Tedster Posted April 23, 2001 Share Posted April 23, 2001 >>love grows where my rosemary goes" edison lighthouse I love that song! I'd do a cover of it in a heartbeat... Other "AM radio" cannon fodder I love (with an appropriate nod to Everclear...I LOVE that video...even if they did swipe that loop from "Mr. Big Stuff"...I think it's appropriate. "Baby, now that I found you" and "Build Me Up Buttercup"...Foundations Anything by the Four Tops Oh geez...tons of other stuff... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Gauss Posted April 23, 2001 Share Posted April 23, 2001 <> part of my AM radio big four: "mr. big stuff", "want ads", "cleanup woman", and "stickup". betty wrignt's "cleanup woman" has 3 of the funkiest guitar parts ever and they're all in the same song and played by the same guy off the cuff! -d. gauss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted April 23, 2001 Share Posted April 23, 2001 One of the coolest (and most frustrating) things I've heard is Tuck Andress doing his version of cleanup woman. He plays like what seems to be all three parts at the same time (actually, I think he plays two parts simultaneously). He credits that song for getting him into his unique style...That guy is amazing... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted April 23, 2001 Share Posted April 23, 2001 I also love most of WestSide Story. I also love Burt Bacharach's music. I also love much of The Carpenters. 'Cept I don't feel guilty about it at all. Ian Wow, so much for individuality! I'm in the same boat as most all of you. When I was 9, I'd sleep over at my best friend's house and we'd fall asleep playing a song game. We'd hum the melody, and the other guy had to guess what it was. Our favorite songs came up a lot, and I don't think anyone was better represented than the Carpenters! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif John Denver, Seals & Crofts, Gordon Lightfoot, Harry Chapin, Little River Band.. you guys have been listing my childhood! As far as show tunes, my favs are The Sound of Music; Favorite Things.. Edelweiss.. So Long, Farewell.. Do, a Deer The Music Man; Uh, everything! Oklahoma; Ditto (P.S. There's a great Norm MacDonald sketch on SNL where his gang get into a rumble with their rivals (a la West Side Story), and everyone but Norm keeps breaking into song and dance. He's like, "What's up with that?" They keep telling him it's spontaneous. By the 2nd or 3rd dance he stops them and says, "But that looks CHOREOGRAPHED!" In the end, he stomps off as both gangs dance around each other instead of fighting. Classic. My favorite guilty pleasure though.. The Nightmare Before Christmas. The entire movie is filled with great, funny songs. Neil It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted April 23, 2001 Share Posted April 23, 2001 Neil said: >>>you guys have been listing my childhood! AHHH...that's it! On the surface, most "hardcore musicians" will uncomfortably say that that stuff sucks. BUT...deep inside...where they're not afraid to show it...it touches something nostalgic. That's it...we've all been listing our collective childhood... Was a great time all in all, wasn't it? We've been listing the soundtracks to our lives... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Worthington Posted April 23, 2001 Share Posted April 23, 2001 I think most people's feelings about the Carpenters is that the arrangements were way over the top in terms of sugar-coated sweetness. Like biting into a piece of cake and getting nothing but icing. But the melodies were good and strong, and Karen's singing was truly great. It's Richard Carpenter's puke-inducing arrangements that make one feel guilty. I saw one or two people include Joni Mitchell and Carole King. No one should feel guilty for liking either of them. They are among our role models as songwriters! The equivalent of Dylan and Lennon/McCartney, respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott from MA Posted April 23, 2001 Author Share Posted April 23, 2001 Originally posted by Tedster: we've all been listing our collective childhood... Was a great time all in all, wasn't it? Hmmmm... maybe that's why I'm into different music than the rest of you. My childhood was horrifying! I got into music to escape what was going on around me. I felt like I could really relate to musicians who were as miserable as I was. BTW - My apologies for the spelling error in the topic. I just realized it now. Scott (just another cantankerous bastard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted April 23, 2001 Share Posted April 23, 2001 Yeah, I didn't think it was much fun to be a kid either. And I hate nostalgia. It doesn't do anything for me. However, I will concede that for a lot of people, music, like smells, can help one to remember a particular time or place. I remember Keith Richards doing an interview once in the 70's that cracked me up. The subject was how it seemed like whenever a new Stones record came out, even "Exile On Main St.", the critics would trash it saying it wasn't as good as their old stuff. Then a few years later they'd go on about how great "Exile" was. Keith said he thought the nostalgia thing was a big factor in how favorably people looked on music. I think the quote was "Well look, a lot of these critics grew up with our early music. And no matter HOW good of a record we make now, it'll never be as great as the night when you were a teenager and 'Satisfaction' was on the radio while you were screwing five chicks." --Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted April 23, 2001 Share Posted April 23, 2001 Only five? HAHAHAHAHA...When I was a teenager women ran the other way. Come to think about it, they still do. Yes, that's true...association...not all of us had happy, or even relatively happy childhoods. Here's hoping all whose childhoods blew chunks are having a much better time! "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott from MA Posted April 23, 2001 Author Share Posted April 23, 2001 Originally posted by Tedster: Here's hoping all whose childhoods blew chunks are having a much better time! (Holds glass up) I'll drink to that!!! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Scott (just another cantankerous bastard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Stewart Cairns Posted April 23, 2001 Share Posted April 23, 2001 Originally posted by Tedster: Only five? HAHAHAHAHA...When I was a teenager women ran the other way. Come to think about it, they still do. Erm, maybe if you pretended not to like The Carpenters... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted April 23, 2001 Share Posted April 23, 2001 Yeah me too! And yes, life is MUCH better now, thanks. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif --Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg music Posted April 23, 2001 Share Posted April 23, 2001 Ok couldn't resist it! Fav easy listening stuff is Frank Sinatra ( a god amongst gods imho ) the carpenters, ya just can't not love em, Barbara Streisand, and the totally fab and immortal Nat King Cole.... 'Unforgetable' This tune I would honestly have given my right arm to have written.... Also I just adore the string arrangements.... they just don't do em like that anymore.... Ahhhhhh I feel a bottle of port coming on......... Simon http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif ...remember there is absolutely no point in talking about someone behind their back unless they get to hear about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK_dup2 Posted April 24, 2001 Share Posted April 24, 2001 ABBA I just got a chill typing that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Worthington Posted April 24, 2001 Share Posted April 24, 2001 I got a chill reading it. Different kinda chill, I'm sure.... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted April 24, 2001 Share Posted April 24, 2001 Actually, though, there was one ABBA song I kinda liked, good harmonies. Can't think of what it was though. Surely not one of their bigger hits... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK_dup2 Posted April 24, 2001 Share Posted April 24, 2001 No Eric, Same Kind - Like the 6th sense - I see dead people kind of chill. Damn sister wore their records out when I was a kid. That kind of Shit sticks in your brain like a bad tatoo. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif BK This message has been edited by BK on 04-23-2001 at 07:51 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricknbokker Posted April 24, 2001 Share Posted April 24, 2001 Build Me A Buttercup? Freak me out!!! That was the first 45 I bought w/my own money. Think it cost 82 cts plus tax at Sam Goody. Played it over and over and over...till my brothers broke it. Then I pretended I was a disc jockey on the radio, but the only song my station played was Ma Belle Amie, by Hugh Masakela. (awesome organ!) So.. enough from me. (stop me before I reminence again!!!) Note to TEDSTER---4003 Stereo Bass Blonde (mapleglo?) Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveMusic Posted April 24, 2001 Share Posted April 24, 2001 I guess I'm just too easy but I like some Backstreet Boys and NSync songs. A lot. ------------------ Duke > > > [ Live! ] < < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted April 24, 2001 Share Posted April 24, 2001 >>Then I pretended I was a disc jockey on the radio, but the only song my station played was Ma Belle Amie, by Hugh Masakela. (awesome organ!) Actually, I'm not sure if Hugh "Grazin' in the Grass" Masakela did a version...but the main version was by an obscure one-hit-wonder group called "Tea Set" "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 24, 2001 Share Posted April 24, 2001 Abba. Yes, i do like some songs. Maybe 'cause a lived in Europe as a kid and they were soooo popular there. Fire away ! - Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHAN Posted April 24, 2001 Share Posted April 24, 2001 http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/contrib/blackeye/2gunsfiring_v1.gifhttp://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/contrib/blackeye/2gunsfiring_v1.gifhttp://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/contrib/blackeye/2gunsfiring_v1.gifhttp://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/contrib/blackeye/2gunsfiring_v1.gif Just kidding, I "kinda" liked um 2... So Many Drummers. So Little Time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art Posted April 24, 2001 Share Posted April 24, 2001 The Carpenters rule! They had such beautiful melodies and harmonies. I also really like "Precious and Few" by Climax. Bunch of other stuff by Elton John, Billy Joel, Carol King, James Taylor, etc... Classic Pop lives on...!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK_dup2 Posted April 25, 2001 Share Posted April 25, 2001 Man am I glad I'm not alone. Dancing Queen is a pop as you can get - but its done really well. Did anyone Parents listen to Neil Sadaka? The only guilt there is not burning the 8 track! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/eek.gif BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Worthington Posted April 25, 2001 Share Posted April 25, 2001 Just to set the record straight: "Build Me Up Buttercup" was by The Foundations, co-written by Tony MacAulay and (Mannfred Mann's lead singer) Mike d'Abo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlChuck Posted April 25, 2001 Share Posted April 25, 2001 I think Sting is great... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted April 25, 2001 Share Posted April 25, 2001 I thought that's what I said..."Build Me Up" and "Baby, Now That I Found You" by the Foundations... Then I went on to say that I also like anything by the Four Tops...not implying that those other tunes were by the Tops, but that I also like "Standing in the shadow of love"..."Bernadette"..."I'll be there"...etc...the classic Four Tops tunes... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jzbluze Posted May 24, 2001 Share Posted May 24, 2001 My guilty pleasure is Jewel. This from a fan of smokin', snortin' , nasty roadhouse blues. I think she's beautiful and has such a pretty voice. The kind of girl I'd have a crush on in high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2001 Share Posted June 1, 2001 Laugh if you want, but mine is DISCO!! I'm one of those old timers who actually sported the platforms and polyester and danced at numerous Manhattan clubs in the 70s. Besides, most of the house, techno, jungle, new wave *insert any other industry ambiguous category here*, etc today either is derivative of or samples heavily from disco anyway. If it makes me tap my feet it's good, I don't care what anybody else thinks. This message has been edited by tehuti on 06-01-2001 at 04:26 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duhduh Posted June 2, 2001 Share Posted June 2, 2001 I never understood why, but I always liked Neil Diamond. "Meat is the only thing you need beside beer! Big hunks of meat and BEER!!...Lots of freakin' BEER." "Hey, I'm not Jesus Christ, I can't turn water into wine. The best I can do is turn beer into urine." Zakk Wylde http://www.hepcnet.net/bbssmilies/super.gif http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/15_1_109.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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