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I know Matt. Everyone is it seems. I am all alone in this world.

I do listen to some very strange stuff.

Brian Wilson's recent Smile.....


jf

King Crimson is not strange stuff. Well, except "Islands", maybe....

I think most people would classify "Cat Food" as at least a little strange!

Most of that stuff you list is awful. You couldn't make me listen to the Clash or the Ramones or Nirvana or Pearl Jam with a gun to my head. Abysmal. Been a Costello fan since day one and have the vinyl to prove it. Done the Joy Division/PSB/New Order/Electronic and Smiths/Morrissey thing. (Backpacked the 100-Mile Wilderness listening to New Order). Personally I'm a big jazz fan (see Jean Luc Ponty live) but every once in a while you gotta go back to some of your roots. Santana, ELP, Tull, Strawbs, Yes (and as huge a fan as I was in my earlier years, I am less fond of Yes today).

i wonder if the fact that most of us love the music we grew up on as teenagers make us not appreciate current things.

i cannot recognize any of the music of the groups listed, yes can still rememebr every note and lyric of "my" music.

not that i havent liked more current things, but i dont have the passion for anything thats not written in late 60's or decade of seventies.

thread on grateful dead by jf made me think of this, why is music from when we were say, 16-25, marked indelibly on our psyche??

I came to Roy Orbison late and warmed up to him in a hurry. The voice of an angel. Brian Wilson's new Smile is a wonder. But more than anything, though, if you haven't given Pet Sounds a real try, you're missing one of the great musical experiences. Paul McCartney was flabbergasted when it came out, and was especially taken with the songwriting and the bass playing. It's got Wouldn't It Be Nice, God Only Knows and Sloop John B, but the arrangements are what keep me coming back. The sound of the record is one-of-a-kind.

I, too, am promiscuous musically. I recommend it because you don't catch diseases, although the neighbors may threaten you from time to time.

I learnt Do You Remember Walter not long ago. And Dusty Springfields version of Oh No Not My Baby too. I've also just learnt Charade - the song from the film.

Pet Sounds is a favorite of mine too.

jf

On the topic of schlock that is actually fun: I got a Peter, Paul and Mary Best Hits CD recently. Jet Train, Puff the Magic Dragon ... fun stuff.

Re Kinks: Do You Remember Walter is just the ticket. Waterloo Sunset may be my favorite song of all time. Such brilliance, and we in the US were denied it at the time because Ray and the boys got drunk during their first US tour (or tours?) and couldn't get visas for the next tour. There was a virtual blackout until Lola broke through (another great song).

Chopin: Polonaise Militaire in A Major, Op. 40 No. 1 (Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist)

NAK,
I believe "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" is cited for the Grade 9 RCM Repertoire list. I remember playing this as a teenager ... a beautiful piece/song !!

And now, something for our friends in Maine....




Great stuff in a folky, Cat Stevens and Van Morrison kind of vein. The guy also has a really interesting life story. This is his debut album. I recommend it highly.