What are you listening to? (V)Music

[Populuxe]

Great song, great album, great band.

 

[TexRex]

 

[Populuxe]

 

[Serge.D]

 

[Jean Foisy]

 

[990cc]

 

[Spacegoat]

 

[Epic B]

 

[Populuxe]

 

[VBR]

 

[JoshMead]

Adored the first soundtrack, and didn't even have to bother previewing the sequel before purchasing. Absolutely no regrets, and have been listening to little else over the past week.

 

[990cc]

 

[Populuxe]

 

[Populuxe]

Dammit. Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne and Ivy passed away today from COVID-19. He was a great multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. Including these two bands, he also wrote tons of music for films, including all the music for "That Thing You Do", an underrated Tom Hanks movie about a one-hit wonder band from the 1960s.

 

[Drex124]

 

[Dotini]

For any musicians or musicologists:



IMHO, sophisticated chord changes in pop music originated with the Wrecking Crew (heard in examples 3 and 4 in the vid), and their associated producers, writers, composers and arrangers. Today, they seem to be thing of the past.

 

[evldave333]

 

[Populuxe]

I recognize that view. It's Seattle seen from the Dr. Jose P. Rizal Bridge (aka the 12th Ave S bridge). I've taken plenty of photos from that location. The short building to the left with the pyramid roof is the Smith Tower. For many years, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi.

 

[Populuxe]

Oh no. Bill Withers has passed away. One of the truly great Soul singer/songwriters. RIP

 

[evldave333]

Oh no. Bill Withers has passed away. One of the truly great Soul singer/songwriters. RIP

Hip Hop has so much to thank him for, so many great tunes sampling his work, Jaydee and Madlib brought him to my attention.

 

[TexRex]

Tin Machine does John Lennon. Language warning.



The only thing Bowie could be expected to do was do the unexpected, and that's why I miss him.

 

[prousonhairy]

 

[Serge.D]

My town looks like a ghost town.

 

[TexRex]

 

[evldave333]

An oldie but a goodie sublime piano and synths drum and bass at it finest

 

[FPV MIC]

Spoiler: Language Warning for the interview about their new album

When Violent Soho announced the release of their fifth album, ‘Everything Is A-OK’, they had no idea its title – or its rollout, which included intimate gigs and fans queuing up at record stores for tickets – would become so bittersweet in a matter of months.

“Funnily enough, this record is more relevant than ever because it was recorded at a time when Australia was peaceful and all good, and now, among everything that’s happening, lyrically it seems eerily relevant,” laughs Luke Boerdam, vocalist and guitarist of the Mansfield post-grunge punk band.

“It’s weird. When you write an album and put it out, you wonder if people will get this ironic layer that the world is really ****ed right now and we’ve got all these problems that we’re not dealing with. Then you put the album out and suddenly all those problems you wrote about come to a head and we’re all literally listening to this album in complete isolation, not allowed to leave the house.”

“It’s completely unprecedented times, so to have an album name highlighting that kind of irony… we really didn’t see that coming.”

https://www.nme.com/en_au/music-interviews/violent-soho-everything-is-a-ok-2640354

 

[35mm]

Work From Home with John Coltrane​

Appropriate, in various ways.

 

[TexRex]

 

[Populuxe]

Good news. John Taylor is on the mend from COVID-19.

 

[TexRex]