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tpryan
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response 25 of 35:
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Nov 29 15:47 UTC 1997 |
I have been a DJ, and I never called them 'shit songs'. Maybe
bathroom break' songs. Then again with planning a 3 and a half minute
song would do. Cue up the next quickly and up and go. If I didn't
make it back in time (rarely didn't) someone could quickly start the
next tune. Usually the five minute network newscast was long enough.
On the changes in taste relating to age. I consider it more
a matter of time. I have been in my third discovery of folk music
for about the ten-twelve years now. But I still listen to Classic
Rock, Oldies, The River, other alternative rock, but tend to avoid
new metal/industrial rock.
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omni
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response 26 of 35:
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Nov 29 18:02 UTC 1997 |
I recently heard the new BB King/Tracy Chapman duet. Man, It blew me away.
but the song that followed made me want to change the station. :(
I may have to score that CD before too long.
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orinoco
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response 27 of 35:
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Nov 29 21:21 UTC 1997 |
They did a whole CD together? Whoa...
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omni
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response 28 of 35:
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Nov 30 02:54 UTC 1997 |
According to my sister, BB did a whole bunch of duets with people. I don't
know all the details, but that one track rocked. (The Thrill is Gone...)
If that one track is represenitive, it's gonna be a monster.
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lumen
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response 29 of 35:
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Nov 30 09:37 UTC 1997 |
btw, 'shit' is not Italian-- it's German, coming from the word 'sheist' (or
however it would be spelled)
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orinoco
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response 30 of 35:
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Nov 30 18:07 UTC 1997 |
(What would the equivalent be in Italian, I wonder...)
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omni
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response 31 of 35:
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Nov 30 20:39 UTC 1997 |
I meant that in the spirit of "Pardon my French" but I don't do French. I
do Italian and Spanish. Shit in spanish is mierda, so I would assume that
it would either be the same in Italian, or something close to it.
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bruin
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response 32 of 35:
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Nov 30 23:16 UTC 1997 |
Nowadays, with the technology of CD's and such, a DJ could plug several
songs into a computer and not have to worry about whether it would be
long enough to take care of his/her obligations to the pot.
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void
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response 33 of 35:
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Dec 1 08:15 UTC 1997 |
"bohemian rhapsody," when it came out, spent some ungodly long time
at the top of the charts in britain...close to five or six months, if
i remember correctly. i was living in england at the time, so i have
no idea if the song did as well in the states. queen was also one of
the first bands to include elaborate sets and pyrotechnics in their
live performances, which undoubtedly influenced many of the glitzy
bands of the later seventies and early eighties, none of whom pulled
it off nearly as well as queen did, imho. and then there was brian
may's guitar playing and freddy mercury's singing, which speak for
themselves. (and, btw, _a night at the opera_, the album which has
"bohemian rhapsody" on it, was produced without synthesizers.)
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lumen
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response 34 of 35:
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Dec 2 07:32 UTC 1997 |
That was what was cool about Freddie. He was talented *and* popular. Synth
is good if you keep it tight and can do incredible things with it, but it
doesn't make up for a lack of musicianship. I don't remember the source--
it was some sort of TV documentary-- quoted someone in the band, I think, as
saying Mercury was always bubbling over with ideas.
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raven
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response 35 of 35:
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Mar 19 07:20 UTC 1998 |
I don't hate the music I listened to when I was 16, but I don't listen to
it much. I was mainly into punk like the Dead Kennedies, Circle Jerks,
etc, and classic rock like Jefferson Airplane, The Beatles, Pink Floyd,
Emerson Lake & Palmer (yikes), Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground (OK I still
listen to them a fair amount). I also listened to some jazz fusion around
age 16-17 like Weather Report, that I would still listen to now. I would
say I listen to a broader range of music now & music from my high school
days may strike me as a bit flat, but I don't actively despise that music.
The only things I can think of from that time that I listened to that I
can't deal with now would be Rush, Iron Butterfly, ELP, and probably some
really bad 2 chord punk 45s and to a lesser extent Crosby, Stills & Nash.
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