I am Music

[Tzara]

Important addendum: The Young Rascals, who had some awesome hits including "Good Lovin'", and also an appealing political role in that they refused to perform unless a group of black musicians was also on the bill. Then there was their second incarnation in 1971 as The Rascals with the great Buzz Feiten on guitar, and they made a fantastic, overlooked album called "Peaceful World" which included guest spots for numerous jazz luminaries.

Good Lovin' (love those cute costumes!) might have made my list if I'd thought about it, or You Better Run.

And I thoroughly understand the disliking Neil thing. I could never get into Van Morrison, for example.

 

[Angeline]

Good Lovin' (love those cute costumes!) might have made my list if I'd thought about it, or You Better Run.

And I thoroughly understand the disliking Neil thing. I could never get into Van Morrison, for example.

The Rascals were great! I loved the way their drummer would twirl his sticks, like mini batons! Anyway possibly my favorite Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech ever is this one.

And in the pantheon of great Rascals songs there's this forgotten gem.

 

[AlwaysHungry]

Here's something from Rascals 2.0.

 

[AlwaysHungry]

Addendum: I forgot what I think may be the greatest rock 'n' roll album of all time, the 1972 release by the original 4-person lineup of Little Feat, "Sailin' Shoes."

 

[Angeline]

I was sad to hear today that JD Souther just died. He is best known as a songwriter for The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor. He performed on his own and with the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band.

I was never a big Eagles fan but I love some of the songs he wrote for Linda Ronstadt, with whom he had a relationship in the 1970s. I especially love this one from her breakout album Heart Like A Wheel, Faithless Love. Another is the lovely Prisoner In Disguise, the title track from an album Linda did a few years later.

Here's the obituary from Variety if you're interested. RIP JD and thank you for the music.

 

[Tzara]

Paramore

 

[Lady_Jade666]

Andrea Guerra - La Bella e La Bestia (Main Theme)

And

Loreen - Is It Love

 

[goldytheGoldfish]

 

[Tzara]

It's a beautiful day here in the PNW and I'm lazing around listening to cuts from old Blue Note LPs.

• A Night in Tunisia, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
• Maiden Voyage, Herbie Hancock
• Blue Hour, Stanley Turrentine

 

[Sexy_Singer]

Lady of Spain

 

[Angeline]

It's a beautiful day here in the PNW and I'm lazing around listening to cuts from old Blue Note LPs.

• A Night in Tunisia, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
• Maiden Voyage, Herbie Hancock
• Blue Hour, Stanley Turrentine

That's a fine selection of jazz. I saw Stanley Turrentine in a small club in Madison, Wisconsin when I was a grad student there. He had a big, beefy sound, more like Coleman Hawkins' style than the light, almost ambivalent way Lester Young played. Yet all of them had a swing to their playing. I think all the best jazz musicians (at least imho) do.

I watched the Chet Baker documentary, Let's Get Lost, today. I'd never seen it before. Tristesse always told me to explore his music and I'm finally getting around to it. Have you seen the doc? It's beautiful and melancholy in equal measures.

I especially love his rendition of Almost Blue.

 

[Tzara]

That's a fine selection of jazz. I saw Stanley Turrentine in a small club in Madison, Wisconsin when I was a grad student there. He had a big, beefy sound, more like Coleman Hawkins' style than the light, almost ambivalent way Lester Young played. Yet all of them had a swing to their playing. I think all the best jazz musicians (at least imho) do.

I watched the Chet Baker documentary, Let's Get Lost, today. I'd never seen it before. Tristesse always told me to explore his music and I'm finally getting around to it. Have you seen the doc? It's beautiful and melancholy in equal measures.

I especially love his rendition of Almost Blue.

I haven't seen the Chet Baker documentary, but I did make a pilgrimage to where he died in Amsterdam (I was already in Amsterdam, but...). For some time I tried to write a poem about him, but then read this one by Lynda Hull and decided there was no point.

I love his early work, especially his vocal style.

 

[Angeline]

I haven't seen the Chet Baker documentary, but I did make a pilgrimage to where he died in Amsterdam (I was already in Amsterdam, but...). For some time I tried to write a poem about him, but then read this one by Lynda Hull and decided there was no point.

I love his early work, especially his vocal style.

I forgot about that poem. Now I'm intimidated too lol.

Thank you for drawing my attention to it.

I read someone (maybe Mingus?) talked about "that little White boy" being a triple threat: a gifted horn player, singer and good-looking to boot. There's a natural, almost conversational style he has when he sings that I find very appealing.

 

[kathyisgr65]

 

[Angeline]

That's lovely. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[_Land]

It's a beautiful day here in the PNW and I'm lazing around listening to cuts from old Blue Note LPs.

• A Night in Tunisia, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
• Maiden Voyage, Herbie Hancock
• Blue Hour, Stanley Turrentine

What part of the PNW ? I grew up on the Islands myself

 

[Tzara]

What part of the PNW ? I grew up on the Islands myself

Seattle, though I grew up on the other side of the Sound.

 

[_Land]

Seattle, though I grew up on the other side of the Sound.

Born in Anacortes grew up on Whidbey .....

 

[Tzara]

• Radiohead
• Sibelius

It's been that kind of day.

 

[Bloodandglitter]

 

[Tzara]

From page 165 of Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice: "KHJ was playing a Tommy James & the Shondells marathon."

• Hanky Panky
• I Think We're Alone Now
• Mony Mony
• Crimson & Clover
• Mirage
• Crystal Blue Persuasion

 

[SpermFactory]

Mony Mony

I say yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah)
Yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah)

Well you make me feel (Mony, Mony)
so (Mony, Mony)
Good! (Mony, Mony)
Yeah (Mony, Mony)
So good! (Mony, Mony)
Oh, yeah! (Mony, Mony)
Come on! (Mony, Mony
All right, baby! (Mony, Mony)

 

[Tzara]

Whiskeytown

 

[Angeline]

Whiskeytown

I remember this song. Eagleyez was a Ryan Adams fan and had a few cds that worked their way into the playlist fairly often. He loved that Roots/Americana/Alt Country sound and got me into it, too.

Here's what I've been listening to lately. I find it beautiful and haunting.

 

[Wonderer67]

The First Time Hearing This

How did I never hear this before?
The single version?
Thousands of 45s
And LPs

I have a version of it
On “Stranded”
Much slower

But nuthin like this
The real deal
Buzz saw guitar
Snarling, nasally vocals
Nihilism in music
This is it
Perfection

The Saints - This Perfect Day