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Post by Larry Madsen on Nov 23, 2020 21:43:03 GMT -5
Every now and then I catch a tune off our playlist at work by bands I do not know.
This one had caught my ear for a while.
I like it.
The more I hear it I realize it's a pretty upbeat sounding tune by melody.
From a lyrical perspective it's pretty dark.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 23, 2020 21:53:47 GMT -5
I remember it well. Was almost required learning for “alternative” guitarists in the 90’s.
Band was a total one hit wonder with that song, as I recall.
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Post by Larry Madsen on Nov 23, 2020 22:02:46 GMT -5
Band was a total one hit wonder with that song, as I recall. I have always been aware that Blind Melon was a band ... I had absolutely no idea what their music was though. I did the same thing with Ed Sheeran |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 23, 2020 22:06:27 GMT -5
Ed Sheeran has had many hits, on the other hand. He’s just beyond your (and my) age bracket, I think.
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Post by Larry Madsen on Nov 23, 2020 22:10:02 GMT -5
Likewise with Maroon 5. I knew of the band for years, had no real clue about their music until recently.
In retrospect. My first Wife bailed out in early 1992. I was a Father with custody of two very small children.
I must admit my critical focus was not on the music scene through the 90s and a bit beyond.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 23, 2020 22:19:05 GMT -5
Sounds like that was where your attention needed to be.
Not a Maroon 5 fan myself, they’re a little cookie cutter for me, but I do like this one.
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Post by Larry Madsen on Nov 23, 2020 22:21:35 GMT -5
The one you posted there is actually on our play list at work.  The one I posted is not. Edited to add and on a slightly different note: Some of the stuff I hear at work is pretty wild when I consider how it seemed back in say, 1973. I hear songs that if you had told me back then they would be standard fare on the play list at a 5 Star Hotel ... I would have said you have to be crazy. Now a lot of that material makes it's way into the scene because all us old farts grew up on it, I guess. |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 23, 2020 22:28:46 GMT -5
I heard Guns N Roses on the local oldies station today, I’m just saying.
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Post by Bronx on Nov 24, 2020 8:42:49 GMT -5
Every now and then I catch a tune off our playlist at work by bands I do not know. This one had caught my ear for a while. I like it. The more I hear it I realize it's a pretty upbeat sounding tune by melody. From a lyrical perspective it's pretty dark. . I seem to remember the original music video for this song was a little girl dancing around in a ballet outfit or something like that? Too lazy to look it up. |
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Post by Ragtop on Nov 24, 2020 9:44:20 GMT -5
When I was playing with the band, one of the other guys brought a song for us to learn that I had never heard before: Kenny Chesney's "Beer In Mexico." Easy enough, and I ad libbed an intro and a lead break. Fun song, people liked it. Played it a hundred times without ever hearing KC's original version.
Then one day a few years later, I was in the grocery store and that song came on. Stopped me dead in my tracks while I listened to it.
I must say that our version was better. Seriously.
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Post by Ayns on Nov 24, 2020 16:37:09 GMT -5
I bought the Blind Melon - No Rain single when it came out |
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Post by Ayns on Nov 24, 2020 16:47:05 GMT -5
I heard Guns N Roses on the local oldies station today, I’m just saying.
Their biggest hits must be over 25 years old
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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 24, 2020 17:01:04 GMT -5
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Post by Ayns on Nov 24, 2020 17:57:39 GMT -5
I *was* going to say "over 30 years old" but I erred on the safe side. One of my good friends accidentally became drinking buddies with them when they were in London in 1987, before they made it big. |
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Post by insanecooker on Nov 24, 2020 22:07:07 GMT -5
I heard Linkin Park on the local classic rock station - that made me feel old.
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