*What song are you listening to* thread!

by **mookiemcgee** on Mon May 06, 2024 10:56 am

oh my

by **KoolBak** on Tue May 07, 2024 2:01 am

Right? I was amazed.

This song inspired the last few verses of Start Me Up by the stones in 81...little musical trivia

by **mookiemcgee** on Wed May 29, 2024 2:29 pm

by **Dukasaur** on Fri May 31, 2024 6:43 am

by **Pack Rat** on Fri May 31, 2024 4:22 pm

In honor of our former President

by **mookiemcgee** on Sat Jun 15, 2024 8:01 pm

by **mookiemcgee** on Thu Oct 31, 2024 5:06 pm

by **Votanic** on Sun Nov 03, 2024 1:00 am

The Greatest Generation.

We shall not see their like again...

by **riskllama** on Sun Nov 03, 2024 4:38 pm

triumphant return of the greatest live band, ever - by gum, it's been a while!

by **riskllama** on Sun Nov 03, 2024 4:39 pm

RIP, Steve...

by **Votanic** on Sun Nov 03, 2024 4:47 pm

Soar.

by **Quirk** on Mon Nov 04, 2024 8:01 pm

by **karel** on Mon Nov 04, 2024 8:11 pm

butcher babies great f-en metal band,for sure a must listen to

by **jusplay4fun** on Tue Nov 05, 2024 10:31 am

Quincy Jones died. Sad, but what a brilliant music man.

"Music is sacred to me," Quincy Jones once said. "Melody is God's voice."

He certainly had the divine touch.

Jones, who has died at the age of 91, was the right-hand man to both Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson, and helped to shape the sound of jazz and pop over more than 60 years.

His recordings revolutionised music by crossing genres, promoting unlikely collaborations and shaping modern production techniques.

and, the song I best remember him for:

"Check your egos at the door," said the hand-written sign that Quincy Jones pinned to the door of his recording studio in 1985.

The occasion was the recording of We Are The World - a star-studded charity single that aimed to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.

Written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson, the record featured vocals from Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Springsteen, Dionne Warwick and Bob Dylan, all recorded in a single night.

Herding the singers was a massive headache, as the recent Netflix documentary The Greatest Night In Pop revealed.

At one point, Stevie Wonder insisted that some of the lyrics should be rewritten in Swahili - despite the fact that the people of Ethiopia, who would be the main beneficiaries of the famine-relief fundraiser, largely speak other languages.

Jones oversaw the whole session with the patience and wisdom of a producer who'd seen it all.

The results aren't particularly great - the song is sickly and overlong - but the fact that it's coherent at all is a testament to his skill as a producer, arranger, mentor and referee.

In the end, the song raised more than $63m ($227m or £178m adjusted for inflation); and Jones looked back on it as one of his proudest achievements.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gz3w38dn9o