It sounds like I need to look for the Album.
You are of course correct about Nimoy. :smack: In my defense, it has been a long time since I saw the video.
A very odd and very good mix. I really enjoy Glenn Miller too, Sing Sing Sing is one of my favorite pieces. Actually, I like everything in your list except Patsy Cline, just not my taste.
Marley23: I don’t know why but I would have thought late 20’s for you between music and other threads.
ZebraShaSha I haven’t even heard of some of your Artists but you might be interested in knowing that I have sat with Pete discussing the direction that Clearwater and the Sloop clubs should be going on board the Wavertree before it was opened to the public. He is one of my heroes. I also was a stagehand for Arlo Guthrie at a Pumpkin Festival around 1990. He is just as nice and down to earth as you would think he was. Folkies are special people in my opinion.
Quint: I have to pick up some more Sinatra. Maybe it is time to borrow my Dad’s ancient albums and try and tape them off.
Marvin Gaye
Dr. Buzzards Original Savannah Band
Barbra Streisand
Queen
Stevie Wonder
Change
Chaka Khan
ToTo
Ceelo Green
EWF
Songs I Love
Come Get to This - Marvin Gaye
On The Street Where You Live - Vic Damone
You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught - South Pacific
Don’t You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Stevie Wonder
Country Love - Ceelo Green
Africa - ToTo
I Know - Dionne Farris
You Know How to Love Me - Phyllis Hyman
Ain’t Nobody - Chaka Khan
Soon it’s Gonna Rain - Barbra Streisand
Albums I Must have
What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye
Africa - ToTo
Aja - Steely Dan
Miracles - Change
Classic Queen - Queen
Beauty and The Beast - Original Soundtrack
Night and Day - Joe Jackson
Where I Wanna Be - Donnell Jones
The Italian Job - Original Soundtrack
Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band - Self Titled Album
I have always wanted to meet any of them, including some of the old blues musicians. When people talk about a dying generation of musicians, there isn’t a better example than those who were at the start of contemporary music. They should be required listening for anyone, in my opinion.
Unfortunatly, not many know of Pete, Arlo, or Woodie these days. Most don’t get my “this machine kills fascists” themed sticker at all.
And, since Pete was all about spreading the joy of music, here are links to websites of almost all the ones I have listed. Most you can download, some you can only listen to clips of.
I knew that but the MP3 I have of SSS says Glenn Miller and I assumed it was a great cover like Louis Prima’s. Now I am not so sure. If it helps I also like “In the Mood” & “Blue Skies”
The order of the lists roughly reflects the order in which I first listened to the items. The items closer to the bottom of the list are more likely to change. I’m 19 - I’ve discovered the majority of older rock I listen to by reading reviews online.
Artists
The Beatles
Blur
The Clash
Pink Floyd
Kraftwerk
The Moody Blues
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Gong
Frank Zappa
National Health
Albums
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Air - Moon Safari
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
The Clash - Sandinista!
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
The Small Faces - Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake
Gong - Camembert Electrique
Soft Machine - Volume Two
Camel - The Snow Goose
Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
Songs
Enya - The Celts
The Beatles - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Electricity
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
The Clash - Complete Control
Yonderboi - Intro
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Soft Machine - Pataphysical Introduction Pt. 1
The Aquarian Age - 10’000 Words in a Cardboard Box
I always thought these kinds of threads were pointless, but then I realized how fun it is trying to sort out one’s own musical tastes at a given time…
Groups:
Elliott Smith
The Flaming Lips
The Beatles
Roby Lakatos
Radiohead
Simon & Garfunkel
Silvio Rodriguez
Benny Goodman
Bob Dylan
Gipsy Kings
Albums:
The Bends (Radiohead)
Abbey Road (Beatles)
Alouette (Roby Lakatos)
XO (Elliott Smith)
Either/Or (Elliott Smith)
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (Simon & Garfunkel)
The Soft Bulletin (Flaming Lips)
The Wall (Pink Floyd)
Eldorado (Electric Light Orchestra)
A 1930’s Benny Goodman live concert album (forgot the name)
Songs:
Waltz #2 (Elliott Smith)
Miss Misery (Elliott Smith)
Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead)
Paranoid Android (Radiohead)
Tunnel of Love (Dire Straits)
Fight Test (Flaming Lips)
Li Ma Weesu (Youssou N’dour)
Tiger Rag (Benny Goodman)
Human Hands (Elvis Costello)
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
They are almost pointless but they are fun and slightly cathartic.
I also find the lists generated interesting. It is useless for conclusions but surprising None-the-less.