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Good evening!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 07:31 PM (ehYHJ) 2
Oh, and I'll go fetch them.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 07:31 PM (ehYHJ) 3
Fetched and told them it was a Pete Bog!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 07:32 PM (ehYHJ) 4
Good evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 07:38 PM (fwDg9) 5
Country is not to my taste.
Posted by: Ciampino - music is the sugar for the soul at May 11, 2024 07:40 PM (qfLjt) 6
I downloaded Toby Keith’s greatest hits. I didn’t realize how many he had . Love listening to this and Dwight Yoakam’s greatest hits on shuffle .
Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 07:41 PM (MNhXM) 7
Wil -Wil -Wood Days
Posted by: Redenzo at May 11, 2024 07:42 PM (V/pbu) 8
I have listened to him less recently because of this transition, much as I don’t listen to the New Jersey sellout any longer.
This is about me, isn’t it? Posted by: Bruce Springsteen at May 11, 2024 07:43 PM (Ds3Rc) 9
Favorite country song is Craig Morgan’s Almost Home.
Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 07:43 PM (MNhXM) 10
I wonder if anyone went to hear Stravinsky in concert, got him in his religious phase, and shouted "Play your old dissonant freaky stuff!!"
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 11, 2024 07:44 PM (FkUwd) 11
Who is Eric Church?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 07:45 PM (Ds3Rc) 12
Saw a horse and rider jump off a 40’ platform in the ‘60’s. The Steel Pier.
As awesome as Wildwood tonight. Posted by: Redenzo at May 11, 2024 07:45 PM (V/pbu) 13
10: I think Stravinsky would have been a huge Meshuggah fan. I could see the guys from Meshuggah jammin to “The Rite of Spring”.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 07:46 PM (Ds3Rc) 14
Who is Eric Church?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 07:45 PM (Ds3Rc) See not all Texans listen to country. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 07:46 PM (MNhXM) 15
I never got into country music
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 07:48 PM (fwDg9) 16
Country is not to my taste.
Posted by: Ciampino - music is the sugar for the soul at May 11, 2024 07:40 PM (qfLjt) Patsy Cline is worth listening to. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LgEDPaITmU Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2024 07:48 PM (D7oie) 17
Today’s playlist: all the music heard the day I commissioned x years ago today.
Prominent among them: Testament “Over the Wall” Liquid Tension Experiment “Paradigm Shift” Dream Theater “Take The Time” Explorers Club, “Age of Impact” the whole album Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 07:48 PM (Ds3Rc) 18
I've been listening to a lot of 90's stuff lately, like The Chemical Brothers and Groove Armada.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 11, 2024 07:50 PM (FkUwd) 19
I wonder if anyone went to hear Stravinsky in concert, got him in his religious phase, and shouted "Play your old dissonant freaky stuff!!" Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 11, 2024 07:44 PM (FkUwd) ___________ When Stravinsky was in his neoclassical phase, Schoenberg called him powder-wigged Little Bubinski. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2024 07:50 PM (MoZTd) 20
I've been rambling around youtube and came across Leon Russell and Glen Campbell, who were in the Wrecking Crew in the 60s. So much talent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNtxlKmNUFk Posted by: huerfano at May 11, 2024 07:50 PM (VGOMa) 21
I think Stravinsky would have been a huge Meshuggah fan. I could see the guys from Meshuggah jammin to “The Rite of Spring”. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 07:46 PM I saw Meshuggah in January in a smallish venue...not my genre, but they put on a good show. My son is a big fan & he said Best.Show.EVAH Posted by: AltonJackson at May 11, 2024 07:50 PM (tljrc) 22
Can you recall a concert that was as memorable as this was for entirely unexpected reasons? When Dylan went electric? Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2024 07:50 PM (63Dwl) 23
See not all Texans listen to country.
Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 07:46 PM (MNhXM) No. Missing from my wardrobe quite on purpose:, 10 gallon hat, belt with the obligatory 200 pound ornate belt buckle, and last but not least, the boots. The only boots I have are steel toe, combat, or hiking. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 07:51 PM (Ds3Rc) 24
When Dylan went electric?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2024 07:50 PM (63Dwl) Are Friends Electric? Posted by: Gary Numan at May 11, 2024 07:52 PM (Ds3Rc) 25
I'm a true eclectic, music wise. I listen to about 50% jazz 20% classical, country, pop, oldies, Motown make up the remainder. I can't take much rap music, to me it sounds offensive and banal.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 11, 2024 07:52 PM (MeG8a) 26
I just listened to Meshuggah's "Bleed". An evening with Meshuggah must abrade one's face off.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 11, 2024 07:52 PM (FkUwd) 27
When Stravinsky was in his neoclassical phase, Schoenberg called him powder-wigged Little Bubinski.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2024 07:50 PM (MoZTd) --- 😆 Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 11, 2024 07:53 PM (FkUwd) Posted by: browndog keens at May 11, 2024 07:54 PM (TTAGa) Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 07:54 PM (zdLoL) 30
I'm a true eclectic, music wise. I listen to about 50% jazz 20% classical, country, pop, oldies, Motown make up the remainder. I can't take much rap music, to me it sounds offensive and banal.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 11, 2024 07:52 PM (MeG8a) Same here though I have a few rap songs I don’t hate and jazz is not 50% and limited to bebop sax. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 07:56 PM (MNhXM) 31
My father was a blithering idiot when it came to music. I entered the house one day during my university days when the news was on and they talked about the George Strait country music festival. I must have had a concert t-shirt on, especially a Dream Theater shirt, as that was part of the school uniform. He innocently asked “hey catch, are you going to the George Strait country music festival?” Mom, nearby, quickly intervened before I could make a smartass comment. “He doesn’t like country music.” “But it’s a concert!” “No, listen to me, he won’t be caught dead at a country music concert…”
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 07:57 PM (Ds3Rc) 32
@28 It's appendicitis, for sure, so a few have thrown caution to the wind and begun the jokes.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 07:58 PM (zdLoL) 33
26 I just listened to Meshuggah's "Bleed". An evening with Meshuggah must abrade one's face off.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 11, 2024 07:52 PM (FkUwd) I never listen to Meshuggah when driving. For that would be lethal. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 07:58 PM (Ds3Rc) 34
I just listened to Meshuggah's "Bleed". An evening with Meshuggah must abrade one's face off. Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 11, 2024 07:52 PM yeah, it was just a tad abrasive they did play Bleed, which they apparently haven't done live for years. Posted by: AltonJackson at May 11, 2024 07:58 PM (tljrc) 35
No, I went to a lot of concerts in the 70s and 80s, but never remember a surprise like that. Might have been nice, though. Usually, groups have an album to plug/sell.
Posted by: oldnorthstate at May 11, 2024 07:59 PM (V5BDR) 36
See not all Texans listen to country.
Yeah, well, Van Cliburn, for instance. Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 07:54 PM (zdLoL) Well he was gayer than Liberace . Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:00 PM (MNhXM) 37
32 @28 It's appendicitis, for sure, so a few have thrown caution to the wind and begun the jokes.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 07:58 PM (zdLoL) Fingers crossed ... I hate for her tombstone to read: I told you it was serious !!! Posted by: browndog keens at May 11, 2024 08:00 PM (TTAGa) 38
28 It's appendicitis, for sure, so a few have thrown caution to the wind and begun the jokes.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 07:58 PM (zdLoL) Yeah a hell of a way to get out of a date. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:01 PM (MNhXM) 39
I was in Nashville a few weeks ago with friends, visiting my son, and we went past Eric Church's new bar. On the marquee it said "Eric Church live from Stagecoach tonight" but I had no idea what that meant. I guess they must have live-streamed the concert in the bar. Wonder what that crowd thought of it.
I also had no idea that there was a country component to Coachella, as I am about as unhip as they come. Glad you got to see such a cool concert, Pete Bog. Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe registration now open! at May 11, 2024 08:02 PM (bS+DD) 40
You know how the young 'uns sometimes get hooked on older music? Friend's son was over a couple weeks ago with a gun for me to fix. I had Sirius 60s channel on. He got to listening to it, and I explained the Phil Spector Wall of Sound. I also gave him a thumbnail sketch about Spector being a generally weird dude (but he didn't steal too much from the artists). Now, he and his crew at work are listening to stuff like the Ronettes. And they all agree Spector was one weird dude.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 11, 2024 08:02 PM (V5eKu) 41
The time I had to go the to the ER for abdominal pain it turned out to be a kidney stone.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 11, 2024 08:02 PM (xPl2J) 42
I heartily recommend the music video for Meshuggah’s “New Millennium Cyanide Christ”. THE most expensive music video ever made. Critics who have seen it hail it as a genius breakthrough.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 08:02 PM (Ds3Rc) 43
Not familiar with Eric Church but I don't like when performers preach to the audience on matters that have nothing to do with their music. Doesn't matter if it's Streisand, Bono, Springsteen, or whoever. If you are an entertainer, then be entertaining, dammit.
Posted by: JTB at May 11, 2024 08:02 PM (zudum) 44
“He doesn’t like country music.” “But it’s a concert!” “No, listen to me, he won’t be caught dead at a country music concert…”
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 07:57 PM (Ds3Rc) "I bought him the shirt to go to the Van Heusen concert!" Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2024 08:03 PM (D7oie) 45
If you are an entertainer, then be entertaining, dammit.
Posted by: JTB at May 11, 2024 08:02 PM (zudum) -------- I believe it was Ann Coulter who coined the phrase, "Shut up and sing." Hear, hear. Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe registration now open! at May 11, 2024 08:04 PM (bS+DD) Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 08:04 PM (zdLoL) 47
Well he was gayer than Liberace .
Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:00 PM (MNhXM) ROSES ARE GAY, VIOLETS ARE GAYER FUCK THE POEM AND LISTEN TO SLAYER Posted by: Kerry King at May 11, 2024 08:04 PM (Ds3Rc) 48
I got free tickets to see Kiss in 1979. I was not particularly a fan but just indifferent to them.
It turned out to be one of the most fun concerts I’ve been too. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:05 PM (MNhXM) 49
Van Cliburn showed the commies what was what so he can’t be all bad.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 08:05 PM (Ds3Rc) 50
he was gayer than Liberace
And Texan through and through. Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 08:04 PM (zdLoL) He was born in Louisiana, Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:06 PM (MNhXM) 51
25 I'm a true eclectic, music wise. I listen to about 50% jazz 20% classical, country, pop, oldies, Motown make up the remainder. I can't take much rap music, to me it sounds offensive and banal.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 11, 2024 07:52 PM (MeG8a) ---- Do not add the word 'music' after 'rap', ever! Rap is for people who can't do music. Mostly monotone, or sounds like it. The lyrics are disgusting in every way. Posted by: Ciampino - music is the sugar for the soul! at May 11, 2024 08:06 PM (qfLjt) 52
"I bought him the shirt to go to the Van Heusen concert!"
Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2024 08:03 PM (D7oie) I was heading to a restaurant with my parents; I always got them dinner for mothers/Father’s Day. I was wearing a Dream Theater concert t-Shirt on this occasion and I had moved to Houston a short time before. My father commented “I see you are settling into Houston and spending time in the Theater District!” My mother grabbed him, pointed at the shirt and said “THAT is a BAND!!!” Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 08:09 PM (Ds3Rc) 53
I like Eric Church but he has never been a big favorite of mine. Just don;t relate that well to his music. My current favorite is Morgan Wallen.
A memorable moment for me was at a Grateful Dead concert in the 500 seat Atwood Hall at my college when they stepped up to the Mics and started to sing A Capella. Previous concerts that fall had been Jimi Hendrix and The Jefferson Airplane. A Capella was pretty unexpected. Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 11, 2024 08:11 PM (t/2Uw) 54
Do not add the word 'music' after 'rap', ever!
Rap is for people who can't do music. Mostly monotone, or sounds like it. The lyrics are disgusting in every way. Posted by: Ciampino - music is the sugar for the soul! at May 11, 2024 08:06 PM (qfLjt) Anger language set to annoying noise polution. Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2024 08:12 PM (NxC5+) 55
Rap is for people who can't do music.
Georg Szell said it. Called rap "An entertainment for children who are...not musical." He didn't say it was bad, just not music. Other forms of recitative have been deracinated, so it's the only game in town for chanted language without melody. You can sometimes get rappers interested in a Shakespeare soliloquy or a Greek chorus, if your backing effects are loud. Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 08:12 PM (zdLoL) 56
51 Rap. Disgusting lyrics. Anytime I am near a car with its volume turned up to eleventy and blasting rap I wish I would have ripped off a couple frags while in the Corps.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 11, 2024 08:13 PM (V5eKu) 57
Any word on Nurse???
Posted by: browndog keens at May 11, 2024 07:54 PM (TTAGa) Yup. She is home. Luckily her surgeon was a .45ACP shooter, so everything went perfectly. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 11, 2024 08:14 PM (d9fT1) 58
I like bands with horns. Brass is where it's at. Lyle Lovett.
Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2024 08:14 PM (NxC5+) 59
Lou Reed is a rapper.
Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:14 PM (MNhXM) 60
like bands with horns. Brass is where it's at. Lyle Lovett.
Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2024 08:14 PM (NxC5+) You like Earth, Wind and Fire? Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:15 PM (MNhXM) 61
"Over the course of his performance the crowd began walking out. First in small groups, then a steady stream. They were disappointed by not hearing the hits, and I suspect for many what was clearly a religious theme. He has been skewered in the reviews for what was one of the best musical performances I have ever witnessed."
Pete, you need to somehow find a way to tell him this. I imagine that would make his day. Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 11, 2024 08:16 PM (vvmRO) 62
I'm a fan of covers. Here are a couple I think are pretty good.
Dont Fear the Reaper https://youtu.be/r32XyEVkpvY?si=Q0yRBDWIA2tGFHQT Everybody wants to Rulle the World https://youtu.be/K_jKN4PW3rY?si=-2vGuJOaf1VL0lnw Posted by: TC at May 11, 2024 08:16 PM (cHOHf) 63
Off to the pub!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2024 08:17 PM (8zz6B) 64
I've been to many wonderful concerts of all types of music from madrigals to jazz and they were excellent. but I've been to two concerts that had unexpected aspects.
The first was a John Denver concert when he was at the height of his popularity. He didn't just play the songs, he entertained with jokes and stories between numbers. The odd part was the audience. Everyone of us were softly singing along, as if to ourselves. The cumulative effect was a very soft cathedral-like lilt underneath his singing. This is something you can't expect. It was almost like being in church. Lovely. The second concert that surprised me was a Carpenters show. The surprise was the sophisticated music they displayed, especially Richard, between the well-known songs that everyone expected. And they incorporated bits that were never intended for the records but were brief and creative for live performance. Over 50 years later I still recall the concert. Posted by: JTB at May 11, 2024 08:19 PM (zudum) 65
You like Earth, Wind and Fire?
Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:15 PM (MNhXM) E W & F, Tower Of Power, Chicago, Junior Walker&The AllStars, Spyro Gyra, Fattburger, Hiroshima, Steely Dan, Supertramp. Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2024 08:19 PM (NxC5+) 66
As an old skool country fan, I have been digging some of the new blood out there.
Tyler Childers, Charley Crockett, Kaitlin Butts and Sierra Ferrell. Here's "Dollar Bill Bar" by Sierra. https://tinyurl.com/ydcb848k Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 11, 2024 08:19 PM (R/m4+) 67
Posted by: TC at May 11, 2024 08:16 PM (cHOHf)
Those were pretty good. Since we are talking country, Dwight Yoakam does a lot of covers . My favorite is his version of Suspicious Minds. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:20 PM (MNhXM) 68
59 Lou Reed is a rapper.
Posted by: polynikes As was Johnny Cash. Guess that wasn't music. Hey I didn't make the rules. Anger language set to annoying noise polution. Posted by: Eromero Unlike Meshuggah. Et al. Right? Meh. I'd rather listen to Atmosphere or De La Soul than any screaming angry demon-channeling guttural crazy. Atmosphere is very peaceful and positive, poetic and uplifting. Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 11, 2024 08:21 PM (iRX3h) Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 11, 2024 08:22 PM (mH6SG) 70
Thanks CBD. I was hoping.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 11, 2024 08:22 PM (t/2Uw) 71
Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2024 08:19 PM (NxC5
Lot of brass in that line up. I’m going to throw in a dark horse . 10,000 Maniacs. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:22 PM (MNhXM) 72
62 I'm a fan of covers. Here are a couple I think are pretty good.
Dont Fear the Reaper https://youtu.be/r32XyEVkpvY?si=Q0yRBDWIA2tGFHQT Everybody wants to Rulle the World https://youtu.be/K_jKN4PW3rY?si=-2vGuJOaf1VL0lnw Posted by: TC at May 11, 2024 08:16 PM (cHOHf) Foxes and Fossils, Post Modern Jukebox, Lake Street Dive, Leonid and Friends. Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2024 08:22 PM (NxC5+) 73
Since we are talking country, Dwight Yoakam does a lot of covers . My favorite is his version of Suspicious Minds. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 That is a great cover Posted by: TC at May 11, 2024 08:22 PM (cHOHf) 74
E W & F, Tower Of Power, Chicago, Junior Walker&The AllStars, Spyro Gyra, Fattburger, Hiroshima, Steely Dan, Supertramp.
Posted by: Eromero You would probably love Lettuce. Damn fine players. Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 11, 2024 08:23 PM (iRX3h) 75
Do not add the word 'music' after 'rap', ever!
Rap is for people who can't do music. Mostly monotone, or sounds like it. The lyrics are disgusting in every way. Posted by: Ciampino - music is the sugar for the soul! at May 11, 2024 08:06 PM (qfLjt) I don't listen to much music these days. Listen to podcasts and read a lot of non-fiction. However, back in the day I listened to a LOT of live music. The Dead and all its spinoffs, funk, jazz, rock (Allmans at the Beacon for years), etc. etc. etc. I listened to rap back in the Run DMC days, and all the big ones up through Biggie and the Beastie Boys and Eminem. Rap is a legitimate art form, and it was absolutely incredible, especially during that period. Ready To Die is one of my absolute favorite albums. Don't care for much of it now, but at its personal height for me it stacked up very, very well. Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 11, 2024 08:23 PM (vvmRO) 76
Since we are talking country, Dwight Yoakam does a lot of covers . My favorite is his version of Suspicious Minds.
Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:20 PM (MNhXM) He does a great version of Cheap Trick's I Want You To Want Me. Posted by: Mark1971 at May 11, 2024 08:23 PM (xPl2J) 77
Lou Reed is a rapper.
Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:14 PM (MNhXM) And the colored girls go "Doo do doo do doo do do doo..." Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 11, 2024 08:23 PM (R/m4+) 78
You like Earth, Wind and Fire?
Hell, yes. What's not to like? Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 11, 2024 08:22 PM (mH6SG) There greatest hits is a must have. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:24 PM (MNhXM) 79
Pete Bog doin the music thread.? The man can cook but he ain't so good at dancin.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2024 08:24 PM (D/6Qm) 80
Their= there
Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:24 PM (MNhXM) 81
Not a big concert goer, but discovered Reggae in High School & got to see Bob Marley & the Wailers about 2 years before he died. The performance was mystical.
Posted by: Dino58 at May 11, 2024 08:24 PM (LVPff) 82
I would agree Lou Reed was early Rap
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 08:25 PM (fwDg9) 83
Pete, you need to somehow find a way to tell him this. I imagine that would make his day. Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 11, 2024 08:16 P Even with 70.000 people there you couldn't miss the throng heading out Posted by: Pete Bog at May 11, 2024 08:28 PM (k++3b) 84
Country music isn't country anymore. The days of the Sons of the Pioneers is long gone.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2024 08:29 PM (D/6Qm) 85
I would say the originator of rap was Lord Buckley.
After him things were quiet for awhile. Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 08:29 PM (zdLoL) 86
Little Big Town Wonderwall
https://youtu.be/1uJW79QwdfM?si=rlJL7kFP7g6_Ti8u&t=73 Posted by: TC at May 11, 2024 08:29 PM (cHOHf) 87
I would agree Lou Reed was early Rap
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 08:25 PM (fwDg9) Mungo Jerry. Even had the early Beat Box going on... https://tinyurl.com/35dynr4b Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 11, 2024 08:30 PM (R/m4+) 88
I believe it was Ann Coulter who coined the phrase, "Shut up and sing."
Hear, hear. "Shut up and play your guitar" -- Frank Zappa, 1981 He probably wasn't thinking of BB King when he said that but that's who I thought of when I heard it. Posted by: Oddbob at May 11, 2024 08:30 PM (/y8xj) Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 11, 2024 08:32 PM (t/2Uw) 90
84 Country music isn't country anymore. The days of the Sons of the Pioneers is long gone.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2024 08:29 PM (D/6Qm) Cherokee Maiden either by Bob Wills or Merle Haggard ary one. Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2024 08:32 PM (NxC5+) 91
Biggest concert surprise? Todd Rundgren, all acoustic. Mostly just him and his guitar. I was apprehensive going in but it was amazing.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 11, 2024 08:32 PM (mH6SG) 92
I thought shut up and sing was Laura Ingraham.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2024 08:32 PM (D/6Qm) 93
59 Lou Reed is a rapper.
Posted by: polynikes He's certainly not a singer. I've been listening to The Allman Brothers Band and ABB adjacent. Just finished 'One Way Out'. Live album from 2004. Minus Dickey Betts, who got fired. The guitarists were the criminally underrated Warren Haynes and the very good Derek Trucks, who's current band is worth a listen. His wife, Susan Tedeschi, is no slouch as a singer (Tedeschi-Trucks Band). Warren Haynes has been around a bit now. Govt Mule is great. I got an early solo cd of his that holds up very well. Tales of Ordinary Madness. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 11, 2024 08:32 PM (e9bwN) Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 08:33 PM (zdLoL) 95
Watch out Ben Had. I might surprise you. October is coming up.
Posted by: Pete Bog at May 11, 2024 08:33 PM (k++3b) Posted by: filler at May 11, 2024 08:33 PM (/WcwU) 97
Saw Todd at Knebworth twice, take it he lives in Hawaii now
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 08:33 PM (fwDg9) 98
Only rap I've ever liked.
We was headed for bear on I one oh About a mile out of shakey town I said Big Ben this here's the Rubber Duck And we about to put the hammer down Posted by: TeeJ at May 11, 2024 08:34 PM (xZpzx) 99
Pete Bog, does that mean I need to put you on my dance card?
Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2024 08:34 PM (D/6Qm) 100
Don't care for much of it now, but at its personal height for me it stacked up very, very well.
Posted by: Darrell Harris One peak for me was Beastie Boys. In a class of their own. Another was the 90s artists' judicious and tasteful use of obscure jazz and real R&B samples, which ended by the 2000s. They forgot their roots. Today is another peak for the underground technical scene -- anything on the labels Strange Famous Records or Rhymesayers Entertainment. You'll never know they exist unless you search, as these artists aren't the one-eye ticket takers of fame, magazine covers, Tik Tok and autotune. There is a similarly nigh unknown underground country music scene -- better and deeper than anything the well promoted soul-sellers have to offer. But you have to look for it. It will never be on the Grammy or CMA stage. That's what you have to pay your soul for. Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 11, 2024 08:35 PM (iRX3h) 101
Not a big concert goer, but discovered Reggae in High School & got to see Bob Marley & the Wailers about 2 years before he died. The performance was mystical.
Posted by: Dino58 at May 11, 2024 08:24 PM Posted by: Dino58 at May 11, 2024 08:24 PM (LVPff) I was recently introduced to Reggae. I'm more of a fan of the West Coast variety than Rasta. Bands like Stick Figure and the Movement. https://youtu.be/KUsf6PgD1_4?si=YMyW1rTRSNVZ6KB- https://youtu.be/Plp1LLZ1JVM?si=-4w_z8ooOxGhmUzz Posted by: TC at May 11, 2024 08:36 PM (cHOHf) 102
91 Biggest concert surprise? Todd Rundgren, all acoustic. Mostly just him and his guitar. I was apprehensive going in but it was amazing.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 11, 2024 08:32 PM (mH6SG) Todd Rundgren's A Capella is a really good album. Yeah, plactic, round, played on at turntable with a needle. Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2024 08:36 PM (NxC5+) 103
The Fugees did a half rap half whatever of a song I hate and it came out likeable.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2024 08:37 PM (D/6Qm) 104
" I would say the originator of rap was Lord Buckley"
I've heard that before. Also that Zappa's "Trouble Every Day" is proto-rap. Posted by: fd at May 11, 2024 08:37 PM (vFG9F) 105
The music video for the rap 'Sabotage' by the Beastie Boys is an absolute gem. I can watch it on a loop, and I am NOT a rap fan.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 11, 2024 08:37 PM (e9bwN) 106
Right? Meh. I'd rather listen to Atmosphere or De La Soul than any screaming angry demon-channeling guttural crazy. Atmosphere is very peaceful and positive, poetic and uplifting.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 11, 2024 08:21 PM (iRX3h) Yeah, Meshuggah’s songs should be sung by someone more “talented” and “with a better, more soothing voice”. Bullshit. Every one of Meshuggah’s songs are a warning: that the next step in evolution is the merger of man and machine, and that IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, IT WILL HAPPEN, IT WILL HAPPEN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER and when it inevitable happens, IT WILL BE HELL FOR HUMANITY. So no, it cannot be sung any other way. The Cookie Monster has his place in metal for a damn good reason. Much of metal’s subject matter is unpleasant. And that’s OK. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 08:40 PM (Ds3Rc) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2024 08:40 PM (MoZTd) 108
Country music isn't country anymore. The days of the Sons of the Pioneers is long gone.
Posted by: Ben Had Nope. You just have to search the underground scene. It's still being made. Just not promoted. Not promoted means you have to look for it. Eric Church is one of the Promoted. The one-eye crowd isn't limited to pop, rap, TV, Hollywood, and modeling. It's country music, too. It's contemporary "Christian" music, too. You sell your soul, you get the fame. Bada bing, bada boom. But it's not the only way to make money. Just the easiest. Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 11, 2024 08:40 PM (iRX3h) 109
>>His wife, Susan Tedeschi, is no slouch as a singer (Tedeschi-Trucks Band)
She had a pretty successful career with her band before joining up with Trucks. Local New England girl, I saw her do a show outdoors at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade. Great voice. Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 08:41 PM (LkLld) 110
Hey Nurse, so thankful to hear you are home. And that your medical team was competent. And that you didn't ignore the symptoms. Praying that your recovery is swift and uneventful.
Posted by: Grateful at May 11, 2024 08:42 PM (IQ6Gq) 111
Rap is probably among the most derivative, along with stand-up comedy, art forms out there.
Posted by: filler at May 11, 2024 08:42 PM (/WcwU) 112
I've been listening to The Allman Brothers Band and ABB adjacent. Just finished 'One Way Out'. Live album from 2004. Minus Dickey Betts, who got fired. The guitarists were the criminally underrated Warren Haynes and the very good Derek Trucks, who's current band is worth a listen. His wife, Susan Tedeschi, is no slouch as a singer (Tedeschi-Trucks Band). Warren Haynes has been around a bit now. Govt Mule is great. I got an early solo cd of his that holds up very well. Tales of Ordinary Madness.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 11, 2024 08:32 PM (e9bwN) This x 1000. Warren Haynes should be a household name. He can sing, and he plays like a dream. He's probably the hardest working man in rock - I can imagine that he plays one set every night of the year. Haynes and Trucks made ABB worth going to The Beacon for by themselves. Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 11, 2024 08:42 PM (vvmRO) 113
JackStraw, we talked about Tedeschi before and I can listen to her anytime anywhere.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2024 08:43 PM (D/6Qm) 114
The Black Eyed Peas did a rap over Sergio Mendes Mas Que Nada, and just for a minute I thought the world was about to change.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 08:43 PM (zdLoL) 115
Bands like Stick Figure and the Movement.
https://youtu.be/KUsf6PgD1_4?si=YMyW1rTRSNVZ6KB- https://youtu.be/Plp1LLZ1JVM?si=-4w_z8ooOxGhmUzz Posted by: TC YES. And: Iya Terra, Elovaters, 10ft. Ganja Plant, and several dozen others. Wonderfully uplifting music. Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 11, 2024 08:43 PM (iRX3h) 116
Morgan Wallen played Sunday night at stagecoach. Also saw and reall enjoyed Paul Cauthen, Charlie Crockett, trampled by turtles , Clint Black, Asllep at the Wheel, even Jellyroll. A big surprise was how much I liked Post Malone's set. He's a rapper that claims to be a country boy. He was pretty good. Covers. Dwight Yoakum was really solid and a good performer. Lots of guests showed up Brad Paislley sang with Post Malone.
Left Miranda Lambert early. Just monotone Posted by: Pete Bog at May 11, 2024 08:44 PM (k++3b) 117
I haven't been to any concerts for a long time. Too few appear in my area that I want to see and I won't pay the ticket prices they want. Talk about sticker shock.
One aspect that made concerts enjoyable was when the performer(s) seemed to be having a good time. Yes, I know that's showmanship but it went beyond simply appearing and playing the songs. Manhattan Transfer and Peter, Paul, and Mary were especially good at that. I suspect Charlie Daniels would have been too. But Blood, Sweat and Tears or Herb Alpert, for all the musical ability and great songs, just walked on stage, played the music and left. I have no idea if modern concerts involve that feeling of fun. Posted by: JTB at May 11, 2024 08:44 PM (zudum) 118
Stick Figure was my top artist listened to on Spotify last year.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 11, 2024 08:44 PM (iRX3h) 119
ES. And: Iya Terra, Elovaters, 10ft. Ganja Plant, and several dozen others. Wonderfully uplifting music.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 11, 2024 08:43 PM Yes. It always puts me in a good mood. I went to Reggae Rise Up in St Pete this year. An awesome 4 days. I plan on going every year now. Posted by: TC at May 11, 2024 08:47 PM (cHOHf) 120
Haynes and Trucks made ABB worth going to The Beacon for by themselves.
They gave ABB a slightly different sound and it worked. I liked Dickey Betts (RIP). His band (Great Southern) was pretty solid too. Got a couple of their CD's. Somewhere. I should organize stuff better. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 11, 2024 08:47 PM (e9bwN) 121
>>JackStraw, we talked about Tedeschi before and I can listen to her anytime anywhere.
Yea, I'm a fan Ben Had. Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 08:48 PM (LkLld) 122
Susan Tedeschi singing style is obviously influenced by Bonnie Raitt. Not a criticism, just an observation. She's very easy to listen too.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 11, 2024 08:48 PM (e9bwN) Posted by: filler at May 11, 2024 08:48 PM (/WcwU) 124
DH is in the process of flying to Las Vegas for a Kamelot concert, with the boy. Not really my thing, but it is theirs. We don't get concerts up here, not many. Too expensive to travel, except most acts tour Europe so I don't get that. Maybe they think we are a bunch of hicks and not worth the trouble.
We did get Dropkick Murphys at the State Fair a few years ago, but other than that it's mostly bands well past their sell by date. You have to travel to see mucy. Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 11, 2024 08:49 PM (sRfrW) 125
Little girls' jump-rope rhymes are rap.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2024 08:49 PM (63Dwl) 126
113 JackStraw, we talked about Tedeschi before and I can listen to her anytime anywhere.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2024 08:43 PM (D/6Qm) Her family owned a chain of 200 supermarkets in MA and NH (Tedeschi Food Shops) before they sold out to 7-Eleven. Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 11, 2024 08:50 PM (vvmRO) 127
If I'm going to listen to white girls sing it's going to be the Raitt's and Tedeschi's not these screeches nowadays.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2024 08:52 PM (D/6Qm) 128
Wasn't going to stay up this late.
https://tinyurl.com/34fanz2v A pretty good 20 Tweets from Bad Blue Have a great evening everyone and rock on Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 08:53 PM (fwDg9) 129
I saw these guys in a small venue in Chapel Hill. They played on Superbowl Sunday. There were less than 200 people there. Great show.
https://youtu.be/D4k5MYAIgSs?si=3HIQoQVdE4L4xeeB Posted by: TC at May 11, 2024 08:55 PM (cHOHf) Posted by: filler at May 11, 2024 08:55 PM (/WcwU) 131
Yeah, Meshuggah’s songs should be sung by someone more “talented” and “with a better, more soothing voice”.
Bullshit. Every one of Meshuggah’s songs are a warning: that the next step in evolution is the merger of man and machine, and that IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, IT WILL HAPPEN, IT WILL HAPPEN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER and when it inevitable happens, IT WILL BE HELL FOR HUMANITY. So no, it cannot be sung any other way. The Cookie Monster has his place in metal for a damn good reason. Much of metal’s subject matter is unpleasant. And that’s OK. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 I never said that first paragraph or even implied it. All I did was juxtapose the idea that all rap is angry noise so not music to another genre of angry noise but somehow allowed to be called music. So those words you call Bullshit were never in my mouth. Please to not put them there. Whatever. I listen to dozens of peaceful, uplifting, technically and linguistically complex rap artists. I also listen to uplifting, technically complex, non rageful metal I consider both to be music, none to be "angry noise". Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 11, 2024 08:55 PM (iRX3h) 132
Can you recall a concert that was as memorable as this was for entirely unexpected reasons?
Went to a Fishbone concert at The Ritz in NYC back in the 80s. Saw John Cusack in the crowd, and met one Larry Fishburne in the balcony area. While The Bone played the song "You're Ugly", the screen showed scenes from a hardcore porn movie behind them. Featuring an absolutely enormous black woman and a thin white guy. Yeah, that was memorable. Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 11, 2024 08:57 PM (vvmRO) 133
Is Survivor a Journey tribute band? 😀
Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 08:58 PM (inGXk) 134
We don't get concerts up here, not many. Too expensive to travel, except most acts tour Europe so I don't get that. Maybe they think we are a bunch of hicks and not worth the trouble.
---------- We're available. Call our agent. Posted by: Nickelback at May 11, 2024 08:59 PM (2jLYo) 135
Little girls' jump-rope rhymes are rap.
If anything chanted is rap, then the choruses of Greek drama are rap too. There is a whole genre of the spoken word, like Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg reading their own poems on record for instance, and rap is the only one we pay attention to right now. Back when poetry was still a big deal (not that long ago, but probably not within your listening lifetime) there were many such performances. Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 09:00 PM (zdLoL) 136
Lately I've been doing Ghoultown, Hellyeah and some mostly unnoticed stuff from the lead singer of Clutch, Neil Fallon called The Company Band and Dunsmuir.
Posted by: Reforger at May 11, 2024 09:01 PM (B705c) 137
Remember Ricky Nelson's Garden Party? That song was about fans who only wanted to hear his earlier hits. He was creating new material, but the audience didn't want to listen to it.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at May 11, 2024 09:01 PM (ET1Q8) 138
Rap is probably among the most derivative, along with stand-up comedy, art forms out there.
Posted by: filler How about Blues? And so what? Art is like that. Every generation ends up with a certain part of it claiming everything new just stole what came before. The better artist gives credit to their influences. Which most artists I listen to -- of any genre -- do. Graciously. Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 11, 2024 09:01 PM (iRX3h) 139
Jinger will surprise you with her range.
Stick with it until 1:10 or so https://youtu.be/SQNtGoM3FVU?si=64fgvMLAknwmryEd Posted by: TC at May 11, 2024 09:02 PM (cHOHf) Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 09:03 PM (inGXk) 141
Hey Nurse, so thankful to hear you are home. And that your medical team was competent. And that you didn't ignore the symptoms. Praying that your recovery is swift and uneventful.
Ditto. Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 11, 2024 09:03 PM (mH6SG) Posted by: filler at May 11, 2024 09:04 PM (/WcwU) 143
137 Remember Ricky Nelson's Garden Party? That song was about fans who only wanted to hear his earlier hits. He was creating new material, but the audience didn't want to listen to it.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at May 11, 2024 09:01 PM (ET1Q 
---------- Quit whining, Ricky. Posted by: Dave Nelson at May 11, 2024 09:04 PM (2jLYo) Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 11, 2024 09:05 PM (R4t5M) 145
RadioWV, a YTube station, has lots of unknowns that are very good. Mostly acoustic, Applachia style, tunes. That Oliver Anthony guy first showed up there. I listen to it quite a bit. Another unknown named Nolan Taylor has a song called '68'. It's something.
https://youtu.be/UKxTIuw1zEM?si=3gGVLHZH1JwmtaPQ Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 11, 2024 09:05 PM (e9bwN) 146
>>Remember Ricky Nelson's Garden Party?
I worked with his cousin when I first got out of school. Looked very much like Ricky. We'd take him to bars with us as bait. Women would just float over. Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 09:05 PM (LkLld) 147
Yup. She is home.
Luckily her surgeon was a .45ACP shooter, so everything went perfectly. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 11, 2024 08:14 PM (d9fT1) Thanks CBD … Posted by: browndog rests easy at May 11, 2024 09:05 PM (TTAGa) 148
I heard somewhere that Journey's Don't Stop Believing is the most downloaded pre-2k song out there.
It's on the internet so it must be true. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 11, 2024 09:07 PM (2jLYo) 149
Luckily her surgeon was a .45ACP shooter, so everything went perfectly.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 11, 2024 08:14 PM The Horde's prayers for competence and compassion on her medical team were answered, obviously. Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 11, 2024 09:07 PM (a3Q+t) 150
We'd take him to bars with us as bait. Women would just float over.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 09:05 PM (LkLld) -------- Women who can still float are good. Shows they take care of themselves. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 11, 2024 09:08 PM (2jLYo) 151
I live vicariously through Derek Trucks. Can you imagine sharing a stage with Susan and the band?
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 11, 2024 09:08 PM (iRX3h) 152
Cicero just begging for a Zombie Ted Kennedy sock.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 11, 2024 09:10 PM (iRX3h) 153
>>Women who can still float are good. Shows they take care of themselves.
Also proves they are witches. Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 09:10 PM (LkLld) 154
They Went Woke: Oscars Facing Liquidity Crisis, Launch $500 Million Fundraising Drive As Viewers Flee
…the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has launched a $500 million fundraising initiative in an effort to offset the Oscars dramatic drop in viewership – which went from nearly 44 million in 2014, to just 19.5 million in the latest ceremony, according to Statista. [ZeroHedge] Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 11, 2024 09:11 PM (ZdexC) 155
Remember Ricky Nelson's Garden Party? That song was about fans who only wanted to hear his earlier hits. He was creating new material, but the audience didn't want to listen to it.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin ------- I recall when Pat Boone went heavy metal, here's album cover: https://tinyurl.com/yn5cjnk2 I cannot imagine that he had *any* audience after that. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2024 09:11 PM (XeU6L) 156
Georg Szell said it. Called rap "An entertainment for children who are...not musical." He didn't say it was bad, just not music.
Other forms of recitative have been deracinated, so it's the only game in town for chanted language without melody. You can sometimes get rappers interested in a Shakespeare soliloquy or a Greek chorus, if your backing effects are loud. Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 08:12 PM (zdLoL) Got a link for that quote ? Maestro Szell died in 1970. Rap, as an acknowledged musical entity, shows up around 1973. Just curious, being from Cleveland, and a Cleveland Orchestra patron. Posted by: browndog tilts his head at May 11, 2024 09:12 PM (TTAGa) 157
…the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has launched a $500 million fundraising initiative Why do they need $500 million? Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2024 09:13 PM (63Dwl) 158
They Went Woke: Oscars Facing Liquidity Crisis, Launch $500 Million Fundraising Drive As Viewers Flee
------ [scratches head] What went wrong? Posted by: Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences at May 11, 2024 09:13 PM (XeU6L) 159
Remember Ricky Nelson's Garden Party? That song was about fans who only wanted to hear his earlier hits. He was creating new material, but the audience didn't want to listen to it.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at May 11, 2024 09:01 PM (ET1Q
Reggie Dwight did the same thing on an interview/sing song with fans on XM a few years ago. He told them to stop listening to his old crap as it meant nothing and the lyrics were all written to rhyme and sell after fans kept asking him what this lyric meant or the "deep" meaning of that lyric. The fans were gob smacked and he told them to listen to and find new stuff from new artists then named a few and to get a life. I almost peed my pants from laughing. Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 11, 2024 09:13 PM (R/m4+) 160
which went from nearly 44 million in 2014, to just 19.5 million in the latest ceremony, according to Statista.
[ZeroHedge] I have a tough time believing that 44 million watched that crap 10 years ago. And 19.5m seems padded. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 11, 2024 09:14 PM (R4t5M) 161
Hey JackStraw ,
You hoping this series gets closed out tonight, or are you comfortable going back to The Garden 3-1? Posted by: browndog tilts his head at May 11, 2024 09:14 PM (TTAGa) 162
154 They Went Woke: Oscars Facing Liquidity Crisis, Launch $500 Million Fundraising Drive As Viewers Flee
…the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has launched a $500 million fundraising initiative in an effort to offset the Oscars dramatic drop in viewership – which went from nearly 44 million in 2014, to just 19.5 million in the latest ceremony, according to Statista. [ZeroHedge] Posted by: andycanuck I'm very sorry this is happening to you. Good Luck. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 11, 2024 09:14 PM (e9bwN) 163
Why do they need $500 million?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. ------- Do you know what a house in Hollywood Hills costs these days? Have you priced a Lambo? Our lives are hard! Posted by: Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences at May 11, 2024 09:16 PM (XeU6L) 164
>>You hoping this series gets closed out tonight, or are you comfortable going back to The Garden 3-1?
I want it over tonight but I still like the Rangers chances with the way they are playing. Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 09:16 PM (LkLld) 165
Recently saw the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.
They made those ukuleles do things I didn't know was possible. Classical (Devil's Gallop), a song from Kiss, and lots of other surprises. They were good at physical and spoken comedy as part of the show. It was fun. Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 11, 2024 09:17 PM (u82oZ) 166
Why do they need $500 million?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. Because they give away $35,000 gift bags of merchandise to the celebrities. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 09:18 PM (inGXk) 167
Speaking of festivals, apparently we missed the Albino Skunk Music Festival in Greer, SC on Friday night. They got a great aurora display.
I didn't even know skunks were musical. Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 11, 2024 09:19 PM (w6EFb) 168
I want it over tonight but I still like the Rangers chances with the way they are playing.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 09:16 PM (LkLld) I don’t disagree … The sooner this ends though, the better! This has been a great game … Posted by: browndog tilts his head at May 11, 2024 09:19 PM (TTAGa) Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 11, 2024 09:19 PM (iRX3h) 170
Lizzo floats quite well, I hear.
Posted by: Folly Floater at May 11, 2024 09:19 PM (V5BDR) 171
The CBC broadcast team has been excellent by the way
They may not have Bob Cole in the booth anymore, but they’re really enthusiastic 🎙️ Posted by: browndog tilts his head at May 11, 2024 09:21 PM (TTAGa) 172
Remember Ricky Nelson's Garden Party? That song was about fans who only wanted to hear his earlier hits. He was creating new material, but the audience didn't want to listen to it.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at May 11, 2024 09:01 PM (ET1Q Boohoo, fame's a bitch. Shit on the stuff that got you here at your own risk. Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 11, 2024 09:22 PM (w6EFb) 173
Nowhere close.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory Let's go down the list. Zep Floyd Stones ACDC Who Queen Eagles Now we're down to the last three. You're saying Journey isn't in the running? Posted by: filler at May 11, 2024 09:23 PM (/WcwU) 174
Anchorage, Alaska. June 21, 1980. Some small high school auditorium that held a couple thousand. Story is the promoter sweetened the pot with some fishing and hunting.
The boys were a few years past their prime but this was a pretty damn good show. https://tinyurl.com/3frsav4r Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 09:23 PM (LkLld) 175
Boone does Paradise City as big band swing. wOw
Posted by: Jamaica at May 11, 2024 09:24 PM (IG7T0) 176
I recently downloaded The Best of Robert Cray. Great modern day blues sound.
Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 09:24 PM (inGXk) 177
oof
Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 09:25 PM (LkLld) Posted by: browndog tilts his head at May 11, 2024 09:25 PM (TTAGa) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2024 09:26 PM (MoZTd) 180
Boone does Paradise City as big band swing. wOw
Posted by: Jamaica ------ His rendition of 'No More Mr. Nice Guy' is breathtaking. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2024 09:28 PM (XeU6L) 181
I saw the Dixie Dregs at a club called The Bottom Line in NYC. All I knew was some review that said, about seeing them as an opening act, "Whoa. Who are these guys, and where did they come from?"
As was my wont at the time, I got to the venue hours before the show, and wound up right up by the stage. So I had a better seat than a guy sitting at a table about 6 feet back and to my right, who was Dickie Betts. I figured I must be in for a treat if he was drawn there. The show was incredible, all-instrumental electric bluegrass on steroids. I'd never seen anything so high-energy and speedy and crackling with energy. Afterwards, my jaw was sore, because I'd been smiling so hard the whole time. Posted by: Splunge at May 11, 2024 09:29 PM (hmKaK) 182
Posted by: filler at May 11, 2024 09:23 PM (/WcwU)
Wouldn't be in my top ten but I can understand an argument for it. Speaking of AC /DC I decided Money Talks is my favorite AC /DC song. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 09:29 PM (inGXk) 183
Found calming, dreamlike music from Fraze Tempest on YouTube. This may actually soothe me to sleep tonight.
Posted by: skywch at May 11, 2024 09:30 PM (uqhmb) 184
Found calming, dreamlike music from Fraze Tempest on YouTube. This may actually soothe me to sleep tonight.
Posted by: skywch at May 11, 2024 09:30 PM (uqhm Lady friend introduced me to Michael Franks for meditative listening. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 09:32 PM (inGXk) 185
Oh well, back to NYC …
Posted by: browndog tilts his head at May 11, 2024 09:32 PM (TTAGa) 186
BYW, the Leafs' Ron Ellis has died, aged 79.
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 11, 2024 09:32 PM (ZdexC) 187
AC/DC is a three car garage band
Posted by: Jamaica at May 11, 2024 09:33 PM (IG7T0) Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 11, 2024 09:33 PM (ZdexC) 189
Posted by: Splunge at May 11, 2024 09:29 PM (hmKaK)
1979 ish … I was there. It was a”different” show. I hadn’t seen, or heard anything like it at the time Posted by: browndog tilts his head at May 11, 2024 09:34 PM (TTAGa) 190
G&R and Boston are on that list
Posted by: Jamaica at May 11, 2024 09:35 PM (IG7T0) 191
none to be "angry noise".
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 11, 2024 08:55 PM (iRX3h) I don’t know, you say to not put words in your mouth but you disdain “angry noise”. As Cyco once said, when I feel like shit, I feel like shit. Not everything has to be sweetness and light 100% of the time. If I thought that way Insure as all hell would stay away from Slayer. I’m sure you would not like such “angry noise”. I think that’s why I like metal and was taken in at a young age. Because they acknowledge life could indeed suck and they weren’t afraid to talk about it. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 09:35 PM (Ds3Rc) 192
Journey has the most popular pop song of all time.
Posted by: filler at May 11, 2024 09:35 PM (/WcwU) 193
176 I recently downloaded The Best of Robert Cray. Great modern day blues sound.
Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 09:24 PM (inGXk) Dude can pick. Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2024 09:35 PM (NxC5+) 194
One more NYC adventure. This one was a total surprise. I had come down from college with some friends, and we decided to look for a club with live music. I think the one we happened into was called Tramps. There was a guy on stage playing blues harmonica, and he was flat-out incredible. I'd never enjoyed harmonica that much, but he just owned the audience playing on it.
Turned out we were very lucky. It was Walter "Shakey" Horton, who Willie Dixon called "the best harmonica player I ever heard." Posted by: Splunge at May 11, 2024 09:36 PM (hmKaK) 195
187 AC/DC is a three car garage band
Posted by: Jamaica A sleazy dive bar band that made it big!! Ain't nothing wrong with that. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 11, 2024 09:36 PM (e9bwN) 196
My cousin went to see Raul Malo a few months ago. She said it was the best show she'd ever seen. He does have a wonderful voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgQbl_1M-4U Posted by: huerfano at May 11, 2024 09:36 PM (VGOMa) 197
189 1979 ish …
I was there. Posted by: browndog tilts his head at May 11, 2024 09:34 PM (TTAGa) Whoa. Yes, 1979 or thereabouts. Posted by: Splunge at May 11, 2024 09:37 PM (hmKaK) 198
Boohoo, fame's a bitch. Shit on the stuff that got you here at your own risk.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 11, 2024 09:22 PM (w6EFb) Rush, on the other hand, played their newer material but always made room for the old songs the long timers loved. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 09:37 PM (Ds3Rc) 199
I don't want your art to shock me or make me uncomfortable.
I want it to bring me joy. Posted by: filler Howzabout this one? https://youtu.be/tMg2RiSa7Jw Posted by: mikeski at May 11, 2024 09:37 PM (DgGvY) 200
46 he was gayer than Liberace
And Texan through and through. Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 08:04 PM (zdLoL) So definitely not a steer. Posted by: tanldemon at May 11, 2024 09:37 PM (+VHb6) Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 09:38 PM (inGXk) 202
b"h for nurse's successful surgery
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2024 09:38 PM (RIvkX) 203
Hairyback: I ran into a similar situation as a bookseller. Customers wanted the authors to stick to their series.
Tony Miller man had cancer, and didn't release a new book for two or three years. He finally was able to write again and released a book titled Moon and it was a stand alone. OMG!!! You would have thought the world was ending because Moon didn't have Joe Leap horn or Jim Chee. Kent Krieger did the same thing. He was tired of writing Cork O'Connor books and released Ordinary Grace. Frankly, I thought Ordinary Grace was one of his best, but the audience just wasn't all that impressed. Kent's written two or three other books in the Ordinary Grace universe since then, and the fans finally picked up on them I tried explaining to disappointed customers that while we, the readers, read a book for a few days once a year, the writers were living with their characters and back ground 365 days a year, and occasionally got sick and tired or bored. And frankly, some of them just ran out of ideas. They wanted to take a year off. I remember Kent whining and moaning one time because he had absolutely no idea what the next Cork O'Connor was going to be. Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at May 11, 2024 09:38 PM (ET1Q8) 204
Rush, on the other hand, played their newer material but always made room for the old songs the long timers loved.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 Yep! 'The Analog Kid' live is sublime! Well, it was for me. Love that song! Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 11, 2024 09:39 PM (e9bwN) 205
184 Found calming, dreamlike music from Fraze Tempest on YouTube. This may actually soothe me to sleep tonight.
Posted by: skywch at May 11, 2024 09:30 PM (uqhm Lady friend introduced me to Michael Franks for meditative listening. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 09:32 PM (inGXk) Popcicle Toes Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2024 09:39 PM (NxC5+) 206
201 Posted by: Splunge at May 11, 2024 09:36 PM (hmKa
Blues Traveler enters the conversation. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 09:38 PM (inGXk) I suspect even Popper would say that he's good, but not quite that good. Posted by: Splunge at May 11, 2024 09:39 PM (hmKaK) 207
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at May 11, 2024 09:38 PM (ET1Q8
Misery Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 09:39 PM (inGXk) 208
I wants to wish everyone a "Happy Birthing Persins" Day !
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Bratleboro,Vt at May 11, 2024 09:40 PM (s+cGt) 209
Whoa. Yes, 1979 or thereabouts.
Posted by: Splunge at May 11, 2024 09:37 PM (hmKaK) Here’s a real juxtaposition, I had taken a friend to see Karla Bonoff at the Bottom Line just a few weeks prior … he in turn insisted I come and see this up and coming band called the Dixie Dregs. Two polar opposites if there ever was 🤣 Posted by: browndog tilts his head at May 11, 2024 09:42 PM (TTAGa) 210
Posted by: Splunge at May 11, 2024 09:36 PM (hmKaK)
Wow..."Tramps" is a blast from the past! I think it's been closed for more than 20 years. It was Rap or Hip-Hop toward the end...I think. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 11, 2024 09:42 PM (d9fT1) 211
Saw Happy Birthing Persins open for The Replacements in '82 at the Stanley Theater.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 11, 2024 09:43 PM (e9bwN) 212
Yep! 'The Analog Kid' live is sublime! Well, it was for me. Love that song!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 11, 2024 09:39 PM (e9bwN) I love the whole Signals album, from “Subdivisions” to “Countdown”. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 09:43 PM (Ds3Rc) Posted by: filler at May 11, 2024 09:45 PM (/WcwU) 214
So definitely not a steer.
Posted by: tanldemon at May 11, 2024 09:37 PM (+VHb6) ONLY TWO THINGS COME FROM TEXAS AND HE DON’T LOOK MUCH LIKE A STEER TO ME SO THAT KINDA NARROWS IT DOWN!!! Posted by: GySgt Hartman at May 11, 2024 09:46 PM (Ds3Rc) 215
Mrs. E, hogmartin, and I burned through 1K rounds of 9mm, .45acp, .38sp, and .380 today, then ate Hungrarian food for supper. Hungarians are stand up people who know what communism is, just like Israelis know what islam is.
Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2024 09:48 PM (NxC5+) 216
Well, off to work, so I will remind you, as Nuclear Assault says, we become the enemy when freedom dies for security.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 09:48 PM (Ds3Rc) 217
I wants to wish everyone a "Happy Birthing Persins" Day !
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Bratleboro,Vt at May 11, 2024 09:40 PM (s+cGt) Mary, no, that was last month, tomorrow is dedicated to riders in the Pullman coaches. I hope it didn't ruin your yard decoration. Last year it was so nice, it had . . . Ok, all those dolls were a bit spooky. Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2024 09:48 PM (D7oie) Posted by: jsg at May 11, 2024 09:48 PM (F0mGS) 219
198 Boohoo, fame's a bitch. Shit on the stuff that got you here at your own risk.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 11, 2024 09:22 PM (w6EFb) Rush, on the other hand, played their newer material but always made room for the old songs the long timers loved. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 09:37 PM (Ds3Rc) Tom Petty (PBUH) did the same thing. Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 11, 2024 09:49 PM (vvmRO) 220
Dixie Dregs...
Posted by: Splunge at May 11, 2024 09:29 PM (hmKaK) I barely know them. But..."Southern Funk" is the term I come up with. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 11, 2024 09:50 PM (d9fT1) 221
ONLY TWO THINGS COME FROM TEXAS AND HE DON’T LOOK MUCH LIKE A STEER TO ME SO THAT KINDA NARROWS IT DOWN!!!
Posted by: GySgt Hartman at May 11, 2024 09:46 PM (Ds3Rc) Lone Star Beer? Armadillos? Stories about drinking filthy water from a hoof print? Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2024 09:50 PM (D7oie) 222
219 198 Boohoo, fame's a bitch. Shit on the stuff that got you here at your own risk.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 11, 2024 09:22 PM (w6EFb) Rush, on the other hand, played their newer material but always made room for the old songs the long timers loved. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 09:37 PM (Ds3Rc) Tom Petty (PBUH) did the same thing. Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 11, 2024 09:49 PM (vvmRO) Jimmy Buffett has entered the chat. Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2024 09:51 PM (NxC5+) 223
Hungarians are stand up people who know what communism is, just like Israelis know what islam is.
Posted by: Eromero Oddly enough, Hungarians know what islam is as well. Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 11, 2024 09:51 PM (IG4Id) 224
I'm a fan of covers. Here are a couple I think are pretty good.
Dont Fear the Reaper https://youtu.be/r32XyEVkpvY?si=Q0yRBDWIA2tGFHQT Everybody wants to Rulle the World https://youtu.be/K_jKN4PW3rY?si=-2vGuJOaf1VL0lnw Posted by: TC Foxes and Fossils, Post Modern Jukebox, Lake Street Dive, Leonid and Friends. Posted by: Eromero + Leo Moracchioli. https://youtu.be/MH9FyLsfDzw (the cover he's known for) https://youtu.be/so49WpSj9bo https://youtu.be/x0RV0kgdqJU Posted by: mikeski at May 11, 2024 09:52 PM (DgGvY) 225
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Music is like food or whisky/whiskey or aromas, everyone has their favorites and any attempt at making top-X lists is futile. If we assume that music is universal and not just US-centric, I had never heard of the Eagles until returning to the USA in 1994 and then the only song that had any appeal was Hotel California. That's just me but their appeal outside the USA may have been limited prior to the Internet. Posted by: Ciampino - music is the elixir for the soul! at May 11, 2024 09:53 PM (qfLjt) 226
I suspect even Popper would say that he's good, but not quite that good.
Posted by: Splunge at May 11, 2024 09:39 PM (hmKaK) Would have no idea other than I like Popper. I’ll go with your knowledge though. I assume Popper would be up there on the best list. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 09:53 PM (MNhXM) 227
Oddly enough, Hungarians know what islam is as well.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 11, 2024 09:51 PM (IG4Id) As opposed to your average American who don't know about either one. Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2024 09:53 PM (NxC5+) 228
>>>19 I wonder if anyone went to hear Stravinsky in concert, got him in his religious phase, and shouted "Play your old dissonant freaky stuff!!"
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 11, 2024 07:44 PM (FkUwd) ___________ When Stravinsky was in his neoclassical phase, Schoenberg called him powder-wigged Little Bubinski. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2024 07:50 PM (MoZTd) Reasons Why I Love The Horde, #9512 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 11, 2024 09:55 PM (llON8) 229
Evening.
Did you know the Beatles documentary, Let It Be, is on Disney+? Ed Driscoll wants you to know. 54 Years After Its Release, ‘Let It Be,’ the Beatles’ Last Movie, Is Finally Available for Home Viewing https://tinyurl.com/jjkw9un Since I'm home I watched it and...what's the big deal? It's mostly just the band all the songs from that album in different contexts plus some covers and a couple of snippets of conversations. Apparently it was terribly controversial and the band (minus good ole dead Lennon) stopped it from being re-released? I don't know why. The expanded Peter Jackson version, Get Back, was way more damning by comparison and even then it mostly showed the frustrations of a band trying to produce more hits while under the spotlight. Anywho... It's short, it looks good, the songs are decent so it's worth a watch. Posted by: Robert at May 11, 2024 09:55 PM (1Yy3c) 230
Webb Wilder - you have really been missing out if you don't give him a listen. One of the most unique performers out there, and funny as all get-out. Not a bad actor either - check out his short films The Saucer's Reign and Horror Hayride.
Posted by: John Drake Nearing The Caspian Sea at May 11, 2024 09:55 PM (u/Zei) 231
Every parking lot in the last few hours before a Dead concert is always the most interesting concert I ever went to.
Lucky enough to have seen many big acts in rock and country in my teens and 20s. My dad was a session musician in Nashville the 60s, so I saw a lot when I was a kid, too. Had family connections on the rock side, and spent many a night in the lobbies of hotels, wondering what in God's name was going on in the rooms and buses, and how the hell I was going to get home if my cousins didn't live through it. The only band I love and never got to see was Pink Floyd. I wouldn't give Roger Asshole the money now, but would probably see Gilmour if the opportunity arose. Don't like metal or rap as genres but there metal and rap songs I do like. Pretty much a Southern rock, Classic rock and old school country listener. I get nostalgic hearing a lot of the 80s New Wave stuff like The Cure, and I still love the GoGos. Note for note, the most fun I ever had at a concert was probably at Cajun festivals with groups like Beausoleiel and Doug Kershaw, because I love to dance. But big names in small clubs like The Paomino or Whisky A Go Go were crazy good, too. Love symphonies. Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at May 11, 2024 09:56 PM (Vvh2V) 232
And now I'm going to watch O Beother, Where Art Thou? Also very musical. And quotable.
Posted by: Robert at May 11, 2024 09:56 PM (1Yy3c) 233
>>>Wildly overrated imo
Posted by: jsg at May 11, 2024 09:48 PM (F0mGS) Also overrated imo; Doors Eagles Don't think Stones are. Posted by: filler at May 11, 2024 09:57 PM (/WcwU) 234
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at May 11, 2024 09:56 PM (Vvh2V
It’s impossible not to have fun when a Cajun band is playing. Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 09:58 PM (MNhXM) 235
Any aurora sightings yet? 8:45-9:45p CDT supposed to be best viewing time tonight.
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 11, 2024 09:58 PM (ju2Fy) 236
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+ Leo Moracchioli. https://youtu.be/MH9FyLsfDzw (the cover he's known for) https://youtu.be/so49WpSj9bo https://youtu.be/x0RV0kgdqJU Posted by: mikeski at May 11, 2024 09:52 PM (DgGvY) ---- Yes I like this guy and 'Sultans of Swing' with Mary Spender (I guess she's not cheap) is my favorite. Also Mary is very easy on the eyes (3rd link above). Posted by: Ciampino - music is the elixir for the soul? at May 11, 2024 09:58 PM (qfLjt) 237
Once more, Webb Wilder. The man is a national treasure.
Posted by: John Drake Nearing The Caspian Sea at May 11, 2024 09:58 PM (u/Zei) 238
Also overrated imo;
Doors Eagles Don't think Stones are. Posted by: filler at May 11, 2024 09:57 PM (/WcwU) The Doors got a bump because Jim Morrison joined the "27 Club." Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 11, 2024 09:59 PM (d9fT1) Posted by: mikeski at May 11, 2024 09:59 PM (DgGvY) 240
Rush, on the other hand, played their newer material but always made room for the old songs the long timers loved.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2024 09:37 PM (Ds3Rc) When lifeson came out with that white 355 and hammered out by-tor and the snow dog I just about shit my pants. He hadn't used it in decades, seeing him use it again on the old stuff was intense. the sound in the room went up 10 fold. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 11, 2024 09:59 PM (VwHCD) 241
Turn that noise down! The ONT is NOOD.
Posted by: mikeski at May 11, 2024 10:02 PM (DgGvY) 242
Just discovered a new cover: "Tarzan Boy" by Unleash the Archers. A heavier version of the silly 80's anthem. Pretty cool. But it's a 'bonus track' that doesn't seem to be available on iTunes.
Another (slightly) older cover I stumbled across was The Birthday Massacre covering "The Neverending Stroy." Another fun twist on another 80's anthem. The "Don't Fear the Reaper" cover mentioned earlier also sounds pretty cool.... Posted by: Castle Guy at May 11, 2024 10:03 PM (Lhaco) 243
Saw Floyd live. They were at that time past their prime.This was the late eighties.
Still the best concert I've seen. Really amazing. Posted by: filler at May 11, 2024 10:07 PM (/WcwU) 244
Best surprise:
I was probably 12 or so and my parents, who were huge Ella Fitzgerald fans, took me to see her in concert. About halfway into her set, she does a double take, looks into the wings and says, "What are you doing here?" And out walks Duke Ellington. He was on his way to somewhere else and apparently heard she was in town. He sat down at the piano, and they played a few songs together. The place was going nuts. And even though I was too young to fully realize what was going on, I did have the feeling that I was watching something historic. Posted by: Dewey Decimal, Pointedly at May 11, 2024 10:13 PM (os/8Q) 245
Saw BB King about a decade ago. Old school concert in a small venue (with a bar!!) Dude would entertain with stories about each and every song.
Pretty cool. Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2024 10:19 PM (Q4IgG) 246
I took my wife to see Rick Springfield do a “stripped down” show a couple years ago. It was just him, his guitars,two road crew and a few prerecorded tracks to fill out the sound. He told stories from the road and his music and played guitar. It was an amazing show. Last summer, we caught him with the band, and while that was a great show, if you can only catch one, make it the stripped down version.
On a similar note, I saw Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden do a spoken word show. He’s an engaging storyteller and some of his stories were even about the band. Posted by: Misanthropic Misanthrope at May 11, 2024 10:25 PM (Y2NGV) 247
Pixy is up.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 12, 2024 04:07 AM (1Bcgn) 248
Who's Eric Church? Any relation to sellout Charlotte Church?
Posted by: go get your fuckin shine box at May 12, 2024 05:19 AM (kvDvI) 249
I never got into country music
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 07:48 PM (fwDg9) Country isn't really country anymore. They all try to do crossover crap to get the big bucks. Not really worth listening to. I listen to a station that plays a good amount of old stuff, then change the station if any new stuff comes on. Posted by: BonnieBlue is tired of the lies at May 12, 2024 10:23 AM (rgfDo) 250
"Over the course of his performance the crowd began walking out. First in small groups, then a steady stream. They were disappointed by not hearing the hits, and I suspect for many what was clearly a religious theme"
And rightly so. Not everyone wants that crap shoved down their throats. The Conservative Treehouse has gotten so bad that I hardly ever read it. The comments are nothing but bible thumping drones praising Sundance and Jesus. And I'm noticing more of it here as well. So much for a smart military blog. Bring back the lace wigs! The Dead South did an excellent version of "this little light of mine" a few years ago. Posted by: BonnieBlue is tired of the lies at May 12, 2024 10:32 AM (rgfDo) 251
WE Fest, 1990, in Detroit Lakes, MN. Glen Campbell is the lead-in to top billed Barbara Mandrell, who was at the top of her game. For those who don't remember, Barbara was like Sammy Davis, Jr. She could sing, play about 12 instruments, dance, and had two sisters who were nearly as good.
But Glen really rocked the place. The crowd loved him. They refused to let him leave the stage. He went through all his hits, then he did a bunch of Beach Boys stuff, then just whatever came to his mind, and the crowd loved all of it. Barbara, sitting in her bus backstage, sent word that if Glen didn't get his ass off the stage she was leaving. He did. The crowd was kind of on an edge. She just wasn't making it happen. I watched her run down the back stairs to her bus for one of several costume changes, then back up less than 90 seconds later. And then, showing her versatility, she did a rap number. At that same moment the staff opened the big gates as they always do 1/2 of the way through the headline act. And the crowd flooded out. They were not interested in rap. She finished to about 1/3 of the audience she started with and vowed never to return. She has not been invited. Posted by: Gordon at May 12, 2024 05:36 PM (B2cS9) Processing 0.04, elapsed 0.052 seconds. |
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