different music

Trev · Jan 14, 2003

Some of these big rock band drummers think they're something; I wonder how they'd hold up if they battled against Krupa and those guys???

They'd have a snowballs' chance in you know where!

There are some good drummers around still, though.. I'm thinking Jack DeJohnette, Bruford, guys like that. The best musicians, in my limited experience, end up in jazz. Never cared much for the guys who just read sheet music and faithfully reproduce every note on the page. I like the guys who go out on stage every night and take chances.. stretch themselves, and who *listen* to every note everybody else is playing and respond to it. Now *that's* music, to my ears. Then again, I agree with Bird.. nothing like a well-done 4 part harmony!! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Wingnut · Jan 14, 2003

I don't like the subscription part ... nor the constant reminders that either or both might just fold ... which has kept me from more closely investigating. Quite a few of the folks on the GL1800 (new Gold Wing) board have reported installing them.
My question, though, is about the variety. Do they actually play a real (and changing) variety ... or are they like the commercial stations that endlessly repeat the same stuff?

RobertN · Jan 14, 2003

Class of '82. I was born and grew up in Orangevale, right off of Hazel, near the county line where it turns to Sierra College.Been within 25 miles of there my whole life/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

My High School favorite was Journey.

That is a big thing to admit, seeing Barry Manilow/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

RobertN · Jan 14, 2003

I have not kept up with music too much the last few years. We have an ok cd collection, and tend to listen to it more than anything else. Local radio is so commercial now, especially in the mornings with talk talk talk. So, I tend not to hear anything new. I really like Jazz, but the selction here is poor, and the wife tends to push it aside.

I remember a Journey drummer being replaced, and he thought it was ok, since he could get back to his Jazz roots.

It is amazing what some of the guys could, and still do on a small drumset. All those gizmo's that some people use just don't replace pure skill.

JDGREEN4ME · Jan 14, 2003

...Alice Cooper, Pat Benatar, Stones, Beatles, Rush, Sinatra, James Taylor, Van Halen (DLR), Aerosmith, Trisha Yearwood, Pachabel, Meatloaf, Tom Petty, David Bowie, Queen...

frank_f15 · Jan 15, 2003

YEP: WAS going to mention that but figured nobody would remember it, it was a great intro, at least i think so! but as someone else mentioned eariler we all think the music of our youth was the best. but a good drummer is a good drummer, no matter the generation.

Cacinok · Jan 15, 2003

Here's what my wife calls my most recent schizophrenic play list: Rush, "Hocus Pocus" by Focus, Kodo Drums, Nirvana, Vivaldi, Stever Earle, Jewel, Limp Bizkit, God Smack, Enya, Dixie Chicks, Jr. Brown, Bob Rivers -- Twisted Tunes (e.g., "Walkin' 'round In Women's Underwear), Abba, Queen, Yard Birds

Haven't figured out which one goes best with bush hoggin' -- I'll let ya know.

Clint

JATO_RaT · Jan 15, 2003

Lets not forget Boy George, hehehe

RobS · Jan 15, 2003

I'm kind of late to this thread but it's been fun reading it /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif My tastes are varied but mostly country-pop. I LOVE Trick Pony and just heard the concert we were going to attend in Feb. was cancelled /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif. Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Tim McGraw, Dixie Chicks etc. are my "routine" listening favorites. Drive time though is NPR if I can pay attention to it (no one else in the vehicle). Evening listening will depend on my mood but it ranges from the country stuff to Eagles, Enya, Bach, David Sanborn, George Winston, Journey, Styx, Def Leopard, Boston, Head East, Outlaws, REO Speedwagon, etc. (college days). I actually like about everything but rap. My problem is remembering something I hear long enough to buy it. Saves me a bundle in music purchases /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Richard · Jan 15, 2003

Haven't figured out which one goes best with bush hoggin' 

That was my dilema too. If you read the "mp3" thread.. my recent "fix" for this is, I brought in a bunch of cd's into work and converted them all into mp3 format. I'm now tinkering on making a couple cd's out of the mp3 files, however, I need to get a cd/mp3 player so I can plug it into my pro ears.

The good part?

My first cd has 151 different songs on it. I have no idea what that relates to in time, but I put a smattering of everything on there. Now that I'm slowly figuring this deal out, I will likely bring even more cd's in from home and fine tune this process.

Sure beats having a single cd playing over & over & over.

Richard

looch · Jan 15, 2003

Drive time though is NPR 

Same here (and I'm in Canada /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif). Did you catch the interview they had with Johnny Cash about a month ago? Turns out he's covering some tunes from the most unlikely artists - Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails - weird.

Chuck52 · Jan 15, 2003

I would think Wagner would be right up there for bush hogging. Or for Roundup spraying or napalm squirting.

Chuck

s1120 · Jan 15, 2003

Ya, I forgot about the Moody Blues. I have seen them 6 or 7 times. Great show. I agree that nights in white satan can get a little old, But just hang out in a dark room, with head phones on and listen to Days of future past. /w3tcompact/icons/cool.gif Got to love it.

Now for good headphone stuff. You cant beat Floyd dark side of the moon, or wish you were here. The BEST!

First song I ever heard with headphones was Welcome to the michine. I have been warped ever sence.

frank_f15 · Jan 15, 2003

SPEAKING OF DRUMMING: any of u guys ever heard of or listened to a thing called DAIKO DRUMMING? it is a cerimonial type of drums in japan, big drums and those guys really beat on then with these big sticks, they stand nest to the drum and wail on them really get some good sound, but it looks like hard work. saw it first on encartaca cd but then happend to catch something about it on tv. will be interesting to see if anyone else has heard of it.

StoneHeartFarm · Jan 15, 2003

Actually, when I bought my first CD player I went into Meijer's and pickeed up a half dozen CD's. The cashier got real chatty when she was scanning the Three dog night, Carpenters and Beach Boys. She shut up when she hit the Twisted Sister and head banger stuff.

Steve

cstocks · Jan 15, 2003

You cant beat Floyd dark side of the moon, or wish you were here. The BEST!

Right on, Paul! I played the Wish You Were Here 8 track so much in college in the mid 70s that my friends with 8 track players began to avoid me! Wish You Were Here is my number one favorite album of all time. Even my wife, who likes oldies and country, likes that cd. It is better than Dark Side of The Moon in my book.

s1120 · Jan 15, 2003

It is better than Dark Side of The Moon in my book

Yup, I would have to say so also.

RichZ · Jan 15, 2003

Paul, I gotta agree with you, Pink Floyd is one of the best. If you like that check out some old King Crimson, especially Court of the Crimson King!

60's and early 70's music is my thing! Especially the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janice Joplin, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and most other 60's bands. Of course I also love bluegrass and classical. The DIxie Chicks new CD is all bluegrass, and it's great!

s1120 · Jan 15, 2003

If you like that check out some old King Crimson, especially Court of the Crimson King!

Ya, that was some good stuff also. I don't listen to the older stuff much anymore, but I used to be a Huge ELP fan, and I still like to listen to Yes when I am working in the shop. Makes be think clear.

Cacinok · Jan 16, 2003

Frank,

Yep, I've heard of Daiko Drumming. I have a bunch of songs by "Kodo" Drums, I'm not sure whether Kodo is the name of the group or what. Pretty cool stuff. They're part of my prefinals psych-myself-up ritual.

Clint