Country

https://youtu.be/kAimuyEf4c8

[https://youtu.be/kAimuyEf4c8]

Recently I remembered this one from the '80's. Always liked it because of the chord changes. It's now on my playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf_Lwe6p-Cg

Currently blasting Haiduk - Diabolica (blackened death metal). Non-stop riffs.

Possessed by this song

Take the words with a grain of salt and humor. LoL. I’ve always been drawn to Armadillos, interesting critters!
https://youtu.be/WeBzCEQeP4I
Love London and admire Brits, (royals not so much)!

sikacz wrote: Fri Mar 17, 2023 6:15 pm Take the words with a grain of salt and humor. LoL. I’ve always been drawn to Armadillos, interesting critters!
https://youtu.be/WeBzCEQeP4I
Love London and admire Brits, (royals not so much)!

Guessed what that one was before even clicking on the link.

And,
https://youtu.be/rxgUBbmKmsg
First Queen song I heard. Loved it!

And something Finnish…..
https://youtu.be/E2U5hQeNMVA
I was introduced to this singer and group by workmates in the late 1980’s. Figured the tank needed educating! LoL.

CowboyT wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:56 pm Recently I remembered this one from the '80's. Always liked it because of the chord changes. It's now on my playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf_Lwe6p-Cg

Okay, we used to make fun of these guys in my punk rock days... but my tastes have gotten much more eclectic. Listening to it now, hell, you're right. The way the verse gets to the chorus DOES have some really cool changes, plus:

* Really unpredictable, but natural-sounding vocal phrasing.
* Love the fake-out to the bridge... sound like it's going to the chorus, but doesn't.
* Outstanding stagecraft-- they are doing those spins with no spotting, no idea how you do that without getting dizzy and falling over! Even in musical theater with a partner, and spotting, and spinning slower, two is really tough.

Sik, being more of a punk and hard rock guy, my favorite Queen album is definitely Sheer Heart Attack -- Tenement Funster, Now I'm Here, and several others.

HST all that, T&G, my taste in country is really schizoid. Played a Hank Williams and Early Montgomery song at our show in September, freaked everyone out because it's so far out of my wheelhouse, and scary, too, because I'm a C-list guy playing w/ B-list country and bluesmen, was happy to hold my own w/o screwing up.

And my bluegrass - American buddies have turned me onto Molly Tuttle and a lot of the neo-traditional stuff, which I like, too.

But I do have a taste for some more modern country with gimmicky lyrics like...

* Lone Star (No News, Paradise Knife and Gun Club)

* "Fuzzy" by the Randy Rogers Band. Truly demented, low-brow, great doggerel/lyrics, and even a tasty guitar hook.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NreVs1e4GM

I’m a musical omnivore, generally go for all genres, from eclectic, to punk and so on. There’s a few genres I’m not as versed in, but suspect it’s just lack of exposure since I have found artists and pieces I liked in them as well.

And speaking of eclectic mixes....

Been also listening to some Maynard Ferguson, specifically his up-tempo stuff. This was one of my (many) practice songs as a teenager learning to play jazz. It, and others, helped...and it's just plain fun to play!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4KP2j3dnCg

CowboyT wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:32 am And speaking of eclectic mixes....

Been also listening to some Maynard Ferguson, specifically his up-tempo stuff. This was one of my (many) practice songs as a teenager learning to play jazz. It, and others, helped...and it's just plain fun to play!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4KP2j3dnCg

Cool! I played the trumpet in my youth. Sometimes wish I’d continued. Had all the typical trumpet players on my “idol” list. Unfortunately didn’t have internet in those days and not much access to vinyl either.

That's where I was pretty fortunate. Not only was Dad a professional musician, and thus stocked to the gills with vinyl, the local library also had a lot of records that I borrowed and listened to back in high school. Maynard, Basie, Oscar Peterson, George Benson, Chet Baker, and a whole host of others were my study material.

It's never too late to pick it back up. Just keep that in mind.