Music Music to Lift Your Soul: 4 Genres & Honorable Mention

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The discussion centers around the best music across four genres: classical, country, hard rock, and fusion. Notable classical pieces include JS Bach's "Air On A G String" and Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony, while country highlights include Merle Haggard's "Workingman’s Blues." In hard rock, songs like Fit For Rivals' "Your Worst Mistake" and AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" are mentioned. Fusion is represented by Cartoon Theory's "Wizardry Mind." The conversation touches on the timelessness of certain songs, with examples like The Beatles' "Yesterday" and John Lennon's "Imagine," which are praised for their enduring appeal. The impact of music on personal experiences is also highlighted, particularly with the mention of "Ashokan Farewell," which holds emotional significance for some participants. The thread reflects a deep appreciation for a wide range of music, emphasizing how certain tracks resonate across generations and personal histories.
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The Del Vikings, Too easy for me to channel back with these ^^
 
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. The covers of ' On Broadway ' say they are covering George Bensons version. No, the Drifters are the original.
 
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And Doo Wop from females:
 
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And here's one that the Brit invasion didn't, couldn't cover. Still in that period, 1968. Not sure if this is uplifting for the soul, but certainly for the spirit of that time. The Steve Miller Band from the Sailor album. Tim Davis on drums, Lonnie Turner on bass.

 
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. Alot of covers for this classic including the Rolling Stones
 
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Doo Wop
 
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pinball1970 said:
This is uplifting

Very uplifting. Here's another of the same by Jean Sibelius. Interesting history. Written for the Press Celebrations of 1899, a popular, free speech protest at that time. He wrote powerful, yet melodic, stirring music.

 
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morrobay said:

Love Stevie Winwoods voice, he is 17 years old on this recording!
 
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Yes I always thought they were black - Before YouTube ...
 
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morrobay said:
Yes I always thought they were black - Before YouTube ...
His voice, a little bit of gravel and the range/power. Sounds like the Marvin Gaye type.
If I was looking for a band in the 60s I would have wanted a black dude as the singer. Not because there no good white singers it is just that there seemed to be an abundance of black singers that sang in that style.
Little Richard was the ultimate, opening of Long Tall Sally, wow. Chest voice on tenor A ish? That reinforced falsetto too, just magic.
Only Paul McCartney is in that range.
Ian Gillan another planet (both loved Little Richard)
 
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morrobay said:
Comments above say Doo Wop did not have much effect on the British Invasion. The British Invasion sure had an effect on Doo Wop - it disappeared. Now it is a cult type music only with the Mexican low riders.
Frank Zappa loved Doo Wop. He even composed a minor hit for The Penguins : Memories of El Monte.
 
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More of that voice and range. Hyde Park, London, 1969. He made every group he played with, better.

 
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difalcojr said:
More of that voice and range. Hyde Park, London, 1969. He made every group he played with, better.
The Stevie Winwood of the 21st century is Lachy Doley.
 
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morrobay said:
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Like to see these ladies riding on Route 66 today. Plenty of horsepower, plenty of class. Long version first. (Look at the tree inside a house at about 8:26. Like to live there.)



Short version. Thought the Valkyries were going to come through the stained glass windows! Very skilled musician.

 
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Tchaikowsky. Capriccio Italien.
 
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A tango.

 
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And a classical. Edvard Grieg from Bergen, Norway.
 
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difalcojr said:
And a classical. Edvard Grieg from Bergen, Norway.

When I lived in Japan I walked around a lot. Every now and then I'd hear music coming from a middle school. It was always as good as this. Notice how the Asian kids have all the chairs 1,2,3,4, and 5 while the Europeans are on the periphery. It's because the A's start playing at age three in Yamaha or Suzuki school. By this time they already have ten years of experience. Not only that your brain develops differently. I have read that the difference is visible in an autopsy. If you start late you will never catch up. You may still be able to get over in a different way though.

It is my experience that you build a music making machine in your nervous system. Then just sit back let it do its thing without interference. I wish someone had told me that fifty years ago.

Hilary Hahn went to Suzuki school. She has released a recording of all the Suzuki exercises, starting with very simple ones.

This band is in Davis, California. I suppose their parents are professors at the university.

Community orchestras in Japan are almost as good as the pros. Every city has a really nice concert hall. (Tokyo is a region, not a city. It's composed of dozens of cities.)

The best concerts I ever attended were student/faculty concerts at Gedai, the main arts college in Tokyo. There are a number of reasons. The student can choose or compose what they like best, not what the audience wants. They can rehearse for months instead of days like the pros. It doesn't hurt that the Gedai concert hall is terrific, better than world famous Suntory Hall which makes top ten lists.
 
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Fascinating. Thks for sharing that. Educators, teacher unions, politicians need read your post here, and see the forum videos of what Japan has done. Get right now instruments back into all the classrooms, like it was!
 
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difalcojr said:
Fascinating. Thks for sharing that. Educators, teacher unions, politicians need read your post here, and see the forum videos of what Japan has done. Get right now instruments back into all the classrooms, like it was!
That early musical training carries over even to very different musical instruments and styles. You can start on piano and end up playing drums in a hard rock band but be able to do things that late starters can't do. Eddie van Halen started playing piano in Indonesia at age six.

When I was a kid in the 1960's the start early thing was still going on but it now appears to have died in the USA except in Provo.
 
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Yes, no instruments in every public middle school anymore. No daily music class. Too many administrators took all the public money, I think. Hope it changes back to the time you describe.
Here's a different one that always seemed uplifting, though I am not sure why. Soft, hard rock, though. Hard edge. Who taught her to sing, I wonder?
 
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Chet Baker -- I'm A Fool To Want You

 
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The way those two could look at each other! Might have helped that they were married off the screen too.

I better get back to your 4 genres. Classical. Isn't this just Grieg's "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen" again?
If so, I could not find any reference to it by Rogers and Hammerstein under the original movie score.