What song are you listening to right now?

[Bullit]

 

[Papusan]

 

 

[Bullit]

 

 

[kojack]

Some Newfoundland talent called Signal Hill. They originated in St. John's, and are the house band at the Lower Deck in Halifax!  Love these guys!

 

 

[Mr. Fox]

That last one... "Celestial Spa" is so lifelike that identifying it as AI is difficult. Scary stuff.

[Mr. Fox]

 

[Mr. Fox]

 

[Mr. Fox]

 

[Mr. Fox]

 

[6730b]

Devil blues - Come fly with me
 

 

[Bullit]

 

[Eban]

  While I liked the NIN version. Miley here rocks the shit outta this!

(From TV series Black mirror)

 

Ashley O - Head like a hole

 

 

Edit: I really can not find a good rendition of this cover...but

 

 

 

 

[Mr. Fox]

 

[Bullit]

 

[Bullit]

 

[Bullit]

RIP

 

[Papusan]

RIP

 

 

[Bullit]

RIP

 

[Eban]

I was introduced to Dire Straits at a young age and impressionable age.....thank God.

I like just about everything they ever released....but this one is very special.

 

Dire Straits - Ride across the river.

 

 

[Eban]

So I was trying to listen to some "modern music" recently. Kanye West and a whole bunch of other names I don't know....yeah. I'm old.

 

They just don't make em like this any more...auto tune my ass

 

Heart - Barracuda

 

[Mr. Fox]

5 hours ago, Eban said:

So I was trying to listen to some "modern music" recently. Kanye West and a whole bunch of other names I don't know....yeah. I'm old.

 

They just don't make em like this any more...auto tune my ass

 

Heart - Barracuda

 

I like a wide variety of music from multiple genres, unlike many people in my age group. Around the time I turned 60 I began gravitating more toward music without any lyrics, but nothing is as good as the classic metal and hard rock stuff like that one in your post.

I do not view music as being an artistic expression. If it doesn't entertain me then I don't like it. I look for demonstration of superior instrumental or vocal ability and melodical excellence. I simply don't care about a person "expressing" their self, the underlying message or whatever agenda they are peddling, or the cultural relevance of their musc, etc. If that even becomes evident to me I tend to reject it. Entertain me... now... or I am turning it off. Music without lyrics seldom annoys me, but often entertains me.

 

Perhaps one of the reasons us older guys like the older music is because the older musicians were focused on entertaining and producing melodic excellence as "entertainers" rather than trying to be artists or cultural influencers. That kind of crap just turns me off.

[Eban]

20 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

I do not view music as being an artistic expression. If it doesn't entertain me then I don't like it. I look for demonstration of superior instrumental or vocal ability and melodical excellence. I simply don't care about a person "expressing" their self, the underlying message or whatever agenda they are peddling, or the cultural relevance of their musc, etc. If that even becomes evident to me I tend to reject it. Entertain me... now... or I am turning it off. Music without lyrics seldom annoys me, but often entertains me.

 

Perhaps one of the reasons us older guys like the older music is because the older musicians were focused on entertaining and producing melodic excellence as "entertainers" rather than trying to be artists or cultural influencers. That kind of crap just turns me off.

 

Thank you @Mr. Fox 

I really had not considered this angle before! I myself would never consider playing guitar and singing on a stage because I'm just not good enough to be anything like a professional entertainer.

 

I though some of these talentless idiots really didn't know they suck. Maybe they just have thousands of sycophant followers ready to hit the like button every time the "artist" farts. But this changes everything. They are obviously smart enough to make money by "expressing themselves"......huh 

 

I think I will continue to express myself by also not listening to their garbage. But I'm sure they won't loose any sleep over my decision.

[jhonsip]

Thank you 

[Papusan]

 

 

[Jarhead]

On 7/29/2025 at 11:29 AM, Mr. Fox said:

I like a wide variety of music from multiple genres, unlike many people in my age group. Around the time I turned 60 I began gravitating more toward music without any lyrics, but nothing is as good as the classic metal and hard rock stuff like that one in your post.

I do not view music as being an artistic expression. If it doesn't entertain me then I don't like it. I look for demonstration of superior instrumental or vocal ability and melodical excellence. I simply don't care about a person "expressing" their self, the underlying message or whatever agenda they are peddling, or the cultural relevance of their musc, etc. If that even becomes evident to me I tend to reject it. Entertain me... now... or I am turning it off. Music without lyrics seldom annoys me, but often entertains me.

 

Perhaps one of the reasons us older guys like the older music is because the older musicians were focused on entertaining and producing melodic excellence as "entertainers" rather than trying to be artists or cultural influencers. That kind of crap just turns me off.

 

Eh, re:entertaining and such, people (even older people) tend to forget that older generations of music were also filled with their fair share of bands and acts in it just to make a quick buck. We tend to filter them out over time and only ever remember the greats. Everyone remembers the Rolling Stones for example, but how many people today remember The Monkees? They were one of the (many) bands that were just making a buck, just like how (to take an example I've mentioned in detail here before) Nickelback was when I was growing up as a kid, or hell Puddle of Mudd (even though I absolutely still blast Burry today). 

 

Nevermind music back then, as it does now, also was sending some kind of message, albeit exactly what changes depending on the then-current trends/issues/blah. Beatniks of the 1950s, hippies from the 60s/70s, punk/ska/etc from the 90s/00s, etc. 

 

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Anyway, ironically enough a song that's been stuck in my head these last few weeks is exactly that: some artist expressing the history of a certain musical vocal program (Machine Love by JamieP):