What are you listening/playing lately?

**rep** · 10-29-2004, 04:24 PM

As musician and music down loader I am stunned at the lack of imagination in today's so called music scene. The 60' were the zenith of popular music as far as I am concerned. Granted there are some songs and groups that come through but nothing like that age.

I really got into the OJ's for a while until Little Feat was at a Chili cookoff at the Park. What a great group and even though they are part of the geezers and wheezers tour like the Stones, they can still make ya move your feet. O the memories.

I am also heavy into:
Stones
Beatles ( later years)
Woodstock (1969 and a prime example of the complexity of music then)
Aerosmith
Allman Brothers
B. B. King
BTO
Black Crows
Blues Traveler
Clapton
Dire Straits
Santanna
Joe Cocker
Graham Central Station
Marshall Tucker
Foghat
Michael McDonald
Sly and the Family Stones
SRV
Sting
Three Dog Night
Temptations( or anything with Jamerson on Bass)
Warren Zevon ( RIP)
Van Morrison
ZZ Top

Anybody else play?

Rep

**Steve Machol** · 10-29-2004, 05:53 PM

Your taste in music mirrors my own. I'd add:

The Kinks
Love (the absolute best of the 'psychedelic' bands')
Louis Armstrong
Ray Charles
Wille Nelson
Natalie Merchant
Bob Dylan
Tom Petty (with and without the Heartbreakers)
Bruce Springsteen
Badfinger
Phish
Simon & Garfunkel
Paul Simon
The Yardbirds
The Who
Eric Clapton
Johnny Cash

And a bunch more that I'll think of later.

**Jacqui** · 10-29-2004, 06:17 PM

Lately a lot of the 60's protest music.

**Joann Raytar** · 10-29-2004, 06:38 PM

Much of Rep and Steve's lists with the addition of:

Steely Dan
Buddy Guy
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Rush
The Doors
Roy Orbison
Janis Joplin
Cat Stevens
Pink Floyd
Led Zepplin
AC/DC
Metallica

**karen** · 10-29-2004, 06:42 PM

I am getting all into my iTunes but am dissapointed in the huge holes they have in their 80's selection. My most recent downloads include:

Klymaxx
The Dazz Band
Level 42
Flock of Seagulls
New Order
Book of Love
The Bangles
Wham (before they got all day glo)

But some of the old alternative 80's standards are not available like
Icicleworks
Midge Ure
XTC ....

Sigh, when I am appointed Supreme Dictator I will make them carry all the stuff I like. Now I just need a pink iPod and I am set.

Steve, did you notice that you and rep AGREED!! ;) I like lots of those bands too-best concert I ever saw was The Who in 1989-for my 21st birthday. Roger Daltry sang for 4 hours and we danced our butts off!

**Jedi** · 10-29-2004, 07:27 PM

I'll throw out a couple of indies that I feel have mass appeal, not fabricated "indy" bands.

Jawbreaker- as well as their lead singers new band, Jets to Brazil

Fifteen- as well as anything by singer Jeff Ott

Rancid- Despite the unappealing name they are probably the best musicians out of any punk band ever. Their previous incarnation Operation Ivy.

The Weakerthans- John K. Samson has an amazing voice. A big stretch musically from his previous band, Propagandhi. They are Canucks too.

Bad Religion-The grandfathers of modern day punk. Every album has be terrific.

Some albums may be hard to track down but they are a refreshing alternative to the lip-synched, manufactured **** polluting our airwaves currently.

Jarratt

**rep** · 10-29-2004, 08:10 PM

Johnny Ramon was the father of punk music.

Steve and I agree on a lot more than you think.

That was my rock list.
I am also into R & B and Blues when I am in the mood.
That would include:
Stevie Wonder
Ray Charles
Buddy Guy
Bootsy Collins
Robert Cray
Steve Miller Band
Peter Framption ( Do you feel like I do in particular)
3 doors down ( Kryptonite)
James Brown
Neville Brothers
Lynard Skinnard /Allman Brothers( southern rock)
Talking Heads
Commander Cody
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Alannah Myles ( Black Velvet in particular)
Aretha Franklin
Atlanta Ryythm Section
Bad Company ( one I forgot)
Brothers Johnson
Isley Brothers
and the list goes on.............

Rep

**Spexvet** · 10-29-2004, 08:19 PM

I thought the Velvet Underground were the original punkers.

How about:
Bowie
Yes
Zepplin
Depeche Mode
REM
B-52s
Devo (are we not men?)
Joe Jackson
Dire Straits
CCR
10,000 maniacs (sorry Steve, Natalie wasn't as good without them)
Elvis Costello
Spirit
Good Charlotte
Dave Brubeck
Talking heads
and many more...:cheers::cheers:

**Spexvet** · 10-29-2004, 08:20 PM

Steve,
Who/what were "Love"? Never heard of them, and I thought I heard 'em all.

**Steve Machol** · 10-29-2004, 08:38 PM

Love (with frontman Arthur Lee) was one of the most incredible bands to come out of the LA scene in the late '60s. They were one of the Rolling Stonse favorite bands and Mick Jagger even 'appropriated' the idea for 'She's a Rainbow' from the Love song 'She Come in Colors'.

Love's 'Forever Changes' album is in my all-time top ten list and was rated by Rolling Stone Magazine as the 18th best album ever and the best from any of the psychedelic bands.

The main reason they never gained widesapread fame is that Arther Lee was rather eccentric and didn't like to travel. So they rarely toured and consequently their major fame stayed in the West Coast.

http://www.lastcallrecords.com/stories/Love_en.html
http://love.torbenskott.dk/
http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tks/
http://www.fmsound.net/NewReleases/A...eter/Love.html

http://love.torbenskott.dk/

**Jedi** · 10-29-2004, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by Jedi

Bad Religion-The grandfathers of modern day punk.

There are a number of bands that could lay claim to pioneering punk music, my statement was to reflect Bad Religion's influence on "pop punk" or "SoCal punk". Sorry for any confusion.

**Shwing** · 10-29-2004, 10:21 PM

www.jackfm.ca

**Steve Machol** · 10-30-2004, 12:52 AM

Originally Posted by Jo

Much of Rep and Steve's lists with the addition of:

Steely Dan
Buddy Guy
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Rush
The Doors
Roy Orbison
Janis Joplin
Cat Stevens
Pink Floyd
Led Zepplin
AC/DC
Metallica

I can't believe I forgot Steely Dan and Stevie Ray Vaughan and the others as well. The only ones on this list I haven't heard much of is Rush, AC/DC and Metallica.

**Spexvet** · 10-30-2004, 01:22 AM

Originally Posted by Steve Machol

Love (with frontman Arthur Lee) was one of the most incredible bands to come out of the LA scene in the late '60s. They were one of the Rolling Stonse favorite bands and Mick Jagger even 'appropriated' the idea for 'She's a Rainbow' from the Love song 'She Come in Colors'.

Love's 'Forever Changes' album is in my all-time top ten list and was rated by Rolling Stone Magazine as the 18th best album ever and the best from any of the psychedelic bands.

The main reason they never gained widesapread fame is that Arther Lee was rather eccentric and didn't like to travel. So they rarely toured and consequently their major fame stayed in the West Coast.

http://www.lastcallrecords.com/stories/Love_en.html
http://love.torbenskott.dk/
http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tks/
http://www.fmsound.net/NewReleases/A...eter/Love.html

http://love.torbenskott.dk/

Believe it or not, there's a surprisingly large sampling at walmart.com ($0.88 each). You can listen to 30 second samples. They remind me of the Amboy Dukes, a little.

**Steve Machol** · 10-30-2004, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by Spexvet

Believe it or not, there's a surprisingly large sampling at walmart.com ($0.88 each). You can listen to 30 second samples. They remind me of the Amboy Dukes, a little.

Excellent!

http://musicdownloads.walmart.com/ca...vlet?id=154000

Listen to these to get a feel for Love:

Alone Again Or
You Set the Scene
She Comes In Colors
My Little Red Book
Softly to Me
Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale

**karen** · 10-30-2004, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by Spexvet

I thought the Velvet Underground were the original punkers.

How about:
Bowie

Depeche Mode
REM
B-52s
Devo (are we not men?)
Joe Jackson

10,000 maniacs (sorry Steve, Natalie wasn't as good without them)
Elvis Costello

Good Charlotte

Talking heads
and many more...:cheers::cheers:

Ok, now WE are agreeing!! :bbg: This begs the question, how old are you? I will step right up and say I am 36. Those musical choices make me think perhaps I thought you were old (and crotchety! ;) ) and this is not so....

**chip anderson** · 10-30-2004, 06:27 PM

Still listening to Little Richard, Fats Domino, The Delvikings, etc.

**rep** · 10-30-2004, 07:04 PM

Today's music is pretty poor in comparison.

Rep

**PAkev** · 10-30-2004, 08:59 PM

New:
The Worlds Greatest Fishing Band wgfb.com

Classic:
Steeley Dan
David Grissman
Dan Fogelberg
The Little River Band

I wish I could hear my older music more often but a lot of it is on cassette tapes and nearly everything I have to play music on now is in Compact Disc format.

Kevin

**Bev Heishman** · 10-30-2004, 09:17 PM

My top

The Stones
60's Time Life Series
All Fleetwood Mac
The Who
Bon Jovi
Springsteen
Classical Piano
Jazz-all

**chm2023** · 10-31-2004, 01:10 PM

I took out some Ray Charles CDs and added to my car stash. Hadn't listened to these for a while. Fabulous.

**Steve Machol** · 10-31-2004, 02:42 PM

Forgot to mention:

Crosby, Stills, Nash and (sometimes) Young (and variations)

**chm2023** · 10-31-2004, 02:55 PM

Stevie Wonder and for great jazz piano Oscar Peterson.

**John R** · 10-31-2004, 04:42 PM

Pink Floyd & Pink Floyd and ah yes More Pink Floyd... :) Oh and a bit of Roger Gilmore for a change.

**Robert Martellaro** · 10-31-2004, 06:50 PM

Rep,

Formal training was jazz guitar, but lead guitar, playing hard driving and/or melodic rock & roll, is my forte. Unfortunately we're in a R&R drought, and you have to go to Europe to make a living playing jazz.

I've been spinning these records on my Rega turntable and cd player as of late...

Roadwork_Edgar Winter's White Trash Vinyl 1972 Live
If your not dancing on the table after Still Alive and Well, Back in the USA, and R&R Hoochie Koo (Johnny sits in) you'd better call a doctor. Rick Derringer plays and also produced.

Paridise and Lunch_Ry Cooder CD 1974
I never cared much for Cooder until I heard "Buena Vista Socoal Club" from 1997. Hear "Jesus on the Mainline" and "Ditty Wah Ditty" on the same cd. Well recorded.

Verve Jazzmasters 11_Stephane Grappelli cd 1997
Jazz Violin at its best.

No name album aka white album_Beatles CD 1968
I've been playing Disk 2 frequently since I upgraded the cd player and amplification three months ago, and I still keep hearing something new every time. I think George Martin should have been knighted, not Paul.

Dirt Track Date_Southern Culture on the Skids CD 1995
Very Link Wray-ish which is a good thing. Have a party and charge admission at the door.

Nighthawks at the Diner_Tom Waits CD 1975
Life according to Waits. I wonder if Bukowski would approve.

King does the King's Things_Albert King Vinyl 1969
Albert King covers Elvis. Really.

Searching for Smplicity_Greg Allman CD 1997
Very nice version of Whippin' Post.

Robert