tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post4463592901923649033..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Overheard in the Office:Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22404009873526316502009-12-09T11:39:34.011-05:002009-12-09T11:39:34.011-05:00"That would be like strolling the quad at Ber..."That would be like strolling the quad at Berkeley in '68 and finding all the kids dressed like flappers.. "<br /><br />You mean they didn't?<br /><br />In "To Sir, with Love" a good point was made that the fashion of the 60's was right out of the 20's.<br /><br />The skirts were just shorter.Clinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12192263071617818017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23153580066086444472009-12-07T10:11:35.577-05:002009-12-07T10:11:35.577-05:00It's the quality of the music and the intensit...It's the quality of the music and the intensity. My 9 year old daughter learned to love the Nuge with "Cat Scratch Fever" when she was 3 and I always find her nodding her head to Led Zeppelin.<br /><br />She would much rather listen to my Blues CD's than what's on the radio today.<br /><br />And the look on her mother's face when we pull in the drive way with AC/DC blaring and her head just banging away......priceless.<br /><br /><br />Though she is a Miley Cyrus fan.....Cargosquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109858929179841075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35443178339996452912009-12-05T12:26:41.658-05:002009-12-05T12:26:41.658-05:00Yup. I haven't seen to many bands that have gu...Yup. I haven't seen to many bands that have guitarists anywhere near as good as the Prog-Rock bands were.<br /><br />I second the Guitar Hero/Rock Band thing too. I have many friends and acquaintances who wouldn't be caught dead in public listening to that, but they really enjoy playing the Prog-Rock stuff on the Xbox for the challenge and gain an appreciate for the technical skills needed to play it live.Adrian Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05966665618865037355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71870850106713660742009-12-05T11:52:22.525-05:002009-12-05T11:52:22.525-05:00Rick O'Shea beat me to it, but I agree that th...Rick O'Shea beat me to it, but I agree that the Crowes are pretty much Led Zeppelin born again.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41776537646446938492009-12-05T11:42:47.876-05:002009-12-05T11:42:47.876-05:00Good music lasts, particularly moreso these days w...Good music lasts, particularly moreso these days when finding a copy of ANYTHING takes seconds. <br /><br />Bad music gets redone or forgotten. Well, or commercialised on the cheap because the rights cost pennies.Dr. StrangeGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349076338197668654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35685613625687424852009-12-05T11:30:50.388-05:002009-12-05T11:30:50.388-05:00"I was shocked to find out that my roomie had..."I was shocked to find out that my roomie had no idea who The Black Crowes were."<br /><br />Try "Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes: Live".<br />A bit brash and sloppy, but they're live and having fun.<br />As one reviewer said, "they do Zepplin live better than Zepplin".Rick O'Sheanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16395064404311347542009-12-05T00:26:01.962-05:002009-12-05T00:26:01.962-05:00I think the proliferation of the Ipod and other MP...I think the proliferation of the Ipod and other MP3 players has made a big difference, being able to pick up a song for a dollar or for free, beats the hell out of paying the $16.99-$18.99 retail prices these days. There is a lot on my Ipod that I never would have gotten if I had to buy the entire album. Also (at least on Itunes) you get to see who the influences were of your favorite artist which leads you to trying them and so on and so forth. Finally like others have mentioned, the really good muscians/performers will continue sell.<br />Here's an example of just some of the artists on my Ipod: Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, Los Lobos, Amy Winehouse, Little Richard, Evanescence, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Smokey Robinson and about 30 performers nobody ever heard of.Michael in CTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-55415055184611144822009-12-04T23:55:53.203-05:002009-12-04T23:55:53.203-05:00My 17 year old daughter's friends love the mus...My 17 year old daughter's friends love the music on her iPod. They were stunned when she told them that all the Boston, Chicago, Kiss, Foghat, Foreigner, Dead, CCR, etc is all my music. <br /><br />Then they are horrified when they pick up my iPod and find it full of Temptations, Four Tops, Supremes, Gladys Knight, BB King, Eddie Vinson, James Carr, Percy Sledge, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman. The rest is all podcasts from Tom Gresham and the Guns Right Network.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3338467579225273142009-12-04T23:34:56.967-05:002009-12-04T23:34:56.967-05:00Quality Lasts. Crap doesn't.
Personally, I e...Quality Lasts. Crap doesn't.<br /><br />Personally, I enjoy listening to my Dad's music - Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Nat Cole, Basie, Ellington, Goodman...<br /><br />Not that I don't enjoy the newer stuff too.<br /><br />So I guess there's precedent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20441544536463190102009-12-04T22:58:38.953-05:002009-12-04T22:58:38.953-05:00"Deep within my heart lies a memory . . "...<b> "Deep within my heart lies a memory . . "</b><br /><br />"...A song of old San Antone..."<br />Heh. You might even call that "old people music," too. It's always been a favorite of mine, though, pretty much anyone's version.the pistolerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921719381072311001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-75388915522823451082009-12-04T22:33:20.803-05:002009-12-04T22:33:20.803-05:00There's a FM station in Fort Worth that's ...There's a FM station in Fort Worth that's actually programmed and run by the students at a high school, part of a class. The format? 70's and 80's music, heavy on the 70's.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44352645449366636292009-12-04T21:52:11.998-05:002009-12-04T21:52:11.998-05:00I think the biggest factor is probably the recordi...I think the biggest factor is probably the recording industry - and their copyright attorneys and lobbyists.<br /><br />Even after getting centuries-old copyright and patent coverages doubled and redoubled - the '60s and into the '70s are pretty much public domain. Stations can play that stuff without having to calculate royalties, which seems to be more cumbersome and fraught with fees than the tax code.<br /><br />Classical music, for the most part, still fails the advertiser creed - get the breaks in every couple minutes, or we look for another station.<br /><br />What made Thanksgiving special for me, this year, was hearing Arlo Guthrie's _Alice's Restaurant_ from the steeple to the Group W bench.<br /><br />I can't remember Eddy Arnold's "Cattle Call", so when I help my neighbor work cows, I sing "Deep within my heart lies a memory . . " and that jingle, <br />"Aunt Jemima's Pancakes, <br />with her syrup,<br />is like the Spring<br />without the Fall.<br /><br />In this universe<br />there's just one thing worse<br />That's no Aunt Jemimas<br />at all."<br /><br />Both work to calm and move the cows. Even if my neighbor rolls his eyes from time to time.Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69502840792270062652009-12-04T21:20:24.253-05:002009-12-04T21:20:24.253-05:00"the crazy thing is that the "younger&qu..."<i>the crazy thing is that the "younger" generation has found out that the music from the sixties,seventies and eighties are the most musically copied...</i>"<br /><br />Yeah, all those awesome '60s originals like "When The Levee Breaks"...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29442342793570487992009-12-04T21:02:42.718-05:002009-12-04T21:02:42.718-05:00I think my depression started when I saw/heard som...I think my depression started when I saw/heard some bubble-gummer hold up the Beatles' Abbey Road album and yell across the record store "Hey Marcie! Lookit this! Paul McCartney was in another band before he was in Wings!" Then my son wanted to know who Paul McCartney was.rickn8ornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64580909927640817652009-12-04T20:25:00.019-05:002009-12-04T20:25:00.019-05:00the crazy thing is that the "younger" ge...the crazy thing is that the "younger" generation has found out that the music from the sixties,seventies and eighties are the most musically copied by the "new" bands. We still don't have any new jimi,janis, or lowell g. types emerging from the "younger" crowed.<br /><br />WaltAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43707072162661120712009-12-04T19:43:39.029-05:002009-12-04T19:43:39.029-05:00err ... the Nuge...
And I wanted to be the person...err ... the Nuge...<br /><br />And I wanted to be the person to mention the Guess Who. "We're on the Highway to Hell." If they only knew.Zendo Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094772654735415974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54618982691537195432009-12-04T19:42:37.954-05:002009-12-04T19:42:37.954-05:00A gun blog makes a crack about music from the glor...A gun blog makes a crack about music from the glory days, and nobody mentions the Nugent?Zendo Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094772654735415974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74209844089183321442009-12-04T19:32:30.470-05:002009-12-04T19:32:30.470-05:00And just like that, what cues up? Queensryche. (&q...And just like that, what cues up? Queensryche. ("Jet City Woman" for the curious.) I love Sirius.the pistolerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921719381072311001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51917827651969097962009-12-04T19:32:10.298-05:002009-12-04T19:32:10.298-05:00Tam- sadly, nope. I'm actually pretty underex...Tam- sadly, nope. I'm actually pretty underexposed as far as cyberpunk goes; I like some of the concepts but so far I just haven't gotten on with any of the authors I've tried yet.<br /><br />Unix-Jedi has gotten me reading <i>Cyteen</i>, which makes me happy because it is refreshingly biologically informed and rich, and yet features absolutely character I wouldn't mind seeing dying in a fire in the next chapter. It is a puzzlement.LabRathttp://www.atomicnerds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-92066423198090393262009-12-04T19:30:58.031-05:002009-12-04T19:30:58.031-05:00The only BOC song I know is Don't Fear the Rea...<b>The only BOC song I know is Don't Fear the Reaper, which gives me the willies worse than Top 40 radio. </b><br />Yeah, I gotta admit I grew tired of that one long ago, but BOC did have other good tunes. My personal favorite is "This Ain't The Summer Of Love."<br /><br /><b>A metric butt-ton of pale Euro-Pop and such instead. . .</b><br />Yep, that's the way I remember it from riding with my uncle back when I was younger. I'll still listen to some of it, but most of the hair metal of the day lost its shine when I discovered that more cutting-edge metal.the pistolerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921719381072311001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50897909783168211592009-12-04T19:25:57.662-05:002009-12-04T19:25:57.662-05:00This is due to the Rock Band/Guitar Hero games as ...This is due to the Rock Band/Guitar Hero games as much as anything- my 5 year old god daughter rock out to Iron Maiden...She can hit Bruce's notes too.George Hedgepethhttp://www.briarpatchoutdoors.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31400682051029533092009-12-04T18:33:06.399-05:002009-12-04T18:33:06.399-05:00LabRat,
"With everything digitalized, it'...LabRat,<br /><br />"<i>With everything digitalized, it's just plain possible...</i>"<br /><br />An interesting phenomenon. Have you read Gibson's <i>Idoru</i>?<br /><br />Is U2 the real-life Lo/Rez?Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39890797557008601752009-12-04T18:17:36.988-05:002009-12-04T18:17:36.988-05:00How did classical music become "classical&quo...How did classical music become "classical"? Perhaps because it was good enough to still listen to after a century or three. In 2104 will Led Zeppelin have the same status as Bach?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33509284209412725582009-12-04T18:10:40.112-05:002009-12-04T18:10:40.112-05:00Even the newer music is commercialised. Think Tel...Even the newer music is commercialised. Think Telepopmusik's Breathe in the Mitsubishi ad or Massive Attack's Teardrop used as the theme music for the TV show House.Timmeehhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473249796933057572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45603366821173438352009-12-04T17:29:30.437-05:002009-12-04T17:29:30.437-05:00It goes both ways. Nowadays the commercials are p...It goes both ways. Nowadays the commercials are picking up new and obscure bands too; hell, Bif Naked got de-undergroundized thanks to freazkin' Mazda. <br /><br />With everything digitalized, it's just plain possible to explore everything from your grandparents' music to Swaziland tongue drumming and decide what you like. Sturgeon's Law may still be in effect, but when you have effectively fifty years' worth of stuff to pick from it's a lot easier to live exclusively in the ten percent.LabRathttp://www.atomicnerds.comnoreply@blogger.com