Music Thread

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12 minutes ago, Dave from Dayton said:

 

Sometimes, my wife and I don't see eye to eye.  I'm a foot taller.

(Spoiler alert:  My comments were about Beauty Land, Greg Mendez)

Sometimes I don't speak right.  But then I know what I am talking about.

Why can't we be friends?

It's just this little chromium switch here...click.

 

That is a wild little glitch right there. Like it a lot.

[OliviaPope40]

My dad for a team meeting they on the first Tuesday of the month put a playlist together and had them guess who had what song as their favorite. My boss had Livin' on a Prayer as his favorite yeah that is the only mockable one. My dad had a song from The Allman Brothers. 

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On 5/31/2026 at 8:42 AM, OliviaPope40 said:

My dad for a team meeting they on the first Tuesday of the month put a playlist together and had them guess who had what song as their favorite. My boss had Livin' on a Prayer as his favorite yeah that is the only mockable one. My dad had a song from The Allman Brothers. 

So your dad raised an IU fan and his favorite song is an Allman Brothers song? He is a Dude by definition. I need to know nothing else about him. 

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On 4/12/2026 at 8:16 AM, Hovadipo said:

Not sure if the real music nerds here have seen this yet. I’ve scrolled through it a bit, mostly stuff that isn’t my speed, but it’s got @Demo and @Stuhoo written all over it. Don’t let the tweet fool you, it goes wayyyy more off the beaten path than Nirvana and Phish shows.

I had to pull this back around because if you’re in to live music this dude did God’s work. Have now listened to maybe 5 of his shows and the sound quality of these sometimes 30-40 year old concerts, most of which are just club venues, is stunning. Listening now to a Midnight Oil show from 1988 and it’s spectacular. And the more you dig around the more stuff you happen across that ya just gotta hear. Amazing. 

Want to buy this guy a beer and talk about this project in the worst way. 

[OliviaPope40]

On 6/2/2026 at 8:46 PM, Demo said:

So your dad raised an IU fan and his favorite song is an Allman Brothers song? He is a Dude by definition. I need to know nothing else about him. 

Blue Sky was the Allman Brothers song he put on the playlist.

Edited June 4 by OliviaPope40

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This has a fairly wild twist at the end.

Was looking for something different for yard work. Googled “under-appreciated rock guitarists” and the 1st unfamiliar name on the 1st list I opened was this dude. Frank Marino was the frontman and lead guitarist for Mahogany Rush in the early and mid-70’s and has had a long solo career. Enjoyed him. Good songs. Pretty good voice. Really melodic player. Great tone. Super smooth. Thumbs up. 
Ok, and this happened: Went to Spotify to find an album and the 1st one that came up for “Frank Marino” was called “Gay in Vegas”. Thought, uh, that doesn’t sound right. Turns out that Frank Marino is also the name of a legendary Las Vegas drag performer. Well, ok then. Gonna guess that at some point at least once someone excitedly bought a ticket to an artist they loved named Frank Marino and then when they rolled into the show they, in 1 way or the other, were kind of thrown by what they encountered. Might have broadened their horizons a bit. 

[Stuhoo]

Watching “The Devil and Daniel Johnston.”

Most of those grunge acts during that time period simply wanted to write stuff as good as Daniel, and to their credit many of them stated as much.

Stated Cobain, “The greatest songwriter on earth.”

Chord Organ Blues and Worried Shoes on the same album (actually, it was originally on the same cassette handed out over the counter of a Texas McDonald’s) is an extraordinary thing. 

[jermhoosierfan]

Ok, we were talking Grunge in another thread and here is probably my favorite song of the 90's.  It is just ahead of Everlong and Teen Spirit for me.  FFDP did a cover a few years ago which sounds pretty good, but something about the driving guitars and Dexter's vocal just kills it for me.

 

[Stuhoo]

A day late, but for Juneteenth? A quiet Saturday night and a killer album from Valerie June:

 

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1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

A day late, but for Juneteenth? A quiet Saturday night and a killer album from Valerie June:

 

That is a nice listen. 

[Stuhoo]

Synth pop anyone? It’s kind of amazing—50 years after starting out, the Mael brothers are putting out great stuff, charting in the UK, and are still not-awkward funny and catchy as hell.

Sparks. The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte:

 

[Stuhoo]

What if a little known band that broke upafter a couple of ignored, unsuccessful albums launched a whole genre of music and hundreds of bands were directly influenced by them?

No, not the Velvet Underground.

Spiderland by Slint. Post-hardcore, uniquely rhythmic foundational iconic album:

 

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Ok, I don’t care if 60’s soul is your thing or not, you gotta listen to this once. Cry Baby is basically only known for Janis Joplin’s version. Perfectly reasonable because it’s fantastic. But this is the original from 1963 by a guy named Garnet Mimms. Oh my God, this vocal is astounding. What a freakin’ talent this guy was. My favorite male soul vocals have always been Sam Cooke’s, “ A Change is Gonna Come” and Jackie Wilson’s, “Lonely Teardrops.” But this thing, man, I’m gonna have to chew on that a little bit. 

[Stuhoo]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

Ok, I don’t care if 60’s soul is your thing or not, you gotta listen to this once. Cry Baby is basically only known for Janis Joplin’s version. Perfectly reasonable because it’s fantastic. But this is the original from 1963 by a guy named Garnet Mimms. Oh my God, this vocal is astounding. What a freakin’ talent this guy was. My favorite male soul vocals have always been Sam Cooke’s, “ A Change is Gonna Come” and Jackie Wilson’s, “Lonely Teardrops.” But this thing, man, I’m gonna have to chew on that a little bit. 

Ever heard James Carr?

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12 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Ever heard James Carr?

Have not. I will educate myself.

[Stuhoo]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

Have not. I will educate myself.

My favorite soul singer. He's the GOAT for me. Nothing like Garnet Mimms. Smokey voiced barintone; Mimms is a belt-y tenor; as you said - Mimms is very Jackie Wilson like.

James Carr lived a tough life; bipolar and an addict, and didn't dance or perform -- just sang his @$$ off for two albums before he started to slide downhill. But before his voice deteriorated he had more 'stuff' going on in one bar than many singers had in their whole career.

Try this:

Or the Dan Penn song that paid his bills for 50 years:

 

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Since we couldn’t watch the game tonight I watched this thing, and it’s hands down 1 of the most curiously interesting music docs I’ve ever seen. Absolutely fascinating. About a guy named Rodriguez who put out a couple of albums around 1970 that did literally nothing. He then disappeared into obscurity while through shear organics, and completely unbeknownst to him, his music became a giant deal in of all places apartheid South Africa. It’s then about a couple of South African dudes who just wanted to figure out what happened to him. And it’s great. There’s a scene of him probably pushing 70 and playing a sold out show in Cape Town 40 years after his albums came out and there are 20something South African kids knowing all the words and singing along. It’s beyond, surreal. I listened to his 1st album, Cold Fact, today and it’s quite good. Dude could turn a phrase and has an interesting voice. A little bit of its time, but really enjoyed it. 

Seriously, if you have 90 minutes this is completely worth filling it with. Big, big thumbs up. 
 

[Muskie plays the four]

6 minutes ago, Demo said:

Since we couldn’t watch the game tonight I watched this thing, and it’s hands down 1 of the most curiously interesting music docs I’ve ever seen. Absolutely fascinating. About a guy named Rodriguez who put out a couple of albums around 1970 that did literally nothing. He then disappeared into obscurity while through shear organics, and completely unbeknownst to him, his music became a giant deal in of all places apartheid South Africa. It’s then about a couple of South African dudes who just wanted to figure out what happened to him. And it’s great. There’s a scene of him probably pushing 70 and playing a sold out show in Cape Town 40 years after his albums came out and there are 20something South African kids knowing all the words and singing along. It’s beyond, surreal. I listened to his 1st album, Cold Fact, today and it’s quite good. Dude could turn a phrase and has an interesting voice. A little bit of its time, but really enjoyed it. 

Seriously, if you have 90 minutes this is completely worth filling it with. Big, big thumbs up. 
 

Solid watch. I really enjoyed it. 

[mamasa]

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Some cool new exhibits, wife’s first time.IU well represented. 

[Stuhoo]

15 minutes ago, mamasa said:

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Some cool new exhibits, wife’s first time.IU well represented. 

Who is the woman in this picture standing next to Fernando Mendoza?