Author Topic: What does everyone listen to? (Read 457 times)

hifiguy · « **Reply #15 on:** March 01, 2007, 08:28:14 PM »

I generally dislike country music, though I do kind of like some bluegrass and the Dixie Chicks, but Emmylou flat out rules. Heard her for the first time on Dylan's Desire and went off in search of her own albums. Her live Spyboy with the Buddy Miller led backing band totally kills. Roses in the Snow ain't chopped liver either.

Same thing happened when I heard Sandy Denny sing on Zep's Battle of Evermore. I had no idea who this Sandy Denny was but I found out in a big hurry. That discovery got me heavily into electric Brit folk-rock, especially Fairport Convention. Jeez, the money I spent filling out my Fairport vinyl collection over the years. I think I have at least 25-30 unique FC recordings - probably more.

2400wattman · « **Reply #16 on:** March 01, 2007, 08:39:42 PM »

My god, I had no idea Fairport had that many albums. How many did Sandy Denny do as I heard she had passed away?

David Houck · « **Reply #17 on:** March 01, 2007, 08:43:00 PM »

My favorite Emmylou is the stuff she did with Gram. And I remember in the early seventies loving Sandy Denny's solo album; and back then we were listening to Fairport Convention and Fotheringay as well. Great stuff!

hifiguy · « **Reply #18 on:** March 01, 2007, 09:41:29 PM »

Sandy did six (I think) solo albums and one album with Fotheringay, the band she formed with her husband-to-be, Trevor Lucas. That is a stunningly great album. SD's version of Banks of the Nile might be the finest singing I have ever heard in my life. She was only 23 when she recorded it, but performed it with such subtlety and insight that it will likely never be equalled. A more beautiful voice I have never heard. Jerry Donahue's guitar work on that album is little short of spectacular.

Sandy died in 1978 of a brain aneurysm after falling down a flight of stairs. In a weird way she was in some sense the female Nick Drake, IMO.

Couple good Sandy links:
http://www.hotshotdigital.com/WellAlwaysRemember/SandyDennyBio.html

http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sandydenny/biography

lbpesq · « **Reply #19 on:** March 01, 2007, 09:51:54 PM »

Emmylou.

Elite Hotel.

'Nuff said.

Bill, tgo

keavin · « **Reply #20 on:** March 02, 2007, 06:05:59 AM »

Classic rock/Funk/jazz/fusion/opera-classical/rap/Country/alternative rock/blues & anything with 'REAL MUSICIANS' & not some freakin machine doing all the work!

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #21 on:** March 02, 2007, 07:03:29 AM »

Well, I DON'T listen to opera, metal, rap, boy bands, the pop nonsense they call contempoary country or Led Zeppelin. Other than that, I'm pretty ecletic - but always and forever the Grateful Dead. (Keavin - I used to work with a bass player who did stuff at home with a drum machine & synth. He said the bad part was the lack of musicians. The good part was the lack of musicians.)

Peter

hankster · « **Reply #22 on:** March 02, 2007, 10:36:17 AM »

I'm with Dave - Emmylou with Gram on GP was my complete epiphany. I still haven't swept out the ashes.

Rick

paulman · « **Reply #23 on:** March 02, 2007, 12:05:12 PM »

My Car CD Player has Bad Religion, Leon Redbone, GD Dec 79, Johnny Cash (old stuff) and The Blues Brothers (obscure album called the red white and blues).

MP3 player has Esteban, ton of GD, Ratdog, Motorhead, and Black Sabbath. On the radio I prefer Jazz or Classical music.

I don't like reggae, I love it.
And I truly don't like Muzak.

kimberly · « **Reply #24 on:** March 02, 2007, 03:58:14 PM »

Hi Simon,

As with the others, a warm welcome to this most interesting and very very cool discussion board.

To keep on topic and answer your question, for myself I find I have no particular genre's I'm more fond of than others, though I find in the car 'classic rock' is the norm. When it comes to material selection for performances, anything goes, as long as it meets my somewhat specific criteria as an instrumentalist bass soloist.

Hope this helps and again welcome to this very cool and interesting discussion board.

Kimberly

As a sidebar/mild hijack. Cozmik Cowboy said, the bad part was the lack of musicians. The good part was the lack of musicians. Dude, that is so funny as it's so absolutely the case. I relate in a big way!

simon · « **Reply #25 on:** March 02, 2007, 09:16:44 PM »

Thanks all.

To begin with, if anyone wants to hear polka metal, I suggest you check out Finntroll who are an incredibly hilarious Finnish band which sings in swedish and has a large polka/folk influence.

Finally, thanks for the input Bill but do you think the onboard pre-amp would help distort the sound more?

grateful · « **Reply #26 on:** March 03, 2007, 05:51:53 AM »

Hi Simon,

My Further produces a very clean but also very strong signal which will certainly overdrive most any amp, so it will certainly provide a lot of crunch if you want it to.

Mark

essenceman · « **Reply #27 on:** March 03, 2007, 08:57:00 AM »

Hi Simon,

Welcome to this great club. if you've got any questions or guitar/bass/amp-related problems, there's usually somebody here who can offer useful advice. Back to the post!!

My listening - classic Yes (70s), Jethro Tull, modern jazz, any Russian Classical music (particularly Borodin), loads of other stuff, but a great melody is essential for me.

bracheen · « **Reply #28 on:** March 04, 2007, 05:55:16 PM »

Hi Simon,
I did check out Finntroll on youtube. Thanks for the tip. Interesting to be sure but not what I would listen to on a regular basis. I must be getting old. But, now I know about polka metal.

Sam

dannobasso · « **Reply #29 on:** March 04, 2007, 07:06:06 PM »

A lot of audio books.