The Music Thread

heelinhell said:
You may not be up for it , but if you live in Chapel Hill/Carrboro, I would love to grab a beer and reminisce:cool:
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Raleigh guy. Hit the Hill every now and then. Generally in the summer. A hair less crowded. I'll let you know.
 
I'll fight anyone who contests that this Junior High kid thought this was the best song to dance to at parties. Still consider it one of the best pure rock & roll songs written.

 
finesse said:
Lennon was largely what kept the Beatles from being nothing but pop. MacCartney was a great writer but his music needed Lennon's edge.
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This is mostly revisionist history. Lennon and McCartney's songwriting evolved in step - and even in the beginning they were always more than "nothing but pop" - drawing influence from the Isley Brothers and other Black American groups - they weren't sanding off the edges like Pat Boone even as they dressed in suits. I can give many examples of this from their first two albums. It's just a fallacy to suggest their music began and ended with I Wanna Hold Your Hand type songs.
 
Also - Lennon's death is one of my earlier memories. I remember my father trying to explain to me why everyone was sad.
 
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heelinhell said:
Saw those guys at ECU back in the day. They put on a good show. "Your Mama Don't Dance" ( and your daddy don't rock and roll) was my favorite song of theirs
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They played DPAC 10-15 years ago. Had a hell of a band backing them up. Really rocked.
 
I can't decide if I want to listen to country music anymore. I didn't start listening to it really until the early 1990s. Now I go back and forth from wanting to listening to country to not wanting to for a while.
 
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