Musical Confessions (and what're you listening to) During the Quarantine

Submitted by xtramelanin on April 25th, 2020 at 10:29 PM

Mates,

I hate to take away from the speculation about Dear Leader (not that one, the one in N. Korea), but maybe it would be a good time to share some of your musical confessions.  You know, the stuff that may or may not be cool, but that has been playing around your house these days. 

For unknown reasons I have been enjoying some Dave Matthews band, live stuff, on youtube when I'm doing other things.  And I have a confession:  one of my sons is pretty partial to country music and we listen to it sometimes when we work out.  It doesn't bug me, and in fact, I've kind of filled him in on some of the older 'classic' country stuff by people like Willie Nelson and Patsy Kline.  That is way old.

Tonight's question is simply this:  What have you been listening to during the lock-down, and of that, what is some of the stuff that you kind of sheepishly look around when you are playing, glad that your cool friends don't know that's on your play list?   Share a link to it if you can so others can easily access it.

Be safe and happy Saturday,

XM

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Durham Blue

April 26th, 2020 at 11:24 PM ^

I have to admit I never heard of Volbeat.  I listened and watched the YouTube videos graciously provided and exited seriously impressed!  Those guys are skilled musicians and singers.  The melodies are catchy.  It has sort of an 80's hair metal vibe mixed with 90's alternative.  Anything that makes me tap my foot and swing my head to the beat is good for me.  Very nice and thanks for sharing!

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Hutchgoblue

April 25th, 2020 at 10:47 PM ^

Artists that I've been playing a lot of recently that I don't typically listen to include

+ John Prine

+ Lyle Lovett

+ Iris DeMent

Something about those three voices seem to bring a sense of calm to me.

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xtramelanin

April 25th, 2020 at 11:45 PM ^

those are some entertaining lyrics. 

and playing with john prine, who wiki tells me passed away 2 weeks ago.  sad. 

EDIT:  and i figured out who he sounds like.  he sounds like a gravelly jerry jeff walker.  

lots of pleasant character.  

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Bluetotheday

April 25th, 2020 at 11:03 PM ^

A Tribe Called Quest. Mainly their latest album: We Got it From Here...every track is unique with great artist. 
 

Elton John. Never listened to him and now, added several songs to my list. 
 

The other: Taylor Swift. Not sure, maybe it’s the beat, but I listen to her songs. 

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Larry Appleton

April 25th, 2020 at 11:11 PM ^

Confession: Two of the first ten CDs I ever owned were Michael Bolton albums.  In fact, they were the same album.

Listening to now: The new Sturgill Simpson album is fun, although the production stinks.  And I have no shame in saying that the Billie Eilish album is fantastic.  I’m thinking my next purchase will either be parcels from the Pink Floyd “Early Years” set or something from the Bob Dylan “Bootleg Series.”

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chatster

April 25th, 2020 at 11:13 PM ^

A friend sent me a suggested COVID-19 playlist with dozens of songs if you own the music and you've got the interest and the time to organize the songs on your computer.  No idea where he got it from.

The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob Dylan); Shut Down (The Beach Boys); Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of (U2); Wounded World (Crosby Stills & Nash); It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (R. E. M.); Where Have All The Good Times Gone (The Kinks); Where Do the Children Go (The Hooters); Where Do the Children Play? (Cat Stevens); Take It Inside (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes); You Won’t See Me (The Beatles); With or Without You (U2); Miss You (The Rolling Stones); I Think We’re Alone Now (Tommy James & The Shondells); Alone Again Naturally (Gilbert O’Sullivan); Go It Alone (Beck); Lost in the Supermarket (The Clash); You Can’t Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones); Queen of the Supermarket (Bruce Springsteen); Slow Down (The Smithereens); Don’t Stand So Close to Me (The Police); You Gotta Move (The Rolling Stones); You Can’t Do That (The Beatles); You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (The Byrds’; Bob Dylan; Joan Baez; Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova; Willie Nile; Shawn Colvin, Mary-Chapin Carpenter and Rosanne Cash from the 30th Anniversary Concert for Bob Dylan; Counting Crows); Lonely Road (Paul McCartney); Going Nowhere (Moby Grape); Nowhere to Run (Martha & the Vandellas); No One to Run With (Allman Brothers); Nowhere Man (The Beatles); Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones); Shelter (The Beach Boys); Shelter from the Storm (Bob Dylan); Going Home (The Rolling Stones); A Sort of Homecoming (U2); All You Had to Do Was Stay (Taylor Swift); Urge for Going (Crosby & Nash; Joni Mitchell; Dave Van Ronk); We Gotta Get Outta This Place (The Animals); Stay (Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs); Time Is on My Side (The Rolling Stones); Goin’ Out of My Head (Little Anthony & the Imperials); Keep Your Hands to Yourself (Georgia Satellites); Get Back (The Beatles); Get Off of My Cloud (The Rolling Stones); From A Distance (The Byrds); Had to Phone Ya (The Beach Boys); I've Gotta Get a Message to You (The Bee Gees); Don’t Bother Me (The Beatles); Lonely Days (Bee Gees); Out Here On My Own (Irene Cara); New York’s A Lonely Town (The Tradewinds); So Lonely (The Police); Waiting On A Friend (The Rolling Stones); I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams); Crying (Roy Orbison); In My Room (The Beach Boys); Behind That Locked Door (George Harrison); All Day and All of the Night (The Kinks); Long Time Gone (Crosby Stills & Nash); Alone in the Dark (Sheryl Crow); I Don’t Want to Be Alone (Billy Joel); Lonely People (America); Only the Lonely (Roy Orbison); We’re All Alone (Boz Scaggs); I’ve Been Lonely Too Long (The Rascals); A Hard Day’s Night (The Beatles); On My Own (Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald); Helplessly Hoping (Crosby Stills & Nash); All Revved with No Place to Go (Meat Loaf); I Drink Alone (George Thorogood & The Destroyers); Tired of Being Alone (Al Green); I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times (The Beach Boys); I Want to Hold Your Hand (The Beatles); U Can’t Touch This (M. C. Hammer); Hurting Inside (The Dave Clark Five); Hurt So Bad (Little Anthony and the Imperials); Everybody Hurts (R. E. M.); The Way I Feel Inside (The Zombies); (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones); See You in September (The Happenings); Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day); Tell Me When It’s Over (The Dream Syndicate); Must Get Out (Maroon 5); Gonna Make It Alone (Dion); I’ll Be Back (The Beatles); Goin’ Back (Carole King; The Byrds; Dusty Springfield); Do The Best You Can (The Hollies); Stay Positive (The Hold Steady); You Are Not Alone (Eagles); We Are Not Alone (Karla DeVito); We Are Not Helpless (Stephen Stills); We Are Family (Sister Sledge); Come Together (The Beatles); Join Together The Who); Get Together (The Youngbloods); Someday We’ll Be Together (Diana Ross & The Supremes); Who’s Zoomin’ Who (Aretha Franklin); Emotional Rescue (The Rolling Stones); Miracle Drug (U2); I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor); Stayin’ Alive (The Bee Gees); Heroes (David Bowie)

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Double-D

April 26th, 2020 at 10:38 AM ^

I was in Daytona Beach for High School for Spring Break with buddies.  We wanted to buy new swim suits so we could look a bit more current than the suits we had from Michigan. 

The guy in the beach shop said every swim suit purchase included a free Beach Boys ticket.   We were sold and spent the day celebrating our good fortune only to find out when we got to the show that admission was free of charge.

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WolverineinLA

April 25th, 2020 at 11:30 PM ^

The Hamilton Soundtrack. I used to hate musicals/theatre but Hamilton has changed my perspective. The musical is amazing and the soundtrack is awesome.  I find myself even using some of the tracks as pump up songs before/during a workout.

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uminks

April 25th, 2020 at 11:30 PM ^

I've been listening to some darker and depressing music during this pandemic. Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss, Zeppelin - in my time of dying, Pantera - cemetery gates, Matellica - One, Mega Death - symphony of destruction, Ozzie - no more tears. Just to name a few. Though they all have good lead guitar riffs.

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uminks

April 25th, 2020 at 11:47 PM ^

Dylan wrote this song in '62 but I like Zep version much better. It was not  played much on the radio, since it was too long. I first heard this song when I purchased the album Physical Graffiti in '75 when I turned 12. The most popular song seem to be The Rover, which was good and played a lot on the radio, WRIF 101 or CKLW 800 AM.

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Kick Out The Jams

April 26th, 2020 at 12:28 AM ^

Blind Willie Johnson is incredible.  He also first recorded "Nobody's Fault But Mine" which Zeppelin covered.  His song "Jesus is Coming Soon" is about the 1918 flu epidemic (sample lyric: "great disease was mighty and the people were sick everywhere. It was an epidemic, it floated through the air").

His song "Dark Was the Night, Cold was the Ground" is one of the spookiest songs I've ever heard; just a bunch of slide guitar and weird moaning.  And what does that title mean?

To answer the OP's question about sheepishness, the song "Carrie Anne" by The Hollies has been going through my head for a week and a half and I don't have any idea why.

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Larry Appleton

April 26th, 2020 at 11:01 AM ^

One or four points about that tune:

1. The title was taken from a VERY old spiritual about Christ’s death.

2. The song allegedly was just Blind Willie playing while he thought about Christ on the cross.  It was essentially just him emoting his sadness.

3. That song is in space.  It was put on the gold record that was shot into space in the 70s.

4. In the “House of Cards” episode where Frank goes to tell Freddie that he can’t be associated with him anymore on account of his son, Frank sees a poster of Blind Willie Johnson and says “‘Dark Was the Night’ gets me every time.”  Freddie then shows him an original 78 pressing of the song from the 20s (which if he actually had, he definitely could have bailed his son out of jail WITHOUT having to sell his restaurant).

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