swmtnbackpacker
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Back but probably posting soon under my real name ... Rico Sauve
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Post by swmtnbackpacker on Aug 19, 2015 20:13:24 GMT -8
Bored with punk/new wave/heavy metal from my teens, ... so switched to late '60s - '70s rock (Beatles later anthology takes, Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon", Rolling Stones going into their independent albums (Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St.), Yes hits up to Tempus Fugit, etc.. I tend to run with a theme for a few months.
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talus
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Post by talus on Aug 20, 2015 10:16:20 GMT -8
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desert dweller
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Power to the Peaceful...Hate does not create.
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Post by desert dweller on Aug 20, 2015 10:33:13 GMT -8
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Post by 1camper on Aug 20, 2015 12:37:38 GMT -8
I used to hate Bruce Springsteen, maybe because they played Hungry Heart about every 8 min on the radio during my formative years...now I realize he is a genius, like Woody Guthrie.
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reuben
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Post by reuben on Aug 20, 2015 13:08:35 GMT -8
1camper, I think I suffered from the same syndrome. I was borned to run and born in the USA to death. I did like Jungleland, though. It was his Devils and Dust CD that pushed me over the line.
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Post by Lamebeaver on Aug 21, 2015 10:58:02 GMT -8
A few of Bruce's better and less frequently played songs
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Post by 1camper on Aug 22, 2015 5:01:24 GMT -8
I always liked this one:
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desert dweller
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Post by desert dweller on Aug 22, 2015 5:26:27 GMT -8
One of my favorites from John Hiatt.
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Post by 1camper on Aug 22, 2015 5:37:32 GMT -8
One of mine too  Try this one. It's a "murder ballad" in the tradition of LA county by Lyle Lovett except written from the perspective of the victim. That's one thing I like about Hiatt, he can develop interesting characters and a good story line in 4 min. |
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schlanky
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Post by schlanky on Aug 23, 2015 15:20:04 GMT -8
My playlist for the weekend while doing chores around the house:
Wilco: Being There
Wilco: A Ghost Is Born
Wilco: Star Wars
Jay Gonzalez: The Bitter Suite
Jay Gonzalez: Live recording from Athens, GA earlier this year
Jason Isbell: Something More Than Free (still trying to get into that one)
Lucero: That Much Further West
Lucero: Tennessee
Lydia Loveless: Somewhere Else
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For the Springsteen talk above, I was in high school when "Born in the USA" came out and hated it. I had vague notions of his earlier stuff, but the singles off "Born in the USA" turned me off so much from overplay that I didn't check out the earlier stuff. I was housesitting for a friend one week in 1994 and he had all the early stuff on vinyl and he was such a big Springsteen fan that I decided to listen to it. "Point Blank" was the song that grabbed me, then "Racing in the Streets." Then the whole "Born to Run" album, then "Greetings from Asbury Park." After that week, I went out and bought all the pre-"Born in the USA" albums.
Listening to the "Born in the USA" album now, I hear good songs that were recorded at the wrong time and suffered from production/arrangement trends of that era (I feel the same way about most of Suzanne Vega's early albums---great writing with the wrong treatment). Springsteen is high on my list of all-time favorites---good thing for me that my friend needed a house sitter that week
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Post by brownmouse on Aug 23, 2015 15:31:16 GMT -8
Santana is he only cd in the car. I'm not modern enough to have a playlist. But I never tire of Santana.
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Westy
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Post by Westy on Aug 23, 2015 16:09:19 GMT -8
Old Green Mill - Chicago
Not a huge music aficionado, however once a year I make a pilgrimage to Chicago to the Old Green Mill for a Thursday night with the Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra. I show up 2 hours early to get a good bar stool and stay till closing at 4:00 AM. They play stuff like Fletcher Henderson's "Down South Camp Meeting" and Tommy Dorsey's "Song of India". Missed 2 of the last 12 years. The bouncer always arranges my outbound transportation.
The combination of the Old Green Mill and the swing music is special and a definite one-of-a-kind.
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Post by lukethedrifter on Aug 24, 2015 9:22:29 GMT -8
This whole album is pretty sweet.
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Post by lukethedrifter on Aug 24, 2015 9:32:16 GMT -8
I have had the privilege of seeing these guys in a living room in Baltimore a few times. They pretty much hit all my guitar rock sweet spots. And they have Ohio and Indiana references in the lyrics.
Schlanky, listen to "Speed Trap Town" a few times. That line about a boy's first last dream and man's first loss gets me every time.
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schlanky
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Post by schlanky on Aug 25, 2015 9:52:42 GMT -8
Schlanky, listen to "Speed Trap Town" a few times. I like "Speed Trap Town," but I'm thinking "Children of Children" is my favorite right now. I generally like the whole album and as usual, Isbell has some great phrases, but I feel like this is an album I should love, and so far I'm just finding like. If all else fails, I'll put in on during a pre-dawn drive to a trailhead. That's one of my favorite times to get to know an album better---whatever you're listening to seems to gain another dimension when you're rolling down the road before, then during the earliest traces of daylight. |
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