Off Topic Saints Not606 Music Thread

This is the story of how the guitar driven, hook laden and well crafted glorious Power Pop music that I love evolved...

 

Currently number two in the charts

I would love Kate to knock Harry Styles off the number one spot.

 

Stranger Things have happened…

 

That is actually quite clever on a lot of levels

 

As it was mentioned on the transfer thread, I'll put this here. No excuse needed really.

Martha Ladly from the band played keyboards for the Associates so that's my excuse for another amazing 80s track

 

Agreed, and she did, but the way the charts are calculated means she didn't (can't be arsed to post a link, but look it up). They've just changed that, as they make up the rules as the go along, even more than the tories.


Harry Styles ain't a bad bloke or a bad musician though, in fairness.

 

The new Fable single, Onion Brain, is out today! Go give it a listen.

 

Not only listened, but bought down the iTunes shop on the corner.

Perfect summer music, I love it.

 

So a couple of weeks ago I was fortunate to see the Killers at the Emirates. They were freaking awesome, and did all of their classics. Jenny was a friend of mine, somebody told me, you name it. Pretty much every single from their first two albums. We got a really good vantage point near the front and it was interesting to see because Brandon Flowers clearly models himself after Elvis. Both in terms of appearance and his showmanship and the way he works the stage.

Anyway, here's my favourite killers song

And my favourite from their second album

 

thanks fpr posting this. Not an album I was aware of but the line up is stellar. For my money, Wynton Kelly was the best "band" pianist of that era.

I saw Benny Golson perform in Vienne back in the early 2000s.

 

Yes Wynton Kelly is surely up there, in a similar vain I also like Bobby Timmons, Hank Jones and Jaki Byard it's a rich period for great musicians.

 

I have seen Hank ones too when he was part of Joe Lovano's quartet. Jaki Byard is interesting because he could mix stride and more avant garde styles in to hisplaying without making it sound incongruous. The best Bobby Timmon's I have heard is on the libe album with the quintet led by Jackie McLean and Kenny Dorham.

Of that era, I feel that Kelly always added to whatever band he played with. I just feel he was exceptional at comping and probably the best in the business until Herbie Hancock who raised the game. There were so many great pianists from that era including the likes of Andrew Hill, Herbie Nichols and Paul Bley who never really got their dues from many fans, Along with Duke, Hancock, Hampton Hawes and Monk, I think these are my favourite pianists who emerged in the 50s and 60s. I always feel that so many good things in jazz and piano playing stemmed from Duke - you can still hear his influence in contemporary players like Matthew Shipp and Jason Moran.

 

The episode where it plays is pretty damn intense

 

I agree but it's not very often someone from my era would knock someone like Harry Styles off the number one spot.

 

So Rick Beato had this video in which he lists his top twenty dual guitar bands...

Here are some of mine...