What are you listening right now ?

I stumbled into this new, remastered Fagen/Becker townhall setting performance, no longer bass-shy and more distinct individual voices and instruments “hearable”, excellent audio (and video) rendition:

The place I work is so dead silent that we have speakers that play white noise so we don’t eavesdrop by accident. So yea, I’m listening to white noise. :neutral_face:

This song was in the “17 Again” movie. By the way, here´s a lot of songs I have never heard about. :+1:

"Josie" by Steely Dan

The WEIRDEST Pop Song Intro of All Time

"Before Pro-Tools, there were pros!" So says Rick Beato in this breakdown of the song Josie from the 1977 album Aja.

A quick look at the list of players joining Walter Becker and Donald Fagen makes the point. Studio greats Larry Carlton, Dean Parks, Victor Feldman, Chuck Rainey and Jim Keltner are all present.

Boomers have the bad habit of saying that music was better back their day. The truth is that every generation produces its own musical masterpieces. Nevertheless, songs like Josie make it easy to fall into the trap. Most of today's music sounds more than a little thin compared to songs like this.

Of course, the same was true back in 1977.

For those that want to hear the full song without interruptions, here is the link from Steely Dan's official YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwZ_u_UKb0Q

"When You Say Nothing At All"

Alison Krauss & Union Station

Jerry Douglas and the rest of the gang are all here, but the focus is on the angelic voice of Alison Krauss. This performance comes from the Austin City Limits broadcast in 2000.

Enjoy.

Check out my post from last October that features Jerry Douglas:

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/28208/1047

Thanks for this great link!

Now I know how artists/musicians listen to music.

I bought this Aja vinyl years ago when it came out.

Great stuff from, to me, one of the two greatest bands (Chicago band is the other one) of all time.

The original Convoy. C.W. McCall CONVOY 01 CW McCall - Convoy ORIGINAL VERSION - YouTube
A different version was used in the movie. Then we have one from a year ago in Canada. Canadian Convoy Rally Song [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube
And now we have a new version not entirely from Canada but about it. Freedom Convoy 2022 (CW McCall Parody) - YouTube
Various new versions are popping up every day now.

Playing Boogie Woogie at a London Subway Station

Brendan Kavanagh Stoking Up a Party in the Underground

Here is proof that music is too important to be left up to experts!

I'm blown away by how much fun this guy Brendan Kavanagh creates playing the pianos of the London Underground. His videos are addictive. I've binged on a bunch of them.

"The Endless Enigma"

Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Of course, I do love me some experts, too!

Here is the same song with an introductory musical analysis provided by classical composer Doug Helvering:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FJm2Jgousw

Power Station-get It on bag a Gong

One of my fave PS ditties… :laughing:

Clay & Buck

CLAY & BUCK

Back to my roots…

Rock is my Religion,
Judas is my Priest.