Music Enthusiasts?

[fourfive8]

Agreed. I remember them well. They were at the top right at the beginning of Vietnam. Your last link didn't post so I'll take the liberty and add one that may fit. This 1962 song by Peter, Paul and Mary was uncanny in timing and a portent for the intensity soon to follow.

 

[Aaron N]

Played some Beach Boys for the five year old grand daughter while she was playing with her shell collection on a make believe beach...she liked them.
Hawl & Oates brings back memories.

My boys 8/6 love Surfing in the USA and Barbra-ann

 

[Rob404]

Mary Travers and Michelle Phillips every young boys dream girls

 

[fourfive8]

Music trivia factoid. Chloe Chua plays a Guarneri, on loan, made in 1729. Niccolo Paganini played a Guarneri made in 1743.

Market value of either unknown. I’m certain insured for 10s of millions USD each.

 

[fourfive8]

If you try to listen to any music with inferior audio, like cell phone speakers, you are wasting your time.

For those who expect or prefer a symphony orchestra to play continental music with regular and dramatic booming crescendos, stereotypical of many German compositions, here ya go. Chloe Chua and Singapore Symphony performing Bruch finale.

 

[Ragman]

Interesting thread for sure. For myself, being a kid in the 70s and 80s I’m pretty partial to the music from that era. Particularly heavy metal and rock. But a quirky trait about my tastes is if The Rolling Stone loves a certain artist, it’s more than likely I won’t. Not always of course but quite often. To me the very pinnacle of the music mountain is Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. But they are getting old and that depresses me. And of course being a Canadian I have to mention the greatness of Rush. Back in the decades I mentioned, Canada had a LOT of fantastic rock bands and solo artists. Not so much anymore. Don’t know why.

 

[fourfive8]

A long time ago in a previous life as a physicist sharing a house with 3 electrical engineers, two from India and one from Pakistan, I was exposed to a completely different culture including food and music. At three to one, I had no choice I learned the basics about Indian classical music. One of the most interesting insights was that Indian instruments, among others of the region, actually are intended to freely substitute for and blend with voice vocalization and much is improv. Those small insights opened up a world of better understanding for my ear. Appreciating the music, like the food, could be called an acquired taste but of course maybe not for everyone.

The Canadian composer and musician, Loreena McKennitt, uniquely incorporates much non-Western instrumentation and style, including some Indian classical elements, into some of her work. That international, cultural blend is one of her trademarks. First link, McKennitt has incorporated an interesting mix of North African- Middle Eastern- Indian/Asian.

The next two links are Indian classical. The second link is of an older performance by Anoushka Shankar, daughter of the famous sitar master Ravi Shankar. Last link is of performance of another sitar master, Roopa Panesar. The percussion/tabla work and sympathetic, sometimes variable pitch of the sitar strings, IMO, help reinforce the concept of instrumental voice vocalization.

 

[CZDiesel]

 

[fourfive8]

A last look at some Indian classical... for some variety Generally northern India has Hindustanic style with Carnatic in southern India. Here is an excellent example in Carnatic style by Jayanthi Kumaresh on a Saraswati Veena. Some of the Indian classical instrumental genre suggests synthensized background added, but there is none

 

[fourfive8]

I read a bit of music trivia today that indicated the great guitarist of The Who, Pete Townshend, feels that SOS by ABBA is the greatest Pop song of all time...
A classic in 1975 on American Bandstand

 

[fourfive8]

It is said that variety is the spice of life. I realized the previous links to Indian Classical have focused on instrumentals and but no links to vocal performances. So here ya go! I like the header written by the FB poster on this one- "Play this clip, hold your biases and language barriers, close your eyes and feel the elevation...." I also agree with a couple of comments that the accompanying background instrumental is superb. Live vocal classic with large audience by Kaushiki Chakraborty and Sandeep Narayan.

 

[CoElkHunter]

I read a bit of music trivia today that indicated the great guitarist of The Who, Pete Townshend, feels that SOS by ABBA is the greatest Pop song of all time...
A classic in 1975 on American Bandstand

I think Pete Townsend must have been drunk at the time he said that. LOL

 

[fourfive8]

One of my daughter's best friends at college is from Nepal. I have very limited knowledge of their music and culture but, linguistically, it's my understanding many in Nepal speak Indian Hindi in addition to official Nepali and a form of Tibeto-Burman and English. I think their music shows both Indian and Tibetan influence. You'll never guess the name of my daughter's friend from Nepal? She even went to Shambhala Nepal for blessing before traveling to US for school.

Link to music clip showing a music/vocal TV competition show in Nepal featuring Meechu Dhimal, a popular performer.... I think it is a current rendition of a traditional song.

 

[wesheltonj]

I remember this like it was yesterday.

 

[wesheltonj]

This guy gave SRV a run for his money.

 

[Ragman]

This guy gave SRV a run for his money.

I really like his instrumental Cliffs of Dover. He is amazing. I was a drummer as a young guy but I always wished I could play guitar at a high level. Watching a master guitarist playing is mesmerizing. I think I drive my wife nuts watching close up videos over and over!