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Post by impulse on Jul 13, 2021 11:25:10 GMT -5
I'm listening to a playlist I found on Spotify of early punk and hardcore from the late 70s and early 80s.
I am surprised at how similar a lot of it sounds to 60s garage rock and the stripped down deconstructed rock of the aughts (The Vines, The Strokes, etc).
Up tempo, jangly power chords, some rock and roll licks thrown in, and despite itself incredibly poppy and catchy if simple melodies.
I like it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2021 17:01:38 GMT -5
Favorite albums of 2001. 5. Buddy Guy – Sweet TeaSweet Tea is definitely an anomaly in Buddy Guy's discography. This is as pure a blues album as Guy ever made. Huh. I love the album, but to me it seemed slightly... I dunno, experimental, maybe. I don't have the musical vocabulary to defend my opinion, but Sweet Tea isn't the first album that jumps to mind if I was going to name a pure blues album from Guy.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 13, 2021 17:16:16 GMT -5
Favorite albums of 2001. 5. Buddy Guy – Sweet TeaSweet Tea is definitely an anomaly in Buddy Guy's discography. This is as pure a blues album as Guy ever made. Huh. I love the album, but to me it seemed slightly... I dunno, experimental, maybe. I don't have the musical vocabulary to defend my opinion, but Sweet Tea isn't the first album that jumps to mind if I was going to name a pure blues album from Guy. It's marginally experimental for Guy, I suppose. But Guy had always courted a rock sound and he doubled down on that after he tasted some commercial success with Damn Right I've Got the Blues. Sweet Tea is far more about sitting down and playing old-style blues rather than trying to blister the guitar strings to keep up with the rockers.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jul 13, 2021 18:34:41 GMT -5
I mentioned a little backstory about this band in a previous post, but I'll recap here (quoted from my own earlier post):
"I've been playing in two different bands for quite some time. The oldest band, The Secret Commonwealth, is a Celtic/Americana acoustic-electric band that has been together since 1993. I am one of three founding members and primary songwriters, and we've played together consistently for 28 years, and built quite a following in Tennessee and a few other parts of the mid-South. The band has ranged in size over the years, anywhere between 3 and 8 members. The current lineup consists of 5 members, all multi-instrumentalists and vocalists. Depending on the material, I might be called on to sing, play acoustic or electric guitar, mandolin, bass or percussion. Our mix of material consists of about 40% originals, 35% traditional and 25% cover tunes."
This first song is more of a country blues/Americana tune (original). I'm playing the upright bass and contributing backing vocal on this cut-- We produced this video in 2012, but the song has been in our catalog since 1997; in fact, we've recorded three distinct versions of it on three different albums. It's always been a big favorite among our fans.
Hope you enjoy it-- best to click the "watch on Youtube" link for better results, since the video is fairly dark (for atmosphere reasons)
I also have another produced video to post for another song, but I'll wait-- don't want to hog the air in the room.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2021 18:59:09 GMT -5
tartanphantom , I seriously enjoyed this! Both the music and the video for sure. This song has a great vibe and as a fellow musician may I say you guys are pro sounding/looking all the way! I'm looking forward to the next one you post as well as checking out the older postings of your other band.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2021 22:31:40 GMT -5
I'm not usually impressed by reaction videos, where somebody records their real-time reaction to their first listening of a song outside of their preferred genre. It smacks of the fans of the artist seeking validation. An adrenaline and dopamine rush is the only validation I need. That said, this voice coach's reactions to Dio are pretty cool. If you asked me why Dio is awesome, all I could say is just listen to him. She gives voice to the technical reasons, and enhances my appreciation. "He loves the juice out of every vowel" is both more intelligent and a hundred times cooler than me shouting "Dio rules" \m/
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 14, 2021 9:38:45 GMT -5
Favorite albums of 2001.
2. Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, and Guy Clark - Together at the Bluebird Cafe
Live albums come in all shapes and sizes. Some are absolute classics that help define their genres (Live at Folsom Prison). Some help kickstart a career (At Budokan) and some define a career (Frampton Comes Alive). Some are just thrown out there to finish off a contract with a record company.
This is an odd little live album...and I absolutely love it. Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, and Guy Clark put on this concert as a benefit for for the Interfaith Dental Clinic. It's a roundtable with each playing a few of their songs. They lend a bit of guitar help and some encouragement, but it's not a jam. But it's a little glimpse in to three men who were (in Earle's case still is) among the very best singer/songwriters in the business. One of those shows I dream of attending.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 14, 2021 9:42:24 GMT -5
I'm not usually impressed by reaction videos, where somebody records their real-time reaction to their first listening of a song outside of their preferred genre. It smacks of the fans of the artist seeking validation. An adrenaline and dopamine rush is the only validation I need. That said, this voice coach's reactions to Dio are pretty cool. If you asked me why Dio is awesome, all I could say is just listen to him. She gives voice to the technical reasons, and enhances my appreciation. "He loves the juice out of every vowel" is both more intelligent and a hundred times cooler than me shouting "Dio rules" \m/ I saw Dio in concert when he was touring for Sacred Heart, back in 1985. I probably haven't listened to anything of his in over 30 years, just not what I'm interested in at this point. But he had a set of pipes on him, no doubt.
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Post by impulse on Jul 14, 2021 12:33:09 GMT -5
I'm not usually impressed by reaction videos, where somebody records their real-time reaction to their first listening of a song outside of their preferred genre. It smacks of the fans of the artist seeking validation. An adrenaline and dopamine rush is the only validation I need. That said, this voice coach's reactions to Dio are pretty cool. If you asked me why Dio is awesome, all I could say is just listen to him. She gives voice to the technical reasons, and enhances my appreciation. "He loves the juice out of every vowel" is both more intelligent and a hundred times cooler than me shouting "Dio rules" \m/ Yeah, she is good. I like her videos. You should REALLY check out her reaction to Pantera's Cemetary Gates. As far as appreciating the nuts and bolts of what is going on under the hood, she touches on that at lot. I can also absolutely see how metal fans wanting their genre validated by a pretty lady would fall in love with her, too. It does that without being patronizing because her technical knowledge and explanations are so detailed and her reaction seems authentic. I could believe she was hamming it up a bit because in my increasingly cynical older years, I have a hard time buying an adult's wide-eyed wonder quite so easily, but her reaction is so good I still appreciate it. The other direction, you might like Lost in Vegas's reactions. They are the inverse of her in that they specifically don't have the musical training to pick it apart, but their reactions and things they notice are the same things that first viscerally attracted me to a lot of the songs. They are the closet I have gotten to listening to Holy Wars or Master in Puppets for the first time again. I am generally not a huge fan of reaction channels, but these two are ones I appreciate and think you might, too, with how much our musical tastes overlap.
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Post by impulse on Jul 14, 2021 12:40:21 GMT -5
As mentioned earlier, you will probably also like this, @draketungsten
And the other I mentioned, this is the closest I have been able to come to hearing "Holy Wars" for the first time again. If you enjoy that, their reaction to "Master of Puppets" is a good "sequel" of sorts. They are the only reaction channel I like enough that I actually pay for their Patreon. I mean it's only a buck a month, so no great risk.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jul 14, 2021 14:21:35 GMT -5
tartanphantom , I seriously enjoyed this! Both the music and the video for sure. This song has a great vibe and as a fellow musician may I say you guys are pro sounding/looking all the way! I'm looking forward to the next one you post as well as checking out the older postings of your other band. supercat (or should I just call you "Streaky"?)
Thanks! We've been at it awhile. That was our first "official video" outing, made almost 10 years since the band's inception and we learned a bit from the experience...consider us late bloomers in the vid-tech side of the business.
I think you'll like the next video even better, it's another original tune. Will post it next week if I can remember.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 15, 2021 9:59:16 GMT -5
Favorite albums of 2001.
1. Tom Russell - Borderland
I talked about Tom Russell in 1991 (twice). And here he is again. Russell is high on my list of favorite singer/songwriters...and even higher on my list of those still alive and working. And in some ways it boils down to his intelligence and his choice of subject matter. Tom Russell is the only songwriter I know who is capable of writing songs about Sterling Hayden, Bobby Driscoll and Mother Jones.
Borderland, while not technically a concept album, focuses on the border areas between the U.S. and Mexico. "When Sinatra Played Juarez" looks at the changes over time in the El Paso/Juarez area. "Touch of Evil" is about a bad relationship through allusions to the Orson Welles film. "California Snow" is about a border agent.
Just a great album by Russell.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2021 10:37:35 GMT -5
tartanphantom , I seriously enjoyed this! Both the music and the video for sure. This song has a great vibe and as a fellow musician may I say you guys are pro sounding/looking all the way! I'm looking forward to the next one you post as well as checking out the older postings of your other band. supercat (or should I just call you "Streaky"?)
Thanks! We've been at it awhile. That was our first "official video" outing, made almost 10 years since the band's inception and we learned a bit from the experience...consider us late bloomers in the vid-tech side of the business.
I think you'll like the next video even better, it's another original tune. Will post it next week if I can remember. That's great, and yes, I should have just gone with "Streaky" when I joined! Looking forward to the next video!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2021 10:53:22 GMT -5
As mentioned earlier, you will probably also like this, @draketungsten And the other I mentioned, this is the closest I have been able to come to hearing "Holy Wars" for the first time again. If you enjoy that, their reaction to "Master of Puppets" is a good "sequel" of sorts. They are the only reaction channel I like enough that I actually pay for their Patreon. I mean it's only a buck a month, so no great risk. I'm not huge on reaction videos myself, but I like these. I had seen the guys on the Megadeth video before and I actually do like them. They come across pretty fun and genuine. I had not seen her before, and initially I kind of thought I wasn't going to like her reactions too much. But she actually did a really nice job describing Ronnie's vocal technique. AND the fact that Phil could sing with a beautiful technique when he wanted to even though a lot of his Pantera vocals are the harsher stuff. At times I feel like she plays up her reactions a bit, BUT my favorite moment was when she heard (right after the beautiful Anselmo high note at the end of the first chorus) the haunting riff from Dime. Her visible reaction was probably like all of us who heard that for the first time back in the day. So yeah, she won me over by the end. On a side note, while I don't play actively in bands anymore, the bass player from my last band and I get together periodically for jam sessions (we pipe in the missing instruments with solo tracks through his PA). A few months ago he wanted to put Holy Wars back on the list. While I have played that song many times over the years, re-learning Marty Friedman solos is not a small undertaking!
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Post by impulse on Jul 15, 2021 14:07:15 GMT -5
I'm not huge on reaction videos myself, but I like these. I had seen the guys on the Megadeth video before and I actually do like them. They come across pretty fun and genuine. I had not seen her before, and initially I kind of thought I wasn't going to like her reactions too much. But she actually did a really nice job describing Ronnie's vocal technique. AND the fact that Phil could sing with a beautiful technique when he wanted to even though a lot of his Pantera vocals are the harsher stuff. At times I feel like she plays up her reactions a bit, BUT my favorite moment was when she heard (right after the beautiful Anselmo high note at the end of the first chorus) the haunting riff from Dime. Her visible reaction was probably like all of us who heard that for the first time back in the day. So yeah, she won me over by the end. On a side note, while I don't play actively in bands anymore, the bass player from my last band and I get together periodically for jam sessions (we pipe in the missing instruments with solo tracks through his PA). A few months ago he wanted to put Holy Wars back on the list. While I have played that song many times over the years, re-learning Marty Friedman solos is not a small undertaking! Yeah, same. Most reaction videos don't do anything for me, but Lost in Vegas are genuinely funny and entertaining on their own, and I like their particular angle. For her, my initial response is to think she is exaggerating her reactions and metal heads who want validation of their counter-culture genre soak it up, but then again, her insights are pretty detailed and well-reasoned. She may just really be a true, genuine fan of music who is really animated. Either way, it's fun seeing someone very well trained break down why Dio and pre-heroin-addict Phil were so great.
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