waltersalas
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| Train "Drops of Jupiter" bad recording? Sorry to be the cockroach in the cottage cheese, but this particular song gets my vote as the most annoying song to plague FM radio in the past five years. Sorry, just had to get that off my chest. | |
| Under Appreciated Jazz Piano Players Herbie Nichols belongs on the list.Also, although his admirers certainly appreciate him, I do not believe Cecil Taylor always gets his due as the titanic figure he is. | |
| 1950-2000: The Top 25 Singer/Songwriters Tweak,Love your threads, mister. Thanks for including our man, George J (even if he qualifies only as a singer), not to mention Beck, Cobain, Richard Thompson, and Lucinda Williams.El Duce and Neil Diamond? You scamp, you. Too bad they never colla... | |
| Best cover tunes My favorite covers are often, perhaps not surprisingly, Dylan songs. To name just three:1) Jimi Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower"2) Byrds, "Mr. Tambourine Man"3) Jason and the Scorchers "Absolutely Sweet Marie"The first two will be familiar to mo... | |
| 60's/70's Talking/Singing Story Ballads Tom T. Hall--a great American storyteller. | |
| Early 1970's rock: Name some of your favorites From the "enlightened" vantage point of middle age (I'll be damned), I must say that Zaikesman's list--plus a Whitman's Sampler of other nominations--constitute the music from that period that I really love--especially Big Star, the New York Dolls... | |
| Pristine Jazz Warrenh, I cannot recommend the recordings of James Carter highly enough. Incredible sound AND performance. For starters, try 'Chasin' the Gypsy' or 'Jurassic Classics', the former a tribute to Django Reinhardt, the latter a tribute to several of ... | |
| Best Live Recordings:Performance and recording John Coltrane - 'Live at the Village Vanguard'Nirvana - 'Unplugged in New York' | |
| Most underated albums...... Well, the term "underrated" can mean different things, obviously. In the context of the original post, it seems to mean underrated by the general public and not necessarily by critics. For the purposes of this discussion, I would operationally def... | |
| Best music for romantic interlude I actually prefer no "background" music at all. The sounds of lovemaking are musical enough, at least if you're doing it right. I'm sorry, but I don't need Smokey Robinson or Billie Holiday butting in. I'll promise to devote my full attention to t... | |
| The Biggest Disappointments in Rock and Roll Without question, the biggest disappointments for me have been the premature deaths of several artists, including the following:Buddy HollyJimi HendrixNick DrakeIan CurtisJohn LennonJanis JoplinRonnie Van ZandtKurt CobainD. BoonObviously, the list... | |
| New Jazz Releases..What Do You Like? Jason Moran's "Modernistic" If you like piano jazz and want to try out something fresh and new, try this. I love it. In fact, it's on right now. | |
| Where have all the protest songs gone? The protest SONGS? Where has all the protest gone?Since the day Bush was elected, we have been in a countdown to a war with Iraq, a war only temporarily put on hold by the terrorist attacks. That war is now imminent, and can anybody say, specifica... | |
| What are the best live acts? Los LobosJason and the ScorchersRichard ThompsonDrive-By TruckersWhite Stripes | |
| Question for Velvet Underground fans Excellent post by Zaikesman, as usual. That about covers it, I think. All four of the earlier VU studio albums have their own distinctive sound, and all are essential, including 'Loaded'. My personal favorite is the third album, quieter and more l... |