Re: Music [3]

by chris63 Thu Dec 07, 2017 2:08 am

Mrs Figg wrote:My argument is based on pop chart music, top 10 stuff, not interesting indy bands which have always existed. obviously there are valid and creative talent if you look for it, but my discussion is about stuff you hear everyday as ambient sound as a backdrop to your psyche, stuff you grow up with which defines your particular era. for example,

1970
1. Layla - Derek and the Dominos
2. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
3. Let It Be - The Beatles
4. Your Song - Elton John
5. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine - James Brown
6. Lola - The Kinks
7. Who'll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
8. Fire and Rain - James Taylor
9. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
10. All Right Now - Free

1980
1. Call Me - Blondie
2. Celebration - Kool & The Gang
3. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
4. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
5. Whip It - Devo
6. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
7. Rapture - Blondie
8. Back In Black - AC/DC
9. The Breaks - Kurtis Blow
10. Once In a Lifetime - Talking Heads

1990
1. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
2. Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode
3. U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
4. Vogue - Madonna
5. Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite
6. Man In The Box - Alice In Chains
7. Vision of Love - Mariah Carey
8. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J
9. Gonna Make You Sweat - C & C Music Factory
10. Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction

2000
1. Idioteque - Radiohead
2. Yellow - Coldplay
3. Beautiful Day - U2
4. Ms. Jackson - OutKast
5. One More Time - Daft Punk
6. Stan - Eminem
7. Try Again - Aaliyah
8. B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) - OutKast
9. In the End - Linkin Park
10. Music - Madonna

this is where it gets crappy, really crappy
2010
1. Rolling in the Deep - Adele
2. F**k You - Cee Lo Green
3. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
4. Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
5. Only Girl (In the World) - Rihanna
6. Runaway - Kanye West (featuring Pusha T)
7. Firework - Katy Perry
8. Tighten Up - The Black Keys
9. California Gurls - Katy Perry (featuring Snoop Dogg)
10. S&M - Rihanna

2016/7 dominated by Bieber, Sheeran, et al.

Have to agree with you Mrs Figg thats probably why i'v been listening to the Russian stuff. Can't get into todays music.
Even my car radio is tuned into a talk back show.

Don't mind this stuff thou.

by chris63 Thu Dec 07, 2017 2:18 am

Just sit back and relax.

by azriel Thu Dec 07, 2017 8:30 am

Loved that vid Chris ! Just needed at the moment Nod

I often have dreams where I'm flying just off the ground & at the start of that vid it felt kinda nice Smile

like it was me flying for real.

by Bluebottle Thu Dec 07, 2017 2:50 pm

Just puts me in a good mood Smile

by azriel Thu Dec 07, 2017 10:16 pm

I really liked that Blue Very Happy

Reminds me of the Beatles....

by Bluebottle Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:28 am

Yeah, I like the imagery Nod

also the danceability Very Happy

by malickfan Tue Dec 12, 2017 8:04 pm

Continuing with my random 80's binge, remembered how much I like the early work by The Outfield (a English rock/pop band that only really took off in the US, I don't think they were ever a hugely popular band and they disbanded a few years ago, but I like a lot of the songs from their earlier albums, 80's cheese at its best), though they never had great fashion sense/choreography even for the 1980's:

by azriel Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:46 pm

Its Jeremy Clarkson, James May & Richard Hammond when they were young ! lol Smile

by malickfan Wed Dec 13, 2017 7:39 pm

azriel wrote:Its Jeremy Clarkson, James May & Richard Hammond when they were young ! lol

Never noticed the resemblance before, but you do have a point they are definitely better musicians than Clarkson and co though...

by azriel Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:01 am

I love the names they call each other !! "Eeyore" !
Theres been so many hilarious name calling over the years Smile

by Bluebottle Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:54 am

by malickfan Wed Jan 10, 2018 9:59 pm

malickfan wrote:Continuing with my random 80's binge, remembered how much I like the early work by The Outfield

A few more of their songs I like:

by azriel Thu Jan 11, 2018 5:41 pm

Still love her voice !! Sad story, shame she passed away Sad

by Bluebottle Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:35 am

by bungobaggins Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:08 pm

by Eldorion Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:37 pm

I'd never heard the original version of It's Probably Me before looking it up just now but that version you posted is really cool, Blue. Smile

by azriel Wed Jan 17, 2018 4:05 pm

Gregory Porter has been on British TV a lot over the Christmas, advertising his Album. I like him.
The 1st part of Beethoven's Sonata is so familiar I wonder how many people get passed that & hear the rest ? I find the first part so glum but, it lifts its head & flies off, its like its saying don't give up hope.

by halfwise Wed Jan 17, 2018 4:58 pm

Pathetique Sonata does the same thing.

by halfwise Wed Jan 17, 2018 5:05 pm

BTW I love the interpretation of Moonlight you posted, Bungo, though did you notice an extra beat was thrown in before the melody starts? There's a few points where the accompaniment has some notes emphasized to subtly echo the melody, which is a cool effect I haven't heard before. May be accidental since I only noticed it a couple times.

by Eldorion Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:55 pm

by halfwise Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:55 pm

That there is some great shit.

I'm ashamed to say I didn't learn to love the blues until my early 30's. More than anything else it's a music that can't be notated - it's all about the feeling. Only the most explosive moments of rock'n'roll or the deepest paroxysms of Indian raga can compare to it. But in the best blues it's not just isolated moments, it's continuous; raw but sublime emotion.

by Bluebottle Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:45 am

Eldorion wrote:I'd never heard the original version of It's Probably Me before looking it up just now but that version you posted is really cool, Blue.

Yeah, me neither, actually thinkhe improved it, what a voice Surprised

by Forest Shepherd Fri Jan 19, 2018 8:17 am

halfwise wrote:BTW I love the interpretation of Moonlight you posted, Bungo, though did you notice an extra beat was thrown in before the melody starts? There's a few points where the accompaniment has some notes emphasized to subtly echo the melody, which is a cool effect I haven't heard before. May be accidental since I only noticed it a couple times.

I didn't hear any extra notes in the Adagio at least, and I do play that at least so I should have been able to. Where were they exactly?

by Eldorion Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:02 am

So Dr. Phil came out as a Juggalo yesterday and I still can't believe I just typed that.

I'm not 100% sure what sort of world we're living in these days, but in this case I think I'll take it over the media-stoked moral panics about music of yesteryear.