[Music] What's the best song you have heard today? Share it here.
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I see you're a Leslie West fan. We saw him play in Deal 10-15 years ago
Found that clip I mentioned Harry, and Peter Frampton was with him, this was 2013.
albionalbino
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Another cracker. I smelt the vague aroma of resurrected Kilmister .... not complaining.
Which brings me to a question (if I may). Pour a cup of tea and help yourself to a bourbon, or one of those other thingies...
How much does genre influence your preferences?
I say that as I see you are a bit of a monogenre poster.
Personally I cannot drag myself into shite I hate (obviously) such as your Biffy Clyros or anything else that offends me for no special reason (being inexplicably popular is usually sufficient).
Anything odd or mad, however, is worth a moment of investigation.
So.... do you do other genres?
Yep, straight off of a Motörhead album, including the Ace Of Spades riff.
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I promised more Mary Chapin Carpenter and here it is. 6.30 am and I've listened twice already. Such a powerful song especially the way she sings in this live version:
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Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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I'm sure it's been posted before, I've probably posted it before, but bloody hell it's good enough to deserve repeat playings, That guitar!
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Ha, no worries.
I thought what I posted on here covered a fairly wide aspect of what I like, but there you go, and I can see why you think I post one genre.
Obviously my first love is Psychobilly, and it is more of a lifestyle choice now, I have seen all the bands it has had it's hayday in this country, but new bands do appear and add something new to the music and style, which is anyway a mix of genres, from country, rockabilly, punk, 60s garage, surf, and ska, which makes it appealing to me, no airs and graces, no superstars (although one or two think they are) a genre entirely derided by the music industry, that funds it's self, fans put on the gigs, and festivals all over the world, and release their own records or start labels, The Mexicans on The West coast, down to Brazil and Japan, all have healthy underground scenes.
As for do I like other genres and styles, of course I do, or else I would not be able to enjoy the cocktail.
I started listening to my dads country and Eddie Cochran records back as 6 year old, then the rock'n'roll love in arrived in the 70s and revival bands like Crazy Caven lorded by the Teddyboys, oh how I wanted to be a Ted at 8, they started to look back into the vaults of old record labels in America and started finding long lost Rockabilly records bringing them back over here and playing them in the clubs, younger kids slightly older then me started going to gigs and the old teds hated that, and a rockabilly scene was born, at the same time bored punks started going to the young rockabilly clubs, that were pretty violent at the time and influences and styles mixed = Psychobilly
I listen to anything to be honest, I will give it a whirl, but staples are, Blues, like Bo Diddly, and Doctor Ross, Country like Jimmy Drftwood and Marty Robins and of course JC, Rockabilly, I am not a fan of straight up rock'n'roll as I find commercial.
60s garage like count five and the monks, 60s surf, bands like the rolling stones, (hate the beatles) through to Ska, 80s Oi and some punk like the dead kennedys, Cowpunk like the Waltons from Germany, Ska, 2 Tone, 80s Indie the Smiths, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, James, through to First Aid kit and some of the new (authentic country) like Charley Crockett and Hank 111
Is that varied enough ?
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Cheers for the reply. Yes, plenty varied although I detect a great deal of common DNA running through those phenotypes
As I've said before I absolutely love the psychobilly stuff you've posted. I struggled with the ted music back in the day (mid/late 70s) partly because those lads wanted to beat me up and I imagined the music was reactionary and anti-new.
The other funny thing is when people ask me what I like (this happened again yesterday at the mother-in-law's birthday party) I always say 'oh, pracically everything', then I start adding 'of course, I don't like traditional chart pop music, most jazz leaves me cold, I lost interest in blues-rock in the early 70s, most heavy rock and heavy metal is a bit boring, arena rock and pomp rock of the likes of Genesis, Fleetwood Mac, Floyd and suchlike seems specifically designed for people who like events but don't like music, and.....
So, er, it's late 60s/early 70s prog rock, Canterbury scene, late 70s punk, reggae (as long as it was made pre 84), late 70s/early and mid 80s post-punk (my musical hay day, with sucessor artists still eagerly sought out), shoegaze (which is sort of 90s+ post-punkmost), most electronic music, including late 90s and early noughties synthipop, darkwave, EBM, wave, trap, witch house.....and music by iconoclast nutters, such as Peter Hammill, Ivor Cutler, Bowie, Arthur Brown, Edward Ka-Spel, SRSQ, Popsimonova .....give me a madman or madwoman and I'm IN!
Yes, perhaps that is narrow. I hated 'Britpop' and had little time for the post-post punk resurgence of 70s influenced guitar music that seems to be the 110% staple of so many blokes in the 40-55 age bracket, with a few notable exception - Adorable, early Verve, Mew, Radiohead, and latterly Protomartyr.
Anyway....it's all good!
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pearl
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Ezra Furman has terrific musical taste as well. She has sat in for Marc Riley on 6 music a few times. Upbeat and eclectic - it' good stuff. Hope the gig works out
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Icy Gull
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Apologies going twice today.
This is rough, raw and brilliant….before they got slick and turned into a money making corporation. Loved the original line up too. Great to see the co writer of the song Jackson Browne on piano too
https://youtu.be/mM_BACT7MuI
This is rough, raw and brilliant….before they got slick and turned into a money making corporation. Loved the original line up too. Great to see the co writer of the song Jackson Browne on piano too
https://youtu.be/mM_BACT7MuI