OT: The Music Thread Part Six

[jgatie]

The weird thing about the Police to me is that every song of theirs that's on the radio, I kind of hate, but when someone posts a deep cut from an album I actually like it a lot. It's really weird. When the opening riff of Roxanne or Every Breath You Take come on the radio I reach for the dial to change the station, but someone posts an album song of theirs and I'm like, this bops.

Yep. Same here. Synchronicity is not a favorite of mine. Sure part of that is the old "They aren't mine anymore, everybody likes them" bias, but I just don't like the songs as much.

 

[Blowfish]

The weird thing about the Police to me is that every song of theirs that's on the radio, I kind of hate, but when someone posts a deep cut from an album I actually like it a lot. It's really weird. When the opening riff of Roxanne or Every Breath You Take come on the radio I reach for the dial to change the station, but someone posts an album song of theirs and I'm like, this bops.

Yup dig deep into the old stuff.

 

[jgatie]

Yup dig deep into the old stuff.

2nd best song about a blow up doll ever. Here's the first:



Ferry still performs it to this day, and it always brings down the house.

 

[Blowfish]

2nd best song about a blow up doll ever. Here's the first:

Ferry still performs it to this day, and it always brings down the house.

Too funny. My first time hearing this song. I'm guessing Zappa or Tom Waits has something out there. Maybe the Beatles.

Was i the only teenager checking out this album every record store visit? BTW great song

Come on! I wasn't alone seeking this album out in my teens. I have an entire group of friends who worshiped this album. lol

 

[jgatie]

Too funny. My first time hearing this song. I'm guessing Zappa or Tom Waits has something out there. Maybe the Beatles.

Typical Roxy. Take an absurd subject and make a darkly driven dirge out of it. It's outstanding live, especially when you see people who are unfamiliar looking quite puzzled when they figure out what the song is about.

 

[GordonHowe]

Perfect timing ... my sister is heading to the Keys! Thanks for sharing. BTW a great series to watch "based in the Keys" is Bloodline. Might be one of my favourite series next to Breaking Bad.


Love Complete Control...excellent choice for top punk songs. We should take a trip down punk rock classics one fine day.

We already have, after a fashion. Several pages back I posted a handful of Pistols tunes.

But, you're right.

"Let's do this thing."

Begin here, in medias res,

Your turn,

 

[GordonHowe]

The weird thing about the Police to me is that every song of theirs that's on the radio, I kind of hate, but when someone posts a deep cut from an album I actually like it a lot. It's really weird. When the opening riff of Roxanne or Every Breath You Take come on the radio I reach for the dial to change the station, but someone posts an album song of theirs and I'm like, this bops.

Well, "Roxanne" was tough to take back then (1978). Sting's delivery is grating. That was the first one to become a radio hit, and it kind of saved their career, which was foundering a bit.

High school kids in Michigan (save, I guess, girls who dug three bottle blondes, especially Mr. Sumner) hated that song. Hated it.

 

[McGarnagle]

Well, "Roxanne" was tough to take back then (1978). Sting's delivery is grating. That was the first one to become a radio hit, and it kind of saved their career, which was foundering a bit.

High school kids in Michigan (save, I guess, girls who dug three bottle blondes, especially Mr. Sumner) hated that song. Hatted it.

One of the funniest aspects of one of the greatest episodes of TV history, the Remedial Chaos Theory episode of Community, was in every new timeline where Roxanne would start playing on the radio and Jeff would stop everyone else from singing it.
RAHHHHHX-
No

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

then there's the 2 Billy Joel concerts from 1990 in New York.... the 1st time Yankee Stadium II was ever rented for a concert; The only caveat was the field itself; then the other at the long-since departed Shea Stadium; PBS REPLAYED THE Yankee Stadium concert from 3-5 AM This AM

 

[jgatie]

then there's the 2 Billy Joel concerts from 1990 in New York.... the 1st time Yankee Stadium II was ever rented for a concert; The only caveat was the field itself; then the other at the long-since departed Shea Stadium; PBS REPLAYED THE Yankee Stadium concert from 3-5 AM This AM

 

[aguineapig]

Andy Summers had been around awhile before he picked up the badge and joined The Police


The Animals – “Coloured Rain” (1968) from Love Is

The Animals built their reputation on their gritty, soulful take on the blues. But by 1968, lead singer Eric Burdon had a new backing group (still called The Animals) that left the blues behind. With a lineup that included Andy Summers; the group was very much a part of the acid-drenched peace-and-love scene of the era. This cover of the Traffic song features a very, very long Summers guitar solo.

 

[McGarnagle]

We already have, after a fashion. Several pages back I posted a handful of Pistols tunes.

I love the Jam, and Paul Weller's later stuff with the Style Council as well. The Jam probably could've been a huge crossover success in the 80s if Paul Weller wasn't so grumpy with his anti-rock star ethos that he broke up the band at the height of their career just so their artistic quality didn't decline with later albums or something. It totally left the other members of the band in the lurch too, apparently they didn't speak to him for over 20 years after that. Weller wound up being a huge influence on the Britpop movement and was especially a favorite of Noel Gallagher, he even sat in to play backing guitar on Oasis' Champagne Supernova.

 

[GordonHowe]

Andy Summers had been around awhile before he picked up the badge and joined The Police


The Animals – “Coloured Rain” (1968) from Love Is

The Animals built their reputation on their gritty, soulful take on the blues. But by 1968, lead singer Eric Burdon had a new backing group (still called The Animals) that left the blues behind. With a lineup that included Andy Summers; the group was very much a part of the acid-drenched peace-and-love scene of the era. This cover of the Traffic song features a very, very long Summers guitar solo.

 

[GordonHowe]

I love the Jam, and Paul Weller's later stuff with the Style Council as well. The Jam probably could've been a huge crossover success in the 80s if Paul Weller wasn't so grumpy with his anti-rock star ethos that he broke up the band at the height of their career just so their artistic quality didn't decline with later albums or something. It totally left the other members of the band in the lurch too, apparently they didn't speak to him for over 20 years after that. Weller wound up being a huge influence on the Britpop movement and was especially a favorite of Noel Gallagher, he even sat in to play backing guitar on Oasis' Champagne Supernova.

That's so funny. I bought that single when it came out. Lovely. Thank you for posting.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_(The_Jam_album

And although seemingly removed from the world of punk, perhaps not so far. Marc Bolan was an early adopter of punk.

Pure joy,

 

[JAD]

John Lennon
Mind Games

 

[GordonHowe]

John Lennon
Mind Games

And here's the best of Lennon, as a person.

 

[Ladyfan]

The Movies



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another version. Steve Stills

 

[GordonHowe]

Too funny. My first time hearing this song. I'm guessing Zappa or Tom Waits has something out there. Maybe the Beatles.

Come on! I wasn't alone seeking this album out in my teens. I have an entire group of friends who worshiped this album. lol

Your answer?

No. No you were not.

 

[Orr Fourever]

Don't let the Oilers get to you...

 

[GordonHowe]

 

[GordonHowe]

John Lennon
Mind Games

There's some good stuff on Mind Games,

 

[GordonHowe]

I love the Jam, and Paul Weller's later stuff with the Style Council as well. The Jam probably could've been a huge crossover success in the 80s if Paul Weller wasn't so grumpy with his anti-rock star ethos that he broke up the band at the height of their career just so their artistic quality didn't decline with later albums or something. It totally left the other members of the band in the lurch too, apparently they didn't speak to him for over 20 years after that. Weller wound up being a huge influence on the Britpop movement and was especially a favorite of Noel Gallagher, he even sat in to play backing guitar on Oasis' Champagne Supernova.

For the record, the Jam were not "really" punk. As everyone here knows, they styled themselves after the early 60s English mods. As they did so in the late 70s, there was even an ersatz mod revival, which is hilarious,

 

[jgatie]

For the record, the Jam were not "really" punk. As everyone here knows, they styled themselves after the early 60s English mods. As they did so in the late 70s, there was even an ersatz mod revival, which is hilarious,

Weller also hated the fact they were labeled a "revival" of the 60's mods, famously wearing placard around his neck which said ""How can I be a revivalist when I'm only f***ing 18?"

 

[McGarnagle]

Weller also hated the fact they were labeled a "revival" of the 60's mods, famously wearing placard around his neck which said ""How can I be a revivalist when I'm only f***ing 18?"

And how because of the mod-inspired suits they wore their label marketed them as a "Conservative" alternative to the left-wing punk acts like the Clash when that was very much far from the case.

As I listen to the records, the thing that really stands out is the bass playing, or just how prominent the bass is on the mixes.

 

[jgatie]

And how because of the mod-inspired suits they wore their label marketed them as a "Conservative" alternative to the left-wing punk acts like the Clash when that was very much far from the case.

As I listen to the records, the thing that really stands out is the bass playing, or just how prominent the bass is on the mixes.

Foxton is a great bassist. His melodic thump under the jangle of Weller's Rickenbacker is their signature sound.