If You'Re Listening To Music Now... Whats Playing? (2018)

[talahtnut]

Even me missus flops around to this..  should be

sweeping the floor.    Utterly irresponsible.

 

[talahtnut]

More flopping about.

 

[MyFriend You]

Nothing after 1986 can be classified as Music in my eyes (ears)

[bannork]

 

[tutsiwarrior]

3 hours ago, TunnelRat69 said:

Nothing after 1986 can be classified as Music in my eyes (ears)

 

that's what we all said 40 - 50 years ago...keep tuned to this topic and you might be surprised...

 

popular music is what it is, always evolving and changing...I'm a traditional blues man meself but there have been some respectable tunes within the past 20 years...maybe highly derivative of the old stuff but that's OK...

 

 

[MyFriend You]

9 minutes ago, tutsiwarrior said:

 

that's what we all said 40 - 50 years ago...keep tuned to this topic and you might be surprised...

 

popular music is what it is, always evolving and changing...I'm a traditional blues man meself but there have been some respectable tunes within the past 20 years...maybe highly derivative of the old stuff but that's OK...

 

 

"derivative"  I like that  - Plagerism is the highest form of compliment.  Now back to my 4 Channel Marrantz amp with Bose 901 Series VI analog speakers playing BB King's Definitive Hits CD#2 and Paul Butterfield "Live at the Unicorn Coffee House...........Peace

almost forgot, I also have a 35 year old pair of Stienhauser Headphones that are still in immaculate condition today, wouldn't change them for anything on the market 

 

Edited December 7, 2018 by TunnelRat69

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Chris Stapleton, Tennessee Whiskey--and in my right hand is, Jackie D

 

 

[Tippaporn]

15 hours ago, TunnelRat69 said:

Nothing after 1986 can be classified as Music in my eyes (ears)

 

12 hours ago, tutsiwarrior said:

 

that's what we all said 40 - 50 years ago...keep tuned to this topic and you might be surprised...

 

popular music is what it is, always evolving and changing...I'm a traditional blues man meself but there have been some respectable tunes within the past 20 years...maybe highly derivative of the old stuff but that's OK...

 

 

Why is '86 the cut-off?  Arbitrary?  I grew up with 50's, 60's & 70's music and it was grand.  But I would never claim that good music no longer exists.  Perhaps not as prolific as back then?  Then again tastes have changed between generations as well.  I hate rap and think it awful music but I wouldn't deny that it brings as immense joy to those who enjoy it as 'my' music does for me.  In the end that's all that really counts.  (I might deny someone playing rap in my presence, though, LOL.)

 

There's plenty of new music that is as good as anything I've heard from back in my day.  If I had to I could post endless examples.  My 30 y.o. kid was here with me in Thailand on and off for about year and a half.  He greatly appreciates a lot of the music that I grew up with but it wasn't enough for him.  He wanted to hear new tunes as well.  Rightfully so.  So for a year + we scoured YT looking for 'great' music.  I was amazed at how much we found.  Here's a single example, Empty, by Ray LaMontagne recorded in 2006, 20 years past the 'good' music expiry date.  Not only is it a beautiful song but the lyrics are as good as any that came from previous eras.

 

Take the wise advice from the old(est) sage we have on TV (he moonlights as a deviant as well) . . . keep tuned to this topic and you might be surprised...  Peace, man, and invite me over sometime to listen to some tunes on your most excellent audio system (a bit green with envy).

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Absolutely great new music (in my ears).

 

Timbre Timbre's Demon's Host recorded in 2009 from the Timbre Timbre CD.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

New rock 'n' roll?  From the immensely talented Soko, Who Wears The Pants??, from her My Dreams Dictate My Reality 2015 release.

 

 

[jvs]

13 hours ago, TunnelRat69 said:

"derivative"  I like that  - Plagerism is the highest form of compliment.  Now back to my 4 Channel Marrantz amp with Bose 901 Series VI analog speakers playing BB King's Definitive Hits CD#2 and Paul Butterfield "Live at the Unicorn Coffee House...........Peace

almost forgot, I also have a 35 year old pair of Stienhauser Headphones that are still in immaculate condition today, wouldn't change them for anything on the market 

 

I have a pair of Sennhauser headphones,our cockatiel ate threw

the wires lastnight!!!

I also have an old but nice system,JBL TI 5000 speakers and Adcom GFA 555 power amp with a Adcom GFP 565 pre amp.

But like new music there are also very good new age amps but i must admit i have not listened to any of them yet.

If i ever have to go looking for something else i will give them a chance also.As far as speakers go i (still)think  the heavier the better.Sound on!!

 

[Tippaporn]

An excellent Aussie band, Dope Lemon, fronted by folk singer/songwriter Angus Stone playing Coyote off of the Honey Bones 2016 release.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Madrugada, an excellent alternative rock band out of Norway, on Run Away With Me from their 2001 The Nightly Disease release.

 

 

[talahtnut]

16 hours ago, TunnelRat69 said:

Nothing after 1986 can be classified as Music in my eyes (ears)

Good music affects heart and soul, there is no date stamp.

Well, anyway, my missus says I'm affected.

How much do you want for them old Bosers please?

 

 

 

[Tippaporn]

A bit harder rock?  The excellent psychedelic rock band out of Austin, Texas, The Black Angels, on Young Men Dead from their 2006 Passover release.  A great song for testing your speakers.  Can they handle it?

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Russian Moscow based post punk band Manicure off their eponymous 2009 debut.  The lyrics are limited (hey, they're Russian) but this song has a killer riff.  I could blow a pair of speakers with this song.

 

 

[MyFriend You]

10 minutes ago, talahtnut said:

Good music affects heart and soul, there is no date stamp.

Well, anyway, my missus says I'm affected.

How much do you want for them old Bosers please?

Sorry I have two pair of Series IV's and wouldn't part with them, like my 1965 GTO, it's in storage, my brother is waiting for me to die so he can drive it.  BTW  Bose re-coned all 8 drivers in each speaker for free, 22 years old and they re-coned them for me, even sent me proper shipping boxes to Fedex them to the BOSE factory in Framingham, MA. all I had to do was pay shipping - now you can;'t get a warranty like that anywhere these days.

 

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Any new good music coming from the Caribbean?  Well, Mishka is actually from Bermuda.  But he plays some excellent reggae.  Above The Bones from the 2009 release of same name.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Alternative country out of Denver, Colorado.  Splinters by 16 Horsepower off their 2000 Secret South release.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Jack White's Raconteurs doing an awesome live rendition of Nancy Sinatra's Bang Bang sometime around 2006.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

One more example of an endless list of awesome new music.  Hope there was something you liked, TunnelRat69.

 

Berlin's rock 'n' roll band, The Virgin Tongues, with Six Feet Underground, from the eponymous 2018 release.

 

 

Edited December 8, 2018 by Tippaporn

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Edited December 8, 2018 by Slaps

[Tippaporn]

On 12/6/2018 at 10:12 PM, talahtnut said:

Even me missus flops around to this..  should be

sweeping the floor.    Utterly irresponsible.

 

Try bringing this into the bedroom tonight, talahtnut, and have her flop around in bed.  That might be utterly irresponsible on your part.  LOL

[jvs]

18 hours ago, TunnelRat69 said:

Nothing after 1986 can be classified as Music in my eyes (ears)

I can not agree at all,some great new music all around!!!

 

[jvs]

 

[jvs]

 

[tutsiwarrior]

 

out on the road in british columbia one summer looking for work useta hear this on car radios everywhere...a simple tune but the exuberance and the yelling really got it going...

 

 

[Tippaporn]

2 hours ago, jvs said:

I can not agree at all,some great new music all around!!!

 

Besides all of the new artists there's the great music by the older artists after '86 as well as jvs just posted.  Here's Bob Dylan's Series Of Dreams released in '91.  Any good?

 

 

[talahtnut]

4 hours ago, TunnelRat69 said:

 

I bet you your knackered old Bosers on my 1954

Hillman Minx Conv. thrashing your GTO and leaving

in the dust.  One condition-only one gallon in the tank.

Anyway, there were no proper cars built after 1954.

Get this in yer cones..

 

[talahtnut]

5 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

Jack White's Raconteurs doing an awesome live rendition of Nancy Sinatra's Bang Bang sometime around 2006

That is a cracking song ruined, I had Cher version

recorded on a little cassette player in the car about '67.

In this case, the Tunnel rat has a point.

 

Edited December 8, 2018 by talahtnut
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