Random Music Thoughts

[JazzyRandy]

Listen to the opening drum beat (around 17 second mark):

Now, listen to the opening drum beat:

Wow! We know what Dave Grohl was listening to as a teenager. And that bassline and drums riff that kicks in after the opening of Teen Spirit is really what drives the beginning of the song. I remember not liking this song initially - back then, most of my introduction to rock songs was via MTV and I didn't like the look of the video so I always turned this one off. One drunken night, a friend played Teen Spirit for me on his stereo three or four times and I found out I loved it without the video.

One thing I love about the Red Hot Chili Peppers is how they are upfront about their influences. Back then, it made it so much easier for me to get into their music.

 

[axolotl]

Miles Davis: The Prestige Years

A guide to the albums the legendary trumpet player recorded in the ’50s

daily.bandcamp.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

I was 3 years old when Led Zepellin IV was released on this day 50 years ago.

 

[axolotl]

I was 3 years old when Led Zepellin IV was released on this day 50 years ago.

Dammit, Junior. I was in college.

You must be my first nephew's age. I think he was born around then.

 

[Ojai Sam]

So, you thought the big elections were last week? Not so! The Association For Recorded Sound Collections has opened the polls for the selection of 10 notable recordings made before 1923. The idea is to celebrate the recent revision to copyright law placing everything recorded before that date in the public domain.

ARSC Ten Notable Pre-1923 Recordings Nominees

Nominees for ARSC Ten Notable Pre-1923 Recordings (ARSC - Association for Recorded Sound Collections)

www.arsc-audio.org

This page lists dozens of worthwhile candidates with brief explanations of the importance of each selection along with links so that you can hear the original recordings. Bert Williams, Billy Murray, Fanny Brice, The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Sergei Rachmaninoff, even early pioneer George W. Gaskin, make for a fascinating look at the dawn of the recording industry.

 

[axolotl]

So, you thought the big elections were last week? Not so! The Association For Recorded Sound Collections has opened the polls for the selection of 10 notable recordings made before 1923. The idea is to celebrate the recent revision to copyright law placing everything recorded before that date in the public domain.

ARSC Ten Notable Pre-1923 Recordings Nominees

Nominees for ARSC Ten Notable Pre-1923 Recordings (ARSC - Association for Recorded Sound Collections)

www.arsc-audio.org

This page lists dozens of worthwhile candidates with brief explanations of the importance of each selection along with links so that you can hear the original recordings. Bert Williams, Billy Murray, Fanny Brice, The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Sergei Rachmaninoff, even early pioneer George W. Gaskin, make for a fascinating look at the dawn of the recording industry.

i78s Pre-Matrix 1101: Arkansaw Traveler - Len Spencer

Listen to Arkansaw Traveler from Len Spencer at i78s - the new way to discover old records.

i78s.org

Anyone else notice that hillbilly humor hasn't changed much in 120 years?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

i78s Pre-Matrix 1101: Arkansaw Traveler - Len Spencer

Listen to Arkansaw Traveler from Len Spencer at i78s - the new way to discover old records.

i78s.org

Anyone else notice that hillbilly humor hasn't changed much in 120 years?

No.

 

[axolotl]

No.

Mountain William to you.

 

[Nickyboy]

Darn it. I forgot to listen to "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" yesterday.

 

[axolotl]

Darn it. I forgot to listen to "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" yesterday.

You'd better remedy that, before something bad happens.

 

[axolotl]

In other spews:

Carlos Santana is working with Eric Clapton and Derek Trucks on a spaghetti western-inspired instrumental album

The PRS-playing guitar powerhouse teased the trio’s prospective project will pay homage to Ennio Morricone, and be sonically comparable to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

www.guitarworld.com

 

[Ojai Sam]

News - SHOOTonline

Browsing : LATEST NEWS Final Draft Awards to honor del Toro, Campion, Holofcener, Strong, Samuel, Lyle & Nickerson Thursday, January 27, 2022 Final Draft, a Cast & Crew company known for its screenwriting software, has revealed the… Spotify says it will grant Neil Young’s request to remove music...

www.shootonline.com

The same company has also made deals with the heirs of Ray Charles and Count Basie. I’m skeptical about trying to market artists of that generation today, but bless them for trying.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

News - SHOOTonline

Browsing : LATEST NEWS Final Draft Awards to honor del Toro, Campion, Holofcener, Strong, Samuel, Lyle & Nickerson Thursday, January 27, 2022 Final Draft, a Cast & Crew company known for its screenwriting software, has revealed the… Spotify says it will grant Neil Young’s request to remove music...

www.shootonline.com

The same company has also made deals with the heirs of Ray Charles and Count Basie. I’m skeptical about trying to market artists of that generation today, but bless them for trying.

If there’s a buck to be made, somebody will figure out how.

 

[Ojai Sam]

If there’s a buck to be made, somebody will figure out how.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Was on the phone with a great high school friend (who doesn't always share my level of 1980s nostalgia) and he scoffed a bit at my Huey Lewis listen (and hey I'm not that big a fan that I'm gonna go to the mattresses over Sports as a quality album)

But I got thinking about his 1980s output because for a few years in the early to mid 1980s, he was all over the airwaves
Looked up his top 40 hits - he had sixteen (!)
Considering they put the Go-Go's in the R&R HOF with 5 top 40s and Stevie Nicks with 10 (give or take some duets), should Huey be in the discussion.

I'm not fully serious here as my answer would be No - obviously the Go-Go's and Stevie Nicks both had influence on the next generation of female performers while the News are just another innocuously pleasant white guy band who probably didn't influence many.
Still as the R&R HOF has been letting in a bunch of folks, why not Huey!
After all I prefer him to the Foo Fighters who just got in

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Was on the phone with a great high school friend (who doesn't always share my level of 1980s nostalgia) and he scoffed a bit at my Huey Lewis listen (and hey I'm not that big a fan that I'm gonna go to the mattresses over Sports as a quality album)

But I got thinking about his 1980s output because for a few years in the early to mid 1980s, he was all over the airwaves
Looked up his top 40 hits - he had sixteen (!)
Considering they put the Go-Go's in the R&R HOF with 5 top 40s and Stevie Nicks with 10 (give or take some duets), should Huey be in the discussion.

I'm not fully serious here as my answer would be No - obviously the Go-Go's and Stevie Nicks both had influence on the next generation of female performers while the News are just another innocuously pleasant white guy band who probably didn't influence many.
Still as the R&R HOF has been letting in a bunch of folks, why not Huey!
After all I prefer him to the Foo Fighters who just got in

Yes, considering who all they've let in, Huey Lewis and the News should be in, too. Not that I give a damn.

 

[axolotl]

Yes, considering who all they've let in, Huey Lewis and the News should be in, too. Not that I give a damn.

Considering the comments from both you and Zeebs, I nominate that HL&tN should be placed in the middle of a new R&R HOF Hall of Ambivalence.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Considering the comments from both you and Zeebs, I nominate that HL&tN should be placed in the middle of a new R&R HOF Hall of Ambivalence.

They were a tacky, cheap, commercial pop group. But the HOF has much worse already in there.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free - The Making of Wildflowers

Hi Guys, I just saw Martha Quinn, yes the original MTV VJ, tweet about this documentary (video below). I started watching it and love it so far, and thought I'd make sure everyone else knows about it. On a side note, watching this reminds me of being in Hollywood two days after his death and seei...

audiophilestyle.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]