MusicChat

<p> Is anyone familiar with Monsters of Folk?<br /> I am seeing them tonight at Spreckels theater in downtown San Diego. <br /> I&#39;m not real familiar with their music but like what I&#39;ve heard so far.<br /> There&#39;s not a whole lot of folk to it which makes you kind of wonder. </p>

<p> Just curious where some of you are purchasing your tunes? I used to have a site in Russia that paid royalties to songwriters (sure Mike) ;-) and the tunes were about 29cents... </p>

<p> If you could go back in time to any one particular concert, which one would it be, and why? It could be one that you&#39;ve already seen - but preferably one you missed because it was before your time, or you couldn&#39;t afford it, or didn&#39;t know any better at the time, etc. </p> <p> For myself, I&#39;m tempted to say the Beatles first tour of the U.S., just to experience the hype, but I think all the schoolgirl screaming would ruin it for me. I think maybe I&#39;d opt for seeing Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, before he really started to get an American following. Or maybe even a couple years earlier in Europe, when he was developing a following amongst many of the early British rock stars. One of his first performances on stage was an impromptu jam session with Eric Clapton and Cream. I&#39;d pay top dollar just to see the looks he probably got from the audience who no doubt had never heard anything like it. </p> <p> Besides those, I would love to see early, pre-fame performances by some of my other favorite artists, like Van Morrison, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, or Neil Young. </p>

<p>Alright all you Realtowners. I know many of you out there go listen to live music occasionally. What's your most memorable concert, or&nbsp;music festival, or symphony, or live band in a dive bar experience. No fair naming your own band if you play(ed) in one, and no fair claiming you had too much &quot;cold medicine&quot; that night and can't really remember for sure.</p>

<p> A few hilarious collections of the&#39; worst album covers ever&#39;..... </p> <div> I think my favorite is the 3 guys on the scooter…… </div> <div> </div> <div> <a href="http://www.cenedella.com/stone/archives/2004/02/worster_album_c_1.html">http://www.cenedella.com/stone/archives/2004/02/worster_album_c_1.html</a> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> Tino ROCKS!!!!! </div> <div> </div> <div> <a href="http://www.octanecreative.com/Parodyville/worst_album_covers/">http://www.octanecreative.com/Parodyville/worst_album_covers/</a> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <a href="http://redeye.chicagotribune.com/red-worstalbumcovers-pg,0,1348740.photogallery">http://redeye.chicagotribune.com/red-worstalbumcovers-pg,0,1348740.photogallery</a> </div>

<p> This is a great site, written by a father who wants to share his love of music with his young daughter. He has compiled a list(complete with videos) of some of his favorite songs. </p> <p> Really hits home for me, as I have 2 young daughters, and I try to expose them when I can to some of my favorite music, usually in a subtle way, in between their listening to Hannah Montana/High School Musical, etc. I expect them to find their own musical path, but I would hope exposing them to some of my music would at least help to broaden their horizons. </p> <p> Make sure you click his &quot;Previous Entries&quot; link at the bottom. You can also sort by category in the upper right side of the page... </p> <p> <a href="http://m4md.wordpress.com/">http://m4md.wordpress.com/</a> </p>

<p> After a decade of chaos, has the record industry finally hit upon the right new business model?<br /> <a href="http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&amp;story_id=12341817"><br /> http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&amp;story_id=12341817</a> </p>

<p>Use this thread to share with us some bands, singers, musicians you like that most people may have never heard of.</p> <p>Here's a few that come to mind for me.....</p> <p>For a good &quot;singer/songwriter&quot;, I really like Beth Orton. She has a unique voice and I like her writing style. Try her '99 album Central Reservation.</p> <p>Huffamoose released a very good album(We've Been Had Again) back in '97. Unfortunately, they only released, I believe, one more album before they broke up for good.</p> <p>For my favorite genre, the blues, I really like Bob Margolin. He was best known in the blues world for playing in Muddy Waters' band during Muddy's later years. He's since released several solo albums with mostly original material - good writer, and great slide guitar player. I saw him at Blind Melon's in Pacific Beach several years ago - great show.</p> <p>Lastly, someone considered very mainstream to most blues fans, but probably not known to most people is Keb' Mo'. If you want a good intro to the blues, he's probably a good musician to start with, as he has some real accessible, well crafted, kinda crossover songs. But at the same time, he's very loyal to his Delta Blues influences.</p> <p>Anybody else have some recommendations?</p>

<p>A song that is consistantly held up as one of the greatest of all time, but sucks (in your opinion).</p> <p>I have two.</p> <p>Stairway to Heaven and Free Bird</p> <p>How about you?</p>

<p> Most of the time the original versions are the best... but, there are some GREAT covers out there. Here&#39;s a few of my faves: </p> <p> Jeff Buckley&#39;s version of Hallelujah (originally Leonard Cohen) </p> <p> Gary Jules version of Mad World (originally Tears For Fears) </p> <p> The Sundays version of Wild Horses (originally Rolling Stones) </p> <p> The Foo Fighters version of Darling Nikki (originally Prince) </p>

<p> A duel... a sing-off....a musical smack-down... who&#39;d you most like to see challenge each other?<br /> <br /> Vocally... how about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Yorke">Thom Yorke</a> vs. <a href="http://www.musewiki.org/Matthew_Bellamy">Matthew Bellamy</a> (ok, Thom wins, but I&#39;d still like to see it) </p> <p> How about on guitar? Drums? Cowbell? </p>

<p> Even though there&#39;s plenty of great all-instrumental songs out there, there&#39;s something to be said for well-written lyrics. Some of my favorite songwriters over the years have been Bob Dylan(of course), Neil Young, John Hiatt, Lennon/McCartney, Pete Townshend, Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, and plenty more if I cared to keep going. </p> <p> Whether it&#39;s a great love song, a bitter relationship song, a protest song, etc, use this discussion to post some of your favorite lyrics - a single line, a brief excerpt, or the whole song. If you&#39;d like, throw in a brief explanation as to what the lyrics mean(or at least what you think they mean). I&#39;ll throw some out there in my next post. </p>

<p> One of my favorite songs to play is Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones--on Rockband). I still haven&#39;t unlocked Epic (Faith No More), but I&#39;m sure that will be one of my new favorites once I get there :-) Hey, I&#39;ve only played Rockband like 3 times, gimme a break.<br /> <br /> What are some of your faves? </p>

<p>I've always known &quot;desert island discs&quot; to be a column in the old Tower Records monthly&nbsp;Pulse Magazine, where readers were asked to submit the top ten(or so)&nbsp;albums that they would absolutely have to have if they were stranded alone on a desert island. I always looked forward to reading the new lists, which ranged from predictable, to eclectic, to downright lame. But occasionally I would be able to glean a good recommendation for my next purchase.</p> <p>I later discovered that &quot;Desert Island Discs&quot; actually started as a BBC radio program in 1942 and is listed in Guinness as the longest running music program in the history of radio. You can read more about it&nbsp;here: &nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Island_Discs">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Island_Discs</a></p> <p>Anyway, what are your Top 10(or 5, or whatever)? I'll have to get back to you on mine, as I haven't&nbsp;compiled a list&nbsp;in quite some time.</p>

<p>What is the disc you love to listen to but don't want your friends to know??&nbsp; For me this is easy...Kilroy Was Here by STYX-&nbsp; Domo Arrigato, Mr Roboto</p>