Music Thread

[WayneFleekHoosier]

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The Netflix documentary on how they pulled this off is incredible.

Michael Jackson sounded perfect on his solo early on with Quincy Jones. Remarkable.

And seeing Bob Dylan so out of his element was something. And I love a lot of Dylan music


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[OliviaPope40]

49 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Michael Jackson sounded perfect on his solo early on with Quincy Jones. Remarkable.

And seeing Bob Dylan so out of his element was something. And I love a lot of Dylan music


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The documentary is called The Greatest Night In Pop. The list of people they got for that I mean wow.

Edited February 3, 2024 by OliviaPope40

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If you’re not into Americana this is worth listening to once just to admire the talent. If you are, this is freaking great. Somewhere down the road Chris Thile is going to make a wonderful subject for a career documentary. Dude is a real live genius and has played with everybody across a ridiculous spectrum of music. 

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Tracy Chapman is a straight bada$$ and good on Combs for making this happen.

[LamarCheeks]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

Tracy Chapman is a straight bada$$ and good on Combs for making this happen.

As he entered the final weeks of his show, Dave Letterman had many of his favorite musical guests on. He asked Tracy to do "Stand By Me." 

Really memorable performance. 
 

 

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42 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

As he entered the final weeks of his show, Dave Letterman had many of his favorite musical guests back. He asked Tracy to do "Stand By Me." 

Really memorable performance. 
 

 

That is so cool. Been lucky enough to see almost every artist of mine and the subsequent generation that I’ve really wanted to, but never saw her. She just didn’t tour. But if there is 1 song by 1 artist I could see it might be Chapman doing “Born to Fight.”  What an incredible piece of protest music that is. 

[FortWayneHoosier]

one of my favorites

 

[Stuhoo]

Okay, so I decided to catch the wave that is Taylor Swift. Added her two best-reviewed albums; folklore and evermore to my Spotify library.

My thoughts? Summarized in two points of emphasis:

1. Both are pretty good and lyrically very good.
2. Both sound like Taylor Swift has been working with (it is so) and listening to A TON of Bon Iver. Like, a mountain of Bon Iver until Bon Iver is sonically embedded in her songwriting brain. And therefore Bon Iver-like stuff is exactly what is sonically expressed on both albums.

[JSHoosier]

7 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Okay, so I decided to catch the wave that is Taylor Swift. Added her two best-reviewed albums; folklore and evermore to my Spotify library.

My thoughts? Summarized in two points of emphasis:

1. Both are pretty good and lyrically very good.
2. Both sound like Taylor Swift has been working with (it is so) and listening to A TON of Bon Iver. Like, a mountain of Bon Iver until Bon Iver is sonically embedded in her songwriting brain. And therefore Bon Iver-like stuff is exactly what is sonically expressed on both albums.

She's worked with Bon Iver on a few songs I know of. I don't actively seek her stuff out but she is legitimately talented; and from what she's done for her Eras tour etc, seems to be a pretty good person.

[Stuhoo]

3 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

She's worked with Bon Iver on a few songs I know of. I don't actively seek her stuff out but she is legitimately talented; and from what she's done for her Eras tour etc, seems to be a pretty good person.

Yes; she worked with Justin Vernon. She clearly is a Vernon super-fan and sought him out. And Bon Iver is some good stuff. 

And yes, her super-likable persona + Bon Iver-like material with a different lead singer is a lethally effective combination.

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16 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Okay, so I decided to catch the wave that is Taylor Swift. Added her two best-reviewed albums; folklore and evermore to my Spotify library.

My thoughts? Summarized in two points of emphasis:

1. Both are pretty good and lyrically very good.
2. Both sound like Taylor Swift has been working with (it is so) and listening to A TON of Bon Iver. Like, a mountain of Bon Iver until Bon Iver is sonically embedded in her songwriting brain. And therefore Bon Iver-like stuff is exactly what is sonically expressed on both albums.

Made the mistake of telling my wife, who is a fan, that I hadn’t listened to her at all, so she played me her faves for something like 3 hrs driving on vacation. I know I’m not the target demographic here, but I don’t really get it. She writes some interesting stuff. Found the vocals solid but unremarkable. They were beautifully produced. But I don’t find her compelling and the mass obsessive fandom is lost on me. But we hear and relate to what hear and relate to. And she certainly handles it all effortlessly, so good for her.

[Stuhoo]

18 minutes ago, Demo said:

Made the mistake of telling my wife, who is a fan, that I hadn’t listened to her at all, so she played me her faves for something like 3 hrs driving on vacation. I know I’m not the target demographic here, but I don’t really get it. She writes some interesting stuff. Found the vocals solid but unremarkable. They were beautifully produced. But I don’t find her compelling and the mass obsessive fandom is lost on me. But we hear and relate to what hear and relate to. And she certainly handles it all effortlessly, so good for her.

So, a Bon Iver cover band with a much more, ultra likable lead face

[Hovadipo]

24 minutes ago, Demo said:

Made the mistake of telling my wife, who is a fan, that I hadn’t listened to her at all, so she played me her faves for something like 3 hrs driving on vacation. I know I’m not the target demographic here, but I don’t really get it. She writes some interesting stuff. Found the vocals solid but unremarkable. They were beautifully produced. But I don’t find her compelling and the mass obsessive fandom is lost on me. But we hear and relate to what hear and relate to. And she certainly handles it all effortlessly, so good for her.

I had this exact conversation with my wife, minus the entire 3 hour listening session. Left with basically the same takeaways. I think I'd be much less confused if Swifties weren't so insane. 

What I did find compelling was scrolling through the AFC Championship game thread on the Taylor Swift subreddit. I highly recommend it. Just a bunch of really nice (albeit Swifties, so...a tad "out there") folks that hadn't ever watched a football game working through it together.

[OliviaPope40]

9 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

I had this exact conversation with my wife, minus the entire 3 hour listening session. Left with basically the same takeaways. I think I'd be much less confused if Swifties weren't so insane. 

What I did find compelling was scrolling through the AFC Championship game thread on the Taylor Swift subreddit. I highly recommend it. Just a bunch of really nice (albeit Swifties, so...a tad "out there") folks that hadn't ever watched a football game working through it together.

The conspiracy theories from the masses on social media are off the charts ridiculous in my opinion. 

[OliviaPope40]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

Okay, so I decided to catch the wave that is Taylor Swift. Added her two best-reviewed albums; folklore and evermore to my Spotify library.

My thoughts? Summarized in two points of emphasis:

1. Both are pretty good and lyrically very good.
2. Both sound like Taylor Swift has been working with (it is so) and listening to A TON of Bon Iver. Like, a mountain of Bon Iver until Bon Iver is sonically embedded in her songwriting brain. And therefore Bon Iver-like stuff is exactly what is sonically expressed on both albums.

She got screwed on being able to own the first six albums that she did for her old record label before she moved to Universal to do her next few albums and so she has been re-recording her old albums so that she can maintain the rights to them but she has to change a few things so has to not run into legal issues or something like that. There was a big to do about the situation at the time.

[HoosierHoopster]

7 hours ago, Demo said:

Made the mistake of telling my wife, who is a fan, that I hadn’t listened to her at all, so she played me her faves for something like 3 hrs driving on vacation. I know I’m not the target demographic here, but I don’t really get it. She writes some interesting stuff. Found the vocals solid but unremarkable. They were beautifully produced. But I don’t find her compelling and the mass obsessive fandom is lost on me. But we hear and relate to what hear and relate to. And she certainly handles it all effortlessly, so good for her.

From a daughter who grew up with her (almost literally) -- it's her story telling / the lyrics. She's beyond talented in her storytelling, the 'swifties' sing all her lyrics word for word throughout her concerts (my now 20 year old has been to 3 of her concerts, lol). I feel similarly, her music is mostly pop to me now (formerly a fair amount of country), but yeah, her songwriting - storytelling for her generation is genuinely special.

[HoosierHoopster]

My musical contribution (for myself) during this downturn in IU ball, turned back to my favorite guitarist, Hendrix.

Worked through and now have The Wind Cries Mary down (I'm a guitarist, used to play in bands) melody and the lead, and both are just plain beautiful. Hendrix uses inversions in his chords as he works up the neck, he was so far ahead of his time, the GOAT.

Wind Cries Mary:

 

[FortWayneHoosier]

1 hour ago, HoosierHoopster said:

My musical contribution (for myself) during this downturn in IU ball, turned back to my favorite guitarist, Hendrix.

Worked through and now have The Wind Cries Mary down (I'm a guitarist, used to play in bands) melody and the lead, and both are just plain beautiful. Hendrix uses inversions in his chords as he works up the neck, he was so far ahead of his time, the GOAT.

Wind Cries Mary:

 

I recently picked up my first electric guitar. I am learning completely on my own and finally able to play just two or three riffs. It’s so tough but I am just sticking with it the best I can. 

[JSHoosier]

Hendrix is definitely the best guitarist in history. I love Clapton but there different players, he's a more technical player while Hendrix played like it was an extension of himself.

Both played Fender Stratocasters, a very versatile guitar with the right configuration, but Hendrix played a right handed instrument flipped over. 

[HoosierHoopster]

11 hours ago, FortWayneHoosier said:

I recently picked up my first electric guitar. I am learning completely on my own and finally able to play just two or three riffs. It’s so tough but I am just sticking with it the best I can. 

Unlike when I was a kid there are all these YouTube and other online resources— one online guitar “teacher” i really like, Paul Davids, he’s excellent, all levels and has music theory for the guitar as well. Enjoy, electric guitar is a blast