Is a particular type of music or any other soundscape (stories read aloud, plays on the radio, birdsong...) important to you, and if so what is it?

For me it is music, usually somewhere in the blues, country rock and/or folk spectrum, but not classical (despite the best efforts of my parents) or jazz. The steady favourites among many others and in no particular order are the likes of the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Tom Petty (RIP), John Fogerty, Cowboy Junkies, Dave Matthews, Eric Church, Eric Bibb, Amos Lee, Alison Krauss, Emily Barker, Gretchen Peters, Margo Price and Tift Merritt all forming part of about 70gb of music on my old iPod on random/shuffle (so that I can never be sure what will come next).

Not sure what they all have in common, but it may be great guitar work and strong vocals, harking back to early Cliff Richard backed by the Shadows!

I was always too lazy to make much progress on playing any musical instrument myself, but I got as far as acting as a DJ at private parties for a few years a lifetime ago...

I am now masquerading as hagatha, and this is a copy of her post from the end of the previous thread on this topic (which had become too big and is now locked).

A lot of my "new" music comes from TV shows these days. Much of it isn't really new, but certainly new to me.

This one is from an episode of Lucifer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oqJ0JpMj6I


And check this out -- I literally just came upon this group and this floored me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34byl2BT1o

I'm giong to have to check out more of their music.

Here's another:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UBcxKiS550

Hagatha, that Edwyn Collins track was quite a big hit in UK but Dirty Loops is new to me and pretty impressive: I found a nice little download EP called Turbo which includes both those tracks!

As you say, TV shows often serve as an introduction to interesting new music (as do some films)

... and as for the missing Michael Jackson dance routine, how about this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKtdTJP_GUI

Thanks, for starting a new thread Lex! Looking forward to everyone's favorites!

That prison dance routine is really quite amazing.


EDIT: And related to Dirty loops, for those who like a bit of jazz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmbsW1JbQXo

Actually, jazz/funk. Wonderful.

Pretty cool stuff (although I am not much into jazz): I love one of the comments - Cory Wong makes the best Mario Kart music!


... this came up next on YouTube for me and is a bit more my kind of funk, not a band I had previously come across: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhxQoDlt2AU

Yeah, that's awsome. I note that Cory Wong is in that number, too -- the common thread through this music.

They do a song called Cory Wong, one of the comments joking that the guitarist is named after the song, which seems to be part of a current trend to name songs after other bands/artists which may then return the favour (presumably at least partly as a publicity device, especially when musicians play in more than one band).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWBUnr0F3Zo

I was thinking earlier today about songs of freedom and protest, Richie Havens springing to mind in particular as someone I do not think has yet been mentioned on this thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rynxqdNMry4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfTjF38wDxM

...also this bit of nostalgic nonsense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdWGp3HQVjU

...and then of course this great film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erf2iFHG44M

And then of course this song about redemption and freedom:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOFu6b3w6c0


And one of my personal favourite protest songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M

Here is my current favorite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bQIYYmDyII



The singer wrote this song about addiction when she was 13 years old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM8KeQ_tNQc

You brought this song to my mind Lex:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjSpO2B6G4s

Love this oldbroad.

Buffalo Springfield. What a great song.

I love that Buffalo Springfield track (the title of which still seems to catch people out) and was generally a big fan of Stephen Stills: also keen on the Marley and Gaye tracks, and those are impressive performances from The Warning - I may add something of theirs to my music library!

A handful more doses of protest nostalgia, from the flippant to the intense and beyond, some perhaps more familiar than others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AglW6QpmPp8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luVpsM3YAgw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgXNVA9ngx8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l19MJbo7a3Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9NKRZUD9lw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E and another version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoWfnFJ52rc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHMlAYeFeYw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhdFe3evXpk
and one of the queens of protest singers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOuZwpGHJ7E

Thanks for all the great links Lex. Here is one to wake you up by a band that is famous for love songs but can rock with the best of them. I love how they start the song while the drummer is still setting up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uAUoz7jimg


And another taste of The Warning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK7pLOWEYJU

Love all the protest stuff (there is one that escapes me that I am still trying to bring to mind) and thanks for the extra Warning SQF.
Completely unrelated to anything earlier I came across this live version of one of my all time fav dreamy songs. I saw the band probably 20 years after this and the less said the better but this remains quite wonderful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4m5jQy5A2U

This IS a protest song, though in this case it is the old guard protesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aeQ3DmKU7A


And at absolutely the opposite end of the spectrum:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc2gZmcCAEk




Not a protest song, but these guys caught my ear a while back -- probably from some TV show I was streaming -- and they have done some good stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W1lXB5HViQ


And you may well have heard this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7IHOXkiV8


Another one, because itès awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAdDHY2_6Os

Speaking of protest songs : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztZI2aLQ9Sw

Creeping Doom, I had forgotten all about that song! Thanks for posting that.

Ditto what hagatha said
How about this protest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rptW7zOPX2E

More cool stuff: I am not sure that I had heard of Mazzy Star or that track but I note that Hope Sandoval also sang with The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Warm Inventions to good effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfEvgf2DdTQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfEvgf2DdTQ

The Warning's heavier tracks seem to come over much better live, but some of their quieter recordings are strong: I am contemplating getting an early EP which included this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlipfTBaLII

Kaleo are very much on my wavelength so I am delving into their recorded output.

This is a song of complaint rather than protest (just to lower the tone)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiNwWqrBKzQ

JJ Julius Son, the lead singer in Kaleo, has such a powerful voice. I have a few of their songs on my playlist now.

Ah. Silly songs of complaint.

This one came to mind, only I could have sworn it was the B-52s:

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

No problem 🙂 . Not sure this is a protest song exactly , but..... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-9poCAuYT-s

That is a new one for me from the Temptations. It might have been a bit too radical for AM radio back in the day.

I remember Ball of Confusion being on AM radio here.

How about this one : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40JmEj0_aVM

I always liked that Temptations track but it was probably ahead of its time and I don't think it sold as well as their main hits.

Irritatingly I cannot find a playable link for Danice Macleod and BAMFF.

C_D that is one of my favourite CCR tracks from what is just about my favourite CCR album, but this is the one that I always think was underrated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuPtOtGF4TY

Maybe this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGB6suK_YDY

Honestly, once you hear the song it will be less important.

The song is called "Crevice Tool." Which sounds like it could be rude but it isn't.

I had never heard that hagatha (and not sure I needed too )
Not a protest or a complaint but a bit of plaintive wondering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0jYMMTb0XU

The horrible thing about Crevice Tool is that I almost ALWAYS hear it in my head everytime I have to use the Crevice tool when I'm cleaning.

I love that video of Amy, obviously made before she became a skeletal, addicted mess. What a terrible waste.


Okay, so here's another protest song, with Queen channeling Monty Python. Or perhaps it's merely a complaint song. Or maybe just an excuse to dress in drag...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Mc-NYPHaQ&t=2s

A waste indeed. And all those things I reckon for your link
I can well sympathise with the crevice tool. I hear this one in other situations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62eTq8ErUOQ

Lex here is another example of The Warnings softer side. I hope you like these acoustic versions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjd41DdRF3c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0yqw2kd2Fw

Still no joy with the link hagatha: perhaps a copyright issue in this jurisdiction.

Thanks for those links SQF: having looked for material by The Warning on Amazon, I have been blessed with promotional emails for another older band named Warning and heavy metal bands Candlemass, Rivers of Nihil and Hooded Menace...!

A couple of links which brightened my day, the Stones from 1964 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHjlnn8lKqk
and Hendrix from 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CJ1duSV04s

Hendrix never gets old. And I've always been a Stones fan.

The screaming, fainting fans on that Stones cut are hilarious. They got themselves worked up into such a hysterical frenzy one cannot imagine they actually heard the music, but it was the done thing back then.

You can never go wrong with The Stones.

Lex here is a link to The Warning YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWarning/videos

[quote=Space Quest Fan]You can never go wrong with The Stones.

Lex here is a link to The Warning YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWarning/videos [/quote

This is probably my favorite Stones song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8wiV29Znxg


There's these : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_86iwnPKzBY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR8CnXn8LY0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlyG-BgUduE

Creeping Dune, Sympathy for the Devil is my favourite Stones tune, too, followed closely by Jumpin Jack Flash.

There are too many good Stones tunes for me to pick a favorite but besides the ones listed I really like Angie, Wild Horses, Can't You hear Me Knocking, Gimme Shelter, Etc, Etc, Etc...........

I agree with SQF that it is hard to pick an absolute favourite Stones track from so many great ones, but Sympathy For The Devil and Gimme Shelter are certainly both up there: for me (depending to some extent on mood) Get off My Cloud still always hits the spot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEG0JIXuoFs ... on the other hand down and dirty like this also works for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVZH7IdHP2E ... and this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRot9IjNSso

C_D I could not open the Cisco Kid link, but presumably that was War (here with something else) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsrqKE1iqqo

I don't remember hearing Shooting Star before: impressive stuff from them and REO Speedwagon!

Changing the mood a little with two tracks which my iPod picked out for me on the way to the shops today
Ruthie Foster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuYa66ojHzM and the PFC Band https://playingforchange.com/videos/back-roots-live-brazil/

That was War , yes . Try this link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjwkCeoDVJw


Shooting Star was a band from Kansas City Mo during the mid/late 70's to late 80's mostly . They still play out on occasion . Founding guitarist Van McClain passed a couple years back . I've seen REO at least 10 , but never with Gary RIchrath , unfortunately .

I would probably vote for this bit of Stones flavoured blues, and I agree with the first comment below the clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lNP-x94-SE
Shooting Star I didn't know either, but REO I did. I loved their turn in Ozark.
This is the War track that I remember https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Xs7NK-7B8. And who can resist Eric https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4G3KPP1Nts. I was fortunate enough to see him on a low key Aussie pub tour about 20 years ago.

Eric Burden! More songs for my list.

Excellent reminders about Eric Burden: I had forgotten his brief stint with War.

I see that there is a new Cowboy Junkies album of covers coming out next month which may be of interest https://mailchi.mp/latentrecordings.com/new-album-from-cowboy-junkies?e=b99df10b3d and this is the single from it (David Bowie's) Five Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOgviKgW9Qw

That cover of Five Years is very good.

I agree hagatha. And thanks for the heads up on the new album Lex.
A change of subject but I heard that the album this came from was released 50 years ago today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfmn9M6hXVI
I imagine just about everyone still has a copy

I remember that song from grade 10!

When I was a teenager, I had that Carole King album.

Tapestry and Pearl were the soundtrack to my fourteenth year.

I cannot remember whether I had the album but I always liked these two tracks in particular https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqwLrJ6QWho and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boKywUyuulk

I remember both of those very well.

I always liked Edgar and Johnny Winter. Great music.

"I don't even have a phone!!!..." hehe nice scene from Lucifer, yeah I remember also listening to this song during the episode and immediately looking it up to add it to my playlist. I felt a little bit disappointed that after after season 1 the soundtrack did not keep up, I guess the switched music directors.

Yeah I can relate, I lot of my new (so to speak) music is coming from TV series. Last band I found was "Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros" by his song Home in the show "Community" S1E9. Now, I'm not usually your guy for this type of genre but I think I like this band because its connection I had with the series .

Nice findings, thanks for sharing them!

That was a fun song, nami. I agree -- not my usual kind of music, but a catchy tune nonetheless.

Someone I liked but had forgotten about getting some coverage recently on TV is Labi Siffre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev-ho8YtuCc

I agree hagatha - catchy indeed.
Thanks nami.
Stumbled across this through one of the youtube sidebars while following blues breadcrumbs and apparently they hail from your part of the world Lex? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoUDjFMgUKM

Davy Knowles is/was the leader of Backdoor Slam but now ploughs a solo furrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPV9GdgZeJ0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy-oiuhRaMs - occasionally comes home to IOM and always receives a warm welcome!

Bound to make you smile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlDdkLfyxxc

Oh, yeah. That is fun!

Always fun checking in here. The last half dozen links were satisfyingly eclectic.
Still making my way through the Knowles show.
And I hope you had everything tied down Lex

Just happened upon this after many years, and hey, it's beautiful and nostalgic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je4Eg77YSSA&t=4s


Oh, and I got this from the fifth season of Lucifer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXnvjxFd8I4

Since it's the weekend .......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHp...8fQ&start_radio=1&rv=l4lqFJWfDxs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAq0rL8E4hM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAh9NRGNhUU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9SqQNgDrgg

(Sorry, ..so sorry, ever, ever so sorry. Won't happen again)

As a general rule, I find Monty Python about as funny as tooth decay . However, that was funny ! 😂😂😂😂

Impressive Iron Maiden in full flight and an excellent segue from hagatha which prompts this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33-fVsL5Kdc

Some of Monty Python was excellent, but quite a lot missed the target somewhat: I always regard Life of Brian as some of their best work, including this naturally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_-q9xeOgG4

I hadn't heard the Sellers/Milligan collboration, but it's pretty good.

Of course the one Python song we Canadians like most is this one, especialy those of us who live in British Columbia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tFJQ-LIAkI&t=13s


Okay, so moving along.......

Remember this?

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

I hadn't until you reminded me hagatha. And If I was ever to play the drums, I would want a set like in the Maiden link CD (and Lizzy B is another band I didn't know).
A favourite from a favourite 80s band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GkVhgIeGJQ

EDIT - In the same way that lumberjacks resonates with hagatha, the skit involving the philosophers song is a favourite. Bruce bruce bruce bruce and bruce, complete with corked hats and dodgy shorts

I can't see that video. I'll try another search.


EDIT: Oh yes, I remember that one, too.

I had taken drum lessons as a kid in my early years . In my early 30's I went to bass instead . If I ever had the chance to own a drum set , I think it would be something like this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERezsq0j9Nc

There's this . They make Christmas music now , sell out areas every year : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiHyP3wHae8&list=RDGMEM_v2KDBP3d4f8uT-ilrs8fQ&index=21

That last clip from flotsam reminds me about taking my daughters and a carload of other teenagers to see the Cure at Wembley Stadium in London, probably in 1985: this was in the era before seatbelts and I had a large Peugeot 504 estate car in which I could probably pack about 10 kids (making me popular with other local parents as a treat chauffeur/minder)...

Lex, that takes me back. When We lived in Kenya we had a forest green Peugeot station wagon with a rear fold-down seat for extra passengers. That car took us all over East Africa, on some pretty scary mountainous dirt roads. Peugeot was one of the most common cars in the East Africn Safari back then. Tough cars.

We had a 404 for a while, and then a station wagon of some sort, that served as a rugby team transport for away games!
You can fit nearly two thirds of the team if packed tetris like

I think ours was a 404. My father loved that car -- it was his first brand-new car ever after a string of second-hand vehicles. Unfortunately it was too expensive to ship it back to Toronto when te time came for us to leave Kenya. I have many fond memories of the game parks and just travelling around the country in it.

That would have been fabulous hagatha. My own brief sojourn to climb that mountain and dip a three day toe into the game parks just wet my appetatite for more.
We have had this before but in the circumsatnces maybe it warrants repeating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c9-poC5HGw
And CD, that is certainly one cool drum kit!

Did you climb Kilimanjaro? We got as far as the Kibo huts, which look exactly the same today as they did back them.

EDIT: Actually it wasn't Kibo, which is much higher up. I guess the name has escaped me. I guess the huts all look the same.



Any fans of Nina Simone?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ckv6-yhnIY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua2k52n_Bvw

I did get to the top. It was truly spectacular and well worth the effort.
Your first link is probably my all time Nina favourite.

Nina Simone was great, and this is the one of hers that still stands out for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5jI9I03q8E

I had a series of cheap used Peugeot 504 estates/breaks in UK and drove them until they were irreparable having seen how versatile and indestructible they were whilst travelling across Africa (and wishing I had one then rather than the Landrover I took) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_504 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6p7xmC88Do and (lightly loaded by African taxi standards) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7AfgMXaoH4

And a bonus extra because it was mentioned on another thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY

So Lex, is that Nina Simone song the original, or was it the song from Hair? I have to say, hers is very good. She did a couple of different versions of it.


From Hair, the soundtrack that horrified my mother back in '68 or 69. My father was amused. Again, in Kenya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-kRCsOn24I

The first, was a cover, originally performed by The Animals . https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YMDrTMnm1IE

The second, & I'm not 100% positive , was done first/also done by Screamin Jay Hawkins : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGPhpvqtOc&t=21s

The Queen song will never again be the same Lex!
And here is The Animals casting their own spell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBUICBz2-L4

Eric Burdon said that he was so impressed with Nina SImone's version that he recorded the song as a cover but she was the first to perform and record it. It was written for her, I believe.

And that Screamin' Jay Hawkins performance is pretty funny, not to mention creepy.

This tells you probably more than you need to know about Ain't Got No/I Got Life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_Got_No,_I_Got_Life

I went to see Hair in London on the night of my first wedding 1971 but by then I was so exhausted by the day's activities that I fell asleep and have no memory of it...

I too saw Hair live on stage in about 1971. However, I was awake the entire time.

I saw it live on stage in St. Louis and could have watched it 10 more times! I had already worn out the LP at home. This was after a self-righteous local politician decided the public was not allowed to see this play and she initially had it banned. But just the threat of a lawsuit sent her packing, thank heavens.

I confess I have never seen it, asleep or otherwise

Fair enough , about Nina SImone . My mistake . Could've swore that Meatloaf , may he R.I.P , was part of the original cast of HAIR . Self Righteous local politician Drac ? I'm curious . St Louis , from my scant memory , has been rife with self righteous politicians for decades , but I wager that is basically a universal thing , regardless of geography . Now , to a infinitely more palatable subject :

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRgp2Z-9WZk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt51rITH3EA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWqMX854V8o&list=RDMM&start_radio=1&rv=cwG0uzbffbU

I first heard Cream's Goodbye album in -- you guessed it -- Kenya. What a lineup!

Love that Yes tune, too.

A Scottish song about drinking just a tad too much .

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ35SOU9HTM&list=RDMM&index=2

Good silly stuff, and here is some more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x8D4T--0v4

...Benny Hill anyone?

Benny Hill was the absolute opposite of politically correct. Hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFB2jEWHblk


Here's a silly one from Cream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDE1ZvvHVVg

One year the company I worked for wanted all of the managerial staffl to sing a song for our Christmas party, as a sort of poke-fun-at-the-executives endeavour. I submitted that song as my choice. I was not asked to sing, after all.

DRinking too much? Check out this local track from back in the day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnLJQIJw2Y

And if you've had too much to drink, there's this bit of siliness from Spike Milligan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-IU-NQ8c14&t=1s

I think I vaguely remember Mental As Anything, and I see there are several quite good upbeat albums of nostalgic tunes, but so far I haven't found a live album.

Just started a new audiobook "The Blade Itself" from The First Law Trilogy: Book 1
Author: Joe Abercrombie
Narrated by: Steven Pacey [most excellent narrator!!]

Hi Dan, good to hear about some alternative listening: I have taken the liberty of copying your post over to the "what are you reading?" thread as I know it may also be of interest there.

As a matter of interest, do you listen at home or perhaps out jogging and/or driving? Also, for you what are the relative merits of reading as against listening? I ask as someone not yet having succumbed to the marketing initiatives of Amazon and other suppliers in respect of audiobooks!

Hello Lex ... good idea to copy the post, we'll see what it elicits?

I listen primarily while driving to/from work when I can 'listen' and keep up with the story. Started in earnest back at the turn of the century while driving to/from parents' house as that was a 16 hour (long) one day or two shorter 8 hour driving days and it was a great activity to while away the time.

Check out this link Lex https://music.apple.com/au/album/mental-as-anything-at-play-live/1446592239

Thanks for that link flotsam: quite a nice selection which I can only sample on Australian iTunes and does not appear to be available in UK

Sorry Lex, I hadn't realised

Completely unrelated to anything, this version of a classic VM song was on the radio this afternoon. I had never heard it before https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi2EgyZo2Pw

TGIF !!

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ujb8MFnUBc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrRVW-p8SJ8&list=RDGMEMJQXQAmqrnmK1SEjY_rKBGA&index=10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZwTeof9Oos