Music

[Muteswan]

The music library on my phone include :- Bee Gees, Billy Fury, Billy Joel, Celine Dion, Diana Ross, Don Henley, Garth Brooks, George Jones, George Michael, George Strait, Glen Campbell, Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, Matt Monro, Tony Bennet, Rod Stewart and Willie Nelson... also a bit of classical and, of course, Cheap Trick.

Well what a let down! All great singers, the classical and then...

 

[Darran]

The music library on my phone include :- Bee Gees, Billy Fury, Billy Joel, Celine Dion, Diana Ross, Don Henley, Garth Brooks, George Jones, George Michael, George Strait, Glen Campbell, Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, Matt Monro, Tony Bennet, Rod Stewart and Willie Nelson... also a bit of classical and, of course, Cheap Trick.

Well what a let down! All great singers, the classical and then...

Oi.

 

[Darran]

Be honest though listen to the sound on that 12 string bass.
Magnificent tone isn’t it?


https://twitter.com/cheaptrick/status/1352628170718064641?s=21

 

[K23]

I can't let a music thread go without contributing because it has been the most massive part of my life but it's hard to know where to start so I’ll just list the acts that have been the most significant to me during my record buying phase which started in 1965 when I bought the first Byrds album “Mr Tambourine Man” at the age of 13 and continues up to present day when I bought the latest CD “Manifest” by Swedish/Danish pop-metal band Amaranthe at the age of 68 which was released just a few months ago in October 2020 and which accompanied my typing of this almost chronological list covering 56 years and I have no intention of stopping yet!

The Byrds (1965), The Doors, Procol Harum, Cream, Steppenwolf, Vanilla Fudge, The Nice, The Moody Blues, Caravan, Cressida, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, High Tide, Camel, Genesis/Peter Gabriel, Yes, Uriah Heep, Van der Graaf Generator/Peter Hammill, Focus, Refugee, Wishbone Ash, Gentle Giant, Nektar, Seventh Wave, Rare Bird, Patrick Moraz, The Eagles, Indian Summer, Renaissance, Kingdom Come, Man, Gracious!, Joe Walsh, Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM), Supertramp, Solution, The Tubes/Fee Waybill, Blue Oyster Cult, Ultravox, New Musik, Runrig, Kate Bush, Naked Eyes, Tear for Fears, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Little Steven & Disciples of Soul, Pet Shop Boys, Colourbox, Howard Jones, Erasure, The Psychedelic Furs, Propaganda, Brilliant, Prefab Sprout, Belouis Some, Scritti Politti, Cock Robin, INXS, Icehouse, Killing Joke, Jean Beauvoir, Talk Talk, The The, Act/Claudia Brucken, The Ward Brothers, The Hooters, Scarlet Fantastic, Dare, The Adventures, Roxette, Sinead O’Connor, Sandra, The Beloved, The Waterboys/Mike Scott, Iona, The Levellers, Sunscreem, The Corrs, Iva Davies, Celtus, Nightwish, Karnataka, Secret Garden, Twarres, Within Temptation, Mostly Autumn, Dave Bainbridge, Iain Jennings, Breathing Space, The Reasoning, Stolen Earth, Panic Room, Luna Rossa, My Indigo, Auri, The Dark Element, Chasing the Monsoon, Tarja Turunen, Three Colours Dark, Amaranthe (2020).............to be continued

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7eJSdpMEnI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A7BPXEBh1Q

 

[Muteswan]

Be honest though listen to the sound on that 12 string bass.
Magnificent tone isn’t it?


https://twitter.com/cheaptrick/status/1352628170718064641?s=21

There’s a bass player in Swansea (semi-pro) that is just as good as most pro players and he coincidentally played for one of the bands that Karnataka listed earlier.

 

[Darran]

Be honest though listen to the sound on that 12 string bass.
Magnificent tone isn’t it?


https://twitter.com/cheaptrick/status/1352628170718064641?s=21

There’s a bass player in Swansea (semi-pro) that is just as good as most pro players and he coincidentally played for one of the bands that Karnataka listed earlier.

Name?

 

[Muteswan]

Alun

 

[Muteswan]

I can't let a music thread go without contributing because it has been the most massive part of my life but it's hard to know where to start so I’ll just list the acts that have been the most significant to me during my record buying phase which started in 1965 when I bought the first Byrds album “Mr Tambourine Man” at the age of 13 and continues up to present day when I bought the latest CD “Manifest” by Swedish/Danish pop-metal band Amaranthe at the age of 68 which was released just a few months ago in October 2020 and which accompanied my typing of this almost chronological list covering 56 years and I have no intention of stopping yet!

The Byrds (1965), The Doors, Procol Harum, Cream, Steppenwolf, Vanilla Fudge, The Nice, The Moody Blues, Caravan, Cressida, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, High Tide, Camel, Genesis/Peter Gabriel, Yes, Uriah Heep, Van der Graaf Generator/Peter Hammill, Focus, Refugee, Wishbone Ash, Gentle Giant, Nektar, Seventh Wave, Rare Bird, Patrick Moraz, The Eagles, Indian Summer, Renaissance, Kingdom Come, Man, Gracious!, Joe Walsh, Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM), Supertramp, Solution, The Tubes/Fee Waybill, Blue Oyster Cult, Ultravox, New Musik, Runrig, Kate Bush, Naked Eyes, Tear for Fears, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Little Steven & Disciples of Soul, Pet Shop Boys, Colourbox, Howard Jones, Erasure, The Psychedelic Furs, Propaganda, Brilliant, Prefab Sprout, Belouis Some, Scritti Politti, Cock Robin, INXS, Icehouse, Killing Joke, Jean Beauvoir, Talk Talk, The The, Act/Claudia Brucken, The Ward Brothers, The Hooters, Scarlet Fantastic, Dare, The Adventures, Roxette, Sinead O’Connor, Sandra, The Beloved, The Waterboys/Mike Scott, Iona, The Levellers, Sunscreem, The Corrs, Iva Davies, Celtus, Nightwish, Karnataka, Secret Garden, Twarres, Within Temptation, Mostly Autumn, Dave Bainbridge, Iain Jennings, Breathing Space, The Reasoning, Stolen Earth, Panic Room, Luna Rossa, My Indigo, Auri, The Dark Element, Chasing the Monsoon, Tarja Turunen, Three Colours Dark, Amaranthe (2020).............to be continued

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7eJSdpMEnI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A7BPXEBh1Q

Great list here. Contains a massive Swans fan guitarist too.

 

[Darran]

Alun

Tidy.

 

[Muteswan]

Alun

Tidy.

Do you know him?

 

[Darran]

Tidy.

Do you know him?

No.

 

[Muteswan]

Do you know him?

No.

ECB possibly might, Alun works at the DVLA.

 

[Robbie]

Over the last few years seen live everything from The Tubes to Barry Manilow with Billy Joel also inbetween .

Still hooked on the classic rock era and try as I might , no modern day music excites me , the last " new " act which I bought their material was the Scissors Sisters albums , good too .

Missed Whitesnake and Deep Purple tours last year through Covid but hope to see Queen in June , must be in doubt already alas .

Any recommendations on new bands who might replicate this genre of music ? , would give them a listen .

 

[Darran]

Over the last few years seen live everything from The Tubes to Barry Manilow with Billy Joel also inbetween .

Still hooked on the classic rock era and try as I might , no modern day music excites me , the last " new " act which I bought their material was the Scissors Sisters albums , good too .

Missed Whitesnake and Deep Purple tours last year through Covid but hope to see Queen in June , must be in doubt already alas .

Any recommendations on new bands who might replicate this genre of music ? , would give them a listen .

I fucking love The Tubes. I’ve seen them several times and met them,lovely people.

https://youtu.be/hw5CyVZ87DQ

 

[Robbie]

Seen them a few years ago at The Globe , Cardiff .

Remote Control and The Completion Backward Principle are still played regularly on my car journeys , most people still link them to White Punks on Dope though . Loves a Mystery must be my all time favourite song ,