# \#music **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/music/96.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [The SDMB Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! -\>Latest Poll in post 313](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 315\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060 "2026-09-25T23:22:39Z")
It’s a venerable tradition around here to have an annual thread complaining about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, so let’s just elect our own! The one complaint everyone seems to agree with is that there are way too man… --- ## [Dolly Parton has died at age 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545 "2026-09-25T16:14:56Z")
Sad news. Great American. --- ## [Ed Sheeran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-sheeran/1030277)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-sheeran/1030277 "2026-09-25T15:44:04Z")
I ran into a new-to-me musician last week, that i really liked. Can anyone tell me anything about Ed Sheeran? (And if you want to like fun at me for being totally out of it, musician, go right ahead. I know that already… --- ## [Anybody else sung in a quartet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-sung-in-a-quartet/1033301)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-sung-in-a-quartet/1033301 "2026-09-24T14:56:53Z")
Not necessarily a SATB quartet, it could be a TTBB quartet. I’ve sung in both. Gosh, they were fun. Anyway, anybody been in them? --- ## [Wow, that's a great cover of that song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 1176\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596 "2026-09-24T04:28:34Z")
I think we’ve had a thread or two like this in the past but a lot of us are home bored and have some time so let’s do it again. Looking for covers of songs that really do it for you. I love to find obscure but great cov… --- ## [Spinal Tap II: The End Continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinal-tap-ii-the-end-continues/1021340)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinal-tap-ii-the-end-continues/1021340 "2026-09-22T00:27:57Z")
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues opens in theaters September 12, 2025 --- ## [Holly's "Rave On" as a metal song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollys-rave-on-as-a-metal-song/1033165)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollys-rave-on-as-a-metal-song/1033165 "2026-09-20T21:58:16Z")
Has anyone run across such a thing? Of course, it would lose Holly’s distinct style, but I think it’d be a good match for the genre. Ramp up the drums and change the piano bit to a lead guitar solo… might work. I’d als… --- ## [Name this Garage/Frat anthem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-garage-frat-anthem/1033126)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-garage-frat-anthem/1033126 "2026-09-19T14:17:13Z")
Ever hear a song you have heard a million times but can’t put a title or artist to it? The song linked below was played by two different bands at a garage rock festival I recently attended. The nature of such performanc… --- ## [Bands you've seen, concerts you've been to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-youve-seen-concerts-youve-been-to/1014139)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 257\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-youve-seen-concerts-youve-been-to/1014139 "2026-09-18T16:22:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from Songs about planes and flying: I know we’ve done this several times before, but not too recently I think, and the thread I’ve spun this one off from has had several mentions of seeing this… --- ## [Rush is reuniting, with dates scheduled in 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-reuniting-with-dates-scheduled-in-2026/1023729)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-reuniting-with-dates-scheduled-in-2026/1023729 "2026-09-17T12:02:34Z")
And their new drummer is one Anika Nilles, whom I’d never previously heard of, but this link says she’s played with Jeff Beck, among other. You read that right. SHE. A woman. Cool! I had long heard chatter that they… --- ## [What are the modern protest songs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484 "2026-09-13T04:58:32Z")
Previous generations had protest songs. What are songs expressing discontent with the current political situation? Anything within the last ten years? --- ## [I would offer you $500,000 to watch every episode ofAmerican Bandstand, Soul Train, Midnight Special, and Solid Gold, at your own leisure. Do you take this offer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-offer-you-500-000-to-watch-every-episode-ofamerican-bandstand-soul-train-midnight-special-and-solid-gold-at-your-own-leisure-do-you-take-this-offer/1031914)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-offer-you-500-000-to-watch-every-episode-ofamerican-bandstand-soul-train-midnight-special-and-solid-gold-at-your-own-leisure-do-you-take-this-offer/1031914 "2026-09-09T18:36:11Z")
Here are the rules. 1. Let’s say I have, streamable to your TV, every episode of those four shows in the title. You must sit down and watch them all from beginning to end. If you do this, I will give you $500,000 in you… --- ## [Anyone know Garland Jeffries and in particular the song Matador](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-garland-jeffries-and-in-particular-the-song-matador/975190)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-garland-jeffries-and-in-particular-the-song-matador/975190 "2026-09-09T12:44:14Z")
This is now one of my favorite songs of all time and I have not heard it in years, nay decades, now a year past four decades. I had forgot about it and tonight it hit me in the heart. It came up on Spotify and I remember… --- ## [RIP Cassandra Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cassandra-wilson/1032773)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cassandra-wilson/1032773 "2026-09-05T17:31:41Z")
sultry, smokey chanteuse Cassandra Wilson dead at age 70–I’ll miss her distinctive voice! Cassandra Wilson died on September 2, 2026 at the age of 70. Wilson died this morning (September 2) in Jackson, Mississippi. She … --- ## [A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs podcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-of-rock-music-in-500-songs-podcast/998967)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-of-rock-music-in-500-songs-podcast/998967 "2026-09-03T21:57:47Z")
Highly recommended. When a friend recommended it to me, I scrolled through the list to find a few favorite artists first. Then I started listeninng from the beginning, with swing jazz in the 30s (yes I know that is not r… --- ## [The Great Ongoing Guitar Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172)
**Author:** [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Replies:** 6665\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172 "2026-09-01T13:38:58Z")
Face it, there’s been a lot of guitar threads over the last month or so. Some of us are pro-quality players, some of us (like me) are just starting out again for the third time. And some of us just like to sit around and… --- ## [Music you like to fall asleep to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-like-to-fall-asleep-to/1032121)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-like-to-fall-asleep-to/1032121 "2026-09-01T10:23:30Z")
For me, nothing beats Jean-Luc Ponty’s Mystical Adventures. No vocals, just some relaxing electric jazz violin. If I’m looking to take a short afternoon nap, this album chills me right out. What music do you like to fal… --- ## [Quick, what's your current earworm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 1707\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433 "2026-09-01T10:12:40Z")
Bonus point awarded if you can identify why and when it burrowed itself into your ear. Mine is “Good Morning” from ‘Singin’ in the Rain’. I think I heard it in a television commercial a few days ago and it has latched o… --- ## [Mandolin Tuning Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandolin-tuning-question/1032610)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandolin-tuning-question/1032610 "2026-08-29T19:44:13Z")
I am a guitar player who has an electric, an acoustic, and an acoustic bass. I’m contemplating getting a mandolin just to have something to noodle on if I’m travelling or whatever. If I got one I am thinking of reversin… --- ## [ZZ Top has lost its Beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405)
**Author:** [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405 "2026-08-28T18:05:31Z")
ZZ Top’s Frank Beard, ironically the one without a beard, has died. --- ## [Two Tickets to the "Bourbon & Beyond" music festival in Louissville, KY](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-tickets-to-the-bourbon-beyond-music-festival-in-louissville-ky/1032585)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-tickets-to-the-bourbon-beyond-music-festival-in-louissville-ky/1032585 "2026-08-27T00:22:03Z")
I bought two tickets to go to the “Bourbon & Beyond” music festival in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a four-day General Admission pass. No hotel or food or drink is included. The four-day event is being held on Thu, Sep … --- ## [What are the itty-bitty bits you love in certain songs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-itty-bitty-bits-you-love-in-certain-songs/831368)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 400\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-itty-bitty-bits-you-love-in-certain-songs/831368 "2026-08-25T23:08:11Z")
Whenever I hear the Eagles sing “Take it (very dramatic pause) to the limit one more time,” I just love that little silent pause. For me, it makes the whole song. Similarly, when Men At Work sing “Who could it be bow?” … --- ## [Songs with notable backup singers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-notable-backup-singers/1027275)
**Author:** [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-notable-backup-singers/1027275 "2026-08-20T03:13:50Z")
On the radio I just heard “An American Dream” (1979) by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (going by the moniker The Dirt Band at the time), which features lovely backing (and uncredited) vocals by Linda Ronstadt: … --- ## [It’s Protest Season: we need a Battle Hymn of the Republic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-protest-season-we-need-a-battle-hymn-of-the-republic/1027632)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-protest-season-we-need-a-battle-hymn-of-the-republic/1027632 "2026-08-16T02:20:32Z")
Now that spring looks like it may be coming after all, I’m hoping the Resistance will get even more traction, especially at the No Kings protests planned for March 28. I’m not casting any shade on Bruce Springsteen or J… --- ## [Man teaches octopus to play piano](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-teaches-octopus-to-play-piano/1032212)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-teaches-octopus-to-play-piano/1032212 "2026-08-10T02:17:16Z")
Maybe this belongs in MPSIMS, but it’s about music (kinda) and sort of even about food. The video is 18 minutes, and well-edited. --- ## [Old Sesame Street Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sesame-street-song/1032192)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sesame-street-song/1032192 "2026-08-07T01:19:20Z")
I remember seeing it as a kid, but never saw it when my kids were watching in the early aughts. It started out with a hippie looking puppet going "bum bum; bum bum bum bum bum; bum bum bum BUM, bum bum bum bum. Others … --- ## [Classic Rock Play List, image: Who are the 3 beside Jim Morrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-play-list-image-who-are-the-3-beside-jim-morrison/1032164)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-play-list-image-who-are-the-3-beside-jim-morrison/1032164 "2026-08-06T01:46:52Z")
I’m pretty sure the 2nd one is Carlos Santana. No clue on the 1st man and the woman on the right --- ## [Music you listen(ed) to when high?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-listen-ed-to-when-high/949517 "2026-08-04T17:32:40Z")
I think I’ve made threads about getting high before, with some success on these boards… but never Cafe Society. C’mon, I know y’all are stoners, or former stoners. Anyway. What do you like to listen too when you’re hi… --- ## [Oscar-winning Irish folk musician Glen Hansard has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-winning-irish-folk-musician-glen-hansard-has-died/1031997)
**Author:** [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-winning-irish-folk-musician-glen-hansard-has-died/1031997 "2026-08-03T21:42:56Z")
BBC reports it was a motorcycle crash outside of Dublin. He was only 56. Incredibly sad; I loved his music. What a loss. --- ## [Songs with local radio station call letters placed into the lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-local-radio-station-call-letters-placed-into-the-lyrics/996441)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-local-radio-station-call-letters-placed-into-the-lyrics/996441 "2026-08-02T12:28:28Z")
I recently heard the song “Fire” by the Pointer Sisters and remembered how the local radio station would insert it’s call letters into the lyrics. Like this: I’m ridin’ in your car You turn on the radio K-Earth 101 … [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/music/96.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=music)