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| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? NEW discoveries: GRAHAM NASH: "Live - Songs for Beginners/ Wild Tales" J.D. SOUTHER - "Natural History" RE-Discoveries: ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION - "The Polydor Years" (8 CD retrospective. Found it new for only $40) JACKSON BROWNE - "For Everyma... | |
| Favorite scream in rock? F. DEEP PURPLE - "Highway Star": Machine Head - 72 I'm pretty sure that this was the song that I drove my parents crazy with while I was in high school; and, that makes perfect sense when you consider that it's a song about sex and fast cars. And... | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato My # 1 criteria for good lyrics is: "Does it impress me on any and/or multiple levels?" I forgot to mention Billy Bragg in my initial post. I submit the following examples, which all come from the same song ("Accident Waiting To Happen"): Goodby... | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato Throughout history, all art forms (acting - music - painting - writing) and sports go through periods of drought when it comes to someone achieving true and/or transcendent greatness. In those unfortunate times, what tends to happen is that the "v... | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato The 60's & 70's gave us: Walter Becker & Donald Fagen - Leonard Cohen - Ray Davies - Bob Dylan - Joni Mitchell & Al Stewart. The 80's & 90's gave us: Lloyd Cole - Rodney Crowell - Matt Johnson (The The) - Paddy MacAloon (Prefab Sp... | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? I think that a big reason for the popularity of "jazz fusion" was because it felt somewhat familiar to rock music fans, yet it also represented a new avenue to explore. So, if "familiarity" is what you're looking for than your mention of Holly Col... | |
| Top 10 Live Albums @relayer101 , Thanks for mentioning the Graham Nash live CD. I didn't know about that one and I've already ordered myself a copy of it.; | |
| Top 10 Live Albums Lots of great choices so far. I'm amazed at how different my list is today, compared to what it would've been 10 - 20 or 30 years ago. JEFF BECK - "Performing This Week....Live at Ronnie Scott's" JACKSON BROWNE - "Live Acoustic, Volumes 1 & ... | |
| Pop album that has stood the test of time The Replacements - "Tim" The The (Best band name ever?) - "Soul Mining" | |
| Pop album that has stood the test of time Richard Barone - "Cool Blue Halo" Billy Bragg - "Workers Playtime" Lloyd Cole & Commotions - "Rattlesnakes" Concrete Blonde - "Concrete Blonde" Elvis Costello - "Get Happy" Go - Betweens - "16 Lovers Lane" Hoodoo Gurus - "Stoneage Romeos... | |
| What is your top sexy song? "Honey For the Bees" - Alison Moyet | |
| Drinking Songs playlest... What am I missing? Richard Thompson - Down Where the Drunkards Roll | |
| What is your top sexy song? "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" and/or "Wrong to Love You" - Chris Isaak | |
| What is your top sexy song? I've attended 500+ concerts, and the sexually charged atmosphere at a Sade concert is beyond comparison. | |
| Steve Morse pays tribute to Jeff beck @stuartk Thanks for that! I was fortunate to have seen The Dregs in 1978 and the most recent reunion tour in 2018. I have a couple of friends who lived in Macon in the 1970's and got to see them in local bars before they signed with Capricorn Re... |