Remember when music was good?
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Originally Posted By: grampi
I remember when Dahl had a band and he did a spoof of The Knack's "My Sharona", only it was called Ayatollah, which was about the Iranian hostage crisis...pretty funny stuff...I never heard the dentist story before...I still have a version of the Ayatollah song on cassette somewhere...
I was thinking that Dahl also did a version of "Bomb Iran" (spoof of "Barbara Ann"), but the web tells me that I'm wrong.
Dahl could have me howling with laughter and then wanting to catch a train down to the Loop to find and strangle him within a five minute span. I guess I didn't really miss him that much when I finally swore him off.
I remember when Dahl had a band and he did a spoof of The Knack's "My Sharona", only it was called Ayatollah, which was about the Iranian hostage crisis...pretty funny stuff...I never heard the dentist story before...I still have a version of the Ayatollah song on cassette somewhere...
I was thinking that Dahl also did a version of "Bomb Iran" (spoof of "Barbara Ann"), but the web tells me that I'm wrong.
Dahl could have me howling with laughter and then wanting to catch a train down to the Loop to find and strangle him within a five minute span. I guess I didn't really miss him that much when I finally swore him off.
Originally Posted By: Shannow
Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
Do you hear "Jessie's Girl" being played these days?
First song this morning after the 6AM news.
I hope it didn't ruin your day!
;^)
Seriously, if you like it, more power to you...to me, it's an example of fluffy, forgettable pop.
Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
Do you hear "Jessie's Girl" being played these days?
First song this morning after the 6AM news.
I hope it didn't ruin your day!
;^)
Seriously, if you like it, more power to you...to me, it's an example of fluffy, forgettable pop.
Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
Originally Posted By: Shannow
Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
Do you hear "Jessie's Girl" being played these days?
First song this morning after the 6AM news.
I hope it didn't ruin your day!
;^)
Seriously, if you like it, more power to you...to me, it's an example of fluffy, forgettable pop.
It stuck as it was pertinent to this thread, and popped up in real life in the half awake half asleep zone between the news and getting up and making breakfast (while the family are on school holidays)...not a commentary on the worthiness of the song (like Corey Hart...stood out, not for any spectacular reason).
Originally Posted By: Shannow
Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
Do you hear "Jessie's Girl" being played these days?
First song this morning after the 6AM news.
I hope it didn't ruin your day!
;^)
Seriously, if you like it, more power to you...to me, it's an example of fluffy, forgettable pop.
It stuck as it was pertinent to this thread, and popped up in real life in the half awake half asleep zone between the news and getting up and making breakfast (while the family are on school holidays)...not a commentary on the worthiness of the song (like Corey Hart...stood out, not for any spectacular reason).
I could post my musical preferences but people always think that if they don't like it, then it must be bad. I'll leave the thread with this. You'll either like it or not...
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
Simon & Garfunkel
http://www.lifeaspire.com/6960/simon-garfunkel-reunite-and-perform-the-sound-of-silence/
Simon & Garfunkel
http://www.lifeaspire.com/6960/simon-garfunkel-reunite-and-perform-the-sound-of-silence/
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Originally Posted By: Win
The early 70's was the high water mark if you like classic rock.
Quadrophenia
Dark Side of the Moon
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Houses of the Holy
Band on the Run
All around 1973, I think. I probably missed some.
I liked the late 70's / early 80's New Wave sound, also.
I also remember when FM radio sounded good. Now with all the pre emphasis and compression, it makes me want to drive nails in my ears. A good AM station sounds better. Actually, a bad AM station sounds better.
Plate modulation forever!
Missed two spectacular ones:
Bat Out Of H ell
Piano Man
The early 70's was the high water mark if you like classic rock.
Quadrophenia
Dark Side of the Moon
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Houses of the Holy
Band on the Run
All around 1973, I think. I probably missed some.
I liked the late 70's / early 80's New Wave sound, also.
I also remember when FM radio sounded good. Now with all the pre emphasis and compression, it makes me want to drive nails in my ears. A good AM station sounds better. Actually, a bad AM station sounds better.
Plate modulation forever!
Missed two spectacular ones:
Bat Out Of H ell
Piano Man
Originally Posted By: rooflessVW
Originally Posted By: jeepman3071
I'm 26 and I like all kinds of music. One thing I do find kind of irritating is that most modern music is full of profanity and sex. I know it is very similar to what modern pop culture represents, but working in a school it is often hard to find modern songs to incorporate into presentations that don't have profanities every other word or sexual language.
I'm no prude, but I remember growing up lots of the hit songs were about love and actual people, not portraying women and men as material things to own and use.
Ahhh yes, this argument.
See: Givin' the Dog a Bone, Whole Lotta Rosie, Fat-Bottomed Girls, any Motley Crue song, etc...
Songs have always been about sex. Basically everything in life is.
As someone stated, it is much easier for any/everyone to get their music out there these days. As a result, there is more chaff to sift through.
You can make a song about sex without making it explicit. Off the top of my head, one of the best musical descriptions of sex is the chorous in Garth Brooks' That Summer.
Originally Posted By: jeepman3071
I'm 26 and I like all kinds of music. One thing I do find kind of irritating is that most modern music is full of profanity and sex. I know it is very similar to what modern pop culture represents, but working in a school it is often hard to find modern songs to incorporate into presentations that don't have profanities every other word or sexual language.
I'm no prude, but I remember growing up lots of the hit songs were about love and actual people, not portraying women and men as material things to own and use.
Ahhh yes, this argument.
See: Givin' the Dog a Bone, Whole Lotta Rosie, Fat-Bottomed Girls, any Motley Crue song, etc...
Songs have always been about sex. Basically everything in life is.
As someone stated, it is much easier for any/everyone to get their music out there these days. As a result, there is more chaff to sift through.
You can make a song about sex without making it explicit. Off the top of my head, one of the best musical descriptions of sex is the chorous in Garth Brooks' That Summer.
Originally Posted By: Jarlaxle
You can make a song about sex without making it explicit. Off the top of my head, one of the best musical descriptions of sex is the chorous in Garth Brooks' That Summer.
No one is disputing that, and it does still happen. However, what do you call explicit?
Because "Givin' the dog a bone" is fairly explicit... There's just no profanity.
How about "Love Gun?" Not explicit?
You can make a song about sex without making it explicit. Off the top of my head, one of the best musical descriptions of sex is the chorous in Garth Brooks' That Summer.
No one is disputing that, and it does still happen. However, what do you call explicit?
Because "Givin' the dog a bone" is fairly explicit... There's just no profanity.
How about "Love Gun?" Not explicit?
People that think all new music sucks today probably get most of their music from radio and tv.
Because of the internet people can self publish their own works. No more gatekeepers of taste based on what they think will sell.
I can listen to hours of great music every single day on just YouTube alone.
Because of the internet people can self publish their own works. No more gatekeepers of taste based on what they think will sell.
I can listen to hours of great music every single day on just YouTube alone.
listen to this on YT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c45spFPiQE&list=RD0c45spFPiQE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c45spFPiQE&list=RD0c45spFPiQE
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Originally Posted By: Malo83
listen to this on YT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c45spFPiQE&list=RD0c45spFPiQE
I love this version:
listen to this on YT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c45spFPiQE&list=RD0c45spFPiQE
I love this version:
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Originally Posted By: rooflessVW
I could post my musical preferences but people always think that if they don't like it, then it must be bad. I'll leave the thread with this. You'll either like it or not...
Nah, there's a difference between not liking something and it being bad. At least to a point, one can appreciate complexity and skill even if the style doesn't meet one's tastes.
I could post my musical preferences but people always think that if they don't like it, then it must be bad. I'll leave the thread with this. You'll either like it or not...
Nah, there's a difference between not liking something and it being bad. At least to a point, one can appreciate complexity and skill even if the style doesn't meet one's tastes.
a few samples of my music taste as its pretty broad.
this female driven metal band has recently become a fav and i love how she flip her voice like a switch from clean vocals to growls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQNtGoM3FVU
a band thats is becoming more and more popular in america, a softer song but are more of a power/symphonic metal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5s5K7iLV1A&list=PLRIBrCahDV_MalChC2qXViEo41rRSdgd_&index=20
here's one from Lacey Sturm nice calm song and she has a great voice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w3j3BsSBkc
and Its always good to branch out listen to song from other countries, Europe has amazing bands as well as South America, Austrailia/New Zealand etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByyTrKG3M_4 - Nightwish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR_mBh5mqok - Within Temptation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06cehWyE5lY - Delain, ok ok last one, i guess i got carried away.
this female driven metal band has recently become a fav and i love how she flip her voice like a switch from clean vocals to growls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQNtGoM3FVU
a band thats is becoming more and more popular in america, a softer song but are more of a power/symphonic metal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5s5K7iLV1A&list=PLRIBrCahDV_MalChC2qXViEo41rRSdgd_&index=20
here's one from Lacey Sturm nice calm song and she has a great voice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w3j3BsSBkc
and Its always good to branch out listen to song from other countries, Europe has amazing bands as well as South America, Austrailia/New Zealand etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByyTrKG3M_4 - Nightwish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR_mBh5mqok - Within Temptation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06cehWyE5lY - Delain, ok ok last one, i guess i got carried away.
Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
Originally Posted By: mjk
Question - I assume "The Loop" in Chicago is long gone -I've been gone for 25 years.
When did it end?
Thanks!
Looks like The Loop is still playing classic rock...
http://www.wlup.com/
The thing I remember most about listening to Chicago radio in my teens is loving and hating Steve Dahl...he could be really funny, but also way too obnoxious at times and he would talk over songs when the station forced him to play music and he had something he wanted to discuss. Finally, he talked over a song that I REALLY liked and then proceeded to make fun of a guy who had appeared on his show and died under anesthesia for a dental procedure, saying he was the only person dumb enough to die at the dentist. I had enough and never listened to Dahl again...the thing about the guy dying may well have been some kind of hoax, but the whole scene just plain infuriated me.
IMHO, Dahl was funny until he had kids and started talking about them on the show.
Also while there was a lot of synergy between him and Garry Meier, I think Garry was the real brains behind the comedy. I've listened to both of them on their own, and Garry is the one that's consistently funnier IMHO.
Originally Posted By: mjk
Question - I assume "The Loop" in Chicago is long gone -I've been gone for 25 years.
When did it end?
Thanks!
Looks like The Loop is still playing classic rock...
http://www.wlup.com/
The thing I remember most about listening to Chicago radio in my teens is loving and hating Steve Dahl...he could be really funny, but also way too obnoxious at times and he would talk over songs when the station forced him to play music and he had something he wanted to discuss. Finally, he talked over a song that I REALLY liked and then proceeded to make fun of a guy who had appeared on his show and died under anesthesia for a dental procedure, saying he was the only person dumb enough to die at the dentist. I had enough and never listened to Dahl again...the thing about the guy dying may well have been some kind of hoax, but the whole scene just plain infuriated me.
IMHO, Dahl was funny until he had kids and started talking about them on the show.
Also while there was a lot of synergy between him and Garry Meier, I think Garry was the real brains behind the comedy. I've listened to both of them on their own, and Garry is the one that's consistently funnier IMHO.
Originally Posted By: rooflessVW
I could post my musical preferences but people always think that if they don't like it, then it must be bad. I'll leave the thread with this. You'll either like it or not...
That's a really good song with some amazing guitar work. I need some lyrics though!
I could post my musical preferences but people always think that if they don't like it, then it must be bad. I'll leave the thread with this. You'll either like it or not...
That's a really good song with some amazing guitar work. I need some lyrics though!
Musical taste is very personal. I like a variety of music, everything from Classical to Heavy Metal.
Right now I'm listening to this:
Right now I'm listening to this:
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