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Post by cenydd on Sept 25, 2013 19:19:31 GMT
Barry Gordy and the Motown label he started are HUGE when it comes to the R&B scene. It really started with Smokey Robinson and the Miracles being Gordy's first recording artists and then expanded into a mega-music empire. I could certainly have included a Marvin Gaye song in my selections but didn't so why don't you select a favorite of yours to share? Got to be honest - that's one of the few kinds of music that just does nothing at all for me! So I'll post something else entirely - my favourite opening to an album ever. |
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Post by cenydd on Sept 25, 2013 19:31:32 GMT
And something else different (from both the previous posts) again:
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Post by snarky on Sept 25, 2013 21:16:00 GMT
Barry Gordy and the Motown label he started are HUGE when it comes to the R&B scene. It really started with Smokey Robinson and the Miracles being Gordy's first recording artists and then expanded into a mega-music empire. I could certainly have included a Marvin Gaye song in my selections but didn't so why don't you select a favorite of yours to share? okey dokey- this is my favorite followed by a a toe tapper for sure... |
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Post by cenydd on Sept 25, 2013 23:20:44 GMT
Time for a bit of 1980's post-punk stuff, I think. The eccentric and bipolar Adam Ant was something special back in the day, and it's good to see that he's out an about touring again (having suffered from years of mental illness problems):
Back in the day:
More recent:
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Post by ShivaTD on Sept 25, 2013 23:54:01 GMT
Barry Gordy and the Motown label he started are HUGE when it comes to the R&B scene. It really started with Smokey Robinson and the Miracles being Gordy's first recording artists and then expanded into a mega-music empire. I could certainly have included a Marvin Gaye song in my selections but didn't so why don't you select a favorite of yours to share? Got to be honest - that's one of the few kinds of music that just does nothing at all for me! So I'll post something else entirely - my favourite opening to an album ever. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 5:15:45 GMT
I enjoy all different genres of music.
Country music however doesn't do it for me at all.Lately I have been listening to a lot of Indie Music.
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Post by ShivaTD on Sept 26, 2013 7:32:49 GMT
I enjoy all different genres of music. Country music however doesn't do it for me at all.Lately I have been listening to a lot of Indie Music.
Jose Cuervo - Shelly West
The rodeo song;
Were You Born An *top dude* ?-
Whoop a man's ass - Trace Adkins
I'll never smoke weed with Willie again - Toby Keith
They should have a "Make A Wish Foundation" for adults because I want to go on Willie's bus!!!
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Post by cenydd on Sept 26, 2013 9:14:00 GMT
A good head-banger selection but a music collection without soul? Tisk Tisk My music collection has plenty of 'soul', but no 'Soul'! |
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Post by ShivaTD on Sept 26, 2013 9:38:49 GMT
A good head-banger selection but a music collection without soul? Tisk Tisk My music collection has plenty of 'soul', but no 'Soul'!
A person that cannot appreciate the music of another person cannot truly appreciate the other person. Nothing is more reflective of an individual than their music regardless of whether we address rock aficionados or a tribal society in the Amazon. Even the lack of any musical appreciation by a person is reflective of who they are as a person. Without understanding and appreciating their music we simply can't understand them as a person.
A pretty bold statement, eh?
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Post by cenydd on Sept 26, 2013 9:44:08 GMT
Bold, but I wouldn't disagree necessarily - musical taste is, I believe, a strong indicator of personality.
It should be noted, however, that the terms 'understanding' and 'appreciating' do not mean the same as 'liking'. In terms of Soul music, I can understand and appreciate the music for what it is as a musical form, but it just doesn't 'move' me personally. I just don't like it particularly - that doesn't man there's anything wrong with it or with me, but just that it doesn't work for me as it seems to work for others on a personal level, and that's fine.
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Post by ShivaTD on Sept 26, 2013 10:03:17 GMT
Not quite 3:00 AM here on the West Coast and I love this time of morning to think and listen to music. I was sitting here thinking about the more obscure bands that I listened to during the 1960's growing up in LA that many probably never heard. Here's a selection of those that some may have heard while for others it will be completely new music. Just remember the context that this is from the late 60's as there is a distinct 60's flavor to these selections.
Post Edit: I decided to add a Bonus Track from someone that I really appreciated, Lee Michaels. He had several albums but little radio exposure with only two songs charting to my knowledge. Here's one of those two songs.
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Post by snarky on Sept 26, 2013 10:27:33 GMT
I enjoy all different genres of music. Country music however doesn't do it for me at all.Lately I have been listening to a lot of Indie Music. my mother listened to country & my father listened to opera. gotta admit i have a thing for johnny cash although he's certainly a genre crossover; the one type i cannot listen to is 'rap'. it does nothing for me 'cept make my ears bleed.    |
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Post by snarky on Sept 26, 2013 10:38:16 GMT
I swear that this is the best thread on World Politics Forum because it holds the key to solving all of our political differences. If we could all just sit around a hookah smoking a little weed and listen to the music that has been provided in this thread alone we could reach a resolution on every political dispute we might have. Probably the greatest problem in politics is that our political leaders don't get high together and listen to music. They're so uptight and out of touch with reality that it can't result in anything other than gross incompetence in government.
Let me commend everyone that's posted music here that I haven't heard before. It's really expanded my musical horizons. Now we just need to expand our horizons in other ways and let music be the key in doing that.
Thank you all....
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Post by ShivaTD on Sept 26, 2013 11:16:49 GMT
I enjoy all different genres of music. Country music however doesn't do it for me at all.Lately I have been listening to a lot of Indie Music. my mother listened to country & my father listened to opera. gotta admit i have a thing for johnny cash although he's certainly a genre crossover; the one type i cannot listen to is 'rap'. it does nothing for me 'cept make my ears bleed.
Of course my breakthrough with Hip-Hop was when Run DMC joined Aerosmith in recording Walk This Way. That one song opened up my appreciation of Hip-Hop.
They'll never be my favorite genres but I won't turn my nose up at either.
It's sort of like a Jackson Pollock painting. You really can't appreciate it until you get up close and personal with it.
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Post by snarky on Sept 26, 2013 11:33:50 GMT
It took me awhile to warm up to Rap and Hip-Hop but there is value in both. Not my favorite genres by any means but there is music in both worth appreciating. I believe that it was Public Enemy that caught my attention as a rap group. They present a perspective expressed in music worth listening to. I've always appreciated "protest" and "anti-establishment" songs.
old school hip hop & rap are two different animals. to me the constant bass thumping all sounds the same & the hard core rappers who 'sing' about rape, killing, doing what they need for the means, & referring to women as bitches & 'hos' is not protesting imo. sure, they have the right to peddle it... but i personally find no redeeming value in it whatsoever. |
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