Kissing the Lipless- The Shins. I have to admit that this is a great band.
Kissing the Lipless- The Shins. I have to admit that this is a great band.
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No, you might like this...it's EARLY fleetwood mac, before the lead singer/songwriter went bat shit crazy and left the band. pre-stevie nicks.Originally Posted by R_of_G
I'm not about to voluntarily listen to Fleetwood Mac.
Besides, my point is not that they suck, but that I don't like them. There's a world of difference between those two things.
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It's not that I'm unfamiliar with Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac. I agree with you that it is significantly better than what came later after he left the band, but it's still not my thing.
I love this explaination... and will now use it for myself when explaining my aversion to Pink Floyd and Santana.I'm not about to voluntarily listen to Fleetwood Mac.
Besides, my point is not that they suck, but that I don't like them. There's a world of difference between those two things.
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It's a key distinction when talking about subjective things like music appreciation. There are plenty of artists whom I can appreciate the talent level and just not like the music. There are also plenty whom I think outright suck, but when I do say so, I try to be a bit more diplomatic. Sometimes. Sometimes I don't care. With Peter Green I definitely appreciate his guitar playing, he replaced Clatpon in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and that's among the only Clapton I really like all that much.
I'm not about to voluntarily listen to Fleetwood Mac.
I've never been able to understand the love for Fleetwood Mac either. Of course I've noticed that I very rarely enjoy a female singer. I'm too picky.
And I really hate that I'm one of the few women I know that doesn't listen to Heart. I get so tired of hearing: "Oh come on, how can you say this isn't a pretty song?"
[gags]
Stuck in my head:
"My World is Empty Without You"
~The Supremes
As simple as it is, I love the beat of this song.
where is my mind the pixies
Too picky doesn't exist, only not picky enough.
Other than hearing my friend Ted play the guitar part of "Baracuda" as a joke, I can't stand anything about Heart. Hooray, the singer can belt out a song at high volume. Whoo hoo. To me, she's a female version of Lou Gramm from Foreigner. Both can belt out any song they want and have technically sound singing abilities. However, there is no emotion there. It's just singing a song. I'll take a lesser technical singer with an authentic emotional connection to the song every time. People want to make fun of me for loving Dylan. I'll take Dylan over these singers any day.
So you do like some female singers.Stuck in my head:
"My World is Empty Without You"
~The Supremes
As simple as it is, I love the beat of this song.
Some. But honestly, I don't get all ga-ga over Diana Ross either.It is very rare for me to hear a female singer and say: " I love her voice."
I know how you feel about Ms. Ross. Some of the Supremes stuff is ok for me for nostalgic reasons but I don't think her voice compares to say Etta James or Billie Holliday or especially Bessie Smith.
Etta James will always be tops for me.
They don't come better than Etta James. Often imitated, never duplicated.
Very true.
You know, I have noticed this about myself when it comes to a female singer: I either love their voice because it is utterly "perfect" like Etta James, or because it's rough and scratchy like Brody Dalle from The Distillers. There's no 'in-between' for me.
I'm pretty much the same way. Obviously listening to singers like Dylan and Waits it's not technically perfect singing I'm after most of the time. It's something more intangible that I know when I hear, but I hear it more in male voices than female. With Etta though, she has that combination of authenticity and perfect technical singing. She can even make a super stupid song like her cover of The Association's "Never My Love" sound good.
You are the same with Etta James as I am with Otis Redding it seems. That man could have sung the ABC song and I'd still find it flawless.
As you know, I am that way about Otis as well. He and Etta are my two favorite singers of all time and the fact they've recorded several of the same songs always makes me smile. The two of them are the standard by which I judge every other singer. Etta is the only person who I think ever performed one of Otis' songs better than Otis ("Security").
On topic (and still about Etta) I've actually had "I'd Rather Go Blind" in my head for awhile now. I figured out how to play it earlier and now I can't get it out of my head, not that I'm really trying all that hard
Yes.The two of them are the standard by which I judge every other singer.
As much as I love Otis, I have to agree on this one. The beginning of that song is just,...awesome. That's the best word I can use to descrbe it.Etta is the only person who I think ever performed one of Otis' songs better than Otis ("Security").
That may be my favorite of her songs.On topic (and still about Etta) I've actually had "I'd Rather Go Blind" in my head for awhile now. I figured out how to play it earlier and now I can't get it out of my head, not that I'm really trying all that hard
boom boom boom boom!!!
I want you in my room
lets spend the night together
from now until forever
boom boom boom boom!!!
I wanna go boom boom
let's spend the night together
together in my room
That song is my ringtone. I love Aqua. That song is now the current song stuck in my head replacing Freak by Tatu
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I used to have this tape, when I was younger - it would incorporate my name into all these really shitty songs, and it's currently this in my head:
"Alisha, it's you! It's you I pick, to share a picnic in the park."
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I've had Man Overboard by Blink-182 stuck in my head for the better part of the work day.
This has been in my head since 5pm yesterday.
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