Oldies!

Postby **Kesshin** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 12:10 pm

Okay, I know I'm behind the times, but does anybody else besides me like classic rock? The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner? Does anyone even know what I'm talking about? (I picked it up from my parents. They listen to it all the time. I guess you can't argue with your roots.)

Postby **TheMelodyMaker** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 9:49 pm

Do you mean stuff like the Carpenters?

Postby **LorentzForce** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 10:34 pm

or even further back like Sinatra days?

Postby **Kesshin** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 11:47 am

Yeah, the Carpenters, Frank Sinatra, stuff like that. I am also particularly fond of Three Dog Night.

Postby **cbwing0** » Fri Dec 26, 2003 7:50 am

I prefer newer music, although there are a few decent oldies. Since newer bands have used the oldies as inspiration, they have had time to improve upon them; therefore, newer music is better in my opinion.

Postby **LorentzForce** » Fri Dec 26, 2003 8:12 am

Franky is my hero ^_^

but i'm yet to get much of his music since i am low on budget, and such CD collections cost heaps. that and games > music for me.

Postby **ShiroiHikari** » Fri Dec 26, 2003 8:45 pm

Some oldies are good stuff. I like a lot of fifties stuff, actually. I was raised by a music buff who was young back then, what can I say. ^^;

<_< >_> I've been known to listen to the Carpenters when no one's around. Hey, she had a pretty voice.

Also, what about swing and jazz and that kinda thing? I really like the sound, but I don't know of any good artists to check out.

Postby **Kisa** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 6:20 pm

<I prefer newer music, although there are a few decent oldies. > (cbwing said)
Yea I agree, like the Eagles! Theyre good . . . its late for me right now so I can't think of any more, but I like oldies and new ones too!

Postby **Quiet Hood** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:56 am

I don't know if the "EverythingButTheGirl" is one of the old? I like em.

Postby **Mr. Rogers** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:08 am

i love it. anyone here like rush?

Postby **Kesshin** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:08 pm

Hm, never heard of Rush. As for jazz and blues, I love them. Particularly jazz. Sadly, though, I don't know of any specific jazz artists that I like. Anybody else like Foreigner? I love their song 'Cold as Ice.'

Postby **true_noir_chloe** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 9:45 pm

I'm a big oldies fan, since I was pretty much around when the oldies were newies. *hehe*

I'm a big fan of the Brazilian jazz craze that hit around the early to mid 60s. If you want to know great jazz I'd tell you about who I think is the fundamental jazz great. Of course, that depends on the year. In the late 50s and early 60s it was Miles Davis. If you want a more Brazilian sound, then it would be Antonion Carlos Jobim, Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66, Astrud Gilberto and her husband, Joao Gilberto, and of course the great saxophonist, Stan Getz. If you want to know about late 60s and early 70s, Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass were great. Also in the mid-70s a young guitarist came on the scene and his name was Carlos Santana. He is now known as one of the great guitarist of our time. Also, Dave Grusin does a pretty good job on the piano. In the late 50s and early 60s jazz had all the greatest. Today we have a lot of wimped out psuedo-jazz people like David Benoit and Kenny G. I don't consider them true jazz people like Stanley Clarke, Theolonius Monk and Miles Davis. Also, the Marsalis brothers are pretty good right now. Wow, there are just too many to name.

If you really want to go into history I can add quite a bit later, but my main love lies in the 60s jazz movement. I also am a big Nina Simone and Nat King Cole fan when it comes to vocals.

The standards of the 40s were timeless and I don't agree that the new re-hashed versions of oldies are any good. I tend to turn off the radio faster than it takes to swat a fly when I hear someone trying to make an original sound better.

Oh yeah, and Three Dog Night were truly awesome. I never paid attention to the music of the 80s and late 70s like you were mentioning Kesshin. I thought music lost something in that time period. But then, that IMO. Although, the late 70s did bring us Alan Parsons Project and Chicago, which actually had a really great sound with lots of instrumentals. Okay, I'll stop now.

Postby **Kokhiri Sojourn** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 10:04 pm

I have certain older artists/bands that I am wild about. One of them, Kesshin, is Fleetwood Mac. I think they are extremely talented, and in addition to their music in their prime, I love their reunion cd, "The Dance." I love Lindsey Buckingham's guitar work and they all have great ability musically.

Others run in the vein of singer songwriters, such as Simon and Garfunkel, Carole King, James Taylor, all those greats. Nat King Cole is amazing as well, and Ella Fitzgerald, Peter Gabriel, etc. Later!

Postby **Kesshin** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 2:21 pm

Whoa, I've neglected this thread for a while. I just read the last posts. Boy, am I embarrassed.
I love Fleetwood Mac, Sojourn. Especially Landslide, that song is so beautiful. And I think I've heard some of that jazz you're talking about, Chloe. Do you know what that kind is, you know, that kind of jazz that street bands play in New York? With trumpets, pianos and the like? I'm particularly fond of that kind, though I don't know its proper name.

Postby **true_noir_chloe** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:35 pm

>>Do you know what that kind is, you know, that kind of jazz that street bands play in New York? With trumpets, pianos and the like?<<

I'm not sure what you're talking about. I really haven't been to NY and wouldn't know what they play up there. LOL I would take a wild guess and say they're just playing jazz. They probably take on a note and go with it and jam together. It's free jazz, like free poetry, where you just take it off from an idea and keep playing. My dad and I use to do that on the synthesizer and guitar when I lived with him for awhile, since he's a guitarist, and I do know how to jam on the synthesizer a bit.

Since I know basic pentachords, it makes it easy to try to sound like you know what you're doing. Kind of like John Tesh. :lol:

Sorry, that was just me being cold to someone who is actually a really good pianist. :eyebrow:

Postby **Shao Feng-Li** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 3:38 pm

would Journy count as oldies?

my aunt has tapes loaded with 50's and 60's. So i listen to em when i visit.... Anyone ever hear "Love Potion No.9?" the song's pretty funny.

Postby **lobsterbucket** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:48 pm

Talking Heads anyone? Oh yeah. Elvis Costello is pretty cool...Rock on 80's

Postby **Kesshin** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:43 pm

Yeah, Love Potion Number 9 is a cool song. I like the song 'Summer in the City' by Lovin' Spoonful.
Anybody else wanna share their favorite oldie song?

Postby **That Dude** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:53 pm

Old fourties big band stuff!!!!!! Classical stuff like Heyden!!!!

Postby **true_noir_chloe** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:30 pm

>>Yeah, Love Potion Number 9 is a cool song. I like the song 'Summer in the City' by Lovin' Spoonful.

Someone may correct me, but I'm pretty sure "Summer in the City" was a song by Three Dog Night. I think I had the album. :sweat:

It's one of my all time favorite songs and always reminds me of being on the beach in California. Also, Love Potion #9 was a remake by the Beatles in the late 60s I think. It was originally recorded by some group like the, Vandellas or something, for Motown in the late 50s, or even early 60s. These are all based on my memory so I'm not sure how accurate that would be. :stressed:

Oh yeah, and I did like that song, "Cold As Ice," Kesshin.

Postby **Icarus** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 7:24 pm

I like oldies, but since the SAAB went kaput, I no longer have a digital tuner, and finding local stations is a pain. Translation: I haven't listened to any in a while.

But Jazz... You should see the smile on my face. John Scofield is a guitarist that I particularly love. The disc of his that I have is Steady Groovin'. Oh, on bass, we have Marcus Miller, disc is M2. Swingin'.

For those keeping track, I just used my personal phrase of delight in a correct manner, what with the "jazz swing feeling" I'm learning of in musi appreciation.

Aside aside, the Count Basie Band is coming to the university this March!

Postby **Reverie** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 7:34 pm

There is this one nice song about breakfast at a restaurant from the fourties I heard on the radio once. I am not sure who the singer is, but it contains the lyrics "eggs over-easy, hash browns, and you..."

Postby **true_noir_chloe** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 7:45 pm

Hey Reverie, now I'm curious. Was it a woman singer? Was it a soft ballad or a jazzy, swingy beat? Hmmm :eyebrow:

Postby **Reverie** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 7:52 pm

It was a male singer, I'm sure, a mix between a soft ballad and a jazzy, swingy beat, though definately leaning towards the jazzy side.

Postby **DrNic** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 2:33 pm

Classic rock eh? Thin Lizzy, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Led Zepplin and the more recent NIRVANA, is what I'd call major excellent classic rock!!

Postby **true_noir_chloe** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 10:52 pm

I need to say sorry, Kesshin. You're right, "Summer in the City," was done by Lovin Spoonful. Sorry I made the mistake of saying it was done by Three Dog Night, don't know what I was thinking. *oops*

Postby **Blitzkrieg1701** » Sat May 07, 2005 9:03 pm

Oh wow, I was raised pretty much exclusively on oldies as a child. The Beatles, The Byrds, The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkle, The Dave Clark 5, The Hollies, Badfinger, The Beach Boys... I could go on for a very long time. But that's all '60s stuff, I discovered '70s classic rock in my teens. Zepplin, Boston, Thin Lizzy, Rush, Yes, King Crimson, all that stuff.

Oh, and for the record, "Love Ption No. 9" was recorded by The Clovers in the 50's and then covered by The Searchers. Just some useless facts. :sweat:

Postby **righteous_slave** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:01 am

What, a classic rock discussion and no mention of the Doors? Creedence Clearwater Revival? Lynyrd Skynyrd?

Postby **Joshua Christopher** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:09 am

Ooh, I love Kansas!

Postby **Kkun** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:16 am

Carry on my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done! Lay your weary head to rest, don't you cry no more!
Kansas is great.

I like CCR, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kansas, Boston, The Eagles, Cream...all good stuff. Lynyrd Skynyrd is probably my favorite of those, though.

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