Just Music

[Heather Shay]

I'd like to see this thread help all ages appreciate each other's favor music. I tend to know more about 1960s through 1980s but to me any musical genre done well deserves a listen. I want to learn more about today's artists and being a songwriter melding old and new into something fresh is always a goal.

 

This isn't a thread about whose music is best or worst it's about respecting each other's musical tastes and being enlightened.

 

I'd love to see everyone share artists they love and have given them joy and hope and healing and what it is about the artists that does that for you.

 

Thank you

 

Heather

[Janae]

Great topic @Heather Shay !  For me, it is the music of The WHO.  They are on tour right now, and highly recommend anyone to see them!  I think the last time I saw them live was in the early 90’s.  This concert easily eclipsed that one. To see Roger Daltry and Pete Townsend perform for 2 solid hours was amazing, and I hope when I get to their age ( 12 years from now) that I can be that fit!

Their music has so much meaning for me, and reaches to the very soul.  I was so happy that they brought the symphonic ensemble so that they could play from one of my favorite albums - Quadraphenia. I had tears of joy during “Love Rain on Me”. 
 

Janae

[Janae]

I almost forgot, and this song qualifies for the 6 word story.  “Can you see the real me”. 
Lastly I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the drummer- course it’s not Keith Moon, and he is way younger than Pete and Roger, but talk about a workout session!

[Heather Shay]

@Janae this is a wonderful start. I saw The Who in the 80s and it was excellent. The first true masterpiece of theirs I loved was Tommy. "I'm Free" being one of my favorites to learn as a novice guitar player. My favorite song of theirs is I Can See For Miles but my favorite to play were Eminence Front and Behind Blue Eyes.

And of course I'm sort of glad Pete's Lifehouse project didn't make it because I absolutely love what came out of it namely Who's Next.

[Ivy]

15 hours ago, Hannah Renee said:

When I was growing up, my mother played a lot of Broadway musicals on the old turntable. …we tried to listen to a Chicago station we could sometimes get. …more good stuff, like the Moody Blues

My mother did that too back in the 50's.

 

I remember sitting in cars at night listening to the Chicago station (the only time we could get it) and consuming various beverages.

 

I am still fond of the Moody Blues, and listen to them frequently to this day.

 

But mostly these days, I like the Celtic stuff, especially the instrumentals - fiddles, tin whistles, etc.

[Heather Shay]

Underground music/ free form music radio stations in the early 70's I loved. You heard everything from Vigil Fox to Pink Floyd, Moody Blues to Frank Sinatra and the DJ's programed their own shows and had such personalities and the interviews with traveling bands - I miss it.

[Fly2188]

13 hours ago, Janae said:

Great topic @Heather Shay !  For me, it is the music of The WHO.  They are on tour right now, and highly recommend anyone to see them!  I think the last time I saw them live was in the early 90’s.  

 

I saw them a few years back. I think ‘sad’ was what came to all our minds while at the concert. Let’s just say their vocals can’t hit the same ranges that they once could. 
 

Still I’m happy I got to see them, but it’s sad what time does to us all. 

[Heather Nicole]

6 hours ago, Heather Shay said:

My favorite song of theirs is I Can See For Miles but my favorite to play were Eminence Front and Behind Blue Eyes.

 

I'm not familiar with very much of The Who's music, but I love Eminence Front.

 

And count me in as another who appreciates Moody Blues.

[miz miranda]

I was a child of the 60s but connected with a diverse set of music while living in Ireland in 89 & 90. I found:

 

Jerry Jeff Walker - he wrote Mr. Bojangles and is kind of Austin Tx Honky Tonk

Pousette Dart band - They had a nice vibe, my favorite is Amnesia

Bo Deans - Midwest band with tunes that hit my soul at the time

The Byrds - I reconnected with their music due to a commercial that used one their songs.

 

 

[Davie]

4 minutes ago, miz miranda said:

Pousette Dart band - They had a nice vibe, my favorite is Amnesia

A great local band here in Cambridge. Saw them many times. I owe them the existence of two ex-girlfriends in my life . . . or do they owe me? Ha! They were a great live band.

Here's another. Pousette-Dart Band "County Line" (Curtis, Pousette-Dart). 

 

[Ivy]

4 hours ago, Hannah Renee said:

Did you listen to WLS

Yup.   Don't remember the names though.  

A lot of other AM stations had shut down at night due to the atmospheric conditions.  I believe it was called "skip".   FM wasn't a big thing yet.

[Ivy]

3 hours ago, Hannah Renee said:

Some of the lyrics to the Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" just came to mind:

The trees are still drawing me near…

[Heather Shay]

@miz miranda OMG - haven't heard Pousette Dart Band in ages - thanks for reminding me of them.

[Jackie C.]

Gosh, while I like the old stuff (Joan Jett, Blondie, Heart, Cher), I also listen to artists like Fletcher, girl in red, and P!nk. I've got a huge soft spot for electro-swing. I absolutely adore Caro Emerald, Caravan Palace, etc...

 

And of course Steam Powered Giraffe, Mystery Skulls and Radio Gosha. 

 

Oh and Nightcore edits of popular artists. I LOVE the energy.

 

My musical tastes may be a little eclectic. My stuff is all over the place.

 

Hugs!

[Red_Lauren.]

I'm 36 soon to be 37. My parents are 65 and 62. My dad was more of a music lover then my mom. He exposed me to what people call classic rock even then. Pink Floyd, zeppelin, grand funk railroad, Aerosmith, the beetles, black sabbath, Boston, blue oyster cult, and many others of his time. 

 

I of course being a teenager. I had to hate his music, so I listened to the local alt rock station. That played a lot of classic rock from the 70s and 80s also, so I heard a lot of his favorite bands on there, and I discovered kiss, ac/dc, Metallica, ozzy, van Halen, guns and roses. They also played a lot of grunge, and nu metal at that time as it was popular in the late 90s. Because of that radio station. I fell in love with metal. 

 

I still love my dads music. Probably because that's all I really have of him. When I hear his favorite songs. I generally think of him 

 

 

[Heather Shay]

Thank you for bringing not only classic rock but more recent music. All music and all styles are valuable and I'm like a sponge wanting to absorb is much as I can.

 

Are there any EDM lovers out there and could educate this old timer?

[Red_Lauren.]

On 5/11/2022 at 7:09 AM, Heather Shay said:

Thank you for bringing not only classic rock but more recent music. All music and all styles are valuable and I'm like a sponge wanting to absorb is much as I can.

 

Are there any EDM lovers out there and could educate this old timer?

I can't do edm or techno. I don't like hear just a beat. 

[Heather Shay]

@Red_Lauren. that is perfectly fine. What type of music and artists do you like?

[KymmieL]

In the later 70s I was a disco kid. Mostly listened to WDRQ I "Q" in my car) in Detroit. but actually changed to more Rock. Because I was afraid my sister would submit me for the D.R.E.A.D chair. WRIF D.R.E.A.D (Detroit Rockers Engaged in the Abolition of Disco) chair is were people could turn in their disco loving friends to be given the chair, as in electric. It was all for fun. I thought my sister would turn me in. So I became a rocker, WRIF, WABX, and WLLZ. 

 

Became a card carrying D.R.E.A.D member. never regretted it. LOL

 

Kymmie

[Red_Lauren.]

3 hours ago, Heather Shay said:

@Red_Lauren. that is perfectly fine. What type of music and artists do you like?

I personally listen to a lot of iron maiden, Metallica, rammstein, guns and roses, rage against the machine, ac/dc, disturbed, and ozzy. I'll throw in some old rap once and a while also. 

[Heather Shay]

@Red_Lauren. fine choices

[miz miranda]

Okay, how about Daft Punk for EDM.

 

& Some reggae and rock steady Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Hopeton Lewis, Alton Ellis and Phyllis Dillon

 

[Fly2188]

Does anyone else like new age music? I've been really enjoying Enya and Snatam Kuar for the past couple years

[Heather Shay]

I like some new age especially Windham Hill artists.

[Davie]

On 5/10/2022 at 10:22 AM, Heather Shay said:

Underground music/ free form music radio stations in the early 70's I loved. You heard everything from Vigil Fox to Pink Floyd, Moody Blues to Frank Sinatra and the DJ's programed their own shows and had such personalities and the interviews with traveling bands - I miss it.

Ah, yes. Free-form radio!

I worked on KLC radio in Portland one year. 1966. Too shy to go on air, I made PSAs and recorded promos for other folks. But I loved the huge variety of music we played. That library was deep and wide. Later WBCN in Boston became my go-to listening station with Charles Laquidara in the morning. Glad to remember that too.

Thanks, @Heather Shay

— Davie