DownGoesFrazier Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 The bands you mention are not in the first wave of alternative (new wave) which I love, but in the second wave, of the late '80s, and '90s, which I neither know nor particularly like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 So those songs are from the not so new wave, new wave era? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 In Sirius XM terms , the songs I like are played on "First Wave". The groups she mentioned are played on "Lithium", which could also be called "Second Wave".. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I tried posting this, but it didn't work-----if someone else wants to do the honors: Arguably the greatest Fleetwood Mac song ever, "Hypnotized", with Bob Welch up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 One of Martha Davis' fascinating, if somewhat subversive, compositions. Total Control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 http://www,youtube.com/watch?v=JcbEqVJ-HFw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I tried again to post "Hypnotized", and look what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Finally, success. You better like this, after all the effort I put into posting it......Wow, what a spacy video. This is a classic. Edited by: finance on Oct 9, 2013 5:54 PM Edited by: finance on Oct 9, 2013 6:00 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Interesting...although the last two songs posted here - "Total Control" (Motels) and "Hypnotized" (Fleetwood Mac) are utterly different from each other, they do have something in common. They're both good songs, and the source of that quality does not stem from the melody or the musicianship or even the lyrics. It comes from a feeling, a mood the band creates that is so strong it pulls you in and winds around your ears and your mind. Music is endlessly fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Well, it's Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada. In honour of the occasion I'll be watching *Hannah and Her Sisters*. It's got three Thanksgivings in it (although it's not really about that holiday at all.) And although of course it's the American Thanksgiving, still, I figure it'll do for mine, too (the Canadian one.) Here's the opening music for this lovely film. Harry James' trumpet notes in this are as warm as a Thanksgiving pie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynD2bASWfo4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Happy Thanksgiving, MissW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 For Canadian Thanksgiving, do people eat the same turkey, cranberry sauce, etc. that people eat in the U.S., or does Canadian Thanksgiving feature other delicacies such as, say, chipped beef on toast (S.O.S.)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Thanks, Hibi. fi, I'm pretty sure we've discussed Canadian Thanksgivings here before. I appreciate your attempt to make Canadians appear exotic, but the mundane fact is, our Thanksgiving dinners are pretty much the same as the American ones. Maybe not so much marshmallow. Here's the much under-rated British band XTC with "Harvest Festival". The British do not celebrate Thanksgiving as such - in fact, I'm not even sure they have cranberry sauce. Still, I believe there is some kind of awareness of autumn as a time when the harvest is brought in (after which people have sex in the fields - oh no, that was some pagan rite from centuries ago, I'm sure they don't do it anymore. Blah blah.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Maybe we've also discussed this before , but why not humour me? The origin of the American Thanksgiving is the settlement at Plymouth Rock in Mass. after the settlers had" escaped" Britain. What is the origin of Canadian Thanksgiving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Maybe we've also discussed this before , but why not humour me? The origin of the American Thanksgiving is the settlement at Plymouth Rock in Mass. after the settlers had" escaped" Britain. What is the origin of Canadian Thanksgiving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 If we've discussed it before, how come you don't remember? It's not exactly rocket science. Sorry, the above is quite bee-atchy. But really, it's just not that big a deal (or "big OF a deal", not sure which...) Hmm, so take your pick. A long time ago, Canadians looked across the border and saw how much fun Americans have with their Thanksgiving holiday, the feast, the time off work, the Macy's parade, etc. They became jealous and demanded that their government give them their very own Canadian Thanksgiving. The prime minister yielded to public pressure, and declared that henceforth the second Monday in October would be a national holiday, Thanksgiving Canadian style. (But without the Macey's parade. And marshmallow-sweet potatoe pie.) Or, you could just say that it originated as a simple harvest celebration. (Since most of this country has a shorter growing season than the States, we do it in October. By the third week of November, it's nearly winter. At least, usually. ) ps: a few Canadian agitators tried to introduce that sex in the fields thing, so favoured by ancient Celts in Britain, many centuries ago. But it was decided that it would be too cold for such an activity, and the few who tried it complained of corn stalks poking into their backs, so the idea was quietly dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Canadian Sunset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 It doesn't have to be complicated for me to forget the answer. A year from now, I will probably remember that Canadian Thanksgiving is a celebration of rocket science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Well, if you're going to get it wrong, don't you think sex in the fields is a more fun misapprehension than rocket science? Apropos of nothing, here's one of Madonna's earliest and best songs. I'm not really a fan, but sometimes she did hit it out of the park, as they say. This track is pure pop, simple, fluffy, catchy. The video is entertaining; I'm sure Madonna was thinking of Busby Berkeley. I know she was thinking of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". That materialistic little thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I've always found it "fun" that, when referring to a complicated subject, the usual choices are "rocket science" or "brain surgery"......or, "she's no rocket scientist", etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 That's the only song by her I've ever had a half-way liking for - probably because her voice has been altered to cash in on Cyndi's popularity of the time. The Monroe parody adds to the fun. Otherwise, her singing always leaves me cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Agreed. As I said, I'm not really a Madonna fan. But that one song and its vid is a good pop number by any standard. There's a whole smattering of songs I like by artists I don't usually like. (Is that what is called a "guilty pleasure"?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I like a lot of the stuff from the eighties, but none of the groups and artists I like sold as much as Madonna. She was definitely the queen of that decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Has anyone ever posted this?. Maybe the best jazz group vocal performance ever. Edited by: finance on Oct 16, 2013 9:50 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover2 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Dionne Warwick: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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