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I go in very long streaks - same artist over and over. Music always in the car. Haven’t even figured out how to tune the radio in almost a year. (Haven’t really tried.) Some of these addictions to various artists have lasted 6 months.
Past listening streaks ….
Brenda Lee’s 60s hits.
Nashville Brass
Andy Williams - 70s & 80s hits (ie themes from The Godfather / Love Story)
More recently - Gary Bud Smith. (”Country Romance” All Instrumental)
Currently - Barbara Streisand - especially the duets / Check them out.
My offering here is one sung by Wayne Newton and written by Roy Orbison. Crank up the Amp until the rafters shake! Song’s Name: ”In Dreams” I find it very powerful. But depends on quality of equipment.
Wikipedia: ”The movie that features Roy Orbison's In Dreams is Blue Velvet, released in 1986.”
We tend to mostly listen to jazz (various types) and classical. We have over 2000 hours of music on old Mac G5s, and can choose from a very wide music list of various sub-types. It's a nice setup because the older versions of itunes can be configured to very numerous types of collections, using a very flexible mixing process, allowing an infinity of musical combinations.
Still some of my favorites are old 1950s recordings of Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra, which I remastered to stereo and acoustics similar to those of Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, many years ago when my hearing was unimpaired.
I listen 90% for the sound sensation (changes in pitch and rhythm, instrumentation, harmonics, etc.) Might explain why I offered up the Orbison song. I can sometimes go years enjoying a song without even thinking of what the song’s about. But I know someone else who listens 90% for the lyrics. He’ll go nuts about the symbolism or meaning of a line. The sound is secondary to him.
Just goes to show we all have different ways of relating to music.
I am a child still, old school rock-n-roll nearly always with a good dash of the blues. From the hippie and Woodstock days up to the 80's classic rock. Springsteen, Seger, Stones, Eagles, BB King, Dylan, Tina, oh man way, way too many to mention.
That’s an awesome sound in your OP @DrVenture. I didn’t have time to listen earlier. The sound / style reminds me of a Broadway play I’ve seen. I’d guess it was Hell’s Kitchen - seen a couple years ago. Thanks.
My first Trans-Atlantic venture was to London in November 2016. Stayed at a small but pleasant apartment in an older quiet spot outside the city. Returning to the room and flipping on the TV always pulled up the same recording which played ad-infinitum until you selected a channel. Can’t tell you how many times I listened to this one. Was when Trump won the first time. The song will forever have a poignant meaning.
@hank I'm 50/50 for instrumentation 'the character' of the mix; as well as the lyric. Some songs weight more in one direction. Some songs for me a 'road song' for driving upon the highway, volume set to '12'.
But, I'm more aligned with @Mark....an age thing perhaps and where our young lives found us traveling and experiencing.
But, with any given day I may listen to Bolero, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Chicago, YES, Porcol Harem, and a much longer list.
This last one for today helps me smile when I really need a smile. A very new production from Paris. A street performance of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody', another groups music I/we enjoy.
We're also fully wrapped with the Motown sound, as we are Michiganders; growing up not far from the Motor City.
I listen 90% for the sound sensation (changes in pitch and rhythm, instrumentation, harmonics, etc.) Might explain why I offered up the Orbison song. I can sometimes go years enjoying a song without even thinking of what the song’s about. But I know someone else who listens 90% for the lyrics. He’ll go nuts about the symbolism or meaning of a line. The sound is secondary to him.
Just goes to show we all have different ways of relating to music.
Lyrics are a very important part of music for me. Like your friend, symbolism and meaning really resonate with me. The ability to say volumes with a single lyric really amazes me.
I have no tattoos but if I did, it would be a song lyric. But, I could never choose a single one!
I am a child still, old school rock-n-roll nearly always with a good dash of the blues. From the hippie and Woodstock days up to the 80's classic rock. Springsteen, Seger, Stones, Eagles, BB King, Dylan, Tina, oh man way, way too many to mention.
Me too. But, I have been adapting to newer stuff as well.
Here is a bit of both, an old favorite with new stylings.
The fellow with the beat up guitar is Roberto Luti - so good!
Hi @DrVenture Nice....Give Me Shelter. I've found, too; quite a few excellent mixes of cover songs. When a song title runs through the brain I will many times search for 'cover' songs.
@hank I'm 50/50 for instrumentation 'the character' of the mix; as well as the lyric. Some songs weight more in one direction. Some songs for me a 'road song' for driving upon the highway, volume set to '12'.
But, I'm more aligned with @Mark....an age thing perhaps and where our young lives found us traveling and experiencing.
But, with any given day I may listen to Bolero, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Chicago, YES, Porcol Harem, and a much longer list.
This last one for today helps me smile when I really need a smile. A very new production from Paris. A street performance of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody', another groups music I/we enjoy.
We're also fully wrapped with the Motown sound, as we are Michiganders; growing up not far from the Motor City.
Excellent choices. I am guessing we are of similar age. That Boston performance is right up my alley. I was 17 when it was released. My taste is pretty broad from Scorpions to Rush, then over to Petty, Springsteen, Mellencamp and on to Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keene, then back to Uriah Heep and Thin Lizzy.
But, as I tend to get bored fast, I am always on the hunt. This has led me in more recent times to The Black Keys, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Allah Las and Brother Dege. Some of that stuff I missed when it was popular.
I have a lot of "street performances" of old favorites in my playlists. Here's one:
@DrVenture 'Wicked Game'............back in the day when the production folks offered some very good music videos on MTV, the original video fully provides for the essence of the lyric. @Mark Thank you for the Woody Guthrie link. I need to pass that around to a few folks.
We tend to mostly listen to jazz (various types) and classical. We have over 2000 hours of music on old Mac G5s, and can choose from a very wide music list of various sub-types. It's a nice setup because the older versions of itunes can be configured to very numerous types of collections, using a very flexible mixing process, allowing an infinity of musical combinations.
Still some of my favorites are old 1950s recordings of Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra, which I remastered to stereo and acoustics similar to those of Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, many years ago when my hearing was unimpaired.
I have no doubt that my love of music is why I have tinnitus.
I keep a large library of digital music as well. Never delved into production, like you. though.
@DrVenture 'Wicked Game'............back in the day when the production folks offered some very good music videos on MTV, the original video fully provides for the essence of the lyric. @Mark Thank you for the Woody Guthrie link. I need to pass that around to a few folks.
Speaking obliquely about Chris Isaak, I love his rendition of Neil's Solitary man.
I like a wide variety of music — rock, jazz, pop, blues, folk, reggae — and often listen to the various Daily Mixes that Spotify makes for me. Songs from the following artists/albums were listened to recently.
Cannonball Adderley, Something Else The Band, The Band The Band, Music From Big Pink Big Star, #1 Record The Clash, London Calling Ornette Coleman, The Shape Of Jazz To Come John Coltrane, Giant Steps John Coltrane, A Love Supreme Elvis Costello, My Aim Is True Elvis Costello, This Year's Model Miles Davis, Birth Of The Cool Miles Davis Quintet, Steamin' Miles Davis Quintet, Workin' Bob Dylan, Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited Charles Mingus, The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um Oliver Nelson, The Blues And The Abstract Truth Pretenders, Pretenders The Replacements, Let It Be The Replacements, Tim Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil Horace Silver, Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers Steely Dan, Can't Buy A Thrill Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food Talking Heads, Talking Heads 77 Television, Marquee Moon Pete Townshend, Empty Glass Warren Zevon, Warren Zevon
Just haven’t devoted the 10 15 minutes necessary to tune the radio. With Apple music the car’s audio connects really well to my iphone. Siri - dumb in most respects - is very good at pulling up whatever artist, song, album you want to hear. I was surprised, however, at the mediocre quality of the factory install speakers. The cut-outs in the front doors were sized for 5”. But Toyota had used adapters in order to fit only 3” speakers in the larger openings. The 5” cut-outs must have been for some premium option. But how much money did they save using a pair of 3” rather than 5” speakers? Couple days (and about 2K) spent at a car audio shop got the sound up to a respectful level.
@Hank I too, have done a few car radio upgrades. I'd say that my generation was the one that kicked the whole thing off. We would put early Pioneer Supertuners and Jensen co-axials and Craig amps in our 1960's beaters, this was in the early 1970's. Of course, later generations really took that to a new level!
The last one that I did was putting a modern Supertuner and JBL speakers into my 2008 GT500. Mainly for the ability to install a backup camera and have wireless CarPlay. Of course, when I did it I also bypassed the circuit that prevents playing video while in motion. Which means I can stream live concerts from Youtube while traveling. Not to watch from the driver's seat, but for the sound.
@DrVenture The age thing. I will officially attain the number 78 this Tuesday, November 4.
@Catch22 Congratulations! And Happy Birthday. That is also my son's birthday. He turns 32 tomorrow. You got me beat, I turned 66 in August. You were clearly an older adopter to some of the music you quoted. Songs that came out when I was in HS.
I like a wide variety of music — rock, jazz, pop, blues, folk, reggae — and often listen to the various Daily Mixes that Spotify makes for me. Songs from the following artists/albums were listened to recently.
Cannonball Adderley, Something Else The Band, The Band The Band, Music From Big Pink ... Warren Zevon, Warren Zevon
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Past listening streaks ….
Brenda Lee’s 60s hits.
Nashville Brass
Andy Williams - 70s & 80s hits (ie themes from The Godfather / Love Story)
More recently - Gary Bud Smith. (”Country Romance” All Instrumental)
Currently - Barbara Streisand - especially the duets / Check them out.
My offering here is one sung by Wayne Newton and written by Roy Orbison. Crank up the Amp until the rafters shake! Song’s Name: ”In Dreams” I find it very powerful. But depends on quality of equipment.
Wikipedia: ”The movie that features Roy Orbison's In Dreams is Blue Velvet, released in 1986.”
Still some of my favorites are old 1950s recordings of Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra, which I remastered to stereo and acoustics similar to those of Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, many years ago when my hearing was unimpaired.
Roy Orbison, of course, being foundational for many later artists. Thanks for sharing.
I listen 90% for the sound sensation (changes in pitch and rhythm, instrumentation, harmonics, etc.) Might explain why I offered up the Orbison song. I can sometimes go years enjoying a song without even thinking of what the song’s about. But I know someone else who listens 90% for the lyrics. He’ll go nuts about the symbolism or meaning of a line. The sound is secondary to him.
Just goes to show we all have different ways of relating to music.
@hank I'm 50/50 for instrumentation 'the character' of the mix; as well as the lyric. Some songs weight more in one direction. Some songs for me a 'road song' for driving upon the highway, volume set to '12'.
The Logical Song, Supertramp, 1979 For the logics of the lyric (that are included, and the instrumentation).
COVER BAND, excellent cover of, Foreplay/More Than a Feeling (Boston)
But, I'm more aligned with @Mark....an age thing perhaps and where our young lives found us traveling and experiencing.
But, with any given day I may listen to Bolero, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Chicago, YES, Porcol Harem, and a much longer list.
This last one for today helps me smile when I really need a smile. A very new production from Paris. A street performance of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody', another groups music I/we enjoy.
We're also fully wrapped with the Motown sound, as we are Michiganders; growing up not far from the Motor City.
Lyrics are a very important part of music for me. Like your friend, symbolism and meaning really resonate with me. The ability to say volumes with a single lyric really amazes me.
I have no tattoos but if I did, it would be a song lyric. But, I could never choose a single one!
Here is a bit of both, an old favorite with new stylings.
The fellow with the beat up guitar is Roberto Luti - so good!
But, as I tend to get bored fast, I am always on the hunt. This has led me in more recent times to The Black Keys, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Allah Las and Brother Dege. Some of that stuff I missed when it was popular.
I have a lot of "street performances" of old favorites in my playlists. Here's one:
Woody Guthrie's "Old Man Trump" is a powerful critique of Fred Trump's racist housing practices and discriminatory policies.
Hopeful video
because these do not usually go well for me.
@Mark Thank you for the Woody Guthrie link. I need to pass that around to a few folks.
I keep a large library of digital music as well. Never delved into production, like you. though.
and often listen to the various Daily Mixes that Spotify makes for me.
Songs from the following artists/albums were listened to recently.
Cannonball Adderley, Something Else
The Band, The Band
The Band, Music From Big Pink
Big Star, #1 Record
The Clash, London Calling
Ornette Coleman, The Shape Of Jazz To Come
John Coltrane, Giant Steps
John Coltrane, A Love Supreme
Elvis Costello, My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello, This Year's Model
Miles Davis, Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis Quintet, Steamin'
Miles Davis Quintet, Workin'
Bob Dylan, Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
Charles Mingus, The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um
Oliver Nelson, The Blues And The Abstract Truth
Pretenders, Pretenders
The Replacements, Let It Be
The Replacements, Tim
Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus
Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil
Horace Silver, Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers
Steely Dan, Can't Buy A Thrill
Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food
Talking Heads, Talking Heads 77
Television, Marquee Moon
Pete Townshend, Empty Glass
Warren Zevon, Warren Zevon
Just haven’t devoted the 10 15 minutes necessary to tune the radio. With Apple music the car’s audio connects really well to my iphone. Siri - dumb in most respects - is very good at pulling up whatever artist, song, album you want to hear. I was surprised, however, at the mediocre quality of the factory install speakers. The cut-outs in the front doors were sized for 5”. But Toyota had used adapters in order to fit only 3” speakers in the larger openings. The 5” cut-outs must have been for some premium option. But how much money did they save using a pair of 3” rather than 5” speakers? Couple days (and about 2K) spent at a car audio shop got the sound up to a respectful level.
The last one that I did was putting a modern Supertuner and JBL speakers into my 2008 GT500. Mainly for the ability to install a backup camera and have wireless CarPlay. Of course, when I did it I also bypassed the circuit that prevents playing video while in motion. Which means I can stream live concerts from Youtube while traveling. Not to watch from the driver's seat, but for the sound. @Catch22 Congratulations! And Happy Birthday. That is also my son's birthday. He turns 32 tomorrow. You got me beat, I turned 66 in August. You were clearly an older adopter to some of the music you quoted. Songs that came out when I was in HS.
Of those, I can mostly relate to Dylan, Zevon, The Pretenders, The Talking Heads and (of course) The Band. On the latter:
Uncle Roy and the gang: "Black & White Night." 1988.
Star of the County Down:
And I do love an Irish tune with lots of fiddle work. Thanks.