Lazy8 wrote:
Review overdue! Your selections came just as I was getting ready for a vacation so it took a little longer than usual to get thru the 3 discs. This is quite the diverse collection of songs/genres and certainly gives great insight into the Mad Musical Mind of Marty. Like all of us, the influence of our parents certainly set the tone for our ever evolving tastes in music. My mom was a HUGE Barbara Streisand fan and while I do not share her enthusiasm I think it led to my love for solo female artists. And for sure things I listened to as a kid on my own set the tone for what I listen to today. So here are my thoughts along the way of enjoying your musical journey.

Disc #1
* Little Sadie - I felt transformed into Appalachia, pass the moonshine!
* Marie's Wedding - I felt transformed into an Irish Village, pass the scotch!
* Ian and Sylvia - I felt transformed to a Parish in St Jean, pass the Caribou!
* Shady Grove - is this the original?
* Johnny Cash - He is the ultimate original, like that young Marty on that Yamaha
* John Stewart - I don't know this guy, he has a Gordon Lightfoot sound
* Chicago - Was this your first political influence? Mine was Mad Magazine
* Don Maclean - great choir like vocals
* School's Out - The Alice Cooper Band's Masterpiece! I've always thought that the title track was the worst song on the album. I always air-drum to Neil Smith when enjoying this record. 
* Teo Torriatte - Nice to hear a deep track from Queen
* Songs from the Wood - Tull as tons of great tunes but if I whittled it down, this song would be in my top 3. "I am the cross to take your nail" - great lyric
* Talking Heads - I was never a fan, not sure why
* Turn that Heartbeat over again - Love this song, such a brilliant debut album
* The Cars - Kings of New Wave - Possibly the best band to come out of Boston?

Disc #2
* Elvis Costello - I'm a casual fan, should listen to him more than what I hear on the radio
* Accidentally Like a Martyr - Far from a casual fan, I'm passionate about Zevon. I wonder if that comes from my Mad Magazine days, his dark sense of whit and all. "Days slide by, should have done, should have done we all sigh" - Genius!
* Tonio K - Who is the guy?
* Modern Lovers - I dig Jonathan Richmond, so unique. I really got into him after seeing the movie There is Something about Mary
* Shattered - Some Girls is my favorite Stones album, played a big part of my life when it came out.
* Century City - Petty was so good even his deep cuts sound like hits
* Riverside - I've heard of the Beat Farmers but don't think I've ever heard them till now. 
* Santiago - More Bongo!
* Greg Brown - I need to hear more from this guy
* Carla Sciaky - What a beautiful voice. Mom Miser would approve
* Closer to Fine - released in 1989 but still sounds fresh today
* Nirvana - also bust on the scene in 1989, so their original fans/audience is probably around average age 50. I wonder if the discontent those young fans had back then still pervades
* KGB - this one is right in the Lazy 8 wheelhouse
* Wailin' Jennys - Going to see them in November here is NH. Mrs Miser is a big fan
* Alabama Pines - I've got kin from Bama and my brother went to college there. I still think the one time I was there was the hottest I've ever been. 
* Contratopia - Speaking of Mrs Miser, she just happened to walk in when this song was on and promptly stated "Oh, I like this!"

Moguk - is this your grandson's name? You may have shared in the past but my memory fails me if you did. His taste is all over the place, NICE diversity for a kid.
* Pogo - I didn't like this song at the outset but by the time it was over I was diggin it
* You are my Sunshine - I really like this version, unheard by me till now. The state song of Louisiana, who knew? 
* Genticorum - Wish I knew French
* Banana Boat Song - Thanks, I've had this song stuck in my head for a few days now. 
* Que Sera Sera - Still holds up well since 1956. I think this one was played in my childhood home here and there.
* Ernesto Schnack - Great guitar work! Who is this guy? 
* KGB - straight from your wheelhouse to your grandson's wheelhouse, nicely played!
* Tape Five - I dig this style of music, very Radio Paradise
* I Gotsta Get Paid - Prequel to Just Got Paid
* Barra Barra - where do I know this from?

Your influences cover a lot of ground, very eclectic and stimulating. Amazing that quite a bit of your grandson's selections were new to me. Hook him up with Alanna! Thank you for taking what was obviously much effort to put this together. I'm sure it was a labor of love with nostalgic enthusiasm. I certainly enjoyed it! 

So this one's personal.

I started with childhood, or rather prenatal. these are roughly in chronological order of my discovering them. As you can see my parents had an outsized influence on my early tastes—they were folkies. The first cover picture shows my dad with Hedy West at a house party around 1959.

I soon got immersed in the popular music of my youth but most of it didn't stick. I had pretty strong tastes from early on. When I grew up and got a job and finally had money to spend my wife and I would indulge in monthly record binges to catch up on the music we couldn't afford earlier. While there are some cringy top-of-the-charts selections in my collection mostly it reflects what I still listen to.

I became an influence on my kids in turn, and we still share a lot of music. There are a few bands I don't get (Nickleback? Really?) but our tastes are still remarkably similar.

And lastly there's my grandson's playlist. He is a very enthusiastic music fan (also with strong tastes) and his daddy shared his playlist with me. I cut it down from well north of 100 entries to make this. It's mystifying/gratifying/awe-inspiring to see echoes of my parent's taste showing up in his.

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

I like the surprise element of not knowing what's coming up, so I'll post it in a couple of days. Got the "covers" all ready in case people want to burn it to a CD.

 Lazy8 wrote: How about an explanation of your songs?

 Steely_D wrote:
Got it and listened to the first half.
And you need to explain yourself with a set list.



With you and Lazy cranking these things out... a lot of work reviewing ahead for me... and the rest of you guys!

 Steely_D wrote:

Last day

Download link https://we.tl/t-tZuRxGW9H9

Expires end of month

 miamizsun wrote:

Yes.
MD
Me doctor


And I’m out of the loop again until January. Kindly don’t ship anything to the house. Someone’s there, but it ain’t me, babe. No no no, it ain’t me, babe.

 Steely_D wrote:
doctor's orders?
because if it is...





and am i still october?

Download link


Same admonition - the link is only there a finite time, so grab it in the next day or two and listen whenever

 Lazy8 wrote:

In college (cough) I made a handy $7 for the first go round and $15 for the second in a week. That’s big money for the weekend in the mid 70s at LSU.

I popped into the adjacent bookstore, milling about, and asked the guy what was new and good. He grabbed me, dragged me to the section, and thrust a book in my hand that he happened to be wearing the shirt of. I read it in one sitting, and then went on to read every single one of the author’s other books in one sitting.

The book? It begins like this…”This is my favorite book in all the world, although I have never read it.”

 Lazy8 wrote: They have special give a ways for platelet donators.  And a online store where you get credits for gift cards from various sources. I have a stack of t- shirts.
You get double credits for doing an apheresis. Which has allowed me to get to over 90 gallons so far. Aiming for 100 gallons. I've been donating since '75. Apheresis since '77.
I go every two weeks. It does take almost 2 hours for the procedure. Where doing a regular whole blood pint draw takes me just 10 minutes. As you are aware of.
Those double red donations are tough too.

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
Wait...you get PAID for apheresis? All I ever got was a bottle of water and a fistful of Tums. I do a Power Red donation these days and they make me wait 10 weeks between. But I have gotten several t-shirts.

 Lazy8 wrote: I wasn't very cool in High School. I really don't care. A late bloomer here. But that allowed me to continue to bloom even as an almost 70 year old. A month away.
Going to my 50th class reunion a year ago, and seeing all those old people, made me glad I was slow in developing. He haw!
My granddaughter calls me cool. There's that. She loves my truck. Wait till I give her  a ride in my Daytona.

As you... I'm still seeking out music everyday. A fairly safe drug.
It can get expensive. BUT... I do an apheresis every two weeks at the blood bank where they take my platlets and plasma. They give you credits for each donation. I use them like my lunch money back in the day to buy my music.

Debbie and I have been to Catalina Island on one of our past anniversaries. We've also been to Anacapa Island. I recently spent a couple of nights camping on Santa Cruz Island. A semi- tour of the Channel Islands. I prefer Santa Cruz. There's no motels, bars or clubs there. Prefer that.
Catalina is a fun place though. I hope you get there.

The "Twang" has always been there in my taste. People ask me if I like "Country Music". Not really. Just that small niche where country stations won't play it because it rocks too much.  And rock stations won't play it because it's too country. That pretty much describes my taste in all music. Nobody plays it.

The Turtles were "Garage" to me. Still love the "Garage Rock".
Sorry about the time jump
Yeah... I probably should have done a three disc'er as you did to fill in the gaps better.
My next disc will probably be some of my really favorite songs. That might fill in the gaps somewhat. It's hard when one has so many favorites. My favorite song is from the 90's.

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
I feel like if we had met in high school (not that that timeline is possible) we'd have been the music nerds shuffling around in a Homestarrunner cartoon muttering "Band name." "Band name." to each other. Except I was way too broke to be that cool then. Maybe I could have just asoired to be that cool.

I feel very lucky to live where I can still find terrestrial radio with actual shows, curated by real people with real personalities and tastes in music. It's a big reason I gravitated to RP: when you're introduced to music by someone who's passionate about it and can tell you something about the people who made it you listen closer.

Come to think of it, that's what these mix discs do.

I remember some of the same stations from my days in SoCal. I was there for the punk/new wave era and those stations (and their DJs) played a crucial role in forming my own tastes, but more about that when it's my turn. Let's talk about this twang-fueled document you've made!


This collection really drives home how fast popular music was changing in the early rock & roll era, and who much that change has slowed down. A 10 year old song in 1960 sounded ancient; today a 10 year old song is current.

28 Miles (Santa Catalina) - I may get to visit there this year. They host a dance weekend that's on my bucket list. Won't sound anything like this, which I just heard for the first time. In fact we had to get to the surf era before we hit a song I was familiar with.

Concrete and Clay - This sounds so chrome-bumper-and-fuzzy-dice! Also new to me.

It Ain't Me Babe - Funny that this one actually made its way into my consciousness/tinny AM radio speakers while so many of the others didn't.

Carry On to Tomorrow - Would never have guessed this was Badfinger. I didn't discover them until they rocked much harder, Very cool.

Message From the Drum - Ditto, remember Redbone as a much heavier sound.

Scotty's Lament - That's quite a time jump. Was there a lost decade for you? Also quite a surprise—would never guessed this band.

One Time One Night - Is this really that old? Wow, I guess I'm old too.

Propinquity - I was introduced to this song by a band by the same name, recorded on a label also called Propinquity. Guess it made quite an impression. Great song too, but I absolutely don't remember it from back in the day. Your tastes ranged a lot wider than mine, and probably still do. Mike Nesmith is officially forgiven for the Monkees. Well, most of them.

Bad Reputation - Only one tune from the '90s? I mean it's a cool song and all, but...

Star Witness - Oh, that twang! And this practically forces me to sing harmony to the chorus.

That was a terrific tour, and a great glimpse at how you came to have such broad tastes. How that musical curiosity is never satisfied!

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
The return of the multi disc mix! I remember this trend. It's in NH safe and sound. 

 Lazy8 wrote: Wow!
A three pack!

i see DUI
discs under the influence

 miamizsun wrote:

 Steely_D wrote:

"the blues are the truth"
-some philosopher musician pouring out their life story