Author Topic: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?  (Read 591534 times)

David Houck

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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #7995 on: February 15, 2026, 08:26:16 AM »
Holding her own live on stage.[/youtube]

Had not heard of her, thanks!  Hearing some Marcus Miller influence.

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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #7996 on: February 19, 2026, 06:11:10 AM »
Jazzyvee asked on the McVie Artist Showcase Thread yesterday about other tunes John might have played fretless on that wasn't the 'continuously fretted' Alembic... I really had to think about it. Since I'm more familiar with the eponymous White Album than the earlier ones, (and I'll listen through Bare Trees and Kiln House today) the one I have always thought sounded fretless is "Over My Head". Since it's from 1975, this recording pre-dates the stainless steel fingerboard Alembic. Could be just carefully/skillfully played on a fretted bass with flats, because Mac's a genius. Listen carefully for slides on the bridge part-




*I know for sure in later years, he played fretless on this one in live performances. The Dance for one.

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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #7997 on: February 20, 2026, 06:29:57 PM »
Meshell, Peace Beyond Passion.

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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #7998 on: February 20, 2026, 10:42:31 PM »
Eagles Of Death Metal:
Peter
"Is not Hypnocracy no other than the aspiration to discover the meaning of Hypnocracy?  Have you heard the one about the yellow dog yet?"
St. Dilbert

"If I could explain it in prose, I wouldn't have had to write the song."
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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #7999 on: February 21, 2026, 08:08:55 AM »
Also possibly on a fretless bass... listen carefully to the chorus.


This is another case where I know for sure in later years John played fretless on Say You Love Me in live performances... so the parts existed in his mind without speedbumps. Still, I think it could, and indeed was played many times on fretted instruments.

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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #8000 on: February 21, 2026, 11:14:57 AM »
Tony Levin posted this to his FB page today. It’s a parody on Progressive Rock by a long time attendee of his annual summer camps. 
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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #8001 on: February 21, 2026, 02:14:21 PM »
That was fun!

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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #8002 on: February 21, 2026, 10:26:28 PM »
"Dancin' In The Streets", 5/15/77:
Peter
"Is not Hypnocracy no other than the aspiration to discover the meaning of Hypnocracy?  Have you heard the one about the yellow dog yet?"
St. Dilbert

"If I could explain it in prose, I wouldn't have had to write the song."
Robt. Hunter

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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #8003 on: February 22, 2026, 08:10:40 AM »
Tony Levin posted this to his FB page today. It’s a parody on Progressive Rock by a long time attendee of his annual summer camps. 

I got a good chuckle out of that! God bless prog rock girls! They are more abundant than rumor would have it. ;D

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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #8004 on: February 22, 2026, 09:20:07 AM »

I got a good chuckle out of that! God bless prog rock girls! They are more abundant than rumor would have it. ;D

Far more abundant than metal girls, for example.


Peter
"Is not Hypnocracy no other than the aspiration to discover the meaning of Hypnocracy?  Have you heard the one about the yellow dog yet?"
St. Dilbert

"If I could explain it in prose, I wouldn't have had to write the song."
Robt. Hunter

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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #8005 on: February 22, 2026, 05:24:49 PM »

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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #8006 on: February 22, 2026, 08:39:00 PM »
Prog Rock Girl is a reworking of The Dead Milkmen's 'punk rock girl', for those that don't know...good one...

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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #8007 on: February 24, 2026, 12:55:07 PM »

The Brothers - 03/10/20 - Madison Square Garden - Nugs - "Dreams"


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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #8008 on: February 24, 2026, 04:49:40 PM »
I happened to come across this, it’s pretty cool




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Re: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
« Reply #8009 on: February 24, 2026, 05:45:49 PM »
Thanks Dave.  I haven’t heard that version before… epic.

Somewhat related: 12 years ago we saw The Congress open for Tedeschi Trucks Band.  They were a Denver based band.  Not sure what happened to them, dusted off one of their cd’s this past weekend and felt wistful.

Here they are covering Killing Me Softly.