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I know this doesn't really belong here but... favorite songs!

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021 8:51 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


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"Sailing" is a good song SIX. Very relaxing.




It's one of the few songs I grew up with that I can still listen to. So many great songs just seem to get to a point where they start grating on my nerves and even cause me to groan when I hear them on the radio.

I can't imagine ever getting sick of Sailing.



I still listen to it too.

I listen to CD, tape or LP depending on my mood.

PS. Thanks for posting Buble's song. It wouldn't work with the "Official video" for me.




No worries. I didn't see this post before. You're welcome.


I just remembered this song. I love the Pixies version, but when I saw this remake on a crappy B flick, I really liked it too.




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Tuesday, March 30, 2021 8:54 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


This is a really great one from an old video game that probably nobody here has even heard before.

Just a really chill song that I could listen to on loop forever.




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Wednesday, March 31, 2021 1:21 AM

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021 1:43 AM

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021 4:42 PM

BRENDA


Here's something a little more classical and my favourite piece from "Phantom of the Opera




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Monday, April 19, 2021 1:06 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK


I saw a video about the flick today and just hearing the theme song gave me some serious nolstalgia pangs. I loved this song when I was a kid.



Posted the version from the 2nd movie since it doesn't have the kids laughing maniacally at the end that kind of ruins it.

I can't believe Goldsmith didn't win that year.




I never knew he made a version with lyrics too. They actually fit really well with the movie.




Why can't movie soundtracks be like this anymore?

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Saturday, April 24, 2021 10:18 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


This one's a banger...

I have no idea if it was in a movie or TV show I saw when I was a kid, and it came out before I was born, but I'd heard it enough that all I have to do is hear two notes of it and it brings on the nostalgia.



Just heard him brought up in a video seemingly completely unrelated and wanted to listen to it again now.



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Saturday, April 24, 2021 11:45 PM

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This one's a banger...

I have no idea if it was in a movie or TV show I saw when I was a kid, and it came out before I was born, but I'd heard it enough that all I have to do is hear two notes of it and it brings on the nostalgia.



Just heard him brought up in a video seemingly completely unrelated and wanted to listen to it again now.



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I have it on tape and it is a great piece of music. Can't remember where I heard it first but that's another piece of music I like.

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Saturday, June 5, 2021 11:57 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


I've been hearing this one on the radio lately.

I love it.



Chill AF.

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Sunday, June 6, 2021 12:04 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK


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I have it on tape and it is a great piece of music. Can't remember where I heard it first but that's another piece of music I like.



I didn't see you reply to this Brenda.

Yeah. What a great song. I never hear it anymore unless I look for it on YouTube because something reminds me of it, but when I do I usually listen to it on loop for about an hour.



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Sunday, June 6, 2021 2:32 PM

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I have it on tape and it is a great piece of music. Can't remember where I heard it first but that's another piece of music I like.



I didn't see you reply to this Brenda.

Yeah. What a great song. I never hear it anymore unless I look for it on YouTube because something reminds me of it, but when I do I usually listen to it on loop for about an hour.



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No worries. Like I said I liked it so much I recorded it and pull out the tape it is on and listen to it every so often. Just beautiful and soothing.

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 9:56 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


I saw a real interesting video about how melody is dying. Sounds like something a Boomer or even a GenXer would say these days, but the guy who made the video is quite a bit younger than I am.

He used a lot of examples of new music that I definitely would never listen to, but I did listen to rap a lot back in the day so it's not as if I hadn't listened to my fair share of songs without almost any melody.

That being said, while reflecting on my favorite rap songs... those that are still on my mp3 player today, they were ones that had melodies to them. One even comes from a group that called themselves Bone Thugs and Harmony.



You could even find it in the Tupac songs still on my mp3 player...



Even if there isn't a large variation of vocal melody in that song, and trust me... Tupac has quite a lot of melodic range compared to your average rap artist, there's plenty of melody surrounding it.



Then I looked on my list here, and everybody else's, and I would say that there's plenty of melody in all of the choices here.


So I tried thinking real hard if there has ever been a song without melody that I've liked over the years, and I think I found one.

ETA: As not to offend those with more delicate sensibilities, because I'd like somebody to tell me if there is any melody here or not, I've opted to put the radio edit here instead of the uncensored version.



But is it really without melody? Listening to it now I don't believe that it is. Melody certainly isn't the driving force of this jam, but there is melody to it... Isn't there?

Or am I mistaking several really infectious hooks for melody here?



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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 11:26 PM

BRENDA


Had a bit of a listen to SKINT there SIX and it has a rhythm to me anyways. Not my kind of music really.

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Thursday, June 10, 2021 4:23 AM

SIGNYM

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Not a favorite, but one that certainly captures my attention. I copied the lyrics so you can see why.

WORTHLESS




I can't take this kind of pressure
I must confess one more dusty road
Would be just a road too long

Worthless

I just can't, I just can't
I just can't seem to get started
Don't have the heart to live in the fast lane
All that has passed and gone

Worthless

(And there ain't nothing you can do about it)

Worthless

(Pardon me while I panic!)

Worthless, worthless, worthless

I come from KC Missouri
And I got my kicks out on Route 66
Every truck stop from Butte to MO

Motown to old Alabama
From Texarkana and east of Savannah
From Tampa to old Kokomo
Worthless

I once ran the Indy 500
I must confess I'm impressed how I did it
I wonder how close that I came

Now I get a sinking sensation
I was the top of the line, out of sight; out of mind
So much for fortune and fame

Once took a Texan to a wedding
Once took a Texan to a wedding
He kept forgetting, his loneliness letting
His thoughts turn to home and we turned

I took a man to a graveyard
I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough
Just living with the stuff I have learned

Worthless

Once drove a surfer to Sunset
There were bikinis and buns, there were weenies
Fellini just couldn't forget

Pico, let's go up to Zuma
Pico, let's go up to Zuma
From Zuma to Yuma the rumor was
I had a hand in the lay of the land
Get up and go hit the highway

(Oo-wooh...)

I worked on a reservation

(Ooh...ooh...)

Who would believe they would love me and leave
On a bus back to old Santa Fe?

Once in an Indian Nation
I took the kids on the skids where the Hopi
Was happy 'til I heard 'em say...

"You're worthless."



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Thursday, June 10, 2021 4:32 AM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I saw a real interesting video about how melody is dying. Sounds like something a Boomer or even a GenXer would say these days, but the guy who made the video is quite a bit younger than I am.

He used a lot of examples of new music that I definitely would never listen to, but I did listen to rap a lot back in the day so it's not as if I hadn't listened to my fair share of songs without almost any melody.

That being said, while reflecting on my favorite rap songs... those that are still on my mp3 player today, they were ones that had melodies to them. One even comes from a group that called themselves Bone Thugs and Harmony.



You could even find it in the Tupac songs still on my mp3 player...



Even if there isn't a large variation of vocal melody in that song, and trust me... Tupac has quite a lot of melodic range compared to your average rap artist, there's plenty of melody surrounding it.



Then I looked on my list here, and everybody else's, and I would say that there's plenty of melody in all of the choices here.


So I tried thinking real hard if there has ever been a song without melody that I've liked over the years, and I think I found one.

ETA: As not to offend those with more delicate sensibilities, because I'd like somebody to tell me if there is any melody here or not, I've opted to put the radio edit here instead of the uncensored version.



But is it really without melody? Listening to it now I don't believe that it is. Melody certainly isn't the driving force of this jam, but there is melody to it... Isn't there?

Or am I mistaking several really infectious hooks for melody here?



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I don't know what a "hook" is, but I do hear melody. It's kind of minimal but it's there.

If you want to hear some minimalist music, try Phillip Glass.



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Thursday, June 10, 2021 8:50 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK


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I don't know what a "hook" is, but I do hear melody. It's kind of minimal but it's there.

If you want to hear some minimalist music, try Phillip Glass.



Oooh... That's a eerie tune. I think that's an example of a song that doesn't have any hooks.

What I mean by "hook" is the part of the music that sticks with you. Usually it's a phrase in the chorus or a riff. In the song I posted above, "Battleflag", I hadn't heard in well over a decade, but when it popped up on my recommended a year or two ago I rememberd it immediately and I've listened to it a lot since then.

Though I remembered some of the words (and was still hearing some of them wrong until I looked up the lyrics for it), it was really some of the beats and instrumental progressions that stuck with me.

I'm not sure if it's possible to have songs completely without a melody. Even the Philip Glass song that you posted has melody, although I can't imagine listening to it on a playlist and feel that it would almost have to be accompanied by whatever visuals were in the movie it was used in as an aide to set the proper mood.

But I think, that short of any rap outside of Bone Thugs and Tupac that I will occasionally still listen to, that Battle Flag by Lo Fi All-Stars is probably the closest thing to a song without melody that I actually enjoy.



I'm not very familiar with Billie Elish's work, but he put a few of her songs in there. The one song he put in there that I do remember grabbing my attention while I was at work one night was Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do". Though that's not a song I have on my mp3 player, I did kind of like it the few times I'd hear it at work and was surprised that it was Swift when I finally remembered to look it up.



He says in the song that the verse had 3 notes. The lead-up to the chorus has 2 notes, and the chorus uses 0 notes.


I think a song like this can be interesting and grab your attention when it's different than most of the songs around it, but I can't help but feel that in a different (future?) world where all the music coming out has extremely minimal melody that a song like this would be immediately forgotten 3 weeks later after it stopped getting radio play and was replaced by the next similar sounding song.



I'm thinking a lot about this now because I have noticed that when I go outside to work in the garage and listen to the radio and get exposed to new music, almost none of it grabs my attention at all, but then some come around that REALLY grab it like the Fire For You song I posted a few days ago and the songs I posted the last year or two in Brenda's Muzik threads.

I guess I'm trying to figure out "why" certain new songs grab my attention (even if I ultimately wouldn't listen to them a lot, like Swift's song), or I end up REALLY liking them like "Fire For You" or this one...

Trampoline, by Shaed



OR

Take Me to Church, by Hozier



Trampoline and Take Me To Church have plenty of melody. Look What You Made Me Do has almost none. Yet, even though I really love Fire for You, many parts of the song I think are closer to Look What You Made Me Do in terms of the amount of melody there is in the song.


Sorry if I'm rambling. It's all just interesting to me why I like some music, and I'm completely indifferent to other music.

Though I wanted it to be simple and be able to say "I like music with melody", I don't think it's that simple at all. Not only does it appear that I enjoy some with very minimal melody, but I'm sure there's a ton of old music I could think of with plenty of melody that I'd never listen to outside of it being part of a movie or TV show.


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Thursday, June 10, 2021 8:57 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK


I little more on the "Hook"...

Here's a song I loved in high school and still have on my playlist today. It wasn't until sometime after high school that I actually really listened to the words and understood it, and that's probably why I still like it so much more than the vocals or instruments.

The lyrics are priceless because he's poking fun at ME and anybody else listening to the song and enjoying it.... "The hook brings you back"




Blues Traveler was certainly nicer about their ribbing the audience than Kurt Cobain was... (That dude straight up hated his fans)...



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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 6:16 PM

SIGNYM

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I used to listen to video game music while reviewing data packages



My favorites are

Two Steps from Hell (2:52:48) and
I'll Come Back (2:56:00) which follows

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 10:37 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Love me some good video game music. Seriously underrated category of music that is starting to only now really starting to get recognized.

Good songs.

What do you mean by "reviewing data packages"?



I heard one I hadn't heard in a long time on a youtube video but I immediately remembered it from my time spent playing Castlevania: Curse of Darkness on the original XBOX. The Castlevania series has has fantastic music since the original 80's game and ranks among my favorite collection of video game soundtracks along with the Final Fantasy series.



Nothing like a great soundtrack to really get you into a game. Songs like this, IMO are so good that they kind of ruin all but the best ones out there.

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 10:44 PM

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So SIX, having gone thru your last six posts, I don't think it's melody or chord progression or rhythm that catches you, I think it's lyrics.

Yes, it has to be listenable too, but listenable songs without interesting lyrics are kinda blah.

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 10:46 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Oh... Since I'm doing Castlevania I have to do this. It might be my favorite Castlevania song. It's certainly the most chill one they've put on offer that I've ever heard.


I really love how the beginning of a lot of these songs are unique and never get repeated, with the looping section coming sometime after the intro to the song.




Beautiful.

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 11:05 PM

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Yes, it is beautiful.

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 11:11 PM

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BRENDA: Son of the Sun

I.like it. He has a really clean voice too.

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Thursday, July 8, 2021 2:34 AM

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I mentioned but never posted the link

Maenam, from the videogame Braid.

It's not what you might think.



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Thursday, July 8, 2021 8:14 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK


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So SIX, having gone thru your last six posts, I don't think it's melody or chord progression or rhythm that catches you, I think it's lyrics.

Yes, it has to be listenable too, but listenable songs without interesting lyrics are kinda blah.



True, to an extent at least... If it were only lyrics I were interested in, it wouldn't explain my love for video game music. There have been songs in VGM over the years with lyrics, but those have usually been pretty bad if you don't include Japanese lyrics songs. I mean, those lyrics could be pretty bad too, but I wouldn't know.

I think with the examples I was posting above I was going slightly out of my way to give examples of songs with more interesting lyrics.


It's always nice though when a catchy song keeps me listening long enough to realize that it's got good lyrics too.




Like my favorite Weird Al song.






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Monday, July 12, 2021 12:04 PM

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Love me some good video game music. Seriously underrated category of music that is starting to only now really starting to get recognized.

Good songs.

What do you mean by "reviewing data packages"?

Before I retired I ran a rather large section of chemists who analyzed pollution samples and products to see if they complied with our district's rules and regs, or for pollution research or method development. Sometimes the analyses were simple, like "solids content" (analyzed by drying. Altho even THAT had its complications, because some samples contained slow-drying oils that never reached a definitive endpoint, so we had to use other methods.) Sometimes the analyses were quite complicated, for example when we were analyzing for "toxics metals" (there are a lot of those!) or "volatile organic content" (even MORE of those!) at the part per million or part per billion level, requiring advanced instrumentation and detailed, exacting work.

In fact, one of our analyses ... one that we developed in the lab ... turned out to be basically the same procedure that international labs use to analyze for chemical weapons, and got one of our chemists a job back in her native country of Finland, where she is now Lab Director for chemical weapons.

But I digress...

Since our analyses would sometimes get involved in costly litigation with deep-pocket industries (think ExxonMobil and Home Depot, for example) the data had to meet high quality assurance standards, and also be relatively easy to "unpack". So EVERYTHING there was to know about a sample -from its initial request, equipment preparation, chain of custody, moisture gain/content to its density to detailed analysis of sub-part-per-million toxics and final, signed report- was collected together in a "data package". The package needed to include the "who, what, when, where, how, and why" of every analysis- all pages signed and dated, all instrument printouts signed and dated, all calibrations referenced to calibration data etc.

I had to review them. And because we trained a lot of new people, I had to review them CLOSELY, and get back with ppl on things like: "You didn't sign this page" or "You mis-identified these peaks" or "Your blanks are too high". My all-time favorite? "Your components add up to 110%".

I put the "anal" into "analytical chemistry".

It was mind-numbing, tedious (but interesting!) work.

But that's one of the reasons why I kind of laugh when people talk about "evidence" or "audits" or "how much moisture is in the air" or even "how bureaucracy works" as if they know what they're talking about, and I don't. I know KIKI has similar experience, but while I have the 10,000-ft view, KIKI has that whole 30,000-ft interagency thing going. And KIKI is MUCH more knowledgeable about biochem and all things medical.


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Monday, July 12, 2021 1:33 PM

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BRENDA: Son of the Sun

I.like it. He has a really clean voice too.

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He does. Unfortunately the group is no longer together.

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Monday, July 12, 2021 5:07 PM

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
BRENDA: Son of the Sun

I.like it. He has a really clean voice too.

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He does. Unfortunately the group is no longer together.

Oh, too bad.
Has the lead singer continued with another group, do you know?

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Monday, July 12, 2021 9:33 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Love me some good video game music. Seriously underrated category of music that is starting to only now really starting to get recognized.

Good songs.

What do you mean by "reviewing data packages"?

Before I retired I ran a rather large section of chemists who analyzed pollution samples and products to see if they complied with our district's rules and regs, or for pollution research or method development. Sometimes the analyses were simple, like "solids content" (analyzed by drying. Altho even THAT had its complications, because some samples contained slow-drying oils that never reached a definitive endpoint, so we had to use other methods.) Sometimes the analyses were quite complicated, for example when we were analyzing for "toxics metals" (there are a lot of those!) or "volatile organic content" (even MORE of those!) at the part per million or part per billion level, requiring advanced instrumentation and detailed, exacting work.

In fact, one of our analyses ... one that we developed in the lab ... turned out to be basically the same procedure that international labs use to analyze for chemical weapons, and got one of our chemists a job back in her native country of Finland, where she is now Lab Director for chemical weapons.

But I digress...

Since our analyses would sometimes get involved in costly litigation with deep-pocket industries (think ExxonMobil and Home Depot, for example) the data had to meet high quality assurance standards, and also be relatively easy to "unpack". So EVERYTHING there was to know about a sample -from its initial request, equipment preparation, chain of custody, moisture gain/content to its density to detailed analysis of sub-part-per-million toxics and final, signed report- was collected together in a "data package". The package needed to include the "who, what, when, where, how, and why" of every analysis- all pages signed and dated, all instrument printouts signed and dated, all calibrations referenced to calibration data etc.

I had to review them. And because we trained a lot of new people, I had to review them CLOSELY, and get back with ppl on things like: "You didn't sign this page" or "You mis-identified these peaks" or "Your blanks are too high". My all-time favorite? "Your components add up to 110%".

I put the "anal" into "analytical chemistry".

It was mind-numbing, tedious (but interesting!) work.

But that's one of the reasons why I kind of laugh when people talk about "evidence" or "audits" or "how much moisture is in the air" or even "how bureaucracy works" as if they know what they're talking about, and I don't. I know KIKI has similar experience, but while I have the 10,000-ft view, KIKI has that whole 30,000-ft interagency thing going. And KIKI is MUCH more knowledgeable about biochem and all things medical.


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So how on earth did this lead you to finding good video game music?

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Monday, July 12, 2021 9:36 PM

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Not like a favorite of mine or anything, but I heard it on the radio the other day and a wave of nostalgia hit me. I didn't even remember that it was Selena who did the song until I looked it up with some of the words on the Tube.



It is a cute video from a different time. Girls her age when this song was made are putting out some pretty terrible shit these days.

If you want to feel even better, take a look at the comment section. There was a boatload of love for that girl.



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Monday, July 12, 2021 9:47 PM

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This one was in the recommended. Now THIS is a fantastic song.



Not a big fan of her other stuff, but this one always got me. I love me a good violin.

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Monday, July 12, 2021 10:54 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Quote:

Originally posted by Brenda:
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
BRENDA: Son of the Sun

I.like it. He has a really clean voice too.

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He does. Unfortunately the group is no longer together.

Oh, too bad.
Has the lead singer continued with another group, do you know?

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From what I can gather they are still performing just not together.

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Monday, July 12, 2021 11:00 PM

BRENDA



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Monday, July 12, 2021 11:15 PM

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Little classic Bryan Adams. Vancouver guy.


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Tuesday, July 13, 2021 1:26 AM

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Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


Oh, hey Jack - I just reposted one of your earlier posts that didn't autoload. But since it looks like all the links are slowing the page down, I broke up the link address so people can see it and play it for themselves, after taking out the extra spaces.

Celine Dion


OH - for anyone else - this goes nowhere. Don't use this link.

http// www. youtube.com/watch?v=HLeYvefzUFA

ACTUALLY - it redirects to wix logomaker, hitting the back button it goes to https://10.trackints.com/ .

Is this another one of your traps. JAck?

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021 4:15 AM

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Quote:

SIX: So how on earth did this lead you to finding good video game music?
Oh, I used to do reviews on a day when most of the lab was off (fewer interruptions) but the field techs worked every day of the week, and one of them gave me a thumb drive of his favorite music. I used to listen to it on my phone bc our IT people got the heebie-jeebies whenever they detected a thumb drive on the system.

His was not exactly my kind of music, so I went looking online until I found a LOOOOONG video that I mostly liked. But I got the idea from him.

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021 5:51 PM

BRENDA


Got a few favourites among the Beatles, so I will just post their titles as I don't want to take up too much space in the thread with videos.

Back in the USSR
I Saw Her Standing There
All You Need is Love
Revolution
She Loves You
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Help
Blackbird
Do You Want to Know a Secret
Nowhere Man
When I'm 64
A Little Help from My Friends
Strawberry Fields
Here Comes the Sun
The Long and Winding Road
In My Life
My Guitar Gently Weeps
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Hey Jude

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021 7:13 PM

BRENDA


Little more Toby Keith


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Tuesday, July 13, 2021 9:16 PM

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I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


When I was young I was taught to not like country music bc it was... well, country. But as I've gotten older I've also gotten to appreciate it, because it's about real stuff: life, loss, choices.

As I've mentioned, I really don't listen to music a lot. Usually when I'm doing something tedious that requires my eyes and hands, but not my ears, like kitchen work. So I kind of bumble around and have missed whole decades of music! Which is why I appreciate your choices: they introduce me to music I might not have otherwise known.

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021 9:36 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Oh, hey Jack - I just reposted one of your earlier posts that didn't autoload. But since it looks like all the links are slowing the page down, I broke up the link address so people can see it and play it for themselves, after taking out the extra spaces.



Oops... Sorry. When I went to delete the "s" from https, I accidentally left that in and deleted the ":" instead. I just fixed it.
Quote:


OH - for anyone else - this goes nowhere. Don't use this link.

ACTUALLY - it redirects to wix logomaker, hitting the back button it goes to https://10.trackints.com/ .

Is this another one of your traps. JAck?



No. It's not. Wix, as far as I know is a legit website where you can create your own website for "free"... I'm sure there are strings.

"10.trackints.com" looks pretty damn suspicious though.

This really has me curious why the hell you'd be getting to either of those sites from a link here. Do you have malwarebytes installed? You should run a scan and make sure somebody else isn't redirecting you places you aren't trying to go.

Do none of my other videos post for you? That youtube link should work fine. I haven't laid any traps since the Roomba got banned. I certainly wouldn't put it in here with a bunch of friendlies.



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Tuesday, July 13, 2021 9:39 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
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SIX: So how on earth did this lead you to finding good video game music?
Oh, I used to do reviews on a day when most of the lab was off (fewer interruptions) but the field techs worked every day of the week, and one of them gave me a thumb drive of his favorite music. I used to listen to it on my phone bc our IT people got the heebie-jeebies whenever they detected a thumb drive on the system.

His was not exactly my kind of music, so I went looking online until I found a LOOOOONG video that I mostly liked. But I got the idea from him.



Oh... lol. Interesting. Thanks for filling in the blanks from A to Zed, because I wasn't following.



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Tuesday, July 13, 2021 9:42 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
When I was young I was taught to not like country music bc it was... well, country. But as I've gotten older I've also gotten to appreciate it, because it's about real stuff: life, loss, choices.

As I've mentioned, I really don't listen to music a lot. Usually when I'm doing something tedious that requires my eyes and hands, but not my ears, like kitchen work. So I kind of bumble around and have missed whole decades of music! Which is why I appreciate your choices: they introduce me to music I might not have otherwise known.



I never got into country myself either. My stepdad listened to it but by that point my musical tastes had already been established and Country wasn't working for me.

I did, however, always love this song when it came up on his tape in the pickup truck.



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Tuesday, July 13, 2021 10:04 PM

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Final Fantasy has too many great songs to list...

A lot of their intense songs for tense parts are great, but my favorite usually is the chill music. You could really just put on all the chill FF music and fall asleep to it.





And I really love how so many talented artists have taken some of my favorite songs from the 80's and 90's that only had the limited capabilities of 8bit and 16bit machines and gave them proper orchestrial scores.



Final Fantasy IV "Boss Theme" ORIGINAL (Super Nintendo 1991):



Final Fantasy IV "Boss Theme" ORCHESTRAL COVER:



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EVOLUTION OF FINAL FANTASY PROLOGUE

Final Fantasy I "Prologue" ORIGINAL (8bit Nintendo Entertainment System 1986):



Same song as above but used in the 4th game 5 years later...
Final Fantasy IV "Prologue" ORIGINAL (16bit Super Nintendo 1991):



Final Fantasy IV "Prologue" ORCHESTRAL COVER:



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EVOLUTION OF FINAL FANTASY'S MAYOTA'S CAVE

Final Fantasy I "Mayota's Cave" (Nintendo Entertainment System 1986):



Final Fantasy I (Remake) "Mayota's Cave" (I believe this was a Playstation remake of the game in the early 2000's.)



Final Fantasy I "Mayota's Cave" COOL "TWINSTRUMENTAL" REMAKE:



Lot's of love for these 35 year old tunes.
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Tuesday, July 13, 2021 10:57 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
When I was young I was taught to not like country music bc it was... well, country. But as I've gotten older I've also gotten to appreciate it, because it's about real stuff: life, loss, choices.

As I've mentioned, I really don't listen to music a lot. Usually when I'm doing something tedious that requires my eyes and hands, but not my ears, like kitchen work. So I kind of bumble around and have missed whole decades of music! Which is why I appreciate your choices: they introduce me to music I might not have otherwise known.

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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

THUGR posts about Putin so much, he must be in love.



Outside of my mother's love of Elvis and rock from the 50s the other music when I was growing up was country. Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Wilf Carter and the like. My dad liked Wilf Carter and Hank Snow both of whom were Canadian. My mom it was Patsy Cline, Loretta Lyn, Tammy Wynnette, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins.

Now for myself because I grew up surrounded by it all through high school and into my 20s and 30s, I couldn't stand it. But I started hearing Billy Ray Cyrus then Tim McGraw and decided their stuff wasn't too bad. Also Alabama and Alan Jackson.

As I've said I've been surrounded by it all my life from my mom and a friend of hers with classical. So my own tastes now run from classical to rock with just a tinge of metal.

So, I'm always glad to expand someone's musical knowledge.

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:00 PM

BRENDA


Here's another Don Williams



More my speed.

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Friday, July 16, 2021 7:00 PM

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Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.



Hey Jack - here's what (I think) happened to your link.

My router was in the early stages of what eventually became a catastrophic hardware failure. But for some reason, it was gagging on that link, and only that link, repeatedly doing the same wrong thing and redirecting me through the same wrong series of websites to end up at the same wrong place ...

... until after a few hours the router cascaded through a quick series of more random and global failures into not working at all.

So, that's why it looked like a bad link. (However, I haven't tried it again! just because ... superstitious, I guess.)

And that's why I haven't been here. I just got the new router delivered and set it up, and I'm back!


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Friday, July 16, 2021 11:57 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by 1KIKI:

Hey Jack - here's what (I think) happened to your link.

My router was in the early stages of what eventually became a catastrophic hardware failure. But for some reason, it was gagging on that link, and only that link, repeatedly doing the same wrong thing and redirecting me through the same wrong series of websites to end up at the same wrong place ...

... until after a few hours the router cascaded through a quick series of more random and global failures into not working at all.

So, that's why it looked like a bad link. (However, I haven't tried it again! just because ... superstitious, I guess.)

And that's why I haven't been here. I just got the new router delivered and set it up, and I'm back!




Welcome back.

That's some weird shit. I don't blame you for not trying it again.

Thanks for the update though.

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