Your favorite songs and/or other musical pieces?

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What are your all-time favorites? Here are some of mine -- not necessarily in the given order, but the ones near the top are the first that came to mind...

Somewhere Out There (Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram)

Air (from Orchestral Suite in D) (Bach)

One Hand, One Heart (Bernstein, Sondheim -- from West Side Story)

Greensleeves (Anon.)

Fortress Around Your Heart (Sting)

Pleasant Valley Sunday (The Monkees; by Carole King)

Here, There and Everywhere (The Beatles)

Someone to Watch Over Me (George Gershwin)

Gaudete (Steeleye Span)

Jump, Jive and Wail (Louis Prima)

So What (Miles Davis/John Coltrane)

Grow Old Along With Me (John Lennon)

Alone Again Or (Love)

Your Song (Elton John)

Cat's in the Cradle (Harry Chapin)

Killing Me Softly With His Song (Roberta Flack)

Soul Man (Sam % Dave)

Pretty Ballerina (The Left Banke)

Victoria (The Kinks)

Substitute (The Who)

Tin Soldier (The Small Faces) (NOT the Billy Jack theme, btw)

Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)

When A Man Loves A Woman (Percy Sledge version ONLY)

6th Symphony (Beethoven)

Rhapsody in Blue (George Gershwin)

Carolina on My Mind (James Taylor)

Copperline (James Taylor)

Tell Her About It (Billy Joel)

The Weight (The Band)

Unfaithful Servant (The Band)

We've Only Just Begun (The Carpenters)

The Long and Winding Road (The Beatles)

Sailing (Christopher Cross)

Tuesday Afternoon (The Moody Blues)

Handbags and Gladrags (Rod Stewart)

Philadelphia Freedom (Elton John)

Think (Aretha Franklin)

There's more, but, alas...I have to stop sometime...

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), December 21, 2000

Answers

eve,

I've blown back into town, - head still ringing with the tunes blasted through the speakers for 7+ hours. { You don't want a list of those ones, trust me}.

Here's a quick response on your notes:

Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael

From West Side Story - There's a Place For Us { I had a great jazz duet of this tune in bebop-ish style & have forgotten the artists - can anyone out there help me?}

Vocalese - Rachmaninoff

Because & Across the Universe - the Beatles

Blue Skies - Irving Berlin

Keep on Truckin' - Eddie Kendricks

Bernadette - Four Tops

Be Bop A Lula - Gene Vincent

Tania - Dexter Gordon

Sidewinder - Lee Morgan

I'm An Old Cowhand - Sonny Rollins

Various Chopin...Bartok...Brahms - songs & choruses...Kenny Dorham...Palestrina...Moondog...Slim Harpo...George Clinton...Dick Dale...Marley... Costello...Everly Bros...Caruso...Art Blakey...Dead Can Dance...it all depends...

What was that haunting Brian Wilson song again?

{You do realize that it may take awhile for you to live the Carpenters down...& I didn't see The Nuge on your list once!}.

-- flora (***@__._), December 21, 2000.

Don McLean's "American Pie" and one you mentioned, Eve, Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," are two off the top of my head.

-- (usually@just.lurk), December 21, 2000.
Eve:

Greensleeves (Anon.) Interesting since Anon used to post here in the olden days. *^)))

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), December 21, 2000.

eve

That's quite a range there!! Some good stuff fer sure. Mine, on the other hand, is definitely 'local'.

Most anything by Lynyrd Skynyrd - Curtis Lowe is my favorite.

Allman Brothers - Blue Sky and Ramblin' Man - Great guitar solos!!

Atlanta Rythym Section - Georgia Rythym; Another Man's Woman

Charlie Daniels - Me and the Boys; High Lonesome; Saddle Tramp

Marshall Tucker Band - 24 Hours At a Time; Searchin' For a Rainbow; Can't You See

Outlaws - Stick Around For Rock'n'Roll; Free Born Man; There Goes Another Love Song

Pure Prairie League - Amie - now that brings back memories.......

I just love a Southern Rock lead guitar!!

On the Rock'n'Roll side:

Anything by The Cult and Dire Straits (can't think of his name but the lead guitar for Dire Straits has got to be one of the best of all time).

Oh yeah, I have fallen in love with the brunette in the Dixie Chicks. Any lady that can jam on a slide guitar.......well.....;-)

Deano

-- Deano (deano@luvthebeach.com), December 21, 2000.

flora, whatta list!

"THE WARMTH OF THE SUN"!! (Eve, now visibly upset, feels new facial tics forming as she agonizes as to how she could possibly have left that one out) How could I forget? IMHO, the greatest Beach Boys song ever!

And, yes -- absolutely -- "There's a Place For Us"

Also, Brahms' "Violin Concerto in D"

The Nuge? Um...well, let me put it this way...I heard there's a tribe somewhere that doesn't have an equivalent in their language for the word "no" so they consequently end their conversations with "I'll get back to ya..."

This is what happens when you just brainstorm these things. I'm sure there's gonna be a lot more hittin' me that I'd forgotten about...

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), December 21, 2000.

And now for something completely different:

Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd

China Grove - The Doobie Brothers

What if... - Creed

Bolero - Ravel

Steeler - Judas Priest

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Symphony #5 - Beethoven

Voodoo - Godsmack

Spoonman - Soundgarden

Fool For the City - Foghat

Wheel in the Sky - Journey

Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

I, Robot - Alan Parsons Project

Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Roy Acuff and Earl Scruggs

December - Collective Soul

Surfing with the Alien - Joe Satriani

Feel like a Woman - Shania Twain

Four Seasons - Vivaldi

White Christmas - Bing Crosby

And that is just scratching the surface...

Lookin' in the record player horn...

The Dog

-- The Dog (dogdesert@hotmail.com), December 21, 2000.

Deano,

You weren't that toasted guy sitting behind me at a Stones concert in the '70's, who kept requesting they play 'Whipping Post' at the top of his lungs, now were you?

-- flora (***@__._), December 21, 2000.

Dog

The Doobies!!! I love the Doobies....South City Midnight Lady....

flora

Given my 'experimental' history of the 70's, I may very well have been that guy yellin' for Whipping Post at a Stones concert. THAT IS TOO FUNNY!!!!!

Deano

-- Deano (deano@luvthebeach.com), December 21, 2000.

This one came to mind yesterday:

Charlie Daniels - Long-haired Country Boy

Although I was not a country boy, having grown up in the pit that is northern NJ, a part of me carried the attitude described in the song.

"If you don't like the way I'm living, you just leave this long- haired country boy alone..."

-- Rich (howe9@shentel.net), December 21, 2000.

Z, oh man...how could we let "Anon." go? WHY didn't we make the connection?

Deano, -- Mark Knopfler was the Dire Straits guitarist -- he's one of my favorites, too. He's played some of the most gorgeous stuff...

"Usually", I always think of the movie Manhattan, as well as NYC in general, when I hear or think of Rhapsody in Blue. I imagine them in the fall (from "Manhattan"); or maybe the winter. And for some reason, that tune seems to occupy my mind the most.

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), December 21, 2000.

Rich

A drunkard wants another drink of wine and a politician wants a vote

I don't want much a nothin' at all but I will take another toke!! (God, we used to SCREAM that line at the top of our lungs!)

eve

That's it!!! That dude is good. As good as any of the old time greats I think - Robin Trower, Jeff Beck, Jimmi, etc....

Deano

-- Deano (deano@luvthebeach.com), December 21, 2000.

Omigawd...great stuff, guys....

"Dog" -- Vivaldi (especially the piece from the end of the movie "Runaway Train" -- I've forgotten the title), The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was wonderfully haunting -- I remember walking along the beach of Lake Michigan some years ago (although it sunk in Superior) in November, with the winds, waves and gray skies -- somehow I felt very close to those sailors then...

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), December 21, 2000.

Ravel's Bolero -- yes! But anyone remember Beck's Bolero? It was a one-time "super-group" -- Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on guitars, John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) on bass and Keith Moon on drums. A fantastic piece!

Rich, I'm not familiar with much from Charlie Daniels...any more favorites?

flora, come on, girl! Karen Carpenter had an astoundingly beautiful voice. And take another listen to that one song -- (We've Only Just Begun) -- listen to just that one, afresh. (didja know Richard Carpenter first heard it on a commercial for a bank?)

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), December 21, 2000.

eve,

She did have a beautiful voice - but good grief, gal - all those awful weddings...

I'll give it another try, just for your sake {in 'bout forty years, or so}.

At the risk of making Deano fret that this is turning into yet another one of THOSE threads - I'll toss in one I just caught on the car radio in the middle of nowhere:

Th Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic

{PS - can't believe how many I over-looked on my list, but we could be here for days...}.

-- flora (***@__._), December 21, 2000.

Eve:

Any list should start with the present day anthem:

Get It While You Can (Janis Joplin)

Best Wishes,,,,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), December 21, 2000.

I've found that if you really want to torture a teenager - mind you this only works if they are trapped in the back seat on a long car ride - play anything with a farfisa organ on it {extended solos by the Doors Ray Manzarek are particularly effective}.

The list of other possilbilites could include our own Syd Barrett, Zepplin, ? and the Mysterions, Elvis Costello, The Young Rascals...

-- flora (***@__._), December 21, 2000.

flora, honey???

"At the risk of making Deano fret that this is turning into yet another one of THOSE threads"

Now Deano is confused. I thought I was playing nice.......wasn't I??

Besides, after all the politcal 'stuff' from the last month, this is the best thread to hit the board in a while.......some great memories are making their way through all the cobwebs as we speak!!

Deano

-- Deano (deano@luvthebeach.com), December 21, 2000.

Ahhh...The Rascals...I never tire of listening to "People Got to be Free" and lots of other great stuff...loved 'em. Them's turn-the- radio-on-full-blast tunes. Especially got hooked on Dino Danelli (1967 winner of the Associated Press' "Finest Rock Drummer Who Also Happens to be Adorable" award)

"Our own Syd Barrett?" What have I missed here? Is it time to get my groupie clothes back out?

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), December 21, 2000.

They say that the sense of smell elicits the strongest memories. If so, I have to believe hearing old songs must come in a very close second. It always amazes me how certain old songs can bring up such vivid memories. It's almost like you're momentarily time-warped and you find yourself experiencing, if only very briefly, the exact same emotions you felt months/years/decades ago. Who among us has not been suddenly yanked back to a place and time when a "memory music" song unexpectedly began to play? I'm not speaking of songs that merely "remind" you of something/someone/somewhere, I'm speaking of the songs that grab you by the throat and tug at your heartstrings. Songs such as those are few and far between. Songs such as those are in a category unto themselves.

Looking at the list of songs posted so far, I see a number of them that, for me, qualify as this type of memory music. "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Across the Universe" and Marshall Tucker's "Heard It In A Love Song" to name a few. ("Fields Of Gold" [Sting] and "Reason To Belive" [Rod Stewart] would top my list of some others.)

In a seperate "favorites" category are all those songs that ya like jes cuz they make ya feel good. For me, this would include a lot of rock classics beginning with "Stairway To Heaven", "Layla" and "Free Bird".

Rock on...

-- CD (costavike@hotmail.com), December 21, 2000.

Sorry, Deano - you are playin' nice & I'm still edgy from the road. My fave Allman boogie is likely their rendition of the classic 'One Way Out' - I love the drumming & the guitar - heck, the whole dang thang. I liked an acoutsic piece from Eat A Peach called 'Melissa' {to the best of my recollection} - good ol' Dicky Betts, right?. In your honor, I just drug out a promo copy of their LP 'The Road Goes On Forever' & may give it a spin, though some of those tunes were so overplayed that they may still have that 'We've Only Just Begun' effect on me.

One of my favorite road records is 'Waiting for Columbus' by Little Feat - I know Unk loves 'em, too. A mutual friend in LA just gave me a book of Neon Park's artwork entitled "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Neon did the artwork for the Feat covers & y'all prolly remember his cover for Zappa's 'Weasels Ripped My Flesh' album. He passed away from Lou Gehrig's disease at 52 in '93 {his wife - filmaker Chick Strand - is a friend of mine}. He was doing a fantastic later series of mola inspired artwork using areas masked by tape ... some of you may have seen his Absolut Vodka ad in that vein - but I'm having a wretched time finding any of that stuff on the web right now. You grafix nuts should do yourselves a favor & check out the book.

CD - I wish I still had my forlorn, hand-me-down stuffed animal with the music box inside which played 'How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?'.

My dad used to play The Flight of the Bumblebees to warm-up for playing the piano - it still has the power to transfix me live.

My kid is voting now for Bird's Bloomdido & Orion by Metallica -

Time to go-

-- flora (***@__._), December 21, 2000.

More favorites:

Sweet Child of Mine - Guns'n'Roses

Green Grass and High Tides - Outlaws

OH YEAH!!!!!!! Anything by Jimmy Buffet (how could I forget my Parrot Head friend??!!)

Guess who will be digging thru the old album crates tonight???

Deano

-- Deano (deano@luvthebeach.com), December 21, 2000.

Thanks flora. Some good ol' Southern Rock'n'Roll will cure them blues for sure!!

Dickey Betts - one of the most talented folks in the industry. (My Sweet) Melissa is an all time favorite. Beautiful song. Too bad he got kicked out of the group. To me, he made the Allman Bros THE ALLMAN BROTHERS as much as any of them.

Butch Trucks' son, Derrick, plays locally down here these days. That kid is definitely talented. Plays a slide as good as anyone I've ever seen and has been doing so publicly since he was like, 11 years old.

For all you Skynyrd fans out there, Ronnie Van Zant's widow, Judy, has opened the FreeBird Cafe in Jax Beach (where the old Sloppy Joe's used to be) as a Lynyrd Skynyrd memorabilia restaraunt/bar. Very nice place!!

Deano

-- Deano (deano@luvthebeach.com), December 21, 2000.

Here we go again:

Ghost Riders - The Outlaws

Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard

Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison

Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly

Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

Rock of Ages - Def Leppard

Chantilly Lace - Big Bopper

My Ding-a-Ling - Chuck Berry

Shine - Collective Soul

Rough Boys - Pete Townsend

More Than a Feeling - Boston

Talk to Ya Later - The Tubes

And the more I think about it, ANYTHING from Joe Satriani...

More later...

Scratchin' an itch...

The Dog

-- The Dog (dogdesert@hotmail.com), December 21, 2000.

One of the many incarnations of Frank Zappa's band performed an incredible live version of Whipping Post which was released circa 1981 on Them or Us. Beg, borrow or steal a copy just for that cut. Yummy good.

-- Rich (howe9@shentel.net), December 21, 2000.
Boy, are you guys living in the past ;-D

I'm listening to:

Dr. Dre - Still

DMX- Up In Here

Nelly - Country Grammer

Lenny Kravitz - I Belong To You

R. Kelley - I Wish (Particularly good for pulling your heart strings if you've ever had a mate die.)

Eiffel 65 - I'm Blue

(Ok, DMX is a might rank but the beat is good.)

-- (Netsc@pe 6.0), December 21, 2000.

Quick hit & run here: NPR had a terrific radio program on the music from the movie "The Wizard of Oz" a couple of days ago. I'm in a rush & can't find the direct reference now, but did turn this up:

"National Public Radio's NPR 100: P-Z Throughout the year 2000, NPR's All Things Considered, Weekend Edition Sunday, Performance Today and other NPR programs will explore the stories behind one hundred songs of all styles that influenced the musical sensibilities of this century."

http://www.prms.org/npr100/npr100p_z.shtml

-- flora (***@__._), December 21, 2000.

You want living in the past? I got living in the past for ya.... Last night me and the Mrs went to see the Glenn Miller Orchestra, live and in person. (Glenn looks real good for a guy who disappeared over the English Channel fifty years ago)*snicker*

Lemme tell ya, the boys rocked the house down, those cats wailed! Tuxedo Junction, Little Brown Jug, Pennsylvania 6-5000, String of Pearls, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, all the big Glenn Miller hits. They also played some Dorsey tunes, some Irving Belin, and one of my favorites, a tune called Cherokee, which was a big hit for the Charlie Barnett Band. They also did up some Christmas tunes like only the Miller sound can do justice to, you've never heard Silent Night until you've heard it played like that, brought a tear or two to my eyes, honest. What a night!

Me and the Mrs have tickets to the "Nostalgia Tour" at the local theater, next up is Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians, then a few weeks after that comes the Tommy Dorsey Band, and finally, the Ink Spots.

Oh yeah baby, livin large in South Florida, yeah!

Eve, I dig Louis Prima in a big way. His version of Jump Jive and Wail is outstanding, much better than the newer version. Ditto for Just a Giggolo,(sp?) makes David Lee Roth look like a piker.

But even though I an hooked on Swing, I ain't a one trick pony, more later....

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), December 21, 2000.

What flora said...

what the dog said.....

anything by James Taylor (especially Copperline)

Over the Rainbow by Jewel (no foolin'!)

L.A. County by Lyle Lovett

Oh, and Kit says, Little Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham and the Pharoes (yeaowllll)

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-- Lon Frank (lgal@exp.net), December 21, 2000.

Here's a quick sampler of great stuff. Finding some of it may be a challenge...

Mouth for War - Pantera

Stigmata - Ministry

Montana - Frank Zappa

Satyagraha - Phillip Glass

Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

The Shield - Deep Purple

Morning is the Long Way Home - Leo Kottke

Born on the Bayou - Creedence Clearwater

Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson

Ethnicolor - Jean-Michael Jarre

Strange Feelin - Tim Buckley

Move Over - Janis Joplin

Too Long at the Fair - Bonnie Raitt

China Cat Sunflower - Grateful Dead

Nixon in China - John Adams

With You There to Help Me - Jethro Tull

Good Vibrations

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), December 21, 2000.

I'm a big fan of ancient music. Anything that's from the Renaissance and before I can listen to for hours. There's a lot more to this period than Gregorian chants.

"Carmina Burana" by Karl Orff. A very percussive piece which is said to be the most often recorded choral work in the world. It's a set of poems, often quite dirty, from the 13th century set to early 20th century music. The music is absolutely inspiring, but if it was in English you couldn't play it on the radio today. If I posted some of the lyrics here, Frank would probably pass out.

"Rhapsody in Blue" by Gershwin. Believe it or not, this was playing while I lost my virginity. I still get a little weak in the knees when I hear it.

Pretty much anything by Tom Petty, particularly "Learning to Fly" and "Free Falling". Other favorite artists include Matthew Sweet, Los Lobos, Lyle Lovett, Indigo Girls, Guadal Canal Diary, and R.E.M. I guess I like Southerrn music.

"Jane Says" by Jane's Addiction. Reminds me of driving through the desert near Reno on a warm summer's evening.

"No Rain" by Blind Melon.

"Sweet Lorraine" by Patty Griffin. She could have written this about a girl I went to school with. It brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it.

"Elvis is Everywhere" by Mojo Nixon and Skids. It's this over-the- top song about Elvis being everywhere and everything. For that matter, I like most of their stuff, like "Burn Down the Malls" and "Don Henley Must Die"

"Dear God" by XTC. Expected, I guess. I also like the Sarah McLaughlin version.

Anything by Tori Amos, especially "Crucify", "Pretty Good Year" and "Caught a Lite Sneeze".

"It All Came Back Today" by Tanika Takiram. Reminds me of a dear friend who's since departed.

"Homeless" by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. I heard this live at Atlanta Olympic Park after the bombing. The song still gives me chills.

"Pennsylvania 6-5000" by Count Basie. Believe it or not, this song is our song (meaning my fiance and I). We had just decided to get married while on a road trip. We decided to turn on the radio and whatever song was playing would forever be ours.

-- Tarzan the Ape Man (tarzan@swingingthroughthejunglewithouta.net), December 21, 2000.

Ten somewhat eclectic choices....

"Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town," Pearl Jam

"Silent Luciety, "Queensryche

"Disarm," Smashing Pumpkins

"Surrender," Cheap Trick

"Glycerine," Bush

"Imagine" Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler acoustic guitar

Soundtrack from "The Natural"

The entire album "The Wall" by Pink Floyd

Just about everything from Bluesmen Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee

Beethoven's Fidelio

-- Ken Decker (kcdecker@att.net), December 21, 2000.

I can't pick out songs. They're all a blur...

I'll give you one band that gets precious little mention - Rush

Particularly great are the Hemispheres & Farewell to Kings albums.

-- Rich (howe9@shentel.net), December 21, 2000.

One time while driving from PA to FL, I had but one tape with me. If you are going to be stuck with 20 hours of the same music, it should be The Wall.

(sometimes my life reminds me of a Steven Wright joke)

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), December 22, 2000.

Way back when, in the days of "yore" (whoever the hell THAT is), my friends and I took a trip from NYC to Binghamton, NY to pick up a friend from college for a long weekend in PA (weird story). We stopped to get some music for the trip. Genuises (or "genuii") that we were, we only got one tape.

So for the next three days we listened to.....Let It Bleed.

(And NO, we didn't think about stopping anywhere else (hence, the "genius" comment.)

The Wall would have been a much better choice.

(I think we ceremonially burned the tape; but it's a blur. Lots of those days were a blur.)

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), December 22, 2000.

Forgot I had so many albums. A nice trip down memory lane though. There were certainly some good ol' tunes:

A Long Way There - Little River Band

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

She's a Beauty - The Tubes

Couldn't Get It Right - Climax Blues Band

Baby I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney & Wings

Chicken Train - Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Dinosaur - Hank Williams, Jr

Lady - Styx

The whole Styx Equinox album

Snortin' Whiskey and Drinkin' Cocaine - Pat Travers Band

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

So many tunes.......

Deano

-- Deano (deano@luvthebeach.com), December 22, 2000.

"Family Tradition" (Hank Jr)

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), December 22, 2000.
If Only You Were Lonely, Replacements

Tangled Up In Blue, Bob Dylan

The Bends, Radiohead

Autumn Sweater, Yo La Tengo

Revolver, Beatles (whole damn album)

Waiting For the Sun, Jayhawks

Sugar Water, Cibo Matto

Fooled Around and Fell In Love, Elvin Bishop

Dream Weaver, Gary Write

Plateau, Meat Puppets

Marquee Moon, Television

Fucking In Rythmn and In Sorrow, Sugarcubes

There is SO much more, and of course I'm forgetting everything.

-- Bemused (and_amazed@you.people), December 22, 2000.

Um, Flint - Ministry? Ken - Queensryche? (great album, BTW)

(And a new-found respect washes over her.........[g])

Some off the top of my head.....(in addition to many that have already been mentioned):

And many that have already been mentioned.

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), December 22, 2000.

Leon Russel - Back to the Island....my favorite.

ELO - All of it.

Peter Frampton

Christmas Music.....ALL of it...I heard a song the other day bout an angel getting forced on top a tree, I lmao....anyone else hear the angel song yet?

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), December 22, 2000.

*SIG ALERT* Thread Drift Ahead

{Did Syd fly the coop while I was gone? Floyd fans, you can skip to the end of the stream of conciousness below}.

As we were divvying up old family photos on friday, my sister kept breaking into the Wicked Witch theme from the Wizard of Oz. Old maiden great Auntie Mabel did bear a striking resemblance to the dame with the striped stockings & flying monkeys. {She was tremendously bright & interesting to me. I told my sister to be thankful that we had a nicer swat from the ol' genetic {visual} switch}.

A few days later, I was stuck on the freeway listening to NPR, between a vehicle fire & the 3 cars which had caught up with a semi. The folks on the radio program told about the characters' themes from the Oz film, & how the Wicked Witch's was inverted from 'We're off to see the Wizard'. The theme of Glinda the Good Witch was lifted and twisted from the intro to 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' { - I think}.

Hmm, how curious - in checking my spelling, I just turned up a piece from the Theosophical Society {Baum was a member, eh?}:

http://www.theosophical.org/oz/article1.html

When I arrived at my destination, my nephew was talking about Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' having been a mirror to the OZ movie. Not one to stand in the way of synchronicity - here's a page to start from:

Dark Side of the Rainbow

http://home.xnet.com/~arkiver/synch/dsotr.shtml

-- flora (***@__._), December 22, 2000.

flora, if I remember, back in NYC one of the local radio stations had done a simulcast a couple of years ago.

Very spooky; but there it was.

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), December 22, 2000.

Instead of reading all the posts then posting mine I decided to post a couple of mine then look back to see any matches.

Cat Stevens

Jimmy Buffett

Allman Bros

John Lee Hooker

Springsteen

Procal Harem-Whiter Shade of Pale

Mellencamp

Any sweeping celtic pieces

Yes

Buddy Guy

Hank Sr and Jr

Fiona Apple

-- capnfun (capnfun1@excite.com), December 22, 2000.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery

There's an album that will transport you up, down, inside out. Mood enhancing substances not required.

-- Rich (howe9@shentel.net), December 22, 2000.

Mood enhancing substances not required.

^^um fixes typo's.....

Mood enhancing substances ALWAYS required. What is wrong with you Bingo? We must look 'in need' at all times. :-)

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), December 22, 2000.

Geez!!!

I just read over what yaw'll posted and most all would be found in my collection at one time or another,great tastes and very well rounded.Two to throw in for good measure.

ELVIS

Theme to Love Story

-- capnfun (capnfun1@excite.com), December 22, 2000.

One of my favorite tunes is the song "Lover Man". I even like Barbra's crack at it; Billie Holiday's version is a classic; & the sax solo for it that Charlie Parker layed down just before he was institutionalized absolutely destroys me.

Now getting down to brass tacks, people:

Is your favorite rendition of 'Summertime Blues' done by:

Eddie Cochran?

Blue Cheer?

The Who?

Bruce Springsteen?

The Flying Lizards?

Other _________

-- flora (***@__._), December 22, 2000.

Eddie Cochrane

-- Rich (howe9@shentel.net), December 22, 2000.
Till the Morning Comes - Grateful Dead
Love Her Madly - The Doors
Little Old Lady - Jan and Dean
Still the One - Orleans
I'll Never Find Another You - The Seekers
Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
You're Gonna Lose That Girl - The Beatles
Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles
Sold - John Michael Montgomery
Sailing - Christopher Cross
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
Joanna - Kool and the Gang
Pencil Rain - They Might Be Giants
Pulling Mussels from a Shell - Squeeze
Here Without You - The Byrds
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Funeral In His Heart - October Project

Classical/Orchestral works
New World Symphony - Dvorak
Poeme - Chausson

Classical/Piano
Allegro Appassionato - Saint-Saens
Clair de Lune - Debussy
First Arabeske - Debussy
Scherzo - Mendelssohn (arr. by Rachmaninov)

-- David L (bumpkin@dnet.net), December 22, 2000.

My favorite song:

Driving away from Home (Its Immaterial)

perhaps because the album starts and ends with two different complementary versions, but for a long time it was

When the Music’s Over (Doors).

There are some songs that a lot of people have done versions of and for some of them I like to track down different versions.

All along the Watchtower - besides the original Dylan and almost original Hendrix there are good versions by the Indigo Girls and by Winter Hours and I heard a version by Santana backed up by the Grateful Dead on the radio that was fantastic.

The Road goes on Forever (Robert Earl Keen) also has good versions by Joe Ely, by the Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, et al who made it the title cut) and by Jack Ingram.

Congo Square (Sonny Landreth, whose version is the best) also has good versions by the Neville Brothers and by John Mayall (well, Sonny Landreth was on the Mayall album). And there is a different song of the same name which is my favorite Great White song.

Gov’t Mule does a great version of Neil Young’s Cortez the Killer (listen to Young’s album Weld) as well as a nice cover of Mongo Santa Maria’s Afro-Blue on the same live album.

dandelion

-- dandelion (golden@pleurisy.plant), December 24, 2000.

So...Whatcha all listening to these days?

http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0038AG

-- (Earlier@music.thread), January 03, 2001.

hey hawk was normal on that thread

how wierd

-- cin (cin@cin.cin), January 03, 2001.

I'm starting to feel my age:

Mind, Body and Soul - The Flaming Ember

Didn't I blow your mind this time - The Deltonics

But it's alright - J. J. Jackson

We got more soul - Dyke and the blazers

Living it up (Friday Night) - Bell and James

Ain't No stoppin us now - McFadden & Whitehead

Sweet Soul Music - Same and Dave

Hold On, I'm coming - Sam & Dave

Tighten up - Archie bell & the drells

Sweet Soul music - Arthur Conley

I can't stand the rain - Ann Peebles

It's alright - The impressions

Only the strong survive - (I forgot the name of the band)

I do love you - GQ

Used to be my girl - O'jays

Can I change my mind - Tyrone Davis

Make me your baby - Barbara Lewis

Ok, enough of the oldies...have you guys heard that Nelly's song Country Grammer was voted best song of the year today? (Sorry, I can't remember the show I was watching.) Check it out! You'll like it, really you will! (Well, if you like most of the music I just posted you probably will.) If you like something a little more "whitebread" but soulful, try Marc Anthony's You Sang To Me

-- (Netsc@pe 6.0), January 03, 2001.

I have a question...Does anyone here know how to embed music on the net? Can anybody give me a link to learn how to do it? Does anyone know what the process is even called?

-- (Netsc@pe 6.0), January 03, 2001.
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~zap/tutorial/midi.html

link

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), January 03, 2001.

Net, the link above is a start. It's Zap's MUSIC-ON-THE-NET Tutorial, which you may or may not find useful. I'm still learning html, so I'm of no help with music, but a co-worker uses this site.

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), January 03, 2001.
Thanks kb8um8! I just now glanced at it and I think that's exactly what I'm lookin' for! I'm going to go spend the rest of the day practicing it and I'll let you know how I fare.

-- (Netsc@pe 6.0), January 03, 2001.
KB or KB8 is fine. Glad to be of help.

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), January 03, 2001.
Awww shoot, KB. That site (and the links from it) are mostly focused on writing your own music and embedding it. All I want to do is use some of the free stuff on the net to put on my website. Thanks for trying to help though. From what I've read, I think I'll be able to do that once I find a program that will allow me to download .wav files and then upload them to my site. (Notepad and Wordpad don't allow files to be saved as anything but text extentions.) Would you mind asking your friend if he recommends one? Thanks!

-- (Netsc@pe 6.0), January 03, 2001.
I think I'll be able to do that once I find a program that will allow me to download .wav files and then upload them to my site.

?? I might be misunderstanding what you're trying to do, but why wouldn't you let your browser's wizard handle it? Maybe you have a really old version of Netscape? For the new version, it's easy.

For example, when I go to http://arose4ever.com/karen/kittykondo.htm for a .wav of a meow, I click on the file, and then either Netscape or Explorer will ask me if I want to download the file or play it there. If I want to download, I just click on the button.

To transfer the .wav file to my site, I would insert it into the web page via my Netscape Composer editor, which is under the "communicator" menu, and then upload the entire page. Over on Tripod (www.tripod.com) (free webpages), you can upload single files via their software and use on of their editors.

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), January 04, 2001.

My favorite Polka tune is the Chicken Dance.

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), January 04, 2001.
Thanks again, KB8. I think I understand what you mean and I'll try it on my website later today. It also helped that Unk posted that song and I learned from that...although it's the most irritating music I've heard in my life! Sorry Unk. It's really, really bad! ;-D

If I post another song to this thread will it screw it up?

-- (Netsc@pe 6.0), January 04, 2001.

Well, here goes nothing (probably). I went out on the net and found a song I used to like (this one only resembles it) and posted it at a free web page site I learned from a troll. Thanks for all your help you guys! Do either of you know how to record your own voice for the net?



-- (Netsc@pe 6.0), January 04, 2001.

Well shoot, that didn't work. Unk's obnoxious music overrides my obnoxious music. You have to listen to his song entirely to hear mine! (The point is, I learned how to do it and I thank you for that.)

-- (Netsc@pe 6.0), January 04, 2001.
Bad music huh? HORSEHOCKEY! That is Polka at it's best! I guess that Jimmy Sturr and "Hoop-Dee-Doo" is not one of your favorites either! For shame!

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), January 04, 2001.
"Jimmy Sturr and "Hoop-Dee-Doo" is not one of your favorites either"

I've never heard of them. You must be really old, Unk! ;-D

"That is Polka at it's best!"

I'd sure hate to hear it's worst. That song you posted sounds like the music that came out of my hand-cranked jack-in-the-box I had when I was little. If that song you posted is any indication, I'll bet the worst sounds like a bunch of cats yowling in the middle of the night!

-- (Netsc@pe 6.0), January 04, 2001.

Hoop dee doo, hoop dee doo,

I hear a polka an' my troubles are through!

Hoop dee doo, hoop dee dee,

this kind of music is like heaven to me!

.

Hoop dee doo, hoop dee doo,

it's got me higher than a kite,

hand me down my soup an' fish

I am gonna get my wish, hoop dee doin' it tonight!

.

When there's a trombone playin'

I get a thrill, I always will!

When there's a concertina, stretched about a mile,

I always smile, 'cause that's my style!

.

When there's a fiddle in the middle

oh! it really is a riddle, how he plays a tune so sweet!

Plays a tune so sweet that I could die,

lead me to the floor an' hear me yell for more

'cause I'm a hoop dee doin' kind of guy!

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), January 04, 2001.

You'll have to excuse Nettie, Unk. I, on the other hand, had some fine moments polka dancing on the streets of Hamtramic, MI during various street parties. Of course, a little beer and a few brats go along way towards making one appreciate this fine music.

Nettie, one guy uses a program called Hyperstudio for recording himself. Beyond that, I don't know the finer details.

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), January 04, 2001.

Hyperstudio Site

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), January 04, 2001.
Six time grammy award winner Jimmy Sturr and the Jimmy Sturr Band is the hotest attractiion in the Polka Music field today. As the reigning King of Polka, Jimmy Sturr has recorded 90 albums for which he has received three Gold Record Awards as well as Album and Song of the Year Awards. His band has been voted the #1 Polka Band in the Country for the past ten years in a row and his popular TV show, "Polka America," is syndicated nationally.

Of course I always get screwed...we don't get "Polka America" here.

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), January 04, 2001.

A LITTLE beer?

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), January 04, 2001.
Speaking of polkas, you can find Purple Haze as a polka (more or less) on the album Polkasonic by Brave Combo.

dandelion

-- dandelion (golden@pleurisy.plant), January 04, 2001.

Unk, yah, a little beer. A little goes a long ways with me. I'm a cheap date (heh-heh). Hey, speaking of beer, where's sumer?

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), January 04, 2001.
http://www.cdnow.com/cgi- bin/mserver/SID=1386034436/pagename=/RP/SHARE/soundclip.html/itemdescr iptionid=335268/disc=1/track=5/source=RAM

(sample real-audio of lightning crashes)

You really need to see them do it live for the full intense effect

-- cin (cin@cin.cin), January 05, 2001.

Thanks again, KB. I went to that site and discovered that software is a whole semester worth of study! I thought there might be a way to use my existing hardware to record and upload so I wouldn't have to do a lot of studying. (I don't want to be a sound technician, I just want to say "hi" on my webpage.) I'm really excited about the knowledge I've gained about midis, wavs etc. that I've learned since you first helped. I'm going to start calling you Professor KB8 from now on.

-- (Netsc@pe 6.0), January 05, 2001.
Please don't, Nettie. My bride-to-be (I hope!! I've got to get my nerve up here) is the teacher. I just help out where I can because when I first started on the internet (1989), users were good about helping each other figure out how to do technical things. We've lost a lot of that, unfortunately.

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), January 05, 2001.
P.S. Nettie, there probably is an easy way to do a 10 sec "hi" on your webpage. Why don't you post that question as a separate thread? There are a lot of computer professionals and knowledgable users who know tons about HTML, .wav files, and webpages who post both here and at Poole's place. I'm just getting started with HTML.

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), January 05, 2001.
sumer is checking in and doin better.

thanks for wondering bout me kb.

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), January 05, 2001.

We Ohioians gotta stick together! 8-)

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), January 05, 2001.
bump

-- bump (b@u.m.p), January 14, 2001.
The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics

-- (cin@cin.cin), January 14, 2001.

cin, that's another song that always makes me cry.....

-- (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), January 15, 2001.

Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the Band (and lots more)

Georg Handel - The Messiah (any and all)

Moody Blues - I Know You're Out There Somewhere (and others)

Susan Aglukark - O Siem (and others... if you can't get this Canadian in the States... oh, well)

Enya - Orinocco Flow

John Denver - Rocky Mountain High and Grandma's Feather Bed

Art Garfunkel - All I Know

Simon and Garfunkel - lots

Paul Simon - Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (With Ladysmith Black Mambazo... saw them in concert once in a small theatre... treasured memory!)

Kathy Mattea - Where've You Been (If you can listen to this without tears...!)

Jennifer Warnes - Way Down Deep

Moe Koffman - Swinging Shepherd Blues (I gotta get a cd copy of this one!)

And so many more that are duplicates of ones seen here... I think I'll just go turn on my cd player now :-)

-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), January 15, 2001.

The New Orleans Jazz Band's Best of Dixieland All of it except for "Hello Dolly" which has been ruined for me forever by Carol Channing.

Also Al Hirt's "A Closer Walk With Thee", a great version of the old hymn.

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), January 15, 2001.

Unpacking boxes this weekend I came across some old cassettes. There they were - Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life Vol. I & II. Love songs, songs of the spirit, celebrations of Nature, Love between two people and Love as a unifier of humanity. Oh my!

Brought back memories of the summer prior to 7th grade. Smoking my first joint. Hanging with my brother listing to his kickin' stereo system with Carver amp (the Cube) and pre-amp, 5' tall, 4" thick Magnapan speakers. Steely Dan's Aja came alive on that system.

Needless to say I listen to - and sang along with - Stevie Wonder all weekend long. Thank you Stevie, I needed that oh so badly.

"Lookin back on when I was a little nappy headed boy..."

-- Rich (howe9@shentel.net), January 15, 2001.

I liked Stevie Nicks, with or without Fleetwood Mac.

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), January 15, 2001.
yeah.

-- Cyberdeeder (cyberdeeder@hotmail.com), September 15, 2002.
Mozart Piano concerto #21 Andante (aka "Elvira Madigan" ) Jimi Hendrix "Red House" or "Wind Cries Mary" Moody Blues "Question" (the one that has "... between the silence of the mountains and the crashing of teh sea.." Beethoven "Emperor" last movement Simon and Garfunkel "The Boxer" Paganini caprice #24 Willie Nelson "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain" Grateful Dead "Ripple" Judy Collins "Amazing Grace" Led Zeppelin "I'm gonna leave you" Bob Dylan "Knocking on Heaven's DOor" or "Tambourine MAn" Bette Midler "Rose" Johnny Cash "Ring of FIre" Rolling Stones "Love in Vain" from "Stripped" Peter Paul and Mary "500 Miles" Temptations "Grapevine" Ravel "Bolero" (hey, it's gotta be in there somewhere) Otis Redding "Dock of the BAy" Sam Cooke "Bring it on Home" Beatles "Hey Jude" Lennon "Imagine" "Greensleeves" ... primal sorta melody just grabs your mind back a thousand years or so

anyway these are my favorites that spring to mind without hesitation

-- Tracy Yucikas (tyucikas@cts.com), December 08, 2002.

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