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Why does everyone have to sing about love and relationships in the pop world. Ugh. I mean there's more to life than that. This is why I like Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, and the likes.
DiracPool said:I think you have the "difference" in the wrong direction. We're talking about putting Alicia Keys in the same category as Adele, Amy, and Fiona as far as their distinctive singing and songwriting talent. Do you really think that Alicia doesn't "write (or wrote) her own very personal and distinctive music."? Alicia is a trained musician, if any of the above girls wrote her own tunes, it was Alicia. Typically, a true singer/songwriter plays some instrument and likes to play that instrument during their performances, even if it's more or less in a token fashion. The fact that Adele, Amy, and Fiona typically don't do so that leads me to think that their songwriting, while personal, is arranged by studio professionals hired by or in-house to the label. That's very different than crafting your own melodies and rhythms, which I'm sure Alicia has done on her songs. The other three girls probably just wrote the lyrics and were presented with various arrangements of music put to those lyrics to approve or disapprove.
SW VandeCarr said:I know AJW has written the music (worked out on a guitar) for most of her songs, but collaborated on some. She also was active in arranging (as per her producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi). However, I frankly don't know much about Alicia Keys. I'll have to find out more about her. Thanks for the information. BTW, Fiona plays a mean piano.
atyy said:How about Tool's 10 000 days?
B. Elliott said:I think it comes down to melody. With the advent and proliferation of personal computers and then recording/mixing software, anyone with a lot of time on their hands can throw together a bunch of beats and sounds. In the 60's, 70's and prior it was all about a group interacting with each other; the sharing of ideas. For individuals, the only things they had were their acoustic (mostly) instruments and the melody. The mainstream stuff has now shifted to being beat-oriented.
I enjoy a fairly wide range of music, but nothing beats the creativity that arises from limitation. IMO, embracing limitation actually seems to drive creativity.
OmCheeto said:You were born in the 80's... What the hell do you know about the 60's and 70's?
I was born in the 50's. I LIVED that music...
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JK, of course.
My bathynaut days were where I was first subjected to Supertramp: Breakfast in America.
Good to see you back. How many days left?
B. Elliott said:lol. And for that, I envy you!
Billboard via Wiki said:Most weeks on the chart
Note that totals are for the main albums chart only, catalog chart totals are not factored in.
(835 weeks) The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd
(490 weeks) Johnny's Greatest Hits – Johnny Mathis
(480 weeks) My Fair Lady – Original Cast
(331 weeks) Highlights from the Phantom of the Opera – Original Cast
(308 weeks) Tapestry – Carole King
(305 weeks) Oklahoma! – Soundtrack
(295 weeks) Heavenly - Johnny Mathis
(284 weeks) Metallica – Metallica
(282 weeks) MCMXC a.D. – Enigma
(277 weeks) The King and I – Soundtrack
B. Elliott said:Thanks a lot OmCheeto. Maybe it's me feeling a bit guilty, but now I find myself being forced to listen to The Wall album in it's entirety. There goes a good 2-1/2 hours.
micromass said:Forced?? You should feel priveleged to be able to listen to the album. Warning: the movie is very disturbing!
I blame most of my hearing loss on "The Wall". Not sure if you saw my comment in the Pink Floyd thread about how the Sony Walkman was introduced a year before I'd started sailing around on my submarine. They had a nice stereo set up in the galley, but going to bed without music? Blech.B. Elliott said:Thanks a lot OmCheeto. Maybe it's me feeling a bit guilty, but now I find myself being forced to listen to The Wall album in it's entirety. There goes a good 2-1/2 hours.
micromass said:...
Anyway, instead of listening to the album, you can watch the movie:
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