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padre69
Jerry Lee Lewis’ Live at The Star Club is the greatest live album ever.
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MonkeyMan2000
Interesting thoughts, hopkins. I actually belong to that generation that is being spoon-fed that cynical gangster schtick. But I would say most young people get it - it's an artificial image thing like Keith's rockstar attitude. It's just too obvious. The bigger problem with the music industry that the young people are in touch with is this influencer thing. Many of the big stars get young people to buy all the stuff they want them to and get paid by companies for doing that. And of course the young generation is the perfect target for that, always wanting to be "in trend" on social media. But this of course is not limited to one genre...
P.S. no gangster stuff in the link I posted ;-)
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OpenG
Great time to run and listen to Brussels Affair - 10 mile run start at Embarcadro at Fiery pier and run along San Francisco Bay to marina district and to Crissy Field and run along the sand you see Alcatraz if not foggy and then to Golden Gate Bridge and run across to Sausalito and turn around and go back and end on Embarcardo at Peet's Coffee at the pier and sit outside overlooking SF bay. That for me is the best place in the world for a great run with the stones in your ears.
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Hairball
I have a new appreciation for Let's Work.
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Palace Revolution 2000
When Elmo started this thread I was hoping it would stay Page 1 for a long time because I think it is such a good idea: just musical musings that don't necessarily go anywhere; are not Stones related. But who else are you going to tell this stuff to? My girlfriend is up at 4 am for a while, feeding animals, and is completely over listening to my latest grain discoveries at this hour.
I was driving, and listening to these DJs having a very interesting discussion about bands in general. They had reached the 90's, and one guy was talking about Nirvana vs Pearl Jam; and how Nirvana had done those incredible albums, but when Cobain killed himself, they immediately hit iconic level. And like it or not, it just works that way.
Then some 3rd DJ piped in saying it was the same with Amy Winehouse and Jeff Buckley.
And I disagree totally. Nirvana did their albums; two were incredible. And at that time they were the #1 band in the world. They had already reached full potential. One could, COULD say that there is the possibility that they would have gone downhill; that they became boring. Or that they became better.
But Amy and Buckley both had a gift from heaven that was undeniable. And they hadn't even hit their full stride yet. As great a singer Buckley was, his writing, and his band were still labored. On "Grace" the two best songs are "Hallelujah" and "Lover you should'v come over" IMO - a cover and the simplest song of the record. One can already hear on the demos for "sweetheart" how much his writing had improved and become more focused.
Amy's "Back in Black" was phenomenal. She just needed to get consistent. Tony Bennett had said she was the best singer he had worked with since the great Jazz singers from the 50's.
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Kurt
...there is always music playing in my head.
It never goes away.
Wifey thinks I'm crazy but I can't believe that I'm the only one.
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NICOS
My observation is to avoid the radio ...man what a load of shit is playing these day's ........dozens of stations and not one decent song.......... just try to rediscover some oldies like Fleetwood Mac with the great guitar players Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan
Enjoy why you can .................................
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