How did your musical tastes develop?

[carole]

It's funny, the Aussie band I followed, 1927, used to play Roadhouse Blues in their shows, and now Meat's been singing it too.

Carole

[AndyK]

Originally Posted by suzieq

I tried to make my story short, but no can do. I just deleted the rest of the body of this post, it's just way too long.

You should find half a day and type it out again. It's interesting reading people's musical journies!

[CarylB]

Earliest musical memories are of my father playing the piano. He played by ear, would go to see musicals, come home and sit down and play all the songs. My mother was always singing songs from shows as she went about the house .. I was word perfect on songs from Oklahoma, South Pacific etc by the time I was five! From my father I also got my love of classical music. Then in coffee bars in the sixties I found jazz, and in juke boxes, Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Presley, Tommy Steele .. then Mamas and Papas, Beach Boys, Don Mclean, Neil Diamond (both of the last two I saw live at the RAH) .. I saw the Stones before they were famous, playing on Eel Pie Island, also Eric Clapton .. then came the Beatles, waited eagerly for every album .. then Fleetwood Mac, Status Quo, Queen and Abba, Elton John, Dire Straits, Pointer Sisters .. and Kenny Rogers, who's the only country singer I've ever really got into to the point of buying albums. Then in 1978 Meat ..

My father used to say "Music died with Irving Berlin!" .. and I guess the music we embrace in our 20s and 30s does tend to set our musical tastes .. So many of the artists I took to in the 70s have been stayers, and their songs are still played. The wave of new artists in the nineties appealed less, and those I had already taken to my heart continued to deliver music that still excited me. Although there were individual songs from new artists which appealed, the entire album rarely did, and that has continued.

I still love classical music and if I'm working at something that's what I play in the background. Still love to go to a pub where there's a live traditional jazz band. Still play Elton and Queen regularly, though Meat mostly. In the car I have Meat, Elton, Handel's Water Music and Motzart. And now all my financial resources for concert going are devoted to Meat's tours

Caryl

[Netty]

well i only have 2 person that has a huge influence on my music taste and one of them is Meat
the other guy died in 2001, he was only 43 when a bullet stopped his career, an unbelievably great hungarian singer, Zámbó Jimmy ( video ) , he had a 4 octave voice and not just had it but he could use it anyway he wanted.....other than these 2 guys i never got into any music, i listens all kind of things but i never was interested in them, to buy albums or go to concerts

[suzieq]

Originally Posted by AndyK

You should find half a day and type it out again. It's interesting reading people's musical journies!

Thanks...writing and erasing made me reminisce a bit. So, I'm sure it would take me 1/2 a day just to relive the memories again.

[jcmoorehead]

I agree reading some of the longer posts is really interesting. What is also interesting is seeing how many of us have common likes.

Oh absolutely they were beyond Spinal Tap, which is why I said they weren't in the same league musically. For one thing, the band was made up of experienced professional musicians, as opposed to Spinal Tap. That's not to detract from Spinal Tap for what it was. I agree, it was a bit of a piss take, but to quote the movie, "there's a fine line between stupid and clever", and I think they fell squarely on the clever side. The reason the movie was so funny is because it was also so true. I don't think it would have been as believable (and worked as well) if they all hadn't played their own instruments and wrote the songs as they did.

As for the Blues Brothers, they probably would have been awesome to see live, but I still think they were a bit of a side project, as opposed to Dan and John's main focus, which was acting. They did, however, bring some great music to people's attention; I had never heard of Sam and Dave before the Blues Brothers.

The Blues Brothers were born out of Dan and Johns love for that type of music, Spinal Tap was a parody band to send up the image of rock/metal. It's a bit of a weird comparison because both groups were created for different reasons. One as a tribute to music, the other as parody solely for a movie.

[Julie in the rv mirror]

Originally Posted by jcmoorehead

The Blues Brothers were born out of Dan and Johns love for that type of music, Spinal Tap was a parody band to send up the image of rock/metal. It's a bit of a weird comparison because both groups were created for different reasons. One as a tribute to music, the other as parody solely for a movie.

I'm not saying they are the same; I used it as a comparison just to say that the Blues Brothers did not form as a traditional band; it stemmed out of a television show, and then a movie was made. Yes, the band did tour- so did Spinal Tap. My definition of a traditional band is one that, while they may play covers, primarily write and/ or play their own music. And while Spinal Tap was done in a parody way, it's a parody done by people who you can tell love rock music.