OT: The Music Thread Part 7

[RoccoF14]

If you are into live albums by Jam Bands, check out Goose's new release: Goose: Live at the Salt Shed. That was recorded here in Chicago about 3 months ago and has just been released. I didn't really know about them until I heard their latest single "Hungersite" on my favorite local station.....

We're getting a lot of older stuff posted on this thread (which is great, by the way), but I also want to highlight some current bands that I think are doing some really good work that you may not know about. I'm lucky to have a great local free form radio station here in Chicago (93XRT) that's given me some great exposure to new music that is really worth checking out. I already posted Goose, here's a few more that I think are worth a listen.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

has to be the greatest outro of the 80s

 

[JAD]

Marshall Tucker Band

Heard It In A Love Song


Fire On The Mountain


Searchin' For A Rainbow

 

[aguineapig]

 

[08SeaBass08]

I'm lazy and I bore easily, but will check.

Try weird movie.

My favorite thing about it was that there was no "product placement." Rather, a can that says, "Beer," etc.

I suspect Lydon ripped the idea off for

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The great Boston band Plate O Shrimp got their name from Repo Man. It's a special in a restaurant scene after this exchange:

Miller (Tracy Walter): "Suppose you're thinkin' about a plate of shrimp. And all of a sudden someone says 'plate, or shrimp, or plate of shrimp.' It's all part of the cosmic unconsciousness"

Otto (Emilio Estevez): "Miller, you take a lot of acid back in the hippy days?"

Miller: "Lemme give you another example. Show you what I mean."

Zander Schloss from the Circle Jerks is Otto's buddy, Kevin.


It's not a particularly good film, but it is absolutely a seminal influence in my cultural adolescence. I've probably seen it 100 times, but not once since maybe 1995. And worn my vinyl thin cranking it in my dorm at UMass. Particularly when I discovered I had some neighbors who found a lot of what I listened to "offensive."

We do whatever we can. We gotta duck when the shit hits the fan. Shoo-be-dee-doo-wop-wop, say what? Yeah.

 

[GordonHowe]

The great Boston band Plate O Shrimp got their name from Repo Man. It's a special in a restaurant scene after this exchange:

Miller (Tracy Walter): "Suppose you're thinkin' about a plate of shrimp. And all of a sudden someone says 'plate, or shrimp, or plate of shrimp.' It's all part of the cosmic unconsciousness"

Otto (Emilio Estevez): "Miller, you take a lot of acid back in the hippy days?"

Miller: "Lemme give you another example. Show you what I mean."

Zander Schloss from the Circle Jerks is Otto's buddy, Kevin.


It's not a particularly good film, but it is absolutely a seminal influence in my cultural adolescence. I've probably seen it 100 times, but not once since maybe 1995. And worn my vinyl thin cranking it in my dorm at UMass. Particularly when I discovered I had some neighbors who found a lot of what I listened to "offensive."

We do whatever we can. We gotta duck when the shit hits the fan. Shoo-be-dee-doo-wop-wop, say what? Yeah.

Nicely done.

 

[GordonHowe]

We're getting a lot of older stuff posted on this thread (which is great, by the way), but I also want to highlight some current bands that I think are doing some really good work that you may not know about. I'm lucky to have a great local free form radio station here in Chicago (93XRT) that's given me some great exposure to new music that is really worth checking out. I already posted Goose, here's a few more that I think are worth a listen.

You are right about posting older stuff.

For me, most of the stuff I love is older. I do not pay attention, at all, to today's music. I can't make any sense of it and being jerky, I don't really care.

I don't want to live in my musical past, and it's always good to hear exciting music from the present, but I have to be honest. I'm not crazy about the music of today.

Feel free to respond,

 

[08SeaBass08]

I appreciate anything new that people post. My former job depended on being on top of all current music, but that's already 25 years ago. One of the greatest things I've ever seen was a minivan with a bumper sticker that said "I used to be cool." So I very much appreciate the efforts by those who presently are.

 

[EvilDead]

 

[EvilDead]

Most of the techno artists that get praise usually come from Europe. And yet...people seem to forget, much like with house music, that techno originated in America. Specifically in the city of Detroit with many great artists like Kevin Saunderson and Juan Atkins, which would have a major influence on not just the European techno scene but also Hip Hop and Rap as well.

 

[JAD]

Paul McCartney

Beware My Love


Hi HI HI


Let 'Em In

 

[jgatie]

The day after I saw Motorhead at The Channel back in the late 80's, the Boston Phoenix gave the single greatest one line review I've ever read:

"Motorhead. Drano for the soul."

 

[Glove Malfunction]

So this dropped yesterday. It's honestly pretty fire.

 

[HooperDrivesTheBoat]

I love live albums and own a bunch. I've got Live Rust, Alchemy and Exit Stage Left (as mentioned above). Here are a few others that I think are fantastic and worth checking out:

AC/DC: If You Want Blood You've Got it
Allman Brothers: Live at the Filmore East
Husker Du: The Living End (if you only get one Husker record in your life, get this one..)
Jackson Brown: Running on Empty
Robert Earl Keen: #2 Live Dinner
Jerry Garcia Band: GarciaLive Vols. 1 and 2
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Live
Mike Cooley, Patterson Hood & Jason Isbell: Live at the Shoals Theatre
Queen: Queen Rock Montreal
The Replacements: For Sale, Live at Maxwell's 1986 (They were great live, when they actually gave a shit...)
Townes Van Zandt: Rear View Mirror
Widespread Panic: Light Fuse Get Away (Live)

This is a solid list, especially the Husker and Mats live albums. I also like the Drive-By Truckers, with and without Isbell.

Some of my favorite live albums:

Ramones - It’s Alive
The Clash - Live at Bonds
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Live at The Rainbow
Jane’s Addiction - The Head Shop (Milan, Italy)
Johnny Thunders - Too Much Junkie Business
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Live at the Fillmore 1997
Bob Dylan - At Budokan
J Mascis - Martin and Me
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Unwound - Live Leaves
The Pogues - The Pogues in Paris
The Police - Live!
Nirvana - From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
The Beach Boys In Concert
Mastodon - Live at Brixton
Guided By Voices - Live from Austin, TX (Bob gets hammered, as is his way, and some of the songs suffer because of it, but it’s a pretty good representation of the band - the setlist is great)

There are many more but my brain is fried.

 

[HooperDrivesTheBoat]

I remember reading a few Beatles books and learning about Magic Alex, but it has been a long time. I had forgotten (or maybe even never knew) that he put that idea into John's head. Thanks!

That song is still tops for me. Since this is a music thread, top 10 Beatles songs not really but kinda sorta in order:

1. I'm Only Sleeping
2. We Can Work It Out
3. Sexy Sadie
4. And Your Bird Can Sing
5. For No One
6. Day Tripper
7. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
8. I Should Have Known Better
9. Tomorrow Never Knows
10. Here Comes the Sun

Nearly impossible but (no specific order):

1. A Day in the Life
2. Dear Prudence
3. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
4. Eleanor Rigby
5. We Can Work It Out
6. Hello Goodbye
7. I’m Looking Through You
8. Fixing a Hole
9. All My Loving
10. Hey Jude

This list changes daily. The Beatles were the greatest.

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

Nearly impossible but (no specific order):

1. A Day in the Life
2. Dear Prudence
3. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
4. Eleanor Rigby
5. We Can Work It Out
6. Hello Goodbye
7. I’m Looking Through You
8. Fixing a Hole
9. All My Loving
10. Hey Jude

This list changes daily. The Beatles were the greatest.

Solid choices!

 

[JAD]

REO Speedwagon

Take It On The Run


Keep On Loving You


Ridin' The Storm Out

 

[Ddawg]

My go to is Heart "The Road Home" in my opinion one of the best live acoustical albums.

 

[JAD]

I remember reading a few Beatles books and learning about Magic Alex, but it has been a long time. I had forgotten (or maybe even never knew) that he put that idea into John's head. Thanks!

That song is still tops for me. Since this is a music thread, top 10 Beatles songs not really but kinda sorta in order:

1. I'm Only Sleeping
2. We Can Work It Out
3. Sexy Sadie
4. And Your Bird Can Sing
5. For No One
6. Day Tripper
7. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
8. I Should Have Known Better
9. Tomorrow Never Knows
10. Here Comes the Sun

Grew up on Beatles. So many songs / very incomplete list.
No specific order.

She Said She Said
I've just seen a face
Help
Ticket to ride
Back in the ussr
Paperback Writer
Let It Be
Don't let me down
Get back
While my guitar gently weeps
Hey Jude

Honorable mention album side play:
You never give me your money (through) carry that weight

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

REO Speedwagon

Take It On The Run


Keep On Loving You


Ridin' The Storm Out

Not a huge REO fan by any means, but heard plenty of their stuff while riding in my dad’s car when I was growing up.

But…they do have one song that is my go-to when I want to get pumped up or feel better if I’m a little down.

 

[GlenFeatherstone]

REO Speedwagon

Take It On The Run


Keep On Loving You


Ridin' The Storm Out

My very first concert when I was 18 at the old Worcester centrum was REO, Styx, and Journey. REO rocked it that night.

 

[Orr Fourever]

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

Grew up on Beatles. So many songs / very incomplete list.
No specific order.

She Said She Said
I've just seen a face
Help
Ticket to ride
Back in the ussr
Paperback Writer
Let It Be
Don't let me down
Get back
While my guitar gently weeps
Hey Jude

Honorable mention album side play:
You never give me your money (through) carry that weight

Ooh yeah 2nd side of Abbey Road is heavenly. Ticket to Ride, forgot about that one!

 

[GordonHowe]

Ooh yeah 2nd side of Abbey Road is heavenly. Ticket to Ride, forgot about that one!

Listen to Ringo's very simple -- deceptively simple? -- accents on "Ticket to Ride."

Great musicians have derided Ringo's playing. Usually jazz types. These are the same people who put down McCartney's bass playing.

I don't know enough about playing drums to opine, but to me, Ringo was underrated.

For whatever reason, he didn't like solos.

No, he was not Keith Moon, Ginger Baker, or John Bonham.

But he wasn't "a talentless dolt only along for the ride," either.

Check "Rain," as we have in this space recently. Check "She Loves You." Check. as you guys have, Ringo's modest, compact, appropriate drum fill on Abbey Road's second side.

And listen to the restrained, exhausted, poignant fills on "The End."

No expert but I respect Ringo's craft.

Plus, everything I've ever heard about him has been (largely) complimentary.

A good bloke.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

Just heard Daphnis & Chloe by Ravel

Where has this been all my life?

I love Debussy, never once ventured into Ravel.
I feel cheated.