DownGoesFrazier Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 From 1989's 'New York', here's 'There is No Time'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 It's good to see the respect for Lou Reed here. Scotman, I loved that video ! It looked authentically 1969 ish. Of course the song is iconic, as finance says. Thanks for the solo track, db. I kind of lost track of Lou's solo work after a certain point, but sounds like he could still rock, 20 years after V.U. broke up. Speaking of time (as Lou was), it's Sunday morning and I'm sorry to say, I forgot about the time change, so when I woke up, instead of that sweet "Hey, I've got another hour" realization, I just got up, an hour before I had to ! (I love sleeping in on weekends -or any time I can, really.) Ah well, there are worse things to fret about. Here be the lovely "Sunday Morning", first track on the first Velvet Underground album, you know, the one with the Warhol banana on it. Love this song, love the feeling it gives me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 You can say about the VU, maybe the greatest influence to record sales ratio of any band ever. Know what I mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Yeah, fi baby. Allow me one last tribute to the great Lou Reed. I know, I'm being kind of over-the-top about him. But people, you have to understand, he and the Velvets were one of the first bands I discovered, and I went to their music again and again. They were very important to me. Still are. Ok, last V.U. posting for a while. This is titled, appropriately, "I'm Set Free". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I'm going to ask you a question I know you cannot answer but I'm interested in your view. How many people that listen to classic rock, listen to Reed on a fairly consistent basis? (Say even once every 3 months or so). I think it would be very few. In my weekly rock jam I realized we play NO Reed songs. When someone dies we often feature their songs as a tribute. So I'm learning some of his songs. I don't say the above to dish on Reed in any way but only because I wonder how much your average rock music fan really listened to him. The media coverage related to his death implies something similar, don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 james, I'm not offended at all. I agree, there are probably not a huge number of rock fans who listen to Lou Reed's solo or Velvet Underground work. I hate to say it, but that kind of makes them even more appealing to me. Well, not so much now, I'm too old for that "I'm different, therefore I'm special" kind of thing now. But when I was young, I must admit, liking things -music, but also movies - that were not in the mainstream added to their attraction for me. (Not that I automatically liked something that wasn't popular, just for the sake of its obscurity.) There is a lot of music I like, but that not a whole lot of other people have heard of or are interested in. That is not a reflection on the quality of the music, as I know you know. "Sweet Jane" would be a good one to learn, and it's an iconic song. Maybe, from Reed's solo album "Transformer", "Satellite of Love". Catchy stuff. A lot of Reed's lyrics are so disturbing and downright weird, you (or whoever is the singer in your band) might not be comfortable singing them. "What Goes On" is pretty darn good - a basic rocker, one of those songs that kind of gets you into a "groove". And it's not particularly weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 The point is that other rock musicians listened to him. Their OWN work had elements of Reed in it, and in that sense Reed was huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I agree with you 100%. In fact I do know how to play Sweet Jane, but I forgot it was a Reed tune. I play the song like Mott the Hoople! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 From 1992's 'Magic and Loss' Sword of Damocles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E6kXFYNKos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Always liked this manic Eric Burdon version best! (gotta love the chanting for tina turner) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 This song was considered by Phil Spector his greatest accomplishment. When it did not become a hit, it set Spector on a road downhill which never ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I've been meaning to post this song for ages, keep forgetting. Even though it's definitely not a forgettable song. The first time I heard this, it knocked me out. Continues to do so every time. It's spooky, mysterious, haunting. What the hell is it about? Can't tell from the enigmatic lyrics. Guitar playing like this takes me to another world. Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, with "The Dreaming Dead": Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Your black eyes remind me of the dreaming dead. A lyrically mysterious song to be sure. The guitar work and timing brings to mind the style of Chris Isaak somewhat. Her vocal quality is reminiscent of a young Marianne Faithfull. Speaking of enigmatic, this huge hit song always felt oddly cryptic to me: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Yea, that into sounds like Isask to the T. Never heard this song or gal before. Nice (since I like that pluck twang type of sound). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 secretly in love with the girl who lives up the street sidewalk song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Thanks for that, darkblue. Kind of a yearning quality to it, and the person who uploaded it did a great job coming up with evocative images. I don't know much about Johnny Rivers...seems to me you've mentioned him before. Complete change of pace...Here's a highly accessible piece of classical music. It's probably one I would play for someone if I were introducing them to classical, and wanted something they'd like without working too hard. Actually, I love this. It's deliciously tuneful and fun. Ten minutes of lovely interesting music, never mind what we label it. Gioachino Rossini's "La Gazza Ladra" overture ("Thieving Magpie" suite). A prize for anyone who correctly guesses what movie used this theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 I had no idea - sounded like something one might find in a Disney movie. Did a search and found that it had been used in 'A Clockwork Orange' (1971). I've tried to like classical music - but it just won't grow on me. I think I may be a philistine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 My parents tried to get me to like classical music and opera. Didn't work......"Roll over Beethoven, tell Tschaikovsky the News:". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Charlie Rich was a very different kind of "country music" artist - his first love was jazz. You Never Really Wanted Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_BN12Qk6x0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Nice. There are actually a few good things about getting older, one of them being you develop a new perspective around your former tastes. When I was a young girl, I disliked Charlie Rich, thinking him uncool and "for old people". But now I see -or rather, hear- his appeal. Although maybe I'm just uncool and old now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 The "Quiet Beatle" (bit of a misnomer) died November 29th, twelve years ago. Here be one of his most moving songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm001 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Well, it took about 52 years, but they finally released the actual score to the film BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S. Finally, we get that incredible Main Title, which has never, ever been available. The greatest main title in film history, in my opinion. Thank you, Intrada!!! http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.8320/.f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover2 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 some R&B for the weekend. *Johnny Taylor:* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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