Music - What Floats Your Boat?

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  • Freddy55
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    edited March 2020 #32

    That’s Jazz though ain’t it? I can’t be doing with that malarkey 😀

  • Freddy55
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    edited March 2020 #33

    More of a rock/folk thingy? This man was my folk hero, back in the day...

  • Freddy55
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    edited March 2020 #34

    The wonderful (imo) Clair De Lune (Debussy)

     

  • Twos more then one
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    edited March 2020 #35

    Not in to sad cut you throat music 
    So how about Pat Benatar for those to remember what it was like, before they became their parents 

  • Twos more then one
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    edited March 2020 #36

    Get knocked down 9 times, stand up 10

  • LeTouriste
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    edited March 2020 #37

    I enjoy a wide range of easy listening and pop music.  Being in my 80’s, a lot of my music tastes are in the 50’s and 60’s.  What I have noticed is that a lot of good music of those times has been ignored by the BBC and the like.  I have always felt that if you can’t whistle a particular ‘tune’ whilst you worked, then it isn’t music.   Short, repetitive lines and raucous ‘yah, yah, yahs’ is not music.  Thank heaven for my ageing CD collection!

  • Justus2
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    edited March 2020 #38

    My preferences are for blues or rock based music. I used to play guitar in a local pub band and like & appreciate these bands, some we have even seen live :  Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Status Quo, Gary Moore, Peter Green, Eric Clapton, Bryan Adams, Dire Straits, Genesis, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Small Faces, Canned Heat, The Who, The Eagles and The Pogues… 

  • JillwithaJay
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    edited March 2020 #39

    Love most kinds of music.  This is a cover version of a Bob Dylan song "Make You Feel My Love" which Adele recorded.

    https://youtu.be/6FJapX0fR84

  • Freddy55
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    edited March 2020 #40

    For rock guitar enthusiasts. You’ll have to forgive his ‘rock god’ pretentiousness, which is a bit off putting. He can though play a bit wink

  • moulesy
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    edited March 2020 #41

    Jill - shock, horror! You've forgotten to mention Russell Watson! wink

  • marchie1053
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    edited March 2020 #42

    I should have added Paul Simon 'Negotiations and Love Songs 1971-86' Album in my original selection,. 'Renee & Geogette Margritte and teir Dog after the War'; Diamonds on the Sole of her Shoes; Kodachrome; St Judy's Comet

    Also Simon & Garfunkel! Cecilia; The Boxer; Baby Driver; Bridge Over Troubled Water; 59th Bridge Street Song

    Steve

  • brue
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    edited March 2020 #43

    The first record I ever had was The Everly Bros, Walk Right Back (my Dad bought it for me.)

    The first record I actually bought was Elvis Presley, The Girl of my Best Friend. I don't know why I bought it because I didn't really like Elvis and I was in Cleobury Mortimer on holiday and a shop happened to have a few records for sale! smile

  • marchie1053
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    edited March 2020 #44

    'Cathy's Clown' and 'Ebony Eyes' and 'Wake Up Little Suzie', all courtesy of my 2 older half brothers {7&9 years senior]. Mum bought them a 'Dansette' style record player for Xmas [16 2/3, 33, 45 & 78 rpm options] and 1 single to start off the collection .... Charlie Drake singing 'Please Mr Custer'.... And, not long after, she bought for herself 'Dominique' by the Singing Nun [ a record that warped mysteriously from the heat of the Debonair Flavel Gas Fire about 10 feet away undecided]

    Fair to say that Mum wasn't in tune with 'Yoof music' ...

    Steve

  • Freddy55
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    edited April 2020 #45

    A particular (blues) favourite of mine. Originally recorded by Etta James, covered here by Chicken Shack.

  • moulesy
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    edited April 2020 #46

    I love that song Freddy and Christine Perfect/McVie's voice. I saw her with the original Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green et al) at York Uni Central Hall, must have been about 1971ish. Fantastic! smile

  • moulesy
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    edited April 2020 #47

    Edit to above - think Peter Green may have left the group by then? Left a legacy of great songs though!  smile

  • Freddy55
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    edited April 2020 #48

    Yes, I think he’d already left. A pity what happened to him (PG), such a good guitar player, and the perfect blues voice. I missed out on seeing them. We did though go to see ‘Rumours’ (a tribute act) around a year ago, who were very good. They even played several ‘Green’ era songs, which was nice🙂

  • marchie1053
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    edited April 2020 #49

    'Man of the World', 'Oh Well' Parts I & II, 'The Chain', 'The Green  Manalishi [With The Two Pronged Crown]', 'Tusk', 'Oh Daddy', 'Shake Your Money Maker' etc. In fact,just about any Fleetwood Mac track will suit. 'Dragonfly' is a nice mellow track for a peaceful afternoon in the Spring sunshine.

    Steve

  • Freddy55
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    edited April 2020 #50

    You missed out ‘Without You’ 🙂

  • richardandros
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    edited April 2020 #51

    As well as following PG in the mid 60's - when Fleetwood Mac was a proper blues group before Christine McVie came along and ruined it, I saw him 10 (or was it 15?) years ago, in Beverley when he played a gig in the little theatre in the Market Place with a reassembled Fleetwood Mac.  He was still good, but a shadow of his former self, the drugs and his lifestyle obviously having taken their toll.  It brought back many happy memories of once seeing him play with Clapton and Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, but it was also quite sad.

  • Freddy55
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    edited April 2020 #52

    I recall seeing him on tv, playing with his Splinter Group. It made for saddening watching. I actually like both versions of ‘Mac’, both very different 🙂

  • Goldie146
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    edited April 2020 #53

    A wonderful heartfelt song from a wonderful singer/songwriter.

    Ralph McTell

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    edited April 2020 #54
  • Freddy55
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    edited February 2021 #56

    Absolutely not something I’d normally listen to. Caught this on the tv last week, Matt Munro, singing ‘Days Like These’, from ‘The Italian Job’.

    What a voice!

    Matt Munro - ‘Days Like These’

  • Freddy55
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    edited February 2021 #57

    Great band, weren’t they? Only one of them left now ☹️

  • Freddy55
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    edited February 2021 #58

    Lovers of rock (no, I don’t mean metal) should give this a listen, it’s a cracker, imo. Some wonderful guitar playing and orchestration...

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  • DavidKlyne
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    edited February 2021 #60

    Excellent, been a long time fan of Ralph McTell and seen him in concert a couple of times. Very poignant song, surprised it didn't get a wider play?

    David

  • GlosJive
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    edited February 2021 #61

    If you have internet radio, check out BBC Radio Northampton on a Saturday 6pm - Bernie Keith.