@Auriaprottu I have to say, I have a wide open view on Jazz now. My bro is in his jazz phase and I had to drive around with him all weekend as we dealing with our other brothers burial. He started with Nina Simone and let the algorithm pick the rest. I got into some French jazz singers, Charles Auzanor(sp?), plus lots of Coltrane, Miles, the Duke and more Simone. I sat there and realized I really need to listen to more jazz.
I recommend Monk, Brubeck, Grappelli, Goodman,.. and personal favorites Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) and Chico Hamilton... if you can handle Dixieland, Kid Ory is great too.
Roy Ayers is also one worth checking out. Specifically, Everybody Loves the Sunshine and the album He's Coming.
Gilles Peterson, for those that don't know is an interesting fellow. He hosts radio shows all over Europe, has been a longtime host on the BBC, and man, he's never steered me wrong. Although his Arsenal fandom is a different story. Some tracks he's picked out from Brit Funk, French jazz artists, and Brazilian musicians.
Green Day to open Super Bowl with MVP anniversary ceremony - ESPN Probably won't be playing this but I wish they would...
“WAP” Lyrics Like a president caught in shenanigans with the beauty queen I’m guessing they may not be so innocent as they’d have us believe Everyday I’ve got so much to say but I’ve been biting my tongue Trying to navigate through the internet is like swallowing poison And it makes me wanna hide sometimes It’s official that we’re in a virtual universe I’m told Even just to believe that you’re physical is getting kind of old I’m not trying to abide by conspiracies or listen to the polls There never was any head on this chicken no matter what we’re sold And it makes me wanna cry sometimes (Chorus) What a predicament What a predicament What a predicament that we find ourselves in
The only song I ever liked by Blink was Dammit... ...and they had a good drummer. Green Day started from punk at the legendary 924 Gilman establishment, in Berkeley. They will always have a certain amount of punk rock cred, for me, despite their pop sensibility. And they're Bay Area heroes. Furthermore, they've always put on a great show. Hail Green Day!
There was a jazz bar I used to hit most days back in Scotland. It helped that I was big into the Beat writers at the same time. It probably didn't hurt that my personal habits mirrored those of the Beats either. Those were great days I'm told.
Jeopardy had a "cult band" category a few nights ago. I think these Millennials only got this 1 right. 2013772410307154140 is not a valid tweet id
I assume you guys might not be thaaat much into German rap, but this is the greatest song you'll hear today: (It got English subtitles, so no excuses)
You’d think Spanish hip hop would be the best since rhyming is so easy when every noun either ends in ‘a’ or ‘o’. And yet French hip hop is the heaviest shit around.
That was horrible. I remember saying in HS that if they couldn't comer up with anything about real life and real struggle, they just needed to go away. I didn't hear The Last Poets until I was well into adulthood. If I want to hear rap I want it to be relevant, like The Message, or at least as relevant as Strange Fruit
You might want to check out Promoe / Looptroop Rockers. Swedish boom bap rap that might be up your alley. How did you like the track from Ebow above, and how she describes her growing up and coming out?
Not a fan of the style of music, but the lyrics were definitely relatable. I find it very encouraging that more artists are sharing their stories in song, something that was 100% lacking when I was growing up. Of course, there's also straight artists advocating for gay rights in their songs and videos, such as Macklemore's "Same Love". Then there are the straight artists who take otherwise straight songs but make the videos clearly LGBT+, such as Hozier's "Take Me to Church", which is an extremely powerful video. Whenever I watch it I think of my former student from Moldova who was gay. After he moved back there I continued to support him in his activism there. Haven't heard from him for years, so wonder if he is still alive or if he has been murdered (a distinct possibility). One of the songs that I enjoy because it is overtly gay in the lyrics is Calum Scott's "If Our Love Is Wrong". It's nice not to have to change the pronouns in songs to make them relatable. If only Ricky Martin would have officially came out earlier maybe we could have had "He Bangs" instead.
One of the older videos I remember in this vein is this one from the Cowboy Junkies. Of course I don't know if some or all of the members of the band are straight.
I loved hip hop in the 80s and very early 90s; it sounded so new and alien. Many people who hated hip hop would dismiss it by saying "It isn't even music" and I actually thought that was both arguably correct AND one reason I responded so positively to it--it was truly something new, at least before it got all "new jack" and whatnot--started incorporating pop song structures into the mix. It was more punk than punk, to my ears.