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Early B.
09-25-2006, 06:59 PM
Just acquired a CD by Regina Carter called, "Paganini:After the Dream," and it is great. Ms. Carter plays the violin with extreme warmth and emotion. I never liked orchestra music or classical music, and always cringed upon hearing a violin, but this CD sounds wonderful.

Am I getting old and boring? Gosh, darn it.
Skynut
09-25-2006, 07:11 PM
I find myself liking more and more music I thought I would never like.
Holydoc
09-25-2006, 07:44 PM
Am I getting old and boring? Gosh, darn it.

Watch that language, you old geezer. There are youngins around!
pearsall001
09-25-2006, 08:06 PM
Just acquired a CD by Regina Carter called, "Paganini:After the Dream," and it is great. Ms. Carter plays the violin with extreme warmth and emotion. I never liked orchestra music or classical music, and always cringed upon hearing a violin, but this CD sounds wonderful.

Am I getting old and boring? Gosh, darn it.

Sounds like that nursing home is right around the corner!!! LOL
janmike
09-25-2006, 08:15 PM
You are getting older, but I would lean more toward becoming culturally mellowed.
mldennison
09-26-2006, 10:55 AM
i found the same sort of thing, through the years my music tastes have definately changed. the scary part is alot of the stuff my father listens to, that i mocked when i was younger, i find i now enjoy! :-)
Fireman32
09-27-2006, 03:23 AM
i found the same sort of thing, through the years my music tastes have definately changed. the scary part is alot of the stuff my father listens to, that i mocked when i was younger, i find i now enjoy! :-)


I'm the same way. I was a metalhead in the 80's and untill recently hard rock and metal was all that i listened to then lou(ohskigod) got me into listening to jazz and blues and now im addicted to it. I also love country music now as well.
TroyD
09-27-2006, 09:56 AM
You folks that don't listen to classical are missing out. You want something to blow your hair back? Mahler's 5th symphony.

Talk about range, dynamics and sheer power? Rock and got squat on a symphony.

BDT
reeltrouble1
09-28-2006, 06:11 PM
First vintage polks now classical, hehehehe, welcome to the old guy club.
You want to hear something out of this world Janos Starker on the cello, available from yourmusic.com for 5.99.


RT1
Early B.
09-30-2006, 10:55 AM
First vintage polks now classical, hehehehe, welcome to the old guy club.

Damn, damn, damn. I'm offically an old-timer.

Just ordered a couple of opera CDs. Immediately thereafter, a few more gray whiskers sprouted on my chin.
disneyjoe7
09-30-2006, 11:50 AM
You may like Yanni Tribute now.


I do.
janmike
09-30-2006, 12:23 PM
Damn, damn, damn. I'm offically an old-timer.

Just ordered a couple of opera CDs. Immediately thereafter, a few more gray whiskers sprouted on my chin.

Congrats. You have just acquired the distinguish look.
Rich64
09-30-2006, 01:22 PM
With an upgraded system like that,,,:D hearing the instruments realistically produced........ is what makes this hobby soooooo addictive.
polkatese
10-01-2006, 11:58 AM
Early, after reading this thread, I thought I give Regina a listen:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F5Z6UE/ref=pd_rvi_gw_2/002-5789247-8498427?ie=UTF8

I am pretty impressed so far with her talent, cool find!
disneyjoe7
10-01-2006, 12:08 PM
No one for Yanni?

Maybe I off my ROCKER :(
polkatese
10-01-2006, 12:11 PM
I bought one Yanni in Concert (I think 1996ish), and wasn't able to make a connection with him. I guess it isn't my cup a Joe kinda artist, sorry..
disneyjoe7
10-01-2006, 12:22 PM
The album I enjoy is dated 1997, I seen him in Concert myself and he said tonights music would be some new, some old not the Tribute album... He was just kidding I think, and the crowd sighed. I do think he's best work is that album as I don't get into his others much at all.
Willow
10-01-2006, 04:29 PM
Paganini, nothing like his stuff. He was insane as well. You should look him up. If I remember I did a project on him in high-school, the guy was ugly as hell but he had women galore...
George Grand
10-03-2006, 02:23 PM
It starts with not being able to eat to rock and roll. It gets better from there.
disneyjoe7
10-03-2006, 11:09 PM
I don't know I like a lot of music, Country, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Yanni what ever. I can appreciate any music I think they have put 110% effect into. :)
phono2
10-07-2006, 01:30 AM
Another classical piece with a lot of power and dynamic range is Beethoven's Fourth Symphony.

You might also try Bizet's L'Arlesienne Suites 1 or 2

Growing up, I sneered at the Carpenters, especially "Close to You". Then a year ago I listened to it on an LP. I could hear incredible detail in Karen Carpenter's voice, even those tiny noises made by moving the tongue around in the mouth. I no longer sneered.

I think in all music, it really comes down to talent. And all the different genres have different ways of engaging your emotions.

You're not getting old and boring. You're getting old and interesting
George Grand
10-07-2006, 10:19 AM
Yanni and Jon Tesh should be thrown off a cliff together. That is not classical music. I don't know what it IS, but it ain't classical.

If Karen had been chewing on some food instead of her tongue they'd still be making music.
wingnut4772
10-07-2006, 10:25 AM
What about Enya?
disneyjoe7
10-07-2006, 10:28 AM
Oh Shit I like John Tesh also.
George Grand
10-07-2006, 10:29 AM
Wait till Tesh and Yanni have landed so she doesn't hit the rocks and mess up her makeup. Then give her a toss.

Okay, who am I to talk? I love the shit out of Disney music. I could listen to "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" all day long, with the Mickey Mouse Club March injected every now and then. Leading a conga line to "Under the Sea"? Gives me a woody just thinking about it.
phono2
10-07-2006, 06:32 PM
Yeah, and I like John Cage's 4'33". It's quiet and it doesn't go out of its way to offend people
disneyjoe7
10-07-2006, 07:09 PM
Okay, who am I to talk? I love the shit out of Disney music. I could listen to "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" all day long, with the Mickey Mouse Club March injected every now and then. Leading a conga line to "Under the Sea"? Gives me a woody just thinking about it.


Ok George, When I call my wife at work she puts me on hold I get Disney Music everyday it's different. :D

So I give Yanni my ears at home.
George Grand
10-07-2006, 07:52 PM
I love you too Phono. All 8 posts. Welcome to the Polk Audio Forums.

Might as well let the rest in. It's 4 minutes and 33 seconds of absolute silence. SOOO cutting edge is the new mans humor.

I've been insulting people on this forum for close to eight years now. Let me change my approach just for you. Any chance you've heard Zappa & The Mothers doing "Go Cry On Somebody Elses Shoulder"? I highly recommend it.
Early B.
10-07-2006, 08:43 PM
Finally listened to my opera CDs. I like it, but two opera CDs is enough for me. Singing in Italian or French or Spanish or whatever the hell it is gets old after about an hour of it. Sing to me in English 'cause I wanna know what the hell you're sayin'.

Vocals are absolutely stunning, though.

Gonna look for some African or Caribbean music next, or maybe re-examine the blues. Never go into it for some reason, even though nearly all contemporary music stems from it.

Anyone into big band or orchestra music?
George Grand
10-07-2006, 08:53 PM
Big band in a BIG way. I was going to BE the next Buddy Rich. Life got in the way.

Try the new operatic hottie from Russia, Anna Netrebko. She doesn't sing in English, but it doesn't bother me. I just imagine she's singing.."George, George!" It sounds great and boy is she a stunner in the looks department.
Early B.
10-07-2006, 09:03 PM
Just ordered some Mingus Big Band and Count Basie Orchestra.

I'll check out the cute Russian, too.
George Grand
10-07-2006, 09:12 PM
Mingus. Going right to the heart of it huh?
Early B.
10-07-2006, 09:20 PM
Mingus. Going right to the heart of it huh?

Really? I have no idea who he is, but I played a few sample tracks and liked it a lot. Guess I have some research to do. I'm off to google him...
Early B.
10-07-2006, 09:29 PM
OK, I just ordered Mingus Ah Um. That's enough for now.
George Grand
10-07-2006, 09:43 PM
Charles Mingus is one of the heaviest hitters in jazz. Don't expect to be able to tap your foot to a lot of his stuff. Kind of a "musicians musician" is Charlie Mingus. If you pleased Charles Mingus while playing in any of his bands, your ticket was punched.
phono2
10-07-2006, 11:44 PM
I love you too Phono. All 8 posts. Welcome to the Polk Audio Forums.

Might as well let the rest in. It's 4 minutes and 33 seconds of absolute silence. SOOO cutting edge is the new mans humor.

I've been insulting people on this forum for close to eight years now. Let me change my approach just for you. Any chance you've heard Zappa & The Mothers doing "Go Cry On Somebody Elses Shoulder"? I highly recommend it.

Yeah, all the warmth&love here......sniffle.......

Poor Karen...had she lived she might have switched to playing drums in some heavy metal act.

I was reminded of the John Cage piece by an item on YouTube.com - a "performance" of it. It was the goldarndest thing I've seen, like a Monty Python sketch.

"Go Cry on Somebody Elses Shoulder" is from Zappa's "Freak Out", which I have... on CD. I'm not a vinyl diehard, though. It's just that I grew up with LP's, 45's, 78's even, turntables, cartridges, alignment gauges, hum, rumble, acoustic feedback, stylus crashes, and candle wax on the records.

"Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder" is a take on doo-wop that's 100% Zappa, especially the monlogue at the end. I also like the end of "You Didn't Try to Call Me", featuring a kid complaining to his girlfriend about not calling, and meanwhile he'd been fixing up his heap of a car. That, and Wowie Zowie. Zappa and his bunch had some dead-on satires of the American Scene.

There's also "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here" in which Zappa berates his audience of young dimwits. I guess his band had to do a lot of teenage dances in the beginning to scrape up a few $$.

And the liner notes...which I've mislaid, dammit. Perfesser Frank berates his semi educated readers who are ignorant of music.

Zappa had an insult for everyone, often hilarious. It could veer into baby boomer arrogance, though.

Another Zappa effort I have on LP is Hot Rats, soon after it came out. I got that when a friend of mine - the kind who had all the underground newspapers and the latest Ramparts - told me about Willie the Pimp. I had to have that. IMHO it's a great song, though the critics like the more jazz-oriented pieces on the album.
George Grand
10-08-2006, 12:18 AM
Maybe you aren't such a bad newb after all. I was also going to recommend "Stop your Sobbing" by The Kinks, but maybe I'll wait on that for another whine.

Hot Rats in its entirety represents to me, the greatest album ever recorded. Keep your vinyl copy, he dicked up the low end when he transferred it onto cd.

Whenever Buddy Rich was asked who his FAVORITE drummer was, he responded with "Karen Carpenter". Whenever somebody asked him who the BEST drummer was, he responded with "I am".
phono2
10-09-2006, 01:52 PM
Maybe you aren't such a bad newb after all. I was also going to recommend "Stop your Sobbing" by The Kinks, but maybe I'll wait on that for another whine.


"Stop your Sobbing" by The Kinks - that's one I don't have. I have to settle for Chrissie Hynde's version with the Pretenders on their first album. Have to drag it out and play it. Hope the mildew's not gotten to it, or the Discwasher fluid residue.

Hmmm...."This album has a longer running time than most average LP's therefore to achieve maximum effect PLAY THIS ALBUM LOUD."

Not a good sign. No mildew or residue though. Sure enough, the sound is nasty and compressed. Play this album loud? I'd rather crank up my old Golden Records 45's. "Eatin' Goober Peas" by Don Elliot and the Skip Jacks at 110 dB.

A pity, because IMHO, the Pretenders put out some high-energy rock n roll.