THe death of music

[Flying Scotsman]

Another Douggie old fart rant. I think I was blessed to listen to popular rock music in it's glory years....the 1960's. I also love the blues, classical and folk music, but I can not wrap my head arround, rap, Lady Gagga and others of the modern popular music scene with crappy audio and over the top concert productions....I must be getting old and just love my music tastes and boats?

Douggie

[LarrysDrifter]

I dont like rap and hip hop either. To me, its kid stuff. Ill take rock n roll over anything.

[Fluid]

You both sound just like my parents did in the '60s - according to them I listened to "kid's music" back then. Who cares what music is like today - or in the 1940s for that matter - there is plenty of music available for everyone, your grandkids or your grand parents. How awful the world would be if all we had to listen to was just the BeeGees...or just Buddy Holly...or just the Stones...or just Metallica. . :doh:



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[Flying Scotsman]

Jay, you are correct but I care about music and the way it has morphed into people who have never listened to the origins of music.....Africans beating a log....people singing and composing music in their homes, some do and many do not, and yes their are some very talented musicians today, who write and compose. As I stated, I listen to all genres of music and the era is not important but the quality. ...Classical had an era of brilliance... popular modern music???

Douggie

[domwilson]

How ironic...I was just reading this today... http://www.theroot.com/views/death-rb-group

[domwilson]

I hear from my nephews and nieces (10-26) questions like this. Why don't people sing like they used to? I say because nobody actually sits down long enough to actually listen to what's being played. Douggie, you and I are from a time where we were fascinated with good recordings and good equipment. We sat down and listened to the music. The nuances of a performance. And if lucky, the high fidelity of a good system. We listened with friends and family. Now days, we are constantly on the go. We multi-task our lives. Music has become a source of back ground entertainment. And as such, the quality of the performance and of the music has suffered. In addition, we are bombarded with deceptive marketing. Equipment being sold as hi-fi just because of thunderous bass and treble that will singe your eyebrows. Artists now rely heavily on software rather than band mates. So you are not alone in your observations. These topics are often brought up on audio forums as well.

[dana]

I have to agree with fluid. Also, in regards to popular mainstream music, it's just simple catchy stuff. There are thousands of talented musicians out there for you. You're just old and set in your ways.

[domwilson]

I have to agree with fluid. Also, in regards to popular mainstream music, it's just simple catchy stuff. There are thousands of talented musicians out there for you. You're just old and set in your ways.


That would explain us. But what about the younger generations making the same observations? I too listen to many genres of music. Much of it from newer artists. But IMO the quality has suffered. Maybe we're talking about two different issues. I like good vocals and instrumentation. Yes there are some good vocalists and musicians still out there. But there are some terrible ones who gain more popularity thru their antics rather than their talent (if any). But as I stated earlier, music has become more of a source of background entertainment. As such, the recordings,mixing and engineering have suffered. It just doesn't seem to envelope the listener as much as it used to. I guess when you put a lot of money into your listening equipment, you'd expect a lot of return in the quality of the media. From some older posts of Douggie's, I know he has quite an investment in his equipment.

[drwayne]

I am enveloped in music driving to worksites.. the car randomly selects a station when ign turned on.
I like every station except livebackchat or thetimeis.

Given a choice.. 70s&early 80s.. my teenage years .... easier fun times.. the music reminds me of good times, great girlfriends , and sleeping beyond 0800 ...

[Flying Scotsman]

Old, maybe....set in my ways...no...I still attend live concerts, but most people today collect poor quality audio from the web for free. A lot of mainsteram artists today lip sync at live concerts or rely on the guy who is manipulating the sound with digital processing to the concert audio system to alter their vocal presentation

Douggie

[Dustin Sontag]

I dont like rap and hip hop either. To me, its kid stuff. Ill take rock n roll over anything.


Another Douggie old fart rant. I think I was blessed to listen to popular rock music in it's glory years....the 1960's. I also love the blues, classical and folk music, but I can not wrap my head arround, rap, Lady Gagga and others of the modern popular music scene with crappy audio and over the top concert productions....I must be getting old and just love my music tastes and boats?

Douggie


WOW, JUST WOW


You both sound just like my parents did in the '60s - according to them I listened to "kid's music" back then. Who cares what music is like today - or in the 1940s for that matter - there is plenty of music available for everyone, your grandkids or your grand parents. How awful the world would be if all we had to listen to was just the BeeGees...or just Buddy Holly...or just the Stones...or just Metallica. . :doh:



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^^^^^

This guy gets it.

I am but 31 years old but I listen to everything. The world would be so bland with just 5 bands. Most of who now are drugged out beyond recognition, or have shot their voice to crap and sound horrible. yes some of the new talent is "Strange" to say the least, but good things come from strange places.....

[domwilson]

Old, maybe....set in my ways...no...I still attend live concerts, but most people today collect poor quality audio from the web for free. A lot of mainsteram artists today lip sync at live concerts or rely on the guy who is manipulating the sound with digital processing to the concert audio system to alter their vocal presentation

Douggie

Exactly! It's not the kind of music, era or genre. It's the quality.

[Flying Scotsman]

Dustin, I am 63 years old and I do listen to all types of music....yes, I have favourite bands, musicians, eras, types of recording methods, stage live presentation, small venues are in my opinion the best to watch live artists at work and my audio collection covers works from the last 10 years as well and there are some real talents out there, but I just do not get rap and that is my own decision as to musical taste and I am sure you have yours.

Douggie

[egneg]

One of my favorites ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzUzgwPsI-8&feature=related

[domwilson]

Music is a personal choice. Whatever type or era you listen to. However, I think the recording quality as of late has suffered. So you don't like rap music? It doesn't make you old or out dated. It's your choice. I particularly don't care for Britney Spears or Lady GaGa. It might be their voices or their recording engineers. There's nothing wrong with digitizing voices. I like Zapp. But some rap and pop I find unappealing. I think mostly due to the poor recording quality.

[Rumdog]

99 percent of today's mainstream music is pure garbage. None of it will be around 10 years from now. There are other options... but you're not going to find it on the radio.

[drwayne]

99 percent of today's mainstream music is pure garbage. None of it will be around 10 years from now. There are other options... but you're not going to find it on the radio.

Wowsers.. you sound like my old man..garbage, crap, hurts the ears.. but AC/DC,ELO,CCR. Floyd, motley .... all the stuff I smuggled into the house from school now has pride of place in my mature age daughter's collection


stage live presentation, small venues are in my opinion the best to watch live artists at work ...... but I just do not get rap and that is my own decision as to musical taste and I am sure you have yours.

At 45 years of age I prefer live small venue 'pub' music.. where most all the legendary bands began ..playing for beer money !
I enjoy some the latest rap/club stuff.. but a few just aggravate my ear drums ... ditto some the early stuff ( ABBA.. geez ! )

[Simon.O.]

A quick shot from me.
Last week I bought 2 CDs, Brittney Spears and Lady Gaga. The album art is worth it alone !!
I also buy a lot of my music online and that includes REO speedwagon, Van Halen , White snake, Yanni, Dragon force, and a bit of Eminem !

I listen to a lot of different types of music but I must admit my fall back is always Meatloaf.

A lot of todays music is not to my taste but it is still good as someone likes it. Listen to what you like................I do !!

[detox]

Here is one of my favorites. Blue Oyster Cult, The Vigil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E33b038Wx8g

Here's another
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQM_wetsPqs

And this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-hyOnScZhw


...

[Flying Scotsman]

Here is a cool band from Portland....music still lives

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4YF63hRsoA&feature=related

Douggie

[Flying Scotsman]

A blast from the past, a genius on a guitar...did not live too long

Douggie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoAXW30mMAg&feature=related

And another, the viewing of the brilliant film of Woodstock 1969 should be mandatory for all aspiring musicians, and again no silly dancer theatrics and mosh pit cr@p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLDalZ4-53g&feature=relatedpp

Plus the classic...yes I am an old fart and love it. I was fortunate to live in an area of great pop music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TGj2jrJk8&feature=related

[domwilson]

Back at cha....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_n_P40sEaM&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

Dom, great lyrics but some may not get it and the guitar work is great as usual and unsual. He really was a great talent that was lost to many problelms as all great performers are suubject to. Yes I did you use the word great to prove an issue with possible mental problems, but thank God we are not all perfect as these artists give us another view of life wth our mundane life views such as money and marititial/love issues etc. Which we do not address.

Douggie

[Punisher 67]

Awesome tunes guys , Douggie I really love the drum role by the 20 year old young guy unbelievable talent and just music in general . The music that makes my stomach turn is country never have I heard $hit that can make me kick my own TV screen out . Sorry its music to someones ears but its pure crap to me .

[Flying Scotsman]

Another great tune, and a lassie whose cover was better than the original.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVYGwqYvPCI&feature=related

Douggie

[domwilson]

I don't know...I like the original. But I guess it's a matter of taste...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA

[domwilson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1xfIwlHIwc

[detox]

The Allman Brothers past and present is verygood music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP5G0G8Op-E&feature=related

[sjslhill]

Flame suit on, I rather listen to Bluegrass Christian

[egneg]

Another great tune, and a lassie whose cover was better than the original.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVYGwqYvPCI&feature=related

Douggie

I like the original version better as well. Speaking of covers here is one of my favorites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8RthS9cF0c&feature=related

[egneg]

And of course some blues ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W2_vb-tDUk

[egneg]

And now for something completely different ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orv_F2HV4gk&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

A Whiter Shade of Pale original

I agree on the haunting Hammond organ, as that was played on a church organ at my first marriage on my instructions, but Annie has better pipes.

My favourite from Woodstock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFpfureaCVs

Douggie

[siberianhusky]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5e8Tgt446I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vuQ3-odqSQ&feature=related
Just one of the local talents, Just played an open stage with him last week. Did a series of Rockabilly shows with him and Ronnie Hayward a few years ago. This is Ronnie here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOaenqk0Bpw.
Also Serena Ryder, Neil Young, 3 Days Grace.
Guess It's just the crowd you hang out with, 75% of the people I know are musicians.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICollI14cKg
This is a 20 year old kid also from my town. Thats Washboard Hank beatin out the percussion.
This town is loaded with talent for a place you can walk all of downtown in 10 minutes! LOL noting better to do!

[domwilson]

I've heard he can't read sheet music...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fk2prKnYnI

[domwilson]

Dang senior citizens...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpRIYi721WE&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

Another wee Douggie song.....Winwood was an artist that was not given the respect that he should have received.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT-SFgkVlno&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98XqT4kBWT4&feature=related

and a young Steve.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzN0mMx-sJg&feature=related

Douggie

[egneg]

Another version of "I'm a man".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOJgOhCTy1c

Also these guys had quite an impact on music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9muzyOd4Lh8

[Flying Scotsman]

Another wee classic


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe-MIDDfckw


Douggie

[egneg]

Mott the Hoople ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfwVfEXJhQQ

Dr. Hook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ux3-a9RE1Q

[drwayne]

Tommy Emmanuel

saw this guy in 84.. and dozens o times afterwards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lbvSBNLLoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQJ1k2HMoRU

bloody legendary

ENJOY !!

[detox]

Tommy Emmanuel

saw this guy in 84.. and dozens o times afterwards.

bloody legendary

ENJOY !!

Impressive. Would you say he is the best? Who is the best? So many different styles. I have seen so many good guitar players play other peoples music better, but stunk at writing their own music. Writing good music is the hardest part.

[drwayne]

"The best" is an opinion..........

I prefer to say he is "one of the best".. that's my opinion

W

[drwayne]

Sungha Jung
from small things, miracles grow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IXa2pNGVj8&feature=relmfu

[Flying Scotsman]

Another piece of genius

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlprozGcs80&feature=related

And watch this foot work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duGFcNE8Up4&feature=related

Douggie

[Punisher 67]

Douggie - what you think of this one for a no name composer - I never get tired of listening to this tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpQx2PrtdLQ&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

Very interesting...how are you doing my Alberta mate...trust all is well.

Douggie

[egneg]

For the Aussies ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsnFvEQYJPU

one more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2srXz6JfUeI&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

These are two songs from a lassie that pounded the streets of Edinburgh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulyoxdhHrIs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBzTIighiIk&feature=related

Douggie

[domwilson]

You probably recognize this song... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLFjk0KXjIk

[detox]

Did anyone notice how high Tucks pants are? Size 46 inch chest pants !! Not so easy to play even with big pants on !

[Flying Scotsman]

Dom, I had never heard of this guy ...what a revelation ....boy, can he ever spank a guitar.

Thanks,

Douggie

[egneg]

Steve Vai vs. Ry Cooder ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atw6F47UCYM&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

Some great tunes lads...now to a person with no talent at all...70's disco rubbish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-sxSd1uwoU&ob=av2e

Douggie

[egneg]

Roy Buchanon found hung in a Virginia jail cell in 1988.

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/showthread.php?27755-THe-death-of-music/page2

[egneg]

Some great tunes lads...now to a person with no talent at all...70's disco rubbish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-sxSd1uwoU&ob=av2e

Douggie

Yea but she was hot!


notice I said "was"

[detox]

Steve Vai vs. Ry Cooder ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atw6F47UCYM&feature=related

egneg, That was the best one yet. I wish I owned a Fender Telecaster (I wish I could play)

Crossroads (1986 soundtrack)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads_(1986_film,_OST)

[siberianhusky]

Tele or any number of Gretsches, Plugged into a 50's fender champ. Then again IMO the best music ever recorded was by Sun Records back in the early 50's.
Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Elvis...
By far my favorite style of music to play, it crosses age barriers, you wouldn't believe how big Johnny is in the punk world, and I see older folks swing dancing to to The Reverend Horton Heat.
One of my favorites to see live is Lee Rocker from the Stray Cats, Wanda Jackson puts on an amazing show, she can still belt out Fujiyama Mama!

[Flying Scotsman]

Albert Collins......enough said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjVfc8-Y7sQ

I have been to three Albert Collins live concerts in Vancouver and when he walks out of the stage and into the street playiing his Telecaster....amazing!!!

Douggie

[burgerchow1]

hey Douggie, if you like blues, check out the Cottage Bistro on MAIN ST near 28. Live blues everynight

[detox]

This is really different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5sf8A4STtU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVH-d6Tcs8w&feature=related

...

[desmobob]

Another Douggie old fart rant. I think I was blessed to listen to popular rock music in it's glory years....the 1960's. I also love the blues, classical and folk music, but I can not wrap my head arround, rap, Lady Gagga and others of the modern popular music scene with crappy audio and over the top concert productions....I must be getting old and just love my music tastes and boats?

Douggie

Another thing to consider... I like you, love all kinds of music (except country) and grew up listening to 60s/70s rock. You're comparing that music with popular music. That would be like comparing 60s and 70s rock with the crap they played on popular AM radio back then... yuck!

Growing up, I think the radio stations I listened to were of the "album-oriented rock" genre or some similar term, not pop.

Most of the young people I know that are musicians or are serious music listeners find plenty of great new music to listen to other than the mainstream crap.

Remember, very nearly 50% of the population has below-average intelligence.... "popular" does not equal "quality." ;-)

Take it easy,
desmobob

[Flying Scotsman]

You are correct in the term popular, that was my mistake and yes there are some very talented musicians of this era. I have quite a few of their renditions. As you suggest, I was aiming an arrow at the mainstream crap.

Douggie

[Flying Scotsman]

This is a great song and watch how Mark plays his guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAl5jucOgro&feature=related

And another which is better the pick or the fingers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV3M83A4aiI&feature=related

Douggie

[egneg]

The only person I have seen play a guitar on his lap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoBHag7ykh4

[Flying Scotsman]

Chuck, this guy is blind and he played a mean guitar..thanks for your input.

Douggie

[egneg]

Chuck, this guy is blind and he played a mean guitar..thanks for your input.

Douggie

He was Canadian as well ... may he rest in peace.

[siberianhusky]

He was something to see live, I remember before he made it big in the 80's there was a blues player from my town kept talking about this blind guy he was going to Toronto to play guitar with and how he played in his lap. Yep it was a young Jeff Healey!
Rick Fines From Jackson Delta is the guitar player I'm talking about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5mT634LseI
I still jam with this guy on occasion, he taught me a lot about playin' the blues.

[Flying Scotsman]

A great rendition of the blues.

Douggie

[siberianhusky]

Back in the 80's they won a Juno if memory serves.

[detox]

I gots da blues

[Make-a-Wake]

Classic rock will always be my favorite............ya know, Foreigner, Pink Floyd, Boston, AC/DC, Police, Cheap Trick, Eagles.............etc.

This is a must see vid............Scorpions doing an acoustic version of Dust in the wind..............absolutely awesome. Performed in Portugal in an old Castle, by a German metal band...............playing an American Rock groups best song........gotta love it

Really kicks in at 0:55

mrzkOEcGNjI&feature=related

[domwilson]

It's funny how some music is timeless. My 8 yr. old niece loves Lou Rawls. I think another part of the equation is the equipment we listen to our music from. No matter what genre or era your favorites are from, If you have poor equipment it won't be as "involving" as it can or should be.

[Flying Scotsman]

Very intersting videos and choices of music....I will voice this for the last time. I have had enough of dancing boys and girls along with a very mediocre singer and if lucky a composer of their music. I think it is time for people to visit the garage and do their thing.

[Douggie

[drwayne]

I see both music and movies have followed the same growth pattern..
From brilliant writing, outstanding performances and quality talent ... to repetitive themes, digitized lights and CGI , with gymnasium choreography by ppl who'd starve if busking for coin.

:nopity: if that truth offends anyone.

A teenager in the 70's .. the late night countdown at Vol#10 from passing cars is an experience I remember well :smile:


W

[siberianhusky]

I'd like to hear what kind of joke the current crop of pop tarts would come up with if they had to write and perform their own music!
Oh well a hot body trumps any kind of talent today. All you have to do is shake whatever you've got and pretend you're singing! It truly is entertainment not music anymore. SO many performers from back in the day never would have made it today simply because the don't look good enough in print or video. Could you imagine Mama Cas trying to make it today? Or Janis Joplin? Talent is no longer a concern.

[drwayne]

I'd like to hear what kind of joke the current crop of pop tarts would come up with if they had to write and perform their own music!
Oh well a hot body trumps any kind of talent today. All you have to do is shake whatever you've got and pretend you're singing! It truly is entertainment not music anymore. SO many performers from back in the day never would have made it today simply because the don't look good enough in print or video. Could you imagine Mama Cas trying to make it today? Or Janis Joplin? Talent is no longer a concern.


I couldnt resist !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ

[tsenecal]

dr wayne hit the nail on the head:

"It truly is entertainment not music anymore"

that is all that needs to be said.

[detox]

I am 51 years young and like all kinds of music. Here's a couple of real toe tappers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjrJqcZg_Wg&feature=related

[detox]

I am 51 years young and like all kinds of music. Here's a couple of real toe tappers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjrJqcZg_Wg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DTY8CITQn4

[detox]

Has anyone ever heard a bandoneon (type of accordion)? Very unique sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XoTsXkIrk8&feature=related

The artist wife is playing in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLK-t4ghcpE&list=WLFBDA22399FA29CCF&index=12

[desmobob]

Has anyone ever heard a bandoneon (type of accordion)? Very unique sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XoTsXkIrk8&feature=related


"Mama's got a squeeze box
She wears on her chest
And when Daddy comes home
He never gets no rest"

:laugh:

Take it easy,
desmobob

[Flying Scotsman]

Doc, your coments are very valid and I watched Citizen Kane again after 5 years on a dvd...a brilliant film...black and white and no crappy film effects.

Douggie the dinosaur


I see both music and movies have followed the same growth pattern..
From brilliant writing, outstanding performances and quality talent ... to repetitive themes, digitized lights and CGI , with gymnasium choreography by ppl who'd starve if busking for coin.

:nopity: if that truth offends anyone.

A teenager in the 70's .. the late night countdown at Vol#10 from passing cars is an experience I remember well :smile:


W

[drwayne]

I watched "Breakfast at Tiffany's" a couple weeks ago.
My daughter(23) was unimpressed dad wanted to watch a film made 50 years ago...
The storyline, acting, alcohol , partying... had her wide eyed and mesmerized.

She has seen it 4? times since, with an increasing qty of friends around to share.
Some classics are just unbeatable for quality and style.
W



Doc, your coments are very valid and I watched Citizen Kane again after 5 years on a dvd...a brilliant film...black and white and no crappy film effects.

Douggie the dinosaur

[Scott T]

I'm going to see Def Leppard this Thurdsay night and I can't wait! It's funny because one of the younger guys I work with (25) is also going and he's keen for it! Quite surprising considering their popularity was quite a while ago now.

Of the current crop, about the only music I will pay for is Linkin Park, Lifehouse and Powderfinger. Linking Park verges on Rap and highly produced, but they amaze me how they can replicate their music live. Lifehouse and Powderfinger are just decent honest rock, shame Powderfinger recently called it quits.

I don't even bother looking at our Top 50 chart these days....

[runzwithsizorz]

I can listen to, and enjoy almost any genre of music, just as long as there is some real talent, and writing involved. Record companies, promoters, and radio stations all control the music you hear in the main stream. In the old days, I would spend hours shifting through LP's at the bargain store, or listening to *underground* radio stations. Now days with the internet, searching is a bit easier. As an example, some bands, or artists morph so by following them you never know what might turn up. I was a fan of Fleetwood Mac, and was always wondering what ever became of their second guitarist, Bob Welch who wrote a lot of good stuff. Let's take a little drive, and see if we can find him;--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS-J2fQJLU8

[Flying Scotsman]

Here is a wee classic...the man was a priest and wrote some wonderful music....Vivaldi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQx2TWgxX14

and another beauty and by the way I am not a religous follower, I just like great music .This rendition is suberb unlike the overblown Mormon Tabernacle Choir renditions...listen to the boys voices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3TUWU_yg4s&feature=related

And from the other side of the world....The Who and one great artist on the drums

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOUqRZkR8dE

Douggie

[siberianhusky]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axuNI2iHTrM
Just played another show with these guys last night, thing we've played with them 4 or 5 times over the last few years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Fd49BcQWU
This girl went on before us, she was in my class in high school.
Of course we were pounding out the stompin' tunes again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6_cthAan2c
This is a bad video of us outdoors, lots of wind noise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5N5cxBjM7w
One without our bass player. Outdoors again.
Plain old simple pub music.

[egneg]

Then there is this from the greatest band ever.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjZ1Q3zdzrc&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

Great music. and a wee tribute to a Canadian legend band from guess where

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m5_yg68qRM

Also a great national anthem


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMO70MJIXHU&feature=related

Douggie


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axuNI2iHTrM
Just played another show with these guys last night, thing we've played with them 4 or 5 times over the last few years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Fd49BcQWU
This girl went on before us, she was in my class in high school.
Of course we were pounding out the stompin' tunes again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6_cthAan2c
This is a bad video of us outdoors, lots of wind noise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5N5cxBjM7w
One without our bass player. Outdoors again.
Plain old simple pub music.

[Make-a-Wake]

Crap Douggie............watched Knopfler tear it up, then the "related vids" popped up..................ended up watching Money for Nothing too..........then Layla.............then Jennifer Batten rippin the Beat it solo..................etc....etc.................. ...long live Rock!

[runzwithsizorz]

Great music. and a wee tribute to a Canadian legend band from The guess Who
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXDlwkuInBY
Also a great national anthem
Douggie

Fixed that for ya, :spy: :canada:

[Flying Scotsman]

You lads crack me up and laughter and good music are a good source to solve any mental/depression problems and playing with toy boats is probably the best remedy.

Douggie

[egneg]

Douggie this one is for you ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkZy4yChJkU&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

That was a beauty. now back to reality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o

Douggie

[Make-a-Wake]

"How do we sleep when our beds are burning.......the time has come to say fair's fair, to pay the rent now to pay our share....................."

ejorQVy3m8E&ob=av2e

[runzwithsizorz]

You lads crack me up and laughter and good music are a good source to solve any mental/depression problems and playing with toy boats is probably the best remedy.

Douggie
Lads??? I'll have you know that some of us lads here at OSE are on the back backside of 50, and 60 years old, and we remember real music. There is no need for, "mental/depression problems". for we have your back, and we will watch over you. To prove it, I'm gonna round up the lads right now. Ummm, well now, this is embarrassing, I could only round up 4 lads, now I'm depressed. But hey, we're still watching over you Douggie; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOSIu6dIoAk&NR=1

[Flying Scotsman]

That is funny.....Thank you from an old fart, but young at heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi3i-HqDNFI

And another from this lassie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv4g_H0UZ5I&feature=related

And a monster song from a wee lassie, you may have to understand the French language to get the story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Kvu6Kgp88&feature=related

Douggie

[egneg]

Remember this ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7hrjATqSpA&feature=related

[egneg]

very unique guitar here ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l35pI8QQPtA&feature=related

[egneg]

Just to show folks us old guys haven't totally lost it ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0d1HilfLxA

[RandyatBBY]

One of my favorites ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzUzgwPsI-8&feature=related

That is funny.

Music is a personal choice. I am 63 and love all types of music at different times. I do not like it all some just sucks to me and that is by the same artist that I like so much. I think you are all right in some ways!

[Flying Scotsman]

Thanks Chuck, one of my favourite bands and they have many great songs..the chain is top of the pops for me.

Douggie


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGykwC0fdJ4&feature=related

And
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyPMtkzOCt8&feature=related


very unique guitar here ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l35pI8QQPtA&feature=related

[graill]

Found one i think you will like Doug, My older brother has their original album, vinyl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA

[Flying Scotsman]

My anthem, I had this played at my FIRST marriage on a fantastic church organ. A pity there are no 16 vestal virgins to be found today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gBEf7zhvDg&feature=related


And another blast from the past...Janis Joplin.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjD4eWEUgMM&feature=related

Douggie

[Flying Scotsman]

Another Douggie rant, I am fed up with crappy music reproduction on I Phones and other modes....walking down the street and looking at the youth of today with cell phones and white earphones ticks me off and not looking into your eyes ...yes you can have your Gagga and Bieber treats, but to me they are rubbish, as they have no musical talent.....Winehouse did have a voice but as many talented singers have she passed away at a very early age

Douggie the old fart

[Xzessperated]

And then there is my favorite...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IlsTXvqXsg

:lol:

[Insaniac]

I hear from my nephews and nieces (10-26) questions like this. Why don't people sing like they used to? I say because nobody actually sits down long enough to actually listen to what's being played. Douggie, you and I are from a time where we were fascinated with good recordings and good equipment. We sat down and listened to the music. The nuances of a performance. And if lucky, the high fidelity of a good system. We listened with friends and family. Now days, we are constantly on the go. We multi-task our lives. Music has become a source of back ground entertainment. And as such, the quality of the performance and of the music has suffered. In addition, we are bombarded with deceptive marketing. Equipment being sold as hi-fi just because of thunderous bass and treble that will singe your eyebrows. Artists now rely heavily on software rather than band mates. So you are not alone in your observations. These topics are often brought up on audio forums as well.

I couldn't agree more...I built my own "stereo" when stereo came out because they were too expensive...loved to "improve" my system every chance I got to get the most out of those "records"...it's too easy now to just crank up the bass and not hear anything at all...

[domwilson]

I just built some speakers that I enjoy very much. I compared them to some Sonus Faber Liuto's. Yes the Luito's had more bass. They are very fine speakers. I think mine were almost equally clear. But the difference is I spent maybe $200.00 dollars in parts and the Luito's cost $5200.00 a pair! To get the added bass, I use a sub. That being said, With music and the equipment being used, It has become more important in the marketing and less important in the quality of the music or the equipment. The DIY community is starting to grow because people are getting tired of spending their hard earned cash on inferior products. If only we could DIY Britney or Lady GaGa?

[Flying Scotsman]

Intresting, as my audio system has no tone controls...you get what you get....Dom good on you mate as Sonus make really good speakers, just remember it takes about a month to break in new speakers and I also have subsituted new drivers for my surround tv system but my audio system for serious listening has not changed apart from new components such as two Snell speakers, Rega cd player, amp and serious mods to my record player.....the Odyssey amps are a bargain and are only available on the internet and they are fantastic when they break in. Please note I have two different systems for audio and video.

http://www.odysseyaudio.com/index.html

Douggie

[Flying Scotsman]

To Steve Jobs and rest in peace as you were a wonder to the modern world

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk3mAX5xdxo

Douggie

[Flying Scotsman]

Here is a wee song by Dire Straits...buy the cd as and enjoy true fidelity, the chap on the drums has a hell of a lot of talent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrDK0UoAkfY

And one more from the same album


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSKNt3wt6Pc


Douggie

[domwilson]

Backatcha... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SEULZIHru0

[Flying Scotsman]

Back to you Dom, how are you doing mate?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jxsnIRpy2E&feature=related

This song has a special meaning for me. I was on holiday in Spain with a mate when I was 18 years old and bumpted into 2 Yanks and we became instant friends. One of them had a portable record player and played this album I was gobsmacked and on my return to Scotland I had to special order this album.....here is a cut from it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejKUJu9xct4&feature=related

And here are a few lads having fun and the lad on the drums is??? I know do you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHg672FXzfU&feature=related




Douggie

[siberianhusky]

No mistakin' that mug! Watts!
All hail Jeff Beck!
Page and Zeppelin were nothing but a thieves! Too bad some of those old blues men were in no position to sue for copyright infringement!
SRV was one of the only white blues players I really liked. One of the very few white guys who had "it" as far as the blues go. Life By The Drop is a great acoustic tune!
Made the mistake of playing with Clapton though, should have know better! His heli went down right after playing. I almost believe the curse of Clapton really exists.

[egneg]

Soundtrack ... name the movie - not the one listed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkdeNSaO8WU

[Flying Scotsman]

I love the authentic blues, a mate of mine has hosted a blues radio show for over 20 years in Vancouver, he also has sponsered many blues bands to play at the Yale pub in Vancouver and I have had the privelege to meet many of these now old stars.......the mate is Ron Simmons and boy does he know the blues.....he has well over 2000 blues albums and I kid you not.

Douggie



No mistakin' that mug! Watts!
All hail Jeff Beck!
Page and Zeppelin were nothing but a thieves! Too bad some of those old blues men were in no position to sue for copyright infringement!
SRV was one of the only white blues players I really liked. One of the very few white guys who had "it" as far as the blues go. Life By The Drop is a great acoustic tune!
Made the mistake of playing with Clapton though, should have know better! His heli went down right after playing. I almost believe the curse of Clapton really exists.

[domwilson]

Soundtrack ... name the movie - not the one listed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkdeNSaO8WU

Quentin Teratino's From Dusk till Dawn?

[longballlumber]

I am a little late to this party, but I am a music lover!!! I really enjoy learning about new (meaning- new to me) songs/albums. Some are older songs that I’ve never hear and some are newer bands that I am just now discovering…

I have recently fallen head over heels for this band www.wilcoworld.net. For some reason they connect with me very well. They recently did a “NPR Tiny Desk Concert” in support of their recently released album. This is the title track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mYg7lyTCS0

This is the entire NPR show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZAKTCeE70Y

I have recently ventured into the DIY speaker world too. I am only at the entry level for now. Actually I bought a kit that had everything included (well worth the price)…

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-702

Later,
Mike


69724

[detox]

How bout some classic satanic metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx4HDbaFPYw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3opx5yFJ9s&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

Not too bad but they are no mics or amplifiers to be seen, just another video setup....I trust that your DIY speaker construction goes well and put the best wiring and crossover you can afford...what amplifier are you using and preamp? or is it a receiver amp or amp and preamp combined?

Douggie


I am a little late to this party, but I am a music lover!!! I really enjoy learning about new (meaning- new to me) songs/albums. Some are older songs that I’ve never hear and some are newer bands that I am just now discovering…

I have recently fallen head over heels for this band www.wilcoworld.net. For some reason they connect with me very well. They recently did a “NPR Tiny Desk Concert” in support of their recently released album. This is the title track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mYg7lyTCS0

This is the entire NPR show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZAKTCeE70Y

I have recently ventured into the DIY speaker world too. I am only at the entry level for now. Actually I bought a kit that had everything included (well worth the price)…

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-702

Later,
Mike


69724

[domwilson]

On the PE forum as well as others, the Tritrix's are all the rage for their price range. Let us know how they sound.

[siberianhusky]

There are actually amps in there, looks like they may be plugged in, and a couple of mics on the desk, no way the vocals were picked up that cleanly with that mic setup though, too much separation between the vocals and the rest of the acoustic rigs.
I've been in the studio recently working on our demo, in one take my vocal mic was also picking up a leather guitar strap creaking.
It's damn hard to get a good quiet recording hot off the floor in a proper studio, impossible in that setup! Glad our plans were for only one song to be recorded that way.
STarted arranging a new duet last night, Alternating verses of Amazing Grace and House of the Rising Sun done to the melody of House of the Rising Sun. I'm singing the House verses and Jessica is doing the Amazing Grace sections.
Also began working on another, Wayfarin' Stranger with a bridge of Swing Low Sweet Chariot. Except it has been changed to Ride low pink Cadillac. Sung in Bass.
Having a double bass player who can bow has opened up a whole range of interesting stuff! The fact that he spent 22 years as a CBC recording geek is an added bonus, bass is a new hobby for him, he is actually a trained jazz trumpet player, has a couple gold records!
I've learned more about music in less than a year with this new band than the previous 35 years! I started playing guitar when I was 7 after my mom walked in on me playing the into of Bach's Toccata & Fugue on my grandmothers pump organ! Asked my what I wanted to play and I said guitar. I inherited that organ! As well as my Great Uncles vintage Gibson SG delux with a bigsby trem.

http://youtu.be/_FXoyr_FyFw

[egneg]

Quentin Teratino's From Dusk till Dawn?

Yes and here is another that that the band played in ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfWTOgWybys&feature=fvst

[Flying Scotsman]

I know I have posted this song before but this white boy can sing and play a mean guitar ....Ladies and Gentlemen....Alvin Lee and Ten Years After... 1969....Justin Bieber listen to this and learn what is music and Lady Honk for you also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFpfureaCVs

Douggie

[dana]

How bout some classic satanic metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx4HDbaFPYw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3opx5yFJ9s&feature=related
Not bad. But they fail in comparison to Behemoth!

[dana]

Another Douggie rant, I am fed up with crappy music reproduction on I Phones and other modes....walking down the street and looking at the youth of today with cell phones and white earphones ticks me off and not looking into your eyes ...yes you can have your Gagga and Bieber treats, but to me they are rubbish, as they have no musical talent.....Winehouse did have a voice but as many talented singers have she passed away at a very early age

Douggie the old fart
Well you sound like an old man for sure. When did you stop keeping with the times? Lol. iPhone's rule cause... How else do people listen to music while on the go? Cd? Ha!!! Tape? Not!
If you can really listen to music and pic out the flaws in the audio format it's in, you need to get a life lol j/k

[Flying Scotsman]

Well young man I sit down and listen to music and that is the only mode to appreciate music your Iphone will suck as far as fidelity is known .....now go and sit in the corner of your room and repeat Douggie is correct and by the way I have an Iphone, Ereader and many new gadgets!!

Douggie

[dana]

Never! It's not 1960 anymore gramps lol

[Flying Scotsman]

You are a very rude young man, are you 12 years old?

Douggie

[dana]

I've read enough of your posts to know you aren't exactly charming haha. Just making some jokes man..

[Flying Scotsman]

An interestingy reply BUT ON THIS FORUM DANA WE ARE ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qdq7wjL2M4&feature=fvst


DOUGGIE

[domwilson]

You got to remember this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUwEIt9ez7M&feature=related

[siberianhusky]

http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_12044587

If you listen to Dance Me you can hear the difference in recording, that one was done hot off the floor, no where near as nice and balanced a mix.

Even a digitally remastered cd sounds bloody awful! MP3 or any other compressed format is even worse.
If you can't tell the difference you have a tin ear and are probably wasting money on any kind of quality audio equipment!
Even the sample rate people choose to record at makes a huge difference to the sound quality.
Recording at "cd quality" gives you a flat lifeless sound, too many harmonics are lost.
There is a huge difference between having music on and actually listening to music. 99% of the people out there have never listened to music, if they had we would be insisting on better a better quality lossless format.

[dana]

You're all just being picky. I like music. If a song is good I listen to it... Nothing like picking music apart so much you can't even find the joy in finding new music. Bottom lIne is... This is where it's at. Get over it. I'm not just some schmuck either ok? I've been playing guitar since I was 8. I've played in many bands, done recording myself and even build guitars these days, so I do have some idea what I'm talking about. Stop tearing audio apart and friggin enjoy it lol . Thanks

[siberianhusky]

I do enjoy it and enjoy it much more on quality analog format.
I can hear Miles Davis breath on vinyl, why can't I hear that on digitally remastered cd?
Listen top Stevie Ray on Little Wing, analog you can here his amp hum in the quieter passages, not on CD. Any idea how many harmonics are eliminated when they "clean it up"
There is a reason people who really like their music spend big money on turntables and tube 2 channel amps. Modern digital technology is simply not the best! Media and marketing just claim it is and people with no clue just accept it.
When I listen to music I actually sit down and listen, to all of it. It's a wonderful experience to really hear music in it's full tone and richness.
No point in argueing, you'll never understand what I'm talking about. Like explaining green to a blind person.
There are some new lossless digital formats on the horizon and becoming available, the file sizes are larger. There has to be some kind of logic behind this change away from the current format. The logic? Better sound quality maybe?

Lossless compressed audio formatsA lossless compressed format stores data in less space by eliminating unnecessary data.
Uncompressed audio formats encode both sound and silence with the same number of bits per unit of time. Encoding an uncompressed minute of absolute silence produces a file of the same size as encoding an uncompressed minute of music. In a lossless compressed format, however, the music would occupy a smaller portion of the file and the silence would take up almost no space at all.
Lossless compression formats enable the original uncompressed data to be recreated exactly. They include the common[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_file_format#cite_note-4) FLAC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC), WavPack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WavPack), Monkey's Audio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey's_Audio), ALAC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lossless) (Apple Lossless). They provide a compression ratio of about 2:1 (i.e. their files take up half the space of the originals). Development in lossless compression formats aims to reduce processing time while maintaining a good compression ratio.
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Audio_file_format&action=edit&section=4)]Lossy compressed audio formatsLossy compression enables even greater reductions in file size by removing some of the data. Lossy compression typically achieves far greater compression but somewhat reduced quality than lossless compression by simplifying the complexities of the data.[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_file_format#cite_note-Lossy_Data-5) A variety of techniques are used, mainly by exploiting psychoacoustics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoacoustics), to remove data with minimal reduction in the quality of reproduction. For many everyday listening situations, the loss in data (and thus quality) is imperceptible. The popular MP3 format is probably the best-known example, but the AAC format found on the iTunes Music Store is also common. Most formats offer a range of degrees of compression, generally measured in bit rate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_rate). The lower the rate, the smaller the file and the more significant the quality loss.
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Audio_file_format&action=edit&section=5)]

[dana]

I understand the differences. Turntables have advantages and disadvantages. But if we're talking about songwriting, I don't see how audio quality makes a difference. Far fewer people give a crap about hearing the humm of an amp in a recording than you think. Personally I like to hear a nice clean sound opposed to a live sound with a buncha noise muddying it up from old amps and such. Just my opinion. Also I think it depends on the music style you like. Vinyl has no place in modern metal IMO.

[dana]

And one more thing, let's not forget that downloading music is much more environmentally friendly. Manufacturing vinyl, cds, tapes etc....creates ALOT of chemical waste, where downloads do not.

[siberianhusky]

I get it now! I completely get where you are coming from now and agree with you regarding metal, it really makes no difference if you're listening to it mp3 or cd, Ipod or 25 000$ stereo!

[siberianhusky]

I buy a lot of vinyl that would otherwise be thrown in a dump just because somebody decided a MP3 is better for the environment.
My turntable is well over 30 years old, is it more environmentally sound to throw it away and all my vinyl then replace it with a computer and downloaded music that is a lower quality?
I will be able to pass my tube amp on to somebody eventually, it is completely repairable. can you say that about whatever transistorized disposable 10 000 watt 9.2 surround sound crap you own?
Sounds to me like my approach is a hell of a lot more environmentally friendly than yours.
Is it better to buy a Vintage guitar or a new one that they will need to cut down trees to build?
My newest guitar was built in 1986. My oldest '63. Should I buy a new disposable amp or recycle an old one that is worth more every day and can be repaired endlessly if required?

[Rumdog]

I like to wear my turntable in a backpack when I go snowboard. It works really well, and the extra 10-15 lbs. doesn't really bother me. If I lay on my stomach just right and have a friend start it up i can even hear music.

[dana]

I like to wear my turntable in a backpack when I go snowboard. It works really well, and the extra 10-15 lbs. doesn't really bother me. If I lay on my stomach just right and have a friend start it up i can even hear music.lol yup

[Flying Scotsman]

Dana, you do not just get it...vinyl rules with good equipment...cd next and MP3 is a very distant way off and my audio system cost would put a kid through university!

Douggie



And one more thing, let's not forget that downloading music is much more environmentally friendly. Manufacturing vinyl, cds, tapes etc....creates ALOT of chemical waste, where downloads do not.

[dana]

I buy a lot of vinyl that would otherwise be thrown in a dump just because somebody decided a MP3 is better for the environment.
My turntable is well over 30 years old, is it more environmentally sound to throw it away and all my vinyl then replace it with a computer and downloaded music that is a lower quality?
I will be able to pass my tube amp on to somebody eventually, it is completely repairable. can you say that about whatever transistorized disposable 10 000 watt 9.2 surround sound crap you own?
Sounds to me like my approach is a hell of a lot more environmentally friendly than yours.
Is it better to buy a Vintage guitar or a new one that they will need to cut down trees to build?
My newest guitar was built in 1986. My oldest '63. Should I buy a new disposable amp or recycle an old one that is worth more every day and can be repaired endlessly if required?
im not saying you have to throw your vinyl away. you can keep it too…. get a grip.
i own one surround sound system thats almost 10 years old and still working, but they are capable of more than just two channel left right listening, for more entertainment options.
i hardly would call your approach more enviromentally friendly, im just saying producing more vinyl and what not wouldnt help, it would just add to whats already there.
ipod lets me have thousands of songs at my fingertip without the need to take up a wall in my house with clutter.
personally i prefer a custom guitar, weather it ba made today or 50 years ago is irrelivent. buy what you like the sound of…. i prefer more processed tone. just because thats not what you like doesnt make it bad or wrong. ive been electricuited by many older amps, and for loud listening, tubes are the way to go. but im not playing the fleet center. most bands now use small modeling amps with a mic anyways…. the general public cant tell the difference. just enjoy the music man. heres a couple of my own designs…. the strat was made from some mahogany leftovers.697766977769778

[runzwithsizorz]

Come on people now, let's get together; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kckGSgo95CU&feature=related
and maybe just hang out; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWN65nAkk20&feature=related
I mean, Hey kids, what time is it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqnuI9K5ct4&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

just a wee classic!!!! and buy the vinyl version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4kTei0XrCs

Douggie

[domwilson]

I agree that music should be enjoyed. I just enjoy a higher level of reproduction. Poor equipment can deviate from that enjoyment and not let you enjoy it the way the artist intended.
Music is intended to influence our moods. The introduction of varying types and levels of distortions can alter that level of influence. Each format has it's benefits and it's compromises.
How much you are willing to accept is a personal choice.

[Rumdog]

I listen to music 10 hours a day minimum Mon thru Friday. In a noisy shop. I use an iphone and 150 watt iphone/ipod dock. The sound is excellent, and loud. I dont sit in a chair and listen to music. I use headphone when doing stuff outdooors. The iphone's sound quality is plenty good for me.

This thread used to be about music, now it seems we're more focused on sound quality. I prefer accessability and ease of use to what some consider superior sound quality.

[runzwithsizorz]

just a wee classic!!!! and buy the vinyl version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4kTei0XrCs

Douggie
Is that a We 5 classic? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_f16t1JGHo&feature=related

One of the comments there pretty much sums it up for me, quote;
"Hi there. Yes, I had a real crush on Bev. As a a 12 year old in 1965,
So idealistic, so open to new music, language, and change. Times were different 45 years ago . . . simple, fresh, free.
Difficult to put into words unless personally experienced, but our yearning for a "new world"
was palpable. Just a sweet memory now."

OR, did you mean a Classics 4 classic; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3fZ6ZOCqxQ&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

Rummy, therein lies the problem....listen to a high quality system and your eyes will open wide. I have had many doubters enter my humble abode and are astonished at the quality of music reprocduction.

Edit...... I have an Iphone and the sound quailty is crap

Douggie




I listen to music 10 hours a day minimum Mon thru Friday. In a noisy shop. I use an iphone and 150 watt iphone/ipod dock. The sound is excellent, and loud. I dont sit in a chair and listen to music. I use headphone when doing stuff outdooors. The iphone's sound quality is plenty good for me.

This thread used to be about music, now it seems we're more focused on sound quality. I prefer accessability and ease of use to what some consider superior sound quality.

[domwilson]

I listen to music 10 hours a day minimum Mon thru Friday. In a noisy shop. I use an iphone and 150 watt iphone/ipod dock. The sound is excellent, and loud. I dont sit in a chair and listen to music. I use headphone when doing stuff outdooors. The iphone's sound quality is plenty good for me.

This thread used to be about music, now it seems we're more focused on sound quality. I prefer accessability and ease of use to what some consider superior sound quality.

I wish I got to listen to music at work. I work with some real grouches. Open a bag of chips and people start complaining. So when I get home after a stressful day. I try to kick back and listen to music. For me, it is an intimate experience. My primary focus is old skool R&B. But I listen to just about anything except country. I listen to Jazz, classical, Rap, pop, Rock, Doo Wop, etc. Depending on my mood, I may stream from the internet, MP3's, CD's, Albums, Tapes and even reel to reel. Each has it's own benefits. I have a couple of ipods for portability. But since I started building or modding my own speakers, my musical tastes have expanded. To each his own on the format you choose and for whatever reason. There is no wrong as to your personal choice. I think some have forgotten that. It's a matter of your personal choice. Douggie, do you remember these guys...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLrff...feature=fvwrel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz8BCLNHREI

[Scott T]

Rummy, therein lies the problem....listen to a high quality system and your eyes will open wide. I have had many doubters enter my humble abode and are astonished at the quality of music reprocduction.

Edit...... I have an Iphone and the sound quailty is crap

Douggie
No argument there Douggie, but most people simply can't afford that sort of gear or have different priorities in life. A mate of mine has Electrocompeniet amps and pre-amp, B&W Nautlius 802 speakers and a Meridian CD player (couldn't justify the cost different to an EC CD player) and a decent turntable. The sounds is brilliant and to be honest, I hate hearing it because it is sooo much better than what I have. But it cost about $40,000, which buys me a new car and a lot of RC boat gear. And of course, you need to sit down to enjoy it.

Other people want to enjoy music, but don't want to shell out big bucks, or might not be able to simply sit and listen to it. So they make do with lower quality gear, or something portable. The main thing is that they're listening to music and enjoying it.

[runzwithsizorz]

I wish I got to listen to music at work. I work with some real grouches. Open a bag of chips and people start complaining. So when I get home after a stressful day. I try to kick back and listen to music. For me, it is an intimate experience. My primary focus is old skool R&B. But I listen to just about anything except country. I listen to Jazz, classical, Rap, pop, Rock, Doo Wop, etc. Depending on my mood, I may stream from the internet, MP3's, CD's, Albums, Tapes and even reel to reel. Each has it's own benefits. I have a couple of ipods for portability. But since I started building or modding my own speakers, my musical tastes have expanded. To each his own on the format you choose and for whatever reason. There is no wrong as to your personal choice. I think some have forgotten that. It's a matter of your personal choice. Douggie, do you remember these guys...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLrff...feature=fvwrel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz8BCLNHREI
Nah, Douggie isn't old enough, :spy: But I sure am! Tommy wrote, and recorded his first song at 13, and while you might think he was just pop, or bubble gum, and LONG before the trippy psychedelics of the early Pink Floyd albums he did a little experimenting, and
I confess, back then, I did a little experimenting of my own. Click on Cellophane Symphony, put on your head phones, and turn it up. Go on, I triple dog dare ya!
http://therisingstorm.net/tommy-james-and-the-shondells-cellophane-symphony/

Now I know what you're thinking, WOW, that was Tommy James and the Shondells? Yeah, I know, had to listen a couple times myself, ya know, just for old times sake. Almost had a flash-back, and I coulda tripped out easy, but, ALAS, I've changed my ways.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59iLuCQCx-Q&feature=related

[domwilson]

Nah, Douggie isn't old enough, :spy: But I sure am! Tommy wrote, and recorded his first song at 13, and while you might think he was just pop, or bubble gum, and LONG before the trippy psychedelics of the early Pink Floyd albums he did a little experimenting, and
I confess, back then, I did a little experimenting of my own. Click on Cellophane Symphony, put on your head phones, and turn it up. Go on, I triple dog dare ya!
http://therisingstorm.net/tommy-james-and-the-shondells-cellophane-symphony/

Now I know what you're thinking, WOW, that was Tommy James and the Shondells? Yeah, I know, had to listen a couple times myself, ya know, just for old times sake. Almost had a flash-back, and I coulda tripped out easy, but, ALAS, I've changed my ways.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59iLuCQCx-Q&feature=related

Heh Heh...Donovan...Whyyyy I oughta mutten chop ya...:bash:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM&feature=related

[runzwithsizorz]

Did you know that the guitarist that played the electric solo on that cut by Donovan, was the same as this one??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZEwimJ3GZE&feature=related

[domwilson]

Jimmy Page? He was a session player on that song.

[runzwithsizorz]

Well, almost time for lights out here at the old folks home, so I guess I'll leave you all with one last song. Just an old man, with an old guitar. Now don't none of you kids go messin up this thread with none of that metal head gear whatchama call it stuff.
And stay off my lawn dagnabit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKXKeUEtM8k&feature=related

Sorry, make that two old men, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH8vjxFIUC4&feature=related

[domwilson]

That was the theme song to a western movie.

[runzwithsizorz]

Jimmy Page? He was a session player on that song.
Yep, Music is kinda like one big orgy, ya never know who's gonna pop-up, and wanna play.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO3ZMdcL8Pc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbWrsNuA-e4

[Flying Scotsman]

one of my favourite pieces of music....though as Dom has stated I follow his interests in most music. I am fortunate that I had the cash to build two seperate systems for an audio and surround sound...just enjoy MUSIC and go out and listen to it live as no home system can rival that experience unless it is Madonna or Lady Honk or others. I will be turning off the TV at half time and enjoy some quality time with my grand children.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C9RPUQ1vwQ&feature=related

And this the one that got me hooked to music, my mother played this on an ancient phonograph system when I was 6 years old.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMJPZ-mu-Ts&feature=related

And this is truly a beauty.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8vJ_lMxQI&feature=related

And one from the Earth Mother.....Sarah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWxzM9_gEo0&ob=av2e

Douggie

[Flying Scotsman]

Well Madonna was crap as usual.....lip syncing and lots of dancing boys and girls. I said I would not watch but curiousity killed the cat

Douggie

[Rumdog]

Yup. What a train wreck. Talentless goons posturing and dancing like idiots. Hey Madonna, you're in your mid 50's we're sick of seeing your scantilly clad whorish moves.

[domwilson]

They weren't whorish moves. She was just getting a breeze going thru the rotten crouch forest...

[runzwithsizorz]

Sooooo, what do you want from life? Well, sorry, you can't have that, how bout a dream date in knee pads with Paul Williams?????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgjfi1DU1mQ

[runzwithsizorz]

I'm a little fuzzy on my memories of the late sixties, and early seventies, but I fondly recall my intro to Sweet Jane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayCSA6fk9ZA
Did I say *my*intro? I meant, *the* intro, silly me.

[egneg]

This one is newer but reminds me of the Moody Blues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhat-xUQ6dw

[egneg]

For you Douggie ... a guy in a skirt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Ki2DJfhns

[egneg]

One more for the Aussies ...

Orianthi Panagaris

[properchopper]

I'm a little fuzzy on my memories of the late sixties, and early seventies, but I fondly recall my intro to Sweet Jane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayCSA6fk9ZA
Did I say *my*intro? I meant, *the* intro, silly me.

Bro, thanks for the wake-up call. There's something about Reed & the Velvets that just kicks me in the solar plexes and gets my blood flowing to places long forgotten.

Uptown Manhattan; late Eighties :

"So there I was holed up in a tiny park view room on the 25th floor at the San Moritz, frozen in agouraphobic meltdown from too many years of Kalifornication. My two week business trip had me weekending in NYC instead of Miami, where I spent a week on the infield of the Miami Gran Prix where the company I worked for had a small, silly booth. If the International Boat Show had been in town during race week as it had been in previous years, I'd be prowling South Beach feeling out of place as usual. But this year, it was NYC, where I was born, raised, and came at least partially of age. But as much as I wanted to take the elevator down to the street & hop a cab to Greenwich Villiage where in the late fifties I hung out in the radical coffehouses or in the mid sixties was a psuedo-intellectual at the New School nervously clinging to my student deferrment, I was stuck in place. In a tiny room hovering over the Greatest City On Earth not fully understanding why. By chance, or likely by divine intervention the local station on my room's tinny tv/radio began playing Sweet Jane. F'ing whammo ! There it was, with NO APOLOGIES. By the time the guitars and bass kicked in that hypnotizing tribal rock & roll riff ( 3:20 in the vid), I was on my feet, down the creaking elevator and hoofed it all the way from 59th street to (Positively) 4th street. My favorite record (remember them) store, 'It's Only Rock 'N Roll' was still there on 8th street, and within seconds I traded my workwear embarrasslingly button down shirt for their signature T-shirt. And had an awesome day, one that brought me back to the time when a promising young adolescent had the world at his feet. And that day the world again returned under my Cali addled feet, as it had always been , and will always be, because, damn it, Rock 'N Roll will Never Die, MF'r "

Formerly Hip Tony
South Bay Home for Terminally Bewildered FE Racers

[runzwithsizorz]

Ah, Tony, the weirdness so predominantly put on display in the*village* by progressive, forward thinking, "psuedo-intellectuals". Maybe it's just me, but I do not see the exasperation, despair, and utter hopelessness of my mundane, meaningless,
corporately driven, repetitive day to day existence depicted in this painting. Frankly Mister Worhol, all I see is a can of soup. Oh, and Andy, get out and get some sunlight will ya.
So many new, and strange things occurred, all, "in the time of our lives", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hfOwaG2glA

P.S. The guitarist in this band was only 17 when he joined it, but remarkably still 3 years older than Steve Winwood when he joined The Spencer Davis Group at 14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr4zBARq_sQ&feature=related

AND, speaking of Steve Winwood, Remember kids, guns don't kill people, sparks from boys with high heels do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3M8Sk7X51k

[runzwithsizorz]

What does a band do with THREE lead guitars? well, I'm glad you asked. You grab the girls, head to Vegas, set the city on fire, and let that girl ROCK !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sZuDft6l74&feature=related
AND ROLL!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usWQOPTORn8

[Flying Scotsman]

Well Steve Winwood is a guitarist and singer who was not truly recognised for his genius and he is not too shabby on a Hammond B3 organ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzN0mMx-sJg&feature=related

Also one from a great guitarist and thank you Mr. Dylan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZTPsrcfQSE&feature=related

and one from the one and only Janis Joplin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uG2gYE5KOs&feature=related

Douggie

[properchopper]

Well Steve Winwood is a guitarist and singer who was not truly recognised for his genius and he is not too shabby on a Hammond B3 organhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzN0mMx-sJg&feature=related

Also one from a great guitarist and thank you Mr. Dylan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZTPsrcfQSE&feature=related

and one from the one and only Janis Joplin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uG2gYE5KOs&feature=related

Douggie


Douggie, not surprisingly we are on the same page there. Probably the most amazing recording of jazz inspired rock & roll, (with obvious hints of Brubeck & Coltrane) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRe42BDK_R4

[runzwithsizorz]

Douggie, not surprisingly we are on the same page there. Probably the most amazing recording of jazz inspired rock & roll, (with obvious hints of Brubeck & Coltrane) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRe42BDK_R4

Indeed we are, posted the live version 3 posts prior.

[Flying Scotsman]

Thanks lads, I had a tube system but it was a pain in the arse to fine tune.....for all you young lads there are some great new artists but most of the new stuff is crap and I will not live in the of arena of very bad music reprorduction via mp3 sound. VINYL RULES as do many well recorded CD recordings and yes my system cost a few bob...do not buy cheap crap, if you have an interest in high fidelity.

Douggie

[properchopper]

Indeed we are, posted the live version 3 posts prior.

Goes to show 'ya how observant I am. :doh:

[runzwithsizorz]

As my user name would imply, I have always been a rule, and mold breaker. Even at an early age
I sought to break away from what the producers, promoters, and radio stations were bombarding
me with. It was always the, "top 40", and 10 of those never got played. How many of you have
ever wanted to scream at the radio and say. HEY, I've heard this song like 5 times this morning,
how bout you flip that record over, and let us hear whats on the other side! With the advent of
*FM*, there was some relief, and you even got to hear, GASP, the long version. This, however was
short lived, for soon the bean-counters, and suits stepped in. If you, were/are near a large
college, or university with a station you are lucky then to hear something different. Now and then
NPR will surprize me. My thirst for new music, as well as my budget, led me to spend countless
hours in the aisles of used record stores, and thrift shops. I do this still today, cuz, well,
you never know, maybe I'll find a replacement for that 8 track that no amount of scotch tape could
repair. By reading the reviews, or about the artist on the record jacket, sometimes I got lucky.
Other times it was name recognition, and by that I mean, artists would sometimes form a new band,
or *sit-in* on an album. Now and then various artists would get together and put out a jam session
recording. Sooo, on this one double album jam session record jacket I read three names;
Mike Bloomfield,(of The Butterfield blues band,ETC), Al Kooper,(of Blood,sweat,and Tears,ETC), and
Steven Stills,(of, well,-- that guy). Oddly enough, the name of the album was, SUPER SESSION.
Guess you could say I got lucky!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kgeqWv7a1o&feature=related

[runzwithsizorz]

Goes to show 'ya how observant I am. :doh:
Come on Tony, try and keep up, what are ya, some kind of old hippie? :hide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=8NziqyNiNdI

[detox]

. VINYL RULES
Douggie

Vinyl is linear and not sampled like CD, but not all vinyl sounds good. Some CD versions sound better than the vinyl versions.

[domwilson]

That is a pretty good album. I have it on vinyl and CD.

[detox]

My version (first pressing) of Surfing With The Alien is a verygood sounding vinyl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Y19uARTG0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFRhmKuD9x8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpIxXCt1IGc&feature=related

[domwilson]

Back when instruments didn't mask the singing, but accompanied it...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO073fekFfA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kafVkPxjLYg&feature=related

[domwilson]

Douggie, this is for you...Oh and she sings too...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n25xwZUYNyU&feature=related

[runzwithsizorz]

Douggie, this is for you...Oh and she sings too...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n25xwZUYNyU&feature=related
I've got a little genie in a bottle that can do that too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nABM14m7s7k&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

It was my son that introduced me to Joe Sartriani...and boy can he play a guitar.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXT6JRv9cvk&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP7OYW8rA20&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYG_ZPJr2Jw&feature=related

and one of the best vocal songs I have ever heard the emotion is awesmome...Joe Cocker!!!! yes he was probably as high as a kite but Justin Bieber look at real talent and listen to the Hammond B3 organ.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SHSgl5Azec&feature=related

Douggie



My version (first pressing) of Surfing With The Alien is a verygood sounding vinyl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Y19uARTG0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFRhmKuD9x8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpIxXCt1IGc&feature=related

[properchopper]

Catching up on some previous posts -


Come on Tony, try and keep up, what are ya, some kind of old hippie? :hide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=8NziqyNiNdI

Well, now that you mention it : (1969, Ocean Beach Ca - Me on the tub on the left - the properly underrated Witch Creek Donation Jug Band playing on a flatbed on the sand)

70201

As for Warhol, yeah the soup can thing sucked as he partied his way to the bank. My mid-sixties " Electric Salvation Jug Band Army" auditioned for him to play at his club, the" Exploding Plastic Inevitble". Our sound was even too wierd for him, but he took a movie of us playing to project on the walls of the club.

Then there was the time at the Cafe Wha? in Grenwich Village (early sixties) when after hanging out with the Chambers Brothers at their hotel (my friend Richie's sister was dating Willie) , we went down to the Wha ? where Willie stepped up to the mike, said : " There were times when we were so poor that sitting around the dinner table our Mother sadly said there's no food tonight...." So we would Sing - and opened with a version of "People Get Ready" that f'ing wrenched every gut in the place.

Next on the bill was the Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Paul, Michael Bloomfield, Elvin Bishop, and Sam Lay. Blew the doors off, even impressing a certain Mr. Zimmerman who sat down next to me (I quit trembling after a while).

MUSIC, the Sixties, :Peace_Sign::Peace_Sign:

[Flying Scotsman]

Tony, you are correct the sixties were where some of the best modern music was formed.....Lady Honk and the wee twit from Canada....I think his first name is Justin should listen to some of the great bands of that time, and not the American Idol idiots and other single singers that are the modern idiom of crappy music that they can download for free.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xZOrWK6d4g



Douggie, in the sixties and loving it to this day

[properchopper]

I'm really enjoying this thread (in the midst of setting up seven boats for WWVIII coming up in two weeks :scared:) It's so nice to connect with those who have love of music in their hearts.

I'm with Douggie in that there's so much garbage on the airwaves. And then there's music that makes you smile, set yer toes a-tappin', and some that display a deep respect for the craft by serious songwriters, players and arrangers.

Not to get too "political" (which I'll do if needed), here's a song collaborated on by two respected songwriters, Radney Foster and Darden Smith which I've previously posted some time ago that displays the enormous serious emotional impact that music can elicit. Perfectly crafted, beautifully delivered with accompanying video. Let it play through ( it's long, just hang with it) and take a moment.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgkxiqKj0nU

[runzwithsizorz]

Hey, is that one of them old fashioned vinyl disk spinners ya got there? Well then, fire that puppy up, and pass me a,--- whats that you say? drugs are bad? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOeAejt4iIE

[runzwithsizorz]

I'm really enjoying this thread (in the midst of setting up seven boats for WWVIII coming up in two weeks :scared:) It's so nice to connect with those who have love of music in their hearts.

I'm with Douggie in that there's so much garbage on the airwaves. And then there's music that makes you smile, set yer toes a-tappin', and some that display a deep respect for the craft by serious songwriters, players and arrangers.

Not to get too "political" (which I'll do if needed), here's a song collaborated on by two respected songwriters, Radney Foster and Darden Smith which I've previously posted some time ago that displays the enormous serious emotional impact that music can elicit. Perfectly crafted, beautifully delivered with accompanying video. Let it play through ( it's long, just hang with it) and take a moment.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgkxiqKj0nU
DARN TONY, You're a hard act to follow, http://thehayride.com/2011/04/westboro-baptist-church-goes-to-mississippi-and-loses/

[properchopper]

DARN TONY, You're a hard act to follow, http://thehayride.com/2011/04/westboro-baptist-church-goes-to-mississippi-and-loses/

That was an amazing powerful bit of Reality Filming, thanks. When fallen heros come home to rest, the Patriot Guard Riders see that the idiots don't disrupt the service.

I've ridden on one in my hometown, very moving.

An example of what I mean : (don't even try to count the PGR's bikes !)

[ I love the third comment down on the page :"Eleven members of the Westboro Baptist Church just figured out what the internet is "]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHzSiV5MBq4&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

one of the best songs of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TGj2jrJk8&feature=related

And another

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmdPQp6Jcdk&feature=related


Douggie the old fart

[Flying Scotsman]

Well I had to post a band from my home town...GLASGOW...Battlefield Band and as good wine they age very well. I have seen them live many times and my son who is a Canadian got up at the very tender age of 7 years old and danced in his seat at a live performance, he is now 37 years old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDiVyra7jd0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI28F3ApfgY&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7INre6oo9es&feature=related

And some amazinng fiddle playing from a Canadian lassie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-d9A0jRBYY&feature=related

You have to go Cape Breton (Nova Scotia) and hear the talent that is there and often played in a home or a bar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbY-LpV3K-k&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdHR12lPcgI&feature=related

Douggie

[egneg]

Frijid Pink's version of The house of the rising sun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WV3T_wphGY&feature=related

Kenny Rodgers the original acid rocker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ8k6fVe25k&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

Chuck, that is also a great copy and thank you as I have never heard that version before you posted it


Frijid Pink's version of The house of the rising sun


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WV3T_wphGY&feature=related

Kenny Rodgers the original acid rocker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ8k6fVe25k&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

Also a great song from THE WHO watch Keith one of the best drumers , Ginger was damn good also.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hje28F-IhLo&feature=related


Chuck, that is also a great copy and thank you as I have never heard that version before you posted it

[runzwithsizorz]

I got pictures, candy, I'm a lovable man, and I can take you to the nearest star. I'm your pervert baby,-- no wait, scratch that, I'm your vehicle baby, yeah, that's the ticket. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBMo8xHGNs
I'm also your Venus. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhkyyCvUHk
It would appear I'm quite a Changeling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlPMJcYHiqM&feature=related

[domwilson]

I got pictures, candy, I'm a lovable man, and I can take you to the nearest star. I'm your pervert baby,-- no wait, scratch that, I'm your vehicle baby, yeah, that's the ticket. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBMo8xHGNs
I'm also your Venus. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhkyyCvUHk
It would appear I'm quite a Changeling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlPMJcYHiqM&feature=related

I remember all those. Great music. My parents listened to R&B. The first one we considered R&B. Must have been that great horn section!
Definitely great music from a time when people actually sat down to listen or got up to dance. Must have been the drugs...

[properchopper]

OK, it's time for me disclose, at great risk to all within earshhot ( this thread IS called The Death of Music, right?) the one and only song I ever wrote that actually made it to CD. Seems that during the O.J trial, the sicka$$ "Dream Team" , Cochran & Shapiro were dreaming up all kinds of "alternative culprits" to get O.J. off. Colombian Drug Lords, Aliens from outer space and such. I cracked up so much at these idiotic theories that I came up with one of my own which made just as much sense. I wrote "The Ballad of O.J. - Elvis Made Me Do It " and put it away for about a year until one day I was going for a putt with my good buddy Johnny Ransom (his real name) who was the lead singer in a hardcore punk band called the Smut Peddlers. I gave him the song, the Smut Peddlers recorded (and performed) it and to this day it remains in their catalogue. WARNING - It's hardcore PUNK, but check it out :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72AJm5KW6NM

[runzwithsizorz]

Does this mean with all the royalties, you're gonna quit your day job?

[properchopper]

Does this mean with all the royalties, you're gonna quit your day job?

What day job ? :sad:

[runzwithsizorz]

The one where you get your boats ready for the WWVIII smack-down, and make us proud. ARE YOU READY? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20HmSomEHZ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3KjlnuETk0
If you ain't ready, here's a little gettin ready music for ya. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTv66ezZlws&feature=related

[properchopper]

The one where you get your boats ready for the WWVIII smack-down, and make us proud.

I honestly appreciate the encouragement, BUT AZ brings out of the woodwork many of the "Best of the Best" FE racers in the U.S., some not generally known here on OSE. I normally get my butt kicked there, but three days of all-FE racing is something I wouldn't miss for the world. However I did distinguish myself two years ago at WWVI with these most cheriched awards :

70371

[runzwithsizorz]

I realize the new modern keyboards are smaller, and are capable of doing all sorts of *things*, and lord knows they are so much easier to transport from gig to gig, BUT, IMHO there's nothin like the sound of a big ole Hammond, and leslie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7PpXSC1NN4

[domwilson]

Another organ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7uC5m-IRns&feature=related

[runzwithsizorz]

Holy crap you guys, that DOES bring back memories, I was a teen in the sixties, that band & that song were one of my all time favorites. Nothin like a good ole fuzz box:rockon2:

By '72 I was doin the do for uncle sam.
A lot of us here have done the do, but hopefully for you Billy, back in '72, being a hero wasn't necessary. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYT59czU2JY&feature=related
Thankz for your service :usa:

[domwilson]

And let's not forget...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuMEAgd5T0s&feature=related

And Mr. Entertainment...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nEfuE8Pw4U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8M0RCdpoGc&feature=related

and the never replaceable...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltRwmgYEUr8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxHMHrWJ2SE

[domwilson]

This one of the few songs where you can understand this famous singers words....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgDrJ5Z2rKw

This singer's movie wasn't bad...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tiz6INF7I&feature=related

[runzwithsizorz]

Another organ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7uC5m-IRns&feature=related
OH, a good one! Hang on, I think I'm gonna get happy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXtXo7_C-d4

[domwilson]

Who knew this song would be self descriptive...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVWm9PQeYtE&feature=related

[domwilson]

OH, a good one! Hang on, I think I'm gonna get happy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXtXo7_C-d4

Hey...That was gonna be my next one!

[domwilson]

Another organ grinder...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cOBK6Q&feature=fvwrel

[properchopper]

I realize the new modern keyboards are smaller, and are capable of doing all sorts of *things*, and lord knows they are so much easier to transport from gig to gig, BUT, IMHO there's nothin like the sound of a big ole Hammond, and leslie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7PpXSC1NN4

Hung out with the Vanilla Fudge & Roadied for the Unspoken Word back in the day. Both had B3's & Leslies with the "rotovibe".

Put on your tie-dyed shirt :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II4m90pN3fQ&feature=related

[domwilson]

And if you like the organ and funk...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IYYieR1cRk

[domwilson]

Before Van Halen...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvyDWGF290M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4DV-5d6a5g&feature=fvwrel

And the famous Lola...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXmMMSo47s&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

Tony, I hear you and you will be given a big hug from me in a few months....in the mean time listen to THE RANKIN FAMILY and Cape Breton is a wonder of music and nature.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bViGBlt36MM&feature=related

I was priveleged to visit their home town

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PryZ9DAUL74&feature=related

and I in my folky mode...hense this.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jqn9SKYAgY&feature=related

[properchopper]

OK Douggie, as long as you're in your folkie mode, here's a song released 48 years ago whose words ring as true today as they did then :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCWdCKPtnYE

[Flying Scotsman]

Tony, a great song but the times changed for me at least 50 years ago and are in constant flux mode to this day.

Bob in his electric mode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJpB_AEZf6U

and one from Annie Lennox...what a voice.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB0EfFMSSgE&feature=related


Douggie

[runzwithsizorz]

OK Douggie, as long as you're in your folkie mode, here's a song released 48 years ago whose words ring as true today as they did then :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCWdCKPtnYE
Well on that note, another. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akoukq5DvAE&feature=fvsr

[properchopper]

Well on that note, another. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akoukq5DvAE&feature=fvsr

This is getting TOO WIERD - Before I opened up the link I KNEW which song you referring to :biggrin:

[properchopper]

OK, this is a bit of a stretch, even for folkies, but before the "protest" movement got into full swing, there was Jug Band music. Fritz Richmond, Kweskin's washtub player (on the jug in this tune) inspired my rise (and subsequent alcohol fueled fall) as a washtub-base player leading to two second runners-up in two consecutive World Washtub competitions in Rancho Bernardo CA in the late sixties. And Maria Muldaur, possibly the sexiest woman to ever grace a coffehouse stage - I mean Holy *^#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3cuCSi5Oho&feature=related

[runzwithsizorz]

There's a line in a song by Maria Muldaurs' * Midnight at the oasis*; "and you won't need no camel, honey, oh no, when I take you for a ride".
Now what on earth could she have possibly meant by that?
DON"T ANSWER!!!

[runzwithsizorz]

Before we move on from big organs, and funk, I'd like to add a couple more; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3MWu6LhWQ8
Just look at those wild teenage hooligans in the audience at 1:35, carrying on like there's no tomorrow, I'm shocked, just shocked I tell you!

Now for some funk; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghj5V5cUo1s&feature=related
"big organs" :laugh:

[properchopper]

Just lovin' it ! And one more early beauty [CRANK it UP!] - Can I get a s**^ Howdy ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FiKHaSRMeg

[properchopper]

OK, one more & I'm going to sleep. Soon after 9-11 Martina performed this to a gratefull audience. My opinion, She's the most beautiful and best female singer in the world :thumbup1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sslFmCepE_0

[Flying Scotsman]

One more from The Rankin Family.... in a language from my home country.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nnVxTj_Ujw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckvV9Ow_0Xc

and one more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdwK3pULQ9A&feature=related

and one more that I have played before but it is a cracker, the lassie with the high vocals is Cookie Rankin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix8ncMi5Y0U&feature=related




Douggie

[runzwithsizorz]

Years ago, while touring the south of Spain, the Mz. and I managed to get a room within the walls of the Alhambra. Not sure exactly when the Paradore,(hotel), was built, but king Ferdinand and queen Isabella were once buried in the lobby floor.
In the evening, when all the other tourists are locked out of the fortress walls, we were able to walk about freely. While there, we discovered that there was a centuries old Celtic connection to the area, and were presented with this fact in a very
entertaining manner. Here's a pic of Mz. Runz standing in a courtyard built in 1527. As you can see, it is not very large, for what took place there. Amazing what a little mood lighting will do. (Douggie, I hope you will like the artist)70422

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-iIPruIdSg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMYm1LL-E5Y&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUE0m80qvhM&feature=related

[Flying Scotsman]

Justin Bieber... listen to this album ....hell freezes over... The EAGLES and one wee classic example and yes I did like the example Runz and Justin I trust you will be be heard/listened to after 15 years, which I very much doubt. The wee lassies will have come to understand you were a flash in the pan. This version shows as a good wine it takes time to mature..the acoustic guitar live rendition

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xihkf_hotel-california-the-eagles_news

Douggie

[Flying Scotsman]

One for Properchopper.....two great great voices on the guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlj0XaOMNOk

And for me...a duel between a guitar and a saxophone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odt1Ve1kM48&feature=related

Douggie

[properchopper]

One for Properchopper.....two great great voices on the guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlj0XaOMNOk

And for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odt1Ve1kM48&feature=related

Douggie

Right on, Sir ! Heard George being interviewed last week on the radio; nice guy and really humble.

NOW if you need your socks knocked off, click below and TURN IT UP :buttrock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEJh2FFUUoU&feature=related

[domwilson]

One for Properchopper.....two great great voices on the guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlj0XaOMNOk

And for me...a duel between a guitar and a saxophone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odt1Ve1kM48&feature=related

Douggie

Oh boy! There was a rumor going around that he passed from drinking too much alcohol. Glad he's alive and rockin'!
I really liked his stuff from the 80's.

[Flying Scotsman]

No doubt about it Tony a very talented lad on the guitar but Hendrix will get my vote.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EEOfKwtju8&feature=related


Douggie

[domwilson]

No doubt about it Tony a very talented lad on the guitar but Hendrix will get my vote.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EEOfKwtju8&feature=related


Douggie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Gwp9qkoAQ&feature=related

[domwilson]

One of the first to cross the color line...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mq4UT4VnbE

[domwilson]

Remember this little genius...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QONdRS0br1Q

[Flying Scotsman]

This is the most played and recorded classical music of all time...enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlprozGcs80.

And I think a better rendition that may depend on your system,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkSp8wc8lKw&feature=related

I still think it should be played as a quartet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gr7Ry2HWfM&feature=related

Douggie

[detox]

I'll have what Cab is having.:thumbup1:

[egneg]

Don't forget Jeff Beck...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcpiD0ZwBUw&feature=related

[egneg]

Douggie, you may enjoy this ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uflsjU95lRM&feature=related

[siberianhusky]

Well I can get behind the bluegrass part, play quite a bit of bluegrass just did an Osborne bros. tune last week (Ruby) LOL I have the vocal range to do it. Blake and Rice do some amazing stuff, Ricky Skaggs is another amazing bluegrass picker.
Love playing acoustic, separates the real musicians when you have nothing to hide behind but your skill. One of the reasons I admire most singers even if I can't stand their music.

[Flying Scotsman]

A wee song for all people that have left their native land....listen to the words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMO70MJIXHU&feature=related

Douggie

[numse1964]

Thank you guys :O)

I just bought some music because of you.

Best regards Henrik

[properchopper]

An example of the extreme emotional power that music can elicit. Masterfully written, powerfully delivered. Not for the recently brokenhearted; this is the SADDEST song ever recorded :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo

[Doby]

The best, period:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlHd_ykiZAs

[detox]

LOTS of good music. Just Ain't Easy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jZTJ9CKEHE

[RandyatBBY]

Definitely Clapton, Young and Marley are my favorites.

[Doby]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bfbTVVUuS4

Another great performance....

[numse1964]

Something for everybody :O)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OAQpaYGB1o

[Doby]

Something for everybody :O)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OAQpaYGB1o

Hence the title of this thread..

[properchopper]

Something for everybody :O)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OAQpaYGB1o

Yeah !!!!