What Are You Listening To Right Now?

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

Another one from The HU - this time it's a collaboration with LP, who has an, um, unusual voice - part Gwen Stefani, part Kate Bush, part Lisa Gerrard:

 

 

[Red]

They need sub titles.

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

4 hours ago, Red said:

They need sub titles.

 

How about supertitles?  They also uploaded this version of the song (no LP vocal) that has English-language lyrics superimposed:

 

 

[roadscholar]

 

[Dennis Andress]

 

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

Stressed out?  Need something to calm you down?  Here's a 344-year-old tune, "Music For A While" by Henry Purcell.  The stringed instrument is a theorbo, and the vocalist...will surprise you.

 

 

 

[TEWKS]

So dumb, it’s funny. 
 

https://youtube.com/shorts/-IYkykKxai4?feature=share

 

 

[AnotherLee]

Love these songs -

Hey - link to video automatially embedded like before. Don't know why but I love it!

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" is almost 53 years old:

 

 

 

Here's a modern-day cover by Puddles Pity Party:

 

 

[brianh70]

Love Black Sabbath!!!  Here's another cover that in my opinion sounds even more 70s than the original.

 

 

[Rougarou]

40 minutes ago, Joe Frickin' Friday said:

Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" is almost 53 years old:

 

 

 

Here's a modern-day cover by Puddles Pity Party:

 

 

 

 

You can run cadence to "War Pigs",......ask me how I know.

 

And also Johnny Horton's "Battle of Nawlins"

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

19 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

And also Johnny Horton's "Battle of Nawlins"

 

Ha - my dad used to sing snippets of the lyrics from that song when I was a kid.  I never heard the actual song until I was in grad school and found it on a jukebox somewhere.

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

7 hours ago, brianh70 said:

Love Black Sabbath!!!  Here's another cover that in my opinion sounds even more 70s than the original.

 

 

 

Wow.  The Hammond organ and synth sounds definitely put a '70s spin on it, as did the extended jam.  That was great.  

[TEWKS]

 

[Dennis Andress]

 

[TEWKS]

Somebody that knows music better than I said this guy and his story song was fantastic. IDK, maybe I’m being punked but I figured i’d post it. 

 

He’s also in a band called “Big Push Band” War Pigs

 

edit …word warning

[wbw6cos]

A couple of versions of War Pigs were posted recently.  Not bad, though.

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

7 hours ago, TEWKS said:

Somebody that knows music better than I said this guy and his story song was fantastic. IDK, maybe I’m being punked but I figured i’d post it. 

 

 

 

Yup, I posted that (and one of his other songs, a remake of Bittersweet Symphony) somewhere upthread.  Ren had some awful health issues as a young adult, and this song (which, yes, is really impressive) is a really intense account of his struggles to cope through it all and make something of himself.

[TEWKS]

8 minutes ago, Joe Frickin' Friday said:

 

Yup, I posted that (and one of his other songs, a remake of Bittersweet Symphony) somewhere upthread. 

Sorry I missed that.

It’s something I needed to listen to a couple times because of the speed of his words. But very interesting for sure.

 

[Indy Dave]

On 8/16/2023 at 2:17 PM, brianh70 said:

Love Black Sabbath!!!  Here's another cover that in my opinion sounds even more 70s than the original.

 

 

 

That's nice, Brian Thanks for sharing - I've passed that on.

 

Here's a sort of in-between Puddles and Main Squeeze version from Cake I like quite a bit. I like the way they added the horns and put their own twist on it. Cake has always kind of shed away from a heavy lead guitar,  and while the like the original (and the M.S. reedition),  I like what Cake has done here.

 

 

 

 

 

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

On 8/22/2023 at 4:21 AM, TEWKS said:

Sorry I missed that.

 

No worries, I've done it once or twice too - this thread is a mile long now, so it's inevitable.  Besides, the good stuff definitely bears repeating.  

[AnotherLee]

Strong female lead -

 

[Indy Dave]

On 8/16/2023 at 12:08 PM, Joe Frickin' Friday said:

Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" is almost 53 years old:

 

 

 

Here's a modern-day cover by Puddles Pity Party:

 

 

 

I always thought Superman's Song, by The Crash Test Dummies would be a good song for Puddles to sing/act out.

 

 

[TEWKS]

23 minutes ago, Indy Dave said:

I always thought Superman's Song, by The Crash Test Dummies would be a good song for Puddles to sing/act out.

He’d smash that one out of the park! 

[brianh70]

I debated on which one of Justin Johnson's songs to put up here.  I love his covers of "When The Levee Breaks", "Stairway" (Yes, the 'Forbidden Riff'), and pretty much any other tune he puts out there.  Anyhow, I chose this one because it's the first tune of his I heard.

 

 

[TEWKS]

Great song by itself but adding a soft voice and a fiddle just makes everything better! 
 

 

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

On 8/26/2023 at 2:51 AM, Indy Dave said:

 

I always thought Superman's Song, by The Crash Test Dummies would be a good song for Puddles to sing/act out.

 

 

I’ve really liked that song for a long time now - but I can’t imagine how Puddles could change it; it already feels like it’s “Puddles style”.

 

Going a little more up-tempo (and retro):

 

 

[TEWKS]

28 minutes ago, Joe Frickin' Friday said:

I’ve really liked that song for a long time now - but I can’t imagine how Puddles could change it; it already feels like it’s “Puddles style”.

He’s a MASHER I bet he could make it interesting. But agree, that song does have a Puddles vibe as is.

[Indy Dave]

7 hours ago, Joe Frickin' Friday said:

I’ve really liked that song for a long time now - but I can’t imagine how Puddles could change it; it already feels like it’s “Puddles style”.

 

 

 

 

 

I like that entire disc (The Ghosts That Haunt Me Now) from The Crash Test Dummies, some nice lyrics throughout. Good mix as well, if you're into staging and imaging with a system that can pull it out (or good headphones). I also enjoyed their Follow Up release (God Shuffled His Feet). Somewhat unique in what they did. Conversely -  a good friend bought "A Worm's Life" and ranked it as one of the worst discs he'd heard. 

 

And so it goes . . . 

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

18 minutes ago, Indy Dave said:

a good friend bought "A Worm's Life" and ranked it as one of the worst discs he'd heard. 

 

I won't say it's the worst, but it's definitely not very good.  I also bought the one after that ("Give Yourself A Hand"), and that one was just plain bad.  I haven't checked out any of their later albums.  

 

 

[Rick in NV]

 

[Rougarou]

 

[Rougarou]

 

[Rick in NV]

 

[TEWKS]

This kid has been cracking them out of the park. Good for him!  

 

[Rougarou]

Wow, only 76!!

 

 

[brianh70]

What a far cry from the original Hank Williams this is…. Or is it?

 

[Dennis Andress]

 

[wbw6cos]

 

[chrisolson]

 

Jazz  ... not everyones cup of tea ... but ...

 

There are so many insane takes of this extraordinary prodigy it was hard to pick one .... but @ 12 years old .... yes 12 years old at the time of this video (6 years ago) ... hanging with two famous jazz bass and drum musicians...  jazz is a whole 'nother animal musically, but this "kid" has it 

 

8 minutes long ...

 

 

[TEWKS]

 

[AnotherLee]

These guys look like they're having fun -

 

[roadscholar]

Wow, those guys are good, thank you Lee. (Butch to Sundance, "Who are those guys" : )  Quick bio on Glenn Gibson Jr.

 

https://www.nordkeyboards.com/artist/glenn-gibson-jr

 

Funky time.

 

 

[Rougarou]

 

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

I only know a couple of songs by Warren Zevon.  One of them is Werewolf In London.  The other is this one, which I first heard in the movie "Grand Canyon" about thirty years ago.  Just feels nice:

 

 

 

[taylor1]

This was a birthday present from my wife this past July. I had the privilege of meeting him and heard him play in a very small venue of about 30 people. Most people don’t know how much music he wrote and was covered by other artists 

[9Mary7]

 

[Indy Dave]

We're sitting here (in an undisclosed location- scouting) minding our own business....and have this disc playing.

 

 

But apart from the obvious Sultans of Swing - The Wild West End and The Gallery - the last two tracks on the ALBUM (it was an album before there were discs. And mp3s). But I digress.

 

Both terrific.

 

 

 

 

[Red]

Great tune.  My fav is Money for nothing and your chicks for free.

[9Mary7]

This might help your confusion Eric.....