What music do you use to cheer yourself up?

lyle_from_minneapolis · Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:45 pm

Kevin, I sure hope that's just a "right now" kind of goodbye and not a permanent one--I would truly miss your thoughtful and often very helpful posts.

Sometimes we tick each other off...when I read posts that challenge me I either do a little battle or ignore them...but I sure hope you stay.

Even your post above helped me somewhat; I LOVE the E Flat Sonata, but I've never heard Andre Watts play it.

That said, some people, like you, really are intelligent.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:11 pm

Yeah, c'mon Kevin...don't let the hillbillies get you down...

Now then, Randy...say what you want about him, but I'm sure it doesn't suck to be Bill Moyers, any more than it sucks to be me or Paul W. or any of the rest of us 'lib-ruls'. We're a lot less miserable than you might think...

Bill doesn't hate America, just the things a lot of Americans do, same as me. And if I sometimes sound like I'm whining to you, rest assured it's because I'm tempering my military/construction crew lexicon hard for purposes of staying polite in a public forum.

When did he become bitter? Sometime between the Tet offensive and the bombing of Cambodia, I'm guessing. I know that's what did it for me...everything since then's been one long, continuous laugh-riot.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:34 pm

One of the prettiest instrumental albums of all time is "Wave" by Antonio Carlos Jobim

Jobim (of 'Girl From Ipanima' fame) had some great collaborations with Joao Gilberto and Stan Getz.

Wonderful stuff.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:43 pm

Brammy, ol' pal! What a delight...10 points out of 10!

We cover "Wave" in PW3...working on a cover of Getz's "Bahia"...

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:08 am

oh yea.... in the early 70's when the harder rock sound started to come in, I tuned out pop and tuned into jazz. At age 16 my friend and I would listen to all sorts of stuff that was just "too weird" for some of my friends. Here's some clips from that famous Brazilian jazz album.

http://www.rhapsody.com/stangetz/getzgilberto

Astrud Gilberto had such a sultry voice and was an early heart-throb of mine:

this is a fantastic live album:

and this one too:

I still know the guitar chords to "Wave" and hope one day to do my own version on a home recording. The only problem is playing the lead melody... too hard for me on guitar and I dont really play keyboard very well. Ah HA!... this sound like a job for SUPER computertech/musicianguy!

Stan Getz (rip) was such an amazing sax player. One time I saw a TV thing where they were giving a private concert at the Whitehouse. Invited were Itzhak Perlman as well as Stan Getz, Dizzie Gillespie and some other top-knotch jazz guys. Perlman was the host and tried to sit in as well. Well, Itzhak Perlman may be a good violin player if he has sheet music in fron of him but he was clearly outmatched in this setting. There was one part where he intentionally bent ONE note as he looked and gestured to Getz as in "hey man, look at me, I can play jazz too". When it was Getz's turn, Stan came in early with a flurry of riffs that sent the fiddle player's ego crashing to the foor. It was very obvious (to me, anyways) what Getz was doing and you could see by the reaction on Perlman's face that he felt totally outmatched. .... but I digress.

WOW... I even found an old news report on the event where they say that "Mr. Perlman's musical contribution to the finale was slightly embarrassing"
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEEDB1738F931A15751C1A964948260

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:27 am

Avalon by Roxy Music or Boys and Girls by Bryan Ferry.

So romantic. Cheers me up.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:48 am

SO, we are no longer allowed to tease?

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:02 am

It's fine to tease, Charlie...but leave the 'G'-string on and please don't touch the customers...

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:22 am

Teasing is good... if it doesn't become rude and isn't taken as an offense. Of course, that's just my humble opinion.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:31 pm

Gotta have a sense of humor around here if not, see ya. If you're going to leave just leave don't announce it for sympathy. I've done that several times, got over it and came back, sorry if I seem hard but hey we are all different here. I hate TV but listen to PBS on the radio all the time and charlie didn't offend me, he's OK by me even if we have different opinions on certain things. I thought some of the posts were becoming a tad bit pretentious myself hence my Bowel Movement #38 or whatever I wrote. Speaking of Bowel movements I left in a huff over political krap a few years ago, got over it and have kept my views to myself for the most part since then. Then there was the INFAMOUS FLATWOUND vs ROUNDWOUND DISCUSSION!!!!!! haha! that was good for 6 months. (both the thread and the length of time that I left)

Love that Astrid Gilberto stuff, Girl from Ipanema, with Stan Getz, love Coltrane and Wayne Shorter among many sax players, Monk, Davis, Mingus etc. love the old R& B guys from the late 40's, early 50's too. Many different types of music for many different moods.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:50 pm

Bob: i may be wrong, of course, but i think that "sense of humour" isn't something stable, invariable and same for everybody. Mean, if i say a joke that i find funny and somebody doesn't laugh at it but instead finds it rude or sad, that doesn't necessarily mean that one of us doesn't have a sense of humour; that may simply mean that our sense of humour is different. And if we all were the same, that'd be a dull world, methinks. Some leave without saying, some say but don't leave, some leave forever, others return after a while, and i see no problem here. Not to mention i never thought that there were any essential requirements for being a member of this forum - well, apart from respecting others and avoiding four-letter words...

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:17 pm

Well that certainly was a thread killer. Some of us, me included tend to get too serious around here sometimes and yes I understand that people are different. Lighten up was my point I guess. I just walk away if someone says something I don't like and I didn't see that Charlie said anything so bad anyway. I probably should have said don't wear your heart on your sleave around here, it's just a forum.

will_nesbitt · Post by **will_nesbitt** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:00 pm

I'm one of those who tends not to listen to 'feel good' music as usually, I get angry rather than down. So, metal all the way! Particular favourites include:
Behemoth - Slaves Shall Serve, As Above, So Below and Conquer All
Akercocke - Verdelet
Decapitated - The Fury
Devildriver - End Of The Line
Hypocrisy - Warpath
Nile - Execration Text
Strapping Young Lad - Love, We Ride, Aftermath, Happy Camper

Sadly, no Rics involved

rickboy88 · Post by **rickboy88** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 6:16 am

Ragtime does it for me. It came before rock and roll and even jazz. Ragtime was quite daring when it first came out (all that syncopation).

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:05 am

Music that makes me happy?
I guess that would be 60's Motown or some bubble gum music or even one shot wonders. I love those.

To expand, music that makes me mellow?
John Denver, Moody Blues, audio therapy.

Music I listen to before I play bass...
YES, RUSH, PINK FLOYD, NEKTAR....LOUD in the car or my headphones..

But what is REALLY music to my ears is the phrase,

"DINNER IS SERVED"!