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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2020 12:08:28 GMT
Since I got alexa as a Christmas present I have been playing a lot more music old and and new. Just wondering if people have a favourite song and why. Me I'm a country and western fan. they are not all miserable songs. Two I particularly like are the fishing song by Brad paisley and the ballad of forty dollars by tom t Hall. Both funny to me. Any takers
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Post by Firestick Frank on Feb 18, 2020 12:16:16 GMT
Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2.
What a great song. It really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday, doesn't it? You wake up in the morning, you've got to read all the Sunday papers, the kids are running round, you've got to mow the lawn, wash the car, and you think "Sunday, bloody Sunday!".
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Post by Rio Doherty on Feb 18, 2020 15:59:41 GMT
Cuddly Toy by Roachford. Just like it because it has a catchy tune and was featured in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. Surprisingly for my age I am a huge fan of 70’s/80’s music and not today’s dirge.
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Post by Firestick Frank on Feb 18, 2020 16:01:34 GMT
Alan Partridge eh? You’ll get the reference in my post above then.
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Post by Mean Machine on Feb 18, 2020 20:54:42 GMT
As an environmentalist its got to be Midnite oil's Beds are burning
The line "how do we sleep while are beds are burning" is more relevant today than ever
Little wonder lead singer Peter Garrett went on to serve as Environment minister in Kevin Rudd's government
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Post by g1 on Feb 18, 2020 23:30:28 GMT
You ain't seen nothing yet or swords of a thousand man should be the walk out song ten pole Tudor
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Post by g1 on Feb 18, 2020 23:31:17 GMT
Cuddly Toy by Roachford. Just like it because it has a catchy tune and was featured in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. Surprisingly for my age I am a huge fan of 70’s/80’s music and not today’s dirge. I'll believe in you baby |
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Post by Lobster on Feb 19, 2020 9:07:35 GMT
When I was 11 I had some pop compilation CD featuring stuff like Cotton Eye Joe by Rednex and Two Can Play That Game by Bobby Brown. But the last track on it was this:
Seems a defining moment. Made me realise what was out there.
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Post by Ian H Block on Feb 19, 2020 11:04:47 GMT
Spanish Bombs - The Clash
Song has everything: great melody, brilliant erudite lyrics, inspirational subject matter, all performed by one of the greatest bands to come from these shores.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 13:21:52 GMT
think tenpole Tudor swords of a thousand men would be a great run out tune for chester
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Post by Ian H Block on Feb 20, 2020 16:03:01 GMT
Always thought we should run out to The Fall - Industrial Estate. |
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Post by 54321 on Feb 20, 2020 17:55:48 GMT
MEMORIES Maroon 5-- for anyone who has experienced a loss in other words all of us .
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Post by Firestick Frank on Feb 20, 2020 18:57:27 GMT
Black by Dave and Vossi Bop by Stormzy.
Real hitting home lyrics about the government.
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Post by Lobster on Feb 20, 2020 19:09:39 GMT
Black by Dave and Vossi Bop by Stormzy. Real hitting home lyrics about the government. Definitely powerful lyrics, even if it's not my thing musically. Similarly Kate Tempest - really like her words, not so into her voice and music. I actually think people are way to quick to moan about modern music. Yes, what gets in the charts and on the radio is dogshit and worse than ever, but it's so easy to find something you can like these days. Of particular interest to me is the best British/Irish post-punk scene in years, notably Idles, Sleaford Mods, Shame, Squid, Fontaines DC, Girl Band and most recently the new album by Mush. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2020 20:03:40 GMT
Gary Roberts play list Saturday included the dubliners dirty old town. I like them singing mcalpines fusiliers the classic lines.
It was in the pub we drank the sub
We wouldn'leave the crown
There was glasses flying
And biddies crying
Old paddy's come to town.
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Post by Firestick Frank on Feb 21, 2020 9:31:19 GMT
Black by Dave and Vossi Bop by Stormzy. Real hitting home lyrics about the government. Definitely powerful lyrics, even if it's not my thing musically. Similarly Kate Tempest - really like her words, not so into her voice and music. I actually think people are way to quick to moan about modern music. Yes, what gets in the charts and on the radio is dogshit and worse than ever, but it's so easy to find something you can like these days. br] Probably why the government don’t like that sort of music - people like Dave and Stormzy using their work to do their little bit to hold the government to power because the media sure as hell aren’t doing their jobs. The likes of Reverend & The Makers and Sleaford Mods are active on social media about this sort of thing, probably more so than their lyrics (Jobseeker is an obvious example). Similarly going back I like Zombie by The Cranberries and even to a lesser extent Boyzone’s Different Beat in a basic way teaches us an idealistic view of humanity - even if they did get it so wrong, it’s a terrible song in all ways but you can see what they were at least trying to do. Came across as more callow is than caring. |
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Post by 54321 on Feb 21, 2020 13:33:53 GMT
Sit Down (James) For those who leave before the final whistle!!
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Post by Lobster on Mar 8, 2020 15:37:15 GMT
I wasn't quite where to put this rant, but does anyone else ever look at the Top 100 Albums Chart and find it painfully depressing?
Nothing against the artists I'm about to mention in particular, but how can Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' still be in the top 20 after three years? Who is still discovering that record? You can turn on any mainstream radio station and you'll hear a song from it within two hours. Likewise Adele's '25' and Taylor Swift's '1989'. I like Oasis, but THREE albums in the top 100 from a band that split up over a decade ago?
This stuff is cutting off the lifeblood of music and stopping new, fresh artists getting a look-in. Like the below. Challenging, aggressive and genuinely original. Fails to chart on its first week.
And this. A young women with songwriting ability way beyond her age, writing crushingly sad songs about her dying mother. No sign of it in the top 100.
Those two example may not to be everyone's taste, but it's so easy to find good new music now. Seems people have become a bit scared of anything they haven't already heard, though.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 22:10:35 GMT
The reason a lot of acts like Ed Sheeran, and Oasis are still in the charts is due to the way we consume music, a majority of people get their music via streaming services rather than physical purchase, as such whenever people listen on Spotify it counts to a chart position along with those who actual buy the CD or Vinyl.
That said back in the 70s Pink Floyd had 'Dark Side of the Moon the US Billboard album chart for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988 ! Took a break and had it reenter for another long time, so these things do happen. |
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Post by Lobster on Mar 9, 2020 23:45:04 GMT
True. In a way the charts are a bit of an irrelevance now. They have to take into account streaming and YouTube because that's now how people listen to music, but really that's just people accessing media that's either freely available or covered by their subscription package. It would be like recording how many times someone was playing a record they'd bought in the 70s, or a CD in the 90s.
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Post by eyeswideopen on Mar 10, 2020 7:37:57 GMT
True. In a way the charts are a bit of an irrelevance now. They have to take into account streaming and YouTube because that's now how people listen to music, but really that's just people accessing media that's either freely available or covered by their subscription package. It would be like recording how many times someone was playing a record they'd bought in the 70s, or a CD in the 90s. In the chart's "Heyday" in the 70s/80s if there were any strange buying patterns of records such as mass buying then that record would have been suspended in the charts that week. Strange that nowadays a single person could hit repeat constantly on a song on a streaming channel and it would have an effect on that songs position. In a way i am sort of glad that the charts have become irrelevant. In my time growing up in the 80s you looked forward to videos being released, i can even remember some like MJs Thriller having premieres on Channel 4. Record companies then became lazy and instead of appearances, videos became the norm. More and more bands are now relying on live shows for their income rather than the music they release and there is still a huge audience for watching live performance. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2020 20:50:21 GMT
thinkthe song for the moment should be.always look on the bright side of life.
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Post by Firestick Frank on Mar 23, 2020 21:00:14 GMT
thinkthe song for the moment should be.always look on the bright side of life . |
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Post by eyeswideopen on Mar 24, 2020 8:22:22 GMT
I have removed your last comment as it was extremely insensitive even if it was meant as a joke. You are giving moderation on here a very bad image.
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Post by Lobster on Apr 12, 2020 12:04:14 GMT
What are people listening to during lockdown then? Currently enjoying the following (all released in the last few weeks): The Chats - High Risk Behaviour Cable Ties - Far Enough Sorry - 925 Sparta - Trust the River Moaning - Uneasy Laughter Worst album of 2020 must be the new Green Day one. There's even a rumour that they've made it awful on purpose to get out of their record deal, even going as far as to take a sample from a Gary Glitter song! Anthony Fantano is always entertaining but his review of it is just brilliant. |
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Post by Wortleyblue on Aug 7, 2020 7:50:59 GMT
I'm afraid I'm stuck in the 60s 70s + 80s with my music but I do like a vast range of music including Rock Pop C+W and Folk music, favourite song has to be Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin
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