music thread for old timers

by Hatchetm on May 14, 2009 10:52 AM CDT

Due to multiple requests i am starting a new music thread. hopefully i won't get scolded for insubordination. apparently you can listen to Wilco's new album at their website:

http://wilcoworld.net

i'm actually more of a jazz fan. old school stuff from the 30s-60s. I'm actually having a hard time getting 75 words here, so i'll tell about the best concert I ever saw. joe lovano at Yoshi's in oakland, 1996. came for the early set and they let us stay for the second set. incredible. worst jazz show: diana krall, jazz showcase on grand ave circa 1998. she had a cold and kept coughing. she quit after about half an hour and we didn't get our money back.

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Diana Krall...

If she didn’t have looks and legs she wouldn’t be allowed near a recording studio. The most boring, narrow-ranged, emotionless “jazz” vocalist I’ve ever heard. And believe me: I WANTED to like her since she has 3 albums done in surround sound.

See other music thread for my latest jazz listen…

Until you've looked at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day, you don't realize how often they go up in flames...

by Chiburb on May 14, 2009 12:03 PM CDT reply actions

yeah i agree with that

her first couple of albums were OK, but its been a snoozefest for the past decade as far as i can tell.

by Hatchetm on May 14, 2009 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

(Old people fall asleep to music.)

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on May 14, 2009 1:12 PM CDT reply actions

tru dat

but we fall asleep to good music. bon iver and sufjan stevens are two of my favs to fall asleep to.

by Hatchetm on May 14, 2009 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions

allen toussaint - the bright mississippi

i got tuned into him via the liberal east-coast media. i guess he’s been an influence to anyone coming out of new orleans in the past 50 years. a very melodic pianist with more of a popular music background, but he blows away most of what is going on in jazz nowadays. reminds me of eroll garner or cyrus chestnut. a real gem of “american” music.

by Hatchetm on May 14, 2009 1:44 PM CDT reply actions

Jean Luc Ponty/Toussaint were popular in my day in college.

If you like brass, even my Dad loves Bill Chase. (Get it on in the mornin’ now!)

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on May 14, 2009 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions

god you must be older than dirt

fusion and other jazz preversions are not my bag, man.

by Hatchetm on May 14, 2009 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Fusion rocks, man.

I have BS&T teed up in the car as we speak. “God Bless the Child”. Goose bumps.

Eff you kids. I was a horn player, so I am predisposed.

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on May 14, 2009 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions

lay-up.

I like to spell my racial slurs correctly. Otherwise, I may come across as ignorant.

by homesickalien on May 14, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions

true story

my wife doesn’t want my girl to play the french horn because she’d be with the “band dorks.”

by Hatchetm on May 14, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions

LOL.

That was my horn. I agree 100% with her. She’ll never get laid.

However, my wife played oboe and sax. There’s someone for everyone.

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on May 14, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm gonna tell just what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna make love to you.

I got a feeling that just won’t quit, come on girl now this it it!

I LOVED that (self-titled) album.

Until you've looked at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day, you don't realize how often they go up in flames...

by Chiburb on May 14, 2009 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions

I hope you don't go near any middle-school

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on May 14, 2009 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions

he did arrangements for The Band back in the day

THIS STORY ONLY ENDS ONE WAY

by colintj on May 14, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions

haha, the 'music' tag picks up the freddie mercury video at the 'related fanshots' column

I endorse this thread!

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on May 14, 2009 1:56 PM CDT reply actions

My internet connection has been all sorts of wacky today...

I didn’t see your music thread when I posted the other one.

Are you out in the Bay Area?

I’m with Chiburb re: Diana Krall, but I’ll check out Lovano (as well as Toussaint, Iver, and Stevens).

You are right. But larry is actually a prick too.
- HSA 01/07/09

by rhythm on May 14, 2009 2:40 PM CDT reply actions

naw, i went to grad school in Davis.

by Hatchetm on May 14, 2009 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Gotcha

Did you study something Bio or Ag related?

I like Davis, hot as fuck in the summer though.

You are right. But larry is actually a prick too.
- HSA 01/07/09

by rhythm on May 14, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions

ag econ

by Hatchetm on May 14, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions

speaking of zzzzzzzz...

that wilco album put me to sleep. far and away the worst heap of crap they’ve put out. oh well, they made 3 great albums and one solid one….great run.

by Andronicus on May 14, 2009 4:15 PM CDT reply actions

Small sample size.

Until you've looked at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day, you don't realize how often they go up in flames...

by Chiburb on May 14, 2009 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions

well played....

doucherton

by Andronicus on May 14, 2009 5:43 PM CDT reply actions

i'm a jay farrar man

jeff tweedy is a pussy

Always bet on black!

by onlysoxfaninboston on May 15, 2009 9:04 AM CDT reply actions

allegiances die hard

Always bet on black!

by onlysoxfaninboston on May 15, 2009 9:05 AM CDT up reply actions

Saw him at Fitzgeralds a few years back and out here last February at Tractor Tavern.

I’ve gotten kinda bored with his solo acoustic stuff….but put a band behind him or give him a steel guitar and I’m sold.

by homesickalien on May 15, 2009 9:26 AM CDT up reply actions

last couple son volt albums were really good.

by Hatchetm on May 15, 2009 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions

yeah, i almost walked out on a son volt show at park west 10 years ago

he has no stage presence. but it’s a part of the package, so deal with it. that said, can you name a wilco song that more than 2 memorable lines? wilco is all about pop and melodies, and that’s fine, i like wilco, they can rock. but jay farrar is the songwriter of the two, he can tell stories while jeff glamorizes prescription drug addictions. and don’t forget it was jeff who was hitting on jay’s girlfriend (soon to be wife)…the two don’t compare

Always bet on black!

by onlysoxfaninboston on May 15, 2009 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions