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Posted: November 08 2016 at 16:41
I'm an avid traveler and when i visit a culture i love to delve into the music above all else but every aspect really. My most recent trip was my first to the islands of Hawaii and i fell in love with these brilliant artists instantaneously :)
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Posted: November 08 2016 at 16:26
I don't feel shame or guilty... After all music like other artistic manifestations is a question of taste and I really think , you can find good music beyond of progressive music frontiers ( which in really isn't so very clearly demarcated progressive is rock/ jazz/ psychedelic/ classical/ folk etc...) I also like some The Carpenters tunes and the voice of Karen dismissal any comments ! I like some bands very pop like , for instance some REO SPEEDWAGON ( album "You can tune a piano, but you can't tune a fish") , and I detach in my collecttion :
Elton John ( at least 2 albums "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Capitain Fantastic and The Brown Dirty Cowboy" )
Crosby Stills Nash & Young ( Deja- vú and some others albums)
Janis Joplin ( Cheap - Trills ) etc...
Eumir Deodato ( Prologue and Deodato II ) .... and more
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Posted: November 08 2016 at 16:20
Probably Ludovico Einaudi for me. The Richard Clayderman for the new millenium. I like something easy to listen to when I'm working so it doesn't distract me though.
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Posted: November 08 2016 at 15:02
Oh God, here goes any vestige of credibility I ever had:
I really like Rammstein!
I also have been a long time fan of The Sweet. I saw them when they were booked at my uni in c1973: I had to go as I was the new Entertainment Organiser and I was livid that my predecessor had booked a sh**ty glam rock band. They were absolutely AMAZING. They were excellent musicians and, apart from their hits, they played some excellent heavy rock of real sophistication. I booked them next year as well.
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Posted: November 08 2016 at 09:43
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
rogerthat wrote:
I don't see why Carpenters would have to be a guilty pleasure. Actually I don't buy this concept of guilty pleasure and it is borne out of elitism/snobbery. If you like it, you like it. Karen Carpenter's incredible phrasing was beyond the grasp of most prog vocalists and both she and Richard were well versed in the American songbook. Annie Haslam said she liked Carpenters and was delighted when in some interview back in the day the Carpenters named Renaissance as one of their favourites. The groups never met, though.
I'm actually completely dumbfounded that the Carpenters are being consideed a `guilty pleasure'. Sublime pop songwriting with a restrained and intelligent singer who sings rings around the idiotic vocal gynasts that mostly pass for popular female singers today? Nothing to be ashamed about with the duo at all.
I'm on board with not buying into the term "guilty pleasure." Why should anyone feel guilty about enjoying music of any sort? Every type of music has appealing aspects even if it doesn't appeal to everyone. I have always called quirky types of music that aren't major staples of our diet "comfort food."
And in case you're wondering, i really do like all those videos i posted! I didn't just pull out the cheesiest of the cheese for no reason :P I do put on my chEEsy puPPy hat from time to time
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Posted: November 08 2016 at 07:24
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
I'm actually completely dumbfounded that the Carpenters are being consideed a `guilty pleasure'. Sublime pop songwriting with a restrained and intelligent singer who sings rings around the idiotic vocal gynasts that mostly pass for popular female singers today? Nothing to be ashamed about with the duo at all.
I'd be prepared to caveat the songwriting which was really about artful covers (but what covers, they could turn an ad jingle into a hit single) for the most part; did have some good original tracks like Goodbye to Love and I Need to Be in Love. But Karen Carpenter was one of the greatest female singers ever produced by pop music and when I say pop in that sense, I mean alongside the likes of Aretha Franklin, Barbara Streisand, Dusty Springfield, Julie Andrews etc. There has never been a better example to show that you don't need a huge range nor the ability to produce a variety of sounds including distortion to be a great singer; it's all about how you interpret the lyrics and she was one of the very best at that.
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Posted: November 08 2016 at 06:09
Everything "Jesus and Mary Chain". Once or twice a year I'll listen to "The Defranco Family" and "The Left Banke" Because I don't know how to post videos, if somebody could post "Heartbeat, it's a Love Beat" and "Walk Away Renee" for me, I'd appreciate it.
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Posted: November 08 2016 at 05:52
Guilty pleasure for me these days is 80s new wave. I hated that stuff back then but I feel very nostalgic about it now for some reason. I especially like to check out the videos. Takes me back to my teenage MTV days.
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