So What Are You Listening To?

[Jaded]

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Edited April 14, 2023 by Jaded

[supposebly]

Faith No More: Superhero

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKP98hDBJ8w

[Anduin]

Metallica have a new video up, Sleepwalk My Life Away. The video itself is certainly there, but I spotted a big problem with the music itself. I can hear the bass. This isn't the Metallica I remember. What's going on?

 

[BlueSkies]

This is like so 90s but it gave me nostalgia.  I'd add the guy with the husky sounding voice looks nothing like I expected!  It's funny because I knew a girl once who thought that voice was like the sexiest thing ever

 

 

[Annber03]

I love this song. 

[shoregirl]

 

Sure you can write songs about your ex but do you sing it directly at them while performing together in stage. I want a real Fleetwood Mac biopic so bad.

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Jaded]

I'm about to go to bed and still have this song stuck in my head. I don't know what made me think of this one in particular today though.
 

 

[BlueSkies]

I was thinking of my school days and this video came in my head

 

 

I thought Scary Spice or Mel B was pretty hot.  There was an uninhibited kid in school that mentioned how much he enjoyed her boobs shaking up and down.  Lol I of course still recall that 

[Jaded]

 

[BlueSkies]

6 hours ago, Jaded said:

 

I liked this song better over time.

 

The Hebrew lettering at the end….  I know she was real big on the Kaballah in those days.  It sounded interesting at first but her love for that started to get like real weird.   

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Kylie ruled with this song,Steps gave it another spin. 

[Rushmoras]

Some classic Lithuanian rock. Majority of the band's lyrics are either psychedelic, depressing or a sort of making fun of social/political life in general. This song is called "State of Lithuania" (1989)... so, it has a lot of that making fun (critiquing) USSR (and Western Block) politics in Lithuania.

The approximate lyrics:

Hey, you, you Western European,
Taking such an interest in Soviet Union.
Hey, you, educated foreigner,
This is still not Russia, Russia is far away.

Hey, you, fragrant European,
Paris-Moscow friendship train.
You say that the map has no indications
Of no Estonia, no Latvia nor Lithuania.

Hey, you, splendid democrat,
What you know about our life?
Hey, you, naive aristocrat,
How easily the East deceives you.

Hey, you, far off neighbour,
Three hundred miles more and you're at the edge of the world.
Hey, you, close lad,
Stop and look through the window.

State of Lithuania - try to say it
State of Lithuania - Dawn of Baltics
State of Lithuania - to die or to live
State of Lithuania - world's Lithuania.

Hey, you, European vegetarians,
A tasty pie of Baltic nations.
Hey, you, exalted parliamentarians,
Toss the maps drenched in blood.

Hey, you, shrewd diplomats,
Strong is the will of downtrodden nations.
Hey, you, the word of Thunder says:
Let it be from now:

State of Lithuania - try to say it
State of Lithuania - Dawn of Baltics
State of Lithuania - to die or to live
State of Lithuania - world's Lithuania.

Edited April 21, 2023 by Rushmoras

[Anduin]

So I just found out that Soft Cell's Tainted Love is in fact a cover! I had to find the original. Not my normal thing, but it's damn good.

 

[LindaHarris]

I'm in a nostalgic mood, so it's time for Akon. After all those years, this song is still a banger

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Take That is scheduled to perform at the Coronation concerts.

[Annber03]

Aw, I like that song :). That's the only one I know by that group, but still...:p. 

[Rushmoras]

Another one from "Antis". This is actually the only album of them that I own (came out in 2007).

"Drunkard". Absurd and relevant somehow:

Drunkard is willing to be drunk.

Drunkard - a dangerous obligation.

A drunkard must have stamina and be sturdy, because he does not know where he will drink next.

Drunkard is on patrol, ready to pounce.

A drunkard is always searching for a reason to drink.

Drunkard must drink and not disappoint - a loving, drunk nation is observing him.

Let's drink whole lake, and then let's drink the ocean.

Let us raise glasses for a true thirst.

Let us offer the last drop of wine and the altar of wants shall not extinguish fire!

Songs of a drunkard are his favourite weapon.

The speeches - deepest mystery.

The motto and the glorious purpose - when you can raise a toast for your motherland.

Let's drink whole lake, and then let's drink the ocean.

Let us raise glasses for a true thirst.

Let us offer the last drop of wine and the altar of wants shall not extinguish fire!

Only time will evaluate the exploits of a drunkard.

The drunkard fell, having drunk himself to death.

His legacy - toasts, balalaikas and remaining bottles yet to be drunk.

Let's drink whole lake, and then let's drink the ocean.

Let us raise glasses for a true thirst.

Let us offer the last drop of wine and the altar of wants shall not extinguish fire!

Edited April 23, 2023 by Rushmoras

[Annber03]

 

[BlueSkies]

17 hours ago, One4Sorrow2TooBad said:

Take That is scheduled to perform at the Coronation concerts.

I have fond memories of this song.  When my mom would drive me to school in middle school I recall this song came on the radio quite a bit.  Plus its a song I like.

 

Is Robbie Williams joining? 

[DearEvette]

Prince was my favorite artist and this past weekend was the anniversary of his death so I did as I do and used it as an excuse to go a Prince binge.  His discography, of course, is huge.  But I love this underrated song/video. I love the color palette of the video and of course Prince looks fab!

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

It looks like it's just going to be Gary,Mark and Howard. Of course a surprise addition by Robbie would be great. A little birdie told me that there's a Robbie Williams biopic coming  in the future? 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[BlueSkies]

I was surprised even though it was satellite radio (90s on 9) to hear this song.  I always thought it was too risqué.  I never recall hearing it on the radio.  The video I know got banned in its day.

 

 

It reminds me very much of my Catholic school days.  She was really the 1st person to sort of expose me to these part of life if you will.  

 

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Greatest boy band ever. 

[Jaded]

 

[BlueSkies]

11 hours ago, Jaded said:

 

I still recall first time seeing the video back then as a teenager.  Had no idea Madonna was putting out a single or working with Austin Powers so this was real cool back then and out of left field. The days before I discovered the Internet.  

 

I considered going to her Celebration tour but the logistics and cost of it seem a bit much for me.  Plus she has that reputation of being late to her concerts 

[Rushmoras]

Nothing new, I mean, I started Fleetwood Mac discog today, and I can say that I like their version of blues better by a wide margin than I liked Rolling Stones, but let's see where the albums take me :D

Now, I'm just listening to some Lithuanian songs. Some folk metal from theatre play I'd wager that they made back a couple of years - Aistė Smilgevičiūtė ir Grupė Skylė (Aiste Smilgeviciute and Group The Hole) - Pilkapių Sniegas (Snow on the Barrows).

Approximate Lyrics:

Swim through the river...

The moon's beam splinters in fragments,
Stars as if  fishes kneeling on water.
The sails crumble and pour down as if bones,
When the Death speaks, do you care about songs?

No one knows where time disappears,
The snow from the borrows crumbles between fingers.
Spirits in hunger looking through windows,
The doors towards Eternity open.

Knock towards the mountain…

The snow as if nails dive in to palm,
The Frost's Army rolls through the sky.
How can you break the amour of the Reaper?
How can one live through the All Hallow's Frost?

No one knows where time disappears,
The snow from the borrows crumbles between fingers.
Spirits in hunger looking through windows,
The doors towards Eternity open.

We are hungry spirits, who have long forgotten the sleep,
We only snow down after turning to snow on the burrows.
We are the hungry spirits of endless Autumn,
Bring us milk or fresh water.

[Rushmoras]

Okey, I think I'm getting the picture of what blues I like - slow blues. Because fast blues, at least from what I'm hearing in their majority of the songs in the second album... jeepers creepers, I don't like it.

 

[Rushmoras]

Okey, their third album is so much better than their second one:

 

[Annber03]

Gorgeously haunting song, this. 

[RealHousewife]

I want more rock music like this. I should have been an adult in the 80s. 

 

[BlueSkies]

I think this is Billy's most overlooked song

 

 

8 hours ago, RealHousewife said:

I want more rock music like this. I should have been an adult in the 80s. 

 

I'm an 80s baby and I too often wish I was at the very least a teenager during that decade 

[WendyCR72]

23 minutes ago, BlueSkies said:

I'm an 80s baby and I too often wish I was at the very least a teenager during that decade

Since I was a teenager in the '80s (turned 13 in 1985!), reading these posts makes me think I need to apply for AARP. Thanks a lot. 😋

[Jaded]

On 4/26/2023 at 6:49 AM, BlueSkies said:

I was surprised even though it was satellite radio (90s on 9) to hear this song.  I always thought it was too risqué.  I never recall hearing it on the radio.  The video I know got banned in its day.

It reminds me very much of my Catholic school days.  She was really the 1st person to sort of expose me to these part of life if you will.  

Erotica was the 2nd music video of her's to be banned from MTV after "Justify My Love". In the first couple minutes of this video the guy she was enjoying is on the side of the bed suddenly watching her embracing a woman. The look on his face made me laugh. I say that because it looked like he was thinking about how he was in a video doing what he was doing with Madonna and getting to watch her with another woman which so many guys love to see in general. The guy kind of looked like Carlos Leone who's Lordes Dad.

I remember the backlash in regards to the Erotica album. After reading the wiki for it I didn't realize that she had to go on such an apology tour. 

 

On 4/28/2023 at 1:51 PM, BlueSkies said:

I still recall first time seeing the video back then as a teenager.  Had no idea Madonna was putting out a single or working with Austin Powers so this was real cool back then and out of left field. The days before I discovered the Internet.  

I considered going to her Celebration tour but the logistics and cost of it seem a bit much for me.  Plus she has that reputation of being late to her concerts 

I don't remember if I knew she was going to do that video or not. It's a favorite though because of how fun and silly it is while also being really catchy. Mike's reactions as Austin Powers to what she's doing are great too.

[RealHousewife]

1 hour ago, BlueSkies said:

I think this is Billy's most overlooked song

 

 

I'm an 80s baby and I too often wish I was at the very least a teenager during that decade 

Another 80s baby (only lived three years during it). Being a teen in the 80s looked so fun based on the music, TV shows, fashion, etc. 

57 minutes ago, WendyCR72 said:

Since I was a teenager in the '80s (turned 13 in 1985!), reading these posts makes me think I need to apply for AARP. Thanks a lot. 😋

Haha sorry! That's how I feel reading the Coachella set list. I grew up loving artists like Spice Girls, Backstreet, then more R&B. But the older I get, the more I'm into rock, preferably 80s/early 90s rock. I still listen to Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Beyonce, all that stuff, but it starts to sound generic to me at a certain point. The darn kids these days don't know what they're missing when it comes to music! 

[Bastet]

6 minutes ago, RealHousewife said:

Being a teen in the 80s looked so fun based on the music, TV shows, fashion, etc. 

It was a tough time in terms of social policies, but if you weren't among those left out in the cold by the widening gap between the haves and the have-nots, it was at least a good time to be a teenager when it came to going to concerts, house parties, and just hanging out on the couch watching MTV (unless, of course, you were looking for Black artists).

[RealHousewife]

5 minutes ago, Bastet said:

It was a tough time in terms of social policies, but if you weren't among those left out in the cold by the widening gap between the haves and the have-nots, it was at least a good time to be a teenager when it came to going to concerts, house parties, and just hanging out on the couch watching MTV (unless, of course, you were looking for Black artists).

Ohh absolutely! I thought I might elaborate more in my post but didn't. I feel the same way about Old Hollywood. I love the glamour, how the stories didn't have bathroom humor or explicit sex scenes, but the bigotry can stay in the past. I know we still have a lot of problems in 2023, but I'd 100% prefer to live in the present over any other decade. I just enjoy a lot of old school entertainment. 

Back to the topic, this version of Separate Ways is hauntingly beautiful. Steve Perry's voice is unbelievable. Soooo talented. 

 

[BlueSkies]

1 hour ago, Jaded said:

Erotica was the 2nd music video of her's to be banned from MTV after "Justify My Love". In the first couple minutes of this video the guy she was enjoying is on the side of the bed suddenly watching her embracing a woman. The look on his face made me laugh. I say that because it looked like he was thinking about how he was in a video doing what he was doing with Madonna and getting to watch her with another woman which so many guys love to see in general. The guy kind of looked like Carlos Leone who's Lordes Dad.

I remember the backlash in regards to the Erotica album. After reading the wiki for it I didn't realize that she had to go on such an apology tour. 

 

I don't remember if I knew she was going to do that video or not. It's a favorite though because of how fun and silly it is while also being really catchy. Mike's reactions as Austin Powers to what she's doing are great too.

The Erotica era was a little before my time and before I became interested in her.  I knew there was backlash against her but didnt really know she had to go an apology tour.  I mean her Human Nature song seemed to kind of be directed at her detractors not long after.  Fyi, I think the guy you are referring to is Tony Ward...  that was her boyfriend back then.  

 

This is probably my favorite actual song of hers on a banned video.  I was in high school at the time.  I think it only premiered a few times after midnight because of the violent themes.  

 

 

 

But yes speaking of age, I tend to think people born in the 1990s and later would have no idea how huge and controversial she was.  

Edited May 2, 2023 by BlueSkies

[WendyCR72]

Bon Jovi actually had the long-form video for "Living in Sin" banned on MTV, too! So Madonna was in good company.

Bon Jovi or MTV removed the part that got it banned down the road, and it was played following said edit, though.

[Anela]

 

[Rushmoras]

 

[BlueSkies]

 

[Annber03]

That Pointer Sisters song used to be on some tape of '80s songs my sister and I listened to when we were kids :D. 

[Bastet]

I got so ever-loving sick of "Jump" back in the day I couldn't stand it for a while, but I can listen to it again.  Same with "I'm So Excited".

My favorite Pointer Sisters song is - by leaps and bounds - "Fire":

I also really like "Slow Hand" (I like Conway Twitty's version, too):

 

[WendyCR72]

I'm not a big Bruce Springsteen fan by a long shot, but I prefer his version of "Fire", especially this live version:

 

[WendyCR72]

On another topic, in the "Same Name, Different Song" thread, I had mentioned "Stay With Me".

There was a recent discussion on Twitter about The Righteous Brothers. Both Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield were great together, but their solo work seemed largely overlooked. (Maybe save for "Time of My Life" for Medley, since that was connected to the Dirty Dancing movie craze at the time!)

Anyway, while I am actually a grunge/current rock gal, I did like the standards ("You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and "Unchained Melody", though again, I associate the latter to a Patrick Swayze movie, Ghost) that my parents had exposed me to.

But I never knew Hatfield (the one that did sing "Unchained Melody"/the tenor of the two) could really belt out the soul. Someone recommended "Stay With Me", and he killed it:

[Rushmoras]

So far, this is their best album. I have no cons to say about it. I liked all of the songs, which is really rare. All I can say, is that the album is very chill and, I don't know, not invoking any negative feelings whatsoever.

Edited May 3, 2023 by Rushmoras