Uncool music you like
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@Victor-Meldrew There's a terribly sad adjunct to his career.
My own grandfather is succumbing to this hideous disease and my father's work ethic is a massive marker for it.
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@antipodean said in Uncool music you like:
@Victor-Meldrew There's a terribly sad adjunct to his career.
He was very brave performing until the end, huge respect to him for doing that. There's a video on Youtube of him playing for people in his sheltered accommodation just before he died. He could still shred with the best of them, though lost it with pretty much else.
My own grandfather is succumbing to this hideous disease and my father's work ethic is a massive marker for it.
My sympathies. It's plain awful to watch. Mrs M's mother has dementia & Parkinsons and it's heart-breaking to watch a woman who once faced down a Soviet army officer in Mozambique turn increasingly frail and mentally lost.
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@Tim said in Uncool music you like:
When you are looking for a youtube video to post to this thread and you see "Taped from RTR Countdown".
Wrong thread
Cool as fuck
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@MiketheSnow Hard to be cool with Steve Vai in the band!
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Uncool music you like:
Been getting into Glen Campbell over the last week or so. Never quite realised he was also a genuine Guitar God who would probably be in the top 10 in any genre. That said, this is seriously un-cool though
Not quite sure about that….but he was definitely very good.
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@MN5 said in Uncool music you like:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Uncool music you like:
Been getting into Glen Campbell over the last week or so. Never quite realised he was also a genuine Guitar God who would probably be in the top 10 in any genre. That said, this is seriously un-cool though
Not quite sure about that….but he was definitely very good.
I only really discovered his playing until a few months ago, but he was arguably the most versatile of the lot. Top drawer in Rock and roll, classical, jazz, country, 6-string, 12-string, banjo, rock and everything in between - both solo and hundreds of recordings with The Wrecking Crew.
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Uncool for many (not @Tim) I'm not a huge fan of the Silk Degrees era, probably due to being overplayed and everywhere when growing up but it is quite obviously quality in musicianship and worth another listen.
Lots of Boz's discography is really worth picking through though. He came full circle back to his 60s blues band origins over time and his period with the Muscle Shoals backing guys is really good.
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@Crucial said in Uncool music you like:
Uncool for many (not @Tim) I'm not a huge fan of the Silk Degrees era, probably due to being overplayed and everywhere when growing up but it is quite obviously quality in musicianship and worth another listen.
Lots of Boz's discography is really worth picking through though. He came full circle back to his 60s blues band origins over time and his period with the Muscle Shoals backing guys is really good.
That song and album is incredibly evocative for me both when it came out and again when I rediscovered it. Epic and pretty happy times in my life.
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@Tim said in Uncool music you like:
@Crucial That whole album is great, and that song is an all timer. Toto were the backing band, as they were for Michael Jackson's Thriller.
Excellent backing band and musicians but their songs are shite (IMO). Pedant alert though. 'Toto' didn't exist as a band when Silk degrees was recorded.
I certainly appreciate the craft of the album but really don't find the songs themselves age well.
Much prefer his period with Duane Allman and his 'rootsier' stuff. Maybe for the other thread. -
@Crucial said in Uncool music you like:
@Tim said in Uncool music you like:
@Crucial That whole album is great, and that song is an all timer. Toto were the backing band, as they were for Michael Jackson's Thriller.
Excellent backing band and musicians but their songs are shite (IMO). Pedant alert though. 'Toto' didn't exist as a band when Silk degrees was recorded.
I certainly appreciate the craft of the album but really don't find the songs themselves age well.
Much prefer his period with Duane Allman and his 'rootsier' stuff. Maybe for the other thread.Africa is probably the epitome of an uncool
Song that I love to keep it on topic.
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@Crucial his Live at the Great American Music Hall album is a goody.
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