Hi gang and welcome to Flash Back Friday. Today I thought we would go way back to the birth of Rock and or Roll and find some of the great songs that started the game. Continue reading
Flashback Friday
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Welcome to Flashback Friday. Since everyone seemed to really enjoy the Loverboy videos I posted in the Open Thread I thought we would stay with a Canadian theme today. Continue reading
You know them, you love them, more importantly, you’ve used them – they are the begging songs. The songs you dedicate to the loved one who just left you standing alone on the curb…in the rain…not even bothering to look back. The song you sing in the shower to the one you desire so, so, SO, so much and that you just know you would make happy. Or the worst, the one that you shouldn’t have let go (dummy) and now she’s off with another man. Continue reading
Disco is practically the most reviled form of music among music snobs across the land. Disco was made for both your tripped-out naked twirling on the dance floor or for dancing with your baby in the kitchen. Artists have been sampling disco for decades and understandably so. Of course, we have all heard “I Will Survive” ninety billion times more than we thought we would but it was an epic break-up song for the ages, so thank you, Gloria Gaynor. Continue reading
There are some songs that can only best be heard with 70,000 of your closest friends singing along. The years of stadium concerts seem to have gone the wayside, with artists preferring to have the more intimate setting of a 20,000 person arena. Suckers. It takes a lot to keep the steaming swarms appeased.
Witness the way AC/DC whips the masses into a synchronized frenzy. Continue reading
You know them. You love them. They are the all-girl groups that inspired you to pick up the drumsticks or to help you, um, fall asleep at night. Continue reading
Who can forget the first time they saw five attractive but slightly different looking men reaching out from the radio or TV screen and begging you to be their girl? Truth be told, boy bands have been around for a very long time. The Jackson 5 was technically a boy bad and one that actually played their own instruments (or get beat by Crazy Old Man Jackson). The brilliance is undeniable (oh and look who shows up at the end of the video).
My favorite boy band of all time (yes, I know all the choreography of this video by heart) is New Edition. Not only did they have so many great hits starting with “Candy Girl,” but they broke up to give us the wonderment of Bobby Brown – BOBBAAAAYYYY!!!!, Bell Biv Devoe, a sensitive Ralph Tresvant and later Johnny Gill, my my my.
Then these guys came along acting like they invented the boy bad. To be fair, the reaction to them was like they invented the boy band. Seeing them in concert – I had a good reason – what just that because I could not hear a single thing over the constant shrieking of prepubescent girls…and their moms.
Hello gang. We talk a lot about music here and I found some real gems through the members of the Crasstalk community. We are a diverse bunch and that is reflected in the kinds of music we like. So today let’s do a little sharing (or oversharing, as is our way). What are your recommendations? What can’t you stop listening to? I’ll start off with a couple old school suggestions from a former rocker girl.
This is Visqueen a pop-punk, super band that formed from the members of Hafacat and The Fastbacks in 2001. Rachel Flotard, the lead singer is still rocking it out although the rest of the band line-up has changed over the years. This is pure, happy, music sugar and this song always makes me feel a little better about life. I defy you to listen to it and not smile.
This is Kinski. A sort of art/hard rock/punk band. They are all amazing musicians and they rarely clutter up their shit with lyrics about getting dumped or whatever. They frequently also do multi-media projects with other kinds of artists that are inevitably really cool. Also, Barrett Wilke is the best drummer, ever. I’m totally serious.
All right, that is enough to start us off. Show us your good stuff gang.
Bursting onto the music scene from one of the least angstiest places in the world, Seattle, grunge took over the airwaves like the smoke from a campfire when the wind shifts. It was angry, intense and generally listened to in darkened basements filled with blacklights. Just me? Okay, then.
Kurt Cobain is the undisputed King of Grunge. He died when his wife Courtney Love killed him at his own hands and despite Pearl Jam’s attempts at dominance, Nirvana’s instant classic album (and cover), Nevermind, really signified the entire genre.
Maybe this is post-grunge but I like the lead singer’s voice, so screw it.
Happy Friday everyone. For today’s Flashback Friday I thought we would play off the Open Thread from last night and continue on with some hippy music. Here are a couple to get you started.
This one is an unorthodox choice, but since it was banned from TV by CBS during the Vietnam war I think it is worth sharing.
Here’s another great one.
All right you dangerous Obama radical types, show me what you got.