Best way to be. Never close your ears off to stuff. Lots of choice out there.JChampion wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 3:06pmAgreed and me being a teenager in the New Wave 80's with keyboards, I missed out. LOLMarky Dread wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 2:52pmDefinitely a lot more of a prominent instrument back then.
In my advancing old age, my music has become a lot more eclectic.
Rockin' Songs with Piano
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Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Hello,Marky Dread wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 3:16pmBest way to be. Never close your ears off to stuff. Lots of choice out there.JChampion wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 3:06pmAgreed and me being a teenager in the New Wave 80's with keyboards, I missed out. LOLMarky Dread wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 2:52pmDefinitely a lot more of a prominent instrument back then.
In my advancing old age, my music has become a lot more eclectic.
It's not quite rocking piano but Look Sharp is a great piano/rock/new wave album.
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Although some might find this hard to believe, I agree with this.Marky Dread wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 3:16pmBest way to be. Never close your ears off to stuff. Lots of choice out there.JChampion wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 3:06pmAgreed and me being a teenager in the New Wave 80's with keyboards, I missed out. LOLMarky Dread wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 2:52pmDefinitely a lot more of a prominent instrument back then.
In my advancing old age, my music has become a lot more eclectic.
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As a teenager I felt like I had to pick a genre and stick to it.revbob wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 5:07pmAlthough some might find this hard to believe, I agree with this.Marky Dread wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 3:16pmBest way to be. Never close your ears off to stuff. Lots of choice out there.JChampion wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 3:06pmAgreed and me being a teenager in the New Wave 80's with keyboards, I missed out. LOL
In my advancing old age, my music has become a lot more eclectic.
The problem with that narrow minded thinking as a youngster is look at all the music I should have been enjoying so much earlier in life.
My musical palette didn't start growing till my late twenties and by then adult life (wife, kids, career) grabbed hold of me. Shows I should have been going to see when I was young were missed. I definitely worked hard to make up for it later by going to lots of shows. That's been the thing I miss most with this damn Covid, LIVE SHOWS!
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Yeah no live music has been awful and I kick myself for the shows I didn't go to because I would go "next time" which sadly in many cases didn't or wont happen.JChampion wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 5:23pmAs a teenager I felt like I had to pick a genre and stick to it.revbob wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 5:07pmAlthough some might find this hard to believe, I agree with this.Marky Dread wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 3:16pmBest way to be. Never close your ears off to stuff. Lots of choice out there.
The problem with that narrow minded thinking as a youngster is look at all the music I should have been enjoying so much earlier in life.
My musical palette didn't start growing till my late twenties and by then adult life (wife, kids, career) grabbed hold of me. Shows I should have been going to see when I was young were missed. I definitely worked hard to make up for it later by going to lots of shows. That's been the thing I miss most with this damn Covid, LIVE SHOWS!
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Quite a bit of piano on the new Danzig album.
Who pfaffed the pfaff? Who got pfaffed tonight?
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I was in a pub a few years ago and someone started a conversation about the ultimate band line-up and it quickly came down to arguments about Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton on guitar, and that sort of stuff. Names were getting bandied about, arguments beginning and then I said, "I'm only playing this game if I can get Ian Stewart on piano." There was quite a consensus of opinion for someone hidden from view as a musician.
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I was in a pub a few years ago and someone started a conversation about the ultimate band line-up and it quickly came down to arguments about Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton on guitar, and that sort of stuff. Names were getting bandied about, arguments beginning and then I said, "I'm only playing this game if I can get Ian Stewart on piano." There was quite a consensus of opinion for someone hidden from view as a musician.
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Yeah, there's not a lot of players that didn't seem to dabble extensively in organ in the 70s. Stew seemed like a pure pianist. Billy Preston is phenomenal, but mostly known for his organ playing for example.dave202 wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 9:42amI was in a pub a few years ago and someone started a conversation about the ultimate band line-up and it quickly came down to arguments about Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton on guitar, and that sort of stuff. Names were getting bandied about, arguments beginning and then I said, "I'm only playing this game if I can get Ian Stewart on piano." There was quite a consensus of opinion for someone hidden from view as a musician.
As a huge Springsteen fan, I acknowledge Roy Bittan's importance, but generally find him to be a bit obnoxious and overplaying. Bruce's first pianist, David Sancious, was/is otherworldly talented.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Radio station i usually have on plays the odd Floyd Cramer track from back in the day. I really like some of that old stuff.
And always liked the Hammond organ as an instrument, booker t and a few others. Steve Nieve did some great playing with Elvis and Van Morrison always used it to great effect, especially in collaboration with Georgie Fame.
And always liked the Hammond organ as an instrument, booker t and a few others. Steve Nieve did some great playing with Elvis and Van Morrison always used it to great effect, especially in collaboration with Georgie Fame.
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People are so boring. Hendrix and Clapton are so often touted as the Greatest Guitarists That Ever Lived, so people always lean to them in those kind of arguments. It's self-fulfilling. They're technically good, not even really GREAT, but on top of that, they just aren't that interesting.dave202 wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 9:42amI was in a pub a few years ago and someone started a conversation about the ultimate band line-up and it quickly came down to arguments about Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton on guitar, and that sort of stuff. Names were getting bandied about, arguments beginning and then I said, "I'm only playing this game if I can get Ian Stewart on piano." There was quite a consensus of opinion for someone hidden from view as a musician.
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I'd much rather listen to the weird squawks that Andy Gill or Keith Levene would elicit from a guitar than the pantheon of rock guitarists. Not stuff that overwhelms with technical skill but novel approaches to making sounds that seize the imagination. Nothing about Clapton grabs the imagination.Kory wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 8:46pmPeople are so boring. Hendrix and Clapton are so often touted as the Greatest Guitarists That Ever Lived, so people always lean to them in those kind of arguments. It's self-fulfilling. They're technically good, not even really GREAT, but on top of that, they just aren't that interesting.dave202 wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 9:42amI was in a pub a few years ago and someone started a conversation about the ultimate band line-up and it quickly came down to arguments about Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton on guitar, and that sort of stuff. Names were getting bandied about, arguments beginning and then I said, "I'm only playing this game if I can get Ian Stewart on piano." There was quite a consensus of opinion for someone hidden from view as a musician.
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Agreed on all counts. I wonder how much of the popularity of “virtuosos” is the Paris Hilton effect vs people sincerely thinking they are the best.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 8:57pmI'd much rather listen to the weird squawks that Andy Gill or Keith Levene would elicit from a guitar than the pantheon of rock guitarists. Not stuff that overwhelms with technical skill but novel approaches to making sounds that seize the imagination. Nothing about Clapton grabs the imagination.Kory wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 8:46pmPeople are so boring. Hendrix and Clapton are so often touted as the Greatest Guitarists That Ever Lived, so people always lean to them in those kind of arguments. It's self-fulfilling. They're technically good, not even really GREAT, but on top of that, they just aren't that interesting.dave202 wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 9:42amI was in a pub a few years ago and someone started a conversation about the ultimate band line-up and it quickly came down to arguments about Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton on guitar, and that sort of stuff. Names were getting bandied about, arguments beginning and then I said, "I'm only playing this game if I can get Ian Stewart on piano." There was quite a consensus of opinion for someone hidden from view as a musician.
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Coincidentally, I'm editing a lecture for my popular culture class this evening that involves Pierre Bourdieu, who wrote about how taste is an additional factor in status (money being the other big one). The tastes of the well-heeled emphasize form over function, technical ability over bodily pleasure. The presentation of the meal over what it tastes like. So the genuflecting before virtuosos could be seen as defaulting to those high culture attitudes, applying them to lower cultural forms like rock. Maybe it's about seeking approval from elites or maybe it's people grabbing onto what they know to establish hierarchies in their own zone.Kory wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 9:06pmAgreed on all counts. I wonder how much of the popularity of “virtuosos” is the Paris Hilton effect vs people sincerely thinking they are the best.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 8:57pmI'd much rather listen to the weird squawks that Andy Gill or Keith Levene would elicit from a guitar than the pantheon of rock guitarists. Not stuff that overwhelms with technical skill but novel approaches to making sounds that seize the imagination. Nothing about Clapton grabs the imagination.Kory wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 8:46pmPeople are so boring. Hendrix and Clapton are so often touted as the Greatest Guitarists That Ever Lived, so people always lean to them in those kind of arguments. It's self-fulfilling. They're technically good, not even really GREAT, but on top of that, they just aren't that interesting.dave202 wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 9:42amI was in a pub a few years ago and someone started a conversation about the ultimate band line-up and it quickly came down to arguments about Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton on guitar, and that sort of stuff. Names were getting bandied about, arguments beginning and then I said, "I'm only playing this game if I can get Ian Stewart on piano." There was quite a consensus of opinion for someone hidden from view as a musician.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft