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starbuck8 · Mar 5, 2008, 11:43 PM

Thanks for the reminder of "Big Ten Inch", haha... good song, I love Aerosmith! "Put Your Records On" is by a really young English girl by the name of Corinne Bailey Rae. I like all of her songs. She has such a sweet, almost angel like tone to her voice. To me it's a real "feel good" song. That all depends on my mood though. I can go from new to old, rock to alternative to country, to whatever my mood is at that particular moment. One of the things I have a hard time getting into is rap, but there are a few I can handle. I'm almost embarrassed to say, I'm a big Am Idol "closet fan" too, and there are some really good singers on this yr that I know will go on to put out some great music! Any more closet fans out there? ;)

Neelie · Mar 6, 2008, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by starbuck8

Thanks for the reminder of "Big Ten Inch", haha...good song, I luv Aerosmith! "Put Your Records On" is by a really young English girl by the name of Corinne Bailey Rae. I like all of her songs. She has such a sweet, almost angel like tone to her voice. To me it's a real "feel good" song. That all depends on my too though. I can go from new to old, rock to alternative to country, to whatever my mood is at that particular moment. One of the things I have a hard time getting into is rap, but there are a few I can handle. I'm almost embarassed to say, I'm a big Am Idol "closet fan" too, and there are some really good singers on this yr that I know will go on to put out some great music! Any more closet fans out there? ;)

Yes , I'm a great fan of Pop Idol, both in America and UK. Sadly I can't watch them now because I'm living in East Europe for a while, and I REALLY miss them. I watched the one when Fantasia Burrino won, and Jennifer Hudson was in that, also remember Bo Bice and another guy who was in the last few but I can't remember his name, he was cute though.
I really think Leona Lewis who won the UK X Factor is brilliant. I didn't get to see Elliott Yamin who was 3rd in Am Idol 5th series, but I read about him and bought his album, and it's really good. I know these shows get a lot of flack, but they can be great entertainment :)

starbuck8 · Mar 6, 2008, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by simoneaugie

What clough was talking about, music without lyrics, who has played in an orchestra or band at school? I was in the orchestra for years, many of which I played second fiddle. That was a very good thing. Now I appreciate interplay of different instruments. Bass and rhythm guitar, working with drums, then lead melody instrument/singer. Classical music is usually performed by musicians who read music, both notes and rhythm plus they have a conductor. When a rock group plays its selections tightly, like one person, wow. Many of them had classical training too.

Elton John's original band is amazing. Check out the album 11/17/70. It was recorded live, in a radio studio. The bass (Dee Murray) and drums (Nigel Olson) are indescribable and the other two, Elton and Davy Jones are so tight.

One of my favorite bands is Rage Against the Machine. I dislike the vocal style, but those guys put out music as if they were one person. They probably put in hours with one another and a metronome.

I grew up listening to classical music, but was allowed to pick whatever kind of music I liked. Thanks Mom and Dad.

If anyone listens to Queen, especially "Night at the Opera" or "Day at the Races" albums, you definitely have to appreciate the orchestral talent, the tightness of the "band" with the orchestra, the incredible voice of Freddie Mercury (bless his soul) and how everything just came together into a perfectly wrapped package. It was classical, it was classic rock, sometimes country, and just had the interaction of so many different instruments. It was a in a class of it's own that just can't be duplicated.

While we are thanking Mom and Dad ;), I'll say thanks too, for giving me my allowance when I was young, in the form of records for helping out at their music store, instead of letting us run around with a pocket full of money. It has really given me an appreciation for music! I feel bad for people who never had the opportunity to realise just how much it can influence and enhance your life!

starbuck8 · Mar 6, 2008, 12:26 AM

Originally Posted by Neelie

Yes , I'm a great fan of Pop Idol, both in America and UK. Sadly I can't watch them now 'cos I'm living in East Europe for a while, and I REALLY miss them. I watched the one when Fantasia Burrino won, and Jennifer Hudson was in that, also remember Bo Bice and another guy who was in the last few but I can't remember his name, he was cute tho.
I really think Leona Lewis who won the UK X Factor is brilliant. I didn't get to see Elliott Yamin who was 3rd in Am Idol 5th series, but I read about him and bought his album, and it's really good. I know these shows get a lot of flack, but they can be great entertainment :)

It's too bad you can't watch! I'm just starting to learn their names this yr, but there are a few really good ones. One girl named Amanda is a rocker, with a kind of gravelly strong voice, and there is a white guy with dreads who has a really unique sounding voice, and another guy that is really awesome too. It's the results show tomorrow, so it will be down to the top 12. I like to pick them early on and see if I get it right in the end ;)

Windshield21 · Mar 6, 2008, 09:55 AM

Dispenser by Cursive is lyrically one of my favorite songs and any song by Cursive is awesome. Double Vision Quest, Ice Monster, and Pachuca Sunrise by Minus the Bear are all amazing sounding songs as well as any song by Minus the Bear.

ihatewestseneca · Mar 6, 2008, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by Windshield21

Dispenser by Cursive is lyrically one of my favorite songs and any song by Cursive is awesome. Double Vision Quest, Ice Monster, and Pachuca Sunrise by Minus the Bear are all amazing sounding songs as well as any song by Minus the Bear.

We have the same "ex" situation and now the same taste in music... I may be ISneezeFunny's doppleganger, but Windshield is mine. Would you happen to be 5'8''?

I <3 Cursive and Minus the Bear.

Windshield21 · Mar 6, 2008, 10:10 AM

Nope I'm 6'0"! I also like Portugal. The Man, Ratatat, At The Drive-In, As Tall As Lions, and Sleeping At Last(especially the song Dreamlife) to name a few more.

simoneaugie · Mar 6, 2008, 02:25 PM

Queen! That group is in a class by itself. Freddie Mercury was a 'Mozart.' It really makes me wonder where things would be musically if many musicians had not died young. But then there are the old guys who are still great, and still alive.

Am I the only one who feels that Rap and many Jazz pieces are not 'music' but definitely an art form? Music to me has a melody. I like Rap that has a melody, usually the melody is in the bass line. Jazz that distorts melody in an established piece just irritates me. Jazz takes talent, but why screw up Jingle Bells? Maybe I missed something?

HistorianChick · Mar 6, 2008, 02:29 PM

I've always thought that Jazz is very close to life. We're all given these certain parameters in which we operate, we are given a certain number of notes, sometimes we find ourselves lost in a mysterious musical puddle, but we find our way out... and are left with a chaotic order that is perfectly balanced... No life is ever the same, but they have the same parameters... no two people are the same, but every so often you find someone that you can "play with" that perfectly compliments your piece.

Maybe its simply because my life is a jazz piece at the moment, but I love knowing that one day, it will all work itself out and I'll be looking back on it with wonder and excitement.

Did that make sense to anyone else? LOL! :)

starbuck8 · Mar 6, 2008, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by simoneaugie

Queen! That group is in a class by itself. Freddie Mercury was a 'Mozart.' It really makes me wonder where things would be musically if many musicians had not died young. But then there are the old guys who are still great, and still alive.

Am I the only one who feels that Rap and many Jazz pieces are not 'music' but definitely an art form? Music to me has a melody. I like Rap that has a melody, usually the melody is in the bass line. Jazz that distorts melody in an established piece just irritates me. Jazz takes talent, but why screw up Jingle Bells? Maybe I missed something?

I sooo agree with you about the rap and some of the jazz! The rap especially, is in a class of it's own, and you're right to say it's more of an art form than "music" in my opinion. So you are definitely not alone in your thinking!

My stepson is into a lot of rap, and I challenged him to find me one that I could really get into. I'll have to admit he found a few that grew on me. (In The Air Tonite--Lil Kim/Phil Collins) was one... but then again, that has a melody in some parts and of course it's Phil Collins!

I try to keep an open mind as far as "music" goes... but the fine line between "music" and "art form" is a little blurry sometimes. :confused:

life1973happened · Mar 13, 2008, 01:08 PM

A beautiful song I heard recently (thanks HC) that I fell in love with the very first time I heard it. I had to post it and challenge each of you to log into iTunes, listen and tell me you don't love this melody and its precious words. This is a beautiful, beautiful duet that you all have to hear. Each of us have one, or more people we have been blessed to meet throughout our lives that have changed us, for good.

From the musical Wicked, 'For Good'

ELPHABA
I'm limited:
Just look at me - I'm limited
And just look at you -
You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda
So now it's up to you
(spoken) For both of us
(sung) Now it's up to you:

GLINDA
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you:

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

ELPHABA
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend:
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you:

GLINDA
Because I knew you:

BOTHI have been changed for good

ELPHABA
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for

GLINDA
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share

BOTH
And none of it seems to matter anymore

GLINDA ELPHABA
Like a comet pulled Like a ship blown
From orbit as it Off it's mooring
Passes a sun, like By a wind off the
A stream that meets Sea, like a seed
A boulder, half-way Dropped by a
Through the wood Bird in the wood

BOTH
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
I do believe I have been changed for the better?

GLINDA
And because I knew you:
ELPHABA
Because I knew you:

BOTH
Because I knew you:
I have been changed for good.

life1973happened · Mar 13, 2008, 01:22 PM

A new artist that I have to tell each of you I fell in love with. He has a beautiful voice and when he sings I get goosbumps. He is a country music artist and each of his songs send a strong message. They actually make me cry as they are sung with all heart and conviction. As we have all said music touches our souls and leaves it's mark on our hearts. This young man has left a big one on mine.

My three favorite songs are,

'Life is Hard'

'I Lost it All'

'Wait till I Get There'
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Life is Hard

Sometimes life is hard like trying bail out the ocean with a spoon
Sometimes life is hard like trying to turn December into June
And sometimes life is hard like trying lasso a quarter moon
Sometimes life is
Sometimes life is hard

Sometimes life is hard is trying to stop a freight train from passing
Sometimes life is hard can't wish it away make it unhappen
Sometimes life is hard you cry you cry till you start laughing
Sometimes life is
Sometimes life is hard

But you
You make it easier
Yeah you
You make it easier
Help me hold on a little longer
Your love makes me stronger
When it allll falls apart
Cause sometimes life is hard, yeah

Sometimes life is hard and broken hearts just keep on hurting
And sometimes life is hard when we get lost but we keep on searching
And sometimes life is hard like a rusty wheel that is barely turning
Sometimes life is
Sometimes life is hard

But you
You make it easier
Yeah you
You make it easier
Help me hold on a little longer
Your love makes me stronger
When it all falls apart
Cause sometimes life is hard

When the darkness fills my soul
And even summer day feels cold
And the answers to my questions only God knows

But you
You make it easier
Yeah you
You make it easier
Help me hold on a little longer
Your love makes me stronger
When it all falls apart
Cause sometimes life is hard
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Wait Till I Get There

I was 500 miles away when I got the call on a cold winter day
Mama was crying when she said son hurrying home
She said your grandpa is not doing well
And the doctors said it’s hard to tell
But by the looks of things he don’t have long
Lord I knew someday that this time would come
So before he take you home

(chorus)
Wait till I get there
Don’t let him leave this world without me having the chance to say goodbye
I want to tell him I love him and I’ll miss him everyday
Lord I know he is going to a better place
But if you are going to take him today, ooooo
Wait till I get there

I left my heart lying on the floor as I grab my keys and ran out the door
Caught a red eye flight back home to my home town
And as the silver wings touch the midnight sky
Looking down over the world I realize how small life is
Like a grain of sand
Lord time was him wish I had more
And all I am asking for

(Chorus)

I just want to hug his neck just one more time
And be there right beside him when he closes his eyes

starbuck8 · Mar 13, 2008, 04:18 PM