The Music Thread

Centerpiece said:
Welcome to the board fourheels. You have found some friends. In South Carolina... there are many tall pines...
I used to try and sing this one a long time ago... If I try it again, it will be on the front porch for neighbors and friends. I doubt I can pull it off on a paid gig....
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Thanks! I'm in my early 50s and grew up listening to an assortment of my parents county, bluegrass, pop, rock, and folk tunes. Have raised my sons (both in their early 20s the same way). Taken them to lots of concerts over the years (Rush, The Who, James Taylor, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Buffett x 2, Billy Joel, Hall and Oates, ELO, Aerosmith, Mac MacAnally, The Bellamy Brothers,...) My older son and and his wife are going with me and Mrs Fourheels to see Stevie Wonder again next month.
 
Turd Ferguson said:
And I forgot Stevie Wonder. Now my son who is 17 says Stevie is his favorite artist.
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Stevie is EVERYBODY's favorite. If they say otherwise, they're either lying or they are tone deaf.
That said... the very best recording may just be Aretha's RESPECT. Play that one for your son. Turned up LOUD
 
fourheels said:
Thanks! I'm in my early 50s and grew up listening to an assortment of my parents county, bluegrass, pop, rock, and folk tunes. Have raised my sons (both in their early 20s the same way). Taken them to lots of concerts over the years (Rush, The Who, James Taylor, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Buffett x 2, Billy Joel, Hall and Oates, ELO, Aerosmith, Mac MacAnally, The Bellamy Brothers,...) My older son and and his wife are going with me and Mrs Fourheels to see Stevie Wonder again next month.
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Just shut TF up. I'm envious on so many levels. Kudos to you and the missus. "Teach Your Children Well"
 
Turd Ferguson said:
Grew up in the 80s but my dad always listened to 50s and 60s music. I usually listen to 60s through 2000s. Love Sam Cooke, Aretha, Credence, Beatles, Temptations, Four Tops and beach music.
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You had me up until beach music. Can't stand that stuff.

I inherited my parents' vinyl. Sort of dropped off musically from 2005 until about 2015, then came back to it with a vengeance. I love finding new artists that call me back to old favorites.
 
Since @Turd Ferguson posted the Kingsman version. I picked up this book in a $1.00 bin some years ago. Pretty interesting.

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One of the versions listed was this one. Its been on my list to post in the Covers thread. But... A friend's son got married in Jamaica a few years ago. I suggested they play this song. Them youngns (30 somethings) loved it. They looked at this old fart in a much cooler manner.

 
OK. Here's some truth.

Graham Nash wrote the song "Teach Your Children" in the mid 1960's while a member of The Hollies. But, that band didn't like it. They thought it didn't fit the Hollies "sound". Graham was disappointed, quit the group and left for Los Angeles, California.

He settled, and met Stephen Stills and David Crosby. They Jammed. Got some local gigs. Recorded the seminal album (photo on said album cover an entirely different story).

While in the Cali, they met Jerry Garcia who was jamming with whom we now know as "The Dead". Jerry was enthralled by the CSN 3-part harmony. CSN was enthralled with how Jerry could play - especially the steel guitar. Jerry said, "if you guys teach my guys in my band how to sing harmony vocals, I'll play steel guitar on your album."

A deal was struck. Jerry's iconic steel guitar playing, and the CSN harmony, is now indelibly ensconced in recording history. And shortly thereafter, The Grateful Dead started trying to sing harmony vocals on every gig and recording session...

That is the truth.

 
In 2005 (or thereabouts) the wife and I picked up our Toyota Yaris rental at Keflavik for our 10 day ring road farm stay in Iceland. When we tried to play some cheesy tour guide CD we had picked up somewhere we realized that the last person who'd rented the car had left disc 2 of Iron Maiden's Death On The Road on the CD player. That disc is etched in my memory as the soundtrack to that epic 10 day trip.


EDIT: Must have been 2006. Death on the Road wasn't released till the fall of 2005.
 
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