Whistle While you Work or Not?

[Virgs Sew n Sew]

They only invented it to get back at white people for Country & Western.

Now that is funny!

However, I think among {ahem} younger people, crap, er I mean rap is more accepted.  I have a 20'ish niece and she has rap on her iPOD.  My brother does music for wedding receptions and he has a fair amount of rap loaded on his equipment.

Virginia

[scottymc]

I love rap, not allowed to listen to it in presence of missus. Rockabilly too, a lot of music I turned up my nose at when I was younger, I really enjoy now. Then there is the standard Midnight Oil which I blame my tinnitus on.
Darren , when I was a grom I went to an AC/DC gig at my mates school social, wild times. The real acadaca, with Bon Scott.

[Mike]

I'm amazed at how we pretty much all seem to agree that "rap is crap"  : )

Well naturally. What do you expect from a bunch of white people?

A black friend of mine says that blacks really don't even like Rap. They only invented it to get back at white people for Country & Western.

ive got one rap song downloaded to my phone
http://youtu.be/rKTUAESacQM  only because I liked disco and le chic le freak I actually like disco  james brown and Chicago and never learned to apreacieate led zeplin and pink Floyd till years later

[kodydog]

- the weekend when no talk radio is available it's oldies.
SA

After reading all these posts. This week; turn off the talk and listen to more music. Classic, country and alternative. And relax.

[Virgs Sew n Sew]

Rap - ok I like "Who Let the Dogs Out", "Baby Got Back" and I've heard a couple of Salt 'n Peppa that sounded ok -- didn't catch the names though.  Most of it-ugh.

I've never really listened to alternative -- I will put that on my list of music to check out.

Virginia

[Virgs Sew n Sew]

Allman Brothers Band on this Sunday morning coming down.  I love me some blues based rock ; )

[SteveA]

Kody -
You're right - I need to settle down to some Faith Hill or Carrie -  I was too wired watching those mid-terms - now I can relax and get back to work - what did the Eagles say about those "Eyes"
SA

[Mojo]

I refuse to listen to rap. To me it isn't music but synthesized crap. Hell the singers cannot even sing. It is just noise to me. I would rather listen to a Monastery chant group.

And this is a problem with alot of the music today. It is not generated by musicians who ply their amazing talents or by true singers with amazing pipes but instead it is all done by some geek with excellent computer skills. Did you know that when a vocalist goes into a studio they do not even need to sing in tune ? The computer software used in recording studios will make all the corrections and it will come out pitch perfect.

I am a bit of a music snob but it comes from spending countless hours in a studio doing take after take after take to put out a perfect track. We had no computer anything - every sound we got from our guitars, the blues notes I blew on a harp, the beat bass players and drummers laid down all came from talented people who busted their ass to hone their skills. Vocal work was tough as every word had to be in sync and on the mark.

I find it sad that computers now days generate our music and few musicians are employed anymore. You would not believe what these computer software programs can do in a recording studio now days. They are amazingly powerful and create excellent sounding music but the personal aspect is gone.

Chris

[scottymc]

Yeah Chris and that's much what your parents said about Elvis and the electric  guitar  :)

[Virgs Sew n Sew]

We were watching Tom Petty's "Running Down A Dream" filmography and I think it was his original keyboardist left for that reason.  At some point in Petty and the Heartbreaker's career, they quit recording as a group and each individual would record, it would go through the process Chris is talking about and when Petty was satisfied, they would be overlaid (or whatever the process is called).  This guy felt that it was no longer recording and walked.  Said it wasn't about money but about creating art (I'm paraphrasing).  I didn't quite understand his beef then but after reading Chris's post, I think I understand it now and I have way more respect for the guy now.

Yup each generation says that the new music is going to ruin the profession and usually it's just a generational thing but if a computer can take out of tune warbling and turn it into a hit, I would think a new bumper sticker similar to the old "Disco" bumper sticker Bob and I used to love is in order.

Virginia

[sofadoc]

Yeah Chris and that's much what your parents said about Elvis and the electric  guitar  :)

Yeah, but my parents also thought that Abbot & Costello were funny.

"Who's on first?........What's on second?"............if my dad were alive right now, he'd STILL be cracking up at that routine.

[Mojo]

Scotty:

You missed my point.

Elvis played an instrument. It may have been electric but he played an instrument and he had near perfect pitch control.

My point is this, alot of the music you hear today ( especially rap & hip hop ) is all done by computer nerds. They do NOT play instruments and are NOT musicians. They simply program software by hitting a keypad which generates sounds that mimic what a true musician would play. The singers have little vocal talent outside pitch control software

I remember watching a video which was an interview with Joe Walsh from the Eagles. He said the industry has changed  to the point that it will never remain the same and new artists and bands will never make the money older artists made during their careers.

I just find it all so disheartening. I still attend concerts where the artists perform live and bring real life musicians with him. But I also know somewhere in that concert hall is a guy hitting a keyboard on a computer which is keeping this artist on pitch and in tune and some of those sounds are being generated via computer software.

Chris

[scottymc]

And you missed my point mate, that your parents probably thought Elvis had no talent at all , just disgusting fella gyrating his hips and screaming, if good music is being made well there has to be some talent in there even if you don't like the way it was made.
I'm sure many classical guitarist thought the world was about to end the first time they heard Jimi Hendrix 

[bobbin]

NPR Morning Edition (MPBN) until 9AM.  Sometimes I stay tuned and listen to the classical music show until 10 AM at which time I may switch over to NHNPR which is an all news format (Diane Rehm) if nothing interests me I'll switch to 92.1 (locally owned staion that is fun) but never before 10 AM because the morning DJ is a jerk who likes the sound of his voice too much and blabs over the music!

[scottymc]

actually I prefer talk back radio these days