What's your taste in music then?

Be interesting to hear fellow posters taste in music

Mines very varied 60's/70's/80's but my favourite track of all time is Stairway to heaven - Led Zeppelin..means so much to me that track! I like music that takes me back to my childhood days, people who know me know that I do a lot of reminiscing and there is nothing like listening to music to take you back to that period in your life.

Some of my favourites Bands/Groups

Simon & Garfunkel
ELO
Credence Clearwater revival
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Blues (John Lee hooker)



What's yours?

I went to see ELO at the O2 recently and they were absolutely brilliant. Also seen Crowded House in Melbourne, Status Quo twice, once in Oz and the other time in Bradford. Both favorite bands of mine.
I also like traditional jazz, swing music. I have a pretty varied taste when I think about it. Ink Spots, The Platters, The Smiths, too many to mention really.
What would life be without music?

Crowded house are a cracking group Andy, I like them too mate.

Yes Chris, it was their final tour when I saw them, a very memorable evening

I love most of the late 70's very early 80's punk and then the new romantic stuff that followed. Also like the indie scene at the end of the 80's/early 90's.

My favourite song though will always be Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks.

My top 5 bands of all time...

1) Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
2) Stiff Little Fingers
3) The Skids
4) Depeche Mode
5) The Charlatans.

Quoted from Les Brechin

I love most of the late 70's very early 80's punk and then the new romantic stuff that followed. Also like the indie scene at the end of the 80's/early 90's.

My favourite song though will always be Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks.

My top 5 bands of all time...

1) Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
2) Stiff Little Fingers
3) The Skids
4) Depeche Mode
5) The Charlatans.

Waterloo sunset is up there with the best Les there's no doubt about that mate, I didn't think it would be too long before you posted on this thread mate.

Waterloo sunset in all its glory.. Brilliant choice Les.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Be interesting to hear fellow posters taste in music

Mines very varied 60's/70's/80's but my favourite track of all time is Stairway to heaven - Led Zeppelin..means so much to me that track! I like musc what takes me back to my childhood days, people who know me know that I do a lot of reminiscing and there is nothing like listening to music to take you back to that period in your life.

Some of my favourites Bands/Groups

Simon & Garfunkel
ELO
Credence Clearwater revival
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Blues (John Lee hooker)



What's yours?

I always liked Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer,



what do you think to the cover by Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence

The Boxer is a fantastic track Dave, I couldn't get to grips with the cover version of the sound of silence (although Paul himself thought it was good) I prefer the original and I doubt it could ever be matched - old friends and Homeward bound are Great tracks I'll put them below mate.

Brilliant words throughout.

Paul Simon at his very best here.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

The Boxer is a fantastic track Dave, I couldn't get to grips with the cover version of the sound of silence (although Paul himself thought it was good) I prefer the original and I doubt it could ever be matched - old friends and Homeward bound are Great tracks I'll put them below mate.

Brilliant words throughout.

Paul Simon at his very best here.

Howard bound is a great song, not so keen on old friends

My daughter plays Scarborough Fair on the piano and I find it a haunting melody but one that you could listen to on a loop  

Frankie Laine  saw him at Bunnies Place,

ABBA

Beatles,

Rolling Stones,

Maddness


UB40

Ask me who are in the hit parade now or the last few years,

My answer would be, no idea.

It must be an age thing.

I first got into music in 1971 so have a huge soft spot for stuff from around that time but not stuff that can be pigeon holed into a particular genre. I have over 4000 vinyl 45s ranging from Son of my Father by Chicory Tip (my first record) to Motown ckassics such as I'm Still Waiting by Diana Ross. For me music is about the memories associated with the times that the song comes from. I was a fashionista getting involved with all the "in" music scenes from Glam Rock through Northern Soul through prog.rock to Les's punk and New Romantics. Didn't like the late 80s much-too much music factory crap. Currently I'm listening to a lot of 90s stuff which passed me by at the time because I was helping to raise two kids. My favourite all time song is Motorcycle Emptiness by The Manics. The Stone Roses first album must be the greatest debut album ever. Tonight I've been listening to Johnny Cash live at San Quentin..remarkable music.

Quoted from barralad

I first got into music in 1971 so have a huge soft spot for stuff from around that time but not stuff that can be pigeon holed into a particular genre. I have over 4000 vinyl 45s ranging from Son of my Father by Chicory Tip (my first record) to Motown ckassics such as I'm Still Waiting by Diana Ross. For me music is about the memories associated with the times that the song comes from. I was a fashionista getting involved with all the "in" music scenes from Glam Rock through Northern Soul through prog.rock to Les's punk and New Romantics. Didn't like the late 80s much-too much music factory crap. Currently I'm listening to a lot of 90s stuff which passed me by at the time because I was helping to raise two kids. My favourite all time song is Motorcycle Emptiness by The Manics. The Stone Roses first album must be the greatest debut album ever. Tonight I've been listening to Johnny Cash live at San Quentin..remarkable music.

What a tune.

I guess I like a mixture off all music tastes really, always singing along to something in the car. While like a lot of modern dance music it just depends what kind of mood I am in. To show you how random I am talking about I looked in the glovebox of my car after reading this thread, the cd's I had in there were from the following.
The jam
The sweet
Meatloaf
Coldplay
Wiley ( modern urban artist)
And my all time favourite...........................
Neil diamonds greatest hits.
But the only radio stations I tune into are capital fm and talk sport.

Quoted from barralad

I first got into music in 1971 so have a huge soft spot for stuff from around that time but not stuff that can be pigeon holed into a particular genre. I have over 4000 vinyl 45s ranging from Son of my Father by Chicory Tip (my first record) to Motown ckassics such as I'm Still Waiting by Diana Ross. For me music is about the memories associated with the times that the song comes from. I was a fashionista getting involved with all the "in" music scenes from Glam Rock through Northern Soul through prog.rock to Les's punk and New Romantics. Didn't like the late 80s much-too much music factory crap. Currently I'm listening to a lot of 90s stuff which passed me by at the time because I was helping to raise two kids. My favourite all time song is Motorcycle Emptiness by The Manics. The Stone Roses first album must be the greatest debut album ever. Tonight I've been listening to Johnny Cash live at San Quentin..remarkable music.

I'm with you on that Barra  

That question is like 'How long is a piece of string?' for me. Basically completely all over the shop. Fortunately I've used last.fm (http://www.last.fm/user/Gaemblor/) to track every thing i've listened to for the last 12 years to comprehensively record my favourite artists of all-time (and the last 12 months):
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

#	All-Time (Artist / Playcount)			Last Year (Artist / Playcount)
1	Broken Social Scene	3,794	|	Tim Hecker	816
2	Tim Hecker	3,698	|	Deerhunter	386
3	Deerhunter	3,596	|	Stars of the Lid	368
4	Arcade Fire	2,661	|	DIIV	350
5	Titus Andronicus	2,402	|	Car Seat Headrest	265
6	TV on the Radio	2,025	|	Sioux Falls	250
7	Mogwai	1,965	|	Grimes	240
8	Los Campesinos!	1,951	|	Titus Andronicus	218
9	Johnny Foreigner	1,845	|	A Winged Victory for the Sullen	210
10	Menomena	1,831	|	Wavves & Cloud Nothings	187

Those aside, I've been on a massive Bruce Springsteen binge recently, shed a tear at how good LCD Soundsystem were when I saw them live last month, properly got into New Order and i'm really looking forward to the new Russian Circles record. So yeah it's pretty diverse.

Quoted from Chrisblor

That question is like 'How long is a piece of string?' for me. Basically completely all over the shop. Fortunately I've used last.fm (http://www.last.fm/user/Gaemblor/) to track every thing i've listened to for the last 12 years to comprehensively record my favourite artists of all-time (and the last 12 months):
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

#	All-Time (Artist / Playcount)			Last Year (Artist / Playcount)
1	Broken Social Scene	3,794	|	Tim Hecker	816
2	Tim Hecker	3,698	|	Deerhunter	386
3	Deerhunter	3,596	|	Stars of the Lid	368
4	Arcade Fire	2,661	|	DIIV	350
5	Titus Andronicus	2,402	|	Car Seat Headrest	265
6	TV on the Radio	2,025	|	Sioux Falls	250
7	Mogwai	1,965	|	Grimes	240
8	Los Campesinos!	1,951	|	Titus Andronicus	218
9	Johnny Foreigner	1,845	|	A Winged Victory for the Sullen	210
10	Menomena	1,831	|	Wavves & Cloud Nothings	187

Those aside, I've been on a massive Bruce Springsteen binge recently, shed a tear at how good LCD Soundsystem were when I saw them live last month, properly got into New Order and i'm really looking forward to the new Russian Circles record. So yeah it's pretty diverse.

I thought you would have been a big Chris De Blor fan.

Take a man with a guitar, a mike, a set of drums, and an incredible talent and you have this



Does it for me anyway.

A lot of experimental electronic music,EBM,Industrial,bit of New Wave,Post Punk.Ambient etc. Skinny Puppy,Throbbing Gristle,Tangerine Dream,Nitzer Ebb,Front 242, Fad Gadget,Trisomie 21,Christian Death, Sisters of Mercy,Clan of Xymix, Solar Fields,Carbon Based Lifeforms stuff like that.

I can honestly listen to most things and enjoy it though. Used to be big on metal still enjoy listening to some Iron Maiden and AC/DC

I'm liking Gunship at the mo.







and Cybertronic Spree's Raccoons theme to complete the '80s memory road

I'm also very much interested in a varied spectrum of music, here are some of my favourite artists from different genres

Metal: Metallica
Classic Rock: Queen
Britpop: Oasis
Indie: Arctic Monkeys
Punk: The Clash
Grunge: Nirvana
60s and onwards: Rolling Stones
Manchester scene/'Madchester': The Stone Roses

Quoted from barralad

I first got into music in 1971 so have a huge soft spot for stuff from around that time but not stuff that can be pigeon holed into a particular genre. I have over 4000 vinyl 45s ranging from Son of my Father by Chicory Tip (my first record) to Motown ckassics such as I'm Still Waiting by Diana Ross. For me music is about the memories associated with the times that the song comes from. I was a fashionista getting involved with all the "in" music scenes from Glam Rock through Northern Soul through prog.rock to Les's punk and New Romantics. Didn't like the late 80s much-too much music factory crap. Currently I'm listening to a lot of 90s stuff which passed me by at the time because I was helping to raise two kids. My favourite all time song is Motorcycle Emptiness by The Manics. The Stone Roses first album must be the greatest debut album ever. Tonight I've been listening to Johnny Cash live at San Quentin..remarkable music.

Didn't they steal the music from that classic "Oh Lewie Lewie. Lewis Lewie Lewie Lewie Chatterley"?  

Was always into bands from the late 70s (Squeeze, Clash), R&B (proper stuff not this modern urban drivel that called itself 'R&B'). Supplemented by Billy Bragg and those wonderful boys from Auchtermuctie in the late 80s. And the Pogues! Always had a soft spot for the more soulful end of music (especially from the 60s) and stuff you could dance to.

Latterly, folk started kicking in more and more (must be the influence of all those tie-dyed primary school teachers in the 60s and 70s) - the beautifully voiced Kate Rusby can marry me if she becomes available again.



The Unthanks worth a listen too if this sort of stuff floats your boat.

Late nights and red wine led me to all sorts of weird and wonderful folk/trad music (never thought I'd enjoy Bluegrass!). These fellahs rock:



I've also been ploughing a Finnish furrow (oo-err missus) thanks to the lovely Mrs KM. Mostly traditional style (polkas, humppas, jenkas) and have discovered some amazing female voices: Anita Lehtola-Tolin, Merja Soria, Maija Karhinen-Ilo, Värttinä, the late Carola Sandertskjöld, plus the odd Swede like Ulrika Bodén.

I saw Kate Rusby sing in a little room in a pub in Whitby. Her voice is astonishing and all the more so when you hear her talk with a thick Barnsley accent. Saw her many years later at the Warwick Folk Festival, when she had become famous on the folk scene and she hadn't changed one iota.

Quoted from ginnywings

I saw Kate Rusby sing in a little room in a pub in Whitby. Her voice is astonishing and all the more so when you hear her talk with a thick Barnsley accent. Saw her many years later at the Warwick Folk Festival, when she had become famous on the folk scene and she hadn't changed one iota.

I saw her on Look north a couple of years ago and thought her voice was fantastic too. I'm a big fan of Folk music.. my favourite being Dougie Maclean (Caledonia is a masterpiece!) worth having a listen on YouTube to see what you think.

I remember her being on Later one New Years Eve. There'd been some great acts on. Real good stuff. Then she came on and just pushed the quality up a few more notches.It was like a pro coming on after a bunch of amateurs.

Knowing she's got a proper accent just makes it even better.

Just listened to Caledonia Chris. Spot on.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I remember her being on Later one New Years Eve. There'd been some great acts on. Real good stuff. Then she came on and just pushed the quality up a few more notches.It was like a pro coming on after a bunch of amateurs.

Knowing she's got a proper accent just makes it even better.

Just listened to Caledonia Chris. Spot on.

Glad you liked it KM, "She will find me" and "stepping stones" (Dougie Maclean) are worth a listen to also mate.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

I saw her on Look north a couple of years ago and thought her voice was fantastic too. I'm a big fan of Folk music.. my favourite being Dougie Maclean (Caledonia is a masterpiece!) worth having a listen on YouTube to see what you think.

There used to be a folk night at my local in the 60's,

I really enjoyed it,

Sadly the Lifeboat is now a block of Flats.

I really like listening to acoustic sets, no autotune and sometimes the emotions the artists are trying to get through come over better.







- Father in law got my lad to sing this when he was about 5  

Quoted from grimsby pete

There used to be a folk night at my local in the 60's,

I really enjoyed it,

Sadly the Lifeboat is now a block of Flats.

I'm a big fan of folk music Pete especially Scottish folk music, I can remember the lifeboat but not the 60's... just a little before my time I'm afraid mate.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

I'm a big fan of folk music Pete especially Scottish folk music, I can remember the lifeboat but not the 60's... just a little before my time I'm afraid mate.

Me too. Well a decade before my time. Whiter Shade of Pale seemed to be on an endless loop on the jukebox.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Glad you liked it KM, "She will find me" and "stepping stones" (Dougie Maclean) are worth a listen to also mate.

I need to be in the right mood for that. Didn't realise it was him who wrote the Gael. Superb. That just drives that film forward.

If it's the Caledonian stuff you like this is rather special. Especially this particular rendition. The intimacy of the set and the audience participation really add to it.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I need to be in the right mood for that. Didn't realise it was him who wrote the Gael. Superb. That just drives that film forward.

If it's the Caledonian stuff you like this is rather special. Especially this particular rendition. The intimacy of the set and the audience participation really add to it.



That's the first time I've heard that KM and what a fantastic voice she has.

I'll put a couple of my favourites up for you to listen to.

Glencoe is my favourite place on earth and this track is so powerful indeed, it's about the Glencoe massacre.



Very powerful words but so true.

70s/80s Soul & Funk  24/7

Time plays tricks with the memory and tastes change over time but nevertheless -

Steppeth right this way for Ron Rafferty's Magical Musical History Tour.  

My first memory of music that I actually liked, as opposed to stuff my parents played, was on the radio every Sunday after Two Way Family Favourites, this is the TV version from later years -



Somebody Stole My Gal has always been a sort of memory jogger to childhood as have -

Champion The Wonder Horse
Robin Hood (riding through the glen and other lyrics.)
The William Tell Overture for The Lone Ranger

The Dambusters film came out when I was little so there was a horde of kids running around with toy planes going "Da da da da da-da da da ....."

Then we got to slightly more grown up stuff - Wagon Train, Rawhide ..... and still most of them were on the Children's Favourites list on a Saturday Morning.
The Runaway Train - Michael Holliday,
I Went To Your Wedding - Spike Jones.
My Old Man's A Dustman - Lonnie Donegan
Hole In The Ground & Right Said Fred - Bernard Cribbens

But there were exceptions -

Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan
Freight Train - Nancy Whiskey
Only Sixteen - Sam Cooke
Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
Poetry In Motion - Johnny Tillotson

and leading on to

Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison
Peggy Sue, Oh Boy etc. - Buddy Holly
Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Girl Of My Best Friend etc etc - Elvis
Shazam - Duane Eddy
Telstar - Tornados
Midnight In Moscow - Kenny Ball
Wonderful Land, FBI its - Shadows
Runaround Sue - Dion & The Belmonts
Runaway, Hats Off To Larry etc - Del Shannon
Palisades Park - Freddy Cannon

I saw both Del Shannon and Freddy Cannon at the Ritz.

Then we reached The Beatles. I can't honestly remember where or when I first heard the Beatles but I suspect it was on Brian Matthew's Saturday Club. They were live on there quite regularly in 1962-4 and they had their own Pop Go The Beatles show as well. The quality of those live performances is amazing. If you have never thought much to the Beatles they are well worth a listen just to see what good musicians a young band could be in 1963. Compared to them the Stones and other groups were amateurish in musical terms though they might have compensated in other ways.My favourite Beatles tracks are the earlier ones -

If I Fell
In My Life
Eight Days A Week
Rock & Roll Music

There were a lot of Mersey hits and copycats around. Many a summer evening was spent after school making pocket money picking blackcurrants at Somercotes singing along to the strains of Pace And The Gerrymakers and Billy J Krapper.

Around this time West Side Story was very big. I can remember recording my mate's LP on my reel to reel. I don't think we were especially keen on the romantic stuff like Maria and There's A Place For Us but we liked the dance numbers like Gee Officer Krupke and When You're A Jet and the Rumble.

Another oddity was that I discovered Glenn Miller and Ella Fitzgerald, a taste which was a bit strange for a young teenager but which has stayed with me.

Then summers were spent at Eskimo and Birds Eye and the tastes changed again. Dylan was a big favourite. I was blown away by Like A Rolling Stone which made us realise a single could be an epic long before Bohemian Rhapsody came along. Sonny and Cher, well, mainly Cher I admit. Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez. Can you see a pattern here?

Jumping a year or two my biggest musical regret is probably that I never saw Sandy Denny perform live. Who Knows Where The Time Goes is one of my all time favourites.



But we did not like to be pigeon holed We were happy to go to a folk club on a Tuesday and a motown and soul night on a Thursday. Geno Washington, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, even the Four Tops appeared at clubs in Sheffield and Nottingham.

The greatest 60s group of all for me though was The Animals in the early years. Burden, Price, Chandler & co. were magnificent on stage especially in a club. Gonna Send You Back To Walker has to be one the best rock & soul songs ever recorded.

The Kinks were good live as well except that Ray Davies cannot sing in tune to save his life. Lola is a great song though especially live. I saw them with and without Dave Davies and it showed how much he brought to the group. Sad to see him nowadays.

Another regret - I never saw Otis Redding or Sam Cooke live. Otis doing Shake and Satisfaction at full volume on the Dansette used to rock our hall of residence every Saturday night.

I'll leave it there for now. Sometime when I'm feeling energised again I'll try thinking of what music has made an impact after I stopped being a teenager all those moons ago. But those years live with you forever don't they?

This is one of my all time favourites.




Might I suggest turning the volume to number 11.

And if you need an encore -

RRFC  you are making me feel young again  

Chris my wife just said to me did I know the Lifeboat was supposed to be haunted,

Well I did but never saw it in all the years I went in there.

Quoted from grimsby pete

RRFC  you are making me feel young again  

Chris my wife just said to me did I know the Lifeboat was supposed to be haunted,

Well I did but never saw it in all the years I went in there.

Does you good to have a wallow now and again.  

Yes I knew about the Lifeboat but I never saw anything either. I think the ghost was supposed to be seen in the entrance on Queens Parade or in the snug on that side. Mind you I'd usually had so much Double Diamond I was seeing double or triple anyway in those days!

When I was early teens I lived not far from the Prom and every night at this time of year we would be down there to chat up the girls and generally play the fool. About half way between the station and Wonderland there used to be an arcade with a juke box. We would try and fiddle enough on the slots to be able to play this juke box and I remember my mate getting slung out for playing Elvis's Girl Of My Best Friend over and over. So next time he went he played the Shangri Las' Leader Of The Pack over and over till he got thrown out again. Finally he was banned altogether so he had to stand outside while we put the money in.

Any indie rock fans?
The Libertines are probably who I describe as 'my' band. Saw the Stone Roses a couple of times this year who perhaps surprisingly sounded fantastic.  
Kasabian also a fantastic live band, every time I have seen them especially in Leicester they have been incredible.
Special mentions for The Jam, obviously will never get too see them though.  

Some good choices RRFC, a little before my time but great music nonetheless, the 50's and 60's was always on in my house when I was a kid,  Runaway by Del Shannon and bits and pieces by Dave Clark five spring to mind.

Bits and Pieces was banned from the Mecca Ballroom Chris,

When it came out everybody were stamping on the floor to the music and you could see the floor going up and down like the tide coming in,

So after a couple of weeks they never played it again.

Quoted from grimsby pete

Bits and Pieces was banned from the Mecca Ballroom Chris,

When it came out everybody were stamping on the floor to the music and you could see the floor going up and down like the tide coming in,

So after a couple of weeks they never played it again.

Brilliant that Pete, after hearing the song hundreds of times I can totally see why, my Mam always says to me it was that song that made me a mad man haha I used to go mental when it was on our record player - it just sounded so much better on an old vinyl though mate.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Waterloo sunset is up there with the best Les there's no doubt about that mate, I didn't think it would be too long before you posted on this thread mate.

Depeche Mode, agree but Punk?

I don't really have a favourite genre or style...

But some I do like


Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water, Sound of Silence, Mrs Robinson and many more are all absolute amazing songs, Simon and Garfunkel were absolute geniuses when it came to music.

The Hollies - He ain't Heavy He's My Brother is another favourite of mine

I like Spandua Ballet, True, Gold etc

Madness - pretty much every song by them

Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind is another favourite of mine

Zoom by Fat Larry

Rivers Of Babylon by Boney M

Elton John - Your Song, Rocket Man, Sacrofice, Ready for Love, candle In The Wind

I like Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Airplane and Starship an awful lot.

Cherish by Kool And The Gang

Almost everything by Phil Collins

Candi Staton- Young Hearts Run Free

Candi Staton with Young Hearts

Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Primeal Scream with Moving On Up

Belinda Carlisle with Heaven is a place on earth and Leave a Light on For me.

Waiting for a Star to Fall by Boy Meets Girl

I must confess to liking Abba.

And many others

Some good choices there Dave.

The singing postman was good  

Quoted from grimsby pete

The singing postman was good  

Ave ya got a loyt boyyy?

Wasn't he really from Grimsby? Seem to remember reading summit to that effect on CA's Famous Grimsby folk page.

Close he was a Meggie.

The Singing Postman, Alan Smethurst, was actually born in Lancashire but raised in Norfolk near Sheringham. Hence his accent. He was a postman in Grimsby when he got his reputation for singing on his rounds and he died in Grimsby, I think he was living at the Sally Army hostel.

I was thinking (not a good thing), where are all the instrumentals? I can't remember the last time I heard a good new instrumental - probably Brighouse & Rastrick with The Floral Dance.

We used to have some brilliant ones in my youth. There were the obvious ones like the Shadows stuff but you also got things like Duane Eddy with Shazam, still one gf my favourites. Here's a few more -

Telstar - The Tornados
Apache - Bert Weedon's version
Rumble - Link Wray
Pipeline - The Chantays
Wipe Out - The Surfaris
Rocking Goose - Johnny & The Hurricanes
Walk Don't Run - The Ventures
On The Rebound - Floyd Cramer
Nut Rocker - B Bumble & The Stingers
Midnight In Moscow - Kenny Ball
Raunchy - Bill Justis
Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson
Sylvia - Focus
Green Onions - Booker T & The MGs
Chariots Of Fire - Vangelis
Autobahn - Kraftwerk

Husker Du ,the pixies , dinosaur jr , buffalo tom , sugar , bob mould solo stuff, Big Black, grant lee buffalo, nirvana

Ride , MBV , Carter , Neds , Stuffies , Wedding present , puressence , mogwai , god is an astronaut , Therapy? ,

many others but that the influence.

worst ever gig : Stone Roses. Ian Brown was awful
Best ever : pixies at Sheffield,  2000 Reading,1992 Reading , foo fighters ,  queens stone age warm up gig
biggest regret : never seeing The Smiths.    first single Ghost Town , The Specials
most embarrassing band seen : Simply Red
Favourite venues : duchess of york in Leeds
First Band seen : Snuff at  Derby assembly rooms

Sugar were a great band. If I Can't Change Your Mind is one of my favourite songs.

The pop music played at the 20 20 blast games yesterday were old ones ,

BUT

The crowd sang along in between overs then silent when the music stopped and the bowler started his run up,

It all added to the atmosphere a great afternoon and evening,

Maybe Town should try something like that when there is a hold up in play,  

Some of my fav's;

The National
BRMC
Modest Mouse
My Morning Jacket
Jack White
The Walkmen
Arcade Fire
Interpol
The Black Keys

Just realised all the above are from the States!

Also love ;

Radiohead
The Kills
And listen to music by the following plus lots more, .

Artic Monkeys
Foals
Frightened Rabbit
Everything Everything
Django Django
Biffy Clyro

So many more bands I like , , loving YAK right now oh and DRENGE, , all about moods really and what I'm doing to what I'll listen to, , like chill out stuff as well and love Sigur Ros and sounds that Jamie XX makes.

Love the old classics as well, . Led Zep I love and some old Black Sabbath and Bowie , , I could go on and on , , generally I would say I can't stand the modern pop stuff and the stuff they constantly play on these radio stations like Heart and similar, , good to read other music realated comments from Town fans.

Aren't Arcade Fire Canucks not Yanks?

Yeh your right , . From Quebec I believe

Gigs i am off to:
the felice brothers
dinosaur jr
teenage fanclub
Bob Mould
Wedding present

King Khan and the Shrines

All Time Faves - Rush - David Sylvian - Stephen Wilson - Sabbath - Thomas Dolby - Love & Money - Johhny Cash - Train - Donald Fagen - Opeth
Currently Listening to -  Porcupine Tree - Temperance Movement - Zak Brown Band - Red Hot Chillies - RIverside - The The - Jack White - Blackberry Smoke - Karine Polwart
Best Gigs - AC/DC Winter Gardens & Manchester Apollo both With Bon (Hero)
Worst Gigs - Any Festival - Disturbed at Rock City
Would Recommend  - Temperance Movement - Any Johhny Cash Americah Series Album - New Chillies Album
Come on Town!!

The Dom Vose thread and a terrible pun got me listening to this classic again:



And those clever chaps at You Tube helpfully pointed out some others of the same vintage guaranteed to make some old Mariners feel 5 or 6 again.

Mungo Jerry and his Nobby from Grimsby whiskers



An earlier one Mamas and Papas cover of California Dreaming (and I don't fancy yours much)



Always assumed these were Brits:

I've recently been enjoying music from the 60's/70's/80's. I wish I'd grown up in those years.

Check out Public Service Broadcasting 'The race for space' and 'Inform, educate, entertain' albums.

Here's a taste:

Ooh! I like that Spitfire one. Will have to listen to more.

QUESTION TIME!

I was wondering whether someone could tell me why one of the singers does what she does between 2:41 - 2:52 whilst singing about her daddy? (If your missus or kids are in the room you may want to turn the volume down or put on a set of headphones!!)

Quoted from 139881

QUESTION TIME!

I was wondering whether someone could tell me why one of the singers does what she does between 2:41 - 2:52 whilst singing about her daddy? (If your missus or kids are in the room you may want to turn the volume down or put on a set of headphones!!)

She had tight shoes on and it's the relief of slipping them off.

Just giving my new Kind Of Blue (vinyl) a listen. Had it on CD for years but just getting back into vinyl (bought a new turntable a few weeks ago). More beautiful than ever,

Oh dear. Nothing on here for me. See my picture for a clue . Gregory 'the cool ruler' isaacs all time fave.Started off on ub40 and two tone, but Gregory and the skatalites changed everything.
Prince buster, Ken boothe, mighty diamonds, toots and the maytals, the pioneers, Alton Ellis,  Jimmy cliff etc
Anyone else liking this stuff I'd recommend ska-beat-soul weekly hour of blue beat, ska and rocksteady on mixcloud

If you want an up to date one, real fave of mine, and a brilliant band to see live is the skints. Huge following, but completely unknown out of the ska/punk/reggae community

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Oh dear. Nothing on here for me. See my picture for a clue . Gregory 'the cool ruler' isaacs all time fave.Started off on ub40 and two tone, but Gregory and the skatalites changed everything.
Prince buster, Ken boothe, mighty diamonds, toots and the maytals, the pioneers, Alton Ellis,  Jimmy cliff etc
Anyone else liking this stuff I'd recommend ska-beat-soul weekly hour of blue beat, ska and rocksteady on mixcloud

If you want an up to date one, real fave of mine, and a brilliant band to see live is the skints. Huge following, but completely unknown out of the ska/punk/reggae community

There's a radio channel right up your strasse I came across the other day when flicking through the channels. Couldn't understand a word the DJ was saying. Can't remember its name is now.

Aye. The Skints are alright. (That's a northern aye, not an 'urban' aiiii!)

One for Chris Mackenzie here maybe. Caught this in the car on the way home. About 16 mins in the beautiful voice of Siobhan Miller. Never heard of her before, or the song by Burns she's singing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0891yhz

KM i  was sat in my car listening to this the other night, Robyn Stapleton was fantastic, did you hear her?

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KM i  was sat in my car listening to this the other night, Robyn Stapleton was fantastic, did you hear her?

No, I'd got to the swimming pool by then so missed the second half of the programme. I'll have to listen on iPlayer.

Prompted me to listen to her sing Ae Fond Kiss. Thought I didn't like Rabbie Burns, I thought he was all 'wee timourrring cowrrring beastie' - only tried to read some of his poems in the past. But now I've heard some of his love songs I'm beginning to warm to him.

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The Boxer is a fantastic track Dave, I couldn't get to grips with the cover version of the sound of silence (although Paul himself thought it was good) I prefer the original and I doubt it could ever be matched - old friends and Homeward bound are Great tracks I'll put them below mate.

Brilliant words throughout.

Paul Simon at his very best here.

I have heard that 'Homeward Bound' was specifically written while Simon was waiting fro a train at Donny station.

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I have heard that 'Homeward Bound' was specifically written while Simon was waiting fro a train at Donny station.

I always thought it was Wigan al. It's one of my favourite tracks mate.

S&G truly give me a shiver and make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. Haven't a frigging clue what half their metaphors mean but it sounds unbelievably good.

I'll even forgive their mispronunciation of Scarborough.  

Quoted from cmackenzie4

I always thought it was Wigan al. It's one of my favourite tracks mate.

It was Warrington.

Quoted from ginnywings

It was Warrington.

I'm sure I saw a local news piece saying it was Widnes station after he had played at a folk club there. Obviously this could easily be googled.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

I always thought it was Wigan al. It's one of my favourite tracks mate ('Homeward Bound').

and here's me thinking it was this one Chris

Quoted from Manchester Mariner

I'm sure I saw a local news piece saying it was Widnes station after he had played at a folk club there. Obviously this could easily be googled.

From the man himself.

Don't you just hate those Swedes holding chat shows in English. illegitimates!

So Warrington it is then! What a voice and what a track that is, brilliant lyrics..one of the best songs ever!

Quoted from Marinerz93

and here's me thinking it was this one Chris

Brilliant track Dave

Been a while

Quoted from 139881

I've recently been enjoying music from the 60's/70's/80's. I wish I'd grown up in those years.

I was a teenager in the 60's mate it was a great time,

Beatles, Stones, Kinks endless others coming on the scene,

England won the World Cup and Town got a promotion.

AND   I could run around playing football all day,

Those were the days !!!!

Quoted from grimsby pete

I was a teenager in the 60's mate it was a great time,

Beatles, Stones, Kinks endless others coming on the scene,

England won the World Cup and Town got a promotion.

AND   I could run around playing football all day,

Those were the days !!!!

Here's one for you then Pete.