Can we make a rule that John Legend doesn't get to sing Bill Withers' songs, like ever?
(watching the Rock and Roll hall of fame ceremony)
Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Lee - May 30, 2015 7:05:42 pm PDT #5999 of 6436
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Liese S. - Jun 06, 2015 10:07:03 am PDT #6000 of 6436
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Bill Withers is fucking amazing. I got to see him speak, and he was world-changing.
tommyrot - Jun 10, 2015 7:11:23 am PDT #6001 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Should I buy Hawkwind's album Warrior on the Edge of Time?
Too late--I already did.
eta: Scifi and heavy metal--two great tastes that taste great together.
Also, the '70s were awesome.
DavidS - Jun 10, 2015 2:27:30 pm PDT #6002 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Should I buy Hawkwind's album Warrior on the Edge of Time?
I love their early 70s stuff. Do Re Mi is probably my favorite.
It has the song that gave Lemmy "Motorhead" and the bonus tracks include "Ejection" and "Lord of Light."
tommyrot - Jun 11, 2015 4:34:53 pm PDT #6003 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I love their early 70s stuff. Do Re Mi is probably my favorite.
I like what I've heard so far. I'll have to check out more of their early stuff. Who knew my life was sorely lacking in '70s scifi-inspired heavy metal?
ION, I'm now downloading Fanny's First Time In A Long Time: The Reprise Recordings.
DavidS - Jun 11, 2015 5:25:40 pm PDT #6004 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"Psi Power" by Hawklords (Hawkwind in disguise) is also pretty great: [link]
DavidS - Jun 11, 2015 5:31:55 pm PDT #6005 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"Silver Machine" is also de rigueur: [link]
Jon B. - Jun 12, 2015 6:05:58 am PDT #6006 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
And then there was their "new wave hit" "Quark Strangeness and Charm": [link]
(featuring the now long-time bassist of my buds the Bevis Frond, Adrian Shaw!)
Frankenbuddha - Jun 13, 2015 5:35:16 pm PDT #6007 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
RIP Ornette Coleman. He was a force of nature in music whether you liked his style or not. I was happy to see him once with some monster collaborators (including Charlie Haden and Pat Methany).
Liese S. - Jun 17, 2015 10:50:37 pm PDT #6008 of 6436
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ok, y'all, so I'm getting increasingly serious about my songwriting. I appreciate everyone's feedback on the tune I posted earlier. I'm putting together a little group of people who would be willing to listen to my stuff periodically and let me know what you think. You don't need to be musicians or musical at all, you just have to like to listen to music! I will sometimes have specific questions to ask, or I might be doing the optometrist test...is it better like this? or like this?
First up, I have an opportunity coming up, and I need to whittle down the stuff I have written to a three song demo. So I'd like to send you five to ten songs, and have you choose your favorites. I will probably set up a dropbox specifically for this so you can download at your leisure.
It's kinda hard for me as a beginning songwriter to be bold enough to ask people to listen, so I thought it might help me to have an opt-in group of people I know will be enthusiastic about hearing raw stuff. I won't tread on your generosity too much! I'm thinking after this initial one, maybe once every couple of weeks or so.
Is anyone game?