It's all garbage

Post #437,546 by pwhysall 12/8/20 5:13:35 AM 12/8/20 5:13:35 AM Reply	It's all garbage I don't care if it's Mariah Carey, Ella Fitzgerald, or Wolfgang Amadeus Fucking Mozart. Christmas music is trash. Fite me!
Post #437,547 by mmoffitt 12/8/20 8:28:30 AM 12/8/20 8:28:30 AM Reply	All? Eh... I dunno 'bout that. These guys do a good job that's worth a listen, if only a couple of times a year. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #437,549 by pwhysall 12/8/20 9:05:59 AM 12/8/20 9:05:59 AM Reply	If it didn't have an Xmas video, you'd not know it was Xmas music.
Post #437,551 by drook 12/8/20 9:20:42 AM 12/8/20 9:20:42 AM Reply	You don't recognize that as caroling music? -- Drew
Post #437,556 by pwhysall 12/8/20 9:47:33 AM 12/8/20 9:47:33 AM Reply	Nope, because it's been de-Xmas-ified via the power of cellos. So they had to put the Xmas back in, with snow and fairy lights. Man, you people will be defending jazz* next. * Jazz is what happens when you kick a blues quartet down the stairs.
Post #437,566 by mmoffitt 12/8/20 2:44:09 PM 12/8/20 2:44:09 PM Reply	Don't you start mocking jazz, wanker. This is a lousy video, but if you don't enjoy that sound, I don't think you can recover from whatever it is that ails you. And how can you not recognize "Carol of the Bells" as Xmas music, cellos or no? bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #437,580 by pwhysall 12/8/20 5:15:15 PM 12/8/20 5:15:15 PM Reply	If that's the cure, I'm happier having the disease.
Post #437,599 by mmoffitt 12/9/20 8:24:23 AM 12/9/20 8:24:23 AM Reply	You are the first person I've heard from in 40 years who doesn't like Bob James and Earl Klugh. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #437,589 by a6l6e6x 12/8/20 10:50:58 PM 12/8/20 10:50:58 PM Reply	OT: "Carol of the Bells" Did you know it originated in Ukraine? Wikipedia. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #437,598 by mmoffitt 12/9/20 8:22:38 AM 12/9/20 8:22:38 AM Reply	Да, я знаю. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #437,557 by crazy 12/8/20 10:01:24 AM 12/8/20 10:01:24 AM Reply	Oh my that was nice, and it led me to this. https://youtu.be/SYSxOj6W7IQ
Post #437,558 by drook 12/8/20 10:58:40 AM 12/8/20 10:58:40 AM Reply	And that led to this. https://youtu.be/4FUeo3YSgzE I don't know if non-musicians can understand just how amazing this is. Listen to the first minute to get a taste of what he's attempting, then skip ahead to 4:41 to have your mind absolutely blown. -- Drew
Post #437,595 by static 12/9/20 4:19:27 AM 12/9/20 4:19:27 AM Reply	Ooh.... very nice! He knows how his memory works to listen to the right things on the fly in such a way as to remember it. I've seen professional dancers watch a fairly complex pop-music dance just once - and then copy it nearly perfectly. Similar set of skills. :-) Wade.
Post #437,607 by drook 12/9/20 1:10:48 PM 12/9/20 1:10:48 PM Reply	The patterns are somewhat common to the style though I didn't hit it nearly as precisely as he does, but lots of it was almost predictable. I'd like to think if I had stayed with it I would pick it up pretty quickly. -- Drew
Post #437,635 by static 12/9/20 7:20:30 PM 12/9/20 7:20:30 PM Reply	Recognising the patterns are key. I've seen experienced jazz musicians jam together for 5 minutes based on nothing more than "this key and this time and about this fast". Wade.
Post #437,641 by drook 12/9/20 10:53:54 PM 12/9/20 10:53:55 PM Reply	I've done that. When you find a group on the same wavelength it's magic. -- Drew
Post #437,642 by Ashton 12/9/20 11:33:42 PM 12/9/20 11:33:42 PM Reply	Even moi can dig it ..from ~6.00 --> on, the real-guitar + piano: rhythm ... linked at the feet! ✓ and these chaps get that: Dynamics, ƒƒƒ to pianissimo, need to be invoked; All-LOUD is, por moi a Bitch. What's not to like here? :-)
Post #437,649 by crazy 12/10/20 8:21:49 AM 12/10/20 8:21:49 AM Reply	Don't skip, watch it all I am a non-musician. But I pay attention. What he is trying to do in the beginning, and I didn't understand it, was listen to music that he was imagining him playing the drums along with. Which he then turned into a masterful accompaniment of the initial music. I had to go back after and listen to some of it and watch again because at that point I understood what he was doing. Just initially I see a guy listen to music and sounding like he was memorizing the music to maybe replay the music. That was quite interesting as well but I was wrong. He was actively creating in his mind while he was listening to the music.
Post #437,687 by static 12/11/20 12:10:41 AM 12/11/20 12:10:41 AM Reply	Yes. That it is. He was not listening for appreciation, he was looking for where to participate. Quite a different skillset! Wade.
Post #437,569 by lincoln 12/8/20 3:01:43 PM 12/8/20 3:01:43 PM Reply	LRPD in the comments "This sounds like AC/DC played by the Sugar Plum Fairies" Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous. - - - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" 1897
Post #437,559 by InThane 12/8/20 1:12:49 PM 12/8/20 1:12:49 PM Reply	You think 56k baud negotiation signaling is music Your opinion is invalid. ;) use std::option::sig
Post #437,560 by pwhysall 12/8/20 1:15:11 PM 12/8/20 1:15:11 PM Reply	You just invented that! You've been in the (almost) exclusive company of small children too long.
Post #437,561 by InThane 12/8/20 1:20:06 PM 12/8/20 1:20:06 PM Reply	Pfft. There's some pretty decent kid's music these days, ever heard of Caspar Babypants? Local chap who used to be the lead singer for The Presidents of the United States of America, the court jesters of the grunge scene. How many people can take "Pop Goes the Weasel" and turn it into a commentary on what it's like to be a one-hit wonder while still being a kid's song? Of course, Sturgeon's Law applies to everything - and what fits in one person's 90% might be a favorite of another person. Or as I say, everybody has a right to their own taste in music, even if it's wrong. use std::option::sig
Post #437,562 by drook 12/8/20 1:30:57 PM 12/8/20 1:30:57 PM Reply	I'm pretty sure I hate the idea of "kids' music" Sure there's stuff that's inappropriate lyrically, so I'd tend to avoid listening to that around them. But anything that's made specifically for kids tends to be horrible. -- Drew
Post #437,563 by InThane 12/8/20 1:42:31 PM 12/8/20 1:42:31 PM Reply	Belive me, I was horrified by the idea at first... and yes, there is a lot of utter garbage in the kid's world. Don't even get me started about Raffi, who apparently is huge in a lot of families. (Not mine, that fucker gets skipped any time his music comes up) And we're not even going to talk about that fucking purple dinosaur. There are a few songs out there that are surprisingly decent. Casper Babypants doesn't use "inappropriate" language, and yet still somehow ends up sounding like he's still doing a continuation of his old grunge band. (which was halfway to a kids' band already - "Little Dune Buggy", "Some Postman", "Peaches" for example) Then there's Kira Willey's "Let's Go To Work" which I've actually considered doing a solo jazz routine to - played it for a few other local dancers, and they've all reacted rather positively to it. ``use std::option::sig
Post #437,564 by malraux 12/8/20 2:25:28 PM 12/8/20 2:25:28 PM Reply	They Might Be Giants Great stuff IMO. Raffi is trash. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #437,596 by static 12/9/20 4:21:22 AM 12/9/20 4:21:22 AM Reply	I imagine The Wiggles might disagree with you.
Post #437,601 by drook 12/9/20 8:28:16 AM 12/9/20 8:28:16 AM Reply	And I would disagree right back Do you still listen to their music as an adult, and not just playing it for your kids? If not, then it's not good music. -- Drew
Post #437,714 by Ashton 12/12/20 4:15:55 PM 12/12/20 4:15:55 PM Reply	Op. cit 'Mairzy-Dotes' {however misspelled) (A song before your time; utter nonsense--but it likely launched or ..cauterized? my attention to the wonder-filled World of Puns (if not punsters). What it did fershure was: alert moi to Pay attention to Words, not become distracted at their oral or written-form, but--as inducement next, ackshully look-it-up along w/ its synonyms. These prods having been inculcated, then--somehow stumbling onto [Mention #666) The Tyranny of Words /Stuart Chase--pub 1938!--and meant for a young niece (IIRC). as stoked a life-long attachment (to ..later, Feynman's version: stealing Title of one of his pop-books for all readers not-just-gearheads: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. tl;dr: Indeed 'kid's books' vary from utter amateur-tripe on through the virtuosos' tales as create Newest- imaginations of future consequence, I aver.
Post #437,715 by drook 12/12/20 4:21:10 PM 12/12/20 4:21:10 PM Reply	I'm old enough to know about Lamzy Divey -- Drew
Post #437,719 by Ashton 12/12/20 6:02:30 PM 12/12/20 6:02:30 PM Reply	Ooohh, nostalgia: 'k, hows about? ... 'Praise the lord and Pass the Ammunition' ..next line. (If we can recall crap like this--from earliest times--and continue the ∑ after: we'd all have a Nobel). But who would not prefer ..an IgNobel, eh?

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