And this has always been one of my favourites - a song about getting old and looking back at “the good old days”, we used to know ....
I'm a certified old fart, the older I get the wider my musical tastes. This popped up on the YT list I was there for this. A few gaps in the day but most memories intact. This was excellent. Followed by this, Eric shooting up the Sheriff The thrill goes on.
A wandering through my vinyl stuff recently reminded me of this gent, Thomas Leer. I bought his early experimental synth stuff and stayed with him as he produced a LP of decent pop songs (The Scale of Ten). He then buggered off to form ACT with a strange lady from abroad. This single was one of my faves to play before many a crazy debauched night out in Chichester. Crap video though
Thanks. He was quite an accomplished sax player ..... I only saw him play it live once (bit difficult in a 3 piece band) but he brought the house down. Still one of my regular “go to” artists ..... yes, I know, I’m very old .....
I don't know so much Dave. More and more younger people are examining music from decades past and realising that creativity and musicianship was at a different order back then. And more and more young people love Rory. You can run your eye up and down Youtube comments and many of them range from the music being simply better to wishing they had been born back then. My opinion has always been that if a genre is new to the individual then it is new, and a whole field of discovery takes place thereon. So you never know, you could just be leading the trend.
This is a thread for saints fans that are at Glastonbury I'm not there as I didnt fancy it this year much for those that are Instead of enjoying the festival you can sit next to your tent and send updates and stuff..? dont go on about bands too much tho or how great it is there as its just annoying.. keep it moderate. For example.... 'just got a nice prawnie roll from the food area' for example - then... 'turns out they're not real prawns tho- £12 rip off' etc...
Saw Liam as Eden last night. That was good, but typical rip off fest. Not even allowed to take a bottle of water in, got searched like five times. Nobs.
I’d guess 70-80% of the tAimee I hear my son playing music I know who it is and mainly because it could have been me playing it at that same age. The other 20%+ I haven’t got a clue
Basically, once the Whichever's Got Talent, Whatever Factor and Voice generation got started, my musical knowledge has dropped to almost zero. And what's worse, I don't care.
Dave, we talked about 'older' music. I went a bit further suggesting that it was more creative and the musicianship might have been higher. Here's a guy called Rick Beato, who is an all round musician, youtuber and producer. He's been around a lot of bands, going way back. These days he's found real Youtube fame because he gets analytical about all music. Here he is dissecting Roundabout by Yes, from 1971, off their Fragile album. Even if the music isn't to your favourite taste, there is no denying the creativity and sheer musical ability. And these guys were in their early-mid 20's at the time. Oh, by the way, listen to the list of classic records that came out in 1971. FFS.
Great song, but the live version on Yessongs is far better, and features the best intro of any song ever!
