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SteveG 
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:25 |
Get your Kiss, Klaatu, Bach, Mingus, Pavarotti, Foo Fighters, Van Halen and Madonna out and talk about the non prog music that turns you on! All are welcome! 
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:44 |
There's too much of it to discuss. Lots of hard rock and heavy metal, predictably enough, some post punk, some soul/R&B and some straight up pop music like ABBA, Carpenters.
Since you asked about ABBA in the other thread, there are lots of songs of theirs that I like. But I am especially partial to their Visitors album. Maybe Like an Angel is a bit boring, otherwise don't think there's one bad song in the entire album. The Album is also great. Among the really big hits, like SOS, Money, I Do.
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:50 |
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1920s music is mostly great, regardless of genre. 1930s too.
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:50 |
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^Cool. I even like Dancing Queen because it reminds me of an old girl friend who absolutely loved the song. A very classy group and very under appreciated due to their pure pop stance.
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:52 |
 Stool Man wrote:
1920s music is mostly great, regardless of genre. 1930s too.
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I dig old 20 and 30's swing and jazz as well as early acoustic blues. What music from that era turns you on?
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:52 |
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I don't mind Dancing Queen but I was 'badly' introduced to it. As THE ultimate ABBA song and all that and when I did hear it, I didn't feel it lived up to that billing. They had great arrangements though I learnt much later that Sparks may possibly have been a considerable influence on them.
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:54 |
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Love lots of jazz music though I am not very era-specific. It could be Mary Halvorson or it could be some old Louis Armstrong. It's completely random though I prefer either slightly calculated kind of jazz like Brubeck or vocal jazz rather than out and out improv.
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:54 |
rogerthat wrote:
I don't mind Dancing Queen but I was 'badly' introduced to it. As THE ultimate ABBA song and all that and when I did hear it, I didn't feel it lived up to that billing. They had great arrangements though I learnt much later that Sparks may possibly have been a considerable influence on them. |
I agree. I'm sure the sexy girlfriend influenced my appreciation of the song. 
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:56 |
rogerthat wrote:
Love lots of jazz music though I am not very era-specific. It could be Mary Halvorson or it could be some old Louis Armstrong. It's completely random though I prefer either slightly calculated kind of jazz like Brubeck or vocal jazz rather than out and out improv. |
I like a lot of 50/60's jazz but old Billie Holliday records really floor me more than anything.
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 11:11 |
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Right now I'm listening to the Soundtracks box set by Ry Cooder. The man is an under appreciated musical genius and is a better guitarist than 90% of those that I know of.
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 14:46 |
I alway thought there are some Dire Straits songs that are pretty sensual, ' Down to the Waterline' is the one I recall right now but 'cause its my favourite of theirs, besides Sultans of Swing of course 
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 14:50 |
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I like a lot of early symphony recordings made by the older giants of conducting done in the 1930s-1950s. There are several dozen conductors from that era that I collect.
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 15:30 |
presdoug wrote:
I like a lot of early symphony recordings made by the older giants of conducting done in the 1930s-1950s. There are several dozen conductors from that era that I collect.
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 For sure one of the most valuable and genuine music collections that I ever have taken notice of!
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 19:09 |
presdoug wrote:
I like a lot of early symphony recordings made by the older giants of conducting done in the 1930s-1950s. There are several dozen conductors from that era that I collect.
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Wonderful to hear people enjoying classical! Who is your favorite composer PD?
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 19:56 |
^I think it might be of interest the only thread that discusses c lassical music in this forum (besides that one of classical recommendations), which was opened by Presdoug:
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Posted: October 19 2014 at 12:24 |
I grew up initially with R&B, Funk and some Soul.....
Earth Wind & Fire, Parliament/Funkadelic, Isley Bros, Tower of Power...stuff like that. That music will always be a part of me.
Early rap (the best rap!) Curtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5, Sugarhill Gang but once stuff like Beastie Boys and Run DMC came out I bailed....it was back to metal/prog/hard rock.
And dabbled in some R&B Disco styles too, like Heatwave, Chic, Lakeside, Sun, Gap Band.....stuff that got played heavy in HS dances and eventually nightclub scene.
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Posted: October 19 2014 at 13:23 |
[QUOTE=Catcher10]I grew up initially with R&B, Funk and some Soul.....
Earth Wind & Fire, Parliament/Funkadelic, Isley Bros, Tower of Power...stuff like that. That music will always be a part of me.
Early rap (the best rap!) Curtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5, Sugarhill Gang but once stuff like Beastie Boys and Run DMC came out I bailed....it was back to metal/prog/hard rock.
And dabbled in some R&B Disco styles too, like Heatwave, Chic, Lakeside, Sun, Gap Band.....stuff that got played heavy in HS dances and eventually nightclub scene. [/QUOTE Jose, great collection of classic funk and R&B! TOP is probably my favorite. And I still play a Brothers Johnson disc in my car that was copied from a cassette tape!
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Posted: October 19 2014 at 13:34 |
^ ohhh yea forgot about the Brother's Johnson.....Most of this stuff I had on cassette not vinyl so its in boxes somewhere in storage. I really need to focus on this genre at the used record bins....
Or get me a cassette deck again!
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