Posts by Toad

No, droughts are absolute proof of climate change just like rain.

It’s irrefutable. If it’s not raining and then starts raining you have to admit the climate changed from dry to wet.

After they doggie-styled her till her nose bled

I heard on MSNBC that civil wars are mostly peaceful when lefties win.

Spot on.

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I just typed out a long reply and decided... No.

You're right, there hasn't been any good music made in the last thirty years. Just keep listening to Bob Seger and Jim Dandy.

That last is something I’ve never said. It’s your musical hubris talking Mr. Radiostationman.

But thanks for not posting your long an no doubt insightful reply. We, the musical untermenschen, could not possibly understand it anyway.

Once again, you said "There's lots of great stuff"

I asked you to shoot me a couple of those that you think are great.

Got an example or two? Yeah, I understand it's YOUR taste in music. I get that. Still interested.

Ok, so Billboard tells me what young people consider good. Since they are young, that automatically means an old bastard like me won't like it.

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Toad, you miss what I was saying.

When that shit was on the chart you were young.

The chart represent what young people like.

So some 80-year-old guy is not going to find what he likes on the charts, whether it be 1960s, 1970s or now.

Maybe when he was 20 he would find what was on the charts aligned with what he liked

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I think you miss what I'm saying, or maybe you are saying modern music is shit?

Supposedly, that list represents what people are buying right now, in this musical era if you will. One would think there are a few songs in there worth a listen.

That shit that was on that chart when I was young included The Beatles. Were they shit?

For me, it's interesting that I can go back to top lists from the 40s, 50, 60s, 70s and 80s in several different genres...blues, swing, early rock, hard rock, country, Irish, bluegrass....and find a pretty large number of songs in toto that I like. I will admit that later than the 80s the pickings get pretty slim (IMO) for me.

However, I like one Sluggo posted and the one Beej put up. I mean who doesn't like women playing fiddles?

I like the progression of the instruments throughout this one. Got some sailor's Hornpipe in it.

I like that one you posted Beej, Elephant Revival/Sing to the Mountain. Bluegrassy. I've listened to some Bluegrass. I have a couple of songs off of the Songcatcher album as well, early Scotch-Irish ballad type.

Like you, I also listen to some WW2 stuff. Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Vera Lynn; used to wash/wax the PT-19 to the White Cliffs of Dover CD.

I like to think I have a pretty wide range of tastes in music.

Yeah....good name for 'em

I've been reading some of Peachy Keenan's stuff. I like her style. Latest one.....

Meet the Zoomerwaffen - Peachy Keenan's Extremely Domestic (substack.com)

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Modern music is a VAST amount of music. Why would you care about a pop chart?

Because all the stuff I liked in my younger days usually appeared on the Billboard top chart? You can go back and look at the late '60s and early '70s top lists and there's lots of good rock on those. So....I figured that might still be true?

I'd start listening to Spotify and playing songs you already like and skipping ones you don't like. Then it will present stuff in a similar style and you might find other stuff you like.

I have Spotify. I think I have their algorithm completely confused. My playlist has everything on i (well...not Jazz). Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Yardbirds, Steppenwolf, Stones, a few Beatles, Bob Wills, Earnest Tubb, Hank Williams and Jr, Aretha Franklin, Martha and the Vandelas, Drifters.....it's a pretty varied list. The things Spotify suggests are usually of no interest.

But if you're just trying to be a dick and say that there's no good music and are not really interested in any new music, then no one can help you.

Exactly wrong. I asked and am asking people for examples of up tempo, driving rock type music that THEY consider "good" and is au courant. I have that stuff from my youth. I'm asking is there's any current bands doing similar now. Sluggo gave 2 examples; one of those I thought was decent.

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There's lots of great stuff.

OK, gimme 2-3 I should try. Not the same 2 as sluggo obviously.

Rival Sons - meh, bland song.

Legal Immigrants - I like that one.

But...MODERN music.... which of these Billboard Top 10 should I put on my Spotify playlist?

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WTF is a "good rockin" song?

ummmm…see examples above?

Seger Hollywood Nights as one example?

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There's lots of great stuff.

Fine. Give my 3 good rockin' modern songs to try. That's what I asked for.

If I read him correctly, he's saying there is nothing modern that is as good as the songs I mentioned.

...and the mule they carried her out on.

So there's no modern, good, driving rock? Is that what you're saying?