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Post by BadCompany on Aug 17, 2012 9:35:17 GMT -5
Similar to the "rye and gin" topics, I thought I would start a topic to see if you guys have any set playlists ("mixed tapes" for you old guys) that you like to listen to, either while working out, running, driving, whatever.
Here is one of mine (played on 'shuffle' of course):
Long Run 001
All Arise! (The Decemberists)
Barton Hollow (The Civil Wars)
Being Here (The Stills)
Boys Don't Cry (The Cure)
Brian Wilson (live) (Barenaked Ladies)
Calamity Song (The Decemberists)
Come Running (Van Morrison)
Crazy Love (Van Morrison)
Don't Stand So Close to Me (The Police)
Down by the Water (The Decemberists)
Friday I'm in Love (The Cure)
Good Times Roll (The Cars)
The Hair Song (Black Mountain)
Help I'm Alive (Metric)
High School Friend (Jeremy Fischer)
I Need Some Sleep (The Eels)
If I had $1,000,000 (Barenaked Ladies)
Indiana Wants Me (R. Dean Taylor)
Love Song (The Cure)
Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Barenaked Ladies)
Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet, Alan Jackson, George Strait)
New Divide (Linkin Park)
One Tin Soldier (The Original Caste)
Pictures of You (The Cure)
Safety Dance (Men Without Hats)
Sandstorm (Darude)
Shine a Light (Wolf Parade)
Since You're Gone (The Cars)
The River (Bruce Springsteen)
We Used to Wait (Arcade Fire)
What Did My Lover Say? (Wolf Parade)
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot)
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Post by Doc Holliday on Aug 17, 2012 11:53:13 GMT -5
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Post by Doc Holliday on Aug 17, 2012 12:07:02 GMT -5
Aside from the usual AC/DC, Supertramp, Lady Gaga, Styxx, etc… stuff that’s probably on everyone’s list, here are some notables from my list that might not be on anyone’s list : Mambo Tequila (Azucar Moreno) La Cumparsita (  ) La Colegiala ( ) Cell Block Tango (Chicago) Danza Kaduro (Lucenzo) Shake that thing (Sean Paul) Please release me (Engelbert Humperdink) The Last Waltz (Engelbert Humperdink) Lady is a Tramp (Frank Sinatra) I get a kick out of you (Frank Sinatra) Mack the knife (Bobby Darin) Somewhere beyond the sea (Bobby Darin) The Grove of Eucalyptus (Ishtar) Pata Pata (Miryam Makeba) She sells sanctuary (The Cult) ...oh and BC, I got a Barnaked Lady (One Week) and a Grodon Lightfoot (Sundown). |
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Post by blny on Aug 17, 2012 12:24:25 GMT -5
I can promise everyone, that there is no Supertramp, Lady Gaga, or Styx on my playlists lol.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Aug 17, 2012 14:11:54 GMT -5
Sipping on a Kirkland Vita Rain drink right now. It depends on what I want to listen too, actually. Here's a few lists from some of the music I have:
60's/70's Easy Listening (no order)
* Rock on - David Essex
* For What it's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
* Sunshine of your Love - Cream
* Rock and Roll Fantasy (anything from the original album works) - Bad Company
* Let's Work Together/Roadhouse Blues - Canned Heat
* I Heard it Through the Grapevine - CCR rendition
* Locomotive Breath (The album, Aqualung, is all good) - Jethro Tull
* Gold Dust Woman (anything from that album) - Fleetwood Mac
* Freebird - Leonard Skinner
Heavy Rock
* A Touch too Much - ACDC (lots more from this group)
* Enter Sandman/Bleeding me/Until it sleeps - Metallica
* Space Lord - Monster Magnet
* Open up Your Eyes - Tonic
* Reframed - The Headstones
* Green Manalishi - Judas Priest
* I Don't Need no Doctor (live) - Humble Pie
Black Sabbath Volume 4 is its own playlist for me.
There's a bunch more I never included; Ted Nuget (original album of the same name), Stevie Ray Vaughn is big with me as well. Pink Floyd works. Just have to be in the mood for whatever it is I'm listening to.
I still like the Stones and the Beatles but I hear them all the time.
Cheers.
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Post by Gogie on Aug 17, 2012 15:59:45 GMT -5
OK, I'll play along. I've got lots of playlists but here's a few of my odd ball selections from my Ballads:
We've Got to Get it on Again - Addrisi Brothers
Tighter, Tighter - Alive 'N Kickin' (actually one of those songs that brings back memories for me)
Baby Blue - Badfinger
Don't Pass Me By - Beatles (another one of those "memorable" songs)
Lonely Days - Bee Gees
Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
Elusive Butterfly of Love - Bob Lind
United We Stand - Brotherhood of Man
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Cher
Vincent - Don McLean
Harmony - Elton John
Without You - Nilsson
The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
Don't it Make You Want to Go Home - Joe South
Walk Away Renee - Left Banke
Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo (I love this song!)
Oh Me Oh My - Lulu
Go Now - The Moody Blues
Donna - Richie Valens (brings back memories of my first crush - guess her name)
Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
Ten Pound Note - Steel River
Love is All Around - The Troggs (the original)
And here's a few from my "Driving" list:
Electric Jewels - April Wine
Bad Company - Bad Company
Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image
I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield (a classic)
Psychotic Reaction - Count Five
Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
House of the Rising Sun - Frijid Pink (an interesting cover)
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty (Bill Clinton's got nothing on the sax playing in this)
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Lola - The Kinks
Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Look - Roxette
Copperhead Road - Steve Earle
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Post by CentreHice on Aug 19, 2012 19:18:40 GMT -5
People tend to hold a special spot for the music of their late childhood/adolescent years, and I'm no exception. That would put me into the mid-to-late 60s and most of the 70s.
I have no set playlists per se. I like to switch it up, but any list is usually a representation from these categories....
The British invasion, Motown, Stax Records, psychedelic rock, Top 40 hits from 1963-79, hard rock album cuts, good funky stuff from the Disco era, and jazz fusion.
I drive to and from Toronto several times per month....so quite often I'll enjoy an album in its entirety, like I used to do growing up.
Among them:
Beatles: White Album; Abbey Road
Grand Funk: E Pluribus Funk; Grand Funk (red album)
Zeppelin: Any of the first 4 albums
Jethro Tull: Aqualung
Steppenwolf: For Ladies Only; 7
Monkees: Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones Ltd.
Captain Beyond: Captain Beyond
Derek and the Dominos: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Billy Cobham: Spectrum
Jeff Beck: Blow by Blow; Wired
Frank Zappa: Overnight Sensation
Return to Forever: Romantic Warrior
Wishbone Ash: Argus
Cream: Disraeli Gears; Wheels of Fire
Hendrix: Are You Experienced
Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Babies
Pat Travers: Heat in the Street
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Post by BadCompany on Aug 20, 2012 7:20:40 GMT -5
One Tin Soldier (The Original Caste) Says the guy with Engelbert Humperdink on his playlist! Hehehe... Humperdink. That's a funny name. I can promise everyone, that there is no Supertramp, Lady Gaga, or Styx on my playlists lol. Not even Suite Madame Blue? Sipping on a Kirkland Vita Rain drink right now. It depends on what I want to listen too, actually. Here's a few lists from some of the music I have: 60's/70's Easy Listening (no order) * Rock on - David Essex * For What it's Worth - Buffalo Springfield * Sunshine of your Love - Cream * Rock and Roll Fantasy (anything from the original album works) - Bad Company * Let's Work Together/Roadhouse Blues - Canned Heat * I Heard it Through the Grapevine - CCR rendition * Locomotive Breath (The album, Aqualung, is all good) - Jethro Tull * Gold Dust Woman (anything from that album) - Fleetwood Mac * Freebird - Leonard Skinner Heavy Rock I like this playlist, though in the interests of total disclosure, and since we're talking about songs you're embarrassed to admit you like (hmm, another thread?), I have to admit that I became a fan of "Rock on" because I saw it on an episode of Baywatch. Mmmmm... Baywatch... I don't know why they had to run so much on the beach... but I'm glad they did. OK, I'll play along. I've got lots of playlists but here's a few of my odd ball selections from my Ballads: We've Got to Get it on Again - Addrisi Brothers Tighter, Tighter - Alive 'N Kickin' (actually one of those songs that brings back memories for me) Baby Blue - Badfinger Don't Pass Me By - Beatles (another one of those "memorable" songs) Lonely Days - Bee Gees Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan Elusive Butterfly of Love - Bob Lind United We Stand - Brotherhood of Man Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Cher Vincent - Don McLean Harmony - Elton John Without You - Nilsson The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce Don't it Make You Want to Go Home - Joe South Walk Away Renee - Left Banke Suzanne - Leonard Cohen Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo (I love this song!) Oh Me Oh My - Lulu Go Now - The Moody Blues Donna - Richie Valens (brings back memories of my first crush - guess her name) Wild Horses - Rolling Stones Ten Pound Note - Steel River Love is All Around - The Troggs (the original) And here's a few from my "Driving" list: Electric Jewels - April Wine Bad Company - Bad Company Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield (a classic) Psychotic Reaction - Count Five Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan House of the Rising Sun - Frijid Pink (an interesting cover) Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty (Bill Clinton's got nothing on the sax playing in this) Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes Lola - The Kinks Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers The Look - Roxette Copperhead Road - Steve Earle That's quite the ecclectic list you got going there. I LOVE your driving list, and not just because I figure prominently on it.  Steve Earle is an underrated genius, in my opinion. People tend to hold a special spot for the music of their late childhood/adolescent years, and I'm no exception. That would put me into the mid-to-late 60s and most of the 70s. Indeed. Which is why I always kind of laugh when I hear people say that "new/old" music sucks. All depends on when you were born, I suppose. Much the same response I give when I hear people say things along the lines of "kids today, no respect, blah, blah, blah." Every generation complains about the one before it. Same as it ever was, same as it ever was. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Aug 20, 2012 9:39:44 GMT -5
I like this playlist, though in the interests of total disclosure, and since we're talking about songs you're embarrassed to admit you like (hmm, another thread?), Add "Into Dust" by Mazzy Star. So ... you like Hasselhoff, eh?   |
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Post by CentreHice on Aug 20, 2012 13:05:29 GMT -5
I have a 60s, 70s, 80s, Disco/Funk playlist that I use for parties/barbecues/New Year's Eve. All from my vintage seem to really like it. Put it on when the party starts and fuhgedaboudit.  Here's the list (in order of play) Bend Me Shape Me (American Breed) Shadow Dancing (Andy Gibb) Could Have Been a Lady (April Wine) Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band) Day After Day (Badfinger) White Wedding (Billy Idol) Tell Her About It (Billy Joel) One Way or Another (Blondie) The Letter (Boxtops) Run To You (Bryan Adams) Should I Stay or Should I Go (The Clash) Brick House (Commodores) Green River (CCR) Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper) Suffragette City (Bowie) Upside Down (Diana Ross) Shining Star (Earth Wind and Fire) Frankenstein (Edgar Winter Group) Twenty-Five Miles (Edwin Starr) Saturday Night's Alright (Elton John) Walking on Broken Glass (Eurythmics) Tuff Enuff (Fabulous Thunderbirds) Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again (The Fortunes) Build Me Up Buttercup (The Foundations) I Can't Help Myself (Four Tops) Hand Me Down World (Guess Who) Maneater (Hall & Oates) Jive Talkin' (Bee Gees) Bus Stop (Hollies) Heart of Rock'n Roll (Huey Lewis) Nobody But Me (Human Beinz) Devil Inside (INXS) You Really Got Me (Kinks) I Was Made For Loving You (KISS) Get Down Tonight (KC and the Sunshine Band) The Kid Is Hot Tonight (Loverboy) Material Girl (Madonna) Jungle Boogie (Kool & the Gang) Brandy, You're a Fine Girl (Looking Glass) Who Can It Be Now (Men at Work) Devil With a Blue Dress On (Mitch Ryder) Echo Beach (Martha and the Muffins) Say, Say, Say (McCartney and Jackson) 96 Tears (? and the Mysterians) Hey Ho, Let's Go (Ramones) Superfreak (Rick James) Jesse's Girl (Rick Springfield) Addicted To Love (Robert Palmer) Brown Sugar (Stones) Soul Man (Sam and Dave) Sweet Soul Music (Arthur Conley) Venus (Shocking Blue) Romantic Traffic (Spoons) Stuck in the Middle With You (Stealer's Wheel) Gimme Some Loving (Spencer Davis Group) You Keep Me Hanging On (Supremes) Ain't To Proud To Beg (Temptations) Mama Told Me Not To Come (Three Dog Night) Summer in the City (Lovin' Spoonful) Mony Mony (Tommy James) So Happy Together (Turtles) Brown-Eyed Girl (Van Morrison) Reach Out, I'll Be There (Four Tops) Everybody Have Fun Tonight (Wang Chung) Funky Town (Lipps Inc.) Land of 1000 Dances (Wilson Pickett) Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen) September (Earth Wind and Fire) I'm Walkin' on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves) Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry) |
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Post by CentreHice on Aug 20, 2012 13:16:30 GMT -5
Party playlist continued....
What I Like About You (Ramones)
All Day and All of the Night (Kinks)
Listen to the Music (Doobie Bros.)
Signs (Five Man Electrical Band)
Superstitious (Stevie Wonder)
Joy to the World (Three Dog Night)
Have You Ever Seen the Rain (CCR)
Dancing Queen (ABBA)
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes (Edison Lighthouse)
Disco Inferno (Trammps)
No Time (Guess Who)
Band of Gold (Frieda Payne)
8675309, Jenny (Tommy Tutone)
Love Shack (B-52s)
Celebration (Kool & The Gang)
I Should Have Known Better (Beatles)
Oh, What a Feeling (Crowbar)
Hey Now (Crowded House)
Footloose (Kenny Loggins)
I'm a Believer (Monkees)
Stop, in the Name of Love (Supremes)
Glory Days (Springsteen)
Jumping Jack Flash (Stones)
Satisfaction (Stones)
Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher (Jackie Wilson)
Under Pressure (Queen/Bowie)
Hang on Sloopy (McCoys)
You Shook Me All Night Long (ACDC)
Heart and Soul (Huey Lewis)
New Sensation (INXS)
Fortunate Son (CCR)
Dance to the Music (Sly and the Family Stone)
Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Pat Benatar)
Back on the Chain Gang (Pretenders)
Got To Get You Into My Life (Beatles)
Sweet City Woman (Stampeders)
Talking In Your Sleep (Romantics)
Don't You Forget About Me (Simple Minds)
Love In An Elevator (Aerosmith)
Baby, Now That I've Found You (Foundations)
Bloody Well Alright (Supertramp)
Feels Like the First Time (Foreigner)
Born on the Bayou (CCR)
Livin' Thing (ELO)
Alright Now (Free)
Bang a Gong (T-Rex)
Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)
Let It Ride (BTO)
Saturday in the Park (Chicago)
Do It Again (Steely Dan)
Fame (Bowie)
More Than a Feelin' (Boston)
Barracuda (Heart)
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Post by CentreHice on Aug 21, 2012 9:21:28 GMT -5
Here's part of a driving playlist I used to have...better put this one together again...
Surfing With The Alien (Joe Satriani)
Hammerhead (Pat Travers)
Satch Boogie (Joe Satriani)
Quadrant 4 (Billy Cobham)
Sling Shot (Jeff Beck)
Highway Star (Deep Purple)
A Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Captain Beyond)
Scatterbrain (Jeff Beck)
The Boys in the Band (Gentle Giant)
Peel the Paint (Gentle Giant) -- give it time, ha!
Achilles Last Stand (Zeppelin)
The Spirit of Radio (Rush)
I Come Tumblin' (Grand Funk Railroad)
Back in Black (ACDC)
Lopsy Lu (Stanley Clarke)
Medieval Overture (Return to Forever)
Roundabout (Yes)
New Country (Jean-Luc Ponty)
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Post by Doc Holliday on Aug 21, 2012 11:40:55 GMT -5
Says the guy with Engelbert Humperdink on his playlist! |
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Post by duster on Aug 21, 2012 12:44:43 GMT -5
David Essex "Rock On"...Now there's a blast from the past. It was a huge hit when I was a kid in the UK and was played to death on the radio.
Haven't heard Average White Band "Picking up the pieces" in a very long time...
Interesting playlists. Mine is ever changing and usually a bit ecclectic. Not sure how familiar people are with Putamayo, their Latin Jazz and French Caribbean compilations are quite good, imo, and getting a lot of air play these days on the outside deck. Others include John Coltrane's Blue Train, J.Geils Full House and 10cc's Deceptive Bends. Summer music to be sure.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Aug 21, 2012 16:27:21 GMT -5
I like this thread. CH, that's one heck of a lot of work putting those lists up. Thanks dude.
Here's a few more just from the music I own personally. I'll add a few songs to the original list:
Crazy Talk - Chilliwack.
Classical Gas - Mason Williams.
Here's a more contemporary list.
Locked in the Trunk of a Car - The Tragically Hip (TTH)
Blow at High Dough (from one of the best rock CDs ever produced, IMHO) - TTH
Trickle Down - TTH
Opiated - TTH
Little Bones - TTH,
Three Pistols - TTH,
Glycerine - Bush,
Put Your Lights on - Santana,
Smooth - Santana,
Corazón espinado - Santana,
Misery - Soul Asylum.
EDIT: Was listening to Days of the New when I was out and about earlier:
Touch, Peel and Stand - Days of the New
Face of the Earth - Days of the New
The Down Town - Days of the New
I'll post some more later when I have more time to go through my collection.
Cheers.
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Post by BadCompany on Aug 22, 2012 8:53:25 GMT -5
Nice list, Dis. My favorite Tragically Hip song is actually the bootleg version of Highway Girl. I don't think radio stations are allowed to play it anymore, but if you can find a copy it's well worth it, in my opinion.
Duster, my J. Geils knowledge is limited to "Angel is a Centerfold", which is a catchy, boppy kind of tune.
My 'mellow' playlist, for chilling out or relaxing:
Angel (Aerosmith)
Mountain Top (Live) (Bedouin Soundclash)
Lodi (CCR)
Pictures of You (The Cure)
Boys Don't Cry (The Cure)
Why Worry (Dire Straits)
I Need Some Sleep (Eels)
All the Road Running (Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler)
If This is Goodbye - makes me cry! (Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler)
High School Friend (Jeremy Fisher)
Long Black Train (Josh Turner)
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Storybook Story (Mark Knopfler)
Beatles Reunion Tour (Mike Scott and the Waterboys)
Alberta Bound (Paul Brandt)
You've Lost the Lovin' Feeling (The Righteous Brothers)
(You're My) Soul and IAnspiration (The Righteous Brothers)
And it Stoned Me (Van Morrison)
Rough Boy (ZZ Top)
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Post by Doc Holliday on Aug 22, 2012 9:33:01 GMT -5
Good one. I had forgot about that one. As a teenager I bought the album Afterburner (on tape of course, to play on my "walkman" ;D), I like every song of that album, Velco Fly, Stages, Rough Boy, Can't stop Rockin'... Thanks for the reminder, they're going in a playlist for sure. As a most "recent" addition, I really like FUN. |
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Post by Gogie on Aug 22, 2012 10:02:49 GMT -5
My 'mellow' playlist, for chilling out or relaxing: ......... Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) ........ BC, give the Jeff Buckley version of Hallelujah a listen. IMHO it's the best one out there. |
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Post by BadCompany on Aug 22, 2012 12:13:10 GMT -5
My 'mellow' playlist, for chilling out or relaxing: ......... Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) ........ BC, give the Jeff Buckley version of Hallelujah a listen. IMHO it's the best one out there. Awesome Gogie, awesome. Very haunting. That one led me to the KD Lang version, sung at the Junos. Also excellent. |
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Post by Cranky on Aug 22, 2012 14:14:32 GMT -5
Similar to the "rye and gin" topics, I thought I would start a topic to see if you guys have any set playlists ("mixed tapes" for you old guys) that you like to listen to, either while working out, running, driving, whatever. Here is one of mine (played on 'shuffle' of course): Long Run 001All Arise! (The Decemberists) Barton Hollow (The Civil Wars) Being Here (The Stills) Boys Don't Cry (The Cure) Brian Wilson (live) (Barenaked Ladies) Calamity Song (The Decemberists) Come Running (Van Morrison) Crazy Love (Van Morrison) Don't Stand So Close to Me (The Police) Down by the Water (The Decemberists) Friday I'm in Love (The Cure) Good Times Roll (The Cars) The Hair Song (Black Mountain) Help I'm Alive (Metric) High School Friend (Jeremy Fischer) I Need Some Sleep (The Eels) If I had $1,000,000 (Barenaked Ladies) Indiana Wants Me (R. Dean Taylor) Love Song (The Cure) Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Barenaked Ladies) Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet, Alan Jackson, George Strait) New Divide (Linkin Park) One Tin Soldier (The Original Caste) Pictures of You (The Cure) Safety Dance (Men Without Hats) Sandstorm (Darude) Shine a Light (Wolf Parade) Since You're Gone (The Cars) The River (Bruce Springsteen) We Used to Wait (Arcade Fire) What Did My Lover Say? (Wolf Parade) Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot) Are you SURE you're not my son? OK, I'll play along. I've got lots of playlists but here's a few of my odd ball selections from my Ballads: We've Got to Get it on Again - Addrisi Brothers Tighter, Tighter - Alive 'N Kickin' (actually one of those songs that brings back memories for me) Baby Blue - Badfinger Don't Pass Me By - Beatles (another one of those "memorable" songs) Lonely Days - Bee Gees Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan Elusive Butterfly of Love - Bob Lind United We Stand - Brotherhood of Man Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Cher Vincent - Don McLean Harmony - Elton John Without You - Nilsson The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce Don't it Make You Want to Go Home - Joe South Walk Away Renee - Left Banke Suzanne - Leonard Cohen Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo (I love this song!) Oh Me Oh My - Lulu Go Now - The Moody Blues Donna - Richie Valens (brings back memories of my first crush - guess her name) Wild Horses - Rolling Stones Ten Pound Note - Steel River Love is All Around - The Troggs (the original) And here's a few from my "Driving" list: Electric Jewels - April Wine Bad Company - Bad Company Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield (a classic) Psychotic Reaction - Count Five Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan House of the Rising Sun - Frijid Pink (an interesting cover) Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty (Bill Clinton's got nothing on the sax playing in this) Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes Lola - The Kinks Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers The Look - Roxette Copperhead Road - Steve Earle God damn it...you ARE my son......or possibly related! How old are you? |
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Post by Cranky on Aug 22, 2012 14:50:02 GMT -5
I have over a terabyte of music which befits my wide and whacky tastes. A lot of rare blues that I have hunted down over the decades, lots of Greek, some classical. What I do is load a bunch of music on a 32 gb micro sd and let the software randomly select a list. Then I have another 32 gb micro and load major groups. THANK GOD for smartphones and cheap memory.
If I choose, I start with....
Sinnerman
Hallelujah
Soft rock from the 70's to 90's
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Post by Cranky on Aug 22, 2012 14:55:59 GMT -5
BC, give the Jeff Buckley version of Hallelujah a listen. IMHO it's the best one out there. Awesome Gogie, awesome. Very haunting. That one led me to the KD Lang version, sung at the Junos. Also excellent. You just discovered it? What I found interesting is that it's the ONLY thing that I find interesting from from him. If you want haunting....... emotional..... www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe6j0JBwEO4Only one other singer has taken it on.....and you wont hear this on Canadian Idol. |
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Post by Gogie on Aug 22, 2012 15:19:59 GMT -5
Similar to the "rye and gin" topics, I thought I would start a topic to see if you guys have any set playlists ("mixed tapes" for you old guys) that you like to listen to, either while working out, running, driving, whatever. Here is one of mine (played on 'shuffle' of course): Long Run 001All Arise! (The Decemberists) Barton Hollow (The Civil Wars) Being Here (The Stills) Boys Don't Cry (The Cure) Brian Wilson (live) (Barenaked Ladies) Calamity Song (The Decemberists) Come Running (Van Morrison) Crazy Love (Van Morrison) Don't Stand So Close to Me (The Police) Down by the Water (The Decemberists) Friday I'm in Love (The Cure) Good Times Roll (The Cars) The Hair Song (Black Mountain) Help I'm Alive (Metric) High School Friend (Jeremy Fischer) I Need Some Sleep (The Eels) If I had $1,000,000 (Barenaked Ladies) Indiana Wants Me (R. Dean Taylor) Love Song (The Cure) Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Barenaked Ladies) Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet, Alan Jackson, George Strait) New Divide (Linkin Park) One Tin Soldier (The Original Caste) Pictures of You (The Cure) Safety Dance (Men Without Hats) Sandstorm (Darude) Shine a Light (Wolf Parade) Since You're Gone (The Cars) The River (Bruce Springsteen) We Used to Wait (Arcade Fire) What Did My Lover Say? (Wolf Parade) Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot) Are you SURE you're not my son? OK, I'll play along. I've got lots of playlists but here's a few of my odd ball selections from my Ballads: We've Got to Get it on Again - Addrisi Brothers Tighter, Tighter - Alive 'N Kickin' (actually one of those songs that brings back memories for me) Baby Blue - Badfinger Don't Pass Me By - Beatles (another one of those "memorable" songs) Lonely Days - Bee Gees Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan Elusive Butterfly of Love - Bob Lind United We Stand - Brotherhood of Man Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Cher Vincent - Don McLean Harmony - Elton John Without You - Nilsson The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce Don't it Make You Want to Go Home - Joe South Walk Away Renee - Left Banke Suzanne - Leonard Cohen Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo (I love this song!) Oh Me Oh My - Lulu Go Now - The Moody Blues Donna - Richie Valens (brings back memories of my first crush - guess her name) Wild Horses - Rolling Stones Ten Pound Note - Steel River Love is All Around - The Troggs (the original) And here's a few from my "Driving" list: Electric Jewels - April Wine Bad Company - Bad Company Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield (a classic) Psychotic Reaction - Count Five Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan House of the Rising Sun - Frijid Pink (an interesting cover) Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty (Bill Clinton's got nothing on the sax playing in this) Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes Lola - The Kinks Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers The Look - Roxette Copperhead Road - Steve Earle God damn it...you ARE my son......or possibly related! How old are you? I'm possibly old enough to be your father.....at the very least your brother. Most certainly not young enough to be your son! ;D |
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Post by Cranky on Aug 22, 2012 15:27:33 GMT -5
I'm possibly old enough to be your father.....at the very least your brother. Most certainly not young enough to be your son! ;D 58......and not a day younger. LOL! You have to be my age to like that music. Anyone under 30 has to go on a Homer'esque voyage to find those groups. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KODZtjOIPg |
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Post by Gogie on Aug 22, 2012 20:55:29 GMT -5
I'm possibly old enough to be your father.....at the very least your brother. Most certainly not young enough to be your son! ;D 58......and not a day younger. LOL! You have to be my age to like that music. Anyone under 30 has to go on a Homer'esque voyage to find those groups. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KODZtjOIPgI'm your little brother - by one year. Almost 57.  Grew up influenced by a couple of brothers that got me going on 50's music but really "matured" during the psychedelic 60's. Suffered through disco and pretty much gave up on "current" music in the 80's. Still prefer the "oldies" but I'll give current stuff a listen now and then. |
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Post by CentreHice on Aug 23, 2012 8:54:59 GMT -5
Generally speaking, retirement homes are now inhabited by those who were into Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Glenn Miller, Vaughn Monroe, Sinatra, Jo Stafford, Louis Prima, et al in their childhood/adolescent years.
The next wave at Shady Pines will be Elvis and the Beatles....if it hasn't started already.
In my golden years, I'll likely hear Golden Years coming down the hall.
Iron Maiden blasting out of the dining hall: "Now THAT was music."
Or a chorus line of octogenarians at Tranquility House doing their best rendition of the Thriller choreography. Less makeup required.
In the subsequent generation of retirees...will Death Metal still be cool?
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Post by duster on Aug 23, 2012 13:48:15 GMT -5
Duster, my J. Geils knowledge is limited to "Angel is a Centerfold", which is a catchy, boppy kind of tune. BC, J.Geils Band was a premier blues band for much of their career. Centrefold was an exception and attempt to go pop. Check out the live version of the song "Serves you right to suffer" from their Full House album. Could be an anthem for Habs fans everywhere. I love Bowie. A very talented musician and terrific live performer. Been a fan since the days of Ziggy. I'll definitely be listening to Golden Years on my 65th. Perhaps Diamond Dogs too. The opening line "As they pull you out of the oxygen tent, you ask for the latest party" might be appropriate. |
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Post by CentreHice on Aug 23, 2012 16:30:28 GMT -5
J. Geils Band. Never got into them, and perhaps should have. Very uneducated on that group.
Only became fully aware of them when their 12th album Freeze-Frame came out in the early 80s, as the band I was in at the time learned the single "Freeze-Frame". A quick scan of their Wikipedia entry shows it reached #4. "Centerfold", on the same album, reached #1. And so did the album.
Must listen to their earlier material someday.
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Post by blny on Aug 24, 2012 13:21:23 GMT -5
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Post by seventeen on Aug 24, 2012 13:54:30 GMT -5
I think I still have the LP's for some of those songs above ;D. The vinyl, of course, and I still have a turntable. As with so many things, they've come around again.
I'm not sure if anyone mentioned the BeeGees "To love somebody". Great song. Covered really well by Blue Velvet. Speaking of Blue Velvet, I love their song, "Like a Diamond Mine"
Great choices there, guys.
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Steve Earle is an underrated genius, in my opinion. 
