Members Stackabones Posted September 25, 2009 Members Share Posted September 25, 2009 What has influenced you in the past ... or since the last FIT? * I had Hot Wheels and Matchbox toy cars when I was kid -- and I loved them! Hours and hours of entertainment, they were far more fascinating than Pong. I found a copy of Kraftwerk's Autobahn in my record collection. I don't recall it being given to me, and I don't recall anyone in my house ever listening to it. I'd bet my dad bought it after some kind of stereophile magazine review, but I really haven't a clue. 20+ minutes of synth propelled German progressive rock -- and it was all about the wide open freedom of the Autobahn. The I IV Vs were all over the place as were the sounds of car doors and cars zooming around. And it was in a language that I knew Beethoven spoke. [YOUTUBE]68C-r9kSLNE[/YOUTUBE] Not an easy album to discuss with your Dallas Elementary Public School friends: "Hey, have y'all heard Kraftwerk?" The silence and perplexity I received from that question have been repeated throughout my music listening life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted September 25, 2009 Members Share Posted September 25, 2009 Richard Edwards NykGXhOEPQI Sounds like pure sincerity. That inspires me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted September 25, 2009 Members Share Posted September 25, 2009 My guitar lesson last week covered "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)". It's an interesting song - you can almost see jazz harmony being created before your eyes, the combination of western and blues tonalities begin assembled into a whole new approach. Also, the "do-wop do-wop do-wop do-wop" section is pure genius. As a soloist, it is a difficult song to navigate - you can't really grab a key and get comfortable (at least I can't) - I pretty much had to follow the main melody line and incorporate a short fill here or there. [YOUTUBE]qDQpZT3GhDg[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted September 25, 2009 Members Share Posted September 25, 2009 Monsters of Folk [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] And I was trying to play the one they did on Conan but I cant open the video for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted September 25, 2009 Members Share Posted September 25, 2009 And I was trying to play the one they did on Conan but I cant open the video for some reason I really wanted to like Monsters of Folk, but I didn't really dig the songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted September 25, 2009 Members Share Posted September 25, 2009 I really wanted to like Monsters of Folk, but I didn't really dig the songs. The album is all over the place, in a pretty straight forward simple kind of way. I didnt know what to expect but ended up reallly getting into it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted September 25, 2009 Members Share Posted September 25, 2009 Week 3 of Willie Nelson. I found Stardust on CD (only had it on record) and have been playing it to and from work. Great old standards. My favorite at this moment is "Unchained Melody" (Oh, my love, my darling, I hunger for your touch...). I always thought the title was a reference to the soaring nature of the song's melody, so my mind was blown when I read (on Wikipedia) that the tune was actually an instrumental piece written for a prison movie named, you guessed it, "Unchained". Words were added later. Sweetest prison-movie theme song ever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A Happy Crowd Posted September 25, 2009 Members Share Posted September 25, 2009 I recently re-discovered, so to speak, the Afghan Whigs' Gentlemen. It's one of my personal favorite albums but, up until a couple of days ago, I hadn't listened to it in a long time. The lyrics are a bit more aggressive than anything I'd feel comfortable writing .... maybe that's why I like them, because they have a lot of bite. And musically, it's such a strong album from start to finish. [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members easilyspooked Posted September 25, 2009 Members Share Posted September 25, 2009 i haaaaate conor oberst. no disrespect. but damn just something there grates on me. http://www.myspace.com/ghoultownlistening to some serious Hellbilly this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted September 25, 2009 Members Share Posted September 25, 2009 I got on a Michael Martin Murphey kick earlier in the week. One of these is 1980's schlock-ola. One is a 1970's Newgrass classic. I love both of them. If you put a gun to my head and asked me which one I wish I had written, I'd say "Disenchanted". But I'm a wannabe schlock-meister myself. What a great songwriter. I have a real inferiority complex when I hear this guy's songs. Rcx33eDxAC0 c3J1J61VsYM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted September 25, 2009 Members Share Posted September 25, 2009 i haaaaate conor oberst. no disrespect. but damn just something there grates on me. None takenHe's not my favorite part of the band That would be M Ward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flatpickle Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 Tim O'Brien this week. Some of his songs have such beautiful melodies that feel so---hmm. Immutable, inevitable. Like there's no other way that melody could have sounded. "Late in the Day" (back when he was with Hot Rize) comes to mind. Unfortunately, it's not on youtube. But "Just Like You" is.[YOUTUBE]llH-dyIi56Q[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members prolog Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 I've been listening to a lot of John Lee Hooker's boogeying stuff: [YouTube]-y4wne1Cl_I[/YouTube] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 I took an afternoon nap today. Interesting, I had a dream just before I awoke. In my dream, this song was playing. mDBLg4TYN1U I was almost conscious of it. I recall it playing almost from the beginning to the end. But it was all in my dream. On my little street, nobody plays English-language music & certainly not Steely Dan. I heard my GF open the door and I awoke on the fade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members N88 Posted September 27, 2009 Members Share Posted September 27, 2009 ...I was almost conscious of it. I recall it playing almost from the beginning to the end. But it was all in my dream. On my little street, nobody plays English-language music & certainly not Steely Dan.I heard my GF open the door and I awoke on the fade. You may be mistaken. Such a synchronistic segue suggests that this is the dream.^_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted September 27, 2009 Members Share Posted September 27, 2009 Lately I've been heavily influenced by some Led Zep, like Kashmir and Ten Years Gone. Makes me wanna get a flanger and a phaser. Also Muse as usual, makes me wanna get a fuzz! :3 And I am eternally influenced by Brian May, have you played triplets today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted September 27, 2009 Members Share Posted September 27, 2009 Lately I've been heavily influenced by some Led Zep, like Kashmir and Ten Years Gone. Makes me wanna get a flanger and a phaser. Also Muse as usual, makes me wanna get a fuzz! :3 And I am eternally influenced by Brian May, have you played triplets today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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