to waste hard earned allowance money I asked the cool kid at school you know the one with a leather jacket and smoking a cig at the corner before school LOL well he said go buy AC/DC Back in Black

 

well I did and when mom went to work I fired up the forbidden to touch Marantz rack and the big JBLs which still hold up today and was completely blown away, I had to hide the album in the closet and listen when home alone mother would not approve LOL, not metal and not great musicians but guess it will always be my number 1

 

I'm not sure what happened next it was either Aldo Nova's fantasy or Ozzy's crazy train opening riffs I was hooked for life, while I don't really love Ozzy's voice I absolutely loved Randy Rhoads( just think if he wouldn't have been killed)

started buying everything metal I could from saving allowance, holiday gifts and odd jobs, dang it was tough being a kid cause I was also supporting a BMX and model car addiction, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest all the hair metal stuff Faster Pussycat's Taime Downe has such an unique sound loved Cinderella and Great White with their blues under tones all of it there's hardly a band I didn't listen too

well somehow I was at the mall with mom at national record mart, I was way too old by this time (15-16) to be hanging there with Her, must have been dreaming of getting her to buy me some parachute pants, anyhow got this instead, she just shrugged and said sounds like demented farmer at harvest time I remember laughing she was so clueless to what I was listening to

 

 

well at about the same time having a steady high school sweetheart who I'm still with, she was into all the pop music and radio play

ballads you know stuff like Europe, White Lion, sappy radio stuff and I was quickly burned out then heard jungle and was relieved that it wasn't all so bad

 

I actually listened to this album at least once a week until the past couple years, why ?? I'm not sure why I just really like it

the 90s kinda escaped my attention I didn't really get into Tool, NIN, Rollins and all the others like them there's something I just don't enjoy about it, there are a few exceptions like Pantera, what a screwed up way to die like Dime did

fast forward to early 2000s out plowing snow after midnight an Iced Earth song was playing and I was hooked, Schaffer on guitar and Ripper doing vocals, plus ties to historic events, boom winning combination and I still listen to this quite a bit

 

 

well shortly after this I worked with a kids parents that would just kill it playing blues harmonica so I found myself exploring the blues, and was blown away how good some of the guitar driven stuff actually is and figured hey it doesn't sound too tough maybe its time I start playing guitar  thinking I could play the blues pretty easy then study Randy Rhoads and some of my other metal guitar heroes, so somehow I bought this first, then all the rest and the KWS library and Buddy Guy and on and on,

 

2005 our kids went together and bought me my first Guitar for Christmas an inexpensive sunburst squire strat , which I still have and cherish to this day but it started another expensive hobby for me about 20 midrange type guitars, so I have guitars that I play with but still don't consider myself a guitar player

 

 

 

 

Edited February 5, 2020 by 440 Dakota

[iamsuperdan]

That is a darn good list.

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3 hours ago, 440 Dakota said:

Aldo Nova's fantasy

LOL ,,, Pure Quebec in the '80s ,,, cocain and hookers. ??

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On 2/2/2020 at 10:07 PM, iamsuperdan said:

Finally! Someone else who is familiar with Simon Collins! I picked this up on CD when it came. Thought it was great. He does an excellent version of the Genesis classic Keep It Dark as well.

 

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I have this version on CD, as well as the original on vinyl.

 

[iamsuperdan]

Think he sounds like dad much?

I still prefer the Genesis version, have always liked them, through all of their iterations.

 

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3 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Think he sounds like dad much?

I still prefer the Genesis version, have always liked them, through all of their iterations.

 

Moves like his dad when he sings too.

I prefer his solo stuff more. 

I have 2 of his albums, can't find a copy of his first one. It seems to be pretty rare.

Anyway, here's 3 of his I really like.

 

 

 

[STYRENE-SURFER]

One band I can think of is "Big Star"; Alex,Chris,Jody and Andy, what a perfect pop group.

Any Nick Drake fans here? Another one who changed my listening experience.

Heres an old Nick Drake tribute concert that might be interesting.

 

[STYRENE-SURFER]

How bout some "Pere Ubu"

 

[1972coronet]

[JollySipper]

I must be getting bored with my music...... I've been listening to DEVO the past little while. Some of it sounds a bit like The Cars, especially the song "Girl U Want".

Anyone else get like that? Listen to something you normally wouldn't just to hear something different?

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I really enjoy discovering different music.

[iamsuperdan]

I'm always on the hunt for new music. 

On a somewhat related note, I just finished watching the documentary "Carmine Street Guitars." 

It's pretty great, and has some most excellent guitar music in it. Not my usual tastes, but I still enjoy it. 

https://www.carminestreetguitarsfilm.com/

 

And that link includes the link to the Spotify playlist of all the music featured.

 

[JollySipper]

I was doing a bit of reading on Napster while listening to some Alan Parsons Project. Turns out, he helped to produce the Beatles "Abbey Road" album, as well as Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"..... I like a lot of Alan Parsons' music, especially the "I Robot" album........

You guys remember on the Austin Powers movie (don't remember which one, I think it was The Spy who Shagged Me) Dr. Evil named one of his schemes "the Alan Parsons Project"? Funny stuff....

[STYRENE-SURFER]

This weeks recommendations from the Surfer. A bit of this and that found on the Tube while locked up.LOL

A bit of Country from a Dutch group. Hang in there, this gets wonderful.

OH, this kicks some...

Continuing the female artist thang, Inga Rumpf has one of the coolest voices out there.

Hope you like.?

[STYRENE-SURFER]

This weeks recommendations from the Surfer.

Have a good week y'all. 

[STYRENE-SURFER]

gunna through this in cause its timely. RIP Dave.

 

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[STYRENE-SURFER]

Some old and new stuff. 

[TonyK]

Well I learned something today. All my life I pictured a John Lee Hooker type guy singing Polk Salad Annie and now I see it ain't even close to that. Always liked this song. Still do but ...... sheesh I feel dumb.

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3 hours ago, TonyK said:

Well I learned something today. All my life I pictured a John Lee Hooker type guy singing Polk Salad Annie and now I see it ain't even close to that. Always liked this song. Still do but ...... sheesh I feel dumb.

Don't feel dumb, I had always had a similar vision in my head. He's the guy who wrote the song and that is the

orignal version.

When I saw Link Wray play he looked much different than in that early video, must have been sometime during 

the 90's, saw Dick Dale play around that same time. They both rocked the ponytail thing.

[1972coronet]

The Byrds BEST album in my opinion . 

Last album with Crosby (he was fired in late 1967) .

Early use of the then-new Moog synthesiser .

The mono mix is preferable , of course .

[STYRENE-SURFER]

1 hour ago, 1972coronet said:

The Byrds BEST album in my opinion . 

Last album with Crosby (he was fired in late 1967) .

Early use of the then-new Moog synthesiser .

The mono mix is preferable , of course .

What a great album...

I've been Proging out lately as usual. Any Van Der Graaf Generator fans out there?

This one is quite poppy and delivers just a taste of the direction their music would go.

They where so weird and different at the time and I had nothing on the radio to compare them to.

I would have loved to see them play something like this back in 1975. 

For the fans, I found this ....

Killer is still one of my all time favorite Van Der Graaf Generator tunes. 

 

[STYRENE-SURFER]

Oh boy, had a hard time finding this thread again via IPad.

just thought I'd drop this in.

one of my favorite live band experiences was the BAD in MPLS.

Mick's mum was in the house, that was cool.

 

[STYRENE-SURFER]

Another interesting group. Does anyone remember the "Blue Airplanes "

Had some cassettes that are long lost.

 

Edited August 14, 2020 by STYRENE-SURFER