Musical Tastes

Jeff Niceswanger · 02-11-2023, 08:10 AM

Last night we fired up Qobuz and our Roon setup. Qubuz is a lossless Hi REZ digital streaming platform that plays anything you wish. Roon is the brains to get it too our theater. We been going thru all our albums and picking oldies we haven't played for years. Here's one we had on last night. It's from the early 80's.

L.Fite · 02-13-2023, 05:29 PM

Not to change the subject...
But, in light of the ongoing saga...

Mark Yacavone · 02-13-2023, 10:29 PM

L.Fite · 02-14-2023, 05:41 PM

I see what you did there...
Kind of Beach Boy sounding...

Mark Yacavone · 02-27-2023, 11:56 PM

What a lot of people don't know about Turtles is that their hit song Eleanor was in fact a spoof of their previous hit Happy Together. Lead singer Howard Kaylan had been so badgered by his record company to repeat the success of Happy Together that in exasperation he relented writing a spoof of it, while copying it's basic structure. He chose an unsexy girl's name, Eleanor (a name more likely to be somebody's grandmother!) and wrote funny lyrics. The record label loved it, so did the public. Still nobody gets it! but after you hear this story, it makes sense.

Jeff Niceswanger · 02-28-2023, 06:44 PM

Last night our group won the local Music Trivia down to the Barn Pub. We go every Monday night for a few hours to duke it out with the youngsters. They usually win as when it comes to 2000 and up music we stink.We are kind of Analog....

Mark Yacavone · 02-28-2023, 09:10 PM

I was listening to Dan Bongino today and he was saying how the LIbs love starting wars now. They can't wait to pulverize Russia and Putin..He was musing how this was a complete reversal of the anti-war left.
Dan tried to re-work this next song to fit the Lib's agenda..Then he said he didn't even know who sang the original...

If you didn't know, you will in a minute ;-)

"War" is a counterculture era soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label in 1969. Whitfield first produced the song – an obvious anti–Vietnam War statement – with The Temptations as the original vocalists. After Motown began receiving repeated requests to release "War" as a single, Whitfield re-recorded the song with Edwin Starr as the vocalist, with the label deciding to withhold the Temptations' version from single release so as not to alienate their more conservative fans. Starr's version of "War" was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970, and is not only the most successful and well-known record of his career, but it is also one of the most popular protest songs ever recorded. It was one of 161 songs on the no-play list issued by Clear Channel following the events of September 11, 2001.

Earlier Edwin Starr

02-11-2023, 08:10 AM	#1
Jeff Niceswanger Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 894 Likes: 687 Liked 1,034 Times in 368 Posts	Re: Musical Tastes Last night we fired up Qobuz and our Roon setup. Qubuz is a lossless Hi REZ digital streaming platform that plays anything you wish. Roon is the brains to get it too our theater. We been going thru all our albums and picking oldies we haven't played for years. Here's one we had on last night. It's from the early 80's. __________________ Jeff Niceswanger 3740 SS

02-13-2023, 05:29 PM	#2
L.Fite Senior Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 517 Likes: 559 Liked 497 Times in 243 Posts	Re: Musical Tastes Not to change the subject... But, in light of the ongoing saga...

02-13-2023, 10:29 PM	#3
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,822 Likes: 2,916 Liked 5,133 Times in 1,957 Posts	Re: Musical Tastes __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers Last edited by Mark Yacavone; 02-13-2023 at 11:27 PM.

02-14-2023, 05:41 PM	#4
L.Fite Senior Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 517 Likes: 559 Liked 497 Times in 243 Posts	Re: Musical Tastes I see what you did there... Kind of Beach Boy sounding...

02-27-2023, 11:56 PM	#5
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,822 Likes: 2,916 Liked 5,133 Times in 1,957 Posts	Re: Musical Tastes What a lot of people don't know about Turtles is that their hit song Eleanor was in fact a spoof of their previous hit Happy Together. Lead singer Howard Kaylan had been so badgered by his record company to repeat the success of Happy Together that in exasperation he relented writing a spoof of it, while copying it's basic structure. He chose an unsexy girl's name, Eleanor (a name more likely to be somebody's grandmother!) and wrote funny lyrics. The record label loved it, so did the public. Still nobody gets it! but after you hear this story, it makes sense. __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

02-28-2023, 06:44 PM	#6
Jeff Niceswanger Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 894 Likes: 687 Liked 1,034 Times in 368 Posts	Re: Musical Tastes Last night our group won the local Music Trivia down to the Barn Pub. We go every Monday night for a few hours to duke it out with the youngsters. They usually win as when it comes to 2000 and up music we stink.We are kind of Analog.... __________________ Jeff Niceswanger 3740 SS

02-28-2023, 09:10 PM	#7
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,822 Likes: 2,916 Liked 5,133 Times in 1,957 Posts	Re: Musical Tastes I was listening to Dan Bongino today and he was saying how the LIbs love starting wars now. They can't wait to pulverize Russia and Putin..He was musing how this was a complete reversal of the anti-war left. Dan tried to re-work this next song to fit the Lib's agenda..Then he said he didn't even know who sang the original... If you didn't know, you will in a minute ;-) "War" is a counterculture era soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label in 1969. Whitfield first produced the song – an obvious anti–Vietnam War statement – with The Temptations as the original vocalists. After Motown began receiving repeated requests to release "War" as a single, Whitfield re-recorded the song with Edwin Starr as the vocalist, with the label deciding to withhold the Temptations' version from single release so as not to alienate their more conservative fans. Starr's version of "War" was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970, and is not only the most successful and well-known record of his career, but it is also one of the most popular protest songs ever recorded. It was one of 161 songs on the no-play list issued by Clear Channel following the events of September 11, 2001. Earlier Edwin Starr __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers