Subject: easy to hard
Date: Fri Jan 13 16:20:49 2017
User: Denny
Message:Just went from a super easy 100% game which I won in about 2 minutes to a super hard 18% one which I lost. It ain't fair, durn it!
Denny
Date: Sat Jan 14 03:45:58 2017
User: Klepp
Message:That song instantly reminds me of Fincher's *Zodiac*--I believe it was used to lead the movie into Scene One, amid exploding July 4th fireworks.
Date: Sat Jan 14 04:08:13 2017
User: outskirts
Message:Lol TN. I went there too. Watched me some 3DN, ended up posting Eli's Coming on fb. See what you miss by not going there.
Date: Sat Jan 14 04:31:01 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:Yes, I'm sure I miss all kinds of stuff....
But I can pretty much do without 3DN. Got over them by sometime in the '70s.
Date: Sat Jan 14 12:11:11 2017
User: outskirts
Message:Hey, it has heavy fog!!!
Date: Sat Jan 14 22:51:21 2017
User: joeygray
Message:Huh.
Yknow, I think if I ever liked a song, or a group, then I still like it. Don't know how to 'get over' 3DN.
Date: Sun Jan 15 14:04:50 2017
User: outskirts
Message:I don't think he is really over them. Or why would he post their version of the song? I first heard it on my soundtrack from Hair!
I agree, Joey. Some of the videos are almost embarrassing (the clothes) but it was very enjoyable viewing, like seeing an old friend. Eli's Coming was 7:27 and from Soundstage. It is a very short 7:27.
And what about the classic Out in the Country? Still awesome to this day!
Date: Sun Jan 15 15:32:45 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:Interesting 'topic', joey, which could get very deep. Remember the thread which we had on the generational aspects of music? Nice one.
That said, yes, I think one does "get over" some things like that. My musical background is replete with songs, or albums, that I dearly loved, but that maybe just got worn out by radio oversaturation, or my own wearing out of the albums. I could begin to list examples, but there'd be too many. That said, I was never a *giant* fan of 3DN. I did love the story behind their name, and they were certainly a competent group. Maybe I considered them slightly too "pop"; I don't remember thinking that analytically about it. Never bought a single album of theirs, for example (which with my album collection is saying something!).
And yeah, outskirts, maybe I should have linked the "Hair" version instead of the 3 Dog Night one - but come on - how uh....'retro cool'(?) is that video? Plus, there are likely far fewer here who know the original.
That said, joey, I *mostly* still like the stuff I used to. But that's far from universally true. And to clarify, it's not that I don't still consider some of it "good" music, it's just that I got satiated with it. I mean, ok, "Stairway to Heaven" is an absolutely wonderful anthem. But I bet I haven't played my own copy of that album in 20-25 years. Do I still "like" it? Yes. But just don't want to hear it again anytime soon. It is, after all, a 'punch line' when bands ask for requests from the stage.
I remain open (I think) to further delving into my psyche on this topic, as it is one of considerable wonderment in terms of how the human brain works regarding music.
Date: Sun Jan 15 17:14:47 2017
User: outskirts
Message:Predictable
Date: Mon Jan 23 20:39:37 2017
User: joeygray
Message:Yeah, I got that Out In The Country on my IPod though it's not in any playlist. It _is_ an awesome song! Just listened to a oldguysreunion version on YouTube and that was awesome too.
TN, I know I don't have the breadth and depth of musical knowledge that you and Buzz have, and maybe if I did I too would look upon some of these old songs as played out and old and stale. But as it stands, no. Over this last week I experimented with the grand shuffle on the iPod, and I was constantly oh yeah, that cool old song! And that included both songs like Six Man Band by the Association, which nobody will ever say was overplayed, and American Pie which, well, EVERYBODY will say so. If I liked it, I still like it.
Date: Tue Jan 24 02:58:45 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:Well, joey, I sort of envy you, really. You've got more things to discover, probably, that's good stuff. I can imagine being thrilled for example, even now, at discovering the "Hair" soundtrack, altho the sentiments of some of it are quite dated (just as a not-dwelt-upon example). The music still is captivating -- or maybe you had to be 'there' - I don't really know for sure, I guess.
But at the same time, I still hope to delve into the "New Music" thread, in which I'm sure there's some quality stuff I'm completely oblivious to.
You mention "Six Man Band"......there's a short passage early in that song that is quite reminiscent (at least to me) of "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (written by Mickey Newbury). Check it out (below). Not sure what year that was (probably 1970(?)), but I saw them (The First Edition) in concert in what appeared to be that configuration/format - altho the crowd was not sitting sedately in their seats like in that video. One of my first real concerts, actually. Who knew what direction Kenny Rogers would go from that?
Further, but even more tangential, that (Association) song even somehow reminds me in tiny fragments of part of "Love Potion #9", altho I may be the only person on earth who thinks that.
As to "Out in the Country", one can see where America got some of their riffs, perhaps.
Link: "Just Dropped in...."
Date: Tue Jan 24 18:27:01 2017
User: joeygray
Message:Ha. Don't envy me. It's part of my basic nature, you see, that I hardly ever really like a song until I've heard it a half dozen times or so. So that makes it hard to do this discovery as you would do. On the plus side I do "sort of like" a lot of things I hear... but with no way to know whether I really like them without a considerable investment, and I know from too much experience that investment is often wasted, so on the minus side I don't wind up doing it as much as maybe you would.
Date: Tue Jan 24 23:58:06 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:Well, yes, we certainly are different then. Rare are the times when I eventually like a song or artist only after multiple listens. A notable example is CCR, other than side 1 of their first album (with "Suzy Q" and "I Put a Spell on You", which took me in immediately). Still not a giant fan, but they grew on me. Another example would be The Band. But by and large, stuff I hear resonates with me immediately, or very quickly. I'll never forget, for example, right where I was (getting close to entering Nashville on I-40, westbound) when I heard the very first strokes of Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits in 1978 on "Sultans of Swing". I knew in a very few seconds that this was something completely new and desirable, musically. Same with Billy Strings (whom I've detailed earlier on this site), fortuitously (mostly) discovered only 16 months ago in the flesh. 20 seconds was more than enough to know I was in the presence of greatness, and 120 seconds only firmly entrenched that conviction.
One could look upon your "quest"/"search" as a slow slog, or as digging for buried treasure with equal validity.
It would be interesting, perhaps, and hypothetical (I guess), to know how different our 'conclusions' would end up being in the long run.
Date: Sat Jan 28 21:50:13 2017
User: joeygray
Message:Here's one I'm pretty sure I loved on first hearing. Lost in the mist of time when that hearing was, but it's a grabber. For what it's worth.
Link: TP
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