Ah, give me the classics and the old songs. Finlandia. Symphony to The New World. Grand Canyon Suite. Peer Gynt. Ode to Joy. Rhapsody in Blue. The Hallelujah Chorus. The Brandenburg Concertos. Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald. Nelson singing “Give Me Some Men.” Mario Lanza. Enrico Caruso. Gilbert & Sullivan. Rogers & Hammerstein. Hal David and Burt Bacharach. The Carpenters. Captain & Tenille even. So many more.
Many moons ago, I was looking for ideas to organize my various music collections. I found I could go to the Hit Parader website and copy/paste the yearly Top One Hundred to a text file. Before 1955, I did not recognize most of the songs. After 1975, the music started becoming mono-generic with the advent of Disco. For those twenty years, Popular music was show tunes, lounge tunes, Rock_N_Roll, TV themes, old classics. Folk music (and glamorized folk) started sneaking in late fifties/early sixties. Country music crossovers started sneaking in about late sixties.
For those twenty years, about every third song, I could still sing along with (mostly). I submit this (along with your more classical suggestions) as evidence that my generation enjoyed the best music ever.
Averagemoe about 1 month ago
That’s more on point than Dana should want it to be.
Uncle Kenny about 1 month ago
I love that song! Thank you, Millie!
eddi-TBH about 1 month ago
Rain Ruin at the bandcamp website.
My Uncle Max Metheny, who writes poetry for a living, picked this as his
It’s a question of keeping the ghosts out of view
Though it’s all just a game if the legend is true
You’re a Cain without Abel, a knight without dawn
But I know you’re a child, it’s a mask you put on
So I’m writing this letter to say nothing’s wrong
I’m forgetting the words to your mockingbird song
Though I know it’s a blessing, it still makes me stare
When you make implications dissolve in the air
In the streets of Los Angeles you hide away
Just a breath of revenge on a typical day
Like the song of the siren it strings me along
I’m a deer in the lights of your mockingbird song
It’s a question of keeping the ghosts out of view
Though it’s all just a game if the legend is true
It’s the same situation, just different eyes
You’ll end up with the best soul that money can buy
If you’re stuck in a rut you could light off a bomb
‘Cause you’ve come to the end of your mockingbird song
credits
from Shiver, released June 1, 2005
Vocals, guitar – D.C. Simpson
And I don’t care what Felicia says, I like it.
DaBump Premium Member about 1 month ago
Ah, give me the classics and the old songs. Finlandia. Symphony to The New World. Grand Canyon Suite. Peer Gynt. Ode to Joy. Rhapsody in Blue. The Hallelujah Chorus. The Brandenburg Concertos. Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald. Nelson singing “Give Me Some Men.” Mario Lanza. Enrico Caruso. Gilbert & Sullivan. Rogers & Hammerstein. Hal David and Burt Bacharach. The Carpenters. Captain & Tenille even. So many more.
Greyhame about 1 month ago
Many moons ago, I was looking for ideas to organize my various music collections. I found I could go to the Hit Parader website and copy/paste the yearly Top One Hundred to a text file. Before 1955, I did not recognize most of the songs. After 1975, the music started becoming mono-generic with the advent of Disco. For those twenty years, Popular music was show tunes, lounge tunes, Rock_N_Roll, TV themes, old classics. Folk music (and glamorized folk) started sneaking in late fifties/early sixties. Country music crossovers started sneaking in about late sixties.
For those twenty years, about every third song, I could still sing along with (mostly). I submit this (along with your more classical suggestions) as evidence that my generation enjoyed the best music ever.