For Music Lovers
For anyone with a birthday, this is for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjF1bG5LUcs
For North Korea, this is for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBlQZyTF_LY
DannyC 
happiest girlI liked them too, especially the Ray Charles. Thanks!
(Not sure why the Beethoven is for North Korea though.)
jd2 Liked the Ray Charles
Here is a nice acoustic version of One Day by Matisayhu followed by a Bob Marley cover..............ENJOY!!! I do fer sure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyvN32fTbwQ
CBGB Why not one more
Falling --by-- Iration
a cool live version ..........ya mon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-REaDxWkPE
SueR jd2,
This one of the finest renditions of Beethoven's Ninth, with 10000 singers! It was made in Japan, and as opposed to the way that North Korea assembles similar crowds of goose-stepping military and suppresses all forms of culture, I figured they could use it.
I finally dug up this link after a power failure, hope it comes out OK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOZEj8wyj-I&list=PLBjoEdEVMABJi8KW-XGf1yUtfZxv_qAYJ
It is Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, the music that was sent into outer space as an example of human culture for any other possible life forms out there. What I really like about this performance is that there is no conductor. These musicians listen to each other to make great music
perhaps.......I don't know Danny but it is nice of him to start another music thread.
and if posting classical music makes one an "awesome person" then................................................................................
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rGVXLNQ3dY
Many of us like old Ray, from the "Listen" album, so here are a few more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DikM7Rmzak&ebc=ANyPxKqi7hORW7oDMSrs51e4yBBUFAoJsmYh-JIvBcFhBn0TCcVaoz4P7s75LwsrxpSqHDkaAJzheAnxU9ENGwzBtnfikglLlQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM51OMn3Kdk
happiest girl,
Do you play a musical instrument or sing? IMO, music is essential and existential. Cannot live without it, but nothing is better than performing within a group, or at least harmonizing. Please submit some of your musical favorites.
The Rite of Spring... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFPjFjUonX8
Classical heavy metal/prog.
btownguy This is one of my favorites, I love Kathleen and Wynton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUOTq_xGWpE
Calico696 Calico696,
Excellent soprano and trumpet duet. I never knew about it. Enjoying it. Thanks.
4catmom this is a beautiful album - with Yo Yo Ma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3akDSb8WL4&list=PLmGhsWcrnCrkJ46UTAhaHT-9Ia2IuQMAX
4catmom,
Only the truly gifted can play cello...well. Beautiful music, with masterful background performers. Thanks.
In NJ we are blessed with the NJPAC. A premier venue with the world's best accoustics and notable talent and at one time one of the best violin collections in the world.
Student tickets and nose bleed are not expensive and every seat is an audible treat
Jethro Tull was pretty good there too :-)
Strangerdanger Ah, Sd - my favorite venue.............I've been going to 3-4 events every year since it opened. I'll be there Sunday afternoon for NJ symphony and again in April for
Joshua Bell and The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.............Saw Seinfeld earlier this year................gorgeous hall ....wonderful accoustics............
Cotton Eyed Joe
I think most folks know this song more by the Swedish dance group Rednex but it is a traditional old timey American song probably from the 1860s. My favorite version is by Adolph Hofner , click the link to hear some fiddlin' magic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ObPij3OxY
***bonus track***
another traditional bit of old timey American music
GID IS GOD!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RCCvvK80c8
Danny -- yes, I do play some instruments.
Here's the 2nd movement of the beloved Brahms Horn Trio...
7 minutes of bliss .....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocOKKHVSBjw
happiest girl,
Beautiful Brahms! What instruments do you play? Reverence for all of them. I play piano, trumpet, trombone, french horn and sing tenor. Where do you use your skills in the local area, and where can I?
Danny -
Hackettstown has a symphony called Stone Soup Symphony, open to all.
Check out their website.
Also, for singing, try Warren County Community Singers.
http://www.wcsingers.org
I've played violin, recorder, piano, flute, guitar, and also sang in a few choral concerts many moons ago.
happiest girl,
Thanks for the tips - Stone Soup Symphony is not looking for brass musicians at this time, strings only, but I'll check out their rehearsal on Wednesday night. I have an audition scheduled with the Warren County Community Singers. Optimistic. Thanks again.
Meanwhile, here is a link to a great local blues band, which happens to have two of my daughter's uncle-in-laws, both fantastic singers, songwriters and guitar players, who recently published a CD and were awarded several big new gigs:
http://www.theatlantacafeband.com/
Here is another local star, who I had the honor of singing with:
http://www.amyshoremount-obra.com/
And this is for the Donald, who bashed George W after 9/11:
www.animatronics.org/strangers/strangers.htm
Not too long ago, the Atlanta Cafe Band played Bernie's Hillside.... I didn't go, because I went on youtube looking for videos of them, and I couldn't find ANY. So I had no idea if they were any good or not....
Another local band- I forget where they are from- the Slackjaw Blues Band, they have played Marely's a couple times, is playing the Beneducci Vineyards tonight in Pittstown...I was going to go, but have bronchitis and have been told I need to "rest" and "not do things that make me cough" lol
Also, anyone looking to try out an open mic, there are 2 good ones in the area: the Stanhope House every tuesday night, and Greeks up in Andover... that one might be tuesdays as well? Not sure.
JeffersonRepub JeffersonRepub -
I have sung at Bea McNalley's on Tuesdays and Marley's on Thursdays, mostly Roy Orbison classics like "Pretty Woman", "You've Got it", "Only the Lonely", "Blue Bayou", plus some Elvis, Sinatra, Buddy Holly, Ray Charles, Righteous Brothers, Everly Brothers, etc. Maybe I'll see you there sometime. Harmony? (when you get your voice back).
Having some fun with Pachelbel's Cannon , this is Pagagnini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4er9XjsrBtw
***bonus track***
Virtuoso U2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MER_pqH8opE
CBGB -
Too funny. Is this what happens when you let the string section get out of their chairs and cut loose without a conductor to mind them? Of course, the brass section will just stand up, march and play John Phillip Sousa, which is not funny.
Conductor? We don't need to stinking conductor....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8hxNI5tXoo
JeffersonRepub,
The best. My parents would have loved it, as I do. Arranged improv in a group rules. Like the hats, too. Thanks!
Clarence Gatemouth Brown and his fiddle ENJOY!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWebdL1dTyo
I'm more a fan of Gatemouth's GUITAR playing (and it's what he's more known for of course)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wq_2A7sDAk
CBGB and JeffersonRebub -
Texas fiddle AND blues guitar. Thanks for the links. Both examples of Gatemouth's mastery of strings. He also played with Eric Clapton, another string master.
Hey all you music lovers, wondering if you could help me out. Last Thursday I went to the HHS pops concert and the jazz band played Adels "Skyfall". Well the young lady who sang was outstanding.
my question is was there video of this performance and where do we find it?
Hot corner I would email one of these folks at the school. They may have it or know where to find it.
http://www.hackettstown.org/Domain/465
Greg happiest girl,
Now singing first tenor in a church choir, including a few solos. Great music for the Easter season and for the soul. Still working on your tips for other musical outlets. Thanks for your suggestions.
Here's my favorite classical piece:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E7XHOotTX0&index=1&list=TL-2xvQnCQ3ROx63HrPAA3D2yobzvRt8uJ
I agree, The Stone Soup Symphony musicians are fantastic!
Darleen Buddy Rich is the best drummer I've ever heard and yes I consider him better than Neil Peart and I am a fan of the band Rush. Here is a sweet two minute drum exhibition from the one and only BUDDY RICH
http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/buddyrich78amazing.html
***bonus track***
Ken Mary blistering seven minute drum solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3BuJdYjc1c
80-year-old guitar player... I hope I will be able to play like this when I'm 80!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CAuLeSmcR8
CBGB -
Amazing how listening to just a drummer can help you appreciate music. This guy Ken Mary is incredible, maybe someday competing with Buddy Rich. Thanks!.
CBGB -
Here is some Gene Krupa drumming with Benny Goodman.
https://youtu.be/3mJ4dpNal_k
Child prodigy! Keep an eye (and ear) on her! Her name is Emily Bear. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyshyzE3yew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EybqStUVyDg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKmXy56tPOQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsoRYz7gvno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNPYWBXNCk4
DD DD,
One talented kid, playing BOTH classical AND roadhouse boogie, plus a combo of the two styles and an original composition....high hopes for her and our future. Thanks.
More Bach guitar by the mentor of Chris Parkening, Andres Segovia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBQfHJA2Lng&ebc=ANyPxKq7x60aDjm8wFs3Xsbb4erido8DzRVP4Pf_XTS4XYjxAgUPPSJ8K8d_-A_2ZWYuRPwZtbMG
Buddy rich is better than Neil. There's no argument there. Neil swings like a rusty door.
Interesting thread!
As a contribution, I'll put in a combination classical/modern act from 40 years ago which many of you may never have heard of, called Renaissance, the girl is an awesome singer, and the background music is very moving, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upIlhve5r-g
Andy Loigu CBGB,
This classic popped up in my email - a full version of Benny Goodman's "Sing, Sing, Sing" with pictures and videos of old New York in the late 1930's. Thought you might enjoy it more than that little clip sent earlier, both with Gene Krupa on drums. I sure did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUbgwADLFPM
Liking all the guitar posts thanks DC & JeffRep
And it looks like at the age of 59 Neil Peart used some WD40 for this wild drum performance on The Letterman Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F2D_LZNF8I
Andy Loigu,
Beautiful vocalist. Similar to the Carpenters, the style of that day, but more lively. Thanks.
"Buddy rich is better than Neil. There's no argument there. Neil swings like a rusty door."
I agree, and I apply it to the whole band Rush. Too many chefs spoil the sauce.
More Buddy Rich:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKtoskzi9Pc&ebc=ANyPxKq01k3wld_16Tp-gxh-HDBwbu6GyZpNTnb8UchUd-SknzNGnSg19BuNHoQ7PBtZpKZVw0cU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnfYhpNa1NY&ebc=ANyPxKpiNCjDMySHFqqSGehHLtZrV6P2TH_7Xm_An5CsGaF54o4Tu_VEGmOEtfEiKhlb2O5iUa8I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg_90kSBbtc&ebc=ANyPxKpiNCjDMySHFqqSGehHLtZrV6P2TH_7Xm_An5CsGaF54o4Tu_VEGmOEtfEiKhlb2O5iUa8I
"I apply it to the whole band Rush. Too many chefs spoil the sauce."
Too many chefs? Rush is a three piece band. Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart. I'm not a big fan, either... but that's just because I don't really care for Prog Rock. It's technically above average, but it lacks any real soul, IMO.
ianimal JeffersonRepub and ianimal -
Too many chefs? No chefs at all, IMO. Wannabe rock, no originality. Where are the new Rolling Stones? The originals look like they are ready to croak soon.
Rush is 3 chefs: 3 people who are considered at the top of their game, individually, on their instruments. Too many chefs spoil the sauce.
Then, take U2: NONE of the members were anything when they started- Edge could barely play guitar. But somehow, they managed to create something where the whole was greater than the sum of the parts. That's how all great bands are.
I submit Rush's music isn't as good as the individual player's talent level. It happens all the time with these supergroups. Whereas U2's music (whether you like it or not) far exceeds the individual group members talent levels.
I've been a musician, in bands, for 30 years.
Where are the Rolling Stones? Last seen in the form of the Black Crowes.
Ah, I get it now. Fair enough, at least as far as Rush is concerned. But I don't think their talent is the reason why they fall short. FWIW, IMO, they are too focused on the technical details of music theory and song structure that they wind up with an end product that is almost robotic and lacks human emotion...
Now, as far as supergroups where everyone is on top of their respective instrumental games... I direct your attention to Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. U2 can't carry Cream's jock strap (-;
I agree with you, altho I'm not a fan of Cream either. I like Clapton ok, but am much more a Faces/Stones/Zeppelin guy. Again- bands where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
And it's not their talent that "makes them" fall short; it's almost as if the talent is so much individually, that they each add "too many ingredients" to the "sauce"... ruining it. That's what the saying means. Each chef has his own wonderful unique sauce, but if you let all 3 chefs try to get their ideas into the same sauce, it backfires.
A good example is a symphony orchestra: while each player excels at their instrument, the "sauce" they are playing was written by ONE PERSON. They are "cooking by recipe", using their technical skills to recreate the music from a specific recipe. If you let every member of a symphony orchestra attempt to write their own parts, you would end up with cacophony.
Now, all that being said- JAZZ as a form CAN accomplish putting a bunch of incredible players together and coming out with something great, BUT: jazz as a form is much different than classic or rock/blues/pop. Too much to go into detail here.
JeffersonRepub,
As an undoubtedly talented musician, in bands for 30 years, please try to write some music, with all parts, that is on a par with the original Rolling Stones' work. We need it badly...the land is barren. Short of that, I am sticking with the classics of all genres.
Show me a list worth anything where Page, JPJ or Bonzo isn't listed in the top-10 all-time at their respective instrument, or as frontman in Plant's case. They were definitely a "supergroup".
If Rush is too focused on the technical aspect of their performance, what do you say about Dream Theater?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ik9qECIWgc
btownguy, I say that I like them even less than I like Queensryche and we can pretty much leave it at that (-;
ianimal -
Led Zeppelin? You must be joking! Blasting amps, boring rhythm and screechy voices. The only good review was from Mike Damone in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", and that was meant as a joke.
Ian-
no, you're still not quite getting it. While Page and Jones were very well-respected studio musicians, Plant was a rank amateur and Bonham, while experienced, was not considered a "super drummer" in England at the time. The music they made as a group far exceeded their individual talent levels.
I think there are just some people in this world who simply see reality different than others, and can never be on the same "page".... you and I are 2 such people. LOL
Danny,
Seriously, if you like the Stones, you need to listen to the Black Crowes. And, frankly, The Faces (if you don't already). If you like Lynyrd Skyrnd at all, you MUST listen to the current group Blackberry Smoke.
Operation Mindcrime is a masterpiece. A one-in-a-million shot.
Dream Theatre is "too much" for me.
JR, Rush wasn't anyone before Rush either. Now you're contradicting yourself. First you defined them as a "supergroup", which I kind of disagreed with, as I believe the term to refer to an "all-star" group. But if you wanted to define it as top-notch talent across the board, I can live with that too. But then it applies to Zeppelin as well.
btownguy, I don't think Operation: Mindcrime was even one of the best albums of 1988. That was a damn good year in metal. Far too good for a concept album by a guy who goes on stage in spandex shorts when there aren't any women in the audience (-;
I think Ian just like to be contradictory; it's a hobby for him. ;) I've rarely see him agree 100% with anyone on anything. LOL
Music wise, I run the gamut, I listen to everything except hip-hop and rap (which aren't music forms hehe). Literally: blues, bluegrass, rock, folk, pop, country, jazz, classical.... all the sub-geneses: swing, rockabilly, cool jazz, early jazz, southern rock, americana, "classic" rock, metal, traditional country, outlaw country, motown ... I even listen to native american flutes. So I rarely discount a band as "unworthy of listening"... even if I'm not a fan of the Who, I can respect that they ARE The Who. And make good music, it just doesn't do anything for me.
All that to say, Led Zeppelin is not "noise". Led Zeppelin = "boring rhythm"?? I think most drummers on the planet would disagree with you... Sorry, Danny. :) Now, if you said AC/DC (who I love) had "boring rhythm", I could at least where you're coming from, it's petty much the same 4/4 beat to everything. But John Bonham??? Many consider Bonham to be THE greatest rock drummer of all-time.
btownguy,
I listened to Dream Theater. Two dislikes: First, often atonal, like Tchaikovsky, who IMO was neither a musician nor a composer. Second, plagiaristic, importing clips from other musical themes seemingly at random. No thanks.
I hate to bash any kind of music, and have great respect for anyone who attempts to perform it, but what has recently been suggested is just inaudible junk to me.
I see where you wouldn't classify Rush as a supergroup; I can agree with that. Supergroup only after they became famous as "Rush". But my "too many chefs" analogy stands: individually highly-talented musicians trying to put ALL their talent into one project: crappy sauce. It's like they approach music as a math problem, or like paint-by-numbers.
Not that is always happens, Blind Faith was a supergroup. Bad Company. Derek & The Dominoes. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. The Traveling Wilburys. Cream.
BUT: I think, as you can see, a lot of these "supergroups" didn't necessarily have very highly-technically-talented people as every member of the group, as Rush does. You didn't have the drummer playing in 7/8 time, while the bass player plays 32nd notes (or playing keyboards while simultaneously playing bass with foot pedals) and a guitarist playing a rhythm parts of chords only heard in avant grade jazz music :)
So Danny, what DO you listen to?
I find it contradictory that you can find the Stones "genius" and Zep "unlistenable." I get liking or not liking different bands, but both the Stones and Zep were blues-based rock. The Stones a little more old school and Zep a little more progressive, but both classic rock nonetheless. And Jagger couldn't sing a lick :) Jagger wasn't a singer, he was a frontman- there is a difference.
JeffersonRepub,
Mick had a unique STYLE, with two talented improvisational guitarists to back him up. There is variety in Stones' music. Led Zep's stuff all sounds the same. That's the difference. ;-)
Danny....
TO YOU.
:)
Plenty of people think all the Stones' stuff sounds the same.
"I agree, The Stone Soup Symphony musicians are fantastic!"
Why, thank you! :) Danny, are you sure we aren't recruiting brass? I thought we at least needed a tuba and possibly a trombone, but I can check with the President. We are always in need of strings - anyone that has played for at least a couple of years is welcome to come sit in on one of our Wednesday night rehearsals. Just for the record, we are having sectional practice this week- only strings and brass will be playing. If you want to see the whole orchestra, next Wednesday evening (3/16) we will all be there.
StoneSoup My favorite Stones song is You Can't Always Get What You Want, because it has the choral backup that sounds real cool. It just doesn't quit.
maybe this thread should be retitled "For Music Lovers Who Love To Bicker"
anywee back to the music. Here's a fun number from Lonnie Mack and Stevie Ray Vaughan called Oreo Cookie Blues
check out that grin on Stevie Ray's face !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxp-SzARkfs
SRV is an all-time fave. He was the last guitar player to have a real impact on music... I can't think of anyone else since him that has had the impact he did, from a guitar playing standpoint. We actually just had this exact discussion on one of my guitar forums... "who is SRV's successor?" The overwhelming consensus was "there hasn't been one."
Corey Stevens put out his Blue Drops Of Rain album and I thought this is really good. I even did an Amazon review saying this is better than anything SRV put out because I liked every single song on the album where as I can't say the same for Stevie Ray's albums. But then I got Corey's Road To Zen album and I didn't even like one song on it.
Kenny Wayne Sheppard was next and he put out two outstanding albums Ledbetter Heights and Trouble Is... but I have not listened to him since. And yes I did an Amazon review for Ledbetter Heights.
Lots of guitar slingers out there that's for sure. Locally I like Billy Hector and Bob Lanza. Let me know of any other hotshot bluesmen I need to see on a local level.
CBGB...
For KWS, you really need to check out his last 2 albums: The Way I Go and Goin' Home. Both are AWESOME. He has really matured as a player. I saw him live last year, he was incredible.
Joe Bonamassa is another one, but he seems to be a love/hate thing with people for some reason.
Neither is in SRV's class. They both play as well, technically, but they aren't as unique as SRV was. KWS has had a couple of radio hits, but SRV had quite a few, SRV brought blues back into mainstream radio. No one has done that since.
CBGB, JeffersonRepub, ianimal -
My apologies for bickering, not what I wanted to do by starting this thread, but I had a very bad day yesterday with a very big personal loss. Also, I made the mistake of linking Tchaikovsky with atonal music, hardly the case. Please continue to enjoy music, whatever you like. That is what it is all about.
DannyC, try listening to Jack White and/or The Black Keys. I don't like much of what's out there today, either.
Um... if Danny think Led Zeppelin is "screeching", then he DEFINITELY will NOT enjoy Jack Black. lol
With respect to Tchaikovsky and the US Army Band (the only rendition with vocals that I found), employing mostly enlisted soldiers. Please thank them for this, and for everything else that they do for us:
https://youtu.be/z5JEAsMM6NM.
Trailing clips from the 76th U.S. Army Band, including Glenn Miller are great, too. Love the "greatest generation".
Hey JeffersonRepub,
Singing tonight, old time rock-n-roll. Harmony would be nice, but unfortunately I don't think we have many songs in common. Maybe I am wrong. Hope so.
Bob Seger? LOVE him.
Seger/Springsteen/Mellencamp/Eagles...
Nine Tonight is one of my all-time favorite albums.
Give me that old time Rock-n-Roll
That kinda music just stirs my soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time Rock-n-Roll
Call me a relic call me what you will
Say I'm a geezer say I'm over the hill
Today's music ain't got the same soul
Give me that old time Rock-n-Roll
but my favorite bluesman is...........
HOUND DOG TAYLOR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RA8NyvzIWk
***bonus track***
RL Burnside wearing out dat sweet arse riddim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_DOnKJ232M
CBGB,
Great stuff. Not your usual three chord blues.
How about these kids:
http://www.wimp.com/banjobrothers/
https://youtu.be/8IpFdJ5ylqs
Andy Loigu,
So tempted to start dancing in my underwear. Wish I knew more call girls to start a short-term business and get into Princeton (I went to Rutgers). Great song from a great era.
That business plan sounds somewhat risky LOL
I went to college just down the road from Princeton ... at Rider ... The Broncs' Zoo.
Anyone else out there who likes Yanni?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3auxOlTl2MQ
Not into Yanni, when I want to listen to some horn, I generally pick Louis Armstrong or Ben Webster or Coleman Hawkins
Louis Armstrong, "St. Louis Blues"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2TUlUwa3_o
Ben Webster, "Stardust"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_GfWfgytLI
Coleman Hawkins "Body and Soul" WHEW LORDY!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sul_9BcgOOI
JeffersonRepub -
Excellent grouping from another great era. Sweet horns, good backup, Louis being the best.
Another style of music I really like is Hillbilly Boogie. Kind of a countrified Rock-a-Billy.
I like it because it is usually fun even when their baby done left them and lively. Way too many songs that I think are terrific so I will try to find one that might be enjoyed even by fans of Popular music.
Wine, Women and Song --by-- Al Dexter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9N4Vj73rBo
***bonus track***
a number that has me singing and dancing to the...............
Hesitation Boogie --by-- Hardrock Gunter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoMyS_y_KvY
***bonus info***
He got his name when the band were loading their equipment and the trunk hit him on the head. He didn't even flinch and when the band finally stopped laughing Happy Wilson said "My goodness his head's as hard as a rock".
Hey guys,
There are new craft breweries and a restaurant starting on Main near Valentine. Some hailed "Hackettstown will become a craft brewing and food center." Add every kind of music, all styles, recorded and live, to top it off..."yes, no, maybe?" (again from "Risky Business").
CBGB, I'm right with you on that stuff!!! I think it's usually considered "western swing", but it maters not.... to me it's just honky tonk music...
Junior Barnard (played for Bob Wills' Playboys)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBAOq7UGXLw
Redd Volkheart (current artist)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W-iadfIfiQ
Dale Watson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtXeVtOLh9g
...and, for those of you who don't mind a "cuss" word in their honky tonk....
Dale Watson- "Country My Ass" (a statement against modern "country" music LOL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcCfGdKKMIU
Well, JR, I guess that gives some context for your support of the absolute crap that the Eagles put out, lol. Your taste is all in your mouth, apparently (-;
I think I've just been insulted... luckily, it's by a shit-for-brains, so it's irrelevant...
;)
I think I will keep on calling it Hillbilly Boogie , to me that is what it is.
Here is a link to find some fine Hillbilly musicians. It is where I found most that I like.
http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/index.php
Hackettstown BID:
Re-introducing all kinds of live and recorded music on Main Street, a walking tour of restaurants, craft breweries and concerts, from Valentine to Willow Grove would be a dream come true for many people. What ever happened to the theater near Marley's? Not discounting the concerts at the gazebo and in Home Towne Hardware's parking lot. It could be a lot more fun, lucrative for local businesses, something to promote, and much more real than postings on Hackettstown Life.
I would try to support live music in Hackettstown. Working to 11pm 6-7 days a week doesn't leave me much free time. A coffee house or a brewpub/brewery would be good places to hear live music.
The theatre near Marleys? You mean Studio 46 which has been a music studio for around 20 years?
btownguy,
I once tried to rent a trumpet, trombone and French horn there, but only got phone mail, locked doors, and went elsewhere. Never been inside, but it looks big enough from the outside to hold a concert in a great location..
Speaking of trumpets and horns, Herb Alpert was off the charts in music sales in the 1960s and remained a big star for the next two decades.
Here's Route 101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GCLdCu2vm4
Andy Loigu,
Not as good as Peter Boyle and Gene Wilder in "Young Frankenstein", but still fine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWaa88Yh4N0
Could not resist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1FLZPFI3jc
We've had several such sad days in recent months.
They must have a marvelous band up there in heaven.
just stumbled across this - amazing singer/musician - beautiful
http://www.npr.org/2016/03/10/469966998/gaelynn-lea-tiny-desk-concert
Habanera from Bizet's Carmen...............ooolala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ_HHRJf0xg
I say it..... Although the Metropolitan Opera is supposed to be beyond belief in their staging taking opera where only Broadway has gone before. Think they simulcast it now to other big screen venues too. They have remade opera for the modern audience. For me, hearing stories in other languages won't float my entertainment boat but I do plan to catch something the Met does in English. Given their new outlook, I have to imagine I will try it before the year is out.
Said the same thing about ballet. As a young man in search of a young girl, I was convinced by one to go to the ballet. Saw some guy named Mikhail Baryshnikov and yeah, it was great. He did one of his favorite diversions, the drunk dancer, and oh what a scream. Not my everyday fare, but I will pick up the occasional show.
strangerdanger -
OK, opera is often not in English...maybe we need to learn another language, si? What about this...with no language:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MCnIuVnS0I
And for all the guitarists out there, is this a performance standard you can meet? IMO, if not, maybe it is what you want to strive for. Check out Parkening's trailer clips as well...string picking brilliance.
Joe Bonamassa was on PBS the other night. I was on break at work so only heard a few minutes. Quite a guitar player and he plays well with a band consisting of three horns , keyboard , bass and two drummers yet still his guitar playing was the focal point. Not the strongest with the vocals but good enough.
Edvard Grieg wrote perhaps the most exciting two and a half minutes of music in 1876 for the Henrik Ibsen play Peer Gynt.
This is.......In the Hall Of the Mountain King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPLXNmKvLBQ
This performance by Sarah Brightman from Phantom of the Opera is quite intense.
Sarah can really sing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_CeKigTTmc
Happy St. Patty's Day
http://www.vevo.com/watch/the-irish-tenors/danny-boy/USRZR1016401
"The Classical Network" WWFM out of Princeton has been playing some marvelous Irish music today.
back to the music
Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
Performed by Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AwJr51UTQo
Yeah, that's about all I can HANDEL, (-;
Here's Andre Rieu playing a lovely violin piece, enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1uwLELvbzA
Bass players don't get enough love. Here is one of my favorite bass players jamming and talking a bit about his style of playing
Flea from RHCP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM46WAY6MIc
***bonus track*** whhhaaat , the National Anthem played on a bass guitar!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kQCsDiiyb4
Bass players --- Jack Casady -- Hot Tuna et al.
And this one's for you Andy. Seeing all your Bowie picks, there would be no Bowie without Mick Ronson so here's a 16-minute montage. That quiet boy from working class Hull who had to be spoofed into wearing those raccoon eyes, the perfect shy foil for Bowie's antics. Master of distortion and clean licks both, his driving raw style inspired many.
Played the same Les Paul with only a cry-baby peddle on almost every song. Signature song, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue right after the interview at 9min. No tricks, just Mick. Interview is from last year of his life but is telling as he basically wings it once again for a Bowie session. Most of those Spiders albums were one or two takes sometimes with Ronson getting some songs as he got on deck in the studio. "I just put a brick on the cry baby peddle and whacked the sh..t out of it."
Toured with Dylan, Ian Hunter, saved Jackie and Diane for Mellencamp, and more, he is a lead guitar legend. Dead at 47 from liver cancer. So sad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz7PwxDWSFA
How about some opera and AC/DC?
http://www.sixxsense.com/articles/national-rock-news-active-main-rock-104648/watch-opera-singer-performs-incredible-cover-14515792/
Mr. Resident Bowie, like anyone else who is a big success, got some help from his friends. Good music, just like an athletics team, is a team effort.
Speaking of bassists, it's hard to believe Cliff Burton has been dead almost 30 years...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-G4PTysacI
Metallica has some fine bass players. I'm kind of partial to Robert Trujillo. I listened to Suicidal Tendencies a lot back in the 80s. I even had or maybe have Flotsam and Jetsam on vinyl that being Jason Newsted's band prior to Metallica.
Les Claypool can play the bass and that is fer sure. Primus or Duo De Twang he is quite the character too.
Here he is as Duo De Twang doing a classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUWXwcwh2t0
***bonus info***
That song is a Jimmy Driftwood song.
***bonus track*** yeah it is Jimmy Driftwood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE4yTfawEH8
Andy Loigu - Please put this on your list of favorite hits from 1959. Thanks CBGB for finding this cool remake by Duo De Twang and its author, Jimmy Driftwood.
That's funny, cbgb. We were probably at a lot of the same shows in the '80s. I was the kid with the Mike Muir bandanna who looked like he was way too young to be there, lol.
Suicidal for life...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xbtaVEA3nw4
ianimal - Sorry, just don't dig "Suicidal" and the whole '80's heavy metal genre. But if that's your taste, enjoy it. Hey, it could be worse: rap. We still call it all music.
That's fine, DannyC. Not everyone can be cool... if they were, then it would stop being so.
ianimal - Got any "cool" rap? I recall something from the beginning of "Die Hard", where Arguille the driver said "This IS Christmas music." That was cool.
Ianimal , I was the dude checking your fake ID at the door.......but letting you in anyway Hahhah.
I listen to an occasional rap song. I'm not sure if Blu Cantrell is rap or R&B tinged with rap stylings but here is Hit em Up Style...........oooops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xby3b47r_hU
***bonus track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2EGOB9-lc
For all you Christians on this Good Friday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-b18DzXH-U&feature=player_embedded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nFE3VSBWG0
Thanks for the second item, Danny. Must be the largest group I ever saw in uniform outside of military and police. Wonder how they acquired so many identical bow ties.
Cumbia is another style of music I enjoy. I copied this description.
Cumbia is a music genre popular throughout Latin America. The Cumbia originated in Colombia's Caribbean coastal region and Panama, from the musical and cultural fusion of Native Colombians and Panamanians, slaves brought from Africa, and the Spanish during colonial times in the old country of Pocabuy, which is located in Colombia's Momposina Depression and in the northeast of Panama, in the ancient palenques of the Congo nation
Fito Olivares is one of my faves
La Gallina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNwmoIeakms
***bonus track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydXKFTYbIe8
an absolute favorite.....Ravel Piano Concerto, 2nd Movement (Mihkel Poll) - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52yZG84LIXg
zentraveler I shot and edited this a few weeks ago. Enjoy!
Beethoven’s C Major Mass and Fauré’s Requiem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=merru7j_PP0
Mayerdv.com Daft Punk did something that's pretty cool. Daft Punk?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbCTG0-PkRA
Anyone looking for happier tunes with more positive energy? Try Mozart:
https://youtu.be/ps1GsP_7TvY
https://youtu.be/RVCgkM9J2k4
In 1967 the London Symphony Orchestra teamed up with the Moody Blues to create this very special album which depicts everyman's day, from dawn to darkness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_9hwW1eV0
Andy Loigu - "Tuesday Afternoon", although NYC-musical-like, it does sway, stroll, and at a few times rock-and-roll, psychedelic style. Man, they put a lot of work into this video production. "Knights in White Satin" is of course a classic from that era. Good stuff.
zentraveler - Ravel's Bolero. Once called "the sexiest music ever composed" ("10"):
https://youtu.be/cxw5Vt7W__U
Stumbled up this. Love it. Lilly Winwood singing Higher Love with dad Steve doing the background vocals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsS4xlHKnpw
Calico696 - Love the father-daughter gigs. I am blessed with two daughters and we all play and sing. Thanks for the musical ideas.
Tinariwen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoPPMktXCEI
***bonus track*** stripped down ( the way I like it!! )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdbBmqOUPlY
From a very good movie I just watched , Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Selfie Le Le Re
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TITGBTGJZS8
cool song and it is too funny when , as the title says , they start taking selfies.....hahhahahaha
***bonus track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ZyDV7DXW8
NIce evening music --
Beethoven's first Trio -- piano/violin/cello
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaKeqzbd5ME
Washboard Sam ++++ Block and Tackle
classic washboard FUN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osduC6kiUec
***bonus track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFJ2jxIe4CQ
The Dirdy Birdies Jug Band from Jersey (if you can handle it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s-87U3Kjfk
Some intense Bach (if you can handle it):
organ only:
https://youtu.be/F51uHpH3yQk
full orchestra:
https://youtu.be/ChqQFyGmit4
Happy Independence Day, all Americans and especially our courageous soldiers.
https://youtu.be/M5bcpjUjLpU
https://youtu.be/Wt7pevIvCbQ
https://youtu.be/tnFGc5r9bJE?list=RDM5bcpjUjLpU
An interesting song from the island of forgotten hits, to interpret on this July 4, if you read "she" to mean the USA
http://www.lyreka.com/song/mark-lindsay-miss-america-lyrics/
Robert Plant & Justin Adams playing a medley of blues done ala African Blues
Win My Train Fare Home
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xruf0b_robert-plant-justin-adams-win-my-train-fare-home_music
***bonus JAM***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsMJ7mf4s40
As the 60s came to a close, some groups like The New Colony Six were incorporating a classical sound into their tunes.
This one is Things I'd Like To Say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap8VU61Q5Ok
Ben E. King with an all-time classic ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGd6CdtOqEE
What rocks more than this:
https://youtu.be/TOPSETBUgvQ
https://youtu.be/fWDfxgngrNc
https://youtu.be/TqL_pinZVp8
https://youtu.be/im9XuJJXylw
JWolfe75 With steaks, ribs, sausages, peppers, corn, fingerlings, burgers and other favorites on the grill, this is all you need for four hours of a fun BBQ party this season:
https://youtu.be/g0jWpoOumLw
a bit of music
Artist's Life by Johann Strauss II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fjm_hQfSfE
Anyone out there remember Ferrante and Teicher? They did classic movie themes such as Exodus, and also did covers of popular pop and rock tunes of the era, like this one ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prh8wF369Z4
Andy Loigo - Beethoven's ninth, fourth movement, sung by Miguel Rios...very nice, and Bob Dylan's "lay lady lay" from Ferrante and Teicher is beautiful.
Still, I like the originals, such as this one that probably took a significant percentage of the Tokyo population to perform:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBlQZyTF_LY
And this solo by Bob Dylan:
https://youtu.be/rWz88VY-FkA
Thanks.
I don't even know what to say about this one...............except
das ist gut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u08LlH7-yBg
or as meine mutti would say
Sie werden es hören und es wird Ihnen gefallen
It's music....about love, so I guess it fits in here. :)
Morgan Heritage - Wanna Be Loved feat Eric Rachmany of Rebelution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf6rolZigGU
Hey, is that CBGB at the end??
LOL.....that there was CTBC
so what if it sounds exactly like Bob Marley's Jammin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV_9YG_trqU
Rice "N" Peas.................and chicken..........chicken......cutlets????
naw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOtQRYBC56c
Seems like great weather for some rides this week. :)
Mungo's Hi Fi - Bike Rider feat. Pupajim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erR7Prv_AsI
(3:50)
More fun with classical music, The United States Army Field Band and
The Trombone Meets the BumbleBee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGgUK2s-sqA
Busy Signal - Sweet Love (Night Shift)
https://youtu.be/Qjmg0m9ZM04
Perfect chill night for this track. :)
In celebration of the Kentucky Derby...and, of course, the Lone Ranger:
https://youtu.be/YIbYCOiETx0
And from the movie "10", "the sexiest music ever written":
https://youtu.be/IsF53JpBMlk
And perhaps the happiest music ever written:
https://youtu.be/3lNaajK3Scc
In Spain and Japan music flash mobs are free, choreographed as they may be. In New York City you have to pay for them.
Social commentary in a song with a rather entertaining cartoon......Brilliant
Robin Hood Costume --by-- Beans On Toast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6hXud0liXk
***bonus track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deg8GZ79ZPw
Autumn Leaves --by-- Damian Marley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KRsLYeceXQ
***bonus track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lE-5g2B62E
couple of good songs DC, how about Back To Basics
the Christina Aguilera album
Candyman -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsQXVJOgvNY
***bonus track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N5piOaXfnA
I like cover songs but sometimes I don't remember who did the original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INs10-ATifE
***bonus track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XU7Fp569RM
Love the songs, CBGB. You always find great covers.
As for the Candyman song, I almost have that dance routine down. That'll be in my rotation along with the Peppermint Twist. ;)
Shippen Manor needs to book this band for next year's Summer Concerts
Swinging Hayriders
You Better Wake Up Babe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uF9DhIOy-E
oh well they are from Sweden
***bonus track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7lAD7DGrEA
The only traveling I'll be doing is when I close my eyes to sleep. But where will it take me......?
One The Road Again ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HTkiiMlDwo
Reggae Highway ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZnQltVsu4U
Rainy Day in Autumn ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjuX-tTesbg
Greyhound Blues --by-- Charley Jordan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO0dMEGPhcA
Greyhound Blues --by-- Ervin Charles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZORTbNwc0oo
This here is a FUN song
Memphis Breakdown --by-- Carolina Chocolate Drops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ved7J0wuXw
***bonus track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoBFZY9jkm0
A little mornin' spoons to get you going. Admit it, you guys are gonna try this when you make your coffee. ;)
Angels in Heaven- Chris Rodriguez and The Spoon Lady
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_nLmM9kcBKs
That SueR was fun
This gent has a great rhythm section!!
Water Pump Blues --by-- Bottleneck John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5ZEYMl9VIs
***bonus track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqatMdB5vu4
AJM felling good and doing a early morning jig
Michael Franti & Spearhead -- Say Hey I Love You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0fYKguHFcQ
***bonus track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5DL0AojK-0
Easily my favorite song off of their new album Free Rein! <3
Settle Down Easy by Rebelution
https://youtu.be/VvmgW-KZPVU
My Favorites!!! Some of the best guitar players in the world!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN_OB7AB-v4
Cliff R Chet Atkins and more great guitar players.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjdUskmbXxE
Peter Schilling -- Major Tom … it's out of this world :-D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Hs2AQwDgA
Impossible to not smile listening to this timeless classic regardless of your age:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Alive --by-- Paapa Wastik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaPGPyTzqrc
You're Blessed, that you're alive
Here is a song dedicated to my good friend..........
GC Shuffle --by-- Bullfrog Blues Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0aaM-WSnfo
When's the last time you danced to this? If you're willing to admit to it :-D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jBkoEM0SSE
The Leaves That Are Green Turn to Brown -- Simon and Garfunkel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwOgXWOX-iE
Momof6 Heard this song on an episode of 11-22-63
Soldier Boy --by-- The Shirelles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UJIyh6jdkE
Some of my favorite Talking Heads songs
Once in a lifetime
https://youtu.be/CHatn3_UxEU
Psycho killer
https://youtu.be/yX6FsTIq6ls
pulling up the roots
https://youtu.be/tQS6XfuH2wE
born under punches
https://youtu.be/w6T_X7MXg40
Their albums remain in light, speaking in tongues, and fear of music are pretty good
Aerione Sadly we lost a great local musician yesterday. Andy Goessling from Railroad Earth past away.
Indy Adrian with another band after the Greg Lake period -- King Crimson:
https://youtu.be/64swVmq_XPk
Bob Fripp, genius. Time signatures are something else. Listen to The Sheltering Sky at 12:23...
iJay Ballroom Breakers --by-- Savages Y SueFo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm6AR52I3yk
***bonus remix track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjTsNIhlNSM
KillJoys Season 2 Episode 1
Radar --by-- Danger twins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKFIJXLsbMs
***bonus Killjoys S2E1 track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJMoJzY49V4
Just spent way too much money for Bob Seger's Final Tour tickets....
Very few people are rarified enough (to me) to spend $200 per ticket on. Bob Seger the legend is one. While I realize the market drives ticket prices (usually), I have turned down many a concert in recent years because it's just too damned expensive.
But to me, Seger is worth it. As would be:
Journey -ONLY IF Steve Perry was singing (extremely unlikely)
Led Zeppelin -if the would reunite, with Jason Bonham on drums (extremely unlikely)
Van Halen -the COMPLETE ORIGINAL lineup, or heck I'd even settle for Sammy with Ed, Mike, and Alex. (extremely unlikely)
Bon Jovi -ONLY if Richie Sambora came back, because a) he's half that band, and b) Jon can't sing a lick anymore- truly horrifying. *I* can sing better than Jon Bon Jovi at this point, LOL
exploring the US on a slow roll
Slow Roll --by-- Everette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUAwAJ1T-hg
Heard this on WXPN this morning … Lee Hazelwood wrote this song and was going to sing it but Nancy Sinatra talked him out of it … said it would sound harsh and abusive coming from a man, but would be well received if sung by a woman … she was right, it hit number one on the charts in February of 1966!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww
Something to get you movin and grooving in the morning :-D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvzA6gy2vbk
Two versions of 1 beautiful song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U5mbYmct2o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFnBVDB3o9g
Nice instrumental from Barry White circa 1973 … good for a slow dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9G201XW4Js
Who remembers Roger Whittaker? "The last Farewell"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRNaFeAPi10
That was marvelous, even though the auditorium looked like a Mets game after Tom Seaver got traded LOL
sometimes a simple ditty is all ya need
Cookies and Weed --by-- Daisy O'Connor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z32qoXnaBz0
Nostalgia for a place that only exists in the memory ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRUE0aAI5o8
Just because your old lady doesn't like Trump, don't go sleep in the subway ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ISX9mW78Dw
Chubby Old Time String Band
Mississippi Sheiks
Jazz Fiddler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVjiyIE9Ihk
***bonus track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqeW7-tmVU4
And a time to every purpose under heaven -- The Byrds
Happy Easter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHvf20Y6eoM
this is a good christian song for easter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiNTrKsQ8TU
Is it chill? Is it hot?
Bound to Do It Right ( The Jersey City Song ) --by-- Twisted Pine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2tRRoaZ1nY
***bonus Beatles cover track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEOPIudH7qk
******double bonus Blondie cover track******
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiifPUr1_4c
I am totally digging this band, I think they are Turkish
Anna RF
Gozleme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRv4j3nUSc0
***bonus in English track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4oEMIfjfGQ
We lost a great American songwriter today. R.I.P. John Prine
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_tyLo95lzc
I grew up listening to David Bowie which, trust me, was very weird for the times. Here's a rare selection chosen by an ardent fan. I give to you some of the BEST of Bowie ---- these first ones are just perfect. Live, young and alive ----- just starting ----- the spiders are there, but the make up is not. Some of the lyrics are different too. But perfect.
David Bowie - Five Years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bcnO3VQ_fc&list=RD4bcnO3VQ_fc&start_radio=1&t=314&t=15
And from the same set: David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qA19605cWI&list=RD4qA19605cWI&index=1
Getting ready for Ziggy......and from the same set - Queen Bxxxtch not on steroids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFcKPKSr4fk
FULL ZIGGY (of course I picked a Ronson special, no boxes, just a wawa on full blast) 14 minutes of Ronson......most excellent distortion. Look Ma, one hand.
David Bowie - The Width of a Circle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASitcSAk330
And the second half......
After he's grown, gone to Amerika, and been tainted by the big time....
David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcLw_bkh9U&list=RD4qA19605cWI&index=2
And finally, we come full circle, the width of a circle, the closing of a life, and for your enjoyment, a mature, calm, comfortable David, sans the Spiders from 2011. Again, it's just perfection. Next ------ we go to the Berlin trilogy years. C ya.
David Bowie - All the Young Dudes (Live at the Isle of Wight)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToXGVcrgNZA
can you recommend a Bowie book?
I'm reading Passion Is a Fashion, THE Clash right now but would enjoy a good Bowie book.
Having lived it in real time and given who he was, who surrounded him, haven't really read many books and the bits I have read just make me laugh. Same with folks reading into his songs. Trust me, no one knows, the idea was to find it yourself.
"We never got it off on that revolution stuff
What a drag, too many snags
Now I've drunk a lot of wine and I'm feeling fine
Got to race some cat to bed
Oh, is that concrete all around
Or is it in my head?
Yeah
I'm a dude, dad"
He was so complex, a consummate liar, and surrounded by so many people with so many private agendas of all kinds ---- everything needs to be taken with a huge grain of salt. Angie Bowie --- loud, brash, and controlling, she ran the Spider show. The spiders themselves -- post Ziggy, always felt dumped on. Mick Ronson - true artist, could care less about anything except the music, greatest natural guitarist ever in his own way personifying glam rock, helping create hard rock, totally "sucked up into his miiiiinnd....", never had a bad word about anything. Everyone seems to have an angle and Iman and family aren't talking. (ps- utube Ronson songs for a good time.)
More important, being who he was, there is so much video that you can watch and decide for yourself, "hang on to yourself" so to speak, if you know what I mean :>)
Dennis Whately seems to have really gotten it down. Two flicks: The Last Five Years: HBO, and David Bowie: Finding Fame come as close to nailing it as I have seen.
Here's a review: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/01/devoid-of-personality-bbc-tells-story-of-david-bowies-faltering-early-career
Also David Bowie: Five Years from 2013 seems OK.
Obviously, the movie Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is a mockumentary great in that, sure, they are filming live, but remember ---- "I was sitting in the studio as a totally quaffed and made-up David Bowie entered, I figured to start the set, but first, he had to change....." David was always performing, 24/7, the entire movie is an act.
Secondly, go on utube and try searching for interviews. The Rosie O'Donnell with Iman too is priceless; Dick Cavett is great and some old guy in England has a couple that are so very special. You can really find the real David peaking out from these.
As from those vids I posted....they are David just before the glamour hits, David before he finds his mask of stardom. Shy, introverted, looking for a way out of his shell. Just like me at the time!!!
Such a cad: in 1974, post Diamond Dogs, pre Young Americans, I talked "all the young Dudes" into a show and show up we did --- in full Ziggy apparel, lightning bolts, see through sparkle shirts, armed for bear we were as was the entire DC Capital Center, one giant Halloween party!!! David hit the stage in Frank Sinatra suit n tie, it was a blast anyways! I learned that night that you really need to figure him out for yourself.
Good luck. I will post the Berlin sessions soon, where he's undercover recovering from his Thin White Duke episode trying to find his way back. No real David there....but shortly thereafter, the true, mature, self-reliant, Iman-supported David emerges!!!
Hope that helps. Enjoy.
Cheap Thrills --by-- Frank Zappa
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o8n2oyw6Vsc
yes its really Zappa
Perhaps it's just the way the light falls
But everything looks like a target to me
And I don't know where the gun is
But I'm certain that it's pointed at me
thus begins this epic rocker
Binge and Purge --by-- Clutch
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LIOpCH-sAgw
any pro classical/jazz musicians out there that might be interested in playing for fun sessions?....no Rock please...noise enough in this world....
Ian
Depends on the type of Jazz you're talking about. Jazz and the Blues are the Godparents of Rock. I mean you have:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_jazz_genres
You can't think of all of them as just "noise", do you?
Phil D. So are there any musicians who want to play, collaborate, explore? Zentravl…aka. my hub…is a fine and creative musician looking for some creative fun……
So please contact him…..I don’t have the talent to make real beautiful music with him tho I sure love and appreciate it.
Cause We've Ended As Lovers - Jeff Beck
one of my fave guitar instrumentals.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5aWd88rs6JE
written by Stevie Wonder
one of my favorite Nirvana tunes was featured in The Batman... my 7-year old daughter says it's "uber-creepy", but I disagree... enjoy.
https://youtu.be/1YhR5UfaAzM
Underneath the bridge
Tarp has sprung a leak
And the animals I've trapped
Have all become my pets
And I'm living off of grass
And the drippings from my ceiling
It's okay to eat fish
Cause they don't have any feelings
Something in the way
Mmm-mmm
Something in the way, yeah
Mmm-mmm
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