OT/Has Your Tastes In Music Changed Over The Years?

[Judy Haffner]

I guess this would be considered an OT subject even if it pertains to
music in general.

I was just wondering if your tastes in music have changed much over the
course of time, though I realize there is a big age difference in the
NG. Many of you are in their 30's, 40's, 50's and even some of us "age
ripened" folks are in their 60's. I think we've determined that Nancy2,
Xan, and I are near the same age, and quite possibly the oldest here?
There may be some younger than 30 something, judging by their posts?

Back in the 50's, when I was a teen, I loved the good ol' rock n' roll
of that era, and had all of Bill Haley & The Comets music, and was crazy
about Elvis, The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, etc. and spent all of
my allowance on 45 records, which I could only play one at a time until
I finally got a phonograph, that had a automatic changer..whoopee! :o) I
still like some rock ( like Chris Daughtry's style) but never cared for
Punk Rock, or Heavy Metal so much.

When my kids were teenagers, Disco was popular, and the Bee Gee's, and
other popular groups would be coming through the walls of their rooms.
I loved the sound track to "Grease"!

That is about the time also, I started really getting into country
music, and I especially loved the older country singers, like Ray Price,
Merle Haggard, Johnny Horton (shame he was killed in a plane crash, same
as with Patsy Cline) and I also love Bobby Bare, and have seen him 4
times in concert. I have many favorites. Of the "new breed" of country
singers, I like Martina McBride, Reba McIntire (spelling?) Alan Jackson,
Vince Gill, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, etc.

As I got older, I developed a interest in some classical music, but a
little goes a long way with me. I never thought I cared much for Jazz,
until I saw Cyril Neville in person...he was GREAT! I don't care much
for R&B, or Reggae. I also don't care so much for Bluegrass, but I know
it's popular, and I have friends that go from place to place, to see the
Bluegrass festivals.

Do you still like the same kind of music you did when you were growing
up, or have your tastes in music changed over the years, as you've
matured?

Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!

Judy

[-Calliope-]

Post by Judy Haffner
Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!

Okay.. here is a link to several mp3 clips of my "Secret Boyfriend" Jake
Armerding. (so secret, he doesn't even know! :-) :-) )

http://www.jakearmerding.com/music/discs.shtml

Click on any of the links that are underlined to listen to his songs. I
love them. We have gone to see him perform *several* times, as he is
based out of MA.. we most recently saw him at a folk festival (which we
love to go to!)... this summer. I was lucky enough to spend a few minutes
chatting with him before he went up on stage.. when I was done, I was so
excited, I was shaking, hehehe.. on top of being just a wonderful
musician and singer, he's gorgeous! LOL.. Nice buns, too ;-)

And then there is Cheryl Wheeler... a performer that has to be seen to
know just how great she is.. her music can range from funny, to ferocious
to sweet and lovely.. her CD's are great, but her live performances lift
her to another place altogether.

Here is a youtube clip of one of her short, funny ones:

*anyway*.....

as to the rest of your post, I'd say my music tastes have expanded as I've
gotten older...I grew up listening to what I call "AM" radio style...
epitomized by the pop drivel of "You light up my life" by Debbie Boone..

I had several years of my younger days spent at a local Disco (Club 777 in
Manchester NH.. no longer there, but had that Saturday Night Fever floor,
which was just *so* cool at the time).. My girlfriends and I spent every
saturday night there, dancing away.. boyfriends were welcome to come along
if they wished, but we were going regardless! LOL.

My current favorites vary significantly based on mood, of course, but my
CD collection has Rock, such as Staind, Stone Temple Pilots, Moody Blues,
Kansas, Boston, System of a Down (heheh.. that one always has people
scratching their heads, but I really like that stuff!).. I've pretty much
copied my 21 year old sons entire iTunes collection, cuz he has such cool
stuff!... I also like Jazz: Dave Brubeck Quartet is an absolute fave..
"Take Five" as my favorite.

Ohh.. another Youtube for you!

(no speakers on my computer, so I can't sample this to know the quality of
sound, but I know the song WELL! Love it!... this is the style of Jazz I
adore)

Diana Krall: here's a whole passel of clips from youtube of her
performances.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=diana+krall&search=Search

hehh.. I like the song "Peel me a Grape":

Classical- my tastes are all over the place with classical.. Rachmaninov,
Mahler, etc, etc..

Okay.. I just grabbed the top shelf of CD's (and I keep them in no
particular order:. the list is as follows:

Vivaldi
Buddy Guy
Richie Havens
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Johnny Winter
Susan Tedeschi
Amanda Marshall
Etta James
Dave Matthews
Rachmaninov
Grieg
Santana
Jake Armerding
Cheryl Wheeler
Blind Boys of Alabama
Diana Krall
The Commitments Sountrack
Saffaire
Gershwin
Vicky Andres
Nickel Creek
Frank Sinatra
George Winston
Creed
Marvin Gaye
STP
Damian Rice
Norah Jones
Brahms
Staind
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Albert King
Harry Connick Jr.
George Winston
Eric Schwartz

That's the top shelf in a rack of four shelves.. I also have two more CD
shelves in other rooms. :-)

[fille]

On Aug 28, 4:00?am, ***@webtv.net (Judy Haffner) wrote:
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Post by Judy Haffner
Do you still like the same kind of music you did when you were growing
up, or have your tastes in music changed over the years, as you've
matured?
Who are some of your most favorite artists?

I still like some of the music I grew up with - the Beatles still
being my favorite group EVER.
I think my taste has changed in that I'm not so much into the
headbanger stuff and more into stuff I can sing to. I used to listen
to Zepplin, Sabbath, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Deep Purple etc.
Groups/singers I like now: Josh Groban, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The
Brian Setzer Orchestra, Live, REM, Blackmore's Night, Broadway
showtunes, still like the oldies from 50s and 60s and it goes on and
on...............

[don]

Post by fille
I still like some of the music I grew up with - the Beatles still
being my favorite group EVER.

I loved the Beatles when I was a kid. Then, I went through a period
where I thought their earlier songs were silly and only liked the later
more complex ones. Now, I like the early ones again. Revolver will
always be my favorite of their albums.

Post by fille
Groups/singers I like now: Josh Groban, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The
Brian Setzer Orchestra, Live, REM, Blackmore's Night, Broadway
showtunes, still like the oldies from 50s and 60s and it goes on and
on...............

I loved Live around the time of their Throwing Copper and Secret Samadhi
albums. Except for a rare TV appearance, I haven't seen much of them
since the 90s. I always liked REM, but I don't think I have any of
their CDs.

[Xan]

Post by Judy Haffner
I guess this would be considered an OT subject even if it pertains to
music in general.

Like you, Judy, I was a teen in the 50's and loved Rock 'n' Roll,
especially the Four Lads, Beach Boys, a few of Elvis' records (I was
never a huge Elvis fan), the Everly Brothers, etc. I still like rock,
especially 80's rock, e.g. Tears for Fears (one of my faves and, IMO,
one of the best groups ever), Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, etc. All these
groups were my kids' faves. I took Suzanne and her sister Robin to see
TFF in St. Louis and we all were "dancing" in the aisles! Such fun!

My first love is classical music. My mom was a piano teacher and I was
influenced from babyhood on by the classical music she taught, Bach,
Shubert, Beethoven, etc. I also loved Gershwin and even learned to play
most of Rhapsody in Blue (about 30 pages of sheet music) when I was a
teen. I still love classical more than any other genre of music.

As a young adult I was into folk music bigtime, mainly PP&M, and I
played guitar with my new hubby, who was a musician. I also loved the
Beatles, BeeGees, and most of the 60's groups. I guess I'm just pretty
eclectic, but I'm not a country fan, even though on our long road trips
to visit relatives in Alabama, that's the only music we heard below the
Mason/Dixon Line!! I like some soft jazz, like Dave Brubeck and George
Shearing, but not the discordant "true" jazz. I also spent the disco
years as a young divorcee and did a lot of dancing in clubs back in the
mid-60's. I've always loved Broadway musicals as well.

Xan

[Judy Haffner]

Post by Xan
Like you, Judy, I was a teen in the 50's
and loved Rock 'n' Roll, especially the
Four Lads, Beach Boys, a few of Elvis'
records (I was never a huge Elvis fan),
the Everly Brothers, etc. I still like rock,
especially 80's rock, e.g. Tears for
Fears (one of my faves and, IMO, one
of the best groups ever), Duran Duran,
Depeche Mode, etc. All these groups
were my kids' faves.
My first love is classical music. My mom
was a piano teacher and I was
influenced from babyhood on by the
classical music she taught, Bach,
Shubert, Beethoven, etc. I also loved
Gershwin and even learned to play most
of Rhapsody in Blue (about 30 pages of
sheet music) when I was a teen. I still
love classical more than any other genre
of music.
I also loved the Beatles, BeeGees, and
most of the 60's groups. I guess I'm just
pretty eclectic, but I'm not a country fan,
even though on our long road trips to
visit relatives in Alabama, that's the only
music we heard below the Mason/Dixon
Line!! I like some soft jazz, like Dave
Brubeck and George Shearing, but not
the discordant "true" jazz. I also spent
the disco years as a young divorcee and
did a lot of dancing in clubs back in the
mid-60's. I've always loved Broadway
musicals as well.

I sure have found out on this thread that everyone seems to like quite a
large variety of different types of music, and is few they don't care
for.

Oh, yes! I forgot about The Four Lads and The Beach Boys...great music!
My youngest daughter was a teenager in the 80's and loved Depeche Mode
and Duran Duran, and they grew on me too...it was either that, or I
guess I could have moved out! :o) I was never a Beattles fan, but like
a few of the songs they had out, and I LOVED Elvis...still do! :-D

I too, loved the Bee Gees, and all of the music from the Disco days! My
same daughter that liked the music of the 80's got me really liking
Mozart, as she had some of his CD's in the car, and played them when we
rode together anywhere. My granddaughter plays a lot of Mozart, Bach
and Beethoven in the band concerts at her high school, and I really love
it, but my most favorite of all will always be the GOOD kind of rock n'
roll music from the 50's and the older style country, though do like a
few of the younger country performers too.

Judy

[Mickey]

Post by Judy Haffner
Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!
Judy

In general, my tastes have broadened, but my standards have tightened. I
have little or no appreciation for Asian musics (i.e., I wouldn't know
good from bad), I think rap is a social disease, "metal" usually bores
me, and I heard all of the Grateful Dead I needed to hear back when they
were a warm up band. My one experience with Bulgarian bag pipe music was
not enjoyable.

My favorite rock band is The Tubes, my favorite opera singer (dead) was
Claudia Muzio. Favorite opera composers, Puccini and R. Strauss.
Important names: Djamgo, Coltrane, Shearing, Eliis, Richard Rodgers,
Jerome Kern, Waller, Satchmo, and a whole bunch more.

My latest CD acquisition is "Das Wunder der Heliane" by Erich Wolfgang
Korngold. (Haven't even listened to it yet. Maybe tonight.)

The Other Mickey

[SLGreg]

Judy Haffner wrote:>

Post by Judy Haffner
Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!

I love your quizzes, Judy.

I've always gravitated towards strong vocalists; typically, but not
always, female. At 6, Roy Orbison's "Only the Lonely" was my first
45RPM and Amy Winehouse was my last CD. Prince's latest is next on my
buy list

Some noteworthy vocalists for me: Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison, Sarah
Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Etta James, Al Green, Mario Lanza, Nat
Cole, Yma Sumac, Dusty Springfield, Luis Miguel.

Some groups I've liked over the years (in no apparent order): Beatles,
Erasure, ELO, Maroon Five, Ozomatli, Steely Dan

Recently interested in 50's Cuban music (like from Before Night Falls,
Motorcycle Diaries, and Dexter). Go figure.

Love Doo Wop, Motown, British Invasion, 70's Disco, 80's New Wave.
Hate rap, current C/W bores me and I will always, repeat ALWAYS be an
unabashed Top 40's Pop Music whore.

- greg

[don]

Post by SLGreg
Some noteworthy vocalists for me: Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison, Sarah
Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Etta James, Al Green, Mario Lanza, Nat
Cole, Yma Sumac, Dusty Springfield, Luis Miguel.

I'm glad someone else remembers Dinah Washington. I always preferred
Sarah Vaughan over Ella Fitzgerald.

[Judy Haffner]

Post by SLGreg
I love your quizzes, Judy.

Thanks, Greg! It helps have fillers during the off-season, and I don't
like topics that are too "heavy"...like politics, for instance, cause
that usually ends up in a flame war! :-(

Post by SLGreg
I've always gravitated towards strong
vocalists; typically, but not always,
female. At 6, Roy Orbison's "Only the
Lonely" was my first 45RPM and Amy
Winehouse was my last CD. Prince's
latest is next on my buy list

I never was a Prince fan, but how could anyone not like Roy Orbison. Did
you watch America's Got Talent this season, and see Terry Fator's puppet
act, singing a R. Orbison song? It was awesome!

Post by SLGreg
Some noteworthy vocalists for me: Patsy
Cline, Roy Orbison, Sarah Vaughan,
Dinah Washington, Etta James, Al
Green, Mario Lanza, Nat Cole, Yma
Sumac, Dusty Springfield, Luis Miguel.

Besides Roy on this list, I liked ( like) Patsy Cline the best. I went
to see a P. Cline impersonator show last year, and it was GREAT! I
really liked Nat King Cole too and Mario Lanza.

Post by SLGreg
Some groups I've liked over the years (in
no apparent order): Beatles, Erasure,
ELO, Maroon Five, Ozomatli, Steely
Dan

Love Steely Dan, but never was too big on the Beatles, and don't care
for the main singer in Maroon Five, when heard him on either A. I., or
DWTS (not sure which one?) this year.

Post by SLGreg
Recently interested in 50's Cuban music
(like from Before Night Falls, Motorcycle
Diaries, and Dexter). Go figure.
Love Doo Wop, Motown, British
Invasion, 70's Disco, 80's New Wave.
Hate rap, current C/W bores me and I
will always, repeat ALWAYS be an
unabashed Top 40's Pop Music whore.

I don't like Rap either, and like the older C/W singers much better than
the newer generation. Some of today's Pop music is good and I still love
the Disco beat...late 70's and early 80's. Why did it fizzle out so
quickly, I wonder?

Judy

[f***@gmail.com]

Post by Mickey

Post by Judy Haffner
Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!
Judy

In general, my tastes have broadened, but my standards have tightened.

Well said, Mickey. I think that may describe me, too.

Moni

[azurespirit]

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Post by Mickey
In general, my tastes have broadened, but my standards have tightened.

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Post by Mickey
The Other Mickey

I love this concise statement and would have to agree almost 100%. (I'm sure
there are a few fluke exceptions.) I will also add that most of my original
loves have remained true.

[Mickey]

Post by azurespirit
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Post by Mickey
In general, my tastes have broadened, but my standards have tightened.

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Post by Mickey
The Other Mickey

I love this concise statement and would have to agree almost 100%. (I'm sure
there are a few fluke exceptions.)

Everyone is allowed a few guilty pleasures. How else can one explain the
popularity of Freddie and the Dreamers?

The Other Mickey

[SLGreg]

Post by Mickey
Everyone is allowed a few guilty pleasures. How else can one explain the
popularity of Freddie and the Dreamers?
The Other Mickey

Heh. Ah yes, I remember them. Watching this video, they eerily remind
me of early Devo. Does anyone else see/hear it:

- greg, doin' the freddie

[Judy Haffner]

Post by SLGreg
Heh. Ah yes, I remember them.
Watching this video, they eerily remind
me of early Devo. Does anyone else

SKvU8Q

Very interesting indeed, Greg! I have to say I don't ever recall
hearing, or seeing Freddie and The Dreamers. I think the first video I
watched on this site said 1964 on it, and I had 3 kids by that
time...all preschool age, so wasn't paying much attention to what was
on the hit parade. The main singer really looked "nerdy" back then, and
liked them better in their last concert, whenever that was!? I didn't
see a date for that, but noticed they still were doing their "kicks" in
there, but not with quite as much exuberance as in the 60's! :-D

Judy

[f***@gmail.com]

Post by Mickey
Everyone is allowed a few guilty pleasures. How else can one explain the
popularity of Freddie and the Dreamers?
The Other Mickey

Hey, they were the one group, my ex would "dance" to. Admittedly, he
is no dancer, but he could jump around and flay his arms about just
like the music demanded. :)

Me? I'd rather sit and listen. I've always preferred ballads.

Moni

[Judy Haffner]

Post by Mickey
In general, my tastes have broadened,
but my standards have tightened. I have
little or no appreciation for Asian musics
(i.e., I wouldn't know good from bad), I
think rap is a social disease, "metal"
usually bores me, and I heard all of the
Grateful Dead I needed to hear back
when they were a warm up band. My
one experience with Bulgarian bag pipe
music was not enjoyable.
My favorite rock band is The Tubes, my
favorite opera singer (dead) was
Claudia Muzio. Favorite opera
composers, Puccini and R. Strauss.
Important names: Djamgo, Coltrane,
Shearing, Eliis, Richard Rodgers,
Jerome Kern, Waller, Satchmo, and a
whole bunch more.
My latest CD acquisition is "Das Wunder

der Heliane" by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

Post by Mickey
(Haven't even listened to it yet. Maybe
tonight.)

I would say, Mickey, that you do have a VERY " broadened taste" in
music...I have not heard any Asian music to speak of, I don't believe,
but I definitely DO agree with you on Rap and Heavy Metal, and I never
cared for The Grateful Dead. I have never been a fan of opera, but can
appreciate the talent, and just once in my lifetime, I'd like to be able
to go to a live opera performance on stage, as I quite might like it
more than I think I do.

Is Bulgarian bag pipe music different from the general bag pipe music? I
love it, but my hubby can't stand it, and says it grates on his ears!
When did The Tubes first come into recognition as a rock band? I can't
say I'm familiar with them either. Maybe they were on the charts in the
days when I was raising the kids and too busy with diapers and formulas
to know, and too tired to care, what was on the Top Ten, and what
wasn't!?

Did you enjoy the Erich Wofgang Korngold CD you bought? Never heard of
him either...I take it that is classical music? I think your tastes have
become more refined than mine through the years! :)

Judy

[Mickey]

Post by Judy Haffner

Post by Mickey
In general, my tastes have broadened,
but my standards have tightened. I have
little or no appreciation for Asian musics
(i.e., I wouldn't know good from bad), I
think rap is a social disease, "metal"
usually bores me, and I heard all of the
Grateful Dead I needed to hear back
when they were a warm up band. My
one experience with Bulgarian bag pipe
music was not enjoyable.
My favorite rock band is The Tubes, my
favorite opera singer (dead) was
Claudia Muzio. Favorite opera
composers, Puccini and R. Strauss.
Important names: Djamgo, Coltrane,
Shearing, Eliis, Richard Rodgers,
Jerome Kern, Waller, Satchmo, and a
whole bunch more.
My latest CD acquisition is "Das Wunder

der Heliane" by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

Post by Mickey
(Haven't even listened to it yet. Maybe
tonight.)

I would say, Mickey, that you do have a VERY " broadened taste" in
music...I have not heard any Asian music to speak of, I don't believe,
but I definitely DO agree with you on Rap and Heavy Metal, and I never
cared for The Grateful Dead. I have never been a fan of opera, but can
appreciate the talent, and just once in my lifetime, I'd like to be able
to go to a live opera performance on stage, as I quite might like it
more than I think I do.
Is Bulgarian bag pipe music different from the general bag pipe music?

There are as many types of bag pipe musics as there are different types
of bag pipes. Anywhere there is herding, there is likely to be a bag
pipe. They vary widely in capability and tone. There are Irish pipe,
Hungarian pips, Scots pipes, etc. There is even a German opera about a
bagpipe player, "Schwanda der Dudelsackpfeifer." I'm not a big fan of
piping, but if forced to listen to it, my preference would be for the
Irish or "Uilleann" pipe.

Post by Judy Haffner
When did The Tubes first come into recognition as a rock band? I can't
say I'm familiar with them either. Maybe they were on the charts in the
days when I was raising the kids and too busy with diapers and formulas
to know, and too tired to care, what was on the Top Ten, and what
wasn't!?

The salad days for the Tubes were the mid '70s. They were not quite
underground, but neither were they a mainstream band likely to cross
over into the pop charts. They reformed a few years ago and are touring,
again. My favorite recordings were their first album "The Tubes" and
"Remote Control," which was re-released yesterday.

Post by Judy Haffner
Did you enjoy the Erich Wofgang Korngold CD you bought? Never heard of
him either...I take it that is classical music? I think your tastes have
become more refined than mine through the years! :)

You've probably heard Korngold and didn't know it. Like a lot of Jews,
he got the hell out of Germany in the early 30s. He settled in
Hollywood, where he composed film scores. If you've ever seen "The
Adventures of Robin Hood,"(Errol Flynn) you've heard Korngold. His best
film work was probably in "King Row." Rent the film, listen to the score
and witness how much John Williams shamelessly borrowed from it.

Still digesting what I heard last night. One doesn't hear a lot of
Korngold's art music, so it takes a bit of exposure to understand what
he's doing (or at least trying to do). I do enjoy his best know opera
"Die Tode Stadt," so I suspect I will come to enjoy this one, as well.

The Other Mickey

[SLGreg]

Post by Mickey
The salad days for the Tubes were the mid '70s. They were not quite
underground, but neither were they a mainstream band likely to cross
over into the pop charts. They reformed a few years ago and are touring,
again. My favorite recordings were their first album "The Tubes" and
"Remote Control," which was re-released yesterday.
The Other Mickey- Hide quoted text -

I actually have the "Remote Control" LP. "Prime Time" was the track
I bought it for. I used to really like that song.

- greg

[HiC]

Post by Mickey
I think rap is a social disease

Pretty well sums it up for me. It would be fine with me if driving
around blaring this crap out the window was declared a capital
offense.

I've also never understood the appeal of "headbanger"- type "music".
The whole sonic trainwreck, scream into the mic, jump around in a
slobbering, sweating psychotic frenzy, bash-the-guitar thing and the
culture that goes along with it. It simply does not compute why this
is appealing to anyone.

I gather the Columbine killers were into this stuff and I get the
distinct impression that most of those who listen to it are about an
inch away from a psychopathic rampage themselves.

[L]

Judy Haffner wrote:>

Post by Judy Haffner
Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!

All my life I've liked a really wide variety of music. I love The
Beatles and The BeeGees and I loved Devo. I love Mel Torme' and John
Farnham and I love Nirvana. I love Judy Garland and I love Kelly
Clarkson. I love Van Morrison and Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin and
Elvis Presley. I love Nat King Cole and I love Freddie Mercury. I love
Darius Rucker and Al Jarreau and Elliot Yamin. I'm all over the map.
I'm probably forgetting dozens of my faves. I hate Barbara Streisand and
I would rather stuff shards of broken glass in my ears than hear Cher's
voice. :)

[zob]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:21:09 -0400, L <***@MOMerols.com> wrote:

|>Judy Haffner wrote:>
|>>
|>> Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
|>> post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!
|

|
|I hate Barbara Streisand and I would rather stuff shards of broken glass in my ears than hear Cher's
|voice. :)

Well, at least we know now that you're not a gay male ... :-D

[JohnGavin]

Post by zob
|>Judy Haffner wrote:>
|>>
|>> Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
|>> post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!
|
|
|I hate Barbara Streisand and I would rather stuff shards of broken glass in my ears than hear Cher's
|voice. :)
Well, at least we know now that you're not a gay male ... :-D

Always been more into some classical music than popular - but some
favorites are Karen Carpenter, Nat King Cole, Fred Astaire. I also
can't stomach Streisand, musically or personally.

Classical composers I love: J.S. Bach, Scarlatti, Chopin, Ravel,
Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Albeniz, Messiaen, Medtner, Scriabin.

Performers - Rachmaninoff (pianist), Michelangeli, Hamelin,
deLarrocha, Elly Ameling, Victoria De Los Angeles for starters.

I basically don't like opera!! - some exceptions - Magic Flute,
L'Enfant et les Sortileges" by Ravel.

[Judy Haffner]

Post by JohnGavin
Always been more into some classical
music than popular - but some favorites
are Karen Carpenter, Nat King Cole,
Fred Astaire. I also can't stomach
Streisand, musically or personally.
Classical composers I love: J.S. Bach,
Scarlatti, Chopin, Ravel, Debussy,
Rachmaninoff, Albeniz, Messiaen,
Medtner, Scriabin.
Performers - Rachmaninoff (pianist),
Michelangeli, Hamelin, deLarrocha, Elly
Ameling, Victoria De Los Angeles for
starters.
I basically don't like opera!! - some
exceptions - Magic Flute, L'Enfant et les
Sortileges" by Ravel.

I think most in this thread are of one mind when it comes to NOT liking
Barbra Streisand! Nat King Cole and the Carpenters are still popular
with most everybody that is posting here...they are artists that truly
never die.

I too like Bach and Chopin, but not sure of the other classical
composers you mentioned, as may recognize their music if I heard it,
but not by name. No doubt my granddaughter, who has 4 band classes this
school year, is VERY familiar with all of them.

I don't care for opera music either, so maybe I need to refine my
musical tastes a little better, so I can appreciate all music?!

Judy

[f***@gmail.com]

Post by JohnGavin
Victoria De Los Angeles for starters.

Ah, she was always my dad's favorite, too.

Moni

Post by JohnGavin
I basically don't like opera!! - some exceptions - Magic Flute,
L'Enfant et les Sortileges" by Ravel.

I love "Magic Flute." I was Papagena <g> Of course, I looked like
Big Bird in the costume, but that is another story.

Moni

[-Calliope-]

Post by L
and
I would rather stuff shards of broken glass in my ears than hear Cher's
voice. :)

Oh you and me both! My sister has paid good money.. money she's worked
hard to earn to get nose-bleed seats at a recent (as in the last few
years).. concert of Cher's.. and well, I just don't *get* it...

I love her as an actress... Moonstruck is one of my absolute favorite
movies.. "Ma, I love him awful"... *sigh*... but please, please, please put
a muzzle on 'er if she starts to sing.

[Judy Haffner]

Post by L
All my life I've liked a really wide variety
of music. I love The Beatles and The
BeeGees and I loved Devo. I love Mel
Torme' and John Farnham and I love
Nirvana. I love Judy Garland and I love
Kelly Clarkson. I love Van Morrison and
Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin and
Elvis Presley. I love Nat King Cole and I
love Freddie Mercury. I love Darius
Rucker and Al Jarreau and Elliot Yamin.
I'm all over the map. I'm probably
forgetting dozens of my faves. I hate
Barbara Streisand and I would rather
stuff shards of broken glass in my ears
than hear Cher's voice. :)

You like a wide variety of music too, I see. As I've previously posted
in this thread, I never was a big Beatles fan, but did like some of
their music, though never bought a single record/CD of them, but I will
always love Elvis, and I too like the Bee Gees. Like Nat King Cole, but
like you, never cared for Cher, or Barbra Streisand ever, but don't mind
their acting.

Is Kelly Clarkson the only country singer you like? She does have a
beautiful voice. I'm glad Elliot has done well with his first CD, but
wasn't a fan of his, like some, but am happy with his success. Chris and
Ace were always my favorites from that season, but there was a lot of
good singers that year.

Judy

[don]

Post by Judy Haffner
Is Kelly Clarkson the only country singer you like?

Huh?

[Judy Haffner]

Post by Judy Haffner
Is Kelly Clarkson the only country singer
you like?
Huh?

Oh, good grief! talk about a brain freeze! My eyes were seeing the name
Kelly Clarkson, but my BRAIN deciphered it as Carrie Underwood!! :-O
I wasn't watching A.I. the seasons they won, but even a dim-wit would
know who each were, and that Kelly is as far from Country as Carrie is
from R&B!

Judy

[dixichik]

Post by Judy Haffner

Post by Judy Haffner
Is Kelly Clarkson the only country singer
you like?
Huh?

Oh, good grief! talk about a brain freeze! My eyes were seeing the name
Kelly Clarkson, but my BRAIN deciphered it as Carrie Underwood!! :-O
I wasn't watching A.I. the seasons they won, but even a dim-wit would
know who each were, and that Kelly is as far from Country as Carrie is
from R&B!
Judy

I forgive you. My brain is in nicotine withdrawal for right now so I
can't exactly hold anybody else's dysfunctions against them. LOL

[Judy Haffner]

I forgive you. My brain is in nicotine
withdrawal for right now so I can't
exactly hold anybody else's dysfunctions
against them. LOL

Good luck with quitting the nicotine habit, Dixi, as I know it's NOT a
easy thing to break! After 40 + years of smoking my hubby quit cold
turkey in the late 80's, and I know that's the hardest thing he'd ever
done in his life! Over the years, he'd tried to quit, but eventually
went back, but he gathered the will power that last time and said "no
more!" and he meant it, and he was able to kick the habit, but it was
rough for awhile.

Our oldest son has smoked since he was a teenager, and he just turned
48, so I really wish that he would quit, but he just tells me that he
will when he's ready....I just hope it won't be too late!

Will be rootin' for you, gal!

Judy

[dixichik]

Post by Judy Haffner
Is Kelly Clarkson the only country singer you like?

Judy, please tell me you are joking. Even though Reba made the
mistake of doing a duet with KC, please don't insult those of us who
love country by saying KC is a country singer.

[f***@gmail.com]

Post by Judy Haffner
I guess this would be considered an OT subject even if it pertains to
music in general.
I was just wondering if your tastes in music have changed much over the
course of time, though I realize there is a big age difference in the
NG. Many of you are in their 30's, 40's, 50's and even some of us "age
ripened" folks are in their 60's. I think we've determined that Nancy2,
Xan, and I are near the same age, and quite possibly the oldest here?
There may be some younger than 30 something, judging by their posts?
Back in the 50's, when I was a teen, I loved the good ol' rock n' roll
of that era, and had all of Bill Haley & The Comets music, and was crazy
about Elvis, The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, etc. and spent all of
my allowance on 45 records, which I could only play one at a time until
I finally got a phonograph, that had a automatic changer..whoopee! :o) I
still like some rock ( like Chris Daughtry's style) but never cared for
Punk Rock, or Heavy Metal so much.
When my kids were teenagers, Disco was popular, and the Bee Gee's, and
other popular groups would be coming through the walls of their rooms.
I loved the sound track to "Grease"!
That is about the time also, I started really getting into country
music, and I especially loved the older country singers, like Ray Price,
Merle Haggard, Johnny Horton (shame he was killed in a plane crash, same
as with Patsy Cline) and I also love Bobby Bare, and have seen him 4
times in concert. I have many favorites. Of the "new breed" of country
singers, I like Martina McBride, Reba McIntire (spelling?) Alan Jackson,
Vince Gill, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, etc.
As I got older, I developed a interest in some classical music, but a
little goes a long way with me. I never thought I cared much for Jazz,
until I saw Cyril Neville in person...he was GREAT! I don't care much
for R&B, or Reggae. I also don't care so much for Bluegrass, but I know
it's popular, and I have friends that go from place to place, to see the
Bluegrass festivals.
Do you still like the same kind of music you did when you were growing
up, or have your tastes in music changed over the years, as you've
matured?
Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!
Judy

My tastes have changed considerably. During the 60s, I was all about
folk music and jazz, with a smattering of whatever played at Monterey
Pop (yes, I was there). During the 70s, I became more interested in
piano singers like Roberta Flack and really took off with my still
ongoing love of musical theatre. It wasn't until the 80s that I
rediscovered my love for classical music (my dad was always into
mostly operas, but I started to really love piano concertos). Choral
music had always been a part of my life, but by the time I graduated
from college, I was a real hodge podge of competing interests. In the
same quarter, I was in a chamber choir, an opera ensemble, a large
choir and a jazz choir....and doing musicals whenever I could.

I guess the short answer is that there aren't too many kinds of music
I don't like. Some find it curious that I like folk music but not
country. I see them as being very different....or at least they used
to be....the lines are a bit hazy now.

Moni

[azurespirit]

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***SNIP**

Post by f***@gmail.com
My tastes have changed considerably. During the 60s, I was all about
folk music and jazz, with a smattering of whatever played at Monterey
Pop (yes, I was there).

***SNIP**

I see them as being very different....or at least they used

Post by f***@gmail.com
to be....the lines are a bit hazy now.
Moni

Hmmm....maybe the haziness started from being at Monterey Pop?? (Just a
thought.....)

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Post by azurespirit
***SNIP**

Post by f***@gmail.com
My tastes have changed considerably. During the 60s, I was all about
folk music and jazz, with a smattering of whatever played at Monterey
Pop (yes, I was there).

***SNIP**
I see them as being very different....or at least they used

Post by f***@gmail.com
to be....the lines are a bit hazy now.
Moni

Hmmm....maybe the haziness started from being at Monterey Pop?? (Just a
thought.....)

Could be. However, I didn't inhale. :)

Moni

[Judy Haffner]

Post by f***@gmail.com
I guess the short answer is that there
aren't too many kinds of music I don't
like. Some find it curious that I like folk
music but not country. I see them as
being very different....or at least they
used to be....the lines are a bit hazy
now.

I remember you saying before you didn't care for country, and I think
one of the reasons I do so much is because I grew up with it, as my dad
was such a big country fan, and I can remember him playing Eddy Arnold,
Roy Acuff, Slim Whitman, Tennessee "Ernie" Ford and Ray Price, to name
just a few, so I developed a early interest in the "old country" sound,
which I still prefer over the new country, as a lot of that seems more
country ROCK?! I'm trying to think in what way folk and country differ,
and I'm drawing a blank and can't bring it to mind. If you have a link
to some good folk music, please do post them.

Now that our granddaughter is playing in the Jazz band in high school
(and...the Concert Band and Wind Ensemble!) I am really starting to LIKE
Jazz a lot, and having a greater appreciation for Classical too.

I forgot to say before I DON'T really care for Rap. I LOVE Irish and
Scottish music, and also Big Band sounds....love some of the old Swing
Bands, like Glen Miller. Actually, I also love the music of Rogers &
Hammerstein (spelling?) and I think that will live on. They were the
sound tracts for many of the older musicals. I really like most all
types of music, but some I like more than others.

Judy

[zob]

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:27:25 -0800, ***@webtv.net (Judy Haffner)
wrote:

|
|Moni wrote:
|
|>I guess the short answer is that there
|> aren't too many kinds of music I don't
|> like. Some find it curious that I like folk
|> music but not country. I see them as
|> being very different....or at least they
|> used to be....the lines are a bit hazy
|> now.
|
|I remember you saying before you didn't care for country, and I think
|one of the reasons I do so much is because I grew up with it, as my dad
|was such a big country fan, and I can remember him playing Eddy Arnold,
|Roy Acuff, Slim Whitman, Tennessee "Ernie" Ford and Ray Price, to name
|just a few, so I developed a early interest in the "old country" sound,
|which I still prefer over the new country, as a lot of that seems more
|country ROCK?!

I couldn't agree more. I don't even think of contemporary country
music as, well, country music with a few exceptions.

|I'm trying to think in what way folk and country differ,
|and I'm drawing a blank and can't bring it to mind. If you have a link
|to some good folk music, please do post them.
|
|Now that our granddaughter is playing in the Jazz band in high school
|(and...the Concert Band and Wind Ensemble!) I am really starting to LIKE
|Jazz a lot, and having a greater appreciation for Classical too.
|
|I forgot to say before I DON'T really care for Rap.

Same here. It's because it's not really music, there is no melody.
It's chanting, not singing.

[-Calliope-]

Post by Judy Haffner
If you have a link
to some good folk music, please do post them.

I posted two GREAT folk musicians links yesterday.. Jake Armerding and
Cheryl Wheeler.

[Judy Haffner]

Post by -Calliope-
I posted two GREAT folk musicians links
yesterday.. Jake Armerding and Cheryl
Wheeler.

I meant to comment on those before this, as did send the URL's to my
computer, so I could listen to them, as I hadn't heard of either one
before, nor Diana Krall, who sang "Peel The Grape," and Take Five... I
have heard of Dave Brubeck and guess he's was/is part of that band, and
I liked that sound. I really did like Jake Armerding, and listened to
"Fleece" and "Walking On The World", and thought he has a good sound. I
only listened to Cheryl Wheeler do the "potato" song, and must say I
wasn't impressed, but would give her a 2nd listen to something else she
does, I think.

Thanks for posting those!

Judy

[-Calliope-]

Post by Judy Haffner

Post by -Calliope-
I posted two GREAT folk musicians links
yesterday.. Jake Armerding and Cheryl
Wheeler.

I meant to comment on those before this, as did send the URL's to my
computer, so I could listen to them, as I hadn't heard of either one
before, nor Diana Krall, who sang "Peel The Grape," and Take Five... I
have heard of Dave Brubeck and guess he's was/is part of that band, and
I liked that sound. I really did like Jake Armerding, and listened to
"Fleece" and "Walking On The World", and thought he has a good sound. I
only listened to Cheryl Wheeler do the "potato" song, and must say I
wasn't impressed, but would give her a 2nd listen to something else she
does, I think.
Thanks for posting those!

Oh on Cheryl Wheeler.. that was just one of her joke songs.. I don't even
think she bothers to put ti on a CD.

I can tell you she is an amazing singer/songerwriter, storyteller. I
would put her in my top three performers I've ever seen in my life.. and
at some of these festivals we go to, there are 80 + performers in one
weekend..

Give a few of her other clips a shot.. listen to it all.. not just how it
'sounds'.. but the lyrics, how she can transport you to another place with
the songs that she's written..

[f***@gmail.com]

Post by Judy Haffner

Post by f***@gmail.com
I guess the short answer is that there
aren't too many kinds of music I don't
like. Some find it curious that I like folk
music but not country. I see them as
being very different....or at least they
used to be....the lines are a bit hazy
now.

I remember you saying before you didn't care for country, and I think
one of the reasons I do so much is because I grew up with it, as my dad
was such a big country fan, and I can remember him playing Eddy Arnold,
Roy Acuff, Slim Whitman, Tennessee "Ernie" Ford and Ray Price, to name
just a few, so I developed a early interest in the "old country" sound,
which I still prefer over the new country, as a lot of that seems more
country ROCK?! I'm trying to think in what way folk and country differ,
and I'm drawing a blank and can't bring it to mind. If you have a link
to some good folk music, please do post them.

I always loved Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Pete
Seeger, The Limeliters, The Kingston Trio (which was my very first non-
classical concert), Joe and Eddie, and all of those accoustic groups.
It was the first kind of music which attracted me that I felt wasn't
influenced by my dad's background.

Peter Paul and Mary

The Limeliters

Joan Baez

Post by Judy Haffner
Now that our granddaughter is playing in the Jazz band in high school
(and...the Concert Band and Wind Ensemble!) I am really starting to LIKE
Jazz a lot, and having a greater appreciation for Classical too.
I forgot to say before I DON'T really care for Rap. I LOVE Irish and
Scottish music, and also Big Band sounds....love some of the old Swing
Bands, like Glen Miller. Actually, I also love the music of Rogers &
Hammerstein (spelling?) and I think that will live on. They were the
sound tracts for many of the older musicals. I really like most all
types of music, but some I like more than others.

Folk music has a very close connection with the old style Irish and
Scottish music, so I think you would like that, too.

Moni

Post by Judy Haffner
Judy

[Judy Haffner]

Post by f***@gmail.com
I always loved Peter, Paul and Mary,
Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger,
The Limeliters, The Kingston Trio (which
was my very first non- classical
concert), Joe and Eddie, and all of those
accoustic groups. It was the first kind of
music which attracted me that I felt
wasn't influenced by my dad's
background.
Peter Paul and Mary

xg
The Limeliters

s
Joan Baez

_qI

Thanks for posting these links for these singers...was so refreshing
to hear Peter Paul & Mary, The Limelighters and Joan Baez again! I also
have always liked The Kingston Trio! Talk about GOOD music!

Judy

[-Calliope-]

Post by f***@gmail.com
I guess the short answer is that there aren't too many kinds of music
I don't like. Some find it curious that I like folk music but not
country. I see them as being very different....

Me too! I think having to sit at the Nashville airport for six hours
straight should be considered cruel and unusual punishment, it is just a
horrible, horrible experience. The people who have to work there deserve
extra pay for hazzard duty, as it could easily inspire violence amongst
the travelers having to suffer through it.. at least it nearly did with
ME! LOL...

But I LOVE folk music...

Post by f***@gmail.com
or at least they used
to be....the lines are a bit hazy now.

What I've felt is that there are some 'light country' performers that
prefer to be called 'folk musicians' over 'country musician' for some
reason.

If you want to see a group touring the current folk scene that I just
thought was awesome, but was anything *but* folk...

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=
38265624

There are video's available to see on their myspace.. we bought a DVD of
theirs as we felt they were far more visual than most artists.. My
speakers are not attached to my computer at this time so I can't really
check the quality of these videos or even if they show what I mean about
whether they should be considered folk or not.

(I've moved my computer, its no longer close to the TV, haven't hooked up
the speakers, yet.)

[Judy Haffner]

Me too! I think having to sit at the
Nashville airport for six hours straight
should be considered cruel and unusual
punishment, it is just a horrible, horrible
experience. The people who have to
work there deserve extra pay for
hazzard duty, as it could easily inspire
violence amongst the travelers having to
suffer through it.. at least it nearly did
with ME! LOL...
If you want to see a group touring the
current folk scene that I just thought
was awesome, but was anything *but*
folk...
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus
eaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=
38265624

I've never been to Nashville, but do they PLAY country music inside the
airport?! You and Moni would have to have ear plugs! <G> I like most
all C/W music, but the older more than the newer stuff, and never tire
of it. I often have the CMT channel on a lot when am home alone.

I couldn't get this site to open up, Cal..got a message that said user
of MySpace has invalid password, or some such thing, when I tried
clicking on it???

Judy

[-Calliope-]

Post by Judy Haffner

Me too! I think having to sit at the
Nashville airport for six hours straight
should be considered cruel and unusual
punishment, it is just a horrible, horrible
experience. The people who have to
work there deserve extra pay for
hazzard duty, as it could easily inspire
violence amongst the travelers having to
suffer through it.. at least it nearly did
with ME! LOL...
If you want to see a group touring the
current folk scene that I just thought
was awesome, but was anything *but*
folk...
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus
eaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=
38265624

I've never been to Nashville, but do they PLAY country music inside the
airport?!

Well, it's piped in music, like they have at all public places but instead
on nice soothing music like you'd expect.. it's the nails on a chalkboard
country crap, LOL... for hours and hours and hours.. four hours into it, I
could have easily hit someone if they'd have said "boo".

Post by Judy Haffner
You and Moni would have to have ear plugs! <G>

This was all pre-iPod days.. if I were ever to travel to a southern
airport again, you can be sure I'll be far better prepared to avoid that
crap, LOL.

Post by Judy Haffner
I like most
all C/W music, but the older more than the newer stuff, and never tire
of it. I often have the CMT channel on a lot when am home alone.

Eekk.. I can't relate.. the only thing that gets clicked off faster than
country is rap.. but both are hard on the ears.

Post by Judy Haffner
I couldn't get this site to open up, Cal..got a message that said user
of MySpace has invalid password, or some such thing, when I tried
clicking on it???

Hmmm.. I'll have to look around again, sorry.. though I can't imagine
you'd like it at all.. these guys, though they travel in the "folk music"
circuit.. and though I enjoy them a great deal.. I don't find them to be
'folk music'. Kind of a jondra all their own.. not quite full blown
Rock.. not country.. not folk.. I dunno.. Fun, though :0)

[f***@gmail.com]

Post by Judy Haffner

Me too! I think having to sit at the
Nashville airport for six hours straight
should be considered cruel and unusual
punishment, it is just a horrible, horrible
experience. The people who have to
work there deserve extra pay for
hazzard duty, as it could easily inspire
violence amongst the travelers having to
suffer through it.. at least it nearly did
with ME! LOL...
If you want to see a group touring the
current folk scene that I just thought
was awesome, but was anything *but*
folk...
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus
eaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=
38265624

I've never been to Nashville, but do they PLAY country music inside the
airport?! You and Moni would have to have ear plugs! <G> I like most
all C/W music, but the older more than the newer stuff, and never tire
of it. I often have the CMT channel on a lot when am home alone.

I had to fly in and out of Nashville a few years ago and I was
warned. :) My musician friend teased me about my reaction. "It's
okay. This, too, shall pass." I actually remember thinking "Okay,
some of this isn't bad, but does it have to be played on such wimpy
speakers? I don't think anything would sound good here." <g>

Moni

[f***@gmail.com]

Post by -Calliope-

Post by f***@gmail.com
I guess the short answer is that there aren't too many kinds of music
I don't like. Some find it curious that I like folk music but not
country. I see them as being very different....

Me too! I think having to sit at the Nashville airport for six hours
straight should be considered cruel and unusual punishment, it is just a
horrible, horrible experience. The people who have to work there deserve
extra pay for hazzard duty, as it could easily inspire violence amongst
the travelers having to suffer through it.. at least it nearly did with
ME! LOL...
But I LOVE folk music...

Post by f***@gmail.com
or at least they used
to be....the lines are a bit hazy now.

What I've felt is that there are some 'light country' performers that
prefer to be called 'folk musicians' over 'country musician' for some
reason.
If you want to see a group touring the current folk scene that I just
thought was awesome, but was anything *but* folk...
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&frie...
38265624
There are video's available to see on their myspace.. we bought a DVD of
theirs as we felt they were far more visual than most artists.. My
speakers are not attached to my computer at this time so I can't really
check the quality of these videos or even if they show what I mean about
whether they should be considered folk or not.
(I've moved my computer, its no longer close to the TV, haven't hooked up
the speakers, yet.)

I couldn't get the link. Is there another way of getting it?

Moni

[-Calliope-]

Post by f***@gmail.com
I couldn't get the link. Is there another way of getting it?

I can't test out the quality of the sound, but I think just by looking at
this website, you can see that they're a bit different..

http://www.slambovia.com/radiofree.html

If you look to the left under their other links, they offer 'bootleg
videos' of some of their shows.

Oh.. here you go.. good ol' Youtube :-)

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=related&search_query=gandalf%
20murphy%20slambovian%20circus%20dreams%20punk%20hillbilly%20floyd%
20americana%20flapjacks%20gandalph%20derby%20clown%
20accordion&v=YG88Sg6OpDs

ARGH.. need a smaller URL than that! LOL

http://tinyurl.com/2ryowo

There.. that's better!

[Judy Haffner]

Post by f***@gmail.com
My tastes have changed considerably.
During the 60s, I was all about folk
music and jazz, with a smattering of
whatever played at Monterey Pop (yes, I
was there). It wasn't until the 80s that I rediscovered
my love for classical music (my dad was
always into mostly operas, but I started
to really love piano concertos). Choral
music had always been a part of my life,
but by the time I graduated from
college, I was a real hodge podge of
competing interests.
I guess the short answer is that there
aren't too many kinds of music I don't
like. Some find it curious that I like folk
music but not country. I see them as
being very different....or at least they
used to be....the lines are a bit hazy
now.

It wasn't until later in my life, that I realized how much I liked
classical music and also Jazz. I love listening to our local high school
Jazz band..they are wonderful, and am so long our granddaughter decided
to join it this year.

I know you have never cared for Country, and I think the reason I always
have, is because that was my mom and dad's favorite kind of music, so I
grew up listening to it. If Season 7 of A. I. is going to be a "country
year" like Bob Rudd keeps saying, you might not want to watch it for
long......but he could be wrong?! :0)

Judy

[f***@gmail.com]

Post by Judy Haffner

Post by f***@gmail.com
My tastes have changed considerably.
During the 60s, I was all about folk
music and jazz, with a smattering of
whatever played at Monterey Pop (yes, I
was there). It wasn't until the 80s that I rediscovered
my love for classical music (my dad was
always into mostly operas, but I started
to really love piano concertos). Choral
music had always been a part of my life,
but by the time I graduated from
college, I was a real hodge podge of
competing interests.
I guess the short answer is that there
aren't too many kinds of music I don't
like. Some find it curious that I like folk
music but not country. I see them as
being very different....or at least they
used to be....the lines are a bit hazy
now.

It wasn't until later in my life, that I realized how much I liked
classical music and also Jazz. I love listening to our local high school
Jazz band..they are wonderful, and am so long our granddaughter decided
to join it this year.
I know you have never cared for Country, and I think the reason I always
have, is because that was my mom and dad's favorite kind of music, so I
grew up listening to it. If Season 7 of A. I. is going to be a "country
year" like Bob Rudd keeps saying, you might not want to watch it for
long......but he could be wrong?! :0)
Judy- Hide quoted text -
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What I don't like about old school country music is the whole sequins
and big hair tradition...both on men and women. I find the voices to
be nasal and unpleasant and the music to be simple to the point of
being uninspired. My dad always teased me that since I knew three
chords on a guitar, I could start my own band. I did. :) I was the
singer, though, so they let me walk away from the guitar. I came
across a music book (with piano chords, I never did learn how to read
tab) and I noticed a very repetative chord construction. It was even
simpler than rock music (okay, we're not talking heavy duty rock,
which can get pretty complex, but mostly the accessable high school
garage band kind of music), which was not much better than the three
chord wonders. Mostly, though, it was the contrast between the "I'm
just a simple country girl" and the sequins and big hair that made me
laugh.

Moni

[zob]

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:04 -0800, ***@webtv.net (Judy Haffner)
wrote:

<snip>

|Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
|post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!
|
|Judy

I grew up in a family that loved music and sang as long as I can
remember. I learned (and loved) the old standards and sing-a-long
songs from my parents and grandparents; the whole family would sit
around and harmonize to songs like "Heart of my Heart;" "Don't Fence
Me In;" "Let the Rest Of The World Go By;" "Shanty In Old Shanty
Town;" "Play A Simple Melody;" "et. al. (The whole family except for
my brother, who was born without a harmonizer, poor guy!). I was born
in the 50's but never learned much of that music because we sang and
listened to the OLD records mostly from the 1910's though the 40's.

Then in the 60's I came into my own and in junior High I thought
Herman's Hermits were the ultimate! LOL! By the time I was 12 or 13
I was playing a couple of instruments and drove everybody crazy with
"Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter" and "Hen-er-y the Eighth."
For some reason I went through a phase as an early teen (this is
weird) where I liked "dark" songs that had a tragic theme such as
"Patches;" "White On White;" "Alone Again Naturally" etc.

In my late teens through my twenties I was typical young man and was
really into the contemporary music (who wouldn't be; it was the late
60's and 70's!). The lines between genres were a lot more blurred
back then, and I loved both Country Music and Pop as well as the
Standards. And of course the British Invasion groups. So by the time
I did my first gig at 18 playing the organ and singing dinner music at
a local Country Club, I was doing a big variety of songs from every
era; everything from "If You Were The Only Girl In The World" to "Old
Cape Cod" to "Crazy" to "Somethng Tells Me I'm Into Something Good" to
"Yesterday" to "Cherish" (Association, one of my all time favorite
songs of all the music I've ever learned). I also got interested in
Movie themes in the 70's and added to my repertoire practically the
entire scores of the movies "Mame," "Sound of Music," "Fiddler On The
Roof," "West Stde Story."

In College I met a young lady who was into theater, and she introduced
me to Broadway music; and I was surprised to find that I already knew
a lot from the movie and versions (I grew up in an isolated hick town
in New England and knew nothing about Big City Music!). She was in a
variety show on campus and asked me if I would sing "Do I Love You?"
from 'Fiddler' with her in the show, and that was the point that I
became hooked on Broadway music I think. But it wasn't until 15 years
later when I was doing piano bar entertainment and started going to
NYC to see shows like Phantom, Les Mis, and Cats that I really became
almost fanatical.

I also started to like C&W in the 70's, and played in a couple of
country bands. In one band, "Ray and the Country Kings" Ray was from
Québec and French-speaking; he was our lead singer and sang all the
C&W songs with a french accent. What a hoot! (We also had a
phenomenal sax player and did far more than country; with the sax and
me on the synthesizer we would throw in songs like "Harlem Nocturne,"
"Cherry Pink and Apple Bossom White; "Jealousy" and "The Impossible
Dream" when nobody was paying attention.

While all this was going on, I also grew up singing and playing in
church, at 16 years old I was a church organist and in the adult
choir. Starting in the mid-70's through the 80's along with
everything else, I was the Minster of Music at a large
non-denominationl church in Virginia Beach, played the organ and piano
there and directed the church orchestra and led congregational
singing.

By the 90's I loved all kinds of music and still was doing some
entertainment on the side, specializing in the latest Show Tunes and
Pop and Country ballads. ( I was singing "Wind Beneath My WIngs"
years before Bette Middler recorded it; I loved it when I first heard
Gary Morris sing it in the early 1980's.") My singing and playing
came to a screeching halt in 1998 when I had a freak stroke in my
mid-40's. I survived and got on with my life, but I forever lost the
fine motor skill in my right hand to be able to play the keyboards or
guitar in public. Also, the stroke didn't affect my speaking voice
too much but I would never be able to sing again, at least not like I
did before and certainly not in public!
---
Well, you had to go and ask! I didn't plan on writing an
autobiography, LOL! -- but when somebody says, "Who is your favorite
artist" there is no shirt answer for me. I don't have a favorite
artist; I like songs more than I do singers as a rule. I played by ear
my whole life (although I learned to read music in college); I had a
natural ability to hear a song and just be able to play it and I
always put my own interpretation to songs... so I never really got
into individual singers, with a few exceptions: Early BeeGees,
Beatles and Hermans Hermits when I was young; Carpenters, the Eagles
and the Fifth Dimension in College years, and certain Contemporary
Christian singers like Sandi Patty, Russ Taff and Steve Greene as I
got older. Until I heard Il Divo a couple of years ago, there was no
singer or group for years whose music I would pay money for.

Jduy, it's 3:30 a.m., I have to get up and go to work in 4 hours, and
it's all your fault!!!!!!!!!!! You got me started on this!

[-Calliope-]

Post by zob
Jduy, it's 3:30 a.m., I have to get up and go to work in 4 hours, and
it's all your fault!!!!!!!!!!! You got me started on this!

LOL.. that's like my post yesterday in reply to this question.. I ended up
being late for work, cuz I was so intent on the question...

I feel like I missed so many types of music too... Moni mentioned Piano
concertos.. I love that.... you mentioned your canadian singer.. and I was
instantly reminded of one of my favorites..Le Vent du Nord.. a group that
has undergone frequent changes, but still has the core members.. my
favorite CD of theirs was purchased in 2003..I can't find the disc case to
get the info and well, it's French-Canadian..

And you mentioned Karen Carpenter.. I'm still pissed off that my ex took
all the carpenter stuff..

So much.. I guess it's easier to say what I *don't* like... Rap. Country..
and stuff that is put out by the likes of Mariah Cary (carrey?) and
performers like her. Cacophonous Jazz.. I guess I'd call it discordant
Jazz.. Hmmm I think that's about it.

Shoot.. gonna be late again! LOL..

[Judy Haffner]

Zob wrote:

<snipped for length>

Well, you had to go and ask! I didn't plan
on writing an autobiography, LOL! =A0 --
but when somebody says, "Who is your
favorite artist" there is no shirt answer
for me. I don't have a favorite artist; I
like songs more than I do singers as a
rule. I played by ear my whole life
(although I learned to read music in
college); I had a natural ability to hear a
song and just be able to play it and I
always put my own interpretation to
songs... so I never really got into
individual singers, with a few
exceptions: Early BeeGees, Beatles and
Hermans Hermits when I was young;
Carpenters, the Eagles and the Fifth
Dimension in College years, and certain
Contemporary Christian singers like
Sandi Patty, Russ Taff and Steve
Greene as I got older.
Jduy, it's 3:30 a.m., I have to get up and
go to work in 4 hours, and it's all your
fault!!!!!!!!!!! =A0 You got me started on
this!

I'm really glad I did ask this question, as have gotten some interesting
info from many of the posters in this NG, as far as their likes and
dislikes in musical tastes go, and I sure did enjoy what all you had to
say, Zob, as I know you have had an extensive musical background, so I
am glad you stayed up past your bedtime to give us the details. It was
obviously VERY late, cause you even misspelled my name! :o)

It seems like the majority that have joined this thread like a lot of
the same artists, and that could be because of the average age of the
posters on here, as am sure many of the younger folks would not agree on
some of these?!

Judy

[Xan]

Post by fille
<snip>
|Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
|post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!
|
|Judy
While all this was going on, I also grew up singing and playing in
church, at 16 years old I was a church organist and in the adult
choir. Starting in the mid-70's through the 80's along with
everything else, I was the Minster of Music at a large
non-denominationl church in Virginia Beach, played the organ and piano
there and directed the church orchestra and led congregational
singing.

I was also a church organist for a while. I had an interesting
experience learning to play the organ, and I'm wondering if you
experienced the same thing. I had been playing piano since I was six
years old (mom was a piano teacher), but when I first started organ
lessons in college, I found it extremely difficult getting the two hands
and two feet to work together. I could play them fine separately, but
felt like an oaf trying to get them to move smoothly as a musical unit.
It seemed as though I would never get them synchronized, until one day
when I was practicing, it happened in one amazing, beautiful instant!
It just all came together magically. This was one of the outstanding
"ah ha!" moments of my life!

Xan

[Mickey]

Post by Xan

Post by fille
<snip>
|Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
|post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!
|
|Judy
While all this was going on, I also grew up singing and playing in
church, at 16 years old I was a church organist and in the adult
choir. Starting in the mid-70's through the 80's along with
everything else, I was the Minster of Music at a large
non-denominationl church in Virginia Beach, played the organ and piano
there and directed the church orchestra and led congregational
singing.

I was also a church organist for a while. I had an interesting
experience learning to play the organ, and I'm wondering if you
experienced the same thing. I had been playing piano since I was six
years old (mom was a piano teacher), but when I first started organ
lessons in college, I found it extremely difficult getting the two hands
and two feet to work together. I could play them fine separately, but
felt like an oaf trying to get them to move smoothly as a musical unit.
It seemed as though I would never get them synchronized, until one day
when I was practicing, it happened in one amazing, beautiful instant! It
just all came together magically. This was one of the outstanding "ah
ha!" moments of my life!
Xan

Organists can have similar problems adjusting to piano. I started out as
an organist and, when confronted with the piano, had problems with the
left hand's role of maintaining both the bass line and the chordal
underpinnings, which is typical of many styles of piano music. (Stride
piano remains beyond me.)

The Other Mickey

[don]

Post by Mickey
Organists can have similar problems adjusting to piano. I started out as
an organist and, when confronted with the piano, had problems with the
left hand's role of maintaining both the bass line and the chordal
underpinnings, which is typical of many styles of piano music. (Stride
piano remains beyond me.)

I also went the organ to piano route, and my biggest problem was dealing
with the touch sensitive keys. My left hand was constantly drowning out
the melody. Stride was how I learned to play the piano, and it made it
very hard to learn to play modern pop songs since I felt like I had to
keep doing that bass-chord-bass-chord thing.

[zob]

On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:28:16 -0500, Xan <***@charter.net>
wrote:

|zob wrote:
|> On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:04 -0800, ***@webtv.net (Judy Haffner)
|> wrote:
|>
|> <snip>
|>
|> |Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
|> |post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!
|> |
|> |Judy
|>
|>
|>
|>
|>
|>
|> While all this was going on, I also grew up singing and playing in
|> church, at 16 years old I was a church organist and in the adult
|> choir. Starting in the mid-70's through the 80's along with
|> everything else, I was the Minster of Music at a large
|> non-denominationl church in Virginia Beach, played the organ and piano
|> there and directed the church orchestra and led congregational
|> singing.
|
|I was also a church organist for a while. I had an interesting
|experience learning to play the organ, and I'm wondering if you
|experienced the same thing. I had been playing piano since I was six
|years old (mom was a piano teacher), but when I first started organ
|lessons in college, I found it extremely difficult getting the two hands
|and two feet to work together. I could play them fine separately, but
|felt like an oaf trying to get them to move smoothly as a musical unit.
| It seemed as though I would never get them synchronized, until one day
|when I was practicing, it happened in one amazing, beautiful instant!
|It just all came together magically. This was one of the outstanding
|"ah ha!" moments of my life!

i was the opposite ... I played the organ first and it was ten or
fifteen years before I played the piano. I couldn't figure out how to
get the rhythm ont he piano,since on the organ I had my foot pedal and
lower keyboard, lol! It clicked eventually though!

[Vandar]

Post by Judy Haffner
Do you still like the same kind of music you did when you were growing
up, or have your tastes in music changed over the years, as you've
matured?

Nope, my tastes are the same as when I was 7. Big Bird is still my
favorite, I can't enough of Bob McAllister's "Kids Are People Too", and
those two chicks from the Magic Garden rock with the best of 'em. :)

Seriously, my tastes haven't changed all that much, but my appreciation
of other types has expanded. I'm a rock & roll fan first and foremost,
but I also own a little classical (Mozart & Bach), a little of the new
"alternative" crap, and the greatest soundtrack in the history of
soundtracks - "Conan the Barbarian" by Basil Poledouris.

Post by Judy Haffner
Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!

All time favorite, by far, is Iron Maiden. In the 70s, I listened to
Zeppelin, Floyd, Sabbath, Iron Butterfly, Cream, Yardbirds, Herman's
Hermits, Traffic, Joplin, AC/DC, The Doors, etc. In the 80s I was
introduced to Joe Jackson, Quarterflash, The Tubes, Savatage, etc. When
I moved to Florida, circa 1983, I was in a friend's car and Iron
Maiden's "Run To The Hills" came on the radio. I was hooked from that
moment on. They've been my favorite ever since. When their lineup
changed dramatically in the early 90s, I pretty much stopped following
music until the original guys regrouped in 1999. Their music is more
than just loud guitars and screaming vocals. They tell stories, some
quite long. They don't write the basic 3 minute "hit singles" that bands
like to release. They've written multiple songs that are over 10 minutes
in length, with the longest being a little over 13 minutes (Rime of the
Ancient Mariner, based on the Coleridge poem). Someone once said that
the difference between Iron Maiden and every other metal band out there
is that after listening to Iron Maiden, you might actually be smarter
than before you listened to them. It's a good assessment. There aren't
many rock bands out there who live clean and whose lead singer is not
only a fencer and novelist, but a licensed, employed commercial airline
pilot.
Sheesh! You'd think I work for their PR department.

For those that care, and I know most of you don't, here's a few of their
tunes:

"Run to the Hills" (1982 - the tale of the American Indian)

"Powerslave" (1984 title track- the death of an Egyptian Pharoah - one
of their best tunes)

"Aces High" (1984 - WWII fighter pilot)

"The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" (recent - a more mature sound)

"Ghost of the Navigator" (recent - Pirates of the Caribbean footage, but
it has nothing to do with the movie)

For the holidays, there's nothing better than the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
http://www.trans-siberian.com/multimedia/index.shtml

For those who may remember a couple of years ago, there was a video all
over the web of a house with its Christmas lights set to the beat of a
pretty rockin' Christmas tune.

The song is "Wizards in Winter" by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

I think even y'all fancy book-learnin' musical folk whose names start
with "M" (Moni, Mickey) could appreciate them.

[Judy Haffner]

Post by Vandar
For those that care, and I know most of
"Run to the Hills" (1982 - the tale of the
American Indian)

hl2bAk
"Ghost of the Navigator" (recent - Pirates
of the Caribbean footage, but it has
nothing to do with the movie)

P94fXU
For those who may remember a couple
of years ago, there was a video all over
the web of a house with its Christmas
lights set to the beat of a pretty rockin'
Christmas tune.

s2LhSo The song is "Wizards in Winter"
by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Gotta' say, Vandar, I am NOT a Iron Maiden fan...seems like it's just a
bunch of yelling, and can't understand the words of the songs, and the
instruments were deafening..sorry! Played several on the sites you
posted, and they all sounded about the same to me?! I will say I DID
however, like the Ghost Of The Navigator, but only because it had
footage of the Pirates Of The Caribbean movie, and Johnny Depp (sigh!)
:-)

I really did like the Trans-Siberian orchestra though, and sent that
"Wizards Of Winter" video site to my 17 yo granddaughter...anxious to
get her feedback on it!

Judy

[Vandar]

Post by Judy Haffner

Post by Vandar
For those that care, and I know most of
"Run to the Hills" (1982 - the tale of the
American Indian)
http://youtu.be/u5Sne
hl2bAk
"Ghost of the Navigator" (recent - Pirates
of the Caribbean footage, but it has
nothing to do with the movie)
http://youtu.be/Aol1b
P94fXU
For those who may remember a couple
of years ago, there was a video all over
the web of a house with its Christmas
lights set to the beat of a pretty rockin'
Christmas tune.
http://youtu.be/IK90Y
s2LhSo The song is "Wizards in Winter"
by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Gotta' say, Vandar, I am NOT a Iron Maiden fan...seems like it's just a
bunch of yelling, and can't understand the words of the songs, and the
instruments were deafening..sorry! Played several on the sites you
posted, and they all sounded about the same to me?! I will say I DID
however, like the Ghost Of The Navigator, but only because it had
footage of the Pirates Of The Caribbean movie, and Johnny Depp (sigh!)
:-)

No surprise. I assumed most people here wouldn't like 'em.

Post by Judy Haffner
I really did like the Trans-Siberian orchestra though, and sent that
"Wizards Of Winter" video site to my 17 yo granddaughter...anxious to
get her feedback on it!

They're very good. If you really want to shock your musical senses, this
is what the guitarist and founder of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra did
before starting the orchestra.

[f***@gmail.com]

Post by Vandar
For those who may remember a couple of years ago, there was a video all
over the web of a house with its Christmas lights set to the beat of a
pretty rockin' Christmas http://youtu.be/IK90Ys2LhSo
The song is "Wizards in Winter" by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
I think even y'all fancy book-learnin' musical folk whose names start
with "M" (Moni, Mickey) could appreciate them.

I remember this video. Very cool. I like them, too. A friend gave
me a DVD of their music. It really is fun to listen to.

Moni

[zob]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:29:13 -0700, ***@gmail.com wrote:

|On Aug 29, 7:57 am, Vandar <***@yahoo.com> wrote:
|> For those who may remember a couple of years ago, there was a video all
|> over the web of a house with its Christmas lights set to the beat of a
|> pretty rockin' Christmas http://youtu.be/IK90Ys2LhSo
|> The song is "Wizards in Winter" by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
|>
|> I think even y'all fancy book-learnin' musical folk whose names start
|> with "M" (Moni, Mickey) could appreciate them.
|
|I remember this video. Very cool. I like them, too. A friend gave
|me a DVD of their music. It really is fun to listen to.
|
|Moni

Yeah, they did a concert on a PBS special last year and were
phenomenal. Not at all what I expected.

[dixichik]

Post by Judy Haffner
Do you still like the same kind of music you did when you were growing
up, or have your tastes in music changed over the years, as you've
matured?
Who are some of your most favorite artists? It would be great, if you'd
post some links to hear your favorites...how about it?!
Judy

I like both kinds of music...........Country and Western! :D


Seriously, I grew up listening to The Glen Miller Band, Tommy Dorsey,
Jackie Gleason (how many of you remember he played Big Band music?),
Benny Goodman, Mantovani, Doris Day, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Andy
Williams, The Beach Boys, Herman's Hermits, The Monkees, Peter, Paul &
Mary, etc. We also listened to the Grand Ole Opry on the radio with
Little Jimmie Dickens and bluegrass fiddlers, Johnny Cash, June Carter
Cash, Ray Price, Porter Waggoner, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Conway
Twitty, Buck Owens, Roy Clark, etc.

In other words, I grew up listening to an eclectic mix of music and an
appreciation for different types. To this day, I still love Big Band,
Swing, Western Swing, Early Country, Outlaw Country (Waylon & Willie &
the boys), 80's country (George, Clint, Alan), some of the newer
stuff, 50s and 60s rock, 70s, disco, 80s, some classical (Brahms,
Mozart, Vivaldi), early r&b (Vandross, Hayes, White), Motown.

I cannot stand rap and I absolutely have to turn the station whenever
I hear that dreadful "Hey There, Delilah" song. I'd almost rather
listen to Paris Hilton.

[Judy Haffner]

Post by dixichik
I like both kinds of music...........Country
and Western! :D

Same here, Dixi! Heeeee Hawwwww! :-)

Post by dixichik
Seriously, I grew up listening to The
Glen Miller Band, Tommy Dorsey,
Jackie Gleason (how many of you
remember he played Big Band music?),
Benny Goodman, Mantovani, Doris Day,
Dean Martin, Perry Como, Andy
Williams, The Beach Boys, Herman's
Hermits, The Monkees, Peter, Paul &
Mary, etc. We also listened to the Grand
Ole Opry on the radio with Little Jimmie
Dickens and bluegrass fiddlers, Johnny
Cash, June Carter Cash, Ray Price,
Porter Waggoner, Dolly Parton, Loretta
Lynn, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens, Roy
Clark, etc.
In other words, I grew up listening to an
eclectic mix of music and an
appreciation for different types.
I cannot stand rap and I absolutely have
to turn the station whenever I hear that
dreadful "Hey There, Delilah" song. I'd
almost rather listen to Paris Hilton.

I like a lot of the same country singers that you do, and also really
enjoyed the Glen Miller band,Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman. Liked the
Beach Boys real well also, and oh, yes....Doris Day, Perry Como and Dean
Martin.

I saw Dolly Parton and Buck Owens in person, also Merle Haggard and
loved Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, and would really have liked to
have seen them on stage.

I think the consensus has been reached...that NO one here likes Rap!!!

Judy

[dixichik]

Post by Judy Haffner

Post by dixichik
I like both kinds of music...........Country
and Western! :D

Same here, Dixi! Heeeee Hawwwww! :-)

Post by dixichik
Seriously, I grew up listening to The
Glen Miller Band, Tommy Dorsey,
Jackie Gleason (how many of you
remember he played Big Band music?),
Benny Goodman, Mantovani, Doris Day,
Dean Martin, Perry Como, Andy
Williams, The Beach Boys, Herman's
Hermits, The Monkees, Peter, Paul &
Mary, etc. We also listened to the Grand
Ole Opry on the radio with Little Jimmie
Dickens and bluegrass fiddlers, Johnny
Cash, June Carter Cash, Ray Price,
Porter Waggoner, Dolly Parton, Loretta
Lynn, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens, Roy
Clark, etc.
In other words, I grew up listening to an
eclectic mix of music and an
appreciation for different types.
I cannot stand rap and I absolutely have
to turn the station whenever I hear that
dreadful "Hey There, Delilah" song. I'd
almost rather listen to Paris Hilton.

I like a lot of the same country singers that you do, and also really
enjoyed the Glen Miller band,Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman. Liked the
Beach Boys real well also, and oh, yes....Doris Day, Perry Como and Dean
Martin.
I saw Dolly Parton and Buck Owens in person, also Merle Haggard and
loved Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, and would really have liked to
have seen them on stage.
I think the consensus has been reached...that NO one here likes Rap!!!
Judy

I think Rap is misspelled. It should read CRap!

[dixichik]

Post by Judy Haffner

Post by dixichik
I like both kinds of music...........Country
and Western! :D

Same here, Dixi! Heeeee Hawwwww! :-)

Post by dixichik
Seriously, I grew up listening to The
Glen Miller Band, Tommy Dorsey,
Jackie Gleason (how many of you
remember he played Big Band music?),
Benny Goodman, Mantovani, Doris Day,
Dean Martin, Perry Como, Andy
Williams, The Beach Boys, Herman's
Hermits, The Monkees, Peter, Paul &
Mary, etc. We also listened to the Grand
Ole Opry on the radio with Little Jimmie
Dickens and bluegrass fiddlers, Johnny
Cash, June Carter Cash, Ray Price,
Porter Waggoner, Dolly Parton, Loretta
Lynn, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens, Roy
Clark, etc.
In other words, I grew up listening to an
eclectic mix of music and an
appreciation for different types.
I cannot stand rap and I absolutely have
to turn the station whenever I hear that
dreadful "Hey There, Delilah" song. I'd
almost rather listen to Paris Hilton.

I like a lot of the same country singers that you do, and also really
enjoyed the Glen Miller band,Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman. Liked the
Beach Boys real well also, and oh, yes....Doris Day, Perry Como and Dean
Martin.
I saw Dolly Parton and Buck Owens in person, also Merle Haggard and
loved Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, and would really have liked to
have seen them on stage.
I think the consensus has been reached...that NO one here likes Rap!!!
Judy

Oh, I saw Johnny Lee (remember him from the Urban Cowboy soundtrack?),
Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley in concert here in Shreveport in
1982. Now that was a hell of a concert. I also saw Charlie Daniels
in the late 90, Alabama 2x and Trace Adkins. Man, he's sexy!

In the early 90s, I went to a local concert featuring The Platters,
Little Anthony, Mickey Dolenz, Tiny Tim, and the dude who sang Land of
a Thousand Dances. There weren't very many people there because the
concert wasn't well publicized for some reason but it was fun.

[Judy Haffner]

Post by dixichik
Oh, I saw Johnny Lee (remember him
from the Urban Cowboy soundtrack?),
Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley in
concert here in Shreveport in
1982. Now that was a hell of a concert. I
also saw Charlie Daniels in the late 90,
Alabama 2x and Trace Adkins. Man,
he's sexy!
In the early 90s, I went to a local concert
featuring The Platters, Little Anthony,
Mickey Dolenz, Tiny Tim, and the dude
who sang Land of a Thousand Dances.
There weren't very many people there
because the concert wasn't well
publicized for some reason but it was fun.

I can't say that I am familiar with Johnny Lee??? Maybe if I heard his
voice, a lightbulb may go off!

I would love to see Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley in person....love
their music! My mom and dad saw Mickey in Vegas many years ago, but
unfortunately I wasn't with them.

I'd also like to see Alabama. I have seen The Bellamy Brothers twice,
Confederate Railroad, Charlie Daniels, Janie Fricke, and also The
Platters, The Lettermen more than once (talk about a trip back in time,
but both of those groups were great, including The Four Aces!) and know
I've mentioned others earlier in this thread that I've seen in concert
too...have seen many entertainers over the years, but some just stand
out in my memory.

Judy

[dixichik]

Post by Judy Haffner

Post by dixichik
Oh, I saw Johnny Lee (remember him
from the Urban Cowboy soundtrack?),
Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley in
concert here in Shreveport in
1982. Now that was a hell of a concert. I
also saw Charlie Daniels in the late 90,
Alabama 2x and Trace Adkins. Man,
he's sexy!
In the early 90s, I went to a local concert
featuring The Platters, Little Anthony,
Mickey Dolenz, Tiny Tim, and the dude
who sang Land of a Thousand Dances.
There weren't very many people there
because the concert wasn't well
publicized for some reason but it was fun.

I can't say that I am familiar with Johnny Lee??? Maybe if I heard his
voice, a lightbulb may go off!
I would love to see Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley in person....love
their music! My mom and dad saw Mickey in Vegas many years ago, but
unfortunately I wasn't with them.
I'd also like to see Alabama. I have seen The Bellamy Brothers twice,
Confederate Railroad, Charlie Daniels, Janie Fricke, and also The
Platters, The Lettermen more than once (talk about a trip back in time,
but both of those groups were great, including The Four Aces!) and know
I've mentioned others earlier in this thread that I've seen in concert
too...have seen many entertainers over the years, but some just stand
out in my memory.
Judy

If memory serves me correctly (and I'm not so sure about that right
now-LOL), Johnny Lee was in a relationship with Charlene Tilton
(Dallas TV series) in the '80s. His one hit was "Lookin' for Love (In
All The Wrong Places).

[don]

Post by dixichik
In the early 90s, I went to a local concert featuring The Platters,
Little Anthony, Mickey Dolenz, Tiny Tim, and the dude who sang Land of
a Thousand Dances.

Over the years Land Of 1,000 Dances has been recorded by many, many
artists. In addition to Chris Kenner, Fats Domino, Rufus Thomas,
Cannibal and the Headhunters, Little Willie and Thee Midnighters, and
Wilson Pickett, others who have recorded it include Tina Turner, Patti
Smith, Tom Jones, and Junior Walker. (tsimon.com)

Could it have been Wilson Pickett?

[dixichik]

Post by don

Post by dixichik
In the early 90s, I went to a local concert featuring The Platters,
Little Anthony, Mickey Dolenz, Tiny Tim, and the dude who sang Land of
a Thousand Dances.

Over the years Land Of 1,000 Dances has been recorded by many, many
artists. In addition to Chris Kenner, Fats Domino, Rufus Thomas,
Cannibal and the Headhunters, Little Willie and Thee Midnighters, and
Wilson Pickett, others who have recorded it include Tina Turner, Patti
Smith, Tom Jones, and Junior Walker. (tsimon.com)
Could it have been Wilson Pickett?

It was Cannibal and the Headhunters. Thanks for the memory jog.

[Walker Family]

My tastes are in a constant state of flux. Being 54, I'm into the
oldies from my teen years. I've been into country when I was a
newlywed and always loved classical music and big band/swing as well
as jazz and blues and Broadway show tunes. I also listen to Celtic
and New Age.

The odder side of my taste is that I play Queen when I'm doing high
energy housework and I've been enjoying music not usually associated
with my age. Gym Class Heroes - Cupid's Chokehold, most of the music
by Fergie, even some of Pink plus other current music is actually on
my auto set in the car. I think SYTYCD introduced me to some of that
kind of stuff.

I like staying current - my 9 year old nephew and I compare notes on
current music and video games. Actually, my 31 year old nephew and I
do the same thing. I might even remember some of Barney's songs for
my little granddaughter! Moni in Illinois