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Post by chiyankee on Dec 18, 2017 20:52:01 GMT -5
Off the top of my head, here are some of mine:
Neil Young - Rockin in the Free World
Powderfinger
Steely Dan - My Old School
Kid Charlemagne
CSNY - Almost Cut My Hair
The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
ZZ Top - Waitin' for the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago
Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
Bob Seger - Turn the Page
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Crossfire
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Rush - Tom Sawyer
Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Zeppelin - Black Dog
Immigrant Song
Heartbreaker
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Post by sierchio on Dec 18, 2017 21:15:04 GMT -5
Social Distortion- Story of my life, Ball and Chain, Mommy's little Monster
Rancid- Radio, Ruby Soho, Fall Back Down
Transplants- DJ DJ, Diamonds and Guns
Madball- Set it Off
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Post by kaybli on Dec 18, 2017 21:31:02 GMT -5
Off the top of my head, here are some of mine: Neil Young - Rockin in the Free World Powderfinger Steely Dan - My Old School Kid Charlemagne CSNY - Almost Cut My Hair The Who - Behind Blue Eyes ZZ Top - Waitin' for the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 Bob Seger - Turn the Page Stevie Ray Vaughan - Crossfire Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street Rush - Tom Sawyer Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Zeppelin - Black Dog Immigrant Song Heartbreaker I love Zeppelin and Hendrix. Will check those other songs later night! |
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Post by kaybli on Dec 18, 2017 21:31:38 GMT -5
Social Distortion- Story of my life, Ball and Chain, Mommy's little Monster Rancid- Radio, Ruby Soho, Fall Back Down Transplants- DJ DJ, Diamonds and Guns Madball- Set it Off Thanks sierch! Will check those later tonight too! |
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Post by inger on Dec 19, 2017 1:27:21 GMT -5
Reason to Believe is a terrific song. Most of you likely know by now that "Reason to Believe" was the intended "A" side of the record and "Maggie May" the "B" side. Well, some DJ flipped it the wrong way and the station was flooded with requests...
"Downtown Train" was an amazing transformation of the original by Tom Waits, where Rod Stewart heard a completely different melody and decided to run with it. "Young Turks" is a wonderful classic as well. Among the less listened to songs from Stewart that I enjoy are "Country Comfort" (listen to the harmony, cool) and "Mandolin Wind". "Stay With Me" is a great rocker, I also enjoy "I Was Only Joking", "Every Picture Tells a Story", and Stewart's version of "This Old Heart of Mine" that he performs with Ron Isley...
Speaking of "Memphis", "Walking in Memphis" by one-hit wonder Marc Cohn makes you wonder where the rest of his music went. How can that guy only have one hit in him???
If you listen closely to the vocals on David Bowie's "China Girl" there is just a haunting tone with such unbelievable versatility of voice. He seems even LESS human than he wants to ...I remember watching an interview with Nile Rogers, who came up with that opening guitar riff. He thought Bowie would hate it, but he found it perfect because he (Bowie) wanted to make the song as racist as possible in a way that would fight racism. Sort of like when Howard Stern used to have the head of the KKK on his radio show to show people how stupid the guy was by just letting him talk...
Oh, Kaybli...when I start thinking about music, it's amazing to me how much it's meant to me as I've gone through life. I fear my "catalog" may contain some things you'll find repulsive...but that's life. I think there is nothing that defines the generations more than musical taste, and yet...we all tend to find some music that is outside of our normal taste that we just can't resist...I'm a sucker for ballads...and I admit it...
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Post by inger on Dec 19, 2017 1:42:18 GMT -5
The Faces, lead singer Ronnie Wood on "You're So Rude"...Try the sofa...
What's that noise?
Why'd they come back so soon?
Straighten your dress
You're really looking a mess
I'll wet my socks
Pretend we just got caught
In the rain
Oh, You're so Rude!
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Post by inger on Dec 19, 2017 15:27:19 GMT -5
If you aren't aware of Billy Joel's "Until The Night", it is not only a beautifully composed piece of music, but Billy was often inspired in his work by the Righteous Brothers. In producing that song, Billy did both the melody and the harmony by recording the entire record and than overdubbing, so in essence he was both Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley. A remarkable feat in my opinion...I don't know if many people would take me serious, but I'll say it anyway. I think Billy Joel is the ultimate performer of our times, a man who should be held in high historic regard someday as Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were in their age. His first love is classical piano and a lot of his work is based off that genre...The list of his great songs is far too long, so I will suggest only the one piece. Billy is somewhat like the Yankees. You either love him or hate him...You have to admit, for a guy that looks like a troll, he's had some really hot wives...LOL...
I know it may be sappy to suggest that the Righteous Brothers belong on the song list of a man your age, but there are a few, including the old standard "You've Lost That Loving Feeling". As far as I know that song still holds the record for being the single most-played song in the history of radio. I think it was "Hey Jude" that overtook the record for a few years, but in the early 2000's "You've Lost" re-emerged at the top of the list. "Ebb Tide", "Just Once in My Life", "Soul and Inspiration", "See That Girl" is a bit lesser known. Everyone knows "Unchained Melody". "Rock and Roll Heaven" was originally written specifically for Sonny Geraci of Climax ("Precious and Few"), and the Righteous Brothers remake (changing some of the characters to mention some more recent losses at the time) is terrific. While I'm thinking of Geraci, his follow up record to Precious and Few didn't get near the support from his studio, nor the air play, but "Life and Breath to Me" is every bit as good a song that somehow never climbed higher than #52 on the billboard charts.
I was never a big fan of Tom Jones, but he did a song a couple of years ago that was a remake of an old Leonard Cohen song, "Tower of Song". Perhaps the video helped sell me on the song because you can read the sadness in Tom's face as he makes the story about himself, which is appropriate given his past and his present, and his love of music comes through so purely.
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Post by Renfield on Dec 19, 2017 16:39:18 GMT -5
The Faces, lead singer Ronnie Wood on "You're So Rude"...Try the sofa... What's that noise? Why'd they come back so soon? Straighten your dress You're really looking a mess I'll wet my socks Pretend we just got caught In the rain Oh, You're so Rude! My mum she likes you, Thinks you're swell, Got the makings of a dance hall girl, With your low cut frock and your bird's nest hair, Stiletto heels and the way that you swear... Love that song. But, that would be the late Ronnie Lane, not Ron Wood singing. Debris, written and sung by Lane is my favorite Faces song. Ron Wood's guitar on both of those songs is great. Not technically fast or precise, but absolutely perfect. |
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Post by inger on Dec 19, 2017 19:53:30 GMT -5
OH, shoot. Thanks for the correction. Yes, I knew better, just got them mixed up while I was typing. Wow. I like "Debris", too. Who knew there would be two NUTS on the same forum that even knew those songs existed??? "Rude" is actually one of the few songs that I ever memorized so I could sing it properly in the shower. I had a hard time deciding which verse to type, almost went with verse one...so thanks, I enjoyed reading it...
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Post by inger on Dec 19, 2017 20:18:52 GMT -5
For a song that doesn't have a big following...If I have this right, this song was the "B" side of one of the The Guess Who's hit songs, but was left off the album, only appearing as a bonus track on the 8-track tape. "Running Down the Street" demonstrates Burton Cummings voice at it's finest. Cummings was somewhat of a one-trick pony, but oh what a trick. Wonderful voice..."New Mother Nature", what range, what power...and later, after the Guess Who years, "Stand Tall". For some reason, I like the rather odd "Rain Dance". It's all in the hook, and Cummings voice.
Rain Dance
Fifi said to Don the baker
"Can ya show me how to bake another bun, Don?"
And I'm still sittin' with my next-door neighbor
Sayin', "where'd ya get the gun, John?"
Christopher was asking the astronomer
"Can your telescope tell me where the sun's gone?"
And I'm still sittin' with my next-door neighbor
Sayin', "Where'd ya get the gun, John?"
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Post by inger on Dec 19, 2017 20:19:57 GMT -5
Somebody stop me!!!
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Post by inger on Dec 19, 2017 22:31:16 GMT -5
Paul Simon "My Little Town"
Harry Chapin:
"Sniper"
"Better Place To Be"
"Sunday Morning Sunshine"
"Taxi" and "Sequel" played back to back.
"W.O.L.D."
" Dance Band on the Titanic"
"I Wanna Learn A Love Song"
"Remember When The Music"
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Post by inger on Dec 19, 2017 22:47:48 GMT -5
Jackson Brown "The Pretender" and "The Load Out"
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Post by inger on Dec 19, 2017 23:41:21 GMT -5
Richard Marx "Hazard"
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Post by inger on Dec 19, 2017 23:48:00 GMT -5
Sam Cooke "A Change is Gonna Come". Heart rending vocal...you can feel the combination of hope and hopelessness. More than any song I've ever heard this song decries the pain of racism (or any form of prejudice for that matter) from the victim's perspective...It speaks to the down-trodden and it even addresses the situational bondage of living in a culture that doesn't believe that anything can be done to enact change...
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