Something Completely Different

Post a song and why you love it!  :)

Igor Boxx—"Downfall"
This song is just so god damn cinematic! I imagine Tarantinoesque story unfolding on the streets of Weimar Republic era Breslau. Long shadows on cobblestone streets. Smokey bars filled with strange characters. A killer in a dark cloak, hiding in a doorway.

A nice one. The album is a little gem and they're pretty overlooked. Shame they only did one album.

The Corrs - What Can I Do 1998
This was the song that I really really liked in 1998 and since then I love their music.
I prefer this version more than Tin Tin Out Remix 1998.

Not a masterpiece, but I've liked Rick Rack ever since I bought this album in a second-hand shop:-

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The simplicity of the song suits very well the childish ideas, the nonsense of rickety-rack that a kid might invent. And who hasn't felt a conflict between what we want, and what our parents hoped for? This song feels like such a personal statement from GR, and even more so after I met a guy who had gone to school with GR in Paisley, Scotland. He told me, "Gerry didn't seem special in any way. We were all surprised when he became famous" But this song isn't just an soft-focus exercise in nostalgia, because with the slightest of deft touches GR twists in a knife, with a bleak statement of intent.

 
Paisley, a suitable place to grow up being ordinary:

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Æ MAK - Love Flush
released 2018
a catchy and fun pop song

"Brooding" and pissed off at the same time

Return to Forever - No Mystery

The acoustic title track from the 1975 album with the same title and probably my favorite song from this band. It's a quirky and very recognizably them, has great performances and is just beautiful. Al Di Meola, who plays guitar, is a teenager on this record.


Edit: Derp, Meola was 20 :laughing:

Viva Forever
by Spice Girls
Released 1998
My number one from the spice girls.
I have always loved that song.

Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments
The title says it all. This is New Order's "Blue Monday" played on 90 year old instruments. I first heard this several years ago and fell in love with it. I would really like to hear more of this kind of thing, but I think these guys aren't a real band. If anyone has suggestions for something similar, I'm all ears.

I'm a big fan of the 1973 movie The Wicker Man and of course adore the soundtrack. The most wondrous piece of music is, of course, Willow's Song, the song she sings while nakedly trying to seduce sergeant Howie in the movie.


How a maid can milk a bull
Mmm
And every stroke a bucket full

One of my favorite bits of lyric.

Concerto Caledonia - Old Sir Symon the King
a friend recommended to me, 10 years ago (more or less) and since then i love it.

Gåte - Sjå Attende
discovred a few years ago, their second album is my favourite, their new stuff is a bit boring.

I think this is a pretty typical favourite among casual Talking Heads fans. I absolutely love This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody).

It's uplifting. It's soothing. It's fairly simple, but brilliant <3

Might be spoiling an upcoming review, but I love the song Silhouettes by Aksak Maboul from their 2021 album Figures.

I don't think it's a song that necessarily grabs you on first listen, but there's a lot to like here, I think. I enjoy the electric piano and bass and I find the synth hook so peculiar. I like Veronique's vocals that seem so authentic. Some of the ideas thrown in, like the sounds of the cafe and the later spoken word bit, just sound so great to my ears.

Since I saw Peter Gabriel's 1993 Secret World concert on Amazon, I've been bingeing his music a bit more. I'm well versed in his hit songs, not so much the deep cuts (yet).

Anyways, we also discussed him slightly in another thread (controversial music opinions) where I stated that I like PG a lot more as a solo artist than I did as Genesis' frontman. For one thing, I absolutely love Solsbury Hill (to be fair - who doesn't?):


And I think it's interesting how - after leaving Genesis - he makes his first single and it's already better than anything Genesis ever did ;)

It's beautiful, got an interesting time going yet is kinda simple. It feels original, yet is very catchy. It's a song not many artists could make.

I currently feel like the culmination of him as an artist may be better expressed by his similarly lovable In Your Eyes, which is another song I love. And who doesn't love Sledgehammer? Etc.

Definitely check out his third and fourth albums (Melt and Security), those are wall to wall great, especially the latter which is really unique sounding and ahead of its time with digital synths and sampling.

I know So and have heard Melt, but not Security! I think Shock the Monkey is from there?

Thanks for the recommendation :) will check it out

Quote from: Guybrush on May 12, 2023, 03:15 PMI know So and have heard Melt, but not Security! I think Shock the Monkey is from there?

Thanks for the recommendation :) will check it out

Yeah, it's on that album. My favorites from Security are The Rhythm of the Heat and Lay Your Hands on Me, both really engrossing slow burners.

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on May 12, 2023, 03:22 PMMy favorites from Security are The Rhythm of the Heat and Lay Your Hands on Me, both really engrossing slow burners.

Those are my favorites of his as well! A few years ago I walked into my local record store and bought original pressings of Genesis and Gabriel's complete discographies all in one swoop after hearing Security. And I later secured a library of all 92 Peter Gabriel albums issued between 1977 and 2010 organized into a folder structure of Studio Albums, Compilations, Live LPs, Singles, and Remastered Editions. But I haven't put much of a dent into them as the scale is a bit daunting.

I really enjoyed the slow-burners you mentioned, and the tribal ambient worldbeat elements Passion and Birdy grabbed me sufficiently to track down original pressings of those as well. I suppose I should tackle his catalogue chronologically beginning with 1-4 again from start to finish and then onto his expanded discography to develop a greater appreciation of his work. Thanks for inspiring the journey!

I will share a favorite live track, as you mentioned "Lay Your Hands On Me" - here it is from Live In Athens 1987 which was issued on Blu-ray in 2013 and as a double-LP in 2020.

Going back to Talking Heads, this has always been a favorite of mine.

^Who doesn't love Once in a Lifetime? It's a great song and the funniest dance committed to celluloid 🙂

My favorite song by Talking Heads - and I love it dearly - is Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place):

Edit:

Hah, I already posted that on page 1 😅

Oh well, I also love Don't Worry About the Government and the live version from American Utopia - which is prefaced by I Know Sometimes A Man Is Wrong - has become my favorite version of the song ❤️

Everything these guys do is brilliant, but I just love how dynamic they are on this in particular.

This is my favorite 80's song.

My favorite 80s pop song, besides the ones already mentioned, might be this one :)


Everything about it is great. Except the video.

Our boy's name is Gustav and there are a few reasons why we settled on that name. One of them is this relatively unknown, Norwegian song:

One of my favorite 80s pop bangers. The synth bassline of the gods.

Madonna has some great songs 🙂

Not sure how it ranks with synth freaks, but I always liked that hook with the chords from Live To Tell.

Everything that's great about post punk. Minimalism, wit, atmosphere, originality

The original is great, but I'll always love this remix of 'Seek Bromance' better. One of the tracks that properly got me into house music:


RIP Avicii

Two short pop songs that I have really enjoyed, but from very different eras:-

Bouncy, but wistful too, this 1965 song has such a clean, simple start and gets bonus points for a title that catches the attention of anyone who likes urban landscapes:-

Lyrics to love:
All around
I see the purple shades of evening
And on the ground
The shadows fall and once again you're in my arms...


Whatever happened to MB's Neapolitan ?! :( I have you  to thank for introducing me to this song from 2011:-

Lyrics to love:
But you are an artist
And your mind don't work the way you want it to
One day, you'll be washing yourself with hand soap in a public bathroom

I know a lot of people don't think much of the Westcoast-AOR / yacht rock aesthetic 'round here, but if you like a touch of Steely Dan meets New Wave influence into that style, Pages are quite good. They did three great albums before breaking up...and then eventually reformed as Mr. Mister with some massive success in the later part of the 80's.

I know Mr. Mister, but not Pages. Being a Steely Dan fan, I'll check them out. Thanks for the tip, @Nimbly9 🙂

Speaking of Steely Dan, one of my favorite songs of all time is "Doctor Wu" - the opaque narrative ("Katy" is emblematic of Vietnamese heroin, I believe), the sophisticated arrangement and melody, and Phil Woods's superb saxophone lines make for a haunting concoction.

Another song I love is Marvin Gaye's noirish "Trouble Man".  The jazzy drums are played by Marvin himself here.  I just love the whole atmosphere of this track - his heavenly falsetto that breaks here and there, the dissonant horns, how it all manages to sound gritty and delicate at the same time. 

@Nimbly9 : I've never heard of Pages, but blindfolded, I would've sworn that was a Steely Dan song. Good one! Best line: "Dee...'sco nights" :laughing:

@ribbons: So nice to see you here again ribbons! I hope life has been treating you well during your absence. Thanks for the insight into the otherwise puzzling "Katy lied".
I don't listen to much Marvin Gaye, but Trouble Man is a nice track too.

Sorry to break the mood of smoking sax/horn sounds, which I am also partial to, but the thread does say "Songs You Love", so this one with beautiful multi-tracked Jon Anderson vocals deserves a place:-

I've always loved "Your Move" as well, Lisna.  I don't know why I've failed to get into Yes's discography in depth - time to remedy that.

Thank you, and always good to see you too!  :love:   All is well here now - family/medical/work balance became mega-unbalanced for a time, but I've found equilibrium again (or am as *balanced* as I'm ever going to get). 

Ooo, who doesn't love Your Move? That's a great album. Starship Trooper is my favorite from that one, though I think that's the typical pick.

And @ribbons , I just wanted to let you know I'm super stoked to see you back 🙂 you're a wonderful person and I always enjoy your posts ❤️

Thanks for your kindness as always, Tore. You're pretty wonderful yourself, and I appreciate this haven you've created for us more than you could know.    Never seen you say an uninviting or unkind word to anyone here or on MB, and I think that's so admirable.  Thanks for everything you do! ❤️

Thanks, ribbons. :love:
I'm glad you've found a better balance in your life. By coincidence, here's something I read, hand-painted on the front of someone's house: "My greatest achievement is to be myself." I like that - that just getting through life as your own person is something to be proud of.

Also, absolutely times two on what you say about Guybrush; he was the first, and friendliest, guy I came across on MB. 

Oh you guys :love:

Lisna, I really like you too! You're always friendly and put a lot of thought into what you write. Although I don't necessarily participate in everything that goes on, I do read stuff like the discussion going on on american politics. Even when there's a lot of disagreement, you don't resort to ad hominems, focusing instead on the arguments. You've always been exemplary in the way you treat others and conduct yourself. You're like a balm to every thread you're in, so thank you for that :)

Before this gets any weirder, I'll post a song I love. It's one I find a little mysterious. Maybe @jadis would like it?


You probably all know I'm a huge Kate Bush fan and she has many songs I love. I thought I'd post this one because I suspect that across her discography, this one doesn't stick out for most people (if they're even aware of it). It's from her later period when she'd removed herself from pop and the music became more abstract.

To me, this song has a delicate beauty. It's probably not gonna impress anyone listening to laptop speakers in a crowded room as it needs attention to be properly heard. But really listening to it, it can make my heart swell and bring tears to my eyes and I don't even understand completely why. It just has this weird magic that, for me, makes it bigger than the sum of its parts.

I should mention it's the first song of A Sky of Honey and the rest is nice too.

Quote from: Lisnaholic on Sep 06, 2023, 01:22 AMThanks, ribbons. :love:
I'm glad you've found a better balance in your life. By coincidence, here's something I read, hand-painted on the front of someone's house: "My greatest achievement is to be myself." I like that - that just getting through life as your own person is something to be proud of.

That's a great quote, Lisna - especially as you found it hand-painted on someone's house, which is somehow fitting.  :D 

And I think Waldo would agree:

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

As would E.E., who was a bit more zealous about it:

"To be nobody but
yourself in a world
which is doing its best day and night to make you like
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight and never stop fighting."
― E.E. Cummings

^ Yes, ribbons, you're right about "somehow fitting": it was in rather scroll-y lettering, like someone's declaration to the street, "Herein lives a thoughtful person."

I like your quotes too, especially the e.e.cummings - one of my sister's favourite poets.
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That's very kind of you, Guybrush. I appreciate your words. :thumb:

...and quite right, best to get back to the music. That Kate Bush song is a quiet gem, with some lovely piano playing and I like the gentle tension or pulse behind it all.

Yeah, me and Nimbly9 argue about politics, but have never come to blows yet! In fact, he helped me discover the song below, back when you were running the MB Prog Album Club:-

Lyrics to love: Don't put on your galoshes boy!

I just love the slinky menace of the guitar on this track. The lyrics are telling a sinister story, but I've never worked out exactly what, and actually, I prefer not to know.

Quote from: Guybrush on Sep 06, 2023, 09:15 AMOh you guys :love:

Lisna, I really like you too! You're always friendly and put a lot of thought into what you write. Although I don't necessarily participate in everything that goes on, I do read stuff like the discussion going on on american politics. Even when there's a lot of disagreement, you don't resort to ad hominems, focusing instead on the arguments. You've always been exemplary in the way you treat others and conduct yourself. You're like a balm to every thread you're in, so thank you for that :)

Before this gets any weirder, I'll post a song I love. It's one I find a little mysterious. Maybe @jadis would like it?

You probably all know I'm a huge Kate Bush fan and she has many songs I love. I thought I'd post this one because I suspect that across her discography, this one doesn't stick out for most people (if they're even aware of it). It's from her later period when she'd removed herself from pop and the music became more abstract.

To me, this song has a delicate beauty. It's probably not gonna impress anyone listening to laptop speakers in a crowded room as it needs attention to be properly heard. But really listening to it, it can make my heart swell and bring tears to my eyes and I don't even understand completely why. It just has this weird magic that, for me, makes it bigger than the sum of its parts.

I should mention it's the first song of A Sky of Honey and the rest is nice too.

Couldn't agree more with your thoughts on Lisna, Tore.  Not only is he one of the nicest people I've come across, but he's also one of the most interesting and intelligent.  And yes, he's balm-y in the best possible way.  :love:  :D

I'm going to listen to that beautiful Kate Bush track properly on headphones when I get home later.  I bought Aerial upon release and loved it, despite a friend cautioning that Kate had "lost her melodies and passion".  Like Kate had softened too much because she was singing about her child.  Maybe I identified because I had my own little "Bertie" at home then too.   ;)

Quote from: Lisnaholic on Sep 06, 2023, 11:54 PMI like your quotes too, especially the e.e.cummings - one of my sister's favourite poets.

He's one of my favorite poets, as well. 

"my father moved through dooms of love
through sames of am through haves of give"

He's brilliant.

I'm a big fan of Guybrush, Ribbons and Lisna. You all are so lovely, and Ribbons, it is so good to see you! :love:

I'm kind of wracking my brain to think of a specific song I love to include with this post, right now I'm listening to the melodious sound of my oven preheating since my headphones unexpectedly died yesterday and I'm not moving the Bluetooth speakers into the dang kitchen.

So I guess that would mean I'm listening to John Cage's 4:33 on loop, haha.

Well if it isn't the lovely Mrs. Waffles - always good to see you; and coincidentally, I'm a big fan of yours as well!  Thank you so much.

Sorry about your headphones.  While you're waiting for your oven to preheat and wracking your brain for a song - I suggest you just think of Mr. Waffles and a love song will come to mind soon enough.   :love:

Hope you're both doing well!  <3

Quote from: ribbons on Sep 07, 2023, 12:06 AMCouldn't agree more with your thoughts on Lisna, Tore.  Not only is he one of the nicest people I've come across, but he's also one of the most interesting and intelligent.  And yes, he's balm-y in the best possible way.  :love:  :D

Balm-y :laughing: Thank you so much, ribbons. I feel the same way about you: one of the kindest, sensitive, and discerning posters here or on MB. :love:

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Sep 07, 2023, 12:44 AMI'm a big fan of Guybrush, Ribbons and Lisna. You all are so lovely, and Ribbons, it is so good to see you! :love:

Thanks, Mrs. Waffles ! As you can see, we are having a total love-fest here, so please join us: it's like the 1967 Summer of Love all over again ! 

QuoteSo I guess that would mean I'm listening to John Cage's 4:33 on loop, haha.

^ :laughing: ...or perhaps you have found a very rare extended version ! Hang on to it because it should be worth a lot of money. ;)

Quote from: ribbons on Sep 07, 2023, 01:59 AMWell if it isn't the lovely Mrs. Waffles - always good to see you; and coincidentally, I'm a big fan of yours as well!  Thank you so much.

Sorry about your headphones.  While you're waiting for your oven to preheat and wracking your brain for a song - I suggest you just think of Mr. Waffles and a love song will come to mind soon enough.   :love:

Hope you're both doing well!  <3

Oh gosh, thank you! We're doing quite well, I hope you are as well!  :love:

After reading your post, I thought of a song that was pretty fitting to the situation earlier today, not exactly a straight up love song but in addition to being relevant it is a song both Mr. Waffles and I love dearly. Thank you for the inspiration!

^ I can understand why you & Mr. Waffles love that song, Mrs. Waffles!  It's stuck in my head now - ahhh, the potent sound of a proper analog synth!   Also ideal housecleaning/vacuuming music.  :D  :love:

All I ever wanted, all I ever needed is heeeeerrre in my arms.  <3

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Quote from: ribbons on Sep 12, 2023, 04:01 PM^ I can understand why you & Mr. Waffles love that song, Mrs. Waffles!  It's stuck in my head now - ahhh, the potent sound of a proper analog synth!  Also ideal housecleaning/vacuuming music.  :D  :love:

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It's a classic for sure! I do love that dense synthesizer arrangement and the moodiness of the song. In the mister's case, he used to be involved in his local goth club scene and got into a lot of dark electronic and industrial music through that. One of the things we can definitely connect on musically even though he doesn't really actively listen to much music anymore.

I've got another hour and a half of bathroom deep cleaning before I have to do my makeup and head to work, and your post has definitely got me itching to listen to some Depeche Mode today. Thank you for the inspiration! <3

^ The track is unique in that it has that moody, dark tone but also sounds happy and danceable at the same time.  That's what's so great about it, imho!

Enjoy the rest of your day, dear Mrs. Waffles - and thank YOU for reintroducing me to "Enjoy The Silence"!  <3

Here's another song I love. I'm actually a sucker for sentimental ballads so of course I'm gonna like Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For? by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

The song has gotten a little more special over the last few years because I put it in a playlist of songs me and my daughter sometimes listen to after bedtime reading. After I've read a book, we'll just turn the lights off and we'll listen to a couple of songs or maybe three together before I give her a kiss goodnight and leave. Sometimes I too I fall asleep.

Anyways, this is one of our favorites from that playlist.

^ That's a really nice detail about how you've been introducing music to your daughter, Guybrush! She is lucky to have such a thoughtful father, and I hope she will remember those moments all her life.

With my son, all he got when he was small was listening to me singing terribly my v limited repertoire of English folk songs: I wanted him to have some  English in his soul although he was growing up in Mexico.

When he was 11, I made a cd that we could play in the car on the way to school, and this Stranglers song was a favourite:-

Guybrush and Lisna, very touching to read your posts about sharing these songs with your children.   :love:

When my daughter and son were infants/toddlers, I had a ritual of singing The Beatles' "Golden Slumbers" over and again until they fell asleep. 

My son and I share a deep love of poetry, and we agree that this Robbie Basho song is reminiscent of the E. E. Cummings poem "[All in green went my love riding]".  My son also does a good impersonation of Basho's otherworldly vibrato and he sings this over the phone to me sometimes.   ;)  But I do seriously love this song, and it's very much a bonding song for us.

I did not expect Lisna to put Peaches on a playlist, that makes me laugh <3
Music that your parents share with you can have such a deep impact, that's why I love the Beatles and J.S. Bach so much. The Golden Slumbers lullaby ritual sounds lovely; my mom used to sing me British and French folk songs for lullabies and I still have a hard time listening to Steeleye Span or any kind of pastoral melody without getting emotional

Ah, the Golden Slumbers lullaby is so sweet. I don't remember my parents ever singing to me, though my mom was and remains totally incapable of carrying a tune, including humming and whistling, so that makes sense.

But she would play music around the house as well (she was a stay at home mom so she was very present in my upbringing), and two of the most nostalgic songs she used to play a lot in the early-mid 90s were "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman and "Stars" by Simply Red, both of which still trigger deep nostalgic responses for me. It's kind of bizarre for me to think that those songs were pretty contemporary at the time of my early childhood; I didn't become aware of that fact until later in life and I think for some reason I just assumed they were older songs than 1988 and 1991 respectively.

I love a number of songs but this is probably the most recent of them all. Its the most interesting metal I've heard in a long time and the music video is superb.

Pew pew pew. :laughing:

Car Bomb - Dissect Yourself

I love Electric Youth because its great to know that if someone asks for a song that distills everything down into one song that represents the 80's, then there is a go to resource. :laughing:

Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Sep 07, 2023, 05:38 AMOh gosh, thank you! We're doing quite well, I hope you are as well!  :love:

After reading your post, I thought of a song that was pretty fitting to the situation earlier today, not exactly a straight up love song but in addition to being relevant it is a song both Mr. Waffles and I love dearly. Thank you for the inspiration!

Absolutely immaculate track.

For some reason, it always makes my wife cry, so she forbids me from playing it in her ear-distance.  :laughing:

Quote from: Marie Monday on Sep 15, 2023, 01:30 PMMusic that your parents share with you can have such a deep impact, that's why I love the Beatles and J.S. Bach so much. The Golden Slumbers lullaby ritual sounds lovely; my mom used to sing me British and French folk songs for lullabies and I still have a hard time listening to Steeleye Span or any kind of pastoral melody without getting emotional

Yeah, it's crazy the nostalgia and memories music your parents played when you were young can have. For me, those three artists would be Nirvana, Eurythmics, and Depeche Mode ("Personal Jesus" was the one I'd ask him to play over and over). My dad used to play their tapes in his old F150 as he'd drive me around. For the longest time as a kid, I thought "Nirvana" was Kurt Cobain. So when I'd see him, I'd say: "Dada, it's Nirvana!", and he'd have to correct me every time. I think what sold me on that idea as a kid is that I saw an image like this, with Kurt sprawled out over the drumkit, and for some reason, my dumb kid brain translated that to: "He plays multiple instruments at once!"  :laughing:

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I also remember playing games with my Dad when I was young. The one that sticks out deepest in my memories is playing "Super Mario 64" with him. He tells me stories of how we'd be doing something and I'd want to play the game with him and I'd say, "But dada, we need to save the princess!"  :laughing: That being said, when I hear the credits song from that game, it still chokes me up a bit as all the memories of childhood rush forward.

I had the opposite of your nirvana misunderstanding, when I was very little I thought that all the people on the sgt pepper album cover were back up musicians of the Beatles, which made sense to me because it sounded like the music was made by more than four instruments (I wasn't wrong there at least)

I confidently believed that Jamiroquai was the name of that one guy with the funny hats for at least 15 years before I found out it was a band.

Very cute stories, SGR, Marie and Mrs. Waffles.   :love:

Marie, I had a picture disc of Sgt. Pepper's and tried to give myself a *psychedelic experience* by watching it spin super-closeup on the turntable.  :)

Quote from: Meatwad on Sep 15, 2023, 03:13 PMI love Electric Youth because its great to know that if someone asks for a song that distills everything down into one song that represents the 80's, then there is a go to resource. :laughing:

Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth

Welcome to SCD, Meatwad! You're right, especially with the video: the hair, the clothes, even the dance moves are a 5-minute summary of '80s style.
 What's missing? Maybe some clips of the Miami Vice t.v. program.

Quote from: SGR on Sep 15, 2023, 03:58 PM... and Depeche Mode ("Personal Jesus" was the one I'd ask him to play over and over).

That's a great song, SGR! Me and my son also bonded over an enthusiasm for this song, although for us the learning went in the opposite direction: my son discovered the song while playing Grand Theft Auto, which was a total eye-opener for me: the music, the graphics and the violence  :yikes:

Nice to know that I surprised you with Peaches, Marie Monday :thumb:

Quote from: ribbons on Sep 16, 2023, 03:27 AMMarie, I had a picture disc of Sgt. Pepper's and tried to give myself a *psychedelic experience* by watching it spin super-closeup on the turntable.  :)

:laughing: That's an interesting experiment and shows a young, inquisitive mind at work, ribbons ! :love:
What we used to do: push a piece of paper over the spindle and down onto the turntable, set it spinning and then use coloured pens to create "psychedelic" patterns.

And to end with, another song I shared with my son on those car journey to school:-


Irresistible guitar lick, and these easy-to-overlook lines:
"Wear a tall hat like a druid in the old days
Wear a tall hat and a tatooed gown"
Marc Bolan encouraging us all to play "dress up" - there's something very charming about that notion.

I wish my parents listened to Nirvana and Depeche Mode. My dad had the cooler music taste between the two of them and he used to play basically every 60s-early 80s classic rock band you could think of. Some of it I still like (Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult, The Cars, ELO) and some of it I don't (Journey, REO Speedwagon, The Eagles). I credit him with instilling in me a love of rock and guitar music, but his taste was very closed off and when I got into Slipknot and Limp Bizkit and ICP in my early teens he hated it just as much as my mom did.

The craziest thing is that after my sister left the States in 2015, he and I got a lot closer and he started getting into a lot of the modern metal, pop punk and emo that I would play around him. He listened to basically zero new bands after 1985 for so many years, and in the past decade he's gotten into stuff like Motionless in White and Beartooth and Pierce the Veil. It's like hanging out with me transformed him into a 60 something boomer with the music taste of a 19 year old scene girl and I love it.

Quote from: Lisnaholic on Sep 16, 2023, 04:53 PMWelcome to SCD, Meatwad! You're right, especially with the video: the hair, the clothes, even the dance moves are a 5-minute summary of '80s style.
 What's missing? Maybe some clips of the Miami Vice t.v. program.

Hi there. Probably would have been better to have Miami Vice clips instead of the Michael Jordan sequence because that felt really out of place. Then again that just adds to the amusement of the entire effort lol.

That Debbie Gibson video is great! I've actually never seen it before and thought it was a parody at first because it checked off so many late 80s cliches.

I recently wrote about the movie The Fisher King in the Movies You Love thread and as a companion to that post, I'll share my love for the song How About You here 🙂

In the movie, this is a song the homeless Paddy, played by Robin Williams, will sing in some of his happiest moments and it also plays at the movie's conclusion.

Of course, me and my wife too came to love it and it was the soundtrack to our dance at our wedding. We actually chose the movie soundtrack version, but our preferred recording is this one by Frank Sinatra:

Quote from: Lisnaholic on Sep 16, 2023, 04:53 PMAnd to end with, another song I shared with my son on those car journey to school:-

Irresistible guitar lick, and these easy-to-overlook lines:
"Wear a tall hat like a druid in the old days
Wear a tall hat and a tatooed gown"
Marc Bolan encouraging us all to play "dress up" - there's something very charming about that notion.

You shared some delightful and very colorful tunes with your son, Lisna!   A cool dad. :love:
I love T. Rex, and "Ride a White Swan".  I even loved Bolan's earlier incarnation as an acoustic duo with Steve Peregrine Took - Tyrannosaurus Rex. 
My eldest sister introduced me to the world of T-Rexstacy.   8)

Quote from: Guybrush on Sep 18, 2023, 05:19 PMThat Debbie Gibson video is great! I've actually never seen it before and thought it was a parody at first because it checked off so many late 80s cliches.

I recently wrote about the movie The Fisher King in the Movies You Love thread and as a companion to that post, I'll share my love for the song How About You here 🙂

In the movie, this is a song the homeless Paddy, played by Robin Williams, will sing in some of his happiest moments and it also plays at the movie's conclusion.

Of course, me and my wife too came to love it and it was the soundtrack to our dance at our wedding. We actually chose the movie soundtrack version, but our preferred recording is this one by Frank Sinatra:

A romantic song indeed, Tore - and a lovely choice for your wedding song.   :love:

I saw The Fisher King many years ago but for some reason can't remember much of it.   Need to re-watch!

Quote from: Guybrush on Sep 18, 2023, 05:19 PMThat Debbie Gibson video is great! I've actually never seen it before and thought it was a parody at first because it checked off so many late 80s cliches.

Not sure this song actually charted that high but its delightfully real.

If you want something that is more than likely a 80's parody videos (not completely sure it is but it sure looks like it), check out Dancin Kim Totally Rad 80's Dances featuring a rather excitable girl who seems a little too over the top, even by 80's standard.

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Sep 16, 2023, 01:46 AMI confidently believed that Jamiroquai was the name of that one guy with the funny hats for at least 15 years before I found out it was a band.

What!?!?!?! It's a band and NOT just his name?

TIL

Quote from: ribbons on Sep 19, 2023, 12:52 AMA romantic song indeed, Tore - and a lovely choice for your wedding song.  :love:

I saw The Fisher King many years ago but for some reason can't remember much of it.  Need to re-watch!

Thanks, ribbons!

You definitely should rewatch it 🙂 I'm sure it'll make a bigger impression on you today than it did the first time you saw it.

Quote from: Meatwad on Sep 19, 2023, 08:49 AMNot sure this song actually charted that high but its delightfully real.

If you want something that is more than likely a 80's parody videos (not completely sure it is but it sure looks like it), check out Dancin Kim Totally Rad 80's Dances featuring a rather excitable girl who seems a little too over the top, even by 80's standard.

Thanks! This might actually be useful. My daughter is trying to learn the Thriller dance 😅

Quote from: Guybrush on Sep 19, 2023, 07:14 PMThanks! This might actually be useful. My daughter is trying to learn the Thriller dance 😅

Hopefully shes not trying to learn it well.  :laughing:

R.E.M. - Oddfellows Local 151

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

Just thinking about Twin Peaks in the film section of the message board and Im reminded of Julee Cruise's "Falling" which is a really nice song and one I haven't heard in a very long time.

Julee Cruise - Falling

Corpo-Mente - Ort

Carl Sagan - 'A Glorious Dawn' ft Stephen Hawking (Symphony of Science)

Grabbed this on wax as soon as it was announced.

Belle and Sebastian - Fox in the Snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKSI1idOUzM

I'm sure I've posted this elsewhere too, but some days ago I talked to the father of one of my daughter's friend and we got to talking about music.

We had a lot in common and also a love for this song by Nina Simone 🙂 it's by far my favorite by her. His too, it turns out.

So beautiful and hauntingly sad. It's the best song recording that ever came from Porgy and Bess that I know of.

Quote from: Meatwad on Sep 15, 2023, 03:13 PMI love Electric Youth because its great to know that if someone asks for a song that distills everything down into one song that represents the 80's, then there is a go to resource. :laughing:

Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth

OMG. I had this stuck in my head for the whole last day of our holiday in Bruges. It drove me crazy in a kinda good way.

Who doesn't love a bit of King Crimson fronted by Adrian Belew? 🙂 This might be them at their catchiest.

Quote from: Guybrush on Jan 27, 2024, 12:41 AMWho doesn't love a bit of King Crimson fronted by Adrian Belew? 🙂 This might be them at their catchiest.

There is something a little lame about the chorus that always bugged me. I still like that song and I'm obviously a huge KC fanboy. If we're talking catchy though, I'd say 80s KC is where it's at.

Thanks for sharing Dinosaur, which I hadn't heard before. :thumb:

I liked the surprise of how the song comes back, and of course the AB guitar throughout. I think that grindy has a point though: "I'm a dinosaur, somebody is digging my bones" is a line that doesn't seem worthy of the repetition it gets here.
Also I love Fripp's "guitar as chain saw" sound, but here we only get about 2 seconds of it, right at the very end. :( If anyone wants a bit more:-


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Here's a song I love. It's short and simple, but I love it for Alynda Segarra's voice, and the way that she talks about "my Jesus", which no-one in England would dream of saying, plus as well "she are" which makes me want to throw my Grammar Police badge out the window.

Quote from: Lisnaholic on Jan 27, 2024, 03:16 PMThanks for sharing Dinosaur, which I hadn't heard before. :thumb:

I liked the surprise of how the song comes back, and of course the AB guitar throughout. I think that grindy has a point though: "I'm a dinosaur, somebody is digging my bones" is a line that doesn't seem worthy of the repetition it gets here.
Also I love Fripp's "guitar as chain saw" sound, but here we only get about 2 seconds of it, right at the very end. :( If anyone wants a bit more:-

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Here's a song I love. It's short and simple, but I love it for Alynda Segarra's voice, and the way that she talks about "my Jesus", which no-one in England would dream of saying, plus as well "she are" which makes me want to throw my Grammar Police badge out the window.

I think you nailed it. I thought it's the melody but indeed, if they had some second sentence nicely rhyming with the first, instead of just repeating it, I'd enjoy it much more.

I'll agree the "somebody is digging my bones" isn't particularly good, unless it's so clever I don't get it. I still love the song, though.. and it's fun to play on guitar 🙂

Today, I was reminded of this lovely classic from the underrated London Wainwright III.


I love swimming and a typical pastime in the summer is taking the car to go for a dip someplace. This is the perfect soundtrack to that.

The song was also covered by the Earl Scruggs Revue and Loudon sang on that version as well.


It's a little faster and more lively, but I somehow prefer the original.