The unofficial "There's no way you don't like this song" thread

[Slacks 6819]

Some songs are classics. Some songs are a fad. Some songs last. Some songs don't

 

This is the thread where we post songs that anybody should like.

[Slacks 6819]

I'll start with this... I suppose I'll come back and edit with a listenable link.

[noharleyyet 2838]

 

[Grandioso 2592]

3 hours ago, Snacks said:

I'll start with this... I suppose I'll come back and edit with a listenable link.

Well, that took one post. 

I mean, I don't hate the song but...meh. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

3 hours ago, Snacks said:

I'll start with this... I suppose I'll come back and edit with a listenable link.

Well, at least it can't go any where but up from here....

[WhatTheBuck 28775]

 

[BurntOrangeCrush 1011]

 

[PRONG HORN 3135]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Buzzrock 14902]

The key is to pick songs that chicks love but that aren’t terrible. For instance

[Deej 76754]

20 hours ago, Snacks said:

I'll start with this... I suppose I'll come back and edit with a listenable link.

If you're going Commodores, then it's this:

 

 

[noharleyyet 2838]

 

[Bullneck 19070]

22 hours ago, noharleyyet said:

 

First reaction:  Who is Tedeschi Trucks?

Second reaction: Apparently they are popular.  Look at all those people.

Third reaction:  The song was OK until it she started singing. 

 

So, no "Ice, Ice, Baby" yet?

[hookem48 4687]

anyone that doesn't like this just go ahead and leave now

 

[hookem48 4687]

 

[Deej 76754]

anyone that doesn't like this just go ahead and leave now
 

^^^

[qwertyu1234 496]

 

 

[Buzzrock 14902]

[TexArcher 37763]

8 hours ago, Bullneck said:

First reaction:  Who is Tedeschi Trucks?

 

Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks.

Also acceptable: A pair of badasses.

[jimmyjazz 45887]

9 hours ago, Bullneck said:

First reaction:  Who is Tedeschi Trucks?

Second reaction: Apparently they are popular.  Look at all those people.

Third reaction:  The song was OK until it she started singing. 

Wait, what?  I get that you might not know who Susan Tedeschi or Derek Trucks are, but what on earth is wrong with her voice?  I would put it up in the top 5 voices I've ever heard live.  She is a staggering good singer.

[Bullneck 19070]

11 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Wait, what?  I get that you might not know who Susan Tedeschi or Derek Trucks are, but what on earth is wrong with her voice?  I would put it up in the top 5 voices I've ever heard live.  She is a staggering good singer.

I don't put much value on rock/blues singing quality.  Unless you're an opera singer voice quality isn't a priority.  Look at Astrid Gilberto.  Terrible singer but look where it got her.

(Edit: I went back and listened to it again.  The guitar player I like.  But I'd have to say that knock-off blues singers like her are a dime a dozen.  I can remember reading in Rolling Stone how such and so a person was the "one of the five best harmonica players in the world."  Kind of like being the loudest whisperer, if you asked me).

Edited July 2, 2018 by Bullneck

[jimmyjazz 45887]

Wait, what, again?  So you roughly equate Lou Reed to Freddie Mercury?

Personally, if Lou Reed wasn't singing brilliant lyrics, I'd never have given him the time of day.

[jimmyjazz 45887]

And Astrud Gilberto was a lot better than "terrible".  That's a tricky song and she hit every interval.

[Bullneck 19070]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

So you roughly equate Lou Reed to Freddie Mercury?

Huh?  I don't remember mentioning either of those two guys.  

 

BUT, if your point is that Mercury had a great voice and Reed has a lousy voice but they are both accomplished artists, that's exactly my point.  Rock is about saying what you can say, regardless of ability.

[Bullneck 19070]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

And Astrud Gilberto was a lot better than "terrible".  That's a tricky song and she hit every interval.

Which song are we talking about, Girl from Impanema?

[jimmyjazz 45887]

Uh . . . OK.  What you're basically saying is that if you write your own material you get a pass.  You are only demanding virtuosity of classical singers because they're singing things they didn't write.

Really, I have no idea what point you are actually trying to make, but whatever it is, I'm pretty sure I disagree with it.

[jimmyjazz 45887]

Just now, Bullneck said:

Which song are we talking about, Girl from Impanema?

Of course.

[Bullneck 19070]

4 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

And Astrud Gilberto was a lot better than "terrible".  That's a tricky song and she hit every interval.

 

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

Of course.

Skip to 41:00.  I don't know if she's a limited singer or just nervous (maybe both).  

 

We're fucking up this thread, you know.

[Bullneck 19070]

5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Uh . . . OK.  What you're basically saying is that if you write your own material you get a pass.  You are only demanding virtuosity of classical singers because they're singing things they didn't write.

Well, I think Mercury and Reed both wrote their own material.  But yeah, Johnny Ramone couldn't sing anything but songs by the Ramones.  That was good enough.  

[jimmyjazz 45887]

Yes, we're fucking up this thread, but to suggest that superior vocal ability singing one's own rock/blues material is no different than shitty vocal ability at same seems ridiculous.  Whatever, as you say, it's not in the context of the thread.

[jimmyjazz 45887]

3 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

But yeah, Johnny Ramone couldn't sing anything but songs by the Ramones.  That was good enough.  

Joey Ramone.  Heh.  Alright, I'm done.  Here's a song everybody should love (in my world):

 

[Bullneck 19070]

8 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Yes, we're fucking up this thread, but to suggest that superior vocal ability singing one's own rock/blues material is no different than shitty vocal ability at same seems ridiculous.  Whatever, as you say, it's not in the context of the thread.

First, let me say that I will vote for just about anything from Squeeze (thread topic related!)  

1. Superior vocal ability+superior music
2. Bad vocal ability+superior music
3. Superior vocal ability+lousy music
4. Bad vocal ability+lousy music

Those are the choices. 

#1 can be any genre of music.  Doesn't matter.  It's good.  

#2 can still be good.  See: Joey Ramone or Johnny Rotten 

#3 maybe some people will listen, but not me. Seems like most of those Voice/American Idol shows fall into this category

#4 no one will listen, not even the parents

 

 

[Bullneck 19070]

 

[jimmyjazz 45887]

Just now, Bullneck said:

 

1. Superior vocal ability+superior music
2. Bad vocal ability+superior music
3. Superior vocal ability+lousy music
4. Bad vocal ability+lousy music

That's a pretty succinct summary of my thoughts as well, and I think Tedeschi Trucks (on that song) nail it.  I would never have thought it would be fodder for this thread, but I don't dispute it.

[Goo Punch 4275]

 

[Goo Punch 4275]

 

Edited July 2, 2018 by Goo Punch

[Bullneck 19070]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

Yes, we're fucking up this thread, but to suggest that superior vocal ability singing one's own rock/blues material is no different than shitty vocal ability at same seems ridiculous.  Whatever, as you say, it's not in the context of the thread.

BTW, where would you rank Joe Strummer in the pantheon of great singers?  

Pretty sure this song, a pair of Koss headphones, and an Altec Lansing reel-to-reel are the reason I don't have much hearing left.

Edited July 2, 2018 by Bullneck

[noharleyyet 2838]

...too mellifluous?

 

[Don Johnson 4752]

 

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

 

[irishtexan 11515]

On 6/30/2018 at 2:24 PM, Onboard 2.0 said:

Well, at least it can't go any where but up from here....

You love Jim Morrison but hate 'Easy'? That explains a lot

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

You love Jim Morrison but hate 'Easy'? That explains a lot

And makes me feel a helluva lot better about myself. : )

[Slacks 6819]

Thanks Obama Trump.

[Steel Shank 9421]

 

[Bullneck 19070]

 

[hookem48 4687]

It's July 4th, if you don't like it, fuck you.

[Carl Spackler 3479]

 

[CoTex 1160]

There was a Texas song on the previous board that talked about Farrah fawcet and beating ousux.  I like that one.

[BottleRocket 644]

 

[Grandioso 2592]

Ok, I'm going to take a crack at this.

 

[CO Horn 156]