This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:

1. The Beatles, "All You Need Is Love."

2. Pink Floyd, "Money."

3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."

4. Rush, "Tom Sawyer," "Red Barchetta," "Limelight," and dozens of others.

5. The Police, "Mother."

6. "Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Ethiopia."

7. Blondie, "Heart of Glass." Just a few bars of 7 tucked into the, uh, instrumental section. I'm surprised they even attempted it.

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:

> 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
> 5. The Police, "Mother."

Where the fuck were these "popular," in your house?

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> > This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
> > 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
> > 5. The Police, "Mother."
>
> Where the fuck were these "popular," in your house?

I don't think I ever heard that one by the Police.

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> > This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
> > 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
> > 5. The Police, "Mother."
>
> Where the fuck were these "popular," in your house?

"Rubylove" is from Stevens' extemely successful "Teaser and the Firecat" album and received its share of airplay.

"Mother" is from the spectacularly commercially successful Synchronicity album. Maybe it was only popular in my house; it's not hard to imagine fans of "Every Breath You Take" skipping it. My friends and I loved how Andy Summers treated it as an opportunity to rebel against Sting's increasingly syrupy stuff (though "Synchronity II" has its adventurous aspects) through dissonance, a creepy theme, and the odd time.

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 12:25:58 PM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> > > This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
> > > 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
> > > 5. The Police, "Mother."
> >
> > Where the fuck were these "popular," in your house?
> "Rubylove" is from Stevens' extemely successful "Teaser and the Firecat" album and received its share of airplay.
>
> "Mother" is from the spectacularly commercially successful Synchronicity album. Maybe it was only popular in my house; it's not hard to imagine fans of "Every Breath You Take" skipping it. My friends and I loved how Andy Summers treated it as an opportunity to rebel against Sting's increasingly syrupy stuff (though "Synchronity II" has its adventurous aspects) through dissonance, a creepy theme, and the odd time.

I didn't like anything by the Police.

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 12:27:40 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 12:25:58 PM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> > > > This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
> > > > 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
> > > > 5. The Police, "Mother."
> > >
> > > Where the fuck were these "popular," in your house?
> > "Rubylove" is from Stevens' extemely successful "Teaser and the Firecat" album and received its share of airplay.
> >
> > "Mother" is from the spectacularly commercially successful Synchronicity album. Maybe it was only popular in my house; it's not hard to imagine fans of "Every Breath You Take" skipping it. My friends and I loved how Andy Summers treated it as an opportunity to rebel against Sting's increasingly syrupy stuff (though "Synchronity II" has its adventurous aspects) through dissonance, a creepy theme, and the odd time.
> I didn't like anything by the Police.

I like very few of their songs (they are WAY too repetitive) but Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland were good, IMO, on their respective instruments.

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:38:31 AM UTC-5, RJKe...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> > > This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
> > > 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
> > > 5. The Police, "Mother."
> >
> > Where the fuck were these "popular," in your house?
> I don't think I ever heard that one by the Police.

So give it a listen. It's completely different from everything else the Police recorded.

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:38:31 AM UTC-5, RJKe...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> > > This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
> > > 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
> > > 5. The Police, "Mother."
> >
> > Where the fuck were these "popular," in your house?
> I don't think I ever heard that one by the Police.

"Mother" sounds a *lot* like King Crimson. Sure enough, Summers had recorded an album with Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp just months before work on Synchronicity began.

Fripp's influence on "Mother" is obvious.

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
>
> 1. The Beatles, "All You Need Is Love."
>
> 2. Pink Floyd, "Money."
>
> 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
>
> 4. Rush, "Tom Sawyer," "Red Barchetta," "Limelight," and dozens of others.
>
> 5. The Police, "Mother."
>
> 6. "Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Ethiopia."
>
> 7. Blondie, "Heart of Glass." Just a few bars of 7 tucked into the, uh, instrumental section. I'm surprised they even attempted it.

Estimated Prophet - Grateful Dead

On 23/12/2021 6:27 am, Bruce wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 12:25:58 PM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
>>>> This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
>>>> 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
>>>> 5. The Police, "Mother."
>>>
>>> Where the fuck were these "popular," in your house?
>> "Rubylove" is from Stevens' extemely successful "Teaser and the Firecat" album and received its share of airplay.
>>
>> "Mother" is from the spectacularly commercially successful Synchronicity album. Maybe it was only popular in my house; it's not hard to imagine fans of "Every Breath You Take" skipping it. My friends and I loved how Andy Summers treated it as an opportunity to rebel against Sting's increasingly syrupy stuff (though "Synchronity II" has its adventurous aspects) through dissonance, a creepy theme, and the odd time.
>
> I didn't like anything by the Police.

Seems you don't like much by anybody to any degree of depth. makes yo
wonder why you like The Beatles - presumably you do, at least some of ...

geoff

On 22/12/2021 13:11, Norbert K wrote:
> This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
>
> 1. The Beatles, "All You Need Is Love."
>
> 2. Pink Floyd, "Money."
>
> 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
>
> 4. Rush, "Tom Sawyer," "Red Barchetta," "Limelight," and dozens of others.
>
> 5. The Police, "Mother."
>
> 6. "Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Ethiopia."
>
> 7. Blondie, "Heart of Glass." Just a few bars of 7 tucked into the, uh, instrumental section. I'm surprised they even attempted it.

Alice in Chains - "Them Bones", from their "Dirt" album. Although I'm
not sure if "Them Bones" would be considered as popular...

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 3:07:00 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
> On 23/12/2021 6:27 am, Bruce wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 12:25:58 PM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> >> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> >>>> This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
> >>>> 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
> >>>> 5. The Police, "Mother."
> >>>
> >>> Where the fuck were these "popular," in your house?
> >> "Rubylove" is from Stevens' extemely successful "Teaser and the Firecat" album and received its share of airplay.
> >>
> >> "Mother" is from the spectacularly commercially successful Synchronicity album. Maybe it was only popular in my house; it's not hard to imagine fans of "Every Breath You Take" skipping it. My friends and I loved how Andy Summers treated it as an opportunity to rebel against Sting's increasingly syrupy stuff (though "Synchronity II" has its adventurous aspects) through dissonance, a creepy theme, and the odd time.
> >
> > I didn't like anything by the Police.
> Seems you don't like much by anybody to any degree of depth.

On the contrary. Here are my 100 favorite recording artists. Instead of the Beatles being the START of my favorite artists like most of you, they are more towards the end of my favorite artists. I much prefer 1950s music to anything that came after the 50s.

1 - Fats Domino
2 - Beatles
3 - Elvis Presley
4 - Little Richard
5 - Hank Williams
6 - Joe Turner
7 - Drifters
8 - Muddy Waters
9 - Smiley Lewis
10 - Clovers
11 - Carl Perkins
12 - Buddy Holly & Crickets
13 - B.B. King
14 - Bo Diddley
15 - Hank Ballard & Midnighters / Royals
16 - Chuck Berry
17 - James Brown
18 - Howlin' Wolf
19 - Wynonie Harris
20 - Robins
21 - Orioles
22 - Five Royales
23 - Creedence Clearwater Revival / John Fogerty
24 - Five Keys
25 - Ray Charles
26 - Rolling Stones
27 - Beach Boys
28 - Jerry Lee Lewis
29 - Spaniels
30 - Temptations
31 - Elmore James
32 - Bobby "Blue" Bland
33 - Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller)
34 - Sticks McGhee
35 - Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns
36 - Dominoes
37 - Johnny Burnette Trio
38 - Louis Jordan
39 - Spiders
40 - Flamingos
41 - Moonglows
42 - Coasters
43 - Curtis Mayfield & Impressions
44 - Eddie Cochran
45 - Lloyd Price
46 - Bill Haley & Comets
47 - Buddy & Ella Johnson
48 - Ivory Joe Hunter
49 - Swallows
50 - Little Walter
51 - Jimmy Reed
52 - Everly Brothers
53 - Gene Vincent & Blue Caps
54 - Johnny Cash
55 - Amos Milburn
56 - Roy Brown
57 - Jack Scott
58 - El Dorados
59 - Dave Bartholomew
60 - Champion Jack Dupree
61 - Roy Orbison
62 - Smokey Robinson & Miracles
63 - Checkers
64 - Jimmy McCracklin
65 - Little Esther
66 - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
67 - Marvin Gaye
68 - Tommy James & Shondells
69 - Jackie Wilson
70 - Mills Brothers
71 - Ruth Brown
72 - Bob Dylan
73 - Shirley & Lee
74 - Aretha Franklin
75 - Dells
76 - Wilson Pickett
77 - Little Milton
78 - Marvin & Johnny (Jesse & Marvin)
79 - Heartbeats / Shep & Limelites
80 - Harptones
81 - Doors
82 - Little Willie John
83 - Ravens
84 - Marty Robbins
85 - Lamplighters
86 - Willie Mabon
87 - Guitar Slim
88 - Solomon Burke
89 - Jerry Butler
90 - Roy Milton
91 - Rosco Gordon
92 - Charlie Feathers
93 - Penguins
94 - J.B. Lenore
95 - Big Maybelle
96 - Cadillacs
97 - Chuck Willis
98 - Mac Curtis
99 - Cardinals
100 - Slim Harpo

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 3:07:00 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
> On 23/12/2021 6:27 am, Bruce wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 12:25:58 PM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> >> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> >>>> This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
> >>>> 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
> >>>> 5. The Police, "Mother."
> >>>
> >>> Where the fuck were these "popular," in your house?
> >> "Rubylove" is from Stevens' extemely successful "Teaser and the Firecat" album and received its share of airplay.
> >>
> >> "Mother" is from the spectacularly commercially successful Synchronicity album. Maybe it was only popular in my house; it's not hard to imagine fans of "Every Breath You Take" skipping it. My friends and I loved how Andy Summers treated it as an opportunity to rebel against Sting's increasingly syrupy stuff (though "Synchronity II" has its adventurous aspects) through dissonance, a creepy theme, and the odd time.
> >
> > I didn't like anything by the Police.
> Seems you don't like much by anybody to any degree of depth.

Here are my 100 favorites by James Brown. I think that qualifies as "depth," no?

1. Doing It To Death
2. Out of Sight
3. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
4. Baby, You're Right
5. Please, Please, Please
6. Ain't That A Groove
7. Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
8. Chonnie-On-Chon
9. No, No, No, No,
10. I'll Go Crazy
11. I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On
12. Night Train
13. Tell Me What I Did Wrong
14. Cold Sweat
15. Come Over Here
16. Bring It Up
17. I Got You (I Feel Good)
18. That Dood It
19. Caldonia
20. Good Good Lovin'
21. Maybe The Last Time
22. Bewildered
23. Call Me Super Bad
24. Let's Make It
25. I Know It's True
26. Get On The Good Foot
27. I Got The Feelin'
28. Oh Baby Don't You Weep
29. Baby Cries Over The Ocean
30. I've Got To Change
31. Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.
32. This Old Heart
33. I Won't Plead No More
34. Just Won't Do Right
35. You Don't Have To Go
36. I Don't Mind
37. Talking Loud And Saying Nothing
38. Lost Someone
39. Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants)
40. You've Got The Power
41. I'll Never, Never Let You Go
42. America Is My Home
43. Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto
44. There Was A Time
45. There Must Be A Reason
46. Why Do You Do Me
47. Hold My Baby's Hand
48. Try Me
49. Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn
50. I'm A Greedy Man
51. I Don't Care
52. Honky Tonk
53. Suds
54. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
55. You're Mine, You're Mine
56. Just You And Me, Darling
57. That's When I Lost My Heart
58. Fine Old Foxy Self
59. Don't Be A Dropout
60. Kansas City
61. Papa Don't Take No Mess
62. Soul Power
63. Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud)
64. Get It Together
65. Licking Stick-Licking Stick
66. Mother Popcorn
67. Let Yourself Go
68. Get Up Offa That Thing
69. It's A New Day
70. How Long Darling
71. I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing
72. I Got Ants In My Pants
73. The Payback
74. Messing With The Blues
75. Shout And Shimmy
76. Living in America
77. Think
78. I Want You So Bad
79. Wonder When You're Coming Home
80. Why Does Everything Happen To Me
81. The Bells
82. Escape-ism
83. I Can't Stand Myself
84. Money Won't Change You
85. Ain't It Funky Now
86. Make it Funky
87. There it Is
88. It Hurts To Tell You
89. I Don't Know
90. Have Mercy Baby
91. Don't Let it happen To Me
92. Dancin' Little Thing
93. Gonna Try
94. Begging, Begging
95. Signed, Sealed and Delivered
96. Stone Fox
97. Like A Baby
98. I've Got Money
99. I Walked Alone
100. Got To Cry

On 23/12/2021 11:28 am, Bruce wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 3:07:00 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
>> On 23/12/2021 6:27 am, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 12:25:58 PM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
>>>>>> This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
>>>>>> 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
>>>>>> 5. The Police, "Mother."
>>>>>
>>>>> Where the fuck were these "popular," in your house?
>>>> "Rubylove" is from Stevens' extemely successful "Teaser and the Firecat" album and received its share of airplay.
>>>>
>>>> "Mother" is from the spectacularly commercially successful Synchronicity album. Maybe it was only popular in my house; it's not hard to imagine fans of "Every Breath You Take" skipping it. My friends and I loved how Andy Summers treated it as an opportunity to rebel against Sting's increasingly syrupy stuff (though "Synchronity II" has its adventurous aspects) through dissonance, a creepy theme, and the odd time.
>>>
>>> I didn't like anything by the Police.
>> Seems you don't like much by anybody to any degree of depth.
>
> On the contrary. Here are my 100 favorite recording artists. Instead of the Beatles being the START of my favorite artists like most of you, they are more towards the end of my favorite artists. I much prefer 1950s music to anything that came after the 50s.
>
> 1 - Fats Domino
> 2 - Beatles
> 3 - Elvis Presley
> 4 - Little Richard
> 5 - Hank Williams
> 6 - Joe Turner
> 7 - Drifters
> 8 -

OK, so your musical appreciation is somewhat restricted to a particular
era and range of styles. OK.

But don't belittle everything else because you don't know, understand,
or appreciate it.

I still wonder why you are 'here'.

geoff

On 23/12/2021 11:30 am, Bruce wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 3:07:00 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
>> On 23/12/2021 6:27 am, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 12:25:58 PM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
>>>>>> This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
>>>>>> 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
>>>>>> 5. The Police, "Mother."
>>>>>
>>>>> Where the fuck were these "popular," in your house?
>>>> "Rubylove" is from Stevens' extemely successful "Teaser and the Firecat" album and received its share of airplay.
>>>>
>>>> "Mother" is from the spectacularly commercially successful Synchronicity album. Maybe it was only popular in my house; it's not hard to imagine fans of "Every Breath You Take" skipping it. My friends and I loved how Andy Summers treated it as an opportunity to rebel against Sting's increasingly syrupy stuff (though "Synchronity II" has its adventurous aspects) through dissonance, a creepy theme, and the odd time.
>>>
>>> I didn't like anything by the Police.
>> Seems you don't like much by anybody to any degree of depth.
>
> Here are my 100 favorites by James Brown. I think that qualifies as "depth," no?
>
> 1. Doing It To Death
> 2. Out of Sight
> 3. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
> 4. Baby, You're Right
> 5. Please, Please, Please
> 6. Ain't That A Groove
> 7. Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
> 8. Chonnie-On-Chon
> 9. No, No, No, No,
> 10. I'll Go Crazy
> 11. I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On
> 12. Night Train
> 13. Tell Me What I Did Wrong
> 14. Cold Sweat
> 15. Come Over Here
> 16. Bring It Up
> 17. I Got You (I Feel Good)
> 18. That Dood It
> 19. Caldonia
> 20. Good Good Lovin'
> 21. Maybe The Last Time
> 22. Bewildered
> 23. Call Me Super Bad
> 24. Let's Make It
> 25. I Know It's True
> 26. Get On The Good Foot
> 27. I Got The Feelin'
> 28. Oh Baby Don't You Weep
> 29. Baby Cries Over The Ocean
> 30. I've Got To Change
> 31. Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.
> 32. This Old Heart
> 33. I Won't Plead No More
> 34. Just Won't Do Right
> 35. You Don't Have To Go
> 36. I Don't Mind
> 37. Talking Loud And Saying Nothing
> 38. Lost Someone
> 39. Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants)
> 40. You've Got The Power
> 41. I'll Never, Never Let You Go
> 42. America Is My Home
> 43. Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto
> 44. There Was A Time
> 45. There Must Be A Reason
> 46. Why Do You Do Me
> 47. Hold My Baby's Hand
> 48. Try Me
> 49. Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn
> 50. I'm A Greedy Man
> 51. I Don't Care
> 52. Honky Tonk
> 53. Suds
> 54. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
> 55. You're Mine, You're Mine
> 56. Just You And Me, Darling
> 57. That's When I Lost My Heart
> 58. Fine Old Foxy Self
> 59. Don't Be A Dropout
> 60. Kansas City
> 61. Papa Don't Take No Mess
> 62. Soul Power
> 63. Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud)
> 64. Get It Together
> 65. Licking Stick-Licking Stick
> 66. Mother Popcorn
> 67. Let Yourself Go
> 68. Get Up Offa That Thing
> 69. It's A New Day
> 70. How Long Darling
> 71. I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing
> 72. I Got Ants In My Pants
> 73. The Payback
> 74. Messing With The Blues
> 75. Shout And Shimmy
> 76. Living in America
> 77. Think
> 78. I Want You So Bad
> 79. Wonder When You're Coming Home
> 80. Why Does Everything Happen To Me
> 81. The Bells
> 82. Escape-ism
> 83. I Can't Stand Myself
> 84. Money Won't Change You
> 85. Ain't It Funky Now
> 86. Make it Funky
> 87. There it Is
> 88. It Hurts To Tell You
> 89. I Don't Know
> 90. Have Mercy Baby
> 91. Don't Let it happen To Me
> 92. Dancin' Little Thing
> 93. Gonna Try
> 94. Begging, Begging
> 95. Signed, Sealed and Delivered
> 96. Stone Fox
> 97. Like A Baby
> 98. I've Got Money
> 99. I Walked Alone
> 100. Got To Cry

OCD ?

geoff

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 6:34:07 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:

> OK, so your musical appreciation is somewhat restricted to a particular
> era and range of styles. OK.

No more restricted than most people's appreciation, and probably less restricted than most...... just a different era and range of styles than most other people. My appreciation for the most part runs from the early 1900s through the mid 1980s, and includes a wide range of styles including blues, jazz, gospel, soul, funk, hip hop, punk, new wave, Prog, R&B, rockabilly, Power Pop, traditional pop. country, rock and roll, bubble gum, country rock, folk, Cajun, Doo Wop, Jive, Swing, Big Band and reggae.

Most here pretty much like a much shorter span than I do, which is approximately from the early 60s through the 1980s or 1990s, and also a smaller array of stiles which do not include too much black music. I get the feeling that most people in this group listen mainly to white guitar oriented rock music from a 30 year period (early 60s through early 90s).

Here, for instance, are my favorite artists of the 1920s and the 1930s.

FAVORITE ARTISTS 1920-1929
1 - Jimmie Rodgers
2 - Bessie Smith
3 - Louis Armstrong
4 - Al Jolson
5 - Paul Whiteman
6 - Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers
7 - Blind Willie McTell
8 - Ted Lewis
9 - Sophie Tucker
10 - Ethel Waters

FAVORITE ARTISTS 1930-1939
1 - Mills Brothers
2 - Billie Holiday
3 - Benny Goodman
4 - Louis Armstrong
5 - Ella Fitzgerald
6 - Duke Ellington
7 - Ink Spots
8 - Bing Crosby
9 - Glenn Miller
10 - Boswell Sisters / Connee Boswell

Do you listen to a lot of 1920s and 1930s music, Geoff?

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 6:34:44 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
> On 23/12/2021 11:30 am, Bruce wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 3:07:00 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
> >> On 23/12/2021 6:27 am, Bruce wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 12:25:58 PM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> >>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> >>>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
> >>>>>> This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
> >>>>>> 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
> >>>>>> 5. The Police, "Mother."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Where the fuck were these "popular," in your house?
> >>>> "Rubylove" is from Stevens' extemely successful "Teaser and the Firecat" album and received its share of airplay.
> >>>>
> >>>> "Mother" is from the spectacularly commercially successful Synchronicity album. Maybe it was only popular in my house; it's not hard to imagine fans of "Every Breath You Take" skipping it. My friends and I loved how Andy Summers treated it as an opportunity to rebel against Sting's increasingly syrupy stuff (though "Synchronity II" has its adventurous aspects) through dissonance, a creepy theme, and the odd time.
> >>>
> >>> I didn't like anything by the Police.
> >> Seems you don't like much by anybody to any degree of depth.
> >
> > Here are my 100 favorites by James Brown. I think that qualifies as "depth," no?
> >
> > 1. Doing It To Death
> > 2. Out of Sight
> > 3. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
> > 4. Baby, You're Right
> > 5. Please, Please, Please
> > 6. Ain't That A Groove
> > 7. Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
> > 8. Chonnie-On-Chon
> > 9. No, No, No, No,
> > 10. I'll Go Crazy
> > 11. I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On
> > 12. Night Train
> > 13. Tell Me What I Did Wrong
> > 14. Cold Sweat
> > 15. Come Over Here
> > 16. Bring It Up
> > 17. I Got You (I Feel Good)
> > 18. That Dood It
> > 19. Caldonia
> > 20. Good Good Lovin'
> > 21. Maybe The Last Time
> > 22. Bewildered
> > 23. Call Me Super Bad
> > 24. Let's Make It
> > 25. I Know It's True
> > 26. Get On The Good Foot
> > 27. I Got The Feelin'
> > 28. Oh Baby Don't You Weep
> > 29. Baby Cries Over The Ocean
> > 30. I've Got To Change
> > 31. Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.
> > 32. This Old Heart
> > 33. I Won't Plead No More
> > 34. Just Won't Do Right
> > 35. You Don't Have To Go
> > 36. I Don't Mind
> > 37. Talking Loud And Saying Nothing
> > 38. Lost Someone
> > 39. Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants)
> > 40. You've Got The Power
> > 41. I'll Never, Never Let You Go
> > 42. America Is My Home
> > 43. Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto
> > 44. There Was A Time
> > 45. There Must Be A Reason
> > 46. Why Do You Do Me
> > 47. Hold My Baby's Hand
> > 48. Try Me
> > 49. Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn
> > 50. I'm A Greedy Man
> > 51. I Don't Care
> > 52. Honky Tonk
> > 53. Suds
> > 54. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
> > 55. You're Mine, You're Mine
> > 56. Just You And Me, Darling
> > 57. That's When I Lost My Heart
> > 58. Fine Old Foxy Self
> > 59. Don't Be A Dropout
> > 60. Kansas City
> > 61. Papa Don't Take No Mess
> > 62. Soul Power
> > 63. Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud)
> > 64. Get It Together
> > 65. Licking Stick-Licking Stick
> > 66. Mother Popcorn
> > 67. Let Yourself Go
> > 68. Get Up Offa That Thing
> > 69. It's A New Day
> > 70. How Long Darling
> > 71. I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing
> > 72. I Got Ants In My Pants
> > 73. The Payback
> > 74. Messing With The Blues
> > 75. Shout And Shimmy
> > 76. Living in America
> > 77. Think
> > 78. I Want You So Bad
> > 79. Wonder When You're Coming Home
> > 80. Why Does Everything Happen To Me
> > 81. The Bells
> > 82. Escape-ism
> > 83. I Can't Stand Myself
> > 84. Money Won't Change You
> > 85. Ain't It Funky Now
> > 86. Make it Funky
> > 87. There it Is
> > 88. It Hurts To Tell You
> > 89. I Don't Know
> > 90. Have Mercy Baby
> > 91. Don't Let it happen To Me
> > 92. Dancin' Little Thing
> > 93. Gonna Try
> > 94. Begging, Begging
> > 95. Signed, Sealed and Delivered
> > 96. Stone Fox
> > 97. Like A Baby
> > 98. I've Got Money
> > 99. I Walked Alone
> > 100. Got To Cry

> OCD ?

Definitely have it, yes.

Here are my favorites from 1956.

1 ¦ I'm In Love Again ¦ Fats Domino
2 ¦ Long Tall Sally ¦ Little Richard
3 ¦ Don't Go No Farther ¦ Muddy Waters
4 ¦ Honey Hush ¦ Johnny Burnette Trio
5 ¦ The Train Kept A'Rollin' ¦ Johnny Burnette Trio
6 ¦ Blue Monday ¦ Fats Domino
7 ¦ Roll Over Beethoven ¦ Chuck Berry
8 ¦ All Mama's Children ¦ Carl Perkins
9 ¦ End Of The Road ¦ Jerry Lee Lewis
10 ¦ Dark Is The Night (part 1) ¦ B.B. King
11 ¦ Modern Don Juan ¦ Buddy Holly
12 ¦ One Hand Loose ¦ Charlie Feathers
13 ¦ All By Myself ¦ Johnny Burnette Trio
14 ¦ Slippin' And Slidin' ¦ Little Richard
15 ¦ Fever ¦ Little Willie John
16 ¦ Dixie Fried ¦ Carl Perkins
17 ¦ Someday ¦ Smiley Lewis
18 ¦ Blue Suede Shoes ¦ Carl Perkins
19 ¦ Rip It Up ¦ Little Richard
20 ¦ Bottle To The Baby ¦ Charlie Feathers
21 ¦ Tear It Up ¦ Johnny Burnette Trio
22 ¦ Lonesome Train ¦ Johnny Burnette Trio
23 ¦ Jim Dandy ¦ LaVern Baker
24 ¦ That Ain't Nothing But Right ¦ Mac Curtis
25 ¦ Four Letter Word - Rock ¦ Dale Hawkins
26 ¦ Oh What A Nite ¦ Dells
27 ¦ Tired And Sleepy ¦ Cochran Brothers
28 ¦ Go Go Go ¦ Roy Orbison
29 ¦ Come Go With Me ¦ Del-Vikings
30 ¦ Ready Teddy ¦ Little Richard
31 ¦ Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee ¦ Johnny Burnette Trio
32 ¦ Long Gone Lonesome Blues ¦ Marty Robbins
33 ¦ Skinny Jim (alternate version) ¦ Eddie Cochran
34 ¦ Down In The Bottom ¦ Rockers
35 ¦ Boppin' The Blues ¦ Carl Perkins
36 ¦ Flip Flop Mama ¦ Eddie Bond
37 ¦ That's My Reward ¦ Billy Wallace
38 ¦ Open Up The Back Door ¦ Midnighters
39 ¦ Hound Dog ¦ Elvis Presley
40 ¦ Sweet Love On My Mind ¦ Johnny Burnette Trio
41 ¦ Be-Bop-A-Lula ¦ Gene Vincent & Blue Caps
42 ¦ Ooby Dooby ¦ Roy Orbison
43 ¦ Diddy Wah Diddy ¦ Bo Diddley
44 ¦ Make Like A Rock And Roll ¦ Don Woody
45 ¦ Stutterin' Papa ¦ Buck Griffin
46 ¦ Your Promise To Be Mine ¦ Drifters
47 ¦ Hepcat Boogie ¦ Fletcher Hanna With Red "Joe" Raynor And His Ozark Playboys
48 ¦ Up On The Mountain ¦ Magnificents
49 ¦ One Sided Love Affair ¦ Elvis Presley
50 ¦ I Walk The Line ¦ Johnny Cash
51 ¦ Burnin' The Wind ¦ Billy Wallace
52 ¦ Money Honey (Live Version) ¦ Elvis Presley
53 ¦ Your Baby Blue Eyes ¦ Johnny Burnette Trio
54 ¦ When It's Love Time ¦ Brownie McGhee
55 ¦ I Ain't Got You ¦ Billy Boy
56 ¦ Let's You And I Go Steady ¦ Pearls
57 ¦ Let The Good Times Roll ¦ Shirley & Lee
58 ¦ Oh But She Did ¦ El Capris
59 ¦ Woman Love ¦ Gene Vincent & Blue Caps
60 ¦ You're Back With Me (The Angels Sang) ¦ Solitaires
61 ¦ My Baby Left Me ¦ Elvis Presley
62 ¦ So Long ¦ Fats Domino
63 ¦ Singing The Blues ¦ Guy Mitchell
64 ¦ My Blue Heaven ¦ Fats Domino
65 ¦ Don't Be Cruel ¦ Elvis Presley
66 ¦ Too Much Monkey Business ¦ Chuck Berry
67 ¦ Honey Don't ¦ Carl Perkins
68 ¦ Just Because ¦ Elvis Presley
69 ¦ Woo Woo Train ¦ Valentines
70 ¦ Stranded In The Jungle ¦ Cadets
71 ¦ Race With The Devil ¦ Gene Vincent & Blue Caps
72 ¦ Rock Billy Boogie ¦ Johnny Burnette
73 ¦ So Glad You're Mine ¦ Elvis Presley
74 ¦ Party Doll ¦ Buddy Knox
75 ¦ Heartbreak Hotel ¦ Elvis Presley
76 ¦ Please Please Please ¦ James Brown & Famous Flames
77 ¦ See You Soon Baboon ¦ Dale Hawkins
78 ¦ The Closer You Are ¦ Channels
79 ¦ You've Got Me Dizzy ¦ Jimmy Reed
80 ¦ The Girl Can't Help It ¦ Little Richard
81 ¦ Hit That Jive Jack ¦ Boyd Bennett & Rockets
82 ¦ Ain't Got No Home ¦ Clarence "Frogman" Henry
83 ¦ Down In Mexico ¦ Coasters
84 ¦ Who Do You Love ¦ Bo Diddley
85 ¦ Little Girl Of Mine ¦ Cleftones
86 ¦ Morse Code ¦ Don Woody
87 ¦ See Saw ¦ Moonglows
88 ¦ Rockin' Rollin' Stone ¦ Andy Starr
89 ¦ Blue Suede Shoes ¦ Elvis Presley
90 ¦ Sit Down Baby ¦ Otis Rush
91 ¦ Digging The Boogie ¦ Roy Hall
92 ¦ Seven Nights To Rock ¦ Moon Mullican
93 ¦ Three Alley Cats ¦ Roy Hall
94 ¦ Respectfully Miss Brooks ¦ Marty Robbins
95 ¦ Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad ¦ Wanda Jackson
96 ¦ The Girl I Love ¦ Cadillacs
97 ¦ In The Still Of The Night ¦ Five Satins
98 ¦ You Ain't Treatin' Me Right ¦ Mac Curtis
99 ¦ You Gave Me Peace Of Mind ¦ Spaniels
100 ¦ Everybody's Rockin' But Me ¦ Jack Turner

On 23/12/2021 1:41 pm, Bruce wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 6:34:44 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
>> On 23/12/2021 11:30 am, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 3:07:00 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
>>>> On 23/12/2021 6:27 am, Bruce wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 12:25:58 PM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
>>>>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:11:21 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
>>>>>>>> This is off the top of my head, and I hope others will add to my list:
>>>>>>>> 3. Cat Stevens, "Rubylove."
>>>>>>>> 5. The Police, "Mother."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Where the fuck were these "popular," in your house?
>>>>>> "Rubylove" is from Stevens' extemely successful "Teaser and the Firecat" album and received its share of airplay.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Mother" is from the spectacularly commercially successful Synchronicity album. Maybe it was only popular in my house; it's not hard to imagine fans of "Every Breath You Take" skipping it. My friends and I loved how Andy Summers treated it as an opportunity to rebel against Sting's increasingly syrupy stuff (though "Synchronity II" has its adventurous aspects) through dissonance, a creepy theme, and the odd time.
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't like anything by the Police.
>>>> Seems you don't like much by anybody to any degree of depth.
>>>
>>> Here are my 100 favorites by James Brown. I think that qualifies as "depth," no?
>>>
>>> 1. Doing It To Death
>>> 2. Out of Sight
>>> 3. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
>>> 4. Baby, You're Right
>>> 5. Please, Please, Please
>>> 6. Ain't That A Groove
>>> 7. Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
>>> 8. Chonnie-On-Chon
>>> 9. No, No, No, No,
>>> 10. I'll Go Crazy
>>> 11. I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On
>>> 12. Night Train
>>> 13. Tell Me What I Did Wrong
>>> 14. Cold Sweat
>>> 15. Come Over Here
>>> 16. Bring It Up
>>> 17. I Got You (I Feel Good)
>>> 18. That Dood It
>>> 19. Caldonia
>>> 20. Good Good Lovin'
>>> 21. Maybe The Last Time
>>> 22. Bewildered
>>> 23. Call Me Super Bad
>>> 24. Let's Make It
>>> 25. I Know It's True
>>> 26. Get On The Good Foot
>>> 27. I Got The Feelin'
>>> 28. Oh Baby Don't You Weep
>>> 29. Baby Cries Over The Ocean
>>> 30. I've Got To Change
>>> 31. Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.
>>> 32. This Old Heart
>>> 33. I Won't Plead No More
>>> 34. Just Won't Do Right
>>> 35. You Don't Have To Go
>>> 36. I Don't Mind
>>> 37. Talking Loud And Saying Nothing
>>> 38. Lost Someone
>>> 39. Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants)
>>> 40. You've Got The Power
>>> 41. I'll Never, Never Let You Go
>>> 42. America Is My Home
>>> 43. Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto
>>> 44. There Was A Time
>>> 45. There Must Be A Reason
>>> 46. Why Do You Do Me
>>> 47. Hold My Baby's Hand
>>> 48. Try Me
>>> 49. Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn
>>> 50. I'm A Greedy Man
>>> 51. I Don't Care
>>> 52. Honky Tonk
>>> 53. Suds
>>> 54. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
>>> 55. You're Mine, You're Mine
>>> 56. Just You And Me, Darling
>>> 57. That's When I Lost My Heart
>>> 58. Fine Old Foxy Self
>>> 59. Don't Be A Dropout
>>> 60. Kansas City
>>> 61. Papa Don't Take No Mess
>>> 62. Soul Power
>>> 63. Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud)
>>> 64. Get It Together
>>> 65. Licking Stick-Licking Stick
>>> 66. Mother Popcorn
>>> 67. Let Yourself Go
>>> 68. Get Up Offa That Thing
>>> 69. It's A New Day
>>> 70. How Long Darling
>>> 71. I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing
>>> 72. I Got Ants In My Pants
>>> 73. The Payback
>>> 74. Messing With The Blues
>>> 75. Shout And Shimmy
>>> 76. Living in America
>>> 77. Think
>>> 78. I Want You So Bad
>>> 79. Wonder When You're Coming Home
>>> 80. Why Does Everything Happen To Me
>>> 81. The Bells
>>> 82. Escape-ism
>>> 83. I Can't Stand Myself
>>> 84. Money Won't Change You
>>> 85. Ain't It Funky Now
>>> 86. Make it Funky
>>> 87. There it Is
>>> 88. It Hurts To Tell You
>>> 89. I Don't Know
>>> 90. Have Mercy Baby
>>> 91. Don't Let it happen To Me
>>> 92. Dancin' Little Thing
>>> 93. Gonna Try
>>> 94. Begging, Begging
>>> 95. Signed, Sealed and Delivered
>>> 96. Stone Fox
>>> 97. Like A Baby
>>> 98. I've Got Money
>>> 99. I Walked Alone
>>> 100. Got To Cry
>
>> OCD ?
>
> Definitely have it, yes.
>
> Here are my favorites from 1956.
>
> 1 ¦ I'm In Love Again ¦ Fats Domino
> 2 ¦ Long Tall Sally ¦ Little Richard
> 3 ¦ Don't Go No Farther ¦ Muddy Waters
> 4 ¦ Honey Hush ¦ Johnny Burnette Trio
> 5 ¦ The Train Kept A'Rollin' ¦ Johnny Burnette Trio
> 6 ¦ Blue Monday ¦ Fats Domino
> 7 ¦ Roll Over Beethoven ¦ Chuck Berry
> 8 ¦ All Mama's Children ¦ Carl Perkins.
..
..
..
..
..
..

and quite a lot more .

;- )

On 23/12/2021 1:40 pm, Bruce wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 6:34:07 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
>
>> OK, so your musical appreciation is somewhat restricted to a particular
>> era and range of styles. OK.
>
> No more restricted than most people's appreciation, and probably less restricted than most...... just a different era and range of styles than most other people. My appreciation for the most part runs from the early 1900s through the mid 1980s, and includes a wide range of styles including blues, jazz, gospel, soul, funk, hip hop, punk, new wave, Prog, R&B, rockabilly, Power Pop, traditional pop. country, rock and roll, bubble gum, country rock, folk, Cajun, Doo Wop, Jive, Swing, Big Band and reggae.
>
> Most here pretty much like a much shorter span than I do, which is approximately from the early 60s through the 1980s or 1990s, and also a smaller array of stiles which do not include too much black music. I get the feeling that most people in this group listen mainly to white guitar oriented rock music from a 30 year period (early 60s through early 90s).
>
> Here, for instance, are my favorite artists of the 1920s and the 1930s.
>
> FAVORITE ARTISTS 1920-1929
> 1 - Jimmie Rodgers
> 2 - Bessie Smith
> 3 - Louis Armstrong
> 4 - Al Jolson
> 5 - Paul Whiteman
> 6 - Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers
> 7 - Blind Willie McTell
> 8 - Ted Lewis
> 9 - Sophie Tucker
> 10 - Ethel Waters
>
> FAVORITE ARTISTS 1930-1939
> 1 - Mills Brothers
> 2 - Billie Holiday
> 3 - Benny Goodman
> 4 - Louis Armstrong
> 5 - Ella Fitzgerald
> 6 - Duke Ellington
> 7 - Ink Spots
> 8 - Bing Crosby
> 9 - Glenn Miller
> 10 - Boswell Sisters / Connee Boswell
>
> Do you listen to a lot of 1920s and 1930s music, Geoff?
>
>
>

Occasionally, but not that much.

FWIW Thelonious Monk stayed at my parents little hotel where I lived as
a child. He started playing in the '30s.

And one of my fave albums is We Get Requests, Ellington, but not of his
20s/30s/40s/or even 50s years for that matter.

Certainly a lot, if not most, of the albums of the eras you quote are
less likely to be meaningfully sequenced.

geoff

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:24:08 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
> On 23/12/2021 1:40 pm, Bruce wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 6:34:07 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
> >
> >> OK, so your musical appreciation is somewhat restricted to a particular
> >> era and range of styles. OK.
> >
> > No more restricted than most people's appreciation, and probably less restricted than most...... just a different era and range of styles than most other people. My appreciation for the most part runs from the early 1900s through the mid 1980s, and includes a wide range of styles including blues, jazz, gospel, soul, funk, hip hop, punk, new wave, Prog, R&B, rockabilly, Power Pop, traditional pop. country, rock and roll, bubble gum, country rock, folk, Cajun, Doo Wop, Jive, Swing, Big Band and reggae.
> >
> > Most here pretty much like a much shorter span than I do, which is approximately from the early 60s through the 1980s or 1990s, and also a smaller array of stiles which do not include too much black music. I get the feeling that most people in this group listen mainly to white guitar oriented rock music from a 30 year period (early 60s through early 90s).
> >
> > Here, for instance, are my favorite artists of the 1920s and the 1930s.
> >
> > FAVORITE ARTISTS 1920-1929
> > 1 - Jimmie Rodgers
> > 2 - Bessie Smith
> > 3 - Louis Armstrong
> > 4 - Al Jolson
> > 5 - Paul Whiteman
> > 6 - Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers
> > 7 - Blind Willie McTell
> > 8 - Ted Lewis
> > 9 - Sophie Tucker
> > 10 - Ethel Waters
> >
> > FAVORITE ARTISTS 1930-1939
> > 1 - Mills Brothers
> > 2 - Billie Holiday
> > 3 - Benny Goodman
> > 4 - Louis Armstrong
> > 5 - Ella Fitzgerald
> > 6 - Duke Ellington
> > 7 - Ink Spots
> > 8 - Bing Crosby
> > 9 - Glenn Miller
> > 10 - Boswell Sisters / Connee Boswell
> >
> > Do you listen to a lot of 1920s and 1930s music, Geoff?
> >
> >
> >
> Occasionally, but not that much.
>
> FWIW Thelonious Monk stayed at my parents little hotel where I lived as
> a child. He started playing in the '30s.
>
> And one of my fave albums is We Get Requests, Ellington, but not of his
> 20s/30s/40s/or even 50s years for that matter.
>
> Certainly a lot, if not most, of the albums of the eras you quote are
> less likely to be meaningfully sequenced.

There were no albums before the 50s, and very few before like 1956. As far as I'm concerned, it's a singles world.

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:24:08 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
> On 23/12/2021 1:40 pm, Bruce wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 6:34:07 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
> >
> >> OK, so your musical appreciation is somewhat restricted to a particular
> >> era and range of styles. OK.
> >
> > No more restricted than most people's appreciation, and probably less restricted than most...... just a different era and range of styles than most other people. My appreciation for the most part runs from the early 1900s through the mid 1980s, and includes a wide range of styles including blues, jazz, gospel, soul, funk, hip hop, punk, new wave, Prog, R&B, rockabilly, Power Pop, traditional pop. country, rock and roll, bubble gum, country rock, folk, Cajun, Doo Wop, Jive, Swing, Big Band and reggae.
> >
> > Most here pretty much like a much shorter span than I do, which is approximately from the early 60s through the 1980s or 1990s, and also a smaller array of stiles which do not include too much black music. I get the feeling that most people in this group listen mainly to white guitar oriented rock music from a 30 year period (early 60s through early 90s).
> >
> > Here, for instance, are my favorite artists of the 1920s and the 1930s.
> >
> > FAVORITE ARTISTS 1920-1929
> > 1 - Jimmie Rodgers
> > 2 - Bessie Smith
> > 3 - Louis Armstrong
> > 4 - Al Jolson
> > 5 - Paul Whiteman
> > 6 - Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers
> > 7 - Blind Willie McTell
> > 8 - Ted Lewis
> > 9 - Sophie Tucker
> > 10 - Ethel Waters
> >
> > FAVORITE ARTISTS 1930-1939
> > 1 - Mills Brothers
> > 2 - Billie Holiday
> > 3 - Benny Goodman
> > 4 - Louis Armstrong
> > 5 - Ella Fitzgerald
> > 6 - Duke Ellington
> > 7 - Ink Spots
> > 8 - Bing Crosby
> > 9 - Glenn Miller
> > 10 - Boswell Sisters / Connee Boswell
> >
> > Do you listen to a lot of 1920s and 1930s music, Geoff?
> >
> >
> >
> Occasionally, but not that much.

What are your favorites by the Mills Brothers?

Here's my 50 favorites.

1. Organ Grinder's Swing
2. Nagasaki
3. Rockin' Chair
4. It Don't Mean A Thing (If You Ain't Got That Swing)
5. F.D.R. Jones
6. Flat Foot Floogee (Louis Armstrong)
7. I've Found A New Baby
8. Jeepers Creepers
9. Jungle Fever
10. Nobody's Sweetheart
11. Lazy Bones
12. Caravan
13. Long About Midnight
14. Bugle Call Rag
15. The Love Bug Will Bite
16. Till Then
17. Georgia On My Mind
18. Big Boy Blue (Ella Fitzgerald)
19. What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You?)
20. Carry Me Back To Old Virginny (Louis Armstrong)
21. Paper Doll
22. Tiger Rag
23. Down Among The Sheltering Palms (Al Jolson)
24. Shine (Bing Crosby)
25. You Always Hurt The One You Love
26. Dirt Dishin' Daisy
27. W.P.A. (Louis Armstrong)
28. Goodbye Blues
29. I Heard
30. The Old Folks At Home (Louis Armstrong)
31. Darling Nellie Gray (Louis Armstrong)
32. Smack Dab In The Middle
33. Nevertheless
34. Rockin' Chair Swing
35. Diga Diga Doo
36. Chinatown, My Chinatown
37. Get A Job
38. Limehouse Blues
39. Swing It, Sister
40. Rhythm Saved The World
41. How'm I Doin'?
42. Swing Is The Thing
43. A Doughnut And A Dream
44. Some of These Days
45. Sweet Georgia Brown
46. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
47. Gloria
48. Coney Island Washboard
49. Star Dust
50. Julius Caeser

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:29:44 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:24:08 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
> > On 23/12/2021 1:40 pm, Bruce wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 6:34:07 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
> > >
> > >> OK, so your musical appreciation is somewhat restricted to a particular
> > >> era and range of styles. OK.
> > >
> > > No more restricted than most people's appreciation, and probably less restricted than most...... just a different era and range of styles than most other people. My appreciation for the most part runs from the early 1900s through the mid 1980s, and includes a wide range of styles including blues, jazz, gospel, soul, funk, hip hop, punk, new wave, Prog, R&B, rockabilly, Power Pop, traditional pop. country, rock and roll, bubble gum, country rock, folk, Cajun, Doo Wop, Jive, Swing, Big Band and reggae.
> > >
> > > Most here pretty much like a much shorter span than I do, which is approximately from the early 60s through the 1980s or 1990s, and also a smaller array of stiles which do not include too much black music. I get the feeling that most people in this group listen mainly to white guitar oriented rock music from a 30 year period (early 60s through early 90s).
> > >
> > > Here, for instance, are my favorite artists of the 1920s and the 1930s.
> > >
> > > FAVORITE ARTISTS 1920-1929
> > > 1 - Jimmie Rodgers
> > > 2 - Bessie Smith
> > > 3 - Louis Armstrong
> > > 4 - Al Jolson
> > > 5 - Paul Whiteman
> > > 6 - Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers
> > > 7 - Blind Willie McTell
> > > 8 - Ted Lewis
> > > 9 - Sophie Tucker
> > > 10 - Ethel Waters
> > >
> > > FAVORITE ARTISTS 1930-1939
> > > 1 - Mills Brothers
> > > 2 - Billie Holiday
> > > 3 - Benny Goodman
> > > 4 - Louis Armstrong
> > > 5 - Ella Fitzgerald
> > > 6 - Duke Ellington
> > > 7 - Ink Spots
> > > 8 - Bing Crosby
> > > 9 - Glenn Miller
> > > 10 - Boswell Sisters / Connee Boswell
> > >
> > > Do you listen to a lot of 1920s and 1930s music, Geoff?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Occasionally, but not that much.
> What are your favorites by the Mills Brothers?
>
> Here's my 50 favorites.
>
> 1. Organ Grinder's Swing
> 2. Nagasaki
> 3. Rockin' Chair
> 4. It Don't Mean A Thing (If You Ain't Got That Swing)
> 5. F.D.R. Jones
> 6. Flat Foot Floogee (Louis Armstrong)
> 7. I've Found A New Baby
> 8. Jeepers Creepers
> 9. Jungle Fever
> 10. Nobody's Sweetheart
> 11. Lazy Bones
> 12. Caravan
> 13. Long About Midnight
> 14. Bugle Call Rag
> 15. The Love Bug Will Bite
> 16. Till Then
> 17. Georgia On My Mind
> 18. Big Boy Blue (Ella Fitzgerald)
> 19. What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You?)
> 20. Carry Me Back To Old Virginny (Louis Armstrong)
> 21. Paper Doll
> 22. Tiger Rag
> 23. Down Among The Sheltering Palms (Al Jolson)
> 24. Shine (Bing Crosby)
> 25. You Always Hurt The One You Love
> 26. Dirt Dishin' Daisy
> 27. W.P.A. (Louis Armstrong)
> 28. Goodbye Blues
> 29. I Heard
> 30. The Old Folks At Home (Louis Armstrong)
> 31. Darling Nellie Gray (Louis Armstrong)
> 32. Smack Dab In The Middle
> 33. Nevertheless
> 34. Rockin' Chair Swing
> 35. Diga Diga Doo
> 36. Chinatown, My Chinatown
> 37. Get A Job
> 38. Limehouse Blues
> 39. Swing It, Sister
> 40. Rhythm Saved The World
> 41. How'm I Doin'?
> 42. Swing Is The Thing
> 43. A Doughnut And A Dream
> 44. Some of These Days
> 45. Sweet Georgia Brown
> 46. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
> 47. Gloria
> 48. Coney Island Washboard
> 49. Star Dust
> 50. Julius Caeser

By the way, I was born in 1957, so this is not a case of me liking what I grew up with. By the time I was in high school in the early to mid 70s I was much more interested in discovering 50s music than in what was current then.

On 23/12/2021 2:28 pm, Bruce wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 8:24:08 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
>> On 23/12/2021 1:40 pm, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 6:34:07 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, so your musical appreciation is somewhat restricted to a particular
>>>> era and range of styles. OK.
>>>
>>> No more restricted than most people's appreciation, and probably less restricted than most...... just a different era and range of styles than most other people. My appreciation for the most part runs from the early 1900s through the mid 1980s, and includes a wide range of styles including blues, jazz, gospel, soul, funk, hip hop, punk, new wave, Prog, R&B, rockabilly, Power Pop, traditional pop. country, rock and roll, bubble gum, country rock, folk, Cajun, Doo Wop, Jive, Swing, Big Band and reggae.
>>>
>>> Most here pretty much like a much shorter span than I do, which is approximately from the early 60s through the 1980s or 1990s, and also a smaller array of stiles which do not include too much black music. I get the feeling that most people in this group listen mainly to white guitar oriented rock music from a 30 year period (early 60s through early 90s).
>>>
>>> Here, for instance, are my favorite artists of the 1920s and the 1930s.
>>>
>>> FAVORITE ARTISTS 1920-1929
>>> 1 - Jimmie Rodgers
>>> 2 - Bessie Smith
>>> 3 - Louis Armstrong
>>> 4 - Al Jolson
>>> 5 - Paul Whiteman
>>> 6 - Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers
>>> 7 - Blind Willie McTell
>>> 8 - Ted Lewis
>>> 9 - Sophie Tucker
>>> 10 - Ethel Waters
>>>
>>> FAVORITE ARTISTS 1930-1939
>>> 1 - Mills Brothers
>>> 2 - Billie Holiday
>>> 3 - Benny Goodman
>>> 4 - Louis Armstrong
>>> 5 - Ella Fitzgerald
>>> 6 - Duke Ellington
>>> 7 - Ink Spots
>>> 8 - Bing Crosby
>>> 9 - Glenn Miller
>>> 10 - Boswell Sisters / Connee Boswell
>>>
>>> Do you listen to a lot of 1920s and 1930s music, Geoff?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Occasionally, but not that much.
>>
>> FWIW Thelonious Monk stayed at my parents little hotel where I lived as
>> a child. He started playing in the '30s.
>>
>> And one of my fave albums is We Get Requests, Ellington, but not of his
>> 20s/30s/40s/or even 50s years for that matter.
>>
>> Certainly a lot, if not most, of the albums of the eras you quote are
>> less likely to be meaningfully sequenced.
>
> There were no albums before the 50s, and very few before like 1956. As far as I'm concerned, it's a singles world.

I have very old '78s with more than on track per side ! Not long ones
though .....

geoff

On 23/12/2021 2:32 pm, Bruce wrote:

>
> By the way, I was born in 1957,

Me too.

On the 9th of the 9th of '99 I turned *42*. How profound is that !

geoff

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:56:46 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
> On 23/12/2021 2:32 pm, Bruce wrote:
>
> >
> > By the way, I was born in 1957,
> Me too.
>
> On the 9th of the 9th of '99 I turned *42*. How profound is that !

You've got me by 3 weeks.