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A perfect song? What are your choices?
  I’m feeling romantic right now ;-).   - "Moon River" by Henry Mancini. - "Can’t Help Falling In Love With You" by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George Weiss. - "Young World" by Jerry Fuller. - "You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me" by Pin... 
Politics and Music
The list is not complete without Woodie Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, and Steve Earle.  
Hot Rats
Oops. What Metheny actually said is "Compared to Bach, we all suck." Zappa lacked even a trace of Metheny’s humility. But I feel for Zappa; loud bravado is often an outward sign of deep insecurity. Just look at Trump ;-) .  
Politics and Music
It’s interesting, the percentage of progressive/left-leaning songwriters, singers, and musicians vs. those of the conservative/right-leaning persuasion. Make a list of your faves, and see where their allegiances lie. Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt,... 
Hot Rats
Too obvious for me (kinda like Bill Maher). I prefer the humour of The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Loudon Wainwright III, Randy Newman, and Dan Hicks. Musically? He’s trying too hard to be clever; too self-conscious for me. I briefly liked the We’re O... 
Clayton Shaw (Spatial Audio) visits Danny Richie (GR Research), with his X4 loudspeaker.
Good points fellas. That's why I use the GR Research/Rythmik Audio Servo-Feedback OB/Dipole Subwoofer with my dipole planar loudspeakers. By the way, unlike a "normal" sub, the GRR/Rythmik OB Sub may be used up to 300Hz. If you have a planar that... 
Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding
Pet Sounds. ;-)  
Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time?
Geez, if George Martin and Paul McCartney were heaping praise all over an album, and I didn't "hear what all the hoopla is about", I would not admit it in public. ;-) I'm in the minority (though not alone) in considering Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hear... 
A perfect song? What are your choices?
Oh yeah, a bid 3rd on Twilley’s "I’m On Fire"! His "Tryin’ To Find My Baby" is another Power Pop classic. And how could I have not included "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid? As I write I’m listening to Dave Edmund’s great ... 
Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time?
Good post @lonemountain. I was a huge Beach Boys fan through the All Summer Long album (1964), and they were the first group I saw live (that summer). I had a ticket to see The Beatles on their ’64 tour, but decided to pass. I wasn’t yet sold on t... 
I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd
Buddy Holly: "Jazz is strictly for the stay-at-homes." ;-)  
Is Mark Levinson still considered up there with the best of the best?
John Curl designed a number of early Levinson products.  
Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time?
Paul McCartney: "The thing that really made me sit up and take notice was the bass lines on Pet Sounds. If you were in the key of C, you would normally use the root note...a C on the bass. But you just get a completely different effect if you pla... 
A perfect song? What are your choices?
- "God Only Knows", music by Brian Wilson, lyrics by Tony Asher. - "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted", written by William Weatherspoon, Paul Riser, and James Dean. - "Waterloo Sunset" by Ray Davies. - "When You Walk In The Room" by Jackie DeSh... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Concerning the Muddy Waters Folk Singer album: As far as I know the first "audiophile" remaster/repress of the album was that of Mobile Fidelity, released in 1994. There is no mention of the mastering engineer on the LP's gatefold cover. I've nev...