The Music Thread

[Librarygirl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnqfJstTIH8

Mumford and Sons, I Gave You All
...which bizarrely I heard while having an unusually relaxing afternoon hiding from my boss while supervising a group of visiting students from TX. They were happy to get away from their lecturer and I was happy to get a break from the tense atmosphere in the corridor with my boss. Win win! We sat there with the window open and had a nice afternoon working at a slow pace and chilling to this.

[Surlysomething]

Love Me Somebody - Bad Company


I'm such a sucker for this band. All sorts of great memories..

[LeoGibson]

Electric Worry- Clutch

I dare you not to fist pump or rock out to this one!

[TwilightStarr]

Come Close - Common ft. Mary J. Blige

[WhiteHotRazor]

Quasimoto- The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas

[Mordecai]

Pale Saints - Insubstantial

[BrokenCassette]

Marina and the Diamonds - Valley of the Dolls

[hbighappy]

30 Sec to Mars This is War and The kill/bury me Also DefTones Diamond eyes

[LeoGibson]

The Redheaded Stranger - Willie Nelson

[Surlysomething]

A kick ass version...

Dear Mr. Fantasy - Big Sugar

[Surlysomething]

some lush electronica to soothe your Tuesday blues...

Air

[Surlysomething]

The CBC played this while I was on my drive to work this morning. And although i've heard it many times before, it seriously took my breath away this time.

Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Waters

[LeoGibson]

Have A Cigar - Pink Floyd

[LeoGibson]

Head East - Never Been Any Reason

[Surlysomething]

This one's for you, LeoGibson!


Who's Driving Your Plane - Rolling Stones

[Hozay J Garseeya]

Originally Posted by LeoGibson

Have A Cigar - Pink Floyd

Fuck yes!!

The rare occasion where I feel they cover is better than the original. Have you heard the foo fighters cover this song?

[samuraiscott]

Time of Your Life by Greenday for someone I used to know in Indianapolis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE2QnjT4k8Q

[LeoGibson]

Originally Posted by Surlysomething

This one's for you, LeoGibson!


Who's Driving Your Plane - Rolling Stones

Nice one, I love their old stuff when they were almost a straight blues band!

Here's one for you, Look At Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch

Originally Posted by Hozay J Garseeya

Fuck yes!!

The rare occasion where I feel they cover is better than the original. Have you heard the foo fighters cover this song?

Listening to it now. Really nice cover, but not surprised. Dave Grohl and Co. are classic rock junkies, even going back to the Nirvana days. Kurt Cobain was too. If you give a close listen to the intro riff before the verses in Smells Like Teen Spirit, the F,A#,G#,C# progession, you can hear Boston's riff from More Than A Feeling. It's not a straight copy, but you can definitely hear the influence. Kurt used to sometimes in concert start playing and singing More Than A Feeling and then go right into that riff and do Teen Spirit.

P.S. If there's any of the cult of Cobain reading this, let me clarify before y'all crucify . I'm not saying one was a copy of the other, but many songwriters will take a cool riff and maybe tweak the rhythm or add or subtract a chord and change it slightly and write their own songs around it. I know I certainly have. It's not a copy it's just kinda how your influences shine through on your own music.

[MattB]

Originally Posted by LeoGibson

Nice one, I love their old stuff when they were almost a straight blues band!

Here's one for you, Look At Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch



Listening to it now. Really nice cover, but not surprised. Dave Grohl and Co. are classic rock junkies, even going back to the Nirvana days. Kurt Cobain was too. If you give a close listen to the intro riff before the verses in Smells Like Teen Spirit, the F,A#,G#,C# progession, you can hear Boston's riff from More Than A Feeling. It's not a straight copy, but you can definitely hear the influence. Kurt used to sometimes in concert start playing and singing More Than A Feeling and then go right into that riff and do Teen Spirit.

P.S. If there's any of the cult of Cobain reading this, let me clarify before y'all crucify . I'm not saying one was a copy of the other, but many songwriters will take a cool riff and maybe tweak the rhythm or add or subtract a chord and change it slightly and write their own songs around it. I know I certainly have. It's not a copy it's just kinda how your influences shine through on your own music.

There are only so many notes you can use after all...

[LeoGibson]

Originally Posted by MattB

There are only so many notes you can use after all...

True, I tend to think of it as paying homage to the greats.

I know the first song I ever wrote, I took a Waylon Jennings song and pretty much played it the exact same, except I added one chord and changed the chorus rhythm to fit my words, but other than that it was pretty much identical to his song.

[MattB]

Originally Posted by LeoGibson

True, I tend to think of it as paying homage to the greats.

I know the first song I ever wrote, I took a Waylon Jennings song and pretty much played it the exact same, except I added one chord and changed the chorus rhythm to fit my words, but other than that it was pretty much identical to his song.

I find what works for me, if something sounds too generic or familiar, is to change the time signature. That can usually send me somewhere completely different when composing.

[LeoGibson]

Originally Posted by MattB

I find what works for me, if something sounds too generic or familiar, is to change the time signature. That can usually send me somewhere completely different when composing.

I'm not too good with alternate time signatures although I will do some 3/4 if I want it to be more of a country slow dance type song, but here lately for me I have been going down a more classic blues/rock road with my writing and playing so rhythm has become super important to me. I can put one drum sample up and loop it and come up with several riff ideas off of the same pattern by playing around with the accents or off-beats. I have started to write more that way by rhythm and melody first and come up with the riff and then lyrics later.

[Surlysomething]

I'm not a big fan of pop-radio John Mayer, but if you dig deeper with him you'll find out that he's a brilliant guiatar player and songwriter. If you ever want proof, pick up Try.


This song is gorgeous and perfect for summer. (from the album Born and Raised)

Queen of California - John Mayer

[MrBob]

Early 80's...a golden era for cheap music videos.

Tenpole Tudor - Swords of a 1000 men

[BigWilliamUK]

Im down with the kids listening to "Professor Green" or "Bee Gees" now thats what you call eclectic