What [music] do you listen to? Share your favs

[KINDOY2]

 

[LowRyter]

On 12/5/2020 at 2:29 PM, KINDOY2 said:

 

 

If you have HBO check out David Byrne's "American Utopia".  I'd like to see the show live.

 

Spike Lee did the video.  (One of the songs is done a second time by a marching band with opposite meaning.)  Byrne appreciated that.  

[footgoose]

as a leading western protagonist of world music, Byrne would approve of these guys.

Mongolian folk metal...

 

[Gmc28]

11 hours ago, footgoose said:

as a leading western protagonist of world music, Byrne would approve of these guys.

Mongolian folk metal...

 

 

My son sent me a reference to these guys, and i admit that i figured it was just more odd stuff from my son, but i gave it a listen a while back.  Catchy, but whatever, is what i thought. Then i thought “hmm, that was unusual, gonna listen to that again...”, and from there the brain worm sunk in deep.   I might go so far as to say that once Wolf Totem in its pure Hu version (they do the song with an American metal band to help sell it, which is fine, but loses some of its best qualities in that version, imho) could end up in that category of rock songs that survive the onslaught of time and fashion thanks to the simple rock beat/percussion/catchiness.  

that primal percussion, the (mongolian) folksy strings and throat singing, mixed with the underlying American metal backbone and its something new in a class by itself.   If you need some yin for your yan, this might be the desired ingredient.   

A commenter on one of their videos said “Makes me so proud to be Mongolian.  Which is weird, because I’m Latino.”

they just released a cover of Metallica’s “Sad but True”, which to me seems like too much (more) of a move to the heavily produced and commercial side, but hey, its still catchy, and is another example of a song that as I’m complaining about it i also realize that i can’t turn it off.  Its also interesting to see how the random people i meet who somehow let on that they are fans are so diverse, from young to old, hip to “outdated”.   Oh, and i found out they host a cooking show on YouTube, highlighting the cooking they do when on tour..... another weird, cool twist. 

[footgoose]

 

[footgoose]

so that was fun. She has another talent. Overtone singing. I wasn't familiar with it till recently.

 

[LowRyter]

that's spooky.  

[docc]

These folks always make me smile. There is much better audio online, but I love seeing the people that make the music . . .

The better audio version:

 

[docc]

This one hits me harder than Steppenwolf "Born to be Wild". The kinda tune that gets me ticketed riding with it in my head.

Has all the food groups: Orange half-stack in a pole barn, slender fingers holding a Shure55, and a bass line that sounds like a V11 Sport hugging a bluff along the river . . .

 

[Chuck]

Makes me tingle in a dirty place.

[docc]

1 hour ago, Chuck said:

Makes me tingle in a dirty place.

Ah, yeah. That's the bass line . . .

[LowRyter]

Just a quick mention, for Christmas received and gave a few records.  The new Springsteen and Dixie Chicks are quite good.  The new Dylan was so-so.  

[docc]

1 hour ago, LowRyter said:

Just a quick mention, for Christmas received and gave a few records.  The new Springsteen and Dixie Chicks are quite good.  The new Dylan was so-so.  

Santa John!

I'm still *grateful* for the Grateful Dead you sent me a while back.

[LowRyter]

No problem Docc....... I've been sending thumb drives all over the country with all kinds of music. 

[docc]

Recurring theme, the good drummers that have reached out to wayward bass players . . .