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Music 🎵 Today's Music Break thread

I always knew Journey existed prior to Steve Perry joining the group, and people often said how incredibly good they were. I finally checked out pre-Steve Journey. And they are marvelous. If you have the time, check out their second album, Look Into The Future. The final song, I'm Gonna Leave you, rips off its opening from Reo Speedwagon's Ridin' the Storm Out.... and the guitar riff early in the song was in turned ripped off by Kansas (who toured with Journey the year this album came out) and became the backbone of Carry On Wayward Son. They appropriated the riff with Journey's permission and blessing.

This is not the Journey you saw with your sweetheart at a concert at an outdoor amphitheater (yes, my wife and I saw Journey at Saratoga Performing Arts Center). This band sounds like Deep Purple crossed with Santana and a touch of Traffic.

 
Doohickie said:
I always knew Journey existed prior to Steve Perry joining the group, and people often said how incredibly good they were. I finally checked out pre-Steve Journey. And they are marvelous. If you have the time, check out their second album, Look Into The Future. The final song, I'm Gonna Leave you, rips off its opening from Reo Speedwagon's Ridin' the Storm Out.... and the guitar riff early in the song was in turned ripped off by Kansas (who toured with Journey the year this album came out) and became the backbone of Carry On Wayward Son. They appropriated the riff with Journey's permission and blessing.

This is not the Journey you saw with your sweetheart at a concert at an outdoor amphitheater (yes, my wife and I saw Journey at Saratoga Performing Arts Center). This band sounds like Deep Purple crossed with Santana and a touch of Traffic.

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Thanks for the tip about early Journey. They rocked.
 
SlaveToTheGrind said:
In honor of December 1 and the right to now play Christmas music, I give you the two I most hate and wish to never hear again. This includes any variations of said songs. Yet, I post here, but did not listen. I could easily include Mariah Carey, too.


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I think I've mentioned on this forum in the past that I really enjoy both of those songs.

This is what I'm wearing to the office holiday party tomorrow (though mine is long-sleeved):

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In 1988, I traveled to the Soviet Union as a People to People student ambassador. I, along 32 other Iowa high school kids and three adults (one, my HS Russian teacher) spent three weeks in the USSR. Our trip consisted of DSM>Chicago>Helsinki>Leningrad>Kiev>Tashkent>Stavropol (Iowa's sister state)>Pyatigorsk>Moscow>London>Chicago>DSM. While in Moscow, I picked up a few Russian vinyls (peak technology at the time in the USSR) of the bands Aquarium and Black Coffee. Deep Purple's The House of Blue Light also came home with me. This was the time of growing perestroika and the relaxing of banning all things western which previously thrived underground. There was a small window when the west was exposed to Soviet bands such as the aforementioned or Gorky Park and Boris Grebenschikov (Aquarium).

 
Maister said:
Every time I hear the Modern Lovers I can't help but think of Pablo Picasso. They were years ahead of their time.

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A cover of this song is also in the movie "Repo Man" (1984) ! Yes Jonathan & the M.L.'s were visionary, if you played the album to a bunch of UB Freshman and told them it was recorded yesterday in someone's dorm room [actually recorded 1972-73, released 1976], they might believe it!

Pablo Picasso was never called an A*hole, not in New York!
 

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According to Spotify, this is what I've been listening to in 2025:

Most played songs:
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Most played albums:
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Down the rabbit hole: TIL that there is a Jeff Lynne tribute album called Lynne Me Your Ears. It's interesting hearing other artists interpret songs I'm well familiar with. In most cases though I prefer the original Jeff Lynne version.

One Summer Dream is an exception though. It's an incredible groove of a song as interpreted by Prairie Sons And Daughters (featuring Prairie Prince). And who the hell is Prairie Prince, you may ask? Well I did, and Wikipedia tells me,

Charles Lempriere "Prairie" Prince (born May 7, 1950) is an American drummer and visual artist. He came to prominence in the 1970s as a member of the San Francisco–based rock group The Tubes, was a member of Jefferson Starship from 1992 to 2008 and has worked with a wide range of other performers as a session musician. [He] was a founding member of Journey along with Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie. However, he quit Journey after a few months before they made any recordings.
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That's a helluva pedigree.

 
WSU MUP Student said:
According to Spotify, this is what I've been listening to in 2025:

Most played songs:
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I don't use an app that tracks my listening, but I assume that Tallahassee, The Sunset Tree, and John Prine would all be in the top 7 or so of my listening this year.

Youtube recently suggested a cover of Christmas in Prison by John Darnielle at a live show. The recording quality of it sucks, but his take on the song is great. He also covered REK's Merry Christmas from the Family at the same show.
 
Last Christmas, Wonderful Christmastime, and All I Want For Christmas Is You are on constant repeat when I'm playing music at home this time of year. All great songs!
 
SlaveToTheGrind said:
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I kept waiting for the "Funny or Die" version to go off the rails (it sort of did in the final seconds but I'm not really counting that). I think maybe it's actually funnier for basically being a shot for shot remake of the original.

But then after watching the original I was wondering why are Bowie and Crosby singing together? Was this for some weird variety show or something? Looking at Wikipedia it was for the "Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas". It was filmed on September 11, 1977 and then Bing Crosby died on October 14, 1977 and the special aired on November 30 in the U.S. and December 24 in the U.K.
 
WSU MUP Student said:
I kept waiting for the "Funny or Die" version to go off the rails (it sort of did in the final seconds but I'm not really counting that). I think maybe it's actually funnier for basically being a shot for shot remake of the original.

But then after watching the original I was wondering why are Bowie and Crosby singing together? Was this for some weird variety show or something? Looking at Wikipedia it was for the "Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas". It was filmed on September 11, 1977 and then Bing Crosby died on October 14, 1977 and the special aired on November 30 in the U.S. and December 24 in the U.K.
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The ubiquitous 1970s variety is a logical guess. Who did not have a variety show?
 
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