DAY #5 of the 30 Day Music Meme - A song you have to play loud

[shadowkat]

I don't know. I don't tend to like "loud" but I admittedly do play and listen to a lot of "loud" music. This meme is hard. Particularly if you listen to music the way I do - which is mostly as background noise, to calm my nerves and in the past to sleep to. Actually it's why I have to be careful with Classical music, and the soundtrack to the Crow, which both put me to sleep.

You already knew I was a bit eccentric, this should not come as a surprise to you.

Sisinlaw: You are a bit eccentric.
Me: Says the woman who got married in a swimming pool by the Church of Craft.

Anyhow, there are various choices here...

I'm picking the Ramones...

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Although it was admittedly tempting to pick Beethoven's Ninth in D Minor, or Tina Turner's Proud Mary. But I'm in a Ramones frame of mine lately.

Comments

[cjlasky7]

1-2-3-4!

The best of Queens, New York.

My selection: "Cult of Personality"

In 1988, this song was a shot across the bough of the white-dominated rock and roll establishment. Founded by Brooklyn's adopted son Vernon Reid (on guitar), Living Color's songs were always well-crafted and thought provoking. But to get the full impact, you need to play them very, very loud.

https://youtu.be/7xxgRUyzgs0

[shadowkat]

I've heard the song - which is a good choice, but don't remember or recall the band at all. Do like the song though.

[wpadmirer]

Oh, you have to play the Ramones loud. Otherwise it's not the Ramones.

I really only play music in the car, and songs I love, I turn up until the whole car vibrates. Right now in the car I have a compilation Pat made for me called SOUL MUSIC FOR OLD WHITE PEOPLE, Keith Jarrett, Tom Petty, Steely Dan, and Mose Allison. Pat has something he likes in the car, but I can't remember what it is, because I tend to skip it. (grin)

[shadowkat]

Very true - and in particular that song. Other songs don't always require it - but anything by the Ramones does.

I'm not sure I've heard anything by Mose Allison - but keep in mind, I forget the names of songs, artists and albums all the time. I remember if it is drilled in my head.

When I drove - which feels like a century ago, wait it was - it was in the 20th Century - I would play tapes, and often the radio, but usually tapes. It kept me from cursing drivers. ;-)

But I don't remember what I played. We did however play this great mixed tape that my brother gave me - while in driving around Britain one summer - circa 1987 - it contained Pink Floyd's the Albatross, and Peter Gabriele.

[wpadmirer]

Mose Allison is an old guy. (He's actually dead.) He was blues and jazz, and THE WORD FROM MOSE is one of the best albums ever. I own a ton of his stuff. Discovered him in college and never recovered.

[atpo_onm]

Pondered going with a Zep tune for a bit, but, again like calling on The Beatles or Stones, I'm trying for a band that's a bit more obscure, but still excellent. Then... AHA!! (No, not the band...)

Dada, (or as they prefer it, dada, with the lowercase), and from their first album, Puzzle,

Dizz Knee Land

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daa9pZDxfIY

In truth, the whole damn album is this good. Another perfect better-when-loud rocker from the album would be Mary Sunshine Rain...

...which starts off somewhat gently, then....whoa-ohh!!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGkV2GdLIhY

Not to mention possesses a great lyric like "She won't reach into my mind and fill those gutters with red wine and reason"

The recording quality on the CD is superb, I actually used tracks from it to demo amps and speakers back in my audio retail days.

*******

And this has no relation to the above, other than it was a "recommended for me" ('cause, it's... music?) from the dada youtube link, but... well, you gotta see this, trust me:

Classically trained flutist reacts to hearing Jethro Tull / Ian Anderson, whose work is apparently new to her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKSrq_qjB_Y