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Managed to get the younger spawn in to see one of her current fav groups while she was visiting family in WNY. My sister was hosting her and asked if I had any ideas about things the kiddo would like. So I said - go see these folks:

 
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Robbie's mother Dolly far left. Garth Hudson is now the last surviving member of The Band
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(c)Elliott Landy: 1968, Woodstock, NY
 
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Album/Art project about a person going through the stages of rabies. Weird premise, but it actually works really well. Give it a try if you're in the right headspace

this is only the first part of 4 so if anyone thinks this is interesting go and check out the entire project.
 
Two things:

1) Went to a concert in Boca Raton FL last weekend, Jason Mraz has one of the best live voices I've ever heard. The guy never misses a note, and he puts on a great performance. If you have the opportunity to go see him, I suggest it.

2) Just happened to hear Michael Jackson's Beat It today in the car. As someone who was not alive in the 80's, I never truly appreciate how talented he was as an artist. I can only imagine what it was like when a new song of his would come out
 


CowbellConray said:
Two things:

1) Went to a concert in Boca Raton FL last weekend, Jason Mraz has one of the best live voices I've ever heard. The guy never misses a note, and he puts on a great performance. If you have the opportunity to go see him, I suggest it.

2) Just happened to hear Michael Jackson's Beat It today in the car. As someone who was not alive in the 80's, I never truly appreciate how talented he was as an artist. I can only imagine what it was like when a new song of his would come out
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Jason grew up a few miles from where I live here in Virginia. I agree; he's got a great voice!
 
CowbellConray said:
Two things:

1) Went to a concert in Boca Raton FL last weekend, Jason Mraz has one of the best live voices I've ever heard. The guy never misses a note, and he puts on a great performance. If you have the opportunity to go see him, I suggest it.

2) Just happened to hear Michael Jackson's Beat It today in the car. As someone who was not alive in the 80's, I never truly appreciate how talented he was as an artist. I can only imagine what it was like when a new song of his would come out
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Thriller was HUUUUGE.
A monumental crossover between pop and rock, which meant more stations of airplay on both frequency bands.
Appealed to teens and adults, boys and girls, men and women.
Both fully intertwined with and opportunistically exploited the birth of MTV music videos the year before it was released.
Jackson's videos were as captivating as the album.
Thriller eventually became the #1 selling album of all time and remained so for years. It's now #2 all time to AC/DC Back in Black.
 
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brian_griffin said:
Thriller was HUUUUGE.
A monumental crossover between pop and rock, which meant more stations of airplay on both frequency bands.
Appealed to teens and adults, boys and girls, men and women.
Both fully intertwined with and opportunistically exploited the birth of MTV music videos the year before it was released.
Jackson's videos were as captivating as the album.
Thriller eventually became the #1 selling album of all time and remained so for years. It's now #2 all time to AC/DC Back in Black.
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My father was in the radio industry during the 80s, and claims to this day no one will ever come to the popularity and craze that Michael achieved from Thriller.

I’d kill to understand and experience that release and reception
 
Chainshot said:
Managed to get the younger spawn in to see one of her current fav groups while she was visiting family in WNY. My sister was hosting her and asked if I had any ideas about things the kiddo would like. So I said - go see these folks:

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Never heard of the group before, but I'll have to check them out. Pretty fun listen.
 
TheStorm said:
Never heard of the group before, but I'll have to check them out. Pretty fun listen.
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Weirdly, I had heard them previously, but when they did a radio gig in another form - they have a third sister who was their lead singer and fiddler, the youngest (who now sings lead) was mostly on mandolin. It was old timey - the Lovell Sisters.

The oldest one got married and moved to Canada so the younger two decided to pursue a different sound.

A couple of favs -



Rebecca jamming out on her old instrument -



And a third -

 
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So, for those who are more knowledgeable in the subject- who had the biggest draw when they first hit- Michael Jackson, The Beatles, or Elvis?
 
CowbellConray said:
2) Just happened to hear Michael Jackson's Beat It today in the car. As someone who was not alive in the 80's, I never truly appreciate how talented he was as an artist. I can only imagine what it was like when a new song of his would come out
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I was too young for Thriller (Born end of 81) but Michael Jackson was something that was part of the music world as I grew up. I remember Bad coming out and being everywhere but even then I was still pretty young. The first song that I specifically remember was Black or White. You’d go to school and excitedly talk about having seen the video.

I would say it’s simplistic to think there’s no one like that today but my kids with their enthusiasm of youth will look back with nostalgia on different bands. I do wonder if the availability of music these days through things like Spotify means they’re spoiled for choice because there are so many bands and so many channels.

In my youth if you were big on the radio, on MTV (or equivalent) and in a record store then you were famous. Michael Jackson was all those things.
 
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