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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2023 13:11:27 GMT -5
Hi, all. I'm bored and looking for something uptempo that's not metal or 60s/70s rock. Anyone got any suggestions? My favorite non-metal band (and one of my favorite bands of all time actually) is Jamiroquai, any of their 90's albums really (though most partial to the first two).
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Post by impulse on Mar 31, 2023 14:39:44 GMT -5
Thanks! Teed these up.
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Post by impulse on Mar 31, 2023 15:27:40 GMT -5
I appreciate all the suggestions, and I checked them out, and MANNNN this Jamiroquai is really hitting the spot. It's nailed that difficult balance of mellow and funky but with energy. Good stuff!
Thank you all.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2023 14:38:55 GMT -5
There is NOTHING more genuinely country than this, I don't care how "redneck outlaw" you think you are:
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 1, 2023 17:40:08 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2022
# 6 - Purple Rain - Dwight Yoakam
Okay. I think we can safely say that I'm obsessed with Dwight's version of Purple Rain. Who would have thought that Dwight Yoakam could turn Prince's signature power ballad into a faboo bluegrass song? Well...anyone who knows Dwight Yoakam. And, to be fair, Prince originally wrote it as a country song to be done as a collaboration with Stevie Nicks. So there we are.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 3, 2023 12:21:36 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2022
# 5 - You Send Me - Sam Cooke
Absolutely Sam Cooke's biggest hit. And one of the most important songs in R&B, Soul and Rock & Roll history. This was Cooke's debut single as a solo artist and it went to #1 on both the R&B chart and the Hot 100. Cooke wrote the song, but gave the songwriting credit to his brother L.C. because he didn't want his publisher to profit from the song after he'd signed a very bad contract.
A deceptively simple song that works to absolute perfection. It was abundantly clear from the very beginning that Cooke was a major talent as both a singer and a songwriter. "At first I thought it was infatuation
But woo, it's lasted so long Now I find myself wanting To marry you and take you home, whoa-oh"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2023 12:45:58 GMT -5
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 4, 2023 13:59:19 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2022
#4 - Dublin Blues - Guy Clark
This is the song that changed me from being a Guy Clark fan to having to work not to be worshipful. Dublin Blues is easily in my top ten favorite songs of all time. Likely in the top five. It simply is everything you want in a love song and everything you expect from Guy Clark. And that dobro by Jerry Douglas. I hear it and I just want to drink mad-dog margaritas in the Chili Parlor Bar.
"I have seen the David, I've seen the Mona Lisa too And I have heard Doc Watson play "Columbus Stockade Blues"
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 5, 2023 10:08:35 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2022
#3 - "If it Takes a Lifetime" - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.
In the past I've equivocated. But with each succeeding album it becomes very clear. Jason Isbell is simply the best songwriter in the U.S. today. I'll equivocate that much because I don't listen to much non-English music.
This one is really not prototypical Isbell. It's a bit rootsier. It definitely showcases The 400 Unit more than usual. But it still has those tight thought-provoking lyrics that are his hallmark.
"I got too far from my raising, I forgot where I come from And the line between right and wrong was so fine Well I thought the highway loved me But she beat me like a drum My day will come, if it takes a lifetime"
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 5, 2023 10:15:24 GMT -5
In different news, I'm about to pull the trigger on the first concert tickets of the year. American Aquarium and Mike & the Moonpies will be appearing together in Boise. On a Saturday nonetheless. Love both bands and am ludicrously happy to see them together.
Was going to see Jesse Daniel in Boise, but I ended up having a work conference the same weekend. So that sucks.
Leaning heavily toward seeing Joshua Ray Walker. The issue is that it's on a Tuesday and weeknight concerts out of town are hard on an old guy.
Charley Crockett is going to be back in Boise. On a damn Wednesday. That's a firm maybe.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 6, 2023 9:06:29 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2022
# 2 - Dallas - The Flatlanders
I love The Flatlanders. As a group and individually. This song would have been the single from their first album had it ever been actually released. The album was released as a very limited 8-track tape to fulfill contractual obligations.
Spotify clearly loves this song. It's a good song and it's an opus for Jimmy Dale Gilmore. I like it, but not to the extent of it being number 2 on this list. It just shows up on almost every generated list I get from Spotify and I like it well enough that I don't skip over it.
It's a perfectly fine song though.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 7, 2023 10:04:01 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2022
#1 - Carryin' on This Way - Dale Watson
This is 100% my favorite song by Dale Watson and has been since before he put it on vinyl. There were live performances of this one floating about the internet before the album "Carryin' On" came out in 2014.
This one just says all we need about getting older, trying to stay young, and the balances of all that entails.
"I rinse off the toothbrush Put the lid back on the toothpaste tube Then I look up in the mirror Just to get me one more good look at you
Man, you can't be as dumb as you look It ain't too late to make a change You think that you'd know better than to still Be carryin' on this way"
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 9, 2023 14:52:06 GMT -5
Favorite albums of 1973
And we're back with this exercise. Because nobody asked for it. But I don't care. And this first part is going to last a while because you can make a good argument that 1973 is as good as it gets for albums. And I say that as someone who works his ass off to not be blinded by nostalgia. But '73 was so good I have to go 20 deep and every album would still get at least a 4 to a 4.5 rating from me on a 5 star scale. Honestly on numbers 1 through 11 I'm kind of picking nits. And then the same can be said for most of the rest from 12-20.
#20 - Leon Russell - Hank Wilson's Back
To the extent that Leon Russell was ever popular, it was way before my time. So I didn't get turned on to him and his music until...I was getting pretty old. This is one of Russell's best albums, not quite up there with his eponymous debut, but it's doing something completely different. And doing very well.
Russell grew up in Oklahoma. And while he was known as a rock & roller, the country and bluegrass influences from his youth permeated his output. Hank Wilson's Back is Russell playing a lot of country and bluegrass songs in his own inimitable style. For a lot of people that wouldn't work. But Leon Russell was just one damn talented musician. And it probably didn't hurt that he had J.J. Cale on guitar and Johnny Gimbel on fiddle.
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Post by tartanphantom on Apr 9, 2023 18:00:09 GMT -5
Favorite albums of 1973 And we're back with this exercise. Because nobody asked for it. But I don't care. And this first part is going to last a while because you can make a good argument that 1973 is as good as it gets for albums. And I say that as someone who works his ass off to not be blinded by nostalgia. But '73 was so good I have to go 20 deep and every album would still get at least a 4 to a 4.5 rating from me on a 5 star scale. Honestly on numbers 1 through 11 I'm kind of picking nits. And then the same can be said for most of the rest from 12-20. #20 - Leon Russell - Hank Wilson's Back To the extent that Leon Russell was ever popular, it was way before my time. So I didn't get turned on to him and his music until...I was getting pretty old. This is one of Russell's best albums, not quite up there with his eponymous debut, but it's doing something completely different. And doing very well. Russell grew up in Oklahoma. And while he was known as a rock & roller, the country and bluegrass influences from his youth permeated his output. Hank Wilson's Back is Russell playing a lot of country and bluegrass songs in his own inimitable style. For a lot of people that wouldn't work. But Leon Russell was just one damn talented musician. And it probably didn't hurt that he had J.J. Cale on guitar and Johnny Gimbel on fiddle. This is just an effin’ great record. Period.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 10, 2023 9:26:52 GMT -5
Favorite albums of 1973
#19 - Don Williams - Volume One
Williams' first album as a country troubadour, Williams was able to get four modest hits off this album. Two were written by the great Bob McDill (entering the Country Music Hall of Fame as a songwriter this year). This album set the tone for the man would become known as The Gentle Giant. It's mellow, laid back, and doesn't seem like Williams is trying at all.
I came to appreciate Don Williams pretty late. He was just always there. He was always dependable for a couple good cuts off any album. His quiet delivery was more comforting than exciting. This one set the stage for the solid albums that would come for the next 40 years.
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