What ROCK Music are you listening to?

[stevenD]

 

[stevenD]

 

[Triduana]

Triduana, in an attempt to educate myself I listened to tracks by all of these bands on YouTube. I must say that of the four I prefer Heilung by far and will add some of their music to the USB drive in my car sound system. I was expecting them to be similar to Children of Bodom, but they are quite different in my opinion. I wouldn't be surprised if they were influenced by Philip Glass, but what does an old classical lover know anyway?

I'm glad I introduced you to some new music! Heilung are doing a tour of the UK next year, I've got my ticket already. I've never heard of Children of Bodom before, I've got a long journey tomorrow so I've added them to my playlist

 

[Hermes2020]

Martin Grubinger's astonishing talent makes him one of the greatest percussionists in the worlds of Classical and Pop music. This interview, in which he and his conductor are obviously enjoying themselves, should be of interest to everyone who follows this thread of discussion.

 

[Joy]

Ayin, I did not read this whole thread, but I would love to learn new things about music. The "nitpicker" in me cringes whenever I see the title of the thread. Can you possibly modify the last word to "to" instead of "too'? Thank you!

Kay, I can wait to listen to some of your finds. I love metal and alt music.

Thought this was appropriate to this thread -

 

[Hermes2020]

Oh Joy! Thank you for saying that about the "too". It bothers me every time I see it, but I wasn't brave enough to mention it.

 

[PaintBoss]

Chilliwack- My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)

 

[Triduana]

I've sorted the thread title

 

[john]

First of all, I want to apologize for calling classical music boring. That was rude of me and caused a stir. It is of course not at all. I've enjoyed a lot of it. It just so happens that at this point in my life it is not grabbing me. Probably an attention span thing or something. I have a general aversion to anything with "classic" in it, including classic rock. Mostly I think it's because I like novelty over familiarity.

Yeah, I agree Tridauna, Heilung is very interesting to say the least, I have a couple of their works. LIFA is amazing, I have it on vinyl. At first look it's difficult to take them seriously until one looks into their concept. Very unique music. I would love to see them live.

Brian, Penguin Cafe is very cool, a fave, but pretty far from "rock" IMO. Neoclassical?

And speaking of Philip Glass, also one of my faves. I have three records and four CDs of his works. Talk about a productive creative genius. And his influence is everywhere now with contemporary classical, like Nico Muhly's works. And Hermes, I suspect that you see the connection of Glass to Heilung because of the repetition. The tribal chanting that mesmerizes. Glass tapped into that also.

Reminds me of a joke.

"Knock knock" "Who's there?" " Philip Glass. " "Knock knock" "Who's there?" " Philip Glass. " "Knock knock" "Who's there?" " Philip Glass. " etc

I'm loving the above musical suggestions. You all rock. I still have to check all of these out. Like art, the amount is overwhelming but searching around in it can really reward. We find the thing that resonates, like that vid that Brian just posted about our "wird" .

 

[Artyczar]

"Knock knock" "Who's there?" " Philip Glass. " "Knock knock" "Who's there?" " Philip Glass. " "Knock knock" "Who's there?" " Philip Glass. " etc

Hahahahaha!

 

[Marc]

Oh, come on. We know all smooth jazz comes from hell.

 

[PaintBoss]

Make Me Do Anything You Want by Helix, a Canadian rock band with many hits. This is a cover of the original by A Foot In Cold Water. I like this better than their own songs.

 

[PaintBoss]

Also, Zappacosta. This guy has a great voice. A shame Canada had many excellent acts they did not promote in the US. he may have got a little more airtime than others. I’m not sure.
He was huge in the 80s. Still performing-well- to appreciative audiences. Sweet approachable man. Here is my favourite. An accoustic piece. His rock is all out 80s sound. That was half the fun!
Start Again

Here are some of his rock hits:
We Should Be Lovers

Nothing Can Stand In Your Way

I Think About You

And an interesting fact, he had a song on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack!
Overload

And wrote and performed the Pizza Nova commercial song. Many Canadians will remember that!

 

[PaintBoss]

Martha and the Muffins, 1979 hit.
Echo Beach. Oh that intro! In the 80s she evolved her sound to a pop sound and had hits Song In My Head and Black Stations/White Stations.
Echo Beach

And here is a Canadian master I encourage all to check out. Matt Andersen. The best and most heartfelt rendition of Ain’t No Sunshine When She Goes Away. Poured his guts into this cover. He has albums of his own songs.

 

[brianvds]

One of those random YouTube recommendations - I gave it a listen and to my own surprise rather enjoyed it:

But does it count as "rock music"? I have no idea.

 

[stevenD]

 

[Triduana]

I was chatting to my brother recently about the music we used to listen to, which is leading me down a fun and varied path this week!

Mötley Crüe - Dr Feelgood

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Tinderbox

Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues

A recent discovery: The Hu - The Gereg. Folk metal from Mongolia

 

[stevenD]

Gotta good Motley Crue story; back in the late 70's/ early 80's we would do regular runs up to Hollywood to hit up a bunch of record stores. On one occasion in early 1981, four of us headed up there, this time we brought a punk rocker friend ("OZ" - with a skin head) and he was seated in the passenger seat, I was behind him.

We had left Tower Records, on Sunset Blvd and were headed back to the freeway, not far from Tower, Sunset Blvd, does this jog to the left and in the pocket of that turn, there is (was) an outdoor cafe. Seated near the sidewalk were four guys, all decked out in leather/chains, with long, long hair, and seeing this OZ leans out the window and yells "Hey, this is the 80's, get an f-in haircut", and all four of these guys sprung from their chairs, yelling back and us and flipping us off.. We all laughed...

As we were driving further along, I pulled out the LA Weekly (this was a free paper that contained lots of music and concert info) and on the back cover (full page) was an advertisement for a new band, playing their first LA concert and from the picture, we KNEW it was the same guys OZ had just yelled at and they were named Motley Crue!

We had a laugh about this for many years afterwards, whenever we all got together..

 

[OliveOyl]

REM was one of my bands way back in the day. The chorus of this song would still rattle through my mind every now and then. But today, as I listened again to the whole song (and the sweetness of the boy in the video), it hit me in a brand new way. Almost made me cry. Nostalgia for the innocence of the past, while looking for something to hang onto. Maybe that’s hope, or maybe it’s…resilience.

I don’t know.
But I (don’t) feel fine.

It’s the End of the World as We Know It

 

[PaintBoss]

Great band yeah, I definitely hear songs a little differently now. But I find them the most moving because I have grown into some of those feelings expressed now or I’ve had similar experiences to relate to - on another level. Mainly when I hear music it takes me back to that very age and stage in my life and the loved ones around me and my situation. And I feel like a young girl again for example, or a young adult again. And it is the fastest way to remember stuff I’ve forgotten about or to revisit people and places I no longer can go to. or to revisit my young self. It can be very moving