So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Dave W]

Astrud Gilberto: no autotune, no melisma, no fake gravelly voice, no exaggerated stage movements, no flashing lights and explosions. Just hitting all the right notes and sounding great.

[Dave W]

Randy Travis covering Brook Benton

[Ken]

Astrud Gilberto: no autotune, no melisma, no fake gravelly voice, no exaggerated stage movements, no flashing lights and explosions. Just hitting all the right notes and sounding great.

Yup. Angelic.

[Dave W]

Fogerty a few weeks ago, first talking about his rediscovered Rick, then showing his voice is still good.

[doombass]

Fogerty a few weeks ago, first talking about his rediscovered Rick, then showing his voice is still good.

And he recently turned 78. I'd like to have his vitality at that age.

[Dave W]

A much older Buck Owens singing his first No. 1 hit from 1963. Buck never had a Top 10 hit after Don Rich died in 1974.

[uwe]

Holländer, I do have the new Extreme album now. And, yeah, it's a good one, memorable tunes too, a dying art these days.



Yeah, I'm still a sucker for a good AOR tune.

That said, Rob, do tell your friend Nuno to cut back on listening to Brian May that much, PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO NOTICE !!! 

[uwe]

Fogerty a few weeks ago, first talking about his rediscovered Rick, then showing his voice is still good.

Saw him during the pandemic at an open air, yup, his voice is still good. He's turned his show into a family revue, one of his sons is his lead guitarist (and looks and plays like he would be more comfortable in a neo-hair metal band  ), another one has more of a C&W tinge and gets called to the stage to sing a song or two. Bit Johnny Cash & Carter Family'ish.

[Basvarken]

do tell your friend Nuno to cut back on listening to Brian May that much, PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO NOTICE !!! 

He's been doing that for thirty odd years. Brian May and Eddie Van Halen.
He never made it a secret that he idolises the two.

I'm a bit disappointed by the album really. The first three singles were impressive. But there's too many weak whining songs on the album... YMMV

[Ken]

Holländer, I do have the new Extreme album now. And, yeah, it's a good one, memorable tunes too, a dying art these days.



Yeah, I'm still a sucker for a good AOR tune.

That said, Rob, do tell your friend Nuno to cut back on listening to Brian May that much, PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO NOTICE !!! 

Sorry if this has been posted here, but this interview with Nuno was really great.  He's a total music geek.

[uwe]

He's been doing that for thirty odd years. Brian May and Eddie Van Halen.
He never made it a secret that he idolises the two.

I'm a bit disappointed by the album really. The first three singles were impressive. But there's too many weak whining songs on the album... YMMV

Too power-poppy for you, not enough black, I should have figured!

[Basvarken]

Colour of skin has nothing to do with it.
I just don't care for the girlie stuff.

And if they were convinced they were strong songs they would have chosen one of these for the first three singles, wouldn't they?

[uwe]

I dunno, they seem to have a chip on their shoulder with catchy melodic stuff ever since they were accused of selling out with More Than Words, that became a real albatross around their neck. It's the Styx with Babe, Scorpions with Winds of Change, Mr Big with To Be With You or Manic Street Preachers with Everlasting syndrome.

None of those songs were bad or overly contrived, yet they all suffered the fate of being overplayed and pigeonholing the respective act forever. But people like ballads, that is just a fact of life.

I've never had issues with ballads/'girlie songs' or overtly melodic stuff. I can listen to Black Sabbath and then switch to Beach Boys or Bee Gees, no problem. I have really hidden, deep and dark guilty pleasures! 

[TBird1958]

Holländer, I do have the new Extreme album now. And, yeah, it's a good one, memorable tunes too, a dying art these days.



Yeah, I'm still a sucker for a good AOR tune.

That said, Rob, do tell your friend Nuno to cut back on listening to Brian May that much, PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO NOTICE !!! 

I like everything about this song - except the bass, the playing is proficient but not present in the mix, and to my ear doesn't serve the song very well. Sometimes the money frets are your friend. 

[westen44]

One of the last recordings with the original line-up.