Music on both sides

I'm more into alt-rock and good classic rock. I like some pop and some of the happier rap music (I hate the so-called gangsta style, but I do like some of the Roots, the Black-Eyed Peas and Outkast / Big Boi). At this moment Murray Head's One Night In Bangkok, one of my favorite 80s tunes, is playing. I like the version that opens with an orchestral dance then suddenly, almost violently, breaks out into a rap about the city of Bangkok.Some favorite artists (can't possibly mention them all, but to give you an idea - and in no particular order):Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Incubus
Weezer
Tool / A Perfect Circle
Little Richard
Pink Floyd
The Supremes
The Beatles
Stevie Wonder
The Rolling Stones
George Clinton / Parliament / Funkadelic
Little Feat
The Doors
BB King
Ella Fitzgerald
Ray Charles
The Smashing Pumpkins
Nirvana

Glordag bewails:

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...I have no idea who/what "Little Feat" is...

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Only the greatest Southern Rock band ever! They weren't as widely popular as Lynyrd Skynyrd, but they were infinitely better. Some of their best-known songs (most if not all written by their late, great band leader Lowell George, one of the finest slide guitarists of all-time, Bonnie Raitt notwithstanding):Dixie Chicken
Fat Man In The Bathtub
I Can't Stand The Rain
Willin' (Linda Ronstadt recorded a popular cover of this one)
Cold, Cold, Cold
Rocket In My Pocket
Don't Bogart That Joint
Oh, Atlanta
Rock And Roll Doctor
Sailin' Shoes
Skin It BackBTW, thanks for the kind words.

Not in the world of traditional blues, no. In rock, yes.EDIT: Since you brought it up, though, I would add a couple of the names you mentioned to my original list: Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal. I can't speak of Taj without mentioning the fine work he did on one of the all-time greatest TV movies: Sounder, the non-sentimental but still heart-wrenching story of a poor black family of sharecroppers in rural Louisiana during the Great Depression. Powerful stuff and great music!This message has been edited by berberry, 06-21-2004 03:47 PM

I'm glad you brought this subject up, Glordag. I've had a very difficult few days (nothing tragic, I've just been doing a lot of hard work) and I'm relaxing today, mostly by listening to music. I love to talk about music and since we have a thread available to do so, I will.I was listening to Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald's Stars Fell On Alabama and got to thinking about pre-rock pop music. I started digging out records I haven't played in years, like the Andrews Sisters' Rum and Coca-Cola, The Weavers' Cool Clear Water and Dinah Shore's Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pandowdy.It's easy to find people who like Hendrix, Zeppelin, Floyd, etc. but I was wondering if there might be anyone else out there who likes this kind of stuff?

Sorry, guess I forgot to look back over the whole thread before I wrote that post.

Do y'all have any good blues festivals over in Texas? We have two great ones here: the Delta Blues Festival and the Chunky Blues Festival. You ought to come to Mississippi for one of these (if you haven't before). I promise, if you like blues, you'll love our blues festivals.And don't miss Morgan Freeman's Groundzero club in Clarksdale.

Reading your post, Lam, I was inspired to get out Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 and listen to it. I love to watch the pianist's hands playing this piece. They must fly about the keyboard so rapidly that, when watching them, they almost become a blur. It must be one of the most difficult challenges for any pianist.Mozart is my favorite composer. It is not possible to be in such a foul mood that the music of Mozart cannot make things better. I also love Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovski (the composer of my favorite violin concerto), Mendelssohn, Mahler and Schubert, to name just a few.Have you ever seen Franco Zeffirelli's film version of La Traviata? It stars Placido Domingo and Teresa Stratas. Magnificent!

Lam writes, in response to the question of whether he has seen the film version of 'La Traviata':

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Nope.

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Then you should! I'm not a huge fan of opera, but this film is absolutely irresistible. Any well-stocked video store should have a copy, I urge you to rent it and watch it. I promise, you'll thank me.

Glad this was bumped back up, it allows me to correct a grievous oversight in my original post in this thread. I somehow forgot to mention my absolute favorite modern rock group: The White Stripes. Nothing quite like them out there today; Jack White is one of the most talented guitarists in the history of rock. Not quite as good as Hendrix, but he comes close!

I missed a question from Preach earlier:

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And am I the only one on here who listens to country?!

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I listen to some country once in a while. A few favorites:Waylon & Willie
Merle Haggard
Willie & Merle
David Allen Coe
Hank Williams, Jr.
The JuddsI hesitate to mention Ronnie Milsap because I only like one song by him, but to me that one song is the quintessential country music song: Misery Loves Company. It's not widely known because it was, inexplicably, never released as a single. It's from his otherwise dismal 1980 LP 'Milsap Magic'. It's a cover of an old bluegrass tune by the Johnson Mountain Boys.Ronnie Milsap has a horrible reputation because of his insipid singles. He and his record company do him a serious disservice because he is really a very talented musician. That talent is evident in his concert performances, the flavor of which is caught beautifully by Misery Loves Company (although it's actually a studio recording). If you've ever liked any blues-oriented country you should check out this record. I promise you'll love it!EDITED to add parenthetic flourish.This message has been edited by berberry, 07-02-2004 03:17 AM

The Rach 3 is the best, but the 2 has several famous melodies in it. Of course, the reason they're famous is that they've been lifted from the Rach 2 and turned into pop tunes.

Got any other favorite concertos? Generally speaking, the concerto is my favorite musical form. I like all of Beethoven's, particularly the violin and the 5th piano. Mozart's 21st and 28th piano concertos, the Grieg concerto and Tchiakovsky's piano and violin concertos are probably the works I listen to most often. I also like the Brahms piano concerto, though it's more like a symphony featuring a piano than a concerto.

I was just listening to this by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. This song is one of the best examples of storytelling through music I can think of. It's an existential western tale with very evocative lyrics and an ending that, given the right mood, can move you to tears.The outlaws of the title are very close friends who've grown old together. When one is killed, the life of the other is shattered.This hit version from 1983 is my preference, although Emmylous Harris recorded a lovely rendition a few years earlier.Does anyone else love this song?