I watched some music programmes over the past week. all it is is manfactured pop crap. they should all be shot. they cannot sing or dance and where are the goddamn instruments?

I would like them to see them strum a Em or an A; they wouldn't have a clue. music used to be good in the old days when the British Invasion started and glam rock came in. Chico is number I. I wish Phil Spector had shot him; he would be doing us all a great favour.

It is annoying when I bought Frank Zappa and Willie Nelson CDs yesterday - all filed under the wrong catagory.

I'm started to get into counrty and western now; Randy Travis, Willie Nelson, Linda Ronstadt - give them a listen.<br><br>Post edited by: JK2006, at: 2006/03/07 11:36

I dunno, when I was a lad we had songs, you can't understand a word they say, it's all boom boom boom!

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Glad that you like Willie Nelson and Frank Zappa ... but what a dull world it would be if we all liked the very same things!

The &quot;pop&quot; stuff may not be your cup of tea, but there are alot of people who think its fun (even Chico has his fans - apparently).

I've just been listening to Holst's The Planets Suite (to brighten up a very dreary day).

It's also always good to experiment - and listen to other kinds of music - things you would not normally pick-up.

Have a nice time experimenting.

Heh!

I'm currently listening to a Deep Purple track. It's been on 8 mins and I'm still waiting for the chorus!!

Got news for you Vince; you could wait 8 years and it would probably still never arrive... unless it went &quot;Smooooke on the Waaaater...&quot;

Its like... theres the intro ..next week we get to the hookline........

I discover new bands almost every week. I know bands that my dad doesn't even know. Cheap Thrills and The Son of cheap thrills; good Zappa albums -

I lean more towards folk from the 60s with Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan my real heroes, though the latter more for his words than his voice! JK's late 60s stuff is certainly amongst my favourites too before he went all &quot;silly&quot;.
There's no crime in liking good pop music.It's now cool to Like Abba and there's no reason why you can't like the Dooleys who made some superb (Ben Findon written) pop songs. My self made compiled CDs for the long car journey keep me happy.

Here's a good example of a 20 track compilation I often play

Phil Ochs : Changes (perfect folk ,65)
Julie Felix : The magic of the playground(gorgeous ,67)
Status Quo : Pictures of matchstick men(good old days ,68)
Lotus eaters : First picture of you(lush ,84)
Alan Price Set : I put a spell on you(great version ,66)
Jonathan King (Who?) : Million dollar bash (classy, 70)
Sparks : Something for the girl with everything (mad ,74)
Longpigs : Blue skies (something recent)
The Attack : Created by Clive (an era I wish I'd lived in ,68)
Kinks : All day and all of the night (best pop song of its time ,65)
Silver Convention : Get up and boogie (strange looks by now ,76)
Eiri Thrasher : Roger (very pleasing ,71)
White Plains : My baby loves lovin' (gorgeous pop ,70)
Klaatu : Calling occupants of interplanetary craft (the original ,76)
Flirtations : Keep on searching ( how did this trio never score a huge hit? ,69)
Arrival : Friends (an acquired taste ,69)
Saint Etienne : Only love can break your heart (jolly)
Cat Stevens : A bad night ( I love backward loops and depression ,67)
Captain Sensible : Wot (I love it ,83)
Catherine Howe : Harry (lovely way to drive home late at night ,75)


Of course once this 8 cd box set comes out by oh I forget his name, that will make a 7 hour car journey just a drive of pleasure....

&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; The fans don't even know it is a cover &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;

That way the advertisers get out of paying any money to the original recording artistes, Andrew.

When I mean pop music I mean modern pop group with 7 people in with no singing talent nor music talent. they cannot play instruments. it is all manafuctured crap.

Monkees were manufactured but they practised. they are now all successful solo artists and 2 two them have started new bands.

The songs that mikemacca has listed are cool pop because it is british invasion era. Abba I could live without anyway. Dooleys - my Teacher use to talk about them as my surname is Dooley but I have never heard a song by them but I'm willing to if could find one to download or something.

Alan Price I love. I did a post on the soundtrack O lucky Man which he did.<br><br>Post edited by: JK2006, at: 2006/03/08 15:42