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Post by impulse on Oct 11, 2024 12:11:35 GMT -5
Nice! Have fun. I miss concerts.
Tommy Emmanuel is coming near us, but I don’t think we can make it this time. I’ve seen him before though. Incredible player if you ever get the chance.
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 14, 2024 11:37:58 GMT -5
Just a heads-up that I probably won't be participating in the latest "list" this week, as I have a tremendous amount of different things on my plate, and I won't have time for hitting the site much.
Still, it will be interesting to see what things you folks come up with on your own lists.
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Post by Confessor on Oct 14, 2024 11:48:03 GMT -5
Just a heads-up that I probably won't be participating in the latest "list" this week, as I have a tremendous amount of different things on my plate, and I won't have time for hitting the site much.
Still, it will be interesting to see what things you folks come up with on your own lists.
We could maybe postpone the start a bit if that helps? |
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 14, 2024 12:11:24 GMT -5
Just a heads-up that I probably won't be participating in the latest "list" this week, as I have a tremendous amount of different things on my plate, and I won't have time for hitting the site much.
Still, it will be interesting to see what things you folks come up with on your own lists.
We could maybe postpone the start a bit if that helps? Appreciate the idea, but it's bigger than that. Please proceed and I'll be rooting from the sidelines this time. |
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Post by Confessor on Oct 14, 2024 16:31:48 GMT -5
Everybody else ready to start tomorrow?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 14, 2024 18:08:06 GMT -5
Everybody else ready to start tomorrow? I am ready. Though I have one album that isn't music. |
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Post by Confessor on Oct 15, 2024 7:31:19 GMT -5
OK then, let's kick this thing off! These are my Top 10 albums that I encountered young and which greatly influenced my musical tastes. I'm gonna start with five from my parents' record collection and then do five that I bought myself when I was young. So, today's pick is... #10 - Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits by Simon & Garfunkel (1972)  I think I was about 15 or 16 when I finally got round to listening to my Mum's copy of Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits. Paul Simon's album Graceland had come out the year before and I was already totally in love with that record. However, it was only upon pulling this out of Mum's music collection that I realised that Simon had also been in the duo Simon & Garfunkel. It's difficult to overstate the impact that the album had on me. I count it as one of perhaps a dozen records that I regard them as milestones in my personal development, both musically and philosophically. I also view it as one of the most finely crafted compilation albums ever, mostly because it does exactly what it says on the cover – it collects only the most popular and most famous songs from S&G's career. Three or four of the songs are presented in previously unreleased live renditions, rather than in their better-known studio versions (I presume this was done as a way to tempt hardcore fans who already owned all the duo's albums). But in the case of "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" and "Kathy's Song", the live renditions blow their studio counterparts into the weeds anyway! I had already started getting into Bob Dylan when I discovered this album, but I think that more than any other, this was the album that really sparked my interest in the whole late '60s/early '70s singer-songwriter tradition, and in the rest of S&G and Paul Simon's discography, of course. I've chosen the song "America" to highlight the album. This song dates from 1968, but was released as a single for the first time in 1972 to promote this compilation. It's a gorgeous, wistful song that follows two young lovers traveling across the U.S. by bus, pining for a half-mythic America that was already rapidly fading into the rearview mirror of history by the time the '60s turned into the '70s. It feels even more poignant from today's perspective. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 15, 2024 9:38:56 GMT -5
Alright...so nine albums that influenced my musical tastes (and one that just influenced me) encountered young. These will actually all be albums my parents owned, as I didn't buy an album until I was in high school and I don't give a rip about 99% of the albums I bought before I turned 30. 10. Golden Memories of Radio
So, there's a reason that I'm conversant with Fibber McGee & Molly, Jack Benny, The Lone Ranger, The Shadow, etc., etc. I listened to these albums so many times over the years. Benny was the perfect narrator for this romp through the days of radio. And it covered the entire gamut. Comedy and mystery shows. Soaps. News (this is where I first heard the Hindenburg disaster broadcast). Sports. Mom and Dad grew up during the waning days of the Depression and the War years so they listened to the radio. If I was digging through the spinner rack and there was The Lone Ranger or The Shadow...I knew where they really came from. Digging through my Overstreet's back in the day, I recognized those comics based on radio show like Gangbusters and Mr. District Attorney. I don't listen to a lot of old-time radio any more. But there is definitely comfort in those old programs. And there isn't a lot that is funnier than Mel Blanc voicing The Maxwell Car.  |
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Post by berkley on Oct 15, 2024 10:39:19 GMT -5
OK then, let's kick this thing off! These are my Top 10 albums that I encountered young and which greatly influenced my musical tastes. I'm gonna start with five from my parents' record collection and then do five that I bought myself when I was young. So, today's pick is... #10 - Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits by Simon & Garfunkel (1972) I think I was about 15 or 16 when I finally got round to listening to my Mum's copy of Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits. Paul Simon's album Graceland had come out the year before and I was already totally in love with that record. However, it was only upon pulling this out of Mum's music collection that I realised that Simon had also been in the duo Simon & Garfunkel. It's difficult to overstate the impact that the album had on me. I count it as one of perhaps a dozen records that I regard them as milestones in my personal development, both musically and philosophically. I also view it as one of the most finely crafted compilation albums ever, mostly because it does exactly what it says on the cover – it collects only the most popular and most famous songs from S&G's career. Three or four of the songs are presented in previously unreleased live renditions, rather than in their better-known studio versions (I presume this was done as a way to tempt hardcore fans who already owned all the duo's albums). But in the case of "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" and "Kathy's Song", the live renditions blow their studio counterparts into the weeds anyway! I had already started getting into Bob Dylan when I discovered this album, but I think that more than any other, this was the album that really sparked my interest in the whole late '60s/early '70s singer-songwriter tradition, and in the rest of S&G and Paul Simon's discography, of course. I've chosen the song "America" to highlight the album. This song dates from 1968, but was released as a single for the first time in 1972 to promote this compilation. It's a gorgeous, wistful song that follows two young lovers traveling across the U.S. by bus, pining for a half-mythic America that was already rapidly fading into the rearview mirror of history by the time the '60s turned into the '70s. It feels even more poignant from today's perspective. If we were doing a top 20 or 30, not this Simon & Garfunkel record but their 1970 studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Water, might have made my list: we never had a copy in our house but my best friend from around the ages of 7 to 12 or so did - his parents were in one of those record clubs and thus, unlike my parents, had a lot of albums. As kids do at that age, we each spent a lot of time in each other's houses so I got to know several of those records, one of which might make my final list if I can figure out what it was - I'll have to go through the singer's discography to see if I can identify the specific album I'm thinking of. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 15, 2024 10:46:30 GMT -5
I'll be going back to the year 1964 for my earliest influences. I'm just 10 years old and now paying attention to what's on the radio. My Mom had about 10-15 albums in the house, mostly played them during her weekend house-cleaning. Even though she was the perfect age for Rock N' Roll when it evolved, she was a Frank Sinatra fan and only liked other similar "Easy-Listening" artists. Sinatra I didn't learn to appreciate until later in my life. Other artists she had, I never warmed up to at all such as Dean Martin or Andy Williams. But here's the first exception (I never got around to telling her I liked them) Harry Belafonte At Carnegie Hall A live double album recorded in 1959 and was nominated for the Grammy that year Mixing a Latin mambo sound with folk music. Belafonte was a very popular recording artist as well as being impressive as an actor. (Loved his SF film The World, The Flesh and the Devil- also released in 1959) During the 1960s and beyond, most of his efforts were as a Civil Rights activist Harry Belafonte passed away, age 96, in 2023  |
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Post by berkley on Oct 15, 2024 10:47:03 GMT -5
Alright...so nine albums that influenced my musical tastes (and one that just influenced me) encountered young. These will actually all be albums my parents owned, as I didn't buy an album until I was in high school and I don't give a rip about 99% of the albums I bought before I turned 30. 10. Golden Memories of Radio
So, there's a reason that I'm conversant with Fibber McGee & Molly, Jack Benny, The Lone Ranger, The Shadow, etc., etc. I listened to these albums so many times over the years. Benny was the perfect narrator for this romp through the days of radio. And it covered the entire gamut. Comedy and mystery shows. Soaps. News (this is where I first heard the Hindenburg disaster broadcast). Sports. Mom and Dad grew up during the waning days of the Depression and the War years so they listened to the radio. If I was digging through the spinner rack and there was The Lone Ranger or The Shadow...I knew where they really came from. Digging through my Overstreet's back in the day, I recognized those comics based on radio show like Gangbusters and Mr. District Attorney. I don't listen to a lot of old-time radio any more. But there is definitely comfort in those old programs. And there isn't a lot that is funnier than Mel Blanc voicing The Maxwell Car.
That is awesome. I listened to a few radio-albums too growing up but they won't make my list as they were things I got from the public library in my teenage years and I think I'll try to keep to things earlier than that as far as I can. Your and Confessor's first picks have in different ways awoken some memories so I'm already having to re-think my ideas.
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Post by impulse on Oct 15, 2024 10:57:45 GMT -5
Okay, so let's go. This is proving to be difficult both because I have too few choices and too many. Let me explain. The handful of albums that really got me started young that I actually remember is a small list, so the first few will be easy. After I got my interest in music going properly, trying to narrow it down to a smaller selection that really stood out as important gets virtually impossible. I could generally draw a line from where I started to where I am now, but culling that down to 10? Whew. In any case, I will try and stick to the most impactful or influential on young me. This does not necessarily line up with what I still listen to now, mind you, as I've largely moved past these (and already heard them a gazillion times). But they are worthy of note. So here we go, starting with my dad's records, or in this case, CDs. 10. The Rolling Stones: Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) from 1966, though I first heard it circa mid 90s.
 So music for me early on was mostly stuff I absorbed passively through friends or TV, etc. Weird Al, oldies on the radio, stuff I heard in movies, etc. When I remember first becoming aware of and interested in music it was largely through my dad, who shared his interest in "rock and roll." He got into the rebellious music of this time in the 60s, and other than knowing he liked rock, I never really connected with it beyond that. Then around the mid 90s, somehow we decided IT WAS TIME to get our first CD player. We went down to the Circuit City and bought a 6 disc changer to hook up to his Marantz sound system that had mostly been collecting dust. While there, he grabbed a few greatest hits CDs of some classic artists. He didn't have time for album cuts, just the good stuff. (We diverge on that point, but I digress). And that is where it started. The song that grabbed my attention was (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. I was hooked. Something about that fuzzed out, almost droning simple guitar hook spoke to me. I thought the song was so cool and listened to it over and over. Where there lyrics? I guess, but who cares?? The music sounded SO COOL (another trait I hung onto). Other songs that stuck out to me include The Last Time, Time Is on My Side, It's All Over Now, and Get Off of My Cloud. Early on, I only had ears for the catchy up-tempo stuff, and I listened to these a lot. This album kind of bridged the gap for me from oldies I'd heard on the radio and into "classic rock." I don't listen to much classic rock these days, but it was not just a stepping stone but a cornerstone of my musical progression. With the song that got me going: |
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Post by impulse on Oct 15, 2024 10:59:55 GMT -5
Side note, what are the showrunners' thoughts on combo entries? I can narrow down my parents' stuff and my stuff to 4 or so easy must-haves each, but it's trickier to narrow down each group to a single last entry, especially since once the interest got going, I dove in pretty hard and had a lot.
Would listing several groups who captured a "vibe" of the era work? Not sure of that direction, just wondering.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 15, 2024 10:59:56 GMT -5
OK then, let's kick this thing off! These are my Top 10 albums that I encountered young and which greatly influenced my musical tastes. I'm gonna start with five from my parents' record collection and then do five that I bought myself when I was young. So, today's pick is... #10 - Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits by Simon & Garfunkel (1972) I think I was about 15 or 16 when I finally got round to listening to my Mum's copy of Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits. Paul Simon's album Graceland had come out the year before and I was already totally in love with that record. However, it was only upon pulling this out of Mum's music collection that I realised that Simon had also been in the duo Simon & Garfunkel. It's difficult to overstate the impact that the album had on me. I count it as one of perhaps a dozen records that I regard them as milestones in my personal development, both musically and philosophically. I also view it as one of the most finely crafted compilation albums ever, mostly because it does exactly what it says on the cover – it collects only the most popular and most famous songs from S&G's career. Three or four of the songs are presented in previously unreleased live renditions, rather than in their better-known studio versions (I presume this was done as a way to tempt hardcore fans who already owned all the duo's albums). But in the case of "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" and "Kathy's Song", the live renditions blow their studio counterparts into the weeds anyway! I had already started getting into Bob Dylan when I discovered this album, but I think that more than any other, this was the album that really sparked my interest in the whole late '60s/early '70s singer-songwriter tradition, and in the rest of S&G and Paul Simon's discography, of course. I've chosen the song "America" to highlight the album. This song dates from 1968, but was released as a single for the first time in 1972 to promote this compilation. It's a gorgeous, wistful song that follows two young lovers traveling across the U.S. by bus, pining for a half-mythic America that was already rapidly fading into the rearview mirror of history by the time the '60s turned into the '70s. It feels even more poignant from today's perspective. My parents were definitely too old for Simon & Garfunkel. And I never really warmed to either them, as a duo or separately. My wife absolutely loves them though, so I've heard plenty of their music over the years. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 15, 2024 11:24:01 GMT -5
I'll be going back to the year 1964 for my earliest influences. I'm just 10 years old and now paying attention to what's on the radio. My Mom had about 10-15 albums in the house, mostly played them during her weekend house-cleaning. Even though she was the perfect age for Rock N' Roll when it evolved, she was a Frank Sinatra fan and only liked other similar "Easy-Listening" artists. Sinatra I didn't learn to appreciate until later in my life. Other artists she had, I never warmed up to at all such as Dean Martin or Andy Williams. But here's the first exception (I never got around to telling her I liked them) Harry Belafonte At Carnegie Hall A live double album recorded in 1959 and was nominated for the Grammy that year Mixing a Latin mambo sound with folk music. Belafonte was a very popular recording artist as well as being impressive as an actor. (Loved his SF film The World, The Flesh and the Devil- also released in 1959) During the 1960s and beyond, most of his efforts were as a Civil Rights activist Harry Belafonte passed away, age 96, in 2023 My parents also grew up in the early rock & roll era. My Mom was much more likely to listen to Nat King Cole or Theresa Brewer. Dad listened to rock & roll as a teen and loved both Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry. But any early rock was on very old 45s. I don't think I've heard that particular album, but I like Harry Belafonte just fine. Okay, so let's go. This is proving to be difficult both because I have too few choices and too many. Let me explain. The handful of albums that really got me started young that I actually remember is a small list, so the first few will be easy. After I got my interest in music going properly, trying to narrow it down to a smaller selection that really stood out as important gets virtually impossible. I could generally draw a line from where I started to where I am now, but culling that down to 10? Whew. In any case, I will try and stick to the most impactful or influential on young me. This does not necessarily line up with what I still listen to now, mind you, as I've largely moved past these (and already heard them a gazillion times). But they are worthy of note. So here we go, starting with my dad's records, or in this case, CDs. 10. The Rolling Stones: Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) from 1966, though I first heard it circa mid 90s So music for me early on was mostly stuff I absorbed passively through friends or TV, etc. Weird Al, oldies on the radio, stuff I heard in movies, etc. When I remember first becoming aware of and interested in music it was largely through my dad, who shared his interest in "rock and roll." He got into the rebellious music of this time in the 60s, and beyond knowing he liked rock, I never really connected with it beyond that. Then around the mid 90s, somehow we decided IT WAS TIME to get our first CD player. We went down to the Circuit City and bought a 6 disc changer to hook up to his Marantz sound system that had mostly been collecting dust. While there, he grabbed a few greatest hits CDs of some classic artists. He didn't have time for album cuts, just the good stuff. (We diverge on that point, but I digress). And that is where it started. The song that grabbed my attention was (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. I was hooked. Something about that fuzzed out, almost droning simple guitar hook spoke to me. I thought the song was so cool and listened to it over and over. Where there lyrics? I guess, but who cares?? The music sounded SO COOL (another trait I hung onto). Other songs that stuck out to me include The Last Time, Time Is on My Side, It's All Over Now, and Get Off of My Cloud. Early on, I only had ears for the catchy up-tempo stuff, and I listened to these a lot. This album kind of bridged the gap for me from oldies I'd heard on the radio and into "classic rock." I don't listen to much classic rock these days, but it was not just a stepping stone but a cornerstone of my musical progression. With the song that got me going: The Stones are one of the very few "classic rock" bands that I'm not completely sick of. Not that I go out of my way to listen to them, but I also generally won't turn them off. I mostly discovered them via the radio in high school and college. There wasn't anyone in my family listening to that "noise." |
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