Best Song of Past 100 Years? Your Vote?

[cjinchiangrai]

5 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

I saw him in a small bar in Austin Texas, 10 feet away. He played without missing a note all of his earlier songs. I've seen most of the best guitarists or have listened to them for 50 years, and only Mark Knopfler is as good to me. Those others are right up there so it's hard to choose, along with Jeff Beck, Warren Haynes, Jorma Kaukonen, Michael Schenker, Brian May, Steve Hackett and Neil Schon.

You didn't mention Eddie, thank you. Might mention Carlos though.

[fredwiggy]

15 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

You didn't mention Eddie, thank you. Might mention Carlos though.

Carlos for sure. Saw him in San Antonio in the early 90's. Eddie was okay but somewhat limited. Hendrix gets a lot of credit but his work can be done by most good guitarists. Some were innovators and get a lot of credit. Knopfler was good in Dire Straits, and only got better.

[kwak250]

This is a fantastic thread ,
Good to hear some classics that i have not heard for years

Please keep adding.

[fredwiggy]

One of the bests from the southern rock genre...............

 

[fredwiggy]

I think the best female singer ............

 

[fredwiggy]

From the folk rock side.......

 

[fredwiggy]

Another folk song from the best folk rock artist..........

 

[MarkBR]

Thought of another 2 singers, one is Icelandic rock band Kaleo with the amazing main singer, and the other is the Breton folk singer Denez Prigent.  Both extremely good singers in radically different styles of music

[MarkBR]

16 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

 

Your word....."mental"....makes me think you are from New England...in the USA.....

 

Just sayin'.....

 

 

I would have suggested UK as best possibility based on knowing nothing else about the person.

[fredwiggy]

From probably the best rock singer of all time (I know, some think it's Freddie Mercury, who's also great), Paul Rodgers from Bad Company, another group not yet inducted that was better than a lot that have been................

 

Edited September 20 by fredwiggy

[fredwiggy]

From another of the best guitarists, a blues rock song..............

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[fredwiggy]

Neal Schon (Journey) and Jan Hammer (Miami Vice soundtrack).....................https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIcdiNxC5KU&list=PL3327076FBB2C8FBE&index=3

[Captain Monday]

On 9/19/2024 at 4:11 AM, kwak250 said:

WTF!

from the same soundtrack. Not as scintillating but @ the 1:00 mark note the appearance of late SriDevi age 9 or 10 appearing in the part of Lord Murugan.

As a child actress could one not imagine the heights of Bollywood Superstardom? 

[IsaanExpat]

 

 

 

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[MarkBR]

This is a wonderful chat, so many suggestions for good music to listen to.😁

[IsaanExpat]

 

 

Only Who in my world of music is Guess Who

 

 

[IsaanExpat]

 

Clapton also rates very highly as a Guitarist in my book.

 

 

[IsaanExpat]

 

Bob Seger is still going strong here in America. He's one of those guys who still Tours and makes millions doin it. Of course, with the Music Industry being what it is these days I'd guess that's really the only way to make money off music anymore.

 

 

[IsaanExpat]

 

Last one for me today, let's leave off with some Bungle in The Jungle by Jethro Tull

 

 

[cdemundo]

22 hours ago, daveAustin said:

lol Judging by the responses on long dead music, Thaivisa must have some seriously ancient members. Each to their own of course and there cannot be 'best', a classic is written at any time, it is all subjective etc etc, but if you think Billie Holiday is in that bracket, then my vote would be to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by the Sherman Bros.

 

LOL?

People who are interested in music listen to music from many eras.

Some of my favorite recordings were made before I was born.

There are those who let current fads and current popularity limit their experience of music and there is nothing wrong with that. However, it seriously limits your opportunities to enjoy music.

 

For instance, Taylor Swift indicates that Paul McCartney and Joni Mitchell have been significant influences on her song writing. Both of those artists wrote the bulk of their best music before Taylor was born.

 

Consider the lyric from Sultans of Swing:

"They don't give a damn,

about any trumpet-playing band,

it's not what they call rock'n'roll"

 

If you think Knopfler was praising those young boys, you missed the point.

 

There is a saying: " If you laugh at what you don't understand,  you will always have a lot to laugh at".

But no matter, it is a seriously ancient saying.

 

Edited September 21 by cdemundo

[retarius]

Crow Jane by Skip James

[Captain Monday]

“Stairway to Heaven” is pretty decent also

[DrPhibes]

Probably one of the best solo live performances ever!

 

 

[Evil Penevil]

On 9/20/2024 at 3:03 AM, proton said:

 

He did nothing to stop 4 Union states being slave state though, his only objective was forcing the CSA back into the Union, slavery was a side issue. He actually freed no slaves at all, the 13th amendment was not passed until months after his death

I realize this is a music thread. but an egregiously false statement has to be corrected.  Mainstream historians say Lincoln freed between 3 and 3,5 million of the country's slaves, mostly through the Emancipation Proclamation.  It's true the Proclamation only applied to states in rebellion against the U.S.. but as the Unions armies advanced deeper and deeper into the Confederacy, the sslaves in those states were freed.  It also made it easier for slaves to escape their masters, as they only had to reach Union lines.  Before the Civil War, slaves had to escape to either Canada or Mexico because fugitive slaves laws applied in the northern states.   

 

The Emancipation Proclamation provided a legal framework for freeing slaves without amending the U. S. Constitution.  Lincoln's political acumen was crucial in steering the 13th Amendment through the House of Representatives and Senate.  Without Lincoln's efforts to line up the votes needed, it's likely the 13th Amendment would have died in Congress. Lincoln also put pressure on the border states to free slaves and Missouri nd Marylnd both abolished slavery before the end of the Civil War, as did the former Confederaten states of Tennesee and Arkansas.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_slavery_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation

[save the frogs]

anyone else besides me into cats singing? 

 

 

[save the frogs]

28 minutes ago, Evil Penevil said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_slavery_in_the_United_States

"Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors." —Charles Bukowski.

[Evil Penevil]

 

[Caldera]

Eminem: Sing For The Moment