I would certainly never discourage music threads. I would however say that there have been so many that I have posted so many of my favorite songs and artists before that the pickings are getting slim for me.
So what I will do is give you songs from an artist that has always been "one of my favorites" that seemingly gets very little love here.
First big song I loved of his was with Blind Faith
He followed that up with Traffic in 1972
Solo songs
The last time I saw him play was in 2015 with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. RIP Tom.
The Grateful Dead launched All The Years Live, a video series available through their official YouTube channel. Archivist David Lemieux introduced the series in a “seaside chat” and the first video has been released featuring the band’s performance of “Morning Dew” from October 18, 1974 at The Winterland in San Francisco.
“We are going to start digging into the vault and releasing unreleased Grateful Dead concert videos pretty much song-by-song,” Lemieux said. “These will be the good-quality, multi-camera video shoots that would have been on the screens at stadiums. So they’ll all be really good. We’re going to do proper transfers. They’ll look, they’ll sound great and they’ll be available here on the Grateful Dead’s official YouTube channel.”
The archivist explained that the channel will also feature footage from past concert films. David noted that videos from previous releases have been cleaned up for inclusion on the Dead’s YouTube channel. However, the big news is the plans to unveil live videos that haven’t been shared yet. “What we’ve released so far is only the tip of the iceberg,” Lemieux added.
David Lemieux asks fans to subscribe to the channel. New videos will be posted each Thursday at 8 a.m. PT. Watch Lemieux introduce the series below:
The Grateful Dead launched All The Years Live, a video series available through their official YouTube channel. Archivist David Lemieux introduced the series in a “seaside chat” and the first video has been released featuring the band’s performance of “Morning Dew” from October 18, 1974 at The Winterland in San Francisco.
Pretty sure this is from the 'Grateful Dead Movie', which was filmed when the band decided to take a hiatus in 1974 and they held a series of final shows at the Winterland (also captured on the "Steal Your Face" LP).
I stay away from these threads,but in honor of Elvis Costello being awarded the "Officer of the Order of the British Empire"I thought I'd whip one out,so congrats to Sir Declan Patrick McMAnus. What's so Funny 'bout Peace ,Love and Understanding
This song will always be near and dear to my heart.
I remember being about 6-7 years old, rocking out to this song in our family Yugo at the time (yes, we was broke growing up). My brother in the front seat, me and my other brother in the back holding garbage bags going to the dump - windows down as my dad jammed it out loud on the cassette player. Simpler times back just a mere 25 years ago.
I think the studio version of "Meadows" came off "The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get" album. That's my 2nd favorite Joe Walsh album behind "Barnstorm". Good stuff.
They had so many great songs it was very hard for me to pick. But I rather prefer their low gravely vocals. Being a natural baritone it just suits me better. Funk was great in the 70's!
Prob my blushing bride of 35 years most favorite song from "back then". Gotta play it at least 3-4 times each way on our semi-annual trip to Myrtle and back.
As a kid, my favorites were "Wake up little Suzy", "Unchained Melody", and Sheb Wooley's "Purple People Eater" (duh ).
Songs that I must listen to when they come on now: "Here Comes the Hotstepper", "It Wasn't Me", "Boombastic", probably a half dozen different songs by ABBA, most anything by Buddy Holly, "Sabotage", "Intergalactic", "Bring the Noise", "I've Got the Power", "Jesus Built My Hotrod", "Head Like a Hole"
Meredith Curly Hunter, Jr. (October 24, 1951 – December 6, 1969) was an 18-year-old African American who was killed at the 1969 Altamont Free Concert. During the performance by The Rolling Stones, Hunter approached the stage, and was violently driven off by members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club who had been contracted to serve as security guards. He subsequently returned to the stage area, drew a revolver, and was stabbed and beaten to death by Hells Angel Alan Passaro.
The incident was caught on camera and became a central scene in the documentary Gimme Shelter. Passaro was charged with murder. After an eight-man, four-woman jury deliberated for 12 and a half hours, following 17 days of testimony, Passaro was acquitted on grounds of self-defense.
Nobody writes like he does. He can write a sensitive love song like "Every time it Rains". Then tell a story of how he fell in love and stalks a girl "Susanne" whose number was in a phone booth.
I have always loved the guy since the first I heard "Sail Away."
Harry Chapin was a lyrical genius. Jim Croce was another. Both died way too early. (Time in a bottle. Don't mess around with Jim, Bad, bad, Leroy Brown, Operator, I've got a name, One less set of footsteps, I'll have to say I love you in a song, Photographs and memories, and more)
Harry Chapin was a lyrical genius. Jim Croce was another. Both died way too early. (Time in a bottle. Don't mess around with Jim, Bad, bad, Leroy Brown, Operator, I've got a name, One less set of footsteps, I'll have to say I love you in a song, Photographs and memories, and more)
I love the 9th, I have been listening to this song 1-2 times a week since I was 13. So complicated, so melodic, so powerful. I was able to see it live last year and it was even crazier in person.
Our Uber driver told us about this on our way back home from the New Orleans game last year.
I saw this band at th ePortland Waterfront Blues Festival about 10 years ago. My oh my how they blew me away. They played this and Zeppelin's "The Ocean" amongst many others. Super great and so fun!
Something different for all you mainstream music folks. This is one of my favorite up coming bands in my scene. These guys are all exceptional musicians that have really honed their craft together onstage. I caught them this summer at a festival. They didn’t disappoint.
Something a little smooth and a little funky. Introducing you all to, Spafford...
Man they’re so damn good. This was from a festival I worked last summer. I invited PDX onto my crew. The night of this show I sat him on the amphitheater hill to watch the show. He didn’t really know what to expect as he wasn’t familiar with Greensky. Let’s just say he walked away more than impressed. From about the 7 minute mark on the guys just let it roll into something well beyond bluegrass. They say about themselves that they’re a rock band that plays bluegrass instruments. Anders Beck is quite possibly the most innovative and outside the box dobro player on earth right now. It shows. Enjoy...
This is another band big in my scene. The last few years has really seen their popularity rise. I remember working for a band in Columbus in the late 90’s early 2000. This band opened for us. My how they've grown.
Wow. Little shook up after watchin this vid. At the 1:21 mark the Sky Soldier standing there with the cigarette in his hand is my grandmother's best friends son, Steven Mika. I was 10 when he was killed on 6-22-67. Dak To, Battle of the Slopes.
Along with 'Stairway to Heaven', 'Money' (Pink Floyd), 'More Than A Feeling'....'Sweet Home Alabama' has to be the most overplayed tune on American airwaves.
Along with 'Stairway to Heaven', 'Money' (Pink Floyd), 'More Than A Feeling'....'Sweet Home Alabama' has to be the most overplayed tune on American airwaves.
I don't like country music, but I lied some of Johnny Cash's songs. The Folsom Prison Blues song bothered me. It's a cool song w/a great beat and lot's of passion, but a couple of things bothered me.
One was this line:
Quote:
But I shot a man in Reno Just to watch him die
One his band members let out a war whoop after that.
That is very shallow and troubling.
The second was when he yelled out "Sooie" while recording that song in prison. Sooie is a reference to pigs, and most of us know that law enforcement were referred to as pigs during that time period.
I think that it had to be tough on the prison guards after that performance and I'm sure the inmates felt more resentful, but Johnny made a lot of money off of it.
I don't like country music, but I lied some of Johnny Cash's songs. The Folsom Prison Blues song bothered me. It's a cool song w/a great beat and lot's of passion, but a couple of things bothered me.
One was this line:
Quote:
But I shot a man in Reno Just to watch him die
One his band members let out a war whoop after that.
That is very shallow and troubling.
The second was when he yelled out "Sooie" while recording that song in prison. Sooie is a reference to pigs, and most of us know that law enforcement were referred to as pigs during that time period.
I think that it had to be tough on the prison guards after that performance and I'm sure the inmates felt more resentful, but Johnny made a lot of money off of it.
Here is a recording of it.
yeah, there’s no doubt it’s disrespectful and risqué ... its a different type of tune (and i dont like country either)
Part of the brilliance is that this played during a very poignant scene on The Walking Dead (spoilers in the youtube comments!). That heaviness aside, wow, I love simple songs with brilliant lyrics.
This tune is a beautifully-wrought vehicle for Joni's poetry more than it is a song per se. The soundscape is magic (damn, what a band), but the words she writes are so artfully, thoughtfully crafted they can literally take my breath away. I listen to this piece and think to myself, "what a mind- to be able to create like this..."
Read the lyrics in time with Joni's voice. Don't skim or read ahead. Take this poem at Joni's pace. Let her take you somewhere.
"White flags of winter chimneys Waving truce against the moon"
You know..............while I am no musical expert, I have to say that when I listen to music, I sometimes like songs that make me feel happy or wanna dance. Other times, I love songs that I feel that delve deeply into political and social issues. There are other songs where I just marvel at their true greatness. Others tug at my heartstrings because I know that many artists teeter on that fine line of sanity and insanity.
Etta James is one such artist. I posted a tribute to her a few years ago and I won't go through all of her songs again, but this woman struggled w/mental illness while being one of the most talented vocalists who ever lived. This may sound weird, but I think "touched" people are sometimes better artists. It is all about the rawness Unabashed emotions. If you ever have some time, research Etta. She was brilliant and tragic, just like many other artists of her time......and maybe beyond.
My wife was born in Idaho, and never liked Country/Western. I grew up in Cleveland and always liked Country/Western
I took he to a Merle Haggard concert maybe 15 years ago. She was cool until he p[played this song, then she was hooked on the Hag. Heck, maybe 20 years ago.