What are you listening to, right now................
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More relevant than ever.
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@victor-meldrew awww I adore her voice. I grew up listening to them around the house as my Mum loved them, still does. Such an effortless and clear voice,just lovely.
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@r-l said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@victor-meldrew awww I adore her voice. I grew up listening to them around the house as my Mum loved them, still does. Such an effortless and clear voice,just lovely.
That's the song which grabbed me. Amazing singing - so controlled and emotive.
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@kid-chocolate said in What are you listening to, right now................:
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@voodoo said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Yeah have watched a few
Who'd have thunk it, you and @MiketheSnow Glee fans!!!
Show Tunes from way back
Victor Herbert?
Had to look
That’s pre way
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@victor-meldrew said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Probably the most un-cool thing I've posted, but I'm listening to a selection of Carpenters' songs.
I can't be the only one who thinks Karen Carpenter's voice is hugely underrated and up there with the very best.
Forgotten maybe, but underrated NEVER
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@victor-meldrew said in What are you listening to, right now................:
That's the song which grabbed me. Amazing singing - so controlled and emotive.
She does do a nice job. Song is actually titled “Groupie (Superstar)” and written (and orig recorded) by Bonnie Bramlett. At one time Delaney & Bonnie and Friends were just about the hottest live act going. Clapton took them touring in support of Blind Faith, and Bonnie & Delaney blew them off stage every night, so much so that Clapton joined them. Sadly the band was cannibalized by Joe Cocker (the song is performed by, I think, Rita Coolidge on the live “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” double-LP), Leon Russell, George Harrison and Little Feat. So Bonnie & Delaney are now obscure footnotes. Bonnie now probably best remembered for punching-out Elvis Costello after he called James Brown and Ray Charles the n-word, tsk-tsk, as well as her role on the Rosanne Barr tv sitcom.
Here she is, briefly, in “Vanishing Point”:
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If I’m not mistaken, I seem to recall Karen destroyed John Bonham in Playboy magazine readers poll for “Best Drummer.” Twice.
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@kid-chocolate Delaney and Bonnie had a #1 in NZ with Never Ending Song of Love in 71 It was in the charts for 15 weeks, three of them at 1.
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While painting the house on a lovely still Wellington day over the weekend I listened to the first two Stone Temple Pilots albums in their entirety. Thanks YouTube.
They were never as revered as Nirvana and Scott Weiland did sound a bit like Eddie Vedder but fuck all that, they were a MUCH better band than either of them in my ( possibly unpopular ) opinion. It was great hearing a couple of album tracks I hadn’t heard since I had these on CD many years ago as well as the bangers everyone knows.
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@mn5 I think you are literally the only muso I know who really digs STP & would put them above PJ.
Most people think they are a bit of a rip off of other music from that era.
I dig them as well though, they have some banging' tunes in their back catalogue.
I'd still choose Pearl Jam over them though.
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@majorrage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mn5 I think you are literally the only muso I know who really digs STP & would put them above PJ.
**Most people think they are a bit of a rip off of other music from that era.
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I dig them as well though, they have some banging' tunes in their back catalogue.I'd still choose Pearl Jam over them though.
It was all around the same time though so not sure how they coulda ripped off the Seattle sound, I think it was more a case of them being influenced by the same bands and having a similar sort of sound.
Weiland was a brilliant singer, weird dude though.
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@majorrage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mn5 yeah very strange guy.
Just found out that the bass player, probably the least cool looking rock musician ever (spitting image of Robert Barone), is actually the main song writer.
Funny you should say that, a mate of mine went to one my my gigs and I was wearing shades, he said I looked like the Bass player from STP ( I don’t, it was the sunnies and the fact I had a bass )
He’s not as bad as that nerdy fuck from REM though.
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@mn5 regardless of anything I've just whacked Core on whilst working.
Dead & Bloated followed by Sex Type Thing is an absolutely cracking combination of songs to debut on a debut album. Two banging' tunes if ever there was.
Really really heavy and solid rhythm section with decent melody on top. Drummer is absolutely smashing the skins.
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@majorrage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mn5 regardless of anything I've just whacked Core on whilst working.
Dead & Bloated followed by Sex Type Thing is an absolutely cracking combination of songs to debut on a debut album. Two banging' tunes if ever there was.
Really really heavy and solid rhythm section with decent melody on top. Drummer is absolutely smashing the skins.
…..and you’ve got Wicked Garden next !!!!!!!! What a trio !
But then Purple starts with Meatplow and Vaseline…….See what I mean about this amazing band ?
I mentioned it before on here but Jeff Gutt absolutely nails it these days despite sounding uncannily like Weiland at times.
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@majorrage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mn5 I think you are literally the only muso I know who really digs STP & would put them above PJ.
Most people think they are a bit of a rip off of other music from that era.
I dig them as well though, they have some banging' tunes in their back catalogue.
I'd still choose Pearl Jam over them though.
and you would be wrong, but that's cool
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@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@majorrage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mn5 I think you are literally the only muso I know who really digs STP & would put them above PJ.
Most people think they are a bit of a rip off of other music from that era.
I dig them as well though, they have some banging' tunes in their back catalogue.
I'd still choose Pearl Jam over them though.
and you would be wrong, but that's cool
Two wrong's don't make a right.
Anyway, did a Core / Purple combo yesterday after reading this to see what I thought.
Core - it is a great album. Loses it's way a bit in the middle, but the start & end combo are freaking awesome. Had me right back to being a teenager again.
Purple - not so much. Has some good tunes, but feels a bit same to me. Love the bonus track at the end though.
It's no Ten / Vs.
