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Originally Posted by papayahed
In the comments one contributor says, "Someone please inform Bruce Springsteen that his playbook has been stolen." And you can see the point. That sounds like someone who listens to a lot of Bruce but whose own writing lacks the authority, the joy and the sheer vein-popping conviction of Bruce's stuff. 4/10
...all I could say was 'Ouch!'....
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Originally Posted by MarkBastable
erm, yeah That's what everybody says, it's still a nice little song.
Not my favorite Steely Dan 6/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_CmSi6CVI
Oh, hell yeah! 9/10
Also, I thought a Steely Dan was a lady's appliance.
Anyhow, here’s a local gal from around where I live:
Francine Reed, I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues
http://youtu.be/ajrBTGSL29Y
Ah, that's a classy noise. 8. Out of whatever you want.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBsWS8OShdc
I don’t know, man. E.C. is one of the greats. He’s even a guitar genius by some estimates, but he gives me the creeps. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because people around him keep dying. And that’s not fair, I know, but I just can’t separate the man from the music in his case.
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Speaking of creepy, check out this video:
http://youtu.be/ZrLnPRANWRg
Guns are for cowards, but Teddy still plays a mean guitar.
7/10 Great road trip music right thurrrr tell yew whut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln6WQqRDrCo
10 bonus points if you can name the three Dylan tracks referenced in this song.
J
Idiot Wind, You're A Big Girl Now and Tangled Up in BlueQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack of Hearts
6/10 for the song.
Which one's Pink?
Have you spent much time with the album? The 'Sittin' on a fence' reference is fairly obscure.
Also you have to rate Hootie. Onlywunnubeewidyewwwwwwwwewwwwwe
J
I have a steel-trap memory for lyrics.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack of Hearts
You didn't rate Hootie. You didn't post a song. You just came back to say you were awesome.
Onlywunnyhbewudyewwwwwweewwwew
J
I did. I was editing while you were posting the first reply.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack of Hearts
And I didn't say I was awesome. I said I had a good memory for lyrics. I can no more claim credit for that than I can claim credit for being tall.
Haha, right. Well you wrote a story aboyt BoT so you're this reader's hero. Also you were oddly kind to Hootie.
Ok. Someone else rate Mark's.
J
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Originally Posted by MarkBastable
8/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT6kjQhVJ9Y
Terrific melody. Horrible strings. 7/10Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bhrVXStJIM
Easily one of my favourite songs. Can sing it despite being unable to hold a tune and no one minds. What's there not to like? 10/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U07B4TYMkhc
Nice pick, Scher. What a set of pipes she has, eh? 9/10
How about some guitar-hero rock:
Chris Duarte, C-Butt Rock: http://youtu.be/p1W_ut7mK3A
I don't know, it seemed like he was just getting started.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
9/10
Now, I know I know, this one lacks the purity of three dudes in Guitar Center, squeezed in front of sale amps with a back-of-the-closet strat. It's a different scene. But it's brief, similarly crowds the space to everyone's delight, and features lyrics (which some song-raters around here pay particular attention to, not me so much, but...) from two different awesome songs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5vaWjVgKTo
Oddly unspectacular guitar work for Prince, but still terrific. 8/10
In this, on the other hand, even the other musicians on the stage appear to be thinking, "Bloody hell - where did that come from?"
Excellent - 10/10.
What to follow that with? - this'll make you feel better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON9CdliJbvc
Carlos! Todavía rockin’.
Nueve/Diez
Let’s take the L down to the Southside – of Chicago, that is.
Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Lovin’ Cup
http://youtu.be/tAVAiPkeTD0
I can dig it. 8/10Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k8cJP22n8E
Rough jangling fun, I like them, nice find. (big blank bit at the end was a cool authentic indie touch)Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
8/10
This one is a new release, if you can believe it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9blp...ayer_embedded#!
Eh, didn't really like that one billl.
Enjoy this one in exchange:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic
I'm one of those who likes it a lot, and I wish more pop music like that was on the radio around here. The olden days had good pop, of course, and I'm not saying this is as good as in the olden days (the 80's), but it succeeds at a lot of the things I've always expected pop to do. The video is fun (the guitarist has the right attitude) as well, and the Jimmy Fallon version is definitely worth a watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack of Hearts
9/10
Anyhow, back to the 80's sound, here's an actual tune from the 80's, non-pop division--or maybe they gave it a shot for a few days, I can't remember, it was a period of transition for radio formats at the time. Anyhow, while this one doesn't come as fully-loaded as that Carly Rae one does, you just gotta love killer writers with cool music and hooks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTUco...eature=related
That song gives off the heebie jeebies, Scoob. 6
Are we doin' 80's billl?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxLhytQ67fs
Music @2:20. but watch all of it!
Well, I did just now watch all of it, and that was just what I needed. That sort of assignment was right in her wheelhouse at that point in her career. I wasn't going to movies, or listening to pop, and so on at that time, so I know nothing about the film and never heard the song before, so it was a real treat to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack of Hearts
Nice to see the rest of them in there too. I never liked Captain Lou all that much, but I was definitely a Classy Fred Blassie fan. And I can't help but have a soft spot for the Sheikh (he's still around, apparently). But the news of Lou's relatively recent passing (and the less-recent passing of Classy Freddy) made my smile a little more sincere and appreciative, despite the built-in irony they all worked so hard on.
Wasn't a big wrestling fan, actually--those guys just made an impact real quick when I did watch, I guess.
Anyhow, great ensemble work there (especially once the speaking parts were done with). And the tune was just absolutely fine.
9/10
I'm not sure I can take any more of Carly Rae, it felt like that song was on the radio forever in Canada prior to her big breakthrough into the US, and now that has given her a second life on Canadian airwaves and the song has returned from the dead, or wherever it is radio pop songs go after they've finished their run.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQS9Cz-zC6g
That was great. And their other stuff is great too. I'm enthused. 9/10Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
As a thank you, here's a slight return on the last artist you introduced me to and who has taken up residence on my iPhone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJVWS...feature=relmfu
Amanda Palmer is always a pleasure to listen to 8/10.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
As to the previous band, they recently changed their name and sound pretty radically, going for a synth-electro thing that I'm not completely sold on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWZDZeRE6yo
Not bad. 6/10
Something different
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJmKStqugMc
Odd and amusing, but not sure I'd listen to it more than once 5/10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttqMG...1&feature=plcp
New single from Metric's latest album.
I’ve gotta tell ya, OP, I liked it. I liked it a lot. I’ve never heard it before, but I dug it on the first go-around. The rhythm section rocked. 9/10.
How about some Nuevo-Hippie stuff:
Cotton Jones, Blood Red Sentimental Blues
http://youtu.be/6ZyUjffFLRY
(The 1st comment from Chexxum a year ago was spot on.)
Well suck-mah-grits. 7.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW81c...eature=related
10/10. Mark leaves, thread dies? 0/10
J
Ok - 5/10Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack of Hearts
The third version I've heard of this song. I like all three
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCIhY_NR5CE
Hell yeah: 9/10
More live music, Brian Setzer covers Caravan:
http://youtu.be/TFL5OZln_XI
10/10 Jack. Now for something a lil' different. Amazing song, powerful video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iczaDcixBj4
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Originally Posted by Jack of Hearts
I'm afraid neither the song nor the video held my attention. 4/10
I liked that, by the way. Though from your intro, I thought it might be Setzer bringing a rockabilly vibe to Caravan. Which would have boggled my mindQuote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
But moving swiftly on from obscure English 70s prog, to mainstream English 70s glam...
...put your raygun to my head....
I'll be honest, I just like looking at Bowie, I don't really like his music all that much. 4/10
This I like.