Tiny
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Post by Tiny on Jun 5, 2017 10:56:16 GMT -5
Why is Worldbeat not more popular in the US? It's HUGE here, and in places like France, Germany and the UK. I wonder why that is....? I have no idea why it's not more popular. It just doesn't make it to the mainstream. But, there are radio stations that play it (usually as a "show" not full time 7/24). I'm not sure if it's an issue with "capitalism" - in that American radio is there to make money and therefore it pushes what they are told to (what can be sold to Americans)
Oddly enough it's only my "weird friends" - the ones who play non-computer games, or who have eclectic hobbies, or who are geeky/nerdy about something "not pop culture" who are most likely to enjoy non-standard American Pop - I think it would be called world beat.
I think my "normal friends" cringe if they have to listen to any of my music... which is nearly All non-standard American Pop (so some world music, etc).
I did recognize some of the artists/songs you posted.
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Post by Tiny on Jun 5, 2017 11:06:05 GMT -5
I tend towards down tempo or just plain old depressing songs...
So, I always enjoy Gary Jules cover of Tears For Fears "Mad World"
And Billie Holiday's "hush now don't explain"
And on the lighter side: Bonnie Raitt's Love me like a Man
And John Hiatt's "Feels like Rain"
And pretty much anything by Emmylou Harris
You can add me to the Allison Krause fan base. And add in Jillian Welch
I assume when the Angels sing in heaven it sounds something like this:
(fwiw: I was a Harris, Krause, and Welch fan BEFORE "Where art thou Brother" came out. )
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Post by alabamagal on Jun 5, 2017 11:14:30 GMT -5
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
I just got tickets to see Journey in concert next month. I have mixed feelings because I loved them with Steve Perry, but I heard the current singer is pretty good. The concert is at the outdoor amphitheater 1 mile from my house and tickets are $50, so I can't pass it up. Asia is the opening act.
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Post by billisonboard on Jun 5, 2017 11:23:30 GMT -5
weltschmerz, thanks for sharing. I had a busy weekend so wasn't able to listen until now (and not as much as I would like even now). Jean Luc Ponty was someone I had run across during a violin phase of my listening history. Great to be reminded of him.
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Post by Waffle on Jun 5, 2017 12:33:51 GMT -5
Scarlet Begonias-Grateful Dead
I'm a bitch- Meredith Brooks
Adam's Rib- Melanie Doane
Rock and Roll Band -Boston
Kick Start my Heart- Crue
Consequence Free- Great Big Sea
Run Runaway - Slade
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
I only recognize one of those - and I don't like it. (it's possible I've heard the others and just don't remember the title).
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Post by Waffle on Jun 5, 2017 12:48:12 GMT -5
I love a lot of music. Below are just a few that come to mind.
One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic Unchained Melody - The Righteous brothers Missing - Everything but the girl Been Around the World - Lisa Stanisfield Most songs by Michael Jackson, the Jackson 5, the Jacksons and Janet Jackson Only have eyes for you - I like Art Garfunkel's version the best. Why - Annie Lennox
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 5, 2017 13:24:06 GMT -5
While driving: Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin
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Green Eyed Lady
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jun 5, 2017 13:33:31 GMT -5
The songs I love seem to change daily. Today it's country!
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 5, 2017 14:00:53 GMT -5
weltschmerz , thanks for sharing. I had a busy weekend so wasn't able to listen until now (and not as much as I would like even now). Jean Luc Ponty was someone I had run across during a violin phase of my listening history. Great to be reminded of him. I'm a big fan of his, and have been for as long as I can remember. Love fusion jazz.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jun 5, 2017 14:19:38 GMT -5
*I* know this one!!! I LOVE Jean Luc Ponty and saw him twice in concert!!!!
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weltschmerz
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 5, 2017 14:25:13 GMT -5
Lucky you! I've never seen him in concert. He was here not too long ago, in concert with Vangelis, but tickets started at about $200.
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Post by swamp on Jun 5, 2017 14:31:35 GMT -5
Lucky you! I've never seen him in concert. He was here not too long ago, in concert with Vangelis, but tickets started at about $200. Weltz, are you familiar with Sass Jordan?
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 5, 2017 14:35:36 GMT -5
Lucky you! I've never seen him in concert. He was here not too long ago, in concert with Vangelis, but tickets started at about $200. Weltz, are you familiar with Sass Jordan? I am.
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swamp
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Post by swamp on Jun 5, 2017 14:37:08 GMT -5
Weltz, are you familiar with Sass Jordan? I am. what a voice.
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weltschmerz
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 5, 2017 14:42:11 GMT -5
Not my favourite genre of music, but the chick can sing, that's for sure. There are quite a few really good singers out of Montreal. Are you familiar with Dawn Tyler Watson?
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Post by swamp on Jun 5, 2017 14:51:31 GMT -5
No. I listen to radio stations out of Ottawa, Brockville, Kingston, and Cornwall, so I get more of the Canadian pop hits.
I admit a fondness for Kim Mitchell, Tragically Hip, Blue Rodeo, and Northern Pikes.
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Post by empress of self-improvement on Jun 5, 2017 14:58:17 GMT -5
My favorite songs are too numerous. My absolute favorite groups, on the other hand, all 2 of them, are Queen and Glass Tiger. I like, and love, lots of others but those are the 2 I will always love and listen to over and over and over. I have a beautiful original GT "Thin Red Line" vinyl record I picked up at a store about 15 years ago and put in a frame. It's one of my most prized possessions.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 5, 2017 15:00:35 GMT -5
I tend towards down tempo or just plain old depressing songs...
So, I always enjoy Gary Jules cover of Tears For Fears "Mad World"
Darko! And more Darko!
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 5, 2017 15:21:49 GMT -5
weltschmerz , thanks for sharing. I had a busy weekend so wasn't able to listen until now (and not as much as I would like even now). Jean Luc Ponty was someone I had run across during a violin phase of my listening history. Great to be reminded of him. I'm a big fan of his, and have been for as long as I can remember. Love fusion jazz. Welts-are you familiar with the group Deep Forest. Though I have not listened to their more recent work, their original work back in the early '90s was interesting. They are a world music group. In their first album the used native Baka pygmy spoken language and mixed it with modern music. This was probably their most well known song. This was their first album.
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Jun 5, 2017 17:15:29 GMT -5
Ziggy Stardust- David Bowie (who is my love ) Sing sing sing- Benny Goodman Seven- Prince Jack and Diane- John Cougar Melloncamp Little Pink Houses-* Pretty much anything by David Bowie... Bei Mir Bistu Shein- The Andrew Sisters I'll come up with some more later. We're music twins (what really finalized that was Joy Division) ... and Bowie is mine I have been in love with Bowie since I was 8 and saw him in Labyrinth! I dresses up as him for a few Halloweens in high school and late teens, saw him twice in concert and also did my senior English report on him(got an A) I was devastated when he passes and still have nights where I listen to his music and have a cathartic cry I am totally into the EMO music of the 80's, I have a whole play list that I listen to often. It's nice to have a music twin, I like some stuff people are like, huh Do you know Snake River Conspiracy or Poe?
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Post by naughtybear on Jun 5, 2017 18:25:58 GMT -5
My crowd is Goth, I am not so I never have a clue what they are talking about.
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Post by yogiii on Jun 5, 2017 19:04:05 GMT -5
We're music twins (what really finalized that was Joy Division) ... and Bowie is mine I have been in love with Bowie since I was 8 and saw him in Labyrinth! I dresses up as him for a few Halloweens in high school and late teens, saw him twice in concert and also did my senior English report on him(got an A) I was devastated when he passes and still have nights where I listen to his music and have a cathartic cry I am totally into the EMO music of the 80's, I have a whole play list that I listen to often. It's nice to have a music twin, I like some stuff people are like, huh Do you know Snake River Conspiracy or Poe? Poe yes but not Snake River Conspiracy. Labyrinth was a big part of my childhood also, and then my friend and I used to watch it all the time while tipsy in college which is fun! I saw him 3 times in concert but two of those were the same tour, so probably really only counts as 2
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 5, 2017 22:22:56 GMT -5
No, but thank you for sharing. that.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 6, 2017 3:24:50 GMT -5
Not my favourite genre of music, but the chick can sing, that's for sure. There are quite a few really good singers out of Montreal. Are you familiar with Dawn Tyler Watson? She's won every Blues Award there is to win in Canada. (friend of mine)
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 6, 2017 6:23:38 GMT -5
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
I just got tickets to see Journey in concert next month. I have mixed feelings because I loved them with Steve Perry, but I heard the current singer is pretty good. The concert is at the outdoor amphitheater 1 mile from my house and tickets are $50, so I can't pass it up. Asia is the opening act. He sounds just like him. You'll love it.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jun 6, 2017 8:32:32 GMT -5
Simple Man--Shinedown version Dream On Lot's of stuff by Tool
These are all that come to mind right now. I'll add on if I remember any more.
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Post by movingforward on Jun 6, 2017 12:39:19 GMT -5
All Along the Watchtower - Jimmy Hendrix Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stone Let it Be - The Beatles Insensitive - Jan Arden Lying Eyes - The Eagles Peace of Mind - Boston
Lots, lots more...
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Post by imawino on Jun 6, 2017 14:43:41 GMT -5
Wwo. So many!! I could spend all day listing (and listening to) songs I love.
Lately I have been on a Clapton kick. I've Got a Rock & Roll Heart, It's in the Way That You Use it, Layla, Cocaine, etc.
I love and adore almost all things Rage Against the Machine. Guerilla Radio, Killing in the Name, Testify, Bulls on Parade, Mic Check, etc Angry music with a message, yo.
U2 has so many amazing songs - between War, Joshua Tree, Actung Baby, Rattle and Hum and even All that you Can't Leave Behind. I don't know where to start.
Linkin Park's Meteora album
The 90s were a music goldmine in retrospect. I loved Grunge. Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana.
And 90s hip hop!! Naughty by Nature, Coolio, House of Pain, the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Arrested Development
Random songs I have either heard or had in my head lately that I love:
Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield Mudshovel - Staind Bittersweet Symphony - the Verve One Thing - Finger Eleven Cold Little Heart - Michale Kiwanuka ( this was the theme for HBO's recent Big Little Lies miniseries - the music throughout the whole show was fantastic) Right Here Right Now - Jesus Jones
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Post by imawino on Jun 6, 2017 15:19:42 GMT -5
I thought of more!!!
Evil Ways - Santana Diamonds on the Soles of Their Shoes - Paul Simon In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins What I Got - Sublime What it's Like - Everlast No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley (really almost anything Bob Marley, but that might be my favorite....unless it's Buffalo Soldier)
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Post by imawino on Jun 6, 2017 15:24:40 GMT -5
How could I forget Jimmy Buffett?? I am a beach girl at heart, and he can put me in my happy place. A Pirate Looks at 40, Son of a Son of a Sailor, Boat Drinks. Totally cheesy, but still love.
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