IfItAintToy said:

THAT AIN'T NO LETOYA

Sure it is. Her name is LeToya Luckett. There is no other LeToya that people would know. Dionne Warwick knows who she is because Dionne picked LeToya to star in her biopic.

La Toya not Letoya

Here are some. Ten is not enough.🤪✌️ More later

Just Pretend - Elvis
Enjoy yourself- The Jacksons
Pride and Joy - SRV
Oh My Love - John Lennon
Maybe I’m amazed - Paul McCartney
Wasted Days and Wasted nights - Freddy Fender
Fragile - Sting
To Love Someone Sweetly - TTD
Teena Marie - Miracles need wings to fly
Aretha - I never loved a man/Ain’t no way
At Last/A Sunday kind of love - Etta James
Song for a rainy day - David Cassidy & Kim Carnes

MickyDolenz said:

TD3 said:

I was reading an article [via the UK Guardian News paper ] about how the Bakersfield country music scene /sounds has gone AWOL for a minute. The first person I thought of was to asking about all of this was, Mickey, his opinion / thoughts on this subject.

What do you mean? Like on the radio? If so, then that's been out of style on mainstream country radio. It's mostly "Bro Country" that's popular now. Some of it has trap beats and ever since that Nelly & Tim McGraw duet became a big hit, it's been somewhat common for contemporary country acts to have rap collabs. Even a veteran like Willie Nelson did some songs with Snoop Dogg. But I guess you might know the connection with those 2. Willie has not always been strictly country anyway, he's released jazz records in the past and had a hit single with Julio Iglesias.

Radio is not in any of my conversation about music well, at least not for me. I knew you are a listeners of CW or music. You always hear from mainstream media talk about who's in and what's out... without any consideration of the talent that's out there. I never believed just because your aren't on radio/ TV..... talent doesn't exist, not recording, or performing. My train of thought wasn't about veteran attempting to stay relative.

TD3 said:

Radio is not in any of my conversation about music well, at least not for me. I knew you are a listeners of CW or music. You always hear from mainstream media talk about who's in and what's out... without any consideration of the talent that's out there. I never believed just because your aren't on radio/ TV..... talent doesn't exist, not recording, or performing. My train of thought wasn't about veteran attempting to stay relative.

Well then no music style really ever goes away. Someone continues to perform it, whether the mainstream masses are into it or not. People still make polka records and that has never had mainstream popularity. The closest to mainstream success is some of the songs on Weird Al records. He always has at least one polka song on his albums. On one album Weird Al had a zydeco type song. I kinda consider zydeco "black polka" and Tejano "Mexican polka". Gospel songs have rarely become pop hits. There's other artists who record the middle ages style music that is performed at Renaissance Faires. Even Sting released an album like this awhile back. Other than maybe smooth jazz like Kenny G or later George Benson, jazz fell out of mainstream favor after big band in the 1930s or 1940s. But people still perform it. There's an audience that goes to see opera singers. There's many tribute bands & singers who perform the music of a specific act like The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin, etc or a particular genre like disco or big band swing jazz. There's a band called Postmodern Jukebox who perform modern hits in a big band style. There's another band called Beatallica, who perform Beatle songs as if Metallica did them. Dread Zeppelin is like Led Zeppelin with Elvis Presley as the lead singer performing in a reggae style. Lez Zeppelin is an all women tribute band who does Led Zeppelin. The Musical Box does Peter Gabriel era Genesis songs. Both Phil Collins & Steve Hackett has performed at a show with The Musical Box.

Prince - if i was you girlfriend

Janet - the pleasure principle

Bonnie Raitt - I can't make

Massive attack Safe from harm

John mayer - My stupid mouth

Prince - Mountains

Rasmus Faber - Be Real

Weeknd - I feel it coming

Neneh Cherry - Somedays

George Michael - i want your sex

slyjackson said:

MickyDolenz said:

Since there's folks doing genre lists, here's mine.

country:
Jerry Reed ~ East Bound And Down
Randy Travis ~ It's Just A Matter Of Time
Dolly Parton ~ Applejack
Chris Stapleton ~ Tennessee Whiskey
Oak Ridge Boys ~ Elvira
The Monkees ~ Papa Gene's Blues
Bellamy Brothers ~ Let Your Love Flow
Juice Newton ~ Queen Of Hearts
Eddie Rabbitt ~ I Love A Rainy Night
Waylon Jennings ~ Good Ol' Boys

bubblegum:
1910 Fruitgum Company ~ Simon Says
Debbie Gibson ~ Only In My Dreams
Menudo ~ Solo Tu, Solo Yo
Ohio Express ~ Yummy Yummy Yummy
Donny & Marie ~ A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock 'N Roll
Kris Kross ~ I Missed The Bus
New Edition ~ Cool It Now
Hanson ~ MMMBop
The Angels ~ My Boyfriend's Back
Leslie Gore ~ It's My Party

Talkin about bad taste.

there is no such thing as bad taste in music, just different opions

MickyDolenz said:

TD3 said:

Radio is not in any of my conversation about music well, at least not for me. I knew you are a listeners of CW or music. You always hear from mainstream media talk about who's in and what's out... without any consideration of the talent that's out there. I never believed just because your aren't on radio/ TV..... talent doesn't exist, not recording, or performing. My train of thought wasn't about veteran attempting to stay relative.

Well then no music style really ever goes away. Someone continues to perform it, whether the mainstream masses are into it or not. People still make polka records and that has never had mainstream popularity. The closest to mainstream success is some of the songs on Weird Al records. He always has at least one polka song on his albums. On one album Weird Al had a zydeco type song. I kinda consider zydeco "black polka" and Tejano "Mexican polka". Gospel songs have rarely become pop hits. There's other artists who record the middle ages style music that is performed at Renaissance Faires. Even Sting released an album like this awhile back. Other than maybe smooth jazz like Kenny G or later George Benson, jazz fell out of mainstream favor after big band in the 1930s or 1940s. But people still perform it. There's an audience that goes to see opera singers. There's many tribute bands & singers who perform the music of a specific act like The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin, etc or a particular genre like disco or big band swing jazz. There's a band called Postmodern Jukebox who perform modern hits in a big band style. There's another band called Beatallica, who perform Beatle songs as if Metallica did them. Dread Zeppelin is like Led Zeppelin with Elvis Presley as the lead singer performing in a reggae style. Lez Zeppelin is an all women tribute band who does Led Zeppelin. The Musical Box does Peter Gabriel era Genesis songs. Both Phil Collins & Steve Hackett has performed at a show with The Musical Box.

All those things you mention sound horrible

nextedition said:

slyjackson said:

Talkin about bad taste.

there is no such thing as bad taste in music, just different opions

Yes theres is, there I gave you an example.

slyjackson said:

All those things you mention sound horrible

That's your opinion. Everything I mentioned has an audience that buys their albums or goes to their concerts. They wouldn't exist if there wasn't an audience for them. For fans of prog era Genesis, The Musical Box is the closest thing they're going to get to seeing them live since Peter Gabriel has always turned down Genesis reunions. It probably won't happen now anyway since Phil Collins can't drum anymore. PBS has shown entire concerts from Beatles & Pink Floyd tribute bands. Renassaisance Faires are popular too. There's an audience for death metal with growling singers and also new age, techno, traditional cultural music, and so on.

MickyDolenz said:

slyjackson said:

All those things you mention sound horrible

That's your opinion. Everything I mentioned has an audience that buys their albums or goes to their concerts. They wouldn't exist if there wasn't an audience for them. For fans of prog era Genesis, The Musical Box is the closest thing they're going to get to seeing them live since Peter Gabriel has always turned down Genesis reunions. It probably won't happen now anyway since Phil Collins can't drum anymore. PBS has shown entire concerts from Beatles & Pink Floyd tribute bands. Renassaisance Faires are popular too. There's an audience for death metal with growling singers and also new age, techno, traditional cultural music, and so on.

SNIP - of4$

JoeBala said:

Here are some. Ten is not enough.🤪✌️ More later Just Pretend - Elvis Enjoy yourself- The Jacksons Pride and Joy - SRV Oh My Love - John Lennon Maybe I’m amazed - Paul McCartney Wasted Days and Wasted nights - Freddy Fender Fragile - Sting To Love Someone Sweetly - TTD Teena Marie - Miracles need wings to fly Aretha - I never loved a man/Ain’t no way At Last/A Sunday kind of love - Etta James Song for a rainy day - David Cassidy & Kim Carnes

Great choices...Pride & Joy, I Never Loved a Man, Wasted Days/Nights

remixes:

Falco ~ Rock Me Amedeus (12" American Edit)
George Michael ~ Hard Day (Shep Pettibone Mix)

Bell Biv DeVoe ~ Poison (London Style)
Wings ~ Goodnight Tonight (Special Disco Version)

Rolling Stones ~ Harlem Shuffle (New York Mix)

Exposé ~ Point Of No Return (Extended Remix)

Nat King Cole ~ Pick Up (Just Blaze Mix)

Janet Jackson ~ Miss You Much (Mama Mix)

The O'Jays ~ This Time Baby (Tom Moulton Mix)

Ace Of Base ~ Living In Danger (For The Big Clubs Mix)

paligap said:

i discovered "Third Wind" (and Pat Metheny) at one of the absolute lowest moments in my life. It actually distracted me and kept me calm, until i was able to get out of the situation. what a completely fucked up night it was...

JoeBala said:

Wasted Days and Wasted nights - Freddy Fender

I think he recorded this several times, but the most known version is the one from the 1970s