Music- What are you listening to?

[rb336]

Agree- that's worse than the Monkees. They didn't have a choice, the Stones did.

I guess for the flip side you have Neil Young:

http://youtu.be/KSSvzCNBvlQ

I knew what that was before clicking on it. and that song convinced me that neil should never again use a word with "iller" in it. Now, off of this:

[rb336]

Thanx Pam. These 3 bands, were media "contrived" to make money, so I can see them selling product, especially The Monkees.

Just to defend the Monkees - they did rebel against their corporate overlords, forcing out Don Kirschner and doing this scene:

[Pam]

Thanx Pam. These 3 bands, were media "contrived" to make money, so I can see them selling product, especially The Monkees. Cream was the acid-dropping, booze swilling, disrespectful spearhead of the anti-establishment movement, [[how long since anyone's heard that phrase) so a commercial venture seems so unlikely for them. I sent the clip to my old Gtrande-Cream-head buddy, who's also in disbelief. Probably done @ an early stage of their career, and the movement, before bands like that were shunned.

Just because a band was more pop or singles oriented doesn't mean they were "media contrived". The Raiders and the Cowsills started in the normal way- friends or family members getting together to play music. I actually like them and the Monkees more than Cream. I think just about every band in that era wanted to make money and have hit records if they were honest about it- whatever their street cred or status with the rock critics was. They all took major record label money for one thing.

I guess Cream was so booze swilling, they wanted to endorse their fave product?

[Honky Tonk]

Sounds like I offended you, sorry. Peace.....

[Honky Tonk]

I think@ one point, they actually learned to play instruments after being called out by their public. No matter, I bought their first album. But don't get down on me, I'm not your stepping stone.

[Pam]

Sounds like I offended you, sorry. Peace.....

No, not offended. I was just disagreeing with your description of some of the groups I posted. As far as the Monkees, they could play instruments they just weren't allowed to on records at first.

[Pickford-Bentler]

IMO, Ernest Ranglin is one of the finest guitar players of the past 50 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdfa54L1iVo

[rb336]

No, not offended. I was just disagreeing with your description of some of the groups I posted. As far as the Monkees, they could play instruments they just weren't allowed to on records at first.

Nesmith, Tork and Dolenz are doing a tour in May. Their last two tours skipped Detroit [[where they had the largest audience with the last tour before Jones died). Saw them in Cleveland, it was an excellent show. Nez was at the Magic Bag twice in a year with one of the best bands I have ever seen backing him. Magic Bag treated a band member's family like crap, they won't go back

[Pam]

Guess we need something Irish for today:

http://youtu.be/0KTQYMm3GCM

[Pam]

Chieftains with Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings:

http://youtu.be/V5nojxhd8g4

[Whaler]

http://youtu.be/fGQMuLAPYxM

[Pam]

One more for St. Pat's. The Pogues and the Dubliners:

http://youtu.be/au30c9ZMIPg

[GUSHI]

Country and a littlee bit of rap/rock.

[jerrytimes]

I'm listening to The Swords album titled Apocryphon.

[oladub]

Dutch group doing Irish in Germany

[black gold man]

[jerrytimes]

Currently listening to Gwar. RIP

[rb336]

A pastoral:

[Pam]

Here's a good Mike N. tune:

http://youtu.be/FFH3mTq3bqs

[rb336]

Here's a good Mike N. tune:

http://youtu.be/FFH3mTq3bqs

love his Nudie suit. Two great shows at the Magic Bag

[oladub]

Árstíðir - Heyr himna smiður [[13th century Icelandic hymn) in train station



From Google Translate-
Group's name translates to "Seasons"
Hymn's name translates to "hear carpenter heaven"

What would happen if a group with one person barefoot and another with a beer bottle started performing a hymn at a US airline terminal?

[rb336]

Árstíðir - Heyr himna smiður [[13th century Icelandic hymn) in train station



From Google Translate-
Group's name translates to "Seasons"
Hymn's name translates to "hear carpenter heaven"

What would happen if a group with one person barefoot and another with a beer bottle started performing a hymn at a US airline terminal?

Nice! thanks for the post

[oladub]

Nice! thanks for the post

I was made aware of this, in turn, by Danny Young a professional drummer who grew up with my kids. This hymn was originally written by an Icelandic chieftain Kolbeinn Tumason, in the Christian era, who wound up in a conflict with a bishop resulting in the chieftain being killed by having his head bashed in with a rock. "Notwithstanding his opposition to bishop Guðmundur, sources indicate that Kolbeinn was a devoutly religious man of some education. He is best known for composing the hymn Heyr himna smiður [[English: "Hear, Smith of heavens") on his deathbed." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolbeinn_Tumason

[rb336]

I was made aware of this, in turn, by Danny Young a professional drummer who grew up with my kids. This hymn was originally written by an Icelandic chieftain Kolbeinn Tumason, in the Christian era, who wound up in a conflict with a bishop resulting in the chieftain being killed by having his head bashed in with a rock. "Notwithstanding his opposition to bishop Guðmundur, sources indicate that Kolbeinn was a devoutly religious man of some education. He is best known for composing the hymn Heyr himna smiður [[English: "Hear, Smith of heavens") on his deathbed." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolbeinn_Tumason

what a thoroughly Icelandic story

[factoryrat]

Roxy Music-Roxy Music [[1972 Debut Album-Full Album)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_bP...BbU3Znga90Rjk5