Thumpalumpacus
Major
Not a huge fan, but Tom Scholz's rhythm-guitar tone throughout that album slays.
What's wrong.....with todays music?
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Not a huge fan, but Tom Scholz's rhythm-guitar tone throughout that album slays.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
It's why I wrote earlier that most people prefer the music of their youth. The attached memories of those songs lend a glaze of quality that others who didn't grow up with those songs just cannot understand.
It's no different from movies that rewrite history for commercial gain.
at6
1st Sergeant
Even in the 50s as a small child I grew to love "DooWop", the Surf Guitar, and later in the 80s I liked AC/DC. Bon Jovi, etc. Rap and Hip Hop plus anything similar are trash to me. But then again if you want to eat garbage, why would I stop you?
Snautzer01
Honourably banned
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Rap Lyrics are often so wrong i wonder why no #metoo etc movent isnt on its high horse.
at6
1st Sergeant
While I was out for my daily walk I heard lyrics so filthy with the "N' word continuously used that I could hardly believe that anyone would call it music.
Today's music is tomorrows Muzak.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
A fundamental truth, methinks.
I read somewhere that you know you've made it small when you hear your song in an elevator.
I was at a children's party at one of those Gym-bor-ree places and A/C D/C was playing over the PA.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I am old.
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Their first album is fantastic start-to-finish. There's not a bad song in the bunch, and Baker's production is top-notch, too.
I had the pleasure of meeting Elliot Easton in 1995, after a show he did as a sideman for, of all people, Frankie Stallone -- dude's gotta make a living, and EE made the best splash. Aside from being one hell of a guitarist (top-10 for my money), he's very gracious, gave me about fifteen minutes of talking guitar-playing without once looking at his watch impatiently.
Go to 3:15 for one of my favorite solos ever, where he manages to channel Jimmy Page and John Coltrane in the same solo.
I have a better appreciation of it after listening to a professional voice coach and opera singer analysing singers. Charismatic Voice
She transcends music genres, rock, metal, jazz, modern, etc. I didn't have an understanding of the technicality involved until listening to her.
You might need your hearing checked...
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
interesting item on news re modern music
Research has shown that rap is far more likely to be presented in court and interpreted literally than other genres of music. A 2016 study by criminologists at the University of California, Irvine, asked two groups of participants to read the same set of violent lyrics. One group was told the lyrics came from a country song, while the other was told they came from rap. Participants rated whether they found the lyrics offensive and whether they thought the lyrics were fictional or based on the writer's experience. They judged the lyrics to be more offensive and true to life when told they were rap.
The Irvine findings mirrored those of a study conducted by Stuart Fischoff, a psychology professor at California State University, Los Angeles, almost 20 years earlier. Dr. Fischoff presented 134 students with one of four scenarios about a young man and asked them to rate their impressions of him across nine personality traits, including "caring-uncaring," "gentle-rough" and "capable of murder-not capable of murder."
The first scenario described "an 18-year-old African American male high school senior," a track "champion" with "a good academic record" who made "extra money by singing at local parties." The second scenario described the same person but added one detail: "He is on trial accused of murdering a former girlfriend who was still in love with him, but has repeatedly declared that he is innocent of the charges." The third scenario did not mention the murder but instead asked the participant to read a set of rap lyrics by the young man. The fourth mentioned both the murder and the lyrics.
Dr. Fischoff found that the participants who read only about the lyrics reacted more negatively to the young man than the group who had read only about the alleged murder. "Clearly," he wrote, "participants were more put off by the rap lyrics than by the murder charges."
Research has shown that rap is far more likely to be presented in court and interpreted literally than other genres of music. A 2016 study by criminologists at the University of California, Irvine, asked two groups of participants to read the same set of violent lyrics. One group was told the lyrics came from a country song, while the other was told they came from rap. Participants rated whether they found the lyrics offensive and whether they thought the lyrics were fictional or based on the writer's experience. They judged the lyrics to be more offensive and true to life when told they were rap.
The Irvine findings mirrored those of a study conducted by Stuart Fischoff, a psychology professor at California State University, Los Angeles, almost 20 years earlier. Dr. Fischoff presented 134 students with one of four scenarios about a young man and asked them to rate their impressions of him across nine personality traits, including "caring-uncaring," "gentle-rough" and "capable of murder-not capable of murder."
The first scenario described "an 18-year-old African American male high school senior," a track "champion" with "a good academic record" who made "extra money by singing at local parties." The second scenario described the same person but added one detail: "He is on trial accused of murdering a former girlfriend who was still in love with him, but has repeatedly declared that he is innocent of the charges." The third scenario did not mention the murder but instead asked the participant to read a set of rap lyrics by the young man. The fourth mentioned both the murder and the lyrics.
Dr. Fischoff found that the participants who read only about the lyrics reacted more negatively to the young man than the group who had read only about the alleged murder. "Clearly," he wrote, "participants were more put off by the rap lyrics than by the murder charges."
manta22
Banned
...And your point is?
special ed
2nd Lieutenant
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- May 13, 2018
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Very rarely, does county music go on about killing police, shooting someone in the face and all, typically country music is far more mellow, often lamenting about a girl that left the guy and such.
Even "devil worship" music aka Heavy Metal is nowhere near as street-violent.
