What are you listening to? The world really needs to know. #6

mjp

mjp

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You've heard it a million times, but it's still a perfect song, from the wordless sorta-singing of the hook, to the rhythm guitar stabbing in and out in search of a riff, to the disco walking bass. It just hits on every level and perfectly creates the vibe of a guy who lost his love and is withdrawn, just wandering aimlessly, losing his shit.

When the phone rings
it's just some friends of mine that say;
Hey! What's the matter man?
We gonna come around at 12 with some Puerto Rican girls that's just dying to meet you.
We gonna bring a case of wine,
hey, let's go mess and fool around,
you know, like we used to.​

Translate that, motherfuckers!

Not a big fan of the Stones, for what it's worth. They miss for me way more often than they hit, but when they hit, they have the skills to hit hard.

 
Skygazer

Skygazer

And in the end...
I love their imperfection but I suppose that was the thing with them - inconsistency - it was either terrific or terrible. On that 1978 album: Some Girls, featuring Miss You, is for me the worst track ever released by them, it's called; Shattered, it was like watching your dad dancing, I don't know if they were trying to mix in a bit of punk, or new wave, but oohhhh god, it's horrendous. I can't even post it, it's so bad. But now probably someone will say that's their favourite song.

My favourite track is from Exile on Main Street and it's Let it Loose , I love the lyrics and funnily enough, if I were to choose a few tracks that reminded me of Bukowski this would be one of them:
 
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Skygazer

Skygazer

And in the end...
Could live without the video PhillyDave but I do like the song. To be honest though, I couldn't tell you the name of the album it is from.
I do love the Stones, my childhood was spent listening to them since I had two young uncles, I sort of imbibed them passively, along with Cream, The Beatles, Free/Bad Company and Led Zeppelin. Probably that one, Miss You and Start Me Up (the single being our own Papillon's Avatar:) I think!) are about the last tracks I like. Mostly, like everyone else, it's the earlier stuff I love.
 
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mjp

mjp

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PhillyDave said:
It's a soul ballad really. One of my favorites.
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That Chances Are video is tagged Bob Marley and the Wailers, but for what it's worth, that ain't the Wailers.

It's Bob and Johnny Nash in Sweden (?!) recording demos in 1971. It was heavily overdubbed and released by Danny Sims after Bob died (since if he had tried to release it while Bob was alive, Bob would have beaten him with a large stick, which would not have been unusual apparently, since Bob and some others in his camp had to give Sims a beating at least twice to get their point across to him).

This is what the Wailers actually sounded like when they wanted to play a soul ballad:

 
Black Swan

Black Swan

Abord the Yorikke!
Funny mjp, I really like Bob Marley and the Wailers but the mistaken one with Johnny Nash in Sweden is very good too. I like that sound. :)
Still, sorry for the mistake.
 
mjp

mjp

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It's not your mistake, it's the label on the video. Everyone says "Bob Marley and the Wailers" whenever they hear Bob anyway, no matter what the recording is. I'm just an idiot stickler.
 
Short Bus

Short Bus

Mike Oldfield and this guy from The Struts who has this Freddie Mercury Jagger thing down. He will be big-check out his solo stuff the guy has the looks and the lungs. I'm a fan.

New Prince-This guy does groove good
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roni

roni

back in my teens (the 80's) I HATED Michael Jackson. Then later I liked his song 'You Are Not Alone'. For the rest of times, I didn't care.

But last week, a friend of mine (she's a musician) has led me to Michael Jackson's DEMO-TAPE of the song 'Beat it' (one of the few I okaeyd in my teens).
Since it seems, he wasn't able to play the instruments, What he's doing is:
Doing Everything with his voice only and mixing the chanels. (it's not tremendous, but very high on the scale of 'alright')

http://lacienegasmiled.tumblr.com/post/77598143356/demo-of-beat-it-composed-using-only-michael

p.s.:
click the button: 'LISTEN'
 
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