Music Enthusiasts?

[Daniel Cary]

Madonna & shade.. can’t stop my self from listening even if I tried

I'm glad I'm not the only here, ..

 

[fourfive8]

Can't believe I nearly forgot! Three Dog Night. One of the groups with longevity. They played almost gratis at the Tanana Valley State Fair in Fairbanks for years in an outdoor venue, weather permitting.

 

[fourfive8]

Sometimes I think genetic memory kicks in from my ancestry?? Medieval English, Celtic, Scottish, Irish themes really stick in my head. These are not stand alone numbers but are fit into movie scenes. These in Robin Hood

 

[Boris11]

I helped record Jimmy Buffet’s first live album, “You Had to Be There”. It was recorded over two nights at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Was a fan of his for over 50 years before he passed. RIP Jimmy.

must have been such an experience, i never meet famous people.

 

[steve white]

Played some Beach Boys for the five year old grand daughter while she was playing with her shell collection on a make believe beach...she liked them.
Hawl & Oates brings back memories.

 

[fourfive8]

Played some Beach Boys for the five year old grand daughter while she was playing with her shell collection on a make believe beach...she liked them.
Hawl & Oates brings back memories.

Oh ya. Beach Boys - right in my high school and college wheel house

 

[fourfive8]

Back to Three Dog Night. I think most of their recordings and videos require the use of ear buds or a headset for decent listening. That is especially true for some original stuff from the the early 70s. Here's a link for Shambala that is a studio recording which has slightly better audio than the audio in the video link posted earlier. No doubt, in my mind at least, they had one of the best and most unique combinations of vocals of any band of the era. While Chuck Negron's vocal is iconic for his Joy To The World, IMO, Cory Wells has the most unique and interesting voice of the three vocalists. With proper sound quality source, using ear buds or headset, listen closely to Wells in the audio link below. Also, search and listen to his unique vocal talent displayed in Never Been To Spain. As an aside, one my daughter's good friends in college is from Nepal so Three Dog Night's Shambala, always reminds me of the mystical, fictional Shambala (Shangri-la). There is a place name of Shambhala in Nepal. Various researchers/scholars of Buddhist history think the legend of Shambala (Shangri-la) could be rooted in northern India, Nepal or Tibet.

 

[fourfive8]

Can't help it. Certain things always remind me of other things

Southwest of Healy Alaska is an old mine access cat track called the Stampede Trail. About 18 miles in from the trailhead was an abandoned bus #142, aka the Magic Bus made infamous by the late idiot McCandless. The bus was pulled in there to serve as a camp for workers when the cat track was first cut in to access a mine. Finally in 2020 state and local officials air lifted the bus out.... they were tired of wasting their search and rescue budget rescuing idiots who continued trying to trace the steps of McCandless into the bus. A river crossing on the way can be deadly and is usually somewhat treacherous. Also included is a pic of Camela's idea of a Magic Bus. The link is for a concert number in Leeds by The Who. I don't know if this is the time they hit 126 db sound output but wouldn't doubt it. Keith Moon on drums is insane in this performance.

 

[Nyati]

I have only been to one concert in my life, and that was to hear Duke Ellington´s Orchestra.

Yes, I´m a Jazz fan, also enjoy some of the classics, and traditional Brazilian music.

Pop and rock, not so much but there are exceptions, like the Doors

 

[Daniel Cary]

I have only been to one concert in my life, and that was to hear Duke Ellington´s Orchestra.

Yes, I´m a Jazz fan, also enjoy some of the classics, and traditional Brazilian music.

Pop and rock, not so much but there are exceptions, like the Door Jazz is great .. the drummers off time can be phenomenal, for example. We had a smooth/contemporary (radio jazz) station in Detroit in the 90's

Jazz is great .. the drummers off time can be phenomenal, for example. We had a smooth/contemporary (radio jazz) station in Detroit in the 90's
Peter White: .. they had a lot of nice artists.

 

[Rob404]

Over the last decade or so I became a fan of Classic Music during the Opera season at the Met in NY I listen to Opera I'm a fan Of Wagner but I prefer Italian Opera especially Puccini Even though I cannot understand a word of it

 

[Nyati]

Over the last decade or so I became a fan of Classic Music and during the Opera season at the Met in NY I listen to Opera I'm a fan Of Wagner but I prefer Italian Opera especially Puccini Even though I cannot understand a word of it

No need to understand it if you can feel it

 

[Rob404]

No need to understand it if you can feel it

So True

 

[Daniel Cary]

Back to Three Dog Night. I think most of their recordings and videos require the use of ear buds or a headset for decent listening. That is especially true for some original stuff from the the early 70s. Here's a link for Shambala that is a studio recording which has slightly better audio than the audio in the video link posted earlier. No doubt, in my mind at least, they had one of the best and most unique combinations of vocals of any band of the era. While Chuck Negron's vocal is iconic for his Joy To The World, IMO, Cory Wells has the most unique and interesting voice of the three vocalists. With proper sound quality source, using ear buds or headset, listen closely to Wells in the audio link below. Also, search and listen to his unique vocal talent displayed in Never Been To Spain. As an aside, one my daughter's good friends in college is from Nepal so Three Dog Night's Shambala, always reminds me of the mystical, fictional Shambala (Shangri-la). There is a place name of Shambhala in Nepal. Various researchers/scholars of Buddhist history think the legend of Shambala (Shangri-la) could be rooted in northern India, Nepal or Tibet.

The remastering they do on a lot of old stuff is pretty cool .. however, Three Dog Night are awesome! .. there's a lot of hit's they don't often play often.

 

[Franco]

Lots of great names bringing back lots of memories. In the 70's I flew for a company based in Burbank, CA flying Rock bands on their North American tours.
Eric Clapton, Styx, Beach Boys, Rod Stewart, Foreigner, Boston, Fleetwood Mac, the list goes on.

Don't even ask - we were all sworn to secrecy and had to take a vow of silence.

 

[fourfive8]

Another interesting thing about music is its subjective nature. For my ear, it is so dependent upon the combination of musician(s), the specific piece of music and venue or acoustics. I’ve been to live symphony performances by good orchestras performing great pieces that fell short because of poor acoustics. Nothing quite like a good symphony orchestra performing a piece I enjoy at a venue with good acoustics.

 

[fourfive8]

I think my tastes in music could be called eclectic? One day rock, next day classical. I like most Bach and Beethoven because of its basic simplicity. I like most Tchaikovsky. Not so much Mozart, it seems IMO, overly complex, with some being gratuitous in complexity. I like the clean simplicity of Paganini and to me it's fun. Here's a Paganini No 1 with violin performed by Chloe Chua and the Singapore Symphony

 

[fourfive8]

Some more violin by Heifetz, one of the masters.
Paganini Caprice 24- a classic I believe recorded in the 1950s, I remember watching him on our old B&W TV when I was very young- 4 or 5.

Listening to the Singapore Symphony with the phenomenal 17 year old talent Chloe Chua and this piece by Haifetz are, for me, like viewing a Rembrandt or even a Remington. But all very subjective, so who am I to say one way or another. Some would view a Monet and think eh? and would rather have a velvet painting of dogs playing poker hanging in their living room.

 

[fourfive8]

So you thought that Chloe Chua was somewhat of an overachiever at age 17. Here is a Mother's Day concert performance of Carmen, for some Spanish flair, by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Chloe Chua at age 12 There is some EM noise at 2:35 but only lasts about 10 seconds.