The official "What are you listening to right now?" thread

[Greginslc]

Bread was never hip. They made several songs that landed in the top 40 before the disco craze. Their lead singer, David Gates, had a solo gig for a while, but never hit the success he had with Bread.

[Greginslc]

Oh, and before you all start scratching your heads, my brother was a DJ and sports news guy on a local radio station (KOVO) back in the day.

[RedDon]

@NewbombTurk

Not at all hip. Not even close. Think Nickleback.

Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel in Taxi Driver

[uteman1011]

@salUTE

…m to unload and setup the equipment.As the only musician in the group, I had the task of tuning all the instruments and checking all the amps, etc. The lead guitarist owned a very unique instrument, one of the very earliest fender guitars from the late 1940s called a Broadcaster (they later released newer versions of these as Telecasters). His had been butchered by a wood carver carving psychedelic designs in the guitar body. The guitarist, Larry Knechtel, had been a member of the infamous LA Studio musicians known as the Wrecking Crew, and was an accomplished guitarist.As for coming of as creepers, imagine a limousine pulling up to reservoir park in about 1971, rear door fly’s open and a middle aged hippy jumps out and says to a group of young teenagers, “you guys wanna make some money?”.

I got my first album ever in 1973 for my birthday. Best of Bread. I was 10.

[UteBrave]

CHARLEY CROCKETT - "TRINITY RIVER" (Official Video)

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Iron Lion Zion - Bob Marley (HQ)

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The Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout (Live on KEXP)

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Willie Nelson - Summertime (Official Video)

[salUTE]

I’ve probably posted this before (possibly multiple times) but, you simply cannot sustain a bad day listening to Etta James.

At Last

[Ma-ake]

Barf alert - I heard a remake of this song by Shelby Lynne which was actually pretty good, but the original… wow, boy. (Send me any laundry bills)

And WTH is the deal with the guy who looks like Dandy Don Meredith?

I Only Wanna Be With You - Bay City Rollers - 1976

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I made it to :47 before hurling my lunch ! That dude does look like Dandy Don🤣

[NewbombTurk]

@Ma-ake

but the original

The original was by Dusty Springfield. And it was ok.

These guys however…

Dusty (True Stereo) I Only Want To Be With You HD

[Carolina_Cycling_Ute]

@Ma-ake

Barf alert - I heard a remake of this song by Shelby Lynne which was actually pretty good, but the original… wow, boy. (Send me any laundry bills)

And WTH is the deal with the guy who looks like Dandy Don Meredith?

And this is they type of thing I remember of my childhood in the '70s. “Cool” in the only way the I remember the '70s being – not at all, if you’re wondering, at least in my memories.

[Ma-ake]

I got lured into picking pineapples on Maui in the Summer '80. It was one of those 20% cool, 80% “what the hell did I agree to?” kind of deals.

One day a guy in a van came to our work compound selling “Lahaina City Rollers” attire from a failed skate rental business on the Lahaina side. I bought a shirt for 1$, mostly so I could embarrass my siblings in public wearing that thing.

“S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y… NIGHT!”

Mike Myers did a better job on that idea.

[AbsoluteUte]

@salUTE

I’ve probably posted this before (possibly multiple times) but, you simply cannot sustain a bad day listening to Etta James.

Grateful Dead - Baby What You Want Me To Do? (with Etta James) - 12/31/1982 - Oakland Auditorium

[RedDon]

@Ma-ake

I got lured into picking pineapples on Maui in the Summer '80. It was one of those 20% cool, 80% “what the hell did I agree to?” kind of deals.

One day a guy in a van came to our work compound selling “Lahaina City Rollers” attire from a failed skate rental business on the Lahaina side. I bought a shirt for 1$, mostly so I could embarrass my siblings in public wearing that thing.

“S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y… NIGHT!”

Mike Myers did a better job on that idea.

I’m gonna burn your ears! At least they could play it live.

Bay City Rollers - I Only Wanna Be With You (Live in Japan 1976)

[AbsoluteUte]

Grateful Dead - Hard to Handle (with Etta James) - 12/31/1982 - Oakland Auditorium

The Dead covered this song a bunch in the 60’s and I think Pigpen did it equal justice.
RIP Pig.

[LAUte]

I like balladeers. In the 70s I went on a date to a concert in the Special Events Center (remember when it was called that?). We went to see Seals and and Croft, who were pretty hot back then. The opening act was some guy named Billy Joel, who I had never heard of. I sat impatiently with my date, hoping he would not take too long to get through his set. I saw he was just one guy with a grand piano. No band. I rolled my eyes. Then he played “Piano Man.” After he finished there was a few seconds of silence, then the SEC audience erupted. I didn’t even want to listen to Seals & Crofts anymore that night.

Billy wrote 'Piano Man" when he was working in a piano lounge in mid-Los Angeles. He was playing under an assumed name because he was in a fight with his first label and didn’t want anyone to know he was playing publicly in such a venue.

It’s funny that Billy didn’t really think “Piano Man” was a very good song:

“I have no idea why that song became so popular. It’s like a karaoke favorite. The melody is not very good and very repetitious, while the lyrics are like limericks. I was shocked and embarrassed when it became a hit. But my songs are like my kids and I look at that song and think: ‘My kid did pretty well.'”

Billy Joel - Piano Man (Official HD Video)

[LuckyUte]

@LAUte

I rolled my eyes. Then he played “Piano Man.” After he finished there was a few seconds of silence, then the SEC audience erupted.

Did he play the harmonica part as well?

[LAUte]

@LuckyUte

@LAUte

I rolled my eyes. Then he played “Piano Man.” After he finished there was a few seconds of silence, then the SEC audience erupted.

Did he play the harmonica part as well?

As I recall, yes, he did. It was fascinating to watch.