John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Guess i better listen to all of Robyns collaborations. Only 145 of them ffs.
Already have more than 31 without them too.
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Already have more than 31 without them too.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Anyone game to g9 through the last thread to see if anyone proposed an artist and they havent popped up nere yet?
Eephus
Footballguy
There are also a zillion remixes
krista4
Footballguy
Laugh emoji.
This will be along the lines of my Middle-aged Dummies countdowns, if you know what I mean. Except no scoring and artist/song winners.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
No way lol.
A remix has to pretty darn special for me to consider it. Most are just a plonker trying to ruin a good song
Zegras11
Footballguy
I'm going Rannous here and claiming Top 31 New Wave songs by 31 different artists. Sue me bitchesThis will be along the lines of my Middle-aged Dummies countdowns, if you know what I mean. Except no scoring and artist/song winners.
krista4
Footballguy
I'm going Rannous here and claiming Top 31 New Wave songs by 31 different artists. Sue me bitchesThis will be along the lines of my Middle-aged Dummies countdowns, if you know what I mean. Except no scoring and artist/song winners.
Cool. I've started keeping a list!
kupcho1
Footballguy
Still rain.I'm going Rannous here and claiming Top 31 New Wave songs by 31 different artists. Sue me bitchesThis will be along the lines of my Middle-aged Dummies countdowns, if you know what I mean. Except no scoring and artist/song winners.
Cool. I've started keeping a list!
Eephus
Footballguy
I'm going Rannous here and claiming Top 31 New Wave songs by 31 different artists. Sue me bitchesThis will be along the lines of my Middle-aged Dummies countdowns, if you know what I mean. Except no scoring and artist/song winners.
Cool. I've started keeping a list!
Relax nerds
Don Quixote
Footballguy
I think my 31 for Tim Maia is getting close. I feel good on songs, but the order still in heavy flux. I have about a dozen of his English language songs in my list. I am thinking about leading off with some of the English ones as an introduction before throwing some of the Portuguese at you (and then mixing both up to the top).
After a couple of artists with some heavy message songs in Nina Simone and Curtis Mayfield, Tim Maia does feel a nice change for me. Hope you are ready to dance.
After a couple of artists with some heavy message songs in Nina Simone and Curtis Mayfield, Tim Maia does feel a nice change for me. Hope you are ready to dance.
Eephus
Footballguy
Holy hot take Batman. That's a scorcher for someone ranking Robyn songs.
-OZ-
Footballguy
Deep purple, Steve Miller, John Mellencamp, Bell Biv devoe, the Doors, the cure, Tom Jones, cocomelon, Jake Daniels, anything by owl city… some of these are reaches.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Is there an Australian Batman villain? Maybe throw in a fictitious villain or two.
Scene fades to Tie Me Wallabe Down as Batman and Robin are captured ....yet again.
MAC_32
Footballguy
Tool, Aerosmith, Jefferson Airplane, and Wolfmother
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kupcho1
Footballguy
I may have bitten off more than I can chew. To date, I've had no problem getting down to 31 songs. This will not be the case with rain.
ETA: this won't be one of them
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Mister CIA
Footballguy
So, I queried youtube for "biff bang kapow song" and I stumbled across a band I've never heard of, Biff Bang Pow. Amazingly they sound exactly like something spun up in an AI lab specifically to please @John Maddens Lunchbox .
The bio: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biff_Bang_Pow!
I'm about five songs deep and I'm impressed. Love this song pretty hard. I think I read a review that told of the band coming together inspired by the idea of joining the sounds of psychedelia and Dexy's Midnight Runners, which sounds amazing. Definitely getting some Mike Scott/Waterboys vibes too.
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The bio: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biff_Bang_Pow!
I'm about five songs deep and I'm impressed. Love this song pretty hard. I think I read a review that told of the band coming together inspired by the idea of joining the sounds of psychedelia and Dexy's Midnight Runners, which sounds amazing. Definitely getting some Mike Scott/Waterboys vibes too.
- YouTube
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
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Yo Mama
Footballguy
Steve Miller, Wolfmother, Aerosmith, Jefferson Airplane, and Jake Daniells were the first ones that came to mind.
I guess I could include anything by The Penguins and Harlequin too.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Lol.So, I queried youtube for "biff bang kapow song" and I stumbled across a band I've never heard of, Biff Bang Pow. Amazingly they sound exactly like something spun up in an AI lab specifically to please @John Maddens Lunchbox .
The bio: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biff_Bang_Pow!
I'm about five songs deep and I'm impressed. Love this song pretty hard. I think I read a review that told of the band coming together inspired by the idea of joining the sounds of psychedelia and Dexy's Midnight Runners, which sounds amazing. Definitely getting some Mike Scott/Waterboys vibes too.
- YouTube
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
The UK Indie charts in the 80s always fascinated me.
So much great stuff and so much stuff that was beyond weird.
Pretty sure there was an artist who had the word foetus in every one of his interpretations
This is one that passed me by. Such a creative time.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
To me a remix is like a weird cover. If the remix is better than the original, then I will consider it
I might hit you up for some to compare.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Does Heath Ledger count? He was Australian and played the Joker
Funnily enough…the city of Melbourne founded by
John Batman - Wikipedia
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
I whittled my REM list to 39. Glad I no longer have to cut 8 more.
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
Same here.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Sounds like a challenge for Mr R. He says if Krista is running it, he'll probably play.I'm going Rannous here and claiming Top 31 New Wave songs by 31 different artists. Sue me bitchesThis will be along the lines of my Middle-aged Dummies countdowns, if you know what I mean. Except no scoring and artist/song winners.
He would like to know how he got drawn into this.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Yay to Röyksopp
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Maybe we should actually start this one before preparing for the next one 
tuffnutt
Footballguy
I'm now setting at 41... this has been the hardest round for me to pare down.
krista4
Footballguy
Sounds like a challenge for Mr R. He says if Krista is running it, he'll probably play.I'm going Rannous here and claiming Top 31 New Wave songs by 31 different artists. Sue me bitchesThis will be along the lines of my Middle-aged Dummies countdowns, if you know what I mean. Except no scoring and artist/song winners.
He would like to know how he got drawn into this.
Just hitting "love" on both of these posts didn't seem like enough love.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Parliament-Funkadelic
Probably the most singular conglomerate in rock history. They broke every rule the music industry had, recorded under several different band names, got sued, got nailed by the Feds, got convicted, sold a billion records, were the best live act of the 70s, and continue to influence music in 2024.
I'm not even going to try to parse out all of the historical details of this bunch here - Joe's bandwidth will lose. Check the Wiki page for the basics - there are plenty of click-thru links if you wanna dive deep
What I will say is this: they released an astonishing 30 high-quality albums in a 10 or 11 year period - all with (mostly) the same musicians and singers. It's basically the same as if you include 1970s Stevie Wonder/Elton John/Pink Floyd/Zep as one discography.
I'm going to highlight 3 of their band-personalities in my countdown, though there will be a few one-offs that pop up. I also tried to stay away from songs that Spotify doesn't have, though that broke my heart in a few cases. I may have missed one or two, but I'm not revising now.
As for the band members, I'd click the Wiki link above. Some of the major folks are:
George Clinton: semi-benevolent ringleader.
Bootsy Collins: ex-JB who was the glue that kept it all together.
Bernie Worrell: keyboards who made it all work.
Gary Shider: another glue guy and the one who many thought was Clinton on stage.
Eddie Hazel: erratic, immensely talented guitar player
Michael "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton: less erratic lead guitarist, though no less talented than Hazel.
Maceo Parker: another ex-JB guy who led the horn sections.
My history with PFunk goes back over 50 years, when some older dudes around the area I grew up in turned me onto to them. I was a kid and was a little frightened by this wild music I was hearing. But I was kinda captivated, too. In the late 70s/early 80s, I attended many of their concerts - twice backstage (I'll expand on those experiences during the reveals).
The basics on the 3 "different" bands:
Parliament: Clinton set them up as a kind of takeoff of Sly Stone and the Whitfield/Strong version of the Temptations. Though he found a sci-fi/Afro-futurism storyline along the way with recurring characters and storylines. You'd really have to listen to the LPs in order to (attempt) to understand the narrative. I've mostly chosen songs in whatever order I like them, so the narrative will make no sense. Just follow the groove and vocals.
Funkadelic: The most "rock" of what George was doing. Along the lines of Hendrix & Zappa, and I suspect these songs will resonate most with our demographic here. Before Eric Burdon let him die, Hendrix had talked about forming an Electric Sky Church - basically, just have an open studio where any musicians who happened to be around could make records together. Zappa was kinda doing the same thing at the same time. Clinton took the ball and ran with it. Funkadelic should have been all over AOR radio in the '70s, but weren't.
Bootsy Collins: Collins got fired by James Brown for eating acid during a concert ("my arms looked like snakes, man"). His brother Catfish got fired, too. To get stability - - they signed on with Clinton. Bootsy wrote a ton of hits for Parliament, but also wanted to do his own thing, so he started another in-house band he named The Rubber Band. I can't even describe some of the stuff they did, but their hit-rate with me is higher than the other two.
WARNING: Assume every song I post is NSFW. Because they all are in some form or another.
Probably the most singular conglomerate in rock history. They broke every rule the music industry had, recorded under several different band names, got sued, got nailed by the Feds, got convicted, sold a billion records, were the best live act of the 70s, and continue to influence music in 2024.
I'm not even going to try to parse out all of the historical details of this bunch here - Joe's bandwidth will lose. Check the Wiki page for the basics - there are plenty of click-thru links if you wanna dive deep
What I will say is this: they released an astonishing 30 high-quality albums in a 10 or 11 year period - all with (mostly) the same musicians and singers. It's basically the same as if you include 1970s Stevie Wonder/Elton John/Pink Floyd/Zep as one discography.
I'm going to highlight 3 of their band-personalities in my countdown, though there will be a few one-offs that pop up. I also tried to stay away from songs that Spotify doesn't have, though that broke my heart in a few cases. I may have missed one or two, but I'm not revising now.
As for the band members, I'd click the Wiki link above. Some of the major folks are:
George Clinton: semi-benevolent ringleader.
Bootsy Collins: ex-JB who was the glue that kept it all together.
Bernie Worrell: keyboards who made it all work.
Gary Shider: another glue guy and the one who many thought was Clinton on stage.
Eddie Hazel: erratic, immensely talented guitar player
Michael "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton: less erratic lead guitarist, though no less talented than Hazel.
Maceo Parker: another ex-JB guy who led the horn sections.
My history with PFunk goes back over 50 years, when some older dudes around the area I grew up in turned me onto to them. I was a kid and was a little frightened by this wild music I was hearing. But I was kinda captivated, too. In the late 70s/early 80s, I attended many of their concerts - twice backstage (I'll expand on those experiences during the reveals).
The basics on the 3 "different" bands:
Parliament: Clinton set them up as a kind of takeoff of Sly Stone and the Whitfield/Strong version of the Temptations. Though he found a sci-fi/Afro-futurism storyline along the way with recurring characters and storylines. You'd really have to listen to the LPs in order to (attempt) to understand the narrative. I've mostly chosen songs in whatever order I like them, so the narrative will make no sense. Just follow the groove and vocals.
Funkadelic: The most "rock" of what George was doing. Along the lines of Hendrix & Zappa, and I suspect these songs will resonate most with our demographic here. Before Eric Burdon let him die, Hendrix had talked about forming an Electric Sky Church - basically, just have an open studio where any musicians who happened to be around could make records together. Zappa was kinda doing the same thing at the same time. Clinton took the ball and ran with it. Funkadelic should have been all over AOR radio in the '70s, but weren't.
Bootsy Collins: Collins got fired by James Brown for eating acid during a concert ("my arms looked like snakes, man"). His brother Catfish got fired, too. To get stability -
- they signed on with Clinton. Bootsy wrote a ton of hits for Parliament, but also wanted to do his own thing, so he started another in-house band he named The Rubber Band. I can't even describe some of the stuff they did, but their hit-rate with me is higher than the other two.WARNING: Assume every song I post is NSFW. Because they all are in some form or another.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Why would I start doing that now?Maybe we should actually start this one before preparing for the next one
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
They have a song about poop that’s not on Spotify!Parliament-Funkadelic
Probably the most singular conglomerate in rock history. They broke every rule the music industry had, recorded under several different band names, got sued, got nailed by the Feds, got convicted, sold a billion records, were the best live act of the 70s, and continue to influence music in 2024.
I'm not even going to try to parse out all of the historical details of this bunch here - Joe's bandwidth will lose. Check the Wiki page for the basics - there are plenty of click-thru links if you wanna dive deep
What I will say is this: they released an astonishing 30 high-quality albums in a 10 or 11 year period - all with (mostly) the same musicians and singers. It's basically the same as if you include 1970s Stevie Wonder/Elton John/Pink Floyd/Zep as one discography.
I'm going to highlight 3 of their band-personalities in my countdown, though there will be a few one-offs that pop up. I also tried to stay away from songs that Spotify doesn't have, though that broke my heart in a few cases. I may have missed one or two, but I'm not revising now.
As for the band members, I'd click the Wiki link above. Some of the major folks are:
George Clinton: semi-benevolent ringleader.
Bootsy Collins: ex-JB who was the glue that kept it all together.
Bernie Worrell: keyboards who made it all work.
Gary Shider: another glue guy and the one who many thought was Clinton on stage.
Eddie Hazel: erratic, immensely talented guitar player
Michael "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton: less erratic lead guitarist, though no less talented than Hazel.
Maceo Parker: another ex-JB guy who led the horn sections.
My history with PFunk goes back over 50 years, when some older dudes around the area I grew up in turned me onto to them. I was a kid and was a little frightened by this wild music I was hearing. But I was kinda captivated, too. In the late 70s/early 80s, I attended many of their concerts - twice backstage (I'll expand on those experiences during the reveals).
The basics on the 3 "different" bands:
Parliament: Clinton set them up as a kind of takeoff of Sly Stone and the Whitfield/Strong version of the Temptations. Though he found a sci-fi/Afro-futurism storyline along the way with recurring characters and storylines. You'd really have to listen to the LPs in order to (attempt) to understand the narrative. I've mostly chosen songs in whatever order I like them, so the narrative will make no sense. Just follow the groove and vocals.
Funkadelic: The most "rock" of what George was doing. Along the lines of Hendrix & Zappa, and I suspect these songs will resonate most with our demographic here. Before Eric Burdon let him die, Hendrix had talked about forming an Electric Sky Church - basically, just have an open studio where any musicians who happened to be around could make records together. Zappa was kinda doing the same thing at the same time. Clinton took the ball and ran with it. Funkadelic should have been all over AOR radio in the '70s, but weren't.
Bootsy Collins: Collins got fired by James Brown for eating acid during a concert ("my arms looked like snakes, man"). His brother Catfish got fired, too. To get stability -
WARNING: Assume every song I post is NSFW. Because they all are in some form or another.
Which reminds me, I ran into Bernie Worrell on the way to the bathroom during a Govt Mule show in NJ. A bit later he joined them onstage for their encore.
Michael Hampton lives in/near New Hope, PA these days, and sometimes jams with members of Ween, who are from there.
Looking forward to this.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Good recommendation, thanks! It was a "free" book on Audible so I started listening to it and saved a playlist on spotify to listen to the songs she mentions.Y’all might be into this book I just started reading
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Sa…
This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the scien…www.goodreads.com
This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secrets of why your favorite songs move you. But it’s also a story of a musical trailblazer who began as a humble audio tech in Los Angeles to became Prince’s chief engineer for Purple Rain, and then create other No. 1 hits (including Barenaked Ladies' "One Week") as one of the most successful female record producers of all time.
Now an award-winning professor of cognitive neuroscience, Susan Rogers leads readers to musical self-awareness. She explains that we each possess a unique “listener profile” based on our brain’s natural response to seven key dimensions of any song. Are you someone who prefers lyrics or melody? Do you like music “above the neck” (intellectually stimulating), or “below the neck” (instinctual and rhythmic)? Whether your taste is esoteric or mainstream, Rogers guides readers to recognize their musical personality, and offers language to describe one's own unique taste. Like most of us, Rogers is not a musician, but she shows that all of us can be musical—simply by being an active, passionate listener.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Neither of us did.Did they like it?@-OZ- I just played the Shaggs song for my 9 year old.
titusbramble
Footballguy
Went through both the Radiohead albums I don't have and the pay what you want one I've not listened to in years. Seems they jumped the shark round about the time I stopped buying music...
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
So we have a non Radiohead fan doung a Radiohead playlist??!!!
titusbramble
Footballguy
I've got a handful of tracks that will get into the long list from the last two albums, one or two of which may crack the 31, but I want the time listening to King of Limbs back for sure. Was expecting the list to be early stuff heavy but maybe not this muchSo we have a non Radiohead fan doung a Radiohead playlist??!!!
-OZ-
Footballguy
Can you share the playlist?Good recommendation, thanks! It was a "free" book on Audible so I started listening to it and saved a playlist on spotify to listen to the songs she mentions.Y’all might be into this book I just started reading
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Sa…
This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the scien…
This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secrets of why your favorite songs move you. But it’s also a story of a musical trailblazer who began as a humble audio tech in Los Angeles to became Prince’s chief engineer for Purple Rain, and then create other No. 1 hits (including Barenaked Ladies' "One Week") as one of the most successful female record producers of all time.
Now an award-winning professor of cognitive neuroscience, Susan Rogers leads readers to musical self-awareness. She explains that we each possess a unique “listener profile” based on our brain’s natural response to seven key dimensions of any song. Are you someone who prefers lyrics or melody? Do you like music “above the neck” (intellectually stimulating), or “below the neck” (instinctual and rhythmic)? Whether your taste is esoteric or mainstream, Rogers guides readers to recognize their musical personality, and offers language to describe one's own unique taste. Like most of us, Rogers is not a musician, but she shows that all of us can be musical—simply by being an active, passionate listener.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
@-OZ- i can post the one i saw, but it is not complete. I was slowly working on one as i go and can share that too. There have been many i have seen mentioned but not on the playlist, like King Gizzard.Can you share the playlist?Good recommendation, thanks! It was a "free" book on Audible so I started listening to it and saved a playlist on spotify to listen to the songs she mentions.Y’all might be into this book I just started reading
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Sa…
This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the scien…
This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secrets of why your favorite songs move you. But it’s also a story of a musical trailblazer who began as a humble audio tech in Los Angeles to became Prince’s chief engineer for Purple Rain, and then create other No. 1 hits (including Barenaked Ladies' "One Week") as one of the most successful female record producers of all time.
Now an award-winning professor of cognitive neuroscience, Susan Rogers leads readers to musical self-awareness. She explains that we each possess a unique “listener profile” based on our brain’s natural response to seven key dimensions of any song. Are you someone who prefers lyrics or melody? Do you like music “above the neck” (intellectually stimulating), or “below the neck” (instinctual and rhythmic)? Whether your taste is esoteric or mainstream, Rogers guides readers to recognize their musical personality, and offers language to describe one's own unique taste. Like most of us, Rogers is not a musician, but she shows that all of us can be musical—simply by being an active, passionate listener.
Where you at in the book?
-OZ-
Footballguy
Page 79. Novelty.@-OZ- i can post the one i saw, but it is not complete. I was slowly working on one as i go and can share that too. There have been many i have seen mentioned but not on the playlist, like King Gizzard.Can you share the playlist?Good recommendation, thanks! It was a "free" book on Audible so I started listening to it and saved a playlist on spotify to listen to the songs she mentions.Y’all might be into this book I just started reading
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Sa…
This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the scien…
This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secrets of why your favorite songs move you. But it’s also a story of a musical trailblazer who began as a humble audio tech in Los Angeles to became Prince’s chief engineer for Purple Rain, and then create other No. 1 hits (including Barenaked Ladies' "One Week") as one of the most successful female record producers of all time.
Now an award-winning professor of cognitive neuroscience, Susan Rogers leads readers to musical self-awareness. She explains that we each possess a unique “listener profile” based on our brain’s natural response to seven key dimensions of any song. Are you someone who prefers lyrics or melody? Do you like music “above the neck” (intellectually stimulating), or “below the neck” (instinctual and rhythmic)? Whether your taste is esoteric or mainstream, Rogers guides readers to recognize their musical personality, and offers language to describe one's own unique taste. Like most of us, Rogers is not a musician, but she shows that all of us can be musical—simply by being an active, passionate listener.
Where you at in the book?
FWIW, currently reading it on the same beach I finished Jimmy buffet’s a pirate looks at 40, last year.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Nice, i am a little past that so maybe I will knock out a better playlist tonight. The audible version is fine, but i also got a library version today so i could skim through and add the songs i see mentioned.Page 79. Novelty.@-OZ- i can post the one i saw, but it is not complete. I was slowly working on one as i go and can share that too. There have been many i have seen mentioned but not on the playlist, like King Gizzard.Can you share the playlist?Good recommendation, thanks! It was a "free" book on Audible so I started listening to it and saved a playlist on spotify to listen to the songs she mentions.Y’all might be into this book I just started reading
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Sa…
This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the scien…
This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secrets of why your favorite songs move you. But it’s also a story of a musical trailblazer who began as a humble audio tech in Los Angeles to became Prince’s chief engineer for Purple Rain, and then create other No. 1 hits (including Barenaked Ladies' "One Week") as one of the most successful female record producers of all time.
Now an award-winning professor of cognitive neuroscience, Susan Rogers leads readers to musical self-awareness. She explains that we each possess a unique “listener profile” based on our brain’s natural response to seven key dimensions of any song. Are you someone who prefers lyrics or melody? Do you like music “above the neck” (intellectually stimulating), or “below the neck” (instinctual and rhythmic)? Whether your taste is esoteric or mainstream, Rogers guides readers to recognize their musical personality, and offers language to describe one's own unique taste. Like most of us, Rogers is not a musician, but she shows that all of us can be musical—simply by being an active, passionate listener.
Where you at in the book?
When she first started talking novelty, i thought i would be more right of the curve than i am.
-OZ-
Footballguy
I find it funny, I’m not really pop, but I’m on both sides of the curve.Nice, i am a little past that so maybe I will knock out a better playlist tonight. The audible version is fine, but i also got a library version today so i could skim through and add the songs i see mentioned.Page 79. Novelty.@-OZ- i can post the one i saw, but it is not complete. I was slowly working on one as i go and can share that too. There have been many i have seen mentioned but not on the playlist, like King Gizzard.Can you share the playlist?Good recommendation, thanks! It was a "free" book on Audible so I started listening to it and saved a playlist on spotify to listen to the songs she mentions.Y’all might be into this book I just started reading
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Sa…
This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the scien…
This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secrets of why your favorite songs move you. But it’s also a story of a musical trailblazer who began as a humble audio tech in Los Angeles to became Prince’s chief engineer for Purple Rain, and then create other No. 1 hits (including Barenaked Ladies' "One Week") as one of the most successful female record producers of all time.
Now an award-winning professor of cognitive neuroscience, Susan Rogers leads readers to musical self-awareness. She explains that we each possess a unique “listener profile” based on our brain’s natural response to seven key dimensions of any song. Are you someone who prefers lyrics or melody? Do you like music “above the neck” (intellectually stimulating), or “below the neck” (instinctual and rhythmic)? Whether your taste is esoteric or mainstream, Rogers guides readers to recognize their musical personality, and offers language to describe one's own unique taste. Like most of us, Rogers is not a musician, but she shows that all of us can be musical—simply by being an active, passionate listener.
Where you at in the book?
When she first started talking novelty, i thought i would be more right of the curve than i am.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I will finish it later, but thought I'd get a good start on it.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Is it bad form to spit out ideas for a theme draft, like suggesting a playlist of songs that contain "Johnny Cash" in the title, or at least throw in a solid name-drop? Man, we could do a entire theme where everybody picks a different artist getting name-dropped. ... edible is wearing off, brb.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Journey playlist is done! No kidding, this was probably my favorite playlist to discover and the hardest to hack down to 31 (*ok, 2nd hardest - see below). I did it in waves and just went all heart, no head in the end. I did it in waves - top 10, then next 15, then the final 6. There is an era of Journey that I ****in' love, and the avatar is the big clue. My top 10 made a ton of sense as I read more about the band and it's members. What I will do before the playlists start is see how many of their top songs are on my countdown.
*Is for me also wanting this playlist done because now we are officially at 1 week before the Opeth concert and it will be 90% them for me leading up to that now. *
I wasn't trying too hard with my pre-pivot hints - my Opeth playlist was ready and loaded for Part 4. I figured out a way to do it that I loved but chickened out. However, I think it turned out to be a good thing in the end. Their new album got pushed off until November, but the 2 songs already released are good enough to get on the playlist, and I am really excited to see where the rest of the album goes. I was thinking about them even more while listening to the book @-OZ- suggested, as it talks about music sweet spots quite a bit, and mine is Opeth. However that is calculated, while I was doing the playlist there was not an album or song I didn't like. That has not happened with a band before, and it's not close since they will have 14 albums when the new one comes out.
ETA: Sorry, where I was going with that is they should be my part 5 artist, OR I have plans for a branch-off thread for MAD metal.... 
*Is for me also wanting this playlist done because now we are officially at 1 week before the Opeth concert and it will be 90% them for me leading up to that now. *
I wasn't trying too hard with my pre-pivot hints - my Opeth playlist was ready and loaded for Part 4. I figured out a way to do it that I loved but chickened out. However, I think it turned out to be a good thing in the end. Their new album got pushed off until November, but the 2 songs already released are good enough to get on the playlist, and I am really excited to see where the rest of the album goes. I was thinking about them even more while listening to the book @-OZ- suggested, as it talks about music sweet spots quite a bit, and mine is Opeth. However that is calculated, while I was doing the playlist there was not an album or song I didn't like. That has not happened with a band before, and it's not close since they will have 14 albums when the new one comes out.
ETA: Sorry, where I was going with that is they should be my part 5 artist, OR I have plans for a branch-off thread for MAD metal....
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One of my theme ideas was songs that mention the Beatles or their songs. Was leaning towards this one as the other was songs that mention superheroes but there will already be a Batman theme playlist.
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