Is a particular type of music or any other soundscape (stories read aloud, plays on the radio, birdsong...) important to you, and if so what is it?

For me it is music, usually somewhere in the blues, country rock and/or folk spectrum, but not classical (despite the best efforts of my parents) or jazz. The steady favourites among many others and in no particular order are the likes of the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Tom Petty (RIP), John Fogerty, Cowboy Junkies, Dave Matthews, Eric Church, Eric Bibb, Amos Lee, Alison Krauss, Emily Barker, Gretchen Peters, Margo Price and Tift Merritt all forming part of about 70gb of music on my old iPod on random/shuffle (so that I can never be sure what will come next).

Not sure what they all have in common, but it may be great guitar work and strong vocals, harking back to early Cliff Richard backed by the Shadows!

I was always too lazy to make much progress on playing any musical instrument myself, but I got as far as acting as a DJ at private parties for a few years a lifetime ago...

I am now masquerading as hagatha, and this is a copy of her post from the end of the previous thread on this topic (which had become too big and is now locked).

A lot of my "new" music comes from TV shows these days. Much of it isn't really new, but certainly new to me.

This one is from an episode of Lucifer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oqJ0JpMj6I


And check this out -- I literally just came upon this group and this floored me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34byl2BT1o

I'm giong to have to check out more of their music.

Here's another:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UBcxKiS550

Hagatha, that Edwyn Collins track was quite a big hit in UK but Dirty Loops is new to me and pretty impressive: I found a nice little download EP called Turbo which includes both those tracks!

As you say, TV shows often serve as an introduction to interesting new music (as do some films)

... and as for the missing Michael Jackson dance routine, how about this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKtdTJP_GUI

Thanks, for starting a new thread Lex! Looking forward to everyone's favorites!

That prison dance routine is really quite amazing.


EDIT: And related to Dirty loops, for those who like a bit of jazz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmbsW1JbQXo

Actually, jazz/funk. Wonderful.

Pretty cool stuff (although I am not much into jazz): I love one of the comments - Cory Wong makes the best Mario Kart music!


... this came up next on YouTube for me and is a bit more my kind of funk, not a band I had previously come across: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhxQoDlt2AU

Yeah, that's awsome. I note that Cory Wong is in that number, too -- the common thread through this music.

They do a song called Cory Wong, one of the comments joking that the guitarist is named after the song, which seems to be part of a current trend to name songs after other bands/artists which may then return the favour (presumably at least partly as a publicity device, especially when musicians play in more than one band).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWBUnr0F3Zo

I was thinking earlier today about songs of freedom and protest, Richie Havens springing to mind in particular as someone I do not think has yet been mentioned on this thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rynxqdNMry4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfTjF38wDxM

...also this bit of nostalgic nonsense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdWGp3HQVjU

...and then of course this great film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erf2iFHG44M

And then of course this song about redemption and freedom:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOFu6b3w6c0


And one of my personal favourite protest songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M

Here is my current favorite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bQIYYmDyII



The singer wrote this song about addiction when she was 13 years old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM8KeQ_tNQc

You brought this song to my mind Lex:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjSpO2B6G4s

Love this oldbroad.

Buffalo Springfield. What a great song.

I love that Buffalo Springfield track (the title of which still seems to catch people out) and was generally a big fan of Stephen Stills: also keen on the Marley and Gaye tracks, and those are impressive performances from The Warning - I may add something of theirs to my music library!

A handful more doses of protest nostalgia, from the flippant to the intense and beyond, some perhaps more familiar than others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AglW6QpmPp8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luVpsM3YAgw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgXNVA9ngx8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l19MJbo7a3Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9NKRZUD9lw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E and another version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoWfnFJ52rc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHMlAYeFeYw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhdFe3evXpk
and one of the queens of protest singers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOuZwpGHJ7E

Thanks for all the great links Lex. Here is one to wake you up by a band that is famous for love songs but can rock with the best of them. I love how they start the song while the drummer is still setting up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uAUoz7jimg


And another taste of The Warning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK7pLOWEYJU

Love all the protest stuff (there is one that escapes me that I am still trying to bring to mind) and thanks for the extra Warning SQF.
Completely unrelated to anything earlier I came across this live version of one of my all time fav dreamy songs. I saw the band probably 20 years after this and the less said the better but this remains quite wonderful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4m5jQy5A2U

This IS a protest song, though in this case it is the old guard protesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aeQ3DmKU7A


And at absolutely the opposite end of the spectrum:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc2gZmcCAEk




Not a protest song, but these guys caught my ear a while back -- probably from some TV show I was streaming -- and they have done some good stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W1lXB5HViQ


And you may well have heard this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7IHOXkiV8


Another one, because itès awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAdDHY2_6Os

Speaking of protest songs : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztZI2aLQ9Sw

Creeping Doom, I had forgotten all about that song! Thanks for posting that.

Ditto what hagatha said
How about this protest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rptW7zOPX2E

More cool stuff: I am not sure that I had heard of Mazzy Star or that track but I note that Hope Sandoval also sang with The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Warm Inventions to good effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfEvgf2DdTQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfEvgf2DdTQ

The Warning's heavier tracks seem to come over much better live, but some of their quieter recordings are strong: I am contemplating getting an early EP which included this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlipfTBaLII

Kaleo are very much on my wavelength so I am delving into their recorded output.

This is a song of complaint rather than protest (just to lower the tone)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiNwWqrBKzQ

JJ Julius Son, the lead singer in Kaleo, has such a powerful voice. I have a few of their songs on my playlist now.

Ah. Silly songs of complaint.

This one came to mind, only I could have sworn it was the B-52s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQZegdcTHfc

No problem 🙂 . Not sure this is a protest song exactly , but..... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-9poCAuYT-s

That is a new one for me from the Temptations. It might have been a bit too radical for AM radio back in the day.