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Different preferences in music

Double Switch Oct 08 2019 08:09 PM

Songs that might make you cry ... or at least put a catch in your throat. Slobberbone - Lumberlung https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5FfJHAMZuU An American Starlet - Sweet Country Lullaby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRuszBXSUk0 Patty Griffin - Making Pies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HC7KABegj0

whippoorwill Oct 09 2019 08:05 AM Re: Different preferences in music

Listened to them with my coffee First one I liked best...a tear jerker, all right Plus what is going on in that picture? It gives me shivers

Double Switch Oct 09 2019 11:00 AM Re: Different preferences in music

Everything you thought was right was wrong today? It's an intriguing photo, right? I vacillate between thinking it's a massive dust storm or a simple devastating explosion. Brent Best got under my skin. ... don't know if listening to these with coffee works for me, though. More with evening wine for me, which was when I selected them to share. Try more Patty Griffin if you like sad songs.

Frayed Knot Oct 09 2019 11:18 AM Re: Different preferences in music

Griffiths/Pies was the only artist/song of these that I knew. Only one I had ever heard of for that matter.

Double Switch Oct 09 2019 11:26 AM Re: Different preferences in music

Frayed Knot wrote: Griffiths/Pies was the only artist/song of these that I knew. Only one I had ever heard of for that matter. Yeah, I have a small thing for lesser known artists.

Frayed Knot Oct 09 2019 11:35 AM Re: Different preferences in music

In fact, I was so familiar with her that I misspelled her name.

41Forever Oct 09 2019 11:49 AM Re: Different preferences in music

[YOUTUBE]318ZDSy3zn4[/YOUTUBE] Sinead O'Connor's version of Dylan's "I Believe in You" is heart-felt and beautiful. This one is a Christmas song by the Killers. [YOUTUBE]UymN_kjYeFk[/YOUTUBE] It's about a person at the end of their rope -- hence the Wonderful Life references -- prayerfully asking for help. This part is where I get a lump in the throat: Do you hear my voice? Do you know my name? Light my way, Lift my head. Light my way, It's a good video, too.

Double Switch Oct 09 2019 12:13 PM Re: Different preferences in music

Frayed Knot wrote: In fact, I was so familiar with her that I misspelled her name. But that gave your reply authenticity! Here is another Patty Griffin(ths) for both you and Ms. Whippoorwill to see what you think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6hpwl9rTL0 Kind of perky and danceable for a lament.

kcmets Oct 09 2019 12:33 PM Re: Different preferences in music

Am I conflating, but was the guitarist on Slobberbone formerly with Slobbernoggin?

Double Switch Oct 09 2019 12:40 PM Re: Different preferences in music

=kcmets post_id=24062 time=1570646011 user_id=53] Am I conflating, but was the guitarist on Slobberbone formerly with Slobbernoggin?

No idea. But, for the record (album), the only thing I don't like about Slobberbone is their name.

Double Switch Oct 10 2019 01:04 PM Re: Different preferences in music

[YOUTUBE]318ZDSy3zn4[/YOUTUBE] Sinead O'Connor's version of Dylan's "I Believe in You" is heart-felt and beautiful. This was interesting to me, as I never really fell into the Dylan thing but did have John Wesley Harding. I always liked other artists' versions of his songs better than his own (which includes Jimi Hendrix doing All Along the Watchtower). Same thing for this one - Just Like a Woman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcV1aaf5Zj0 I have never been without my copy of The Rise and Fall of Honesty since the night I saw these guys open for Glenn Yarbrough in 1968 (confessed earlier to being a folkie prior to falling into psychedelia). And, as a folkie, it seemed strange to me that Dylan never really grabbed my heart like he did pretty much everyone else at the time.

41Forever Oct 10 2019 01:57 PM Re: Different preferences in music

We could probably do a whole thread on Dylan songs where the cover is better than the original!

Double Switch Oct 10 2019 08:45 PM Re: Different preferences in music

=41Forever post_id=24192 time=1570737434 user_id=69] We could probably do a whole thread on Dylan songs where the cover is better than the original!

Could not agree more. But - who shall compile that list? I know I am not up to it but might find a few examples beyond the one I posted. Certainly every PP&M Dylan cover was orders of magnitude better than Dylan's efforts.

Double Switch Oct 21 2019 07:38 PM Re: Different preferences in music

For no particular reason, except that it pleases me to share. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag190jK9puo

Vic Sage Oct 22 2019 08:09 AM Re: Different preferences in music

We could probably do a whole thread on Dylan songs where the cover is better than the original! well, you could certainly do a thread listing Dylan covers you LIKE better, since that's purely a matter of taste, but to say they ARE better is a matter of judgment and one has to be clear about what your criteria are for such a judgment. Sales? Critical consensus? sure, those are criteria you can turn to, but they go both ways on this question. musical virtuosity? Well, his nasal twang is an acquired taste, much like Springsteen, but i don't see a lot of argument that covers of Springsteen's songs are better than his own performances. And Bobby plays as good a folk guitar and harmonica as anybody, and after he went electric, his backup band was The Band, who were better than those E Street boys. How about most effective interpretation of the lyrics? That's where things get more squishy and vague, but I defy you to list covers that more clearly and effectively communicate Dylan's lyrics than Dylan's performances do. He wrote those words; he knows better than anybody just how to phrase them for maximum meaning and effect. But of course that's just my opinion; your mileage may vary.

Double Switch Oct 22 2019 01:08 PM Re: Different preferences in music

I saw these guys years ago when I attended a Cajun/Zydeco festival at the Old Mint in New Orleans - Louis Michot (the fiddler) and the Lost Bayou Ramblers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkl7szaE_rk This one is more like the day I saw them live. Even the dogs were dancing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELixDFmUqQY Maybe I'll diggy diggy lo back to the Kershaw days.

Double Switch Oct 22 2019 08:59 PM Re: Different preferences in music

When it comes to Bob, my preference is Seger. When it comes to Bruce, my preference is Lee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfoufXs01KU Here's a voice that's lived it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg2FOymTJnE Chacun à son goût, or, in other words, there is no accounting for taste.

Double Switch Nov 09 2019 07:02 PM Re: Different preferences in music Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Nov 10 2019 03:56 PM

Noting with astonishment how many hundreds of views this thread has had since it became inactive, I wonder why, since there have been no further comments. Is this merely a reflection of activity caused by bots? Interesting.

Lefty Specialist Nov 10 2019 03:31 PM Re: Different preferences in music

Well.... [YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wijp4-3giNw[/YOUTUBE]

Double Switch Nov 10 2019 04:02 PM Re: Different preferences in music

I love Denise Bryson ~ "Coop... I may wear a dress, but I still put my panties on one leg at a time, if you know what I mean." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF43b38k0Mw

Double Switch Nov 12 2019 04:09 PM Re: Different preferences in music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9mJ69Tqh84

RealityChuck Nov 12 2019 07:42 PM Re: Different preferences in music

I still haven't found the Randy Newman's version of I heard on PBS in the early 70s, but this is pretty close. Heartbreaking song. [YOUTUBE]BfkYr-ZgJfw[/YOUTUBE]

Double Switch Nov 14 2019 05:45 PM Re: Different preferences in music Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 18 2019 10:26 PM

The one I put here was made unavailable. Let's see if this version sticks. It's better anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ6T9uYImnQ

Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 15 2019 09:16 AM Re: Different preferences in music

Ian Hunter you may have known was touring with the survivors of the 1974-era Mott just recently. Another round of those shows have been put on hold however as Hunter is reportedly suffering severe tinnitus and given that he's 80 years old, I think this might mean the end of a long and remarkable career. I recently read a reprint of Hunter's "Diary of a Rock Star" book which talks about touring the states back then, and whiling away the boredom on obsessive pawn-shop guitar shopping. Charming and funny.

Double Switch Nov 19 2019 06:42 PM Re: Different preferences in music

Nope, I had no idea about Ian Hunter and present day activities. All the Young Dudes was presented to me way back in the day (1975'ish) by an acquaintance while we were discussing Thijs van Leer/Focus and Hocus Pocus. Just one of those things that I heard and liked but did not dive into much beyond that. I found van Leer and Jan Akkerman much more interesting and acquired a lot of their vinyl, none of which survived my many moves, alas. I can get a lot of it on YouTube, which is fine by me. Then: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBQp9Q8GM9s More recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ak-kyOVihM

Edgy MD Nov 19 2019 09:12 PM Re: Different preferences in music

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Ian Hunter you may have known was touring with the survivors of the 1974-era Mott just recently. Another round of those shows have been put on hold however as Hunter is reportedly suffering severe tinnitus and given that he's 80 years old, I think this might mean the end of a long and remarkable career. I recently read a reprint of Hunter's "Diary of a Rock Star" book which talks about touring the states back then, and whiling away the boredom on obsessive pawn-shop guitar shopping. Charming and funny. Hunter's age is always surprising, as he's one of those who broke in the seventies but I hadn't realized had already been a veteran scenester, and so was as old as many sixties stars. Ocasek was like that too. And Andy Summers is an eighties star who broke late and is actually as old as some sixties stars. Nick Lowe on the other hand is 70, but he's starting to look like late-stage Burgess Meredith.

Double Switch Nov 21 2019 08:51 PM Re: Different preferences in music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T5NuI6Ai-o

Double Switch Nov 24 2019 04:54 PM Re: Different preferences in music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h16DmdQvxB0

Double Switch Nov 27 2019 07:36 PM Re: Different preferences in music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqECtOAaAY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEGHAna02AY&list=PL8mYwcm28b1xGC8qmhoyPjVli3xrzbhS3&index=2

Double Switch Nov 28 2019 04:57 AM Re: Different preferences in music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G55cJrUs9VM

Double Switch Dec 02 2019 12:56 PM Re: Different preferences in music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oisLqWvqNw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihn_zHY5Iyg

batmagadanleadoff Dec 02 2019 01:36 PM Re: Different preferences in music

Double Switch wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oisLqWvqNw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihn_zHY5Iyg It's too bad that that album is so overshadowed by its smash hit Born to be Wild, because that's an incredibly solid release loaded with deep tracks worthy of heavy rotation radio play. I listen to that album all the time. Still.

Double Switch Dec 02 2019 04:41 PM Re: Different preferences in music

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=27381 time=1575318974 user_id=68] It's too bad that that album is so overshadowed by its smash hit Born to be Wild, because that's an incredibly solid release loaded with deep tracks worthy of heavy rotation radio play. I listen to that album all the time. Still.

Pretty much my own PoV.

MFS62 Dec 05 2019 06:34 AM Re: Different preferences in music

To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells -- From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells. .. Edgar Allan Poe Yes, that time of year has rolled around again, boys and girls. Every song, on most of the stations I listen to, has those fucking bells in it. If I hear "Sleigh Ride" or "Jungle Bells" one more time when I hit the wrong car radio button, I'll snap. Thank goodness for WCBS-FM and WDRC-FM (Hartford)for staying the course and playing songs I listen to year round. Later

Double Switch Dec 05 2019 12:17 PM Re: Different preferences in music

"Jungle Bells" I would listen to that song. I have my iPod connected in the car and can listen to music uninterrupted by crass commercialism.

Double Switch Dec 05 2019 01:31 PM Re: Different preferences in music

This one's for MFS62. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1yKZI9RyXk Hope this takes the sting out of those goyische jingle bells.

MFS62 Dec 05 2019 07:25 PM Re: Different preferences in music

Thanks, but my feelings have nothing to do with religion. I can listen to songs like Santa Baby, Feliz Navidad and O Holy Night. Just not songs with bells. Later

LWFS Dec 05 2019 09:09 PM Re: Different preferences in music

Double Switch wrote: "Jungle Bells" I would listen to that song. Oh? [YOUTUBE]FDFM4Ew1w8Q[/YOUTUBE]

Double Switch Dec 05 2019 09:28 PM Re: Different preferences in music Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Dec 06 2019 01:41 PM

Double Switch wrote: "Jungle Bells" I would listen to that song. Oh? [YOUTUBE]FDFM4Ew1w8Q[/YOUTUBE] Sure. But no more than once. I had no idea this is a real thing. That is truly tedious. But - I didn't hear any bells! Just a hi-hat cymbal.

Double Switch Dec 05 2019 09:30 PM Re: Different preferences in music

=MFS62 post_id=27849 time=1575599127 user_id=60] Thanks, but my feelings have nothing to do with religion.

Oh, mine do.

Double Switch Dec 06 2019 12:39 AM Re: Different preferences in music

This thread needs a palate cleanse so I turn to Steve Goodman and Jethro Burns. This song always reminds me of Christmas although it's never mentioned. No bells or beasts were assaulted during the commision of this artwork. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeBD3rcAMFw

Double Switch Dec 07 2019 11:00 PM Re: Different preferences in music

Please add no negative comments. If this is not to your taste, start your own topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHnRfhDmrk

Double Switch Dec 11 2019 03:04 PM Re: Different preferences in music

This could go in Post-Mortem Jukebox (except I suspect there was never a jukebox that had this cut). Criminally insane fretless bass player genius Jaco Pastorius and superlative in every imaginable way genius Joe Zawinul have passed but 86-y-o Wayne Shorter abides. Since I cannot say for certain which of the rotating drummers is in the video, I won't guess. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8fPVuK4DLw

kcmets Dec 12 2019 08:02 PM Re: Different preferences in music

I ordered and finally got the first two Steppenwolf albums from the library tonight. I haven't listened to either album since the 70's. Also got a greatest hits album.

Double Switch Dec 12 2019 08:41 PM Re: Different preferences in music

I hope you've acquired the appropriate libation to accompany these aural treats.

Double Switch Dec 14 2019 06:25 PM Re: Different preferences in music

I love a meaty sax. Avram Fefer & Bobby Few. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiVeyIZpPLA

Double Switch Dec 19 2019 03:18 PM Re: Different preferences in music

I would like to have "John Prine - Live from Sessions at West 54th" in my collection (maybe one day he'll rerelease it) but I'm OK to settle for YouTube when I need a fix. Lake Marie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exr-DOWJ3A0 We were standing by peaceful waters (I've already assured this will be carved on my stone). This one never gets old (just like John himself) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVhA01J0Zsg A lot of people have "covered" this but only the master who created it gets it right.