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Re: Music Thread.

Post by Beyond » Sat Nov 02, 2013 2:44 pm

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owlice wrote:Beyond, I watched the video; my son, also sitting here in the living room with his laptop, said the singer "still sounds like a Smurf." This (amused and) surprised me, so I asked him, "Do you know who this singer is?" "Yes.... Neil Young." :-D "No," said I. "Oh god... you means there's another one who sounds like a Smurf??"
I have no idea what a smurf sounds like, but I'm guessing it isn't a compliment.

John Denver is great... one of those singers whose songs define a place and time. But to not appreciate Neil Young seems to me as indicative of a lack of musical aptitude or experience as not appreciating any of the Bachs...
Oh, I haven't checked this thread in so long... Sounding like a smurf is definitely not a compliment!! :lol2: He appreciates Bach and plays guitar, built a mountain dulcimer and plays it, and has taken hammered dulcimer, bagpipe, and percussion lessons. Not appreciating Neil Young, though... just do not get that at all.

John Denver's music mostly all sounds the same, and I say this as someone who really likes the music. And I love his voice; such a sweet, smooth high tenor, and all in my range! :D
geckzilla wrote:Owlice, is he listening to death metal? My brother listens to that. I've heard him try to sing before and I'm not sure exactly what it means to be tone deaf but I think he might be.
I don't know how the Finnish growling over a drumbeat would be classified, except by me: Bad. Not music. Awful.
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Owlice, why and or how come, this post is labeled "Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?"
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by Chris Peterson » Sat Nov 02, 2013 2:51 pm

Beyond wrote:Owlice, why and or how come, this post is labeled "Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?"
That would be because you somehow managed to change the title three months ago (on August 3), probably by some poor cutting and pasting. Or maybe, by posting in a different thread and having it moved by a moderator?
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by owlice » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:15 pm

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Beyond wrote:Owlice, why and or how come, this post is labeled "Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?"
That would be because you somehow managed to change the title three months ago (on August 3), probably by some poor cutting and pasting. Or maybe, by posting in a different thread and having it moved by a moderator?
Likely the latter.
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by owlice » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:18 pm

Okay, all fixed.
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by Beyond » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:22 pm

I don't change titles. The conversation that developed in the "what did you see in the sky last night", was moved to this music thread (which i can't do). Owlice's quote of "Chris, those are lovely", is in the "what did you see in the sky last night". Don't know if i remember correctly, but it seems to me there was more that got moved, then shows up in the music thread. But only the one who moved it really knows. I'm just wondering how come it got moved after all this time?

::EDIT:: Well, i see owlice has silently flown in with the answer while i was busy doing this post.
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by Chris Peterson » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:36 pm

Beyond wrote:I don't change titles. The conversation that developed in the "what did you see in the sky last night", was moved to this music thread (which i can't do). Owlice's quote of "Chris, those are lovely", is in the "what did you see in the sky last night". Don't know if i remember correctly, but it seems to me there was more that got moved, then shows up in the music thread. But only the one who moved it really knows. I'm just wondering how come it got moved after all this time?

::EDIT:: Well, i see owlice has silently flown in with the answer while i was busy doing this post.
You can find the post that you originally responded to in the "sky" forum. Since you responded with a song, it got moved to the "music" forum, and the original title got moved with it. From then on, all the regular responses just propagated that incorrect title along. The fact that it went three months without notice just goes to show how much we all pay attention to topic titles.
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by geckzilla » Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:29 pm

My bad. ;)
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by geckzilla » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:50 am

Topical, but weird. Astronomy-inspired love song? Woodkid makes some really neat music videos but he didn't make one for this song. Too bad.


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Post by orin stepanek » Wed Apr 02, 2014 4:05 pm

this was running through my head this morning! :wink:
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by geckzilla » Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:26 pm

But how did the bomp make his baby fall in love with him?
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Post by orin stepanek » Thu Apr 03, 2014 12:00 pm

geckzilla wrote:But how did the bomp make his baby fall in love with him?
I guess i'll never know! :?
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Post by orin stepanek » Thu Apr 03, 2014 5:30 pm

Good old AlleyOop! :lol2:
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Post by orin stepanek » Sat Apr 05, 2014 1:33 pm

I love a song with deep bass singing and the Oak Ridge Boys!
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by MargaritaMc » Sun Apr 06, 2014 9:35 am

orin stepanek wrote:I love a song with deep bass singing and the Oak Ridge Boys!
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Oh, Orin, I was just thinking of that!. It's one of my favourite songs. But it chokes me up now, since my little cat, Elvira, was killed last December. The lead singer could be a male human version of my Elvira - so full of bounce and joy.
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by CURRAHEE CHRIS » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:06 pm

I enjoy all types of music with the exception of most country and most modern rap. My primary go to music is heavy metal and I probably listen to way too much of it way too loud for a man of my age. :P
Nontheless, I certainly wont try to sway anyone over to my bands but here is one song I think is long and could be appreciated by members of this forum:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgu64WOtXfA

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Re: Music Thread.

Post by geckzilla » Tue Apr 08, 2014 9:06 pm

Heavy metal as a genre is only a little older than you so actually there are probably a lot of 40-year-olds who like it and that is something I can corroborate with my known acquaintances. Metal falls firmly into the "I don't get it" category for me, though.
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by orin stepanek » Tue May 06, 2014 3:28 pm

Golden oldie! :D
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by BDanielMayfield » Wed May 07, 2014 4:14 am

This thread needs more cow bell. I gotta have more COW BELL!
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by geckzilla » Wed May 07, 2014 4:19 am

Why didn't you post it?
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by Beyond » Wed May 07, 2014 11:16 am

OR, for a little more au natural...
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Post by BDanielMayfield » Sun May 11, 2014 1:14 pm

geckzilla wrote:Why didn't you post it?
Because I’m not that into music, and because I didn’t know how. For anyone not familiar with Saturday Night Live the “I need more cowbell” is from a classic SNL skit. (If neufer wasn’t on semi-strike right now he may have posted it for us. Oh well.) It’s also an inside joke since I used to work on a large dairy farm that had over 3000 cows at one point during my tenure there. Nice Brown Swiss Beyond. The dairy I worked at (as office manager) had Jerseys, but not a single cowbell, dang it!

My wife and I like watching The Voice, and we’re casual country fans. Here’s a cowboy version of “The Galaxy Song” that y’all might like. (The video is weak, but the lyrics are cool.)
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by bystander » Thu May 22, 2014 10:35 pm

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Post by orin stepanek » Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:52 pm

Just for fun!
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by Beyond » Fri Jun 06, 2014 8:56 pm

'Just for fun', someone could edit parts of their vacation into a Three Dog Night song and it just may come out like this...
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Re: Music Thread.

Post by Ann » Thu Jun 12, 2014 5:56 pm

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Sarah Brightman, here singing with Andrea Bocelli, might take a trip to the ISS. Heavenly music! :wink:

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