Music

With so many great Billy Joel songs from which to choose, it’d be difficult for me to pick a favorite, but that one would have to be near the top of anyone’s list, Bob.

Always enjoyed that video. Thanks.

With so much talent right here on this forum,there is no one-up-manship at all. To each their own style and type of music.

As a young hippie I did see (Jim Morrison),The Doors,Jimi,J Giles,Led Zepplin,Yes in concerts in Seattle.

I love the radical bass lines of Yes.My memory of the guitar solos are the least faded.

OK this is my link: Top 10 best guitar solos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4NOJ42-BKM

Glad to see Brian May (from Queen) on that particular list of top guitar solos. His work is too often overlooked, IMHO.

Speaking of guitarists, we could give a nod to Carlos Santana for this song, featuring vocals by Rob Thomas (lead singer of Matchbox Twenty), who also co-wrote. I liked it all: Catchy tune and Latin beat, great guitar by Santana, spirited vocals by Thomas, and a well-conceived and well-produced video that made me wanna get up and dance.

Sometimes, when I like a song, it’s like the kiss of death, but, in this case, I somehow managed to get myself in sync with everyone else. It was pretty much a worldwide hit.


Smooth - Santana, featuring Rob Thomas (1999)



(Edit: I have no idea why I originally said the Queen guitarist was Roger May. Brain freeze, I guess. It's Brian May.)

Smooth... Damn! That cannot be overlooked!
I love tha bass line is that tune and the video is a party in the street.
Yeah,Carlos can play.
Can't help from bobbin' my head along .

Emerson, Lake & Palmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37e6_hdVonk

Yes - The Yes Album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rpBUD0hjaI&index=10&list=RDupuQqmFRcVI

Rush- This tune makes me DRIVE TOO FAST! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSNhcaKdb_M
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

This song has been used in a TV commercial, and has pretty much been overplayed, but the video still makes me smile.

It’s about speaking up, and not being afraid to be yourself.


Brave - Sara Bareilles (2013)


Sometimes, like when clcjudy goes to the store or something, clcjim cranks this sucker up and tries to imitate the dance moves that show up from about 2:40 to 3:05 or so. If you could see it, I’m sure you’d all laugh hysterically at me making a fool of myself. I’m not very good at it yet, but I’m steadily getting better. Dang it, I’m gonna do it.

I wonder what would happen if you
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly, I wanna see you be brave

That's a pretty cool song and video...also the first time I've seen or heard it. While I understand that some folks worry a lot about what other people think about them when they are having fun, that has never been how I live my life. Children naturally know how to have fun no matter who is watching, and geezers like me don't care what people watching think...when I'm in Vegas enjoying a good band in a casino lounge, if I can't get a girl to dance with me, I'll dance alone, and have fun doing it!

Red Rocks is not the only dedicated live music venue in the Denver area. Fiddler's Green is just off I-25 in Englewood, a south Denver suburb. This venue has double the seating capacity of Red Rocks, but it doesn't have anywhere near the booking draw of Red Rocks.

I've only seen one show at Fiddler's Green...and it was a really good one! Lenny Kravitz opened for Duran Duran. Both exceeded my expectations!

I suspect that a lot of people who have heard what is my favorite Lenny Kravitz song don't know who wrote and performed it. This guy knows how to rock!

Fly Away

Yep, I remember the exact thread. Tony cheered Richie Sambora for reportedly walking out on Bon Jovi mid-show, because for some reason that's what Jon Bon Jovi deserved. I pointed out that Sambora had also walked out on thousands of fans, which I thought was incredibly uncool. Tony disagreed.

Anyway, fast forward a year or two and I'm at Vinyl at the Hard Rock for an Elvis Monroe show, and Phil X, Richie Sambora's replacement on Bon Jovi, joins them on stage, plays Back In Back, and tears the place apart.

Richie who?

EDITED TO ADD: Bullshit, my memory fails. I just checked the google and Tony didn't even respond on that thread.

Never mind.

There are so many excellent performers that it's too hard for met to choose any one, or any one genre, as my favorite. I confess that the Grateful Dead impressed me in live performance more than any other artist or band. They were able to nail rock, country, ballads, disco, avante garde, jazz, and blend them into medleys that were seamless. I've seen them dozens of times, both in altered states and in the United States. I'll admit that there were times when they're chosen states of consciousness kinda put a damper on the music, but overall, their live music was astounding (IMHO).
Among current performers, a close second would have to be a tie between Paul McCartney (with his touring band) and the Beach Boys (with Brian Wilson's performance ensemble). Both simply knocked it out of the park. They can reproduce the sound on their LPs (is my age showing?) extremely well.

I remember being impressed, it the summer of 2002, with an unusual but captivating music video in which an obviously talented young musician named Vanessa Carleton took her piano “out for a drive.” I was hooked, and the song stuck in my head for months:

A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carleton (2002)


Everything was fine until the film White Chicks came out in 2004. In that movie, in which white chicks were played by black guys, former-NFL-player-turned-actor Terry Crews unleashed his “talents” on Vanessa Carleton’s work of art:

A Thousand Miles - Terry Crews (from White Chicks, 2004)


The song just never seemed the same after that.