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Music 🎵 Today's Music Break thread

WSU MUP Student said:
Anybody else excited for the announcement of a Rush tour in 2026?

No Detroit dates so now I need to decide whether I want to go to Chicago, Toronto, or Cleveland. I've got a buddy from the Cleveland area who looks a lot like Geddy Lee so maybe I can convince him to come to that show...

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I'll see your Tom Sawyer and raise you with...

 
mendelman said:
I'll see your Tom Sawyer and raise you with...

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^ That's another one of my favorites.

I really wanted to post up The Trees but they never made an official video for that one? I always liked that song and the high school my daughter goes to are "The Maples" so I always tell her that their fight song should be The Trees. Last year for marching season, their show was "Classic Rock Through the Ages" with songs from The Rolling Stones, Chicago, Bon Jovi, and Blink-182. Nevermind the microaggression of lumping Bon Jovi and Blink-182 into "classic rock" but I figured that was the perfect opportunity to bring The Trees into the repertoire! Despite my prodding and protestation, she did not suggest that to the band director.
 
A cool cover by a band with a cool name.


WSU MUP Student said:
^ That's another one of my favorites.

I really wanted to post up The Trees but they never made an official video for that one? I always liked that song and the high school my daughter goes to are "The Maples" so I always tell her that their fight song should be The Trees. Last year for marching season, their show was "Classic Rock Through the Ages" with songs from The Rolling Stones, Chicago, Bon Jovi, and Blink-182. Nevermind the microaggression of lumping Bon Jovi and Blink-182 into "classic rock" but I figured that was the perfect opportunity to bring The Trees into the repertoire! Despite my prodding and protestation, she did not suggest that to the band director.
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Last year at our HS's hosted competition, one of the visiting marching bands played this:



Tailor made for marching bands. :cool:
 
WSU MUP Student said:
Anybody else excited for the announcement of a Rush tour in 2026?

No Detroit dates so now I need to decide whether I want to go to Chicago, Toronto, or Cleveland. I've got a buddy from the Cleveland area who looks a lot like Geddy Lee so maybe I can convince him to come to that show...

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I have mixed feelings about this. I am happy for them and for the fans and yet.... sigh.... Neil. :'(
 
Doohickie said:
Who here has heard of Nick Drake?

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I had some Nick Drake pop up on this morning's playlist at the gym thanks to letting Spotify build me a playlist based on Neutral Milk Hotel!

This:



Eventually led to this:



Growing up, I had never heard of Nick Drake. I'm pretty sure my first exposure to him was in a VW commercial in 1999. I remember reading a while back that before that commercial, The Pink Moon album had sold something like less than 10,000 copies in the 25+ years since its release. The album then sold 75,000 copies in the year after the commercial.



The entire album is pretty great, as is Bryter Layter, the album he released before this one. Looking it up now, his first album, Five Leaves Left (which has "River Man" on it), has really good reviews and I'm sure I've listened to it, but I cannot recall anything about it. I'll have to give it another listen now. Maybe I'll go through all three of those albums in chronological order later today.
 
WSU MUP Student said:
his first album, Five Leaves Left (which has "River Man" on it), has really good reviews and I'm sure I've listened to it, but I cannot recall anything about it.
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It's my favorite of his albums.

I heard of him for the first time earlier this year on a reddit thread about artists who were influential but had very short careers.
 
mendelman said:
See also:


o_O
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I came in here specifically to post one of these clips. :rofl:

Also... I tried showing my daughter a couple episodes of Saved By The Bell when she was like 11 or 12 and she could not have cared less about them (kids have horrible taste). Now that she's a sophomore I should show her some of these.
 
michaelskis said:
Hey, if it works for you, who am I to judge.

Personally, I need something more along these lines:
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Metallica is good for the gym too - they're one of the few heavier rock bands I like to listen to when I'm working out. Generally, I need something more upbeat though. I listen to a lot of Phil Collins and Wings and Poison and Andrew W.K. and Supertramp and Steely Dan at the gym. I also like a lot of hip-hop and rap at the gym. The Big Tymers and Master P are a couple favorites; I've got a playlist made up of a lot of stuff from Cash Money Records and No Limits Records.

It's easy to get moving when one of these bangers hits the headphones!



^ That Andrew W.K. song in particular is a great one to run to. The entire album is like that and is only about 36 minutes long. 15 years ago I used to be able to run a 10k at the track before the album would be finished. I cannot do that anymore but I should give it a try.

LCD Soundsystem had an album called 45:33. It was produced by Nike and the original iTunes version was only one track and it was... 45 minutes and 33 seconds and James Murphy (the guy who is basically LCD Soundsystem) said he came up with the concept as a way to mix himself a track to run a 10k to. Years later, he said that was a total lie, but it was still a very cool concept. These days, when I am out at a charity 10k on the streets, I usually turn this album on with the goal of finishing up before the album ends.

 
Doohickie said:
Here's a song by the Primitive Radio Gods.


If the name sounds familiar but you can't quite place it, they were a one hit wonder. This was their one hit. I picked up a copy of the album on CD and I like it quite a bit.
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That was good!

I don't think I've ever heard any other song other than their one hit that you also linked to and it's one of those songs I still listen to quite a bit but it never acted as a catalyst to get me to explore anything else from them, not even anything else from that album.

For what's it's worth, "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money In My Hand" is one of those songs that instantly transports me back to my senior year in high school anytime I hear it.
 
WSU MUP Student said:
Metallica is good for the gym too - they're one of the few heavier rock bands I like to listen to when I'm working out. Generally, I need something more upbeat though. I listen to a lot of Phil Collins and Wings and Poison and Andrew W.K. and Supertramp and Steely Dan at the gym. I also like a lot of hip-hop and rap at the gym. The Big Tymers and Master P are a couple favorites; I've got a playlist made up of a lot of stuff from Cash Money Records and No Limits Records.

It's easy to get moving when one of these bangers hits the headphones!



^ That Andrew W.K. song in particular is a great one to run to. The entire album is like that and is only about 36 minutes long. 15 years ago I used to be able to run a 10k at the track before the album would be finished. I cannot do that anymore but I should give it a try.

LCD Soundsystem had an album called 45:33. It was produced by Nike and the original iTunes version was only one track and it was... 45 minutes and 33 seconds and James Murphy (the guy who is basically LCD Soundsystem) said he came up with the concept as a way to mix himself a track to run a 10k to. Years later, he said that was a total lie, but it was still a very cool concept. These days, when I am out at a charity 10k on the streets, I usually turn this album on with the goal of finishing up before the album ends.

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Rhythmic rap?....you need to look to Old School for the answer

 
WSU MUP Student said:
That was good!

I don't think I've ever heard any other song other than their one hit that you also linked to and it's one of those songs I still listen to quite a bit but it never acted as a catalyst to get me to explore anything else from them, not even anything else from that album.

For what's it's worth, "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money In My Hand" is one of those songs that instantly transports me back to my senior year in high school anytime I hear it.
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I've listened to that whole album on repeat for extended periods. It hasn't gotten old yet and it raises the question why were they just a one hit wonder band???

They have a good sound, occasionally insightful lyrics, although not always stated politically correctly. From Skin Turns Blue:

When will you realize
(The n**** you hate is your brother)

There's a lot of social commentary/observation in their lyrics... make you think.

Also, they play with the music a bit. The percussion in Skin Turns Blue is all over the place but never far off the beat.
 
dandy_warhol said:
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The Lonesome Crowded West is a fantastic album. Maybe the best from Modest Mouse? It's hard to say because all of their albums have been phenomenal... except maybe Strangers to Ourselves which was still pretty great.

If you like the first few Modest Mouse albums, it's worth checking out Sun Kil Moon's Tiny Cities album which is made up entirely of Modest Mouse covers.

 

If you haven't listened to this song for a couple of years....or decades you owe it to yourself to listen to it once again.

Harper Valley PTA said:
I wanna tell you all the story 'bout a Harper Valley widowed wifeWho had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior HighWell, her daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to playAnd she said, "Mom, I got a note here from the Harper Valley P.T.A."

Well, the note said, "Mrs. Johnson, you're wearin' your dresses way too highIt's reported you've been drinkin' and a-runnin' round with men and goin' wildAnd we don't believe you oughta be a-bringin' up your little girl this way"And it was signed by the secretary, Harper Valley P.T.A.

Well, it happened that the P.T.A was gonna meet that very afternoonAnd they were sure surprised when Mrs. Johnson wore her miniskirt into the roomAnd as she walked up to the blackboard, I can still recall the words she had to sayShe said, "I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley P.T.A."

Well, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there and seven times he's asked me for a dateAnd Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lotta ice whenever he's awayAnd Mr. Baker, can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town?And shouldn't widow Jones be told to keep her window shades all pulled completely down

Well, Mr. Harper couldn't be here 'cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar againAnd if you'll smell Shirley Thompson's breath, you'll find she's had a little nip of ginAnd then you have the nerve to tell me you think that as a mother I'm not fitWell, this is just a little Peyton Place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites!

No, I wouldn't put you on because it really didIt happened just this wayThe day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.The day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.
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