Music Thread

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Was in a mood to look for re-worked versions of great songs and found this. From Peter Gabriel’s 3rd album, which I love. Maybe my favorite track on the record. Incredible song.  Re-done by a truly great creative artist with a giant catalog of fascinating alternative versions. Literally yelped when I found it. Couldn’t turn it on fast enough, and…..

it blows. Seriously, it’s bad. How did that happen? Hate the vocal so, so much. Unvelievable. 

[Demo]

Currently watching season 4 of The Bear. Feels like they’re still struggling to thread some stuff together but, man, whomever picks their music never, ever, misses.This is from a Dion 1975 solo album called Born to Be with You and it’s freaking awesome. Just a perfect song. Wow, love it. Didn’t know that guy was even recording at that point. Now I gotta break out the full album.

[RaceToTheTop]

On 6/21/2025 at 7:26 PM, Demo said:

Was in a mood to look for re-worked versions of great songs and found this. From Peter Gabriel’s 3rd album, which I love. Maybe my favorite track on the record. Incredible song.  Re-done by a truly great creative artist with a giant catalog of fascinating alternative versions. Literally yelped when I found it. Couldn’t turn it on fast enough, and…..

it blows. Seriously, it’s bad. How did that happen? Hate the vocal so, so much. Unvelievable. 

Here's a Peter Gabriel cover that doesn't blow, although it songs COMPLETELY different than the original.  It's a live version of "Shock the Monkey' covered by Local H, although just the drummer and guitar/singer.

 

[Demo]

11 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Here's a Peter Gabriel cover that doesn't blow, although it songs COMPLETELY different than the original.  It's a live version of "Shock the Monkey' covered by Local H, although just the drummer and guitar/singer.

 

Local H is plain cool. Scott Lucas is great. They also did a great version of Wolf Like Me and a lot of their catalog is just fun. 

[Hovadipo]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

Local H is plain cool. Scott Lucas is great. They also did a great version of Wolf Like Me and a lot of their catalog is just fun. 

They showed up and played halftime of the Double Doink Bears/Eagles playoff game and absolutely ripped. A group of guys sitting next to us that would’ve been in the age group to be big Local H-in-their-heyday Chicago guys thought it was simultaneously random as hell and awesome. 

[HoosierHoopster]

For something a little different and chill, been listening to Billie Eilish on and off, so talented

 

[Stuhoo]

Whatever you are currently listening to, I ask you to consider listening to “The Original Texas Groover” Doug Sahm instead.

Dude from San Antonio who, upon the British Invasion, decided to snarky name his country, soul, Tejano, Vox organ-touched band “The Sir Douglas Quintet.” 

Music that constantly delivers; simple yet better every listen.

https://open.spotify.com/album/18LEypAcTHiKxY7NmChxLx?si=Z9gPUZnQSIWQKBXA1S-U3A

 

[Demo]

On 7/18/2025 at 8:54 AM, Stuhoo said:

Whatever you are currently listening to, I ask you to consider listening to “The Original Texas Groover” Doug Sahm instead.

Dude from San Antonio who, upon the British Invasion, decided to snarky name his country, soul, Tejano, Vox organ-touched band “The Sir Douglas Quintet.” 

Music that constantly delivers; simple yet better every listen.

https://open.spotify.com/album/18LEypAcTHiKxY7NmChxLx?si=Z9gPUZnQSIWQKBXA1S-U3A

 

Sir, outstanding call. That album is an absolute pleasure. Will have to blow through that discography this week. And the name Doug Sahm is deep in the attic of my memory for something and I can’t pull it. Annoying 

[Stuhoo]

28 minutes ago, Demo said:

Sir, outstanding call. That album is an absolute pleasure. Will have to blow through that discography this week. And the name Doug Sahm is deep in the attic of my memory for something and I can’t pull it. Annoying 

You being a St Louis guy, let me venture a guess: The iconic Uncle Tupelo boys of Bellville, Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy, ‘kinda sorta’ covered Doug Sahm’s “Give Back the Key to My Heart” on their Anondyne album. I say ‘kinda sorta’ because though it was a studio Uncle Tupelo album, the vocal duet on that track is Jay and Doug Sahm himself. When Doug dives in for the second verse the song explodes.

[AZ Hoosier]

RIP John Michael "Ozzy" Osborne.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/ozzy-osbourne-dies-at-76-1236325859/

 

[Demo]

On 7/20/2025 at 6:32 PM, Stuhoo said:

You being a St Louis guy, let me venture a guess: The iconic Uncle Tupelo boys of Bellville, Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy, ‘kinda sorta’ covered Doug Sahm’s “Give Back the Key to My Heart” on their Anondyne album. I say ‘kinda sorta’ because though it was a studio Uncle Tupelo album, the vocal duet on that track is Jay and Doug Sahm himself. When Doug dives in for the second verse the song explodes.

Could absolutely be a piece of it. Also broke down and looked at Wikipedia, HATE having to do that, and saw he was part of the original Texas Tornadoes with Freddy Fender and those guys and I used to listen to that stuff once in a while.

[Demo]

Happy Birthday to Geddy Lee, who’s 72 today. Weird as this sounds I didn’t think he was that young. That means he would have been 21 or so when they did 2112. This is a pretty wildly ornate piece of music for kids to put out.

[HoosierHoopster]

Circa 1995, Elastica - popped up from algorithm in my Apple Music,  a 1-hit wonder 90s fun jam

 

[Stuhoo]

15 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Circa 1995, Elastica - popped up from algorithm in my Apple Music,  a 1-hit wonder 90s fun jam

 

That whole album pops. Great stuff. 

[Demo]

Have been completely obsessed with this from the great Gary Moore for the last couple of weeks. Was originally done by Roy Buchanan in the late 60’s, who played it with something of a jazz feel. Moore punted the vocals, turned it into this bada$$ instrumental and recorded it for 1 of his late 80’s albums. That’s how I knew it. Then I saw this. This thing. Live performance at Montreux in 1990. Jesus. From the cool as hell intro motif to the last note, the most incendiary yet melodic electric guitar playing I’ve ever heard. Maybe no one else does, but Gary Moore is on my Rushmore of rock guitarists. Guitar God gets thrown around pretty loosely. That dude was the genuine article and needs to never be forgotten.

[Stuhoo]

Fela Kuti.

Thoughts?

[mike vannice]

Grace Bowers

Thoughts?

[Stuhoo]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

Fela Kuti.

Thoughts?

 

1 hour ago, mike vannice said:

Grace Bowers

Thoughts?

If Fela Kuti were still alive, he would accept Grace Bowers as his 28th wife.

[HoosierHoopster]

On 8/7/2025 at 9:59 PM, Demo said:

Have been completely obsessed with this from the great Gary Moore for the last couple of weeks. Was originally done by Roy Buchanan in the late 60’s, who played it with something of a jazz feel. Moore punted the vocals, turned it into this bada$$ instrumental and recorded it for 1 of his late 80’s albums. That’s how I knew it. Then I saw this. This thing. Live performance at Montreux in 1990. Jesus. From the cool as hell intro motif to the last note, the most incendiary yet melodic electric guitar playing I’ve ever heard. Maybe no one else does, but Gary Moore is on my Rushmore of rock guitarists. Guitar God gets thrown around pretty loosely. That dude was the genuine article and needs to never be forgotten.

Only humbucking pickups have that depth of sustain - his high neck bends last forever 

[Demo]

11 hours ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Only humbucking pickups have that depth of sustain - his high neck bends last forever 

Kirk Hammett owns that guitar now and no disrespect intended, but he needs to never play it. It just needs to be staged somewhere with a freaking spotlight shining on it.