Music - What Floats Your Boat?

Posted on 29/03/2020 10:51 by LeTouriste

I enjoy a wide range of easy listening and pop music.  Being in my 80’s, a lot of my music tastes are in the 50’s and 60’s.  What I have noticed is that a lot of good music of those times has been ignored by the BBC and the like.  I have always felt that if you can’t whistle a particular ‘tune’ whilst you worked, then it isn’t music.   Short, repetitive lines and raucous ‘yah, yah, yahs’ is not music.  Thank heaven for my ageing CD collection!

Posted on 25/03/2020 23:37 by Freddy55

Kinda surprised there doesn’t appear to be a thread on this.

I’ve always been a big music fan, a major part in my life. With all that’s going on, maybe folks out there have the same passion and would like to share it? If this thread takes off, we will get a ‘feel’ of what others like, and can make suggestions? As for my tastes, I guess they could be described generally as rock music, blues, folk and some classical. I was thinking that if we could limit it to the more obscure/less well-known tunes? No Beatles, ABBA, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers etc, we’ve all heard them already. 

I’ll kick it off with this from Supertramp...

https://youtu.be/pM6VNDyAamc

 

 

Posted on 14/02/2021 21:31 by GlosJive

Apparently Supertramp named themselves after a tramp who frequented my home town of Cheltenham.

Loved Supertramp.

Posted on 14/02/2021 22:33 by ABM

Not Bad but a bit modern for me ( well he was smoking a tipped ciggy !! Senior Service or Players untipped if you cannot get Capstan Full Strength  --  the only way to get that gruff throaty sound   and don't mention Woody's or Park Drive -- I preferred to smoke things not eat 'em )