General Music Chat

Genres.

I couldn't care less. If my ears like it, I like it.

There is something good hiding in each and every genre. I don't search for the good stuff, sometimes it just finds me.

Genres.

I couldn't care less. If my ears like it, I like it.

There is something good hiding in each and every genre. I don't search for the good stuff, sometimes it just finds me.

Yeah, I hear you! "Sometimes it just finds you", one found me a week or so ago, a song and band out of London, England from around 1970 to '73, they were/are very popular in the UK, and I am amazed they never gained popularity in the US.
The name of the band is, T. Rex, with Marc Bolan on vocals & guitar, he was killed in a car accident in '77, so..
Anyway, the single by them is, '20th Century Boy'.
Most of their other material is more of a folk rock & 50s rock & roll style, when compared musically to the single 20th Century Boy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdKI2Ow9NRY

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T-Rex was not popular in the U.S.?

They were considered a glam band, and had several huge albums, most notably "Electric Warrior". The first T-Rex single I bought was "Ride A White Swan" in 1971. We used to do "Jeepster" and "Bang A Gong".

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T-Rex was not popular in the U.S.?

They were considered a glam band, and had several huge albums, most notably "Electric Warrior". The first T-Rex single I bought was "Ride A White Swan" in 1971. We used to do "Jeepster" and "Bang A Gong".

Really, I didnt know they were very popular in the US, but I did forget about Bang A Gong, maybe because I relate Bang A Gong with the band 'Power Station' & Robert Palmer, now I remember T. Rex's version. I was talking to a couple of moderators from the UK about them last week, and they stated that they were surprised that T.Rex didnt gain the status in the US, like T. Rex (Marc Bolan) substained in the UK, just last week was the first time that I had ever heard 20th Century Boy, I like the song alot.

I will NOT listen to one style; I'd go crazy with boredom!
Or - crazi-ER, anyway . . .

If I HAD to choose one - or not listen to ANY music - I'd probably choose "Folk-Jazz."
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Heh! Sorry, guys - I know that's another 'new' style of music, but lately that's what people have been describing a lot of my newer songs (the last 20 - 30 songs or so).
My older material (a couple of the songs are posted here) was more closer to standard sounding genres . . . the newer stuff is - apparently - 'folk-jazz.'
Note: none of my last 40 or so songs are posted here or anywhere.

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So - why "Folk-Jazz?"
Well, first let me say that - probably like most of you - there is a lot of Jazz that I really, really dislike.
But there is a lot of jazz I DO like, and there is also a much wider range of sub-styles within the jazz genre which I like.
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I NEED variety.
Variety is the spice of life; why limit yourself to only being allowed to use salt?

@VB

The 70's was a very competitive time, and in their genre you had Roxy Music, David Bowie, Alice Cooper and later The New York Dolls. Glam didn't really last very long, which is why Bowie and the rest were constantly changing. T-Rex would have been much bigger had Bolan lived longer. Do yourself a favor and get "Electric Warrior".

Close to the Edge by Yes was released in '72, genre: Progressive Rock.
On their 1983 album, 90125. The genre's are Rock & New Wave.
Leave It and Owner Of A Lonely Heart are the two of the more popular single's off the album, I like the "Funk Rock" feel to the '83 album 90125.
Of course funk rock is a whole different subject, I would suggest that the Red Hot Chli Peppers are one of the popular bands that helped bring the funk rock genre to be more noticed by the masses, since its birth in the early 70s.
I have always been a fan of Yes, so the RHCP's are in no way on the same level musically as Yes, 90125 is about as good as funk rock gets for my personal taste, I like Flea for the RHCP's as a bass player, but there is no comparison to Chris Squire as a bassist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GqAJqFQcGE (Leave It)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWvzZCZF1gw (Owner Of A Lonley Heart)