So, what have you been listening to lately?

[uwe]

Which one? What part of the world do you live in for chrisssakes?

[OldManC]

Khruangbin. Stumbled across this band last night and it made me wonder if Andy Scott had a son from Texas, but once I zeroed in on the bassist I forgot all about that. This stuff is super chill but it stuck with me all day today so I ordered a few CDs.

[uwe]

Oh my, did you buy a complementary yacht for yourself too, George? 



Children beware: This is what old Mötley Crüe fans end up with!

PS: Actually, it's not all that bad, Herr Carlston. Reminds me of some of that cool Latin fusion stuff the Ian Gillan Band did around 1977:

[westen44]

Which one? What part of the world do you live in for chrisssakes?

Video on #2113 reply.  It simply says "Video unavailable.  This video is unavailable." 

I'm in the USA.  However, I often have a problem with friends in the EU being unable to see the videos that I try to send them, too.  So this kind of problem is definitely not a one way street.  I'm sure it has to do with copyright issues which vary from one place to another. 

[uwe]

"I'm in the USA."

Yeah, I've heard about your place. The infrastructure is a bit dilapidated they say, but isn't there a Bill to make things better? 

[gearHed289]

Khruangbin. Stumbled across this band last night and it made me wonder if Andy Scott had a son from Texas, but once I zeroed in on the bassist I forgot all about that. This stuff is super chill but it stuck with me all day today so I ordered a few CDs.

I somehow YouTube rabbit-holed my way to this band not too long ago. Cool stuff. I'd like to see them live.

[uwe]

Andy Reloaded has a nice Spaghetti Western tone on his Strat.




PS: Just ordered 5 CDs from them, now George can you let me please have that super yacht catalog too?

[Denis]

I somehow YouTube rabbit-holed my way to this band not too long ago. Cool stuff. I'd like to see them live.

Good stuff! I've been switching back and forth between them and Renaissance.

[westen44]

"I'm in the USA."

Yeah, I've heard about your place. The infrastructure is a bit dilapidated they say, but isn't there a Bill to make things better? 

I'm here, but there are times when I identify with these Randy California lyrics where it says there are a thousand places I would rather be.  There can be several attractions of foreign countries, but the one which can hit you immediately is that there are no relatives there.

To be a little more specific, to be in the U.S. and around relatives who want to talk about politics, especially in an overbearing way, is very unpleasant.  It is too polarized here; I honestly can't stand it sometimes.  That's why sometimes when I get to be around friends in Europe who aren't so politicized, it's very calming.  Someone once wrote that "friends are God's apology for your relatives." 

[westen44]

Speaking of America, here is a song I found not long ago.  At first I thought it was going to be maybe sarcastic, but that's not really what it is.  It's some Swedes longing for the America of the 80s and early 90s.  One of the lines says, for instance, that somebody pulled the plug around 1993.  In an interview, the lead singer said some people were complaining that they were Swedes doing a song about America.  He said the title was "Anthem for America," not "Anthem from America."  BTW, these models who look like hookers dressed as cheerleaders just totally crack me up. 

[uwe]

It's well-done and nicely anthemic, capturing the spirit of late 80ies hair metal - proper highpitched screamy vocals over the Mötley-Crüe-Dr. Feelgood-era musical mayhem.

But imagine this was 1972. And a young band would appear looking and playing like an early 50ies teddy boy act or an early 30ies coffee house orchestra, to the exclusion of everything else. They'd be regarded as  a novelty act at best. Yet today, we have all these bands devoting their talent and energy to get as close as they can to a sound and look that was culturally relevant 35 years ago. Is really all future in the past?

[uwe]

Some marvelous band interplay here:

[TBird1958]

A new Red NR front and center here, all Gibson show!

[westen44]

It's well-done and nicely anthemic, capturing the spirit of late 80ies hair metal - proper highpitched screamy vocals over the Mötley-Crüe-Dr. Feelgood-era musical mayhem.

But imagine this was 1972. And a young band would appear looking and playing like an early 50ies teddy boy act or an early 30ies coffee house orchestra, to the exclusion of everything else. They'd be regarded as  a novelty act at best. Yet today, we have all these bands devoting their talent and energy to get as close as they can to a sound and look that was culturally relevant 35 years ago. Is really all future in the past?

In the case of rock, bands have to look back to an extent to the past if they're going to play it.  Maybe rock's peak was reached years ago, but I've changed my mind about it.  I'm not going along with that idea that rock is dead or dying.  I'm encouraged especially by young bands playing it.  For a while, it seemed like there was hardly any new rock music being made.  But I now see it's out there, maybe just not widespread and easy to find.  Seek and you shall find.  What's inspirational is seeing bands struggle against the odds, but keep moving forward anyway with their rock music.  But rock is just less prevalent and more elusive than it used to be.  I retract any statement I may have made through the years contrary to what I'm saying now.  BTW, I think the video by the Swedes is, of course, tongue-in-cheek, but there is still some relevance to their overall attitude. 

[OldManC]

Oh my, did you buy a complementary yacht for yourself too, George? 



Children beware: This is what old Mötley Crüe fans end up with!

WTF?