Non-Classical Music Listening Thread!

[MN Dave]

You might want to check out the cover of that with Michael Schenker and Leslie West.

Thanks.

[George]

Was inevitable. Man do I still love Killer Queen, Keep Yourself Alive and most of all, Somebody to Love (still my fave song of all time.)

[AndyD.]

Was inevitable. Man do I still love Killer Queen, Keep Yourself Alive and most of all, Somebody to Love (still my fave song of all time.)

The three you mentioned are the ones I remember from when I was a little boy.They were on FM radio pretty regularly.

[George]

The three you mentioned are the ones I remember from when I was a little boy.They were on FM radio pretty regularly.

I think a big reason why I love them so much is because I rarely, if ever, heard them on the radio and therefore didn't get burned out on them.

[AndyD.]

I think a big reason why I love them so much is because I rarely, if ever, heard them on the radio and therefore didn't get burned out on them.

Maybe it was just a Springfield, Ohio thing.


New Frank Marino (formerly of Mahogany Rush) dvd coming out. Here is a clip; I'm not sure why he chose this particular song as a preview to the dvd, but there's no denying how much feeling he's putting into it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riIqvRWXAQg

[karlhenning]

Oh, and here's an album I haven't heard in two decades:



This remaster right away is an improvement even on the excellent hearing I remember the vinyl giving me. Back in the day.

Oh, man . . . if Fripp did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

[AndyD.]

Oh, and here's an album I haven't heard in two decades:



This remaster right away is an improvement even on the excellent hearing I remember the vinyl giving me. Back in the day.

Oh, man . . . if Fripp did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

From the time I started playing guitar, there were several guitar players that, when I listened to certain pieces by them, made me think about quitting playing. Fripp was one of the two that kept making me feel that way after years of playing. In fact, it was only in the past 3 or 4 years that I was able to really listen to his stuff without feeling that way.

These days, Mr. Jeff Beck is the only guitar player that still inspires those feelings.

[The new erato]

These days, Mr. Jeff Beck is the only guitar player that still inspires those feelings.

Brilliant player, but his music is soooooooooo (yawn) boring.

[AndyD.]

Brilliant player, but his music is soooooooooo (yawn) boring.

It certainly can be. That's one of the reasons I don't own a lot of cds by Jeff. The other is the reason stated above. It's hard for me to want to listen too much to someone that goo. It goes beyond humbling, into the realms of bumming out.

[karlhenning]

Brilliant player, but his music is soooooooooo (yawn) boring.

Oh, not that music of his which I listen to : )

[karlhenning]

First listen to this album:

[Brian]

Listening to the Preservation Hall Jazz Band's 2CD set "Songs of New Orleans." All of it is spectacular, but nothing in the entire jazz world is quite like clarinetist Dr. Michael White's dazzling rendition of Gershwin's "Summertime." It seems to contain whole universes; White's solo achieves the sort of grand, majestic sadness which characterizes the best of, say, Brahms. If you love jazz, or know what jazz is, or have ears attached to your head, I strongly recommend you click that link and give it a listen.

[KevinP]

Maybe it was just a Springfield, Ohio thing.

No, you didn't ear them much in Chicago, either. Usually after each hit ran its course, it was retired. The only ones I'd hear with some degree of regularity once the group was past its heyday were Killer Queen, Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Under Pressure. Sometimes Bohemian Rhapsody, but I think that was because its resurgence on the charts.

[karlhenning]

I've listened to this three times in 24 hours:



Before this revisitation, I had held this album (as an album) in less esteem than any of the three subsequent albums.  (Although I always liked "On the Air" and "D.I.Y." as among his very best solo songs . . . and of course "Exposure" is an old favorite.)  Why?

Not sure . . . maybe a generalized impression springing from visceral dissatisfaction with the downer of an album closer ("Home Sweet Home"). To be sure, "Biko" and "Kiss of Life" are much more positive exit statements on the two subsequent albums.

Now at this distance, even if "Home Sweet Home" may be a little too sentimental, a little too Dickensian, you've got to give Gabriel points for a tolerably well written song, and in a direct, personal vein which is entirely 'out of the zone' from his Genesis tenure.

The whole album, though, is really marvelously voiced.  Mind you, I love the rich texture and the majestic arc one hears in Genesis and King Crimson; but Fripp and Gabriel here have entirely successfully mastered a different musical game.

'Scratch' may be Gabriel's most underrated album.

[George]

Yeah, but do you like it, k a rl? 

Me:



How have I missed Nick Drake's stunning work all these years? I have all three of his albums and treasure their gentle, melancholic beauty. Very special stuff.

[karlhenning]

Good morning, George!

[MN Dave]

WINGS Over America

[George]

Good morning, George!

Morning! 

[karlhenning]

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck, The Enchantment

[SonicMan46]

Laura Boosinger - Let Me Linger - I was streaming a Pandora radio station (theme was Doc Watson music) and heard this banjoist/singer which prompted me to order the CD below; and she is even from North Carolina and went to school 2 hrs on I-40 West near Asheville - can't imagine how much more great talent is around.

This is an eclectic mix (tracks HERE) of all sorts of songs, many old & traditional, others from the Western Swing era, and then still others - the instrumental work is just superb and well recorded; Boosinger's singing is not great but fits nicely into the music - will file this disc w/ my bluegrass music -