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Where are your musical tastes taking you?

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Posted on July 19, 2017 at 18:54:38
Byrd69
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At close to 60, I find myself really getting into bands I just never got into.

These days it's Living Color.

The energy is the appeal.










Your interest may vary but the results will be same. (Byrd 2020)

I can't compete with the dead. (Buck W. 2010)

Cowards can't be heroes. (Byrd 2017)

Why don't catfish have kittens? (Moe Howard 1937)

 

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Well, if we are lucky..., posted on July 19, 2017 at 18:56:16
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...our musical tastes will change as we age (I'm 59 now). That way, we will never run out of music that we like.

 

Not there -nt, posted on July 19, 2017 at 18:56:20
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I'm trying, but I admit it can be difficult at times..., posted on July 19, 2017 at 19:21:04
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Streaming services are helpful, to me anyway!


 

Varies..., posted on July 19, 2017 at 20:41:33
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My taste has always been all over the map. But I will say, this song has always been killer for me...

 

RE: Varies..., posted on July 19, 2017 at 20:50:35
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More and more I find that I'm listening to classical music - especially Bach. At 78 I've been through everything except rap. Growing up with no choice except country/western, When I got to college it was jazz and some pop. The jazz grew and I decided to learn to "hear" classical but couldnt. Only 4 years ago did I hear some Bach by a pianist that broke through and I've been loving him since.

 

I've heard enough sugar magnolias to last me a sunshine daydream ~ nt, posted on July 19, 2017 at 21:02:21
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Your interest may vary but the results will be same. (Byrd 2020)

I can't compete with the dead. (Buck W. 2010)

Cowards can't be heroes. (Byrd 2017)

Why don't catfish have kittens? (Moe Howard 1937)

 

Evans-Schubert-Weinberg..., posted on July 20, 2017 at 01:02:47
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Wherever I need to go whenever I need to get there..., posted on July 20, 2017 at 05:49:15
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Sometimes the journey is completely serendipitous.

Sometimes previous paths work best.

I like some of LC's stuff but prefer Reid's playing and the music of The Decoding Society.

Check 'em out!


"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure



 

RE: Where are your musical tastes taking you?, posted on July 20, 2017 at 07:14:07
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I was into those guys back when they were new. I haven't played them in years. Dang. Now I'm going to have to go dig them out and play them again. They are fun. Thanks for the reminder, Byrd.

 

RE: Where are your musical tastes taking you?, posted on July 20, 2017 at 07:50:27
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I don't know, but I was thinking the other day that I would like some cooling, refreshing summer music. The musical equivalent of an icy cold vodka gimlet served straight up in a martini glass.
It's as hot as an oven, humid as a steam room, and perfect for remaining indoors.

 

reminds me of this..., posted on July 20, 2017 at 08:45:30
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From way back.....

 

This is a concern for me, posted on July 20, 2017 at 10:21:34
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Throughout my adult life, once or twice a decade, I've met some new artist or genre that has gotten me totally enthused. But nothing new has really grabbed me since about 2010. I just turned 60, and a lot of my old favorites are checking out. I hope something exciting comes across my transom soon, because I don't want to end up one of those bitter old guys who sits around endlessly obsessing over the music of my youth.

Happy listening,

Jim

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- Brian Eno

 

To various places, TDC alot now, posted on July 20, 2017 at 10:37:43
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NPR, tiny desk concerts have been a great amalgamation of talent.

 

Correct URL, posted on July 20, 2017 at 10:39:00
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NT

 

RE: Where are your musical tastes taking you?, posted on July 20, 2017 at 10:44:27
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Kind of busy these days rediscovering the magnificent ECM catalog. In particular Eberhard Weber opus from the 1970s. But not only ECM -- by association also getting into bands like Oregon. Mighty interesting music, that somehow got forgotten and left behind in the '70s.

 

back to Clsssical. My teen years most enjoyed form of music. nt, posted on July 20, 2017 at 10:54:02
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RE: This is a concern for me, posted on July 20, 2017 at 11:10:09
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My opinion is that the music we listen to in our late teens and early 20s easily makes a strong impression on our brain. As we get older, I think we can still find music that has the same intense effect, but it is much more difficult. We can, over time, of course, also tire of that music that we used to like.

 

As a classic rock and blues aficianado..., posted on July 20, 2017 at 11:22:19
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...I have been listening to the Comcast Blues Channel at night while I read and have been discovering some new blues groups.

Ironically, the week after I bought their CD, this group played at a local blues festival about 30 miles away but I missed it.

Here's another guy I recently heard and was impressed with -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bM2IYxh3gw

 

Awesome tune ..., posted on July 20, 2017 at 12:29:38
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...and a great recommendation for BillH.

I'll never forget the day I bought that album, in '78.

It was at The Harvard Coop, in Boston.

I also picked up Santana's "Moonflower" and Black Sabbath's "Sabotage".

The cashier said "These all for you ???"

I said "Yep"

She said "Very cool.

I'll have to give that one a spin when I get home.

Dean.



reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.


 

Mostly back in time ..., posted on July 20, 2017 at 12:34:40
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My taste in music hasn't changed and most likely won't.

Any new music I pick up is almost always by an artist I've been listening to since college.

Dean.






reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.


 

RE: Where are your musical tastes taking you?, posted on July 20, 2017 at 13:14:19
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Basic core taste is rooted in blues, jazz, world, folk/roots and alternative. Lately I've been intigued by the music of the late Jason Molina (Magnolia Electric Co., Songs:Ohia), Fink and The Beautiful Girls.

 

RE: Where are your musical tastes taking you?, posted on July 20, 2017 at 15:13:40
Javier
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Continue in the vein of prog at 57 Steven Wilson bibbib train and some classical

 

(Sp?), posted on July 20, 2017 at 15:35:54
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"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain

 

RE: Well, if we are lucky..., posted on July 20, 2017 at 16:36:14
PAR
Yep.

Sorry to some correspondents here but of you are circa. 60 years old and ONLY like the same music that you liked when you were at college then you have had a wasted life.

 

RE: Where are your musical tastes taking you?, posted on July 20, 2017 at 16:39:59
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Maybe I'm slow, but I just got into Bobby Charles.
Always finding things, new and old.



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RE: Where are your musical tastes taking you?, posted on July 20, 2017 at 18:53:07
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If it doesn't have Auto-Tune, I'll listen to just about anything.........

 

RE: Where are your musical tastes taking you?, posted on July 20, 2017 at 18:57:10
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Who was the pianist who allowed Bach to "break through" to you? [nt], posted on July 20, 2017 at 21:41:09
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taking you?, posted on July 21, 2017 at 00:27:20
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are you STILL WHINING about that?
...regards...tr

 

RE: 52 years and still the only Band for me, posted on July 21, 2017 at 05:25:55







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RE: taking you?, posted on July 21, 2017 at 06:51:39
Todd Krieger
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"are you STILL WHINING about that?"

What should I do, just grin and bear it??

If Auto-Tune didn't engulf half of today's popular music, I wouldn't be complaining about it.

But it is not only being used in over 95 percent of recent popular music, it's also being used in remastered classics. Our music is being mutilated before our very ears.

And we then turn around wondering why younger people aren't interested in quality sound reproduction anymore.

 

Nice Recording Too........, posted on July 21, 2017 at 07:47:57
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I believe the sound quality of mainstream recording peaked in the 1970s..... Even through YouTube compression, you can hear the attacks and decays of the cymbals on the recording...... There was a day where people would listen to a track like this through a good audio system, and then get the audiophile bug......

 

Yes it is ....., posted on July 21, 2017 at 09:24:22
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At the time I had ...

H/K 330C receiver
Pioneer PL-12DII turntable
Audio Technica AT13Ea cartridge
Genesis Physics Model One speakers

Even with that modest system, I was taken aback by the tremendous detail on that LP.

Until I bought that LP I was solely a rock listener. Soon after I got into jazz.

Dean.




reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.


 

RE: Where are your musical tastes taking you?, posted on July 21, 2017 at 10:06:03
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU9lug-ETWM

 

RE: taking you?, posted on July 21, 2017 at 11:17:00
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in some cases, it has been embraced as another effect to use such as noise gating, echo, etc. as in attempting to make someone sound in tune, a POS.
...regards...tr

 

RE: Where are your musical tastes taking you?, posted on July 21, 2017 at 14:32:36
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I like Living Color as well. Who knew that (2) of those guys would go forward (musically) and play Jazz?

 

So, ahmm, why are YOU in this hobby? , posted on July 21, 2017 at 15:16:37
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to listen to 'pop' music because it is 'pop' music, with its effects.

Or to listen to musicians making music without questionable interference, which is what this hobby started out as, and remains, for me.

The 'music industry' product began to get the 80/20 rule from me, now I'm at 95/5 because I too am tired of amusical production.




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My musical tastes have moved me more and more to classical , posted on July 21, 2017 at 15:21:53
Timbo in Oz
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where I started.

And it hasn't run me out of stuff to listen to.

Less and less Romantic and 20C, more and more 18C / earlier.




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Tim Bailey

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Reid was playing jazz (as such) pre LC w/Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society..., posted on July 21, 2017 at 15:41:58
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great stuff NOT for the meek.

Believe he also recorded with Bill Frisell pre LC.


"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure



 

Beyond jazz too, posted on July 21, 2017 at 17:03:30
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Other than seeing Living Colour open for the Stones in 1980 or so (loud and powerful), this GTR OBLQ disc is my only exposure to Vernon Reid, until I recently came upon the LC @ Montreux set.

I bought the GTR OBLQ disc because I like David Torn's works.

I'm hooked on Living Colour now.




Your interest may vary but the results will be same. (Byrd 2020)

I can't compete with the dead. (Buck W. 2010)

Cowards can't be heroes. (Byrd 2017)

Why don't catfish have kittens? (Moe Howard 1937)

 

why are YOU in this hobby? , posted on July 21, 2017 at 19:02:48
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well, my tuning capability for changing a radio station or hitting skip on the disc player or the vinyl i place on my tt isn't impaired. and if you ask anybody that knows me, it is an eclectic bunch of choices that i make.

trilok gurtu, for instance, doesn't use auto-tune (nor does kurt elling. contrary to todd's opinion) and he is prominent in my preferences of late. i also doubt that cecile mc lorin salvant uses it. ?YELLO? i dunno nor care as long as they keep doing what they do.
...regards...tr

 

RE: why are YOU in this hobby? , posted on July 22, 2017 at 02:50:31
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Kurt Elling was blasted by music critics for using Auto-Tune in later albums..... (Most performers got away with this, but apparently not Elling. His own site admits use of it- link below.) His popularity declined in recent time..... I think his problem was that his real voice was a known entity (unlike a lot of pop stars who always use Auto-Tune), and his use of enhancements was obvious to even casual listeners.

Another victim was Adele, who during her 2016 Grammys performance, the Auto-Tune cut out, revealing her actual voice on national TV..... Her popularity since that gaffe hasn't been the same either.

If you've noticed, I stopped criticizing singers for off-key singing. Several years ago. I'd rather listen to unadulterated Elling or even Streisand than anybody who's Auto-Tuned.

 

RE: So, ahmm, why are YOU in this hobby? , posted on July 22, 2017 at 03:44:56
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"Or to listen to musicians making music without questionable interference, which is what this hobby started out as, and remains, for me."

This is a requisite for high-fidelity sound reproduction..... Reproducing the live event as faithfully as possible. If the performance is altered, even in the name of "enhancement" or "improvement", the essence of the live event is compromised. It would be like taking high-quality photos of photoshopped pictures, the enhancements ruin everything.

I'll say it again, can you imagine someone spending hours trying to get the midrange right on his audio system, not realizing the entire time that the problem with the midrange was the Auto-Tune on the recording........

 

RE: Where are your musical tastes taking you?, posted on July 22, 2017 at 06:28:14
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Music continues to be an ongoing adventure for me. From discovering new and old music (missed the first time around) from multiple genres to rediscovering music once listened to in the past from a different perspective. The more I learn, the more I need to know.

Still spinnin'...

;^)

 

Not so much change as expansion..., posted on July 22, 2017 at 06:50:34
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Hi, slapshot,

My taste in music hasn't really changed over the years but it certainly has broadened to include music that I previously had little interest in, as Byrd69's original post highlights. I've "discovered" artists from as far back as the 50's and continue to find new musicians to enjoy. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. '-)

Regards,
Tom

 

earlier generations, posted on July 22, 2017 at 08:40:16
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As I get older I find myself increasingly drawn to the music my parents and grandparents listened to and enjoyed, yes, even Lawrence Welk and Slim Whitman (Mr. Whitman seems like such a nice man singing nice, inoffensive songs). And like some pop stars as they grew older (Rod Stewart, Dylan), I have a greater affinity for what have been called the American Standards of the 30's to 50's, as well as swing and big band leaders. Anyway, that's the kind of stuff I'm listening more to of late, neglecting the country western, bluegrass, and classical music that has made up most of my collection and listening time in the past. A positive aspect of this change is the great number of such albums one still finds in thrift stores and lp bargain bins.

 

RE: Who was the pianist who allowed Bach to "break through" to you? [nt], posted on July 23, 2017 at 10:32:49
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Simone Dinnerstein with Goldberg Variations. She is not nearly as enlightening now. I much prefer the late Ivan Moravec. His renditions of Chopin are my favorite classical music just as Stan Getz' bossa nova is my favorite jazz. The LA 4 my best jazz group.

 

Certainly agree about Moravec! [nt], posted on July 23, 2017 at 11:31:45
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Sound tracks from porn movies, posted on July 23, 2017 at 13:24:34
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I don't look at the pictures, though...

"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. "
― W.C. Fields

 

RE: Beyond jazz too, posted on July 23, 2017 at 15:25:20
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Thanks! for sharing- Byrd69

I fell in love w/ Jazz about 15 years ago. I have not looked back, as this music, is enriching to state the least. I came from a Hard Rock/Metal back ground. I still enjoy those genre(s) as well as classic Rock.

I always return to Jazz (until I reach the same plateau as Rock/Metal).

 

RE: why , posted on July 23, 2017 at 19:23:10
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where was the auto tune reference?
...regards...tr

 

RE: Where are your musical tastes taking you?, posted on July 24, 2017 at 11:03:23
This past weekend, July 22nd, my musical tastes took me to Minneapolis, to attend Doc Severinsen's "Big Band Birthday Bash" in celebration of his 90th birthday, including: Doc (obviously), his big band including Stockton Helbing on drumset and Mary Louise Knutson on piano, the terrific jazz and operatic singer Vanessa Thomas, trumpet virtuoso Allen Vizzutti, the excellent Minnesota Orchestra, and more, at Orchestra Hall.

Not sure where they'll take me next.

:)

 

Did you mean "(Sp?)...(nt)"? (nt), posted on July 24, 2017 at 15:04:59
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(nt)

 

RE: Did you mean "(Sp?)...(nt)"? (nt), posted on July 24, 2017 at 15:27:28
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I did
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RE: As a classic rock and blues aficianado..., posted on July 24, 2017 at 15:50:10
If you like the blues, you might want to check out my old friend, the late great Luther Allison.

 

In the second to last paragraph (nt), posted on July 25, 2017 at 15:19:33
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paragraph ....WOW, posted on July 25, 2017 at 17:53:17
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that was really damning. it's like a scandal or something. it's funny though, i have seen him many times live and close enough to hear the voice and not speakers. never once did he come CLOSE to needing AT.
...regards...tr

 

RE: paragraph ....WOW, posted on July 26, 2017 at 22:19:11
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You might have a talent as a political writer..... [-;

 

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