Music

What are you listening to?

Jenner — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:14:26

My tastes are a bit eclectic

ATB - Hunmanity:

Cryoshell - Bye Bye Babylon:

Ayumi Hamasaki - Evolution:

The Bird and the Bee - What's in the Middle -

Boa - Duvet:

Boom Boom Satellites - Shut Up and Explode:

Owl City - Cave In:

Carrie Skipper - Time Goes By:

Origa - Rise. Used for the opening credits for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, 2nd GiG:

Alex Chilton

Greenie — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:24:42

Can't believe none of the old timers have mentioned the untimely death of Alex Chilton. Lead singer of The Boxtops and the voice that launched millions of records with hits like "The Letter," "Cry Like a Baby," and "Neon Rainbow."
Saw him in concert with the Boxtops about 4 years ago. He was great. Close your eyes and it was 1967 again. Didn't look good though. Pasty and extremely thin. Not very personable either. I was told by those who tried to speak with him after the concert and get his autograph that he was unfriendly and cold.
Whatever, he was still great and his music gave me some great memories.

Oh Susie Q...

Howard Beale — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:30:32

...baby I love you, Susie Q.

Dale Hawkins died last Saturday 2/13/10. Man...I loved that song.

Say that you'll be mine...love me all the time, Susie Q.

Shine a Light

Howard Beale — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:37:19

Took out the Scorcese DVD from our local library.  Great sound, great technical presentation.  A few historical clips. Scorcese really knows how to do this.  The Last Waltz may still be the best concert film every made.  Shine a Light was lots of fun actually.

The music?  There are plenty of people who, regardless of advanced or advancing age, still put on killer shows.  Jeff Beck, Pink Floyd, AD/DC, the Allmans (whoever is in the band from night to night), Springteen...to name a few.  The problem with the Rolling Stones is that back in the 60's and early 70's, they were the best live band because they had the best rhythm section in the business.  They still have Charlie, and whoever is playing bass does fine.  The problem is Keith Richards, who doesn't play rhythm anymore.  Keith Richards wanders about and fucks around.  And its not half the band it was for it.  Ron Wood is putting down more rhythm than Keith.

Its fun but its not what it could be:

If they had a dedicated rhythm guitarist, the quality of the material could make them not much different from what they once were.  I sometimes imagine, if the Stones had somebody like Malcolm Young on rhythm, holy cats...transported back to the 1969 tour, the Get Your Ya Ya's out tour.  When Keith Richards played the best driving rhythm in the business.  Now Malcolm's the best, and has been for years.  Standing back there, crushing it through every bar of the music.

Take a look at this...(sorry 'bout the brassiere and Angus half-undressed and having oral sex with the fretboard).  Listen to Malcolm, particularly from 2:00 on, churning it out in the background...oh man.   Sure, its 1991, but Malcolm is still doing it the same today, just like he always has.  Best live rhythm section in the business.

So now, I guess my Rollings Stones post, has become and AC/DC post, but jeez-o-pete, if Keith Richards would just play like this...he knows how.

The Day the Music Died

Menton1 — Wed, 3 Feb 2010 09:00:00

February 3, 1959... Buddy Holly, Richie Havens, and Big Bopper.

(Sigh) Just imagine all the music we'd have from these guys if they'd lived.

And a little known factoid-- Waylon Jennings was on that tour with them, but he lost the coin toss and was the odd man out, because the plane could only hold 3 of them...