Music [Archive] - ADKHighPeaks

pat t

05-02-2005, 08:37 PM

There aren't a lot of "Adirondack" singers but I do have a couple of favorites that are local.

Christopher Shaw grew up in Lake George village and has written some really neat adk stuff, especially "Cold River Waltz" (about Noah John Rondeau).

Dan Berggren, Dan Duggan, and Peggy Lynn have some nice songs. We heard them at Cafe Lena in Saratoga. Peggy Lynn also has a cd with songs she wrote about Adirondack women.

I do have to agree, though, that John Denver songs always make me think of the mountains.

Pat T

Dick

05-02-2005, 09:48 PM

Hmm...for mountain music, I kinda like Mahler's " Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen" and Richard Strauss's "Alpensymphonie." :). Beyond that, Nightingale, from VT (but does a lot of Canadian stuff) does it for me. Does anyone here know about Old Songs Festival in Altamont NY in June? Great stuff! We go every year, partly because we love folk music, good folk groups from different places, good singing, good fiddling, ADK storytelling, good food, and so forth, but also because we live five minutes away!

http://www.oldsongs.org/festival/performers.html

Dick

Everest NBD

05-03-2005, 07:47 AM

For me it would probably be Guns N' Roses just because a while ago, I listened to them the whole trip up and home and some other times when we were just sitting around in the hotel/campground.

masshysteria

05-03-2005, 07:37 PM

ALLMAN BROTHERS; BLUE SKY

Mavs00

05-03-2005, 09:50 PM

This may sound weird but there is only one song that will immediatly transport me to the Adirondack Mountains, no matter where I am.

Buffalo Moon by Brule

Brule is a Lakota Souix, and that song is the song on the opening movie of my website. Proabably the main reason it does is because I had to listen to it over and over while looking at hiking photos when I made the flash video. Whenever I hear it now (actually the whole album), I can practically smell the Balsam.

There are couple Phil Collins songs that remind me of them too, but not nearly as powerfully. And Nick......... Guns N Roses reminds me of college, not hiking. :bang: :bang:

pete_hickey

05-04-2005, 07:26 AM

Except for one, there is no music which makes me think of the adirondacks. On the other hand, I've been told bu a number of people that MY usic makes them think of the adirondeacks. Most likely because that was where they heard me playing... Nobody in the local bar (where I've played recenlty) says that to me.

Now the one peice of music that makes me think of the Adirondacks? Unfortunately it's the Magila Gorilla show theme song. You see, one three day trip that song was stuck in my head, and I could not get it out. Three friggin' days of hearing that stupid song! The worst part about it, was that I remembered all the words.. from somethnig like 30-35 years before.

ADKatie

05-04-2005, 10:17 AM

A few John Mayer songs take me there, so does our family 46er theme song, "Son of Man" by Phil Collins with VERY meaningful lyrics coinciding with our journey.

Also, a Josh Groban song takes me there. Its lyrics resounded in my head on one particularly grueling LONG death march and uplifted my spirit.

AlpineSummit

05-04-2005, 09:13 PM

Dick

05-04-2005, 09:40 PM

Three Dog Night, yes Three Dog Night - Can ya believe it?
"Out in the Country" has gotta be the best song they ever did and I listen to it a LOT. I'll email the MP3 to anyone that wants it. Just a super tune.

"I find a quiet place; far from the human race, Out in the Country"

Indeed! No need to email us - we have it! A strange coincidence, but Joanne and I were listening to Three Dog Night this evening. In fact, I was thinking of changing my signature line to:

Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the night-time
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'

Dick

AlpineSummit

05-05-2005, 10:43 PM

Yeppers, that's the one.

Skyclimber

09-26-2005, 10:34 AM

Also, a Josh Groban song takes me there. Its lyrics resounded in my head on one particularly grueling LONG death march and uplifted my spirit.

Would it be the song, "You Raise Me Up?" That is definitely one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. Brings tears to my eyes, every time I hear it.

peak_bgr

09-27-2005, 12:53 AM

I always think of the song by Blues Traveler. The lyrics include "and the mountains win again". What's the name of that song?

peak_bgr

09-27-2005, 12:54 AM

Damn, now I got that song stuck in my head. But it's better than that Barney song.

peak_bgr

09-27-2005, 12:55 AM

D'oh, I gotta stop doing that. :rolleyes:

Sparky

09-27-2005, 02:00 AM

Could it be "The Mountains Win Again" by Blues Traveler, from the album 'Four'?

Chorus:
'..it looks like rain, I feel it coming in, the mountains win again'

Happens to me too, I get something stuck in my head and 14-hours of hiking later, I'm still repeating it.

I always think of the song by Blues Traveler. The lyrics include "and the mountains win again". What's the name of that song?

Dick

09-27-2005, 06:41 AM

Could it be "The Mountains Win Again" by Blues Traveler, from the album 'Four'?

Chorus:
'..it looks like rain, I feel it coming in, the mountains win again'

Happens to me too, I get something stuck in my head and 14-hours of hiking later, I'm still repeating it.

I think "The mountains win again" is the title. John Popper & co.

Dick

Silverback

09-27-2005, 09:32 AM

"Close to the Edge" - Yes

Neil

09-27-2005, 11:03 AM

"Close to the Edge" - Yes
I get up, I get down. (Sounds like a bushwhack)

Season's will pass you by...(so will our kids.)

Affix Snow

09-27-2005, 02:40 PM

Everytime i hear "Horse called War" By Pride and Glory(Zakk Wylde..Ozzy's guitar player) i think of the Daks only cause i was in the daks when i first got that CD and listened the HELL out of it on that trip....always makes me smile :)

Silverback

09-27-2005, 10:12 PM

I get up, I get down. (Sounds like a bushwhack)

Season's will pass you by...(so will our kids.)

Yep EXACTLY

funkyfreddy

11-08-2005, 11:24 PM

There are a few songs that have changed my life! "Close To the Edge" by Yes is one of them. When I first heard that song it sent me into an altered state of consciousness. Couldn't get over it, played it over and over again, couldn't believe a rock band could achieve such a sound.......

On the road I like Pink Floyd, Zep, The Doors, King Crimson, whatever.

They did a few good things, didn't they? ;) "Going To California", "The Battle Of Evermore", "Kashmir" and "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin remind me of the mountains, probably because of all that modal influence in their music. Another otherworldly piece of music is "Echoes" by Pink Floyd, one of their greatest space operas IMHO.

There is one CD that reminds me specifically of the ADK"s. It's one of the Trance Planet world music compilations from the early 90's. I'll have to dig it up again. I was playing it as I drove up Rt.73 at dawn, my tiredness combined with the beauty of the sun coming over the mountains and the otherworldliness of the vocal chants made an everlasting impression on me. Now when I think of the mountains I hear acoustic guitars, flutes, wordless voices, and long resonant tones with lots of echoes caressing the hills......

There are a few artists who tune their instruments in certain ways in order to capture the resonance of a place, but this is a subject for another website.:D

Jay H

11-09-2005, 07:32 AM

Pink Floyd... Ah year... "Goodbye Cruel World" and pretty much the entire Final Cut album have inspired me.. Yeah!

Well, sort of kidding on the GCW thing, but I'm a big Floyd fan, having all their albums on cassette tape.. So, there goes my age. :)

Also a big fan of Rush, Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos, ELP, Yes, King Crimson. "Close to the Edge" is my favorite Yes album....

There is unrest in the forest,
There is trouble with the trees,
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas.

Jay

Affix Snow

11-09-2005, 08:08 AM

In and around the lake mountains come out of the sky and they stand there

Well this one is self-explanitory....

Jay H

11-09-2005, 08:19 AM

Speaking of Yes, they do have some strange lyrics...

Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are,

From "Yours is no disgrace" off the Yes Album.

Somebody tell me what on earth does that infer :?: :lol:

Jay

funkyfreddy

11-09-2005, 09:46 AM

I think Jon Anderson uses words for their sounds as much as he does for their meanings, his lyrics often like Zen koans that confound the logical mind in order to transport it to a different place. I like JA best when he does the spacy stuff, the later Yes stuff with the more literal words and standard arrangements are not nearly as interesting as "the Yes Album", "Fragile", and "Close To the Edge" were IMHO.

Speaking of Yes, they do have some strange lyrics...

From "Yours is no disgrace" off the Yes Album.

Somebody tell me what on earth does that infer :?: :lol:

Jay

Another CD that I used to like to listen to while driving to the mountains is Orb "Orbus Terrarum". This is an ambient electronica CD whose first half is very atmospheric and has a sound all to it's own. It's kind of half way between music and noise.

Neil

11-09-2005, 11:05 AM

I love the kaleidoscope of shifting images that Close to the Edge's lyrics call up when I listen to it. What's that line about a seasoned whitch rearranging your liver to the solid mental grace?
Of You and I is not a bad effort for a B side either.

When that album came out we listened to it over and over again. I turned on dozens of people to it.

AlpineSummit

11-09-2005, 11:17 AM

For serious powerwalking; it's gotta be the Grateful Dead. Just gotta be.

"Goin' down the road feelin' bad"................

funkyfreddy

11-09-2005, 02:54 PM

"Box of Rain" and "Uncle John's Band" remind me of southern New Hampshire.....

OK, now here's a music trivia question for everyone - what LP/CD did Jerry Garcia and Neil Young share lead guitar duties on? The winner gets a green square - oops, wrong website! Come to think of it, this thread wouldn't last a day on the other website :shock: ;)

By the way, Matt, you're disqualified! I talked with you about this record....

For serious powerwalking; it's gotta be the Grateful Dead. Just gotta be.

"Goin' down the road feelin' bad"................
:shock: ;)

pete_hickey

11-09-2005, 03:16 PM

OK, now here's a music trivia question for everyone - what LP/CD did Jerry Garcia and Neil Young share lead guitar duties on?

No fun anymore with google around. It only took one click to find the answer.

Mark Schaefer

11-10-2005, 12:14 AM

One of my favorite Adirondack music groups is the Scott Adams Acoustic Ensemble. They're actually from the Finger Lakes, but much of their music is set in the Adirondacks. They're a crossover somewhere between New Age and Bluegrass. They performed much of the music in the PBS programs: Adirondack Wild and Adirondack Visions. Some short MP3 clips can be heard at the Orchard Beat website (http://www.orchardbeat.com/). The usual disclaimer - I have no financial connection to these guys. A few of my favorite albums and cuts:
Adirondack Aire: Acid Snow, Panther Mountain Dawn, Bushwhackin'
Listening to the Adirondacks: Room by the Fire, Black Fly Blues, A Mountain Higher
Mountains, Fields, Lakes, & Rivers: Placid in the Distance

Other than that my drive time music varies, anything from Canned Heat (Going Up The Country) to heavy metal Wagnerian operas (Gotterdammerung) for those dastardly stormy days. In my car John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High in Colorado" refrain becomes "Adirondack Higher than the highest high peak" that's Phelps' heaven up-h'istedness only ;)

Rusty and the Maniac

11-10-2005, 06:53 AM

Okay, now we're gonna go obscure:
South Catherine Street Jug Band, The Ominous Seapods....
Both are Adirondack bands that were realy good, but now defunct due to the fact that they were just that, Adirondack bands... If you ever see any of their old albums around (probably can get 'em still in Albany or maybe even Utica @ Captain Trips-if that place still exists.) get em.. The first one is rocky bluegrass and the second is rock with a hint of bluegrass. Both were very fun bands to see live (this being a family site that's all on that note!).
But seriously, if you do see some of their CD's gathering dust in a store, take one home, and you'll hear some good ol' Adirondack Music. :p

AlpineSummit

11-10-2005, 09:04 AM

I agree; the jug band IS pretty good and I think some of 'em live in my town.

pete_hickey

11-10-2005, 10:23 AM

the Grateful Dead. ...

It's time for me to trip my beard. Know how I know that? On a recent trip to NYC, at least half a dozen people told me I looked like Jerry Garcia.

hawk

11-10-2005, 04:27 PM

Big Trout Radio

hawk

11-10-2005, 04:32 PM

This may sound weird but there is only one song that will immediatly transport me to the Adirondack Mountains, no matter where I am.

Buffalo Moon by Brule

Brule is a Lakota Souix, and that song is the song on the opening movie of my website. Proabably the main reason it does is because I had to listen to it over and over while looking at hiking photos when I made the flash video. Whenever I hear it now (actually the whole album), I can practically smell the Balsam.

I'm curious Tim. Is that a group?

Brule is the name of one of the Lakota (Sioux) nations. There is a Lower Brule Tribe. The Lakota name is Sicangu meaning "burnt thighs". Brule is the name the french gave to the tribe.

Brule is not a proper name for any Lakota so I am guessing that it is a group that took on the name.

Hawk

Bristol

11-11-2005, 09:09 AM

John Denver - Take Me Home, Rocky Mountain High, etc.

Yah, I know they're not about the Dacks.

Rocky Mountain High without a doubt. That song has had such a profound affect on me throughout my childhood, and thirty years later it has taken on a whole new meaning. I never thought a song could become so significant.

It wasn’t until a couple years ago that I discovered John Denver and I share the same birthday. Weird I know, but that might explain why I love his music so much.

funkyfreddy

12-14-2005, 03:18 PM

I watched the Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon DVD last night, thought it was great. It's all about the making of Dark Side and if you're an old Pink Floyd like I am you will love it.

I have also recently been listening to music by a radical muslim cleric (Cat Stevens), a 60's folk psychedelic band called Pentangle (great acoustic guitar playing), and the latest Orb cd, Bicycles and Tricycles (good electronica). I have also been in the studio a lot recently working on a cd of my own. :D

Still having that weird browser issue, even though I'm on a Windows machine at the moment. I've logged off site with all of my home and studio browsers but still can't post replys to certain threads in the Catskill 100 section..... :?:

timmus

12-14-2005, 05:43 PM

Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush (and Kiss, of course)... That's my boyfriend's stuff. Ask him about his vinyle collection when you'll meet him at the Ark ! He's a total music freak (and a drummer).

For me, Adirondack = Greenday, American Idiot. I just can't see myself driving down there without that CD playing loudly in the car.

:)

slamdog

12-14-2005, 07:15 PM

[QUOTE=timmus]Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush (and Kiss, of course)... That's my boyfriend's stuff. Ask him about his vinyle collection when you'll meet him at the Ark !]

Lakeside Park by Rush, and Landslide by Stevie Nicks. (yeah, big contrast) As for the vinyl mentioned above, we'll have to talk at the Ark. I've got loads including 3 of the Beetles double albums STILL in plastic, never been opened yet.

Prino

12-14-2005, 10:56 PM

Shewolf

12-15-2005, 11:13 AM

I too cannot even drive the Northway without popping in a John Denver cd. However, for some reason I find myself playing more Amanda Marshall when I'm in the dacks.

Prior to moving north to the Albany area, I would drive the 5 hours from Philly to the Adirondacks blasting Moody Blues just about the entire drive.(sometimes playing some cds twice)

stoopid

12-15-2005, 10:30 PM

Well I should have guessed that I'm not the only Prog Rocker around these parts. I was big into Yes, Genesis, ELP, Pink Floyd plus others back in the day.

The one line of a song that I nearly always sing to myself :roll: as soon as I get to a summit in the Daks is... "Stand on hills of long forgotten yesterdays" off of Tales from Topographic oceans by Yes. Brings on the goosebumps everytime.. :oops:

For the last ten years my ears have taken a turn towards "Prog" Jazz....particularly Pat Metheny in either group or solo setting.
Check out the "Secret Story" album or DVD....The track "The Truth will always be" (very Dave Gilmourish)would be my choice for the summit!

If you haven't already, Dream Theater is pretty much single handedly carrying the prog banner nowadays. They're a harder version of Yes. No better or worse, just a little harder. My favorite DT albums are Scenes From a Memory and Awake. Their latest one, Octavarium, may be there most prog sounding one yet... but it's hit and miss, some of the tracks are awesome and some sound like filler.

Other notes on the prog front - ELP's Brain Salad Surgery has been out on DVD-Audio for some time and it's probably the best sounding DVD Audio disc I own. Yes released Fragile a few years ago and it's also very well done. There are a few remixes/changes from the original (like on We Have Heaven there's a missing vocal part). If you haven't heard DVD Audio (6 channel high resolution/sampled surround sound) you're in for a treat when you finally do.

Prog about died in the 80s but lives strong today. Spock's Beard and other underground bands are thriving with cult followings. But Dream Theater is about the only one that is worth my time from the most recent crop, everyone else just sounds like they're emulating a previous prog rock band.

I've also been listening to more Zappa lately. While not prog in the strictest sense, he does have some very long tracks and can play the hell out of that geetar.

daxs

12-16-2005, 08:08 AM

I think of the ADK's whenever I hear this: There she was just a walkin' down the street singing doo wa diddy....

I started singing this one years ago during a particularly grueling backpacking trip during which it rained at least parts of every day. Gave us a big boost. I still sing it on the trail.

Affix Snow

12-16-2005, 08:34 AM

If you haven't already, Dream Theater is pretty much single handedly carrying the prog banner nowadays...

HECK YEA!!!

Train of Thought is my Fav as of late.

Any Metal Heads here or am i the only one? I usually drive up late and need the loud music so i blast Lamb of God, It Dies Today, Slayer....

stoopid

12-17-2005, 02:20 AM

Train of Thought is my Fav as of late.

Any Metal Heads here or am i the only one? I usually drive up late and need the loud music so i blast Lamb of God, It Dies Today, Slayer....

No coincidence you like Train of Thought, by far their hardest and most guitar-centered album. It's different and rocks in a way their other albums sometimes don't, but lacks some of the charm of their more intricate pieces.

I'm not a huge metal fan. Somewhere between Pantera, The Beatles, Rush, and Yes the truth in rock music lives. :bang:

Metal reminds me of being pissed off, and I have no reason to be angry anymore.

And if I were to pick a metal band that wasn't cliched, it would be Alice In Chains.

pete_hickey

12-17-2005, 05:58 AM

Many speak of the music they listen to while traveling to the mountains. I think I had mentioned that I prefer talk radio for my drive.. But in my younger daze...In my VW bug... not the modern yuppie-mobile, but the real one, that, if fully loaded, had to shirt down to second gear to make it up the hill out of Keene... When I used to travel in that, it was bluegrass music. Somehow, that bluegrass seemed to fit right in with all the ups and downs while driving.

Affix Snow

12-19-2005, 08:48 AM

:

Metal reminds me of being pissed off, and I have no reason to be angry anymore.

And if I were to pick a metal band that wasn't cliched, it would be Alice In Chains.

I totally see how people percieve metal as "pissed off". Makes total sense. However, I personally dont see it that way anymore. The more you listen, the more you notice its not all ANGER...granted, there are alot that are, but not on the whole. Its kinda a shame that some metal bands get pigoen-holed as angry hate filled bands...But again, lets be honest...alot are!

I listen to metal for the music. Gets me amped. Metal makes me HAPPY if you can belive that.

And i wouldnt consider Alice in Chains Metal ANYMORE, the same way i wouldnt consider Zeppelin Metal. IMO.

Jay H

12-19-2005, 09:35 AM

You guys need to hang out with Giggy (guy), some more, in our recent trip to the Whites, we were listening to Cannibal Corpse and I was asking him how on earth do you understand what these guys are singing? :)

Of course, Guy is a big Iron Maiden fan, which I grew up listening to in the 80s... But I don't listen to Metal anymore.

As far as Alice in Chains, that and Soundgarten are very musical, though as mentioned before, not metal anymore.

Jay

pete_hickey

12-19-2005, 10:38 AM

"A, C, an E-flat, and a G go into the Lake Placid Pub and brewery. The bartender says: "Sorry, but we don't serve minors." So the E-flat leaves, and the C and the G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished and the G is out flat. An F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough.

A D comes into the bar and heads straight for the bathroom saying, "Excuse me. I'll just be a second." Then an A comes into the bar, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor.

Then the bartender notices a B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and exclaims, "Get out now. You're the seventh minor I've found in this bar tonight."

The E-flat, not easily deflated, comes back to the bar the next nightin a 3-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender (who used to have a nice corporate job until his company downsized) says, "You're looking sharp tonight, come on in! This could be a major development."

This proves to be the case, as the E-flat takes off the suit, and everything else, and stands there au natural.

Eventually, the C sobers up, and realizes in horror that he's under a rest. The C is brought to trial, is found guilty of contributing to the diminution of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of DS without Coda at an upscale correctional facility. On appeal, however, the C is found innocent of any wrongdoing, even accidental, and that all accusations to the contrary are bassless.

The bartender decides, however, that since he's only had tenor so patrons, with the soprano out in the bathroom, and everything has become alto much treble, he needs a rest, and closes the bar."

Author unknown

Jay H

12-20-2005, 07:31 AM

I'm a HUGE Rush fan myself, I am wanting to buy that new R-30 DVD that is out, I've heard that it's pretty good. I too have heard the whole Rush metal thing, that's pretty strange but hey, to some people in the 60s, I bet the Beatles were classified as metal to some people :)

Rob, as far as not listening to metal, well I never really got into the real heavy stuff, I mean, Iron Maiden is 80's metal but even then there were a lot of heavier bands out there. My tastes now are vast and varied, whereas growing up I'd listen to what is now called "classic rock" as well as the more progressive bands like Yes, Pink Floyd, Rush, King Crimson, ELP, Genesis w Gabriel.

Now, I listen to anything from Bela Fleck to Albert King, to Miles Davis, Aimee Mann, Peter Gabriel while still enjoying Rush, Floyd, Yes, etc. etc. AND still Maiden but I never really got into others like Megadeath, etc. old Metallica is pretty good, they have a very good drummer and since I'm a Rush fan, I like good percussion. :)

What I've really enjoyed is listening to Radio Paradise, which is an internet radio at work, it has really introduced me to some really good artists from around the world and around various musical tastes, it has introduced me to
Over the Rhine, Iron and Wine, Calexico, John Hiatt, among others...

Jay

Affix Snow

12-20-2005, 08:33 AM

Metal has changed, and it does include all the forementioned bands plus some. It's an attitude, not a bpm (beats-per-minute) or chordal progression.

Agreed metal has changed....

But i do NOT aggre metal, musically, is an attitude.

"Musically" metal nowadays is far "heavier"...regarding faster more technically grinding riffs and what not compared to the bluesy influenced Zeppelin or even the Easily recognizable Metallica signature sound (not that metallica wasnt heavy...they WERE.)

Bands are tunning guitars down 2 steps or more producing lower ground shaking sound and Metal singers have completely mastered controlled "screaming" , as some would say, that has completely reshaped what metal was/is.....say as compared to Bruce Dickinsons high pitched wailing vocals :bang:

The metal attitude has NOT changed though....

adkdremn

12-20-2005, 09:48 AM

Over the Rhine, Iron and Wine, Calexico, John Hiatt, among others
Now there's some good bands you got listed there! I just bought the Iron and Wine/Calexico collaboration for my brother for X-mas. Haven't heard it yet, but it should be good. Have you ever listened to Pedro the Lion? He's along similar lines of the bands you have mentioned, and very good.

I hate all the music classifications that exist these days. And then there's the people that don't listen to certains stuff cause it's gone too mainstream :blah: :blah: .
I like to listen to whatever makes me feel good. I don't care if it's a mainstream band like 3 Doors Down, (although I hate Creed), or Living Sacrifice, no longer together, but they had two percussionists and it was amazing (death metal? I don't know) or someone most people have never heard of like some of the bands mentioned before.

Affix Snow

12-20-2005, 09:55 AM

I hate all the music classifications that exist these days...

Right on! Classification sux but unfortunatley wont go away.... I hate it when people ask me what kind of music my band is...mainly i hate cause there are too many classifications out there that I dont really know what to say! I usually have to invlove like 3 different styles..."Ummm...we are like Hard rock...ummm Metal, but not thrash or speed...Ummm kinda Alternative, but not indie...Errr....Rock n' roll i dont know!"

By the By, my cousins live in Emmaus.

adkdremn

12-20-2005, 10:23 AM

By the By, my cousins live in Emmaus.
Wow, small world! I saw you're from Philly a while back. Does your band ever make it up this way for any shows or do you mostly play in Philly? What places do you play? I checked out your band's site before and took a listen. I have a lousy dial up so it took about ten minutes to listen to one song, but it was good. I'd be interested in checking you guys out sometime. :bang:
Classification sux but unfortunatley wont go away
Very true and it seems like there's more and more classifications every day, it's hard to keep up with them all!

Affix Snow

12-20-2005, 10:53 AM

Wow, small world! I saw you're from Philly a while back. Does your band ever make it up this way for any shows or do you mostly play in Philly? What places do you play? I checked out your band's site before and took a listen. I have a lousy dial up so it took about ten minutes to listen to one song, but it was good. I'd be interested in checking you guys out sometime. :bang:

Very true and it seems like there's more and more classifications every day, it's hard to keep up with them all!

Im out of North Wales/Lansdale Area (easier to say Philly on a forum such as this)....

We are looking into booking up Allentown area...Croc Rock etc. Will let you know!

adkdremn

12-20-2005, 11:04 AM

Im out of North Wales/Lansdale Area (easier to say Philly on a forum such as this)....

We are looking into booking up Allentown area...Croc Rock etc. Will let you know!

North Wales, isn't that where the Montgomeryville Mall is? Let me know for sure if you get any shows up here. Another place in A-town you might want to check out is The Sterling Hotel. Smaller venue than Croc Rock, but still a cool place with some good music. It's right down the street from Croc rock.

Jay H

12-20-2005, 11:20 AM

...Pedro the Lion

Nope, but I may check them out.

Likewise, Radio Paradise is pretty good internet radio for me at work. They also have a playlist online so you can get a feel for their music. Listeners can also upload music that the owners can choose to add to the list or not..

http://www.radioparadise.com/index.php

jay

Affix Snow

12-20-2005, 12:45 PM

North Wales, isn't that where the Montgomeryville Mall is? Let me know for sure if you get any shows up here. Another place in A-town you might want to check out is The Sterling Hotel. Smaller venue than Croc Rock, but still a cool place with some good music. It's right down the street from Croc rock.

Yup. Montomgery Mall... :roll:

Will def. let you know when we play!

Prino

12-20-2005, 02:46 PM

I'm a HUGE Rush fan myself,
Now, I listen to anything from Bela Fleck to Albert King, to Miles Davis, Aimee Mann, Peter Gabriel while still enjoying Rush, Floyd, Yes, etc. etc. AND still Maiden but I never really got into others like Megadeath, etc. old Metallica is pretty good, they have a very good drummer and since I'm a Rush fan, I like good percussion. :)

What I've really enjoyed is listening to Radio Paradise, which is an internet radio at work, it has really introduced me to some really good artists from around the world and around various musical tastes, it has introduced me to
Over the Rhine, Iron and Wine, Calexico, John Hiatt, among others...

Jay

Interesting Jay, I agree... as our ears "mature" we tend to listen to more diverse sounds and be more open to different music.

I was also big into "Classic" and "Prog" rock in the early years. Then in 1994 I purchased a bunch of CD's from Columbia house on special. One of the discs was the Pat Metheny Group's "The Road to you" and those songs opened my ears to a form of Jazz that I actually enjoyed listening to.
As a teen and young adult I would here a few bars of "Trad" Jazz and shout out... Arrrrgggh!! and turn it straight off.

Slowly after collecting a few more of Pat's CD's (I'm now up to 22) I started to get into jazz musicians that he has performed with... among them Joshua Redman, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker,Gary Burton and John Schofield.

Every year some new artists appear on the scene that really hit a chord :roll: with me. Last year was Kurt Rozenwinkel, this year it's
EST (Esjborn Svenson Trio) who are coming to the Montreal Jazz fest in July.
Anyway, keep those ears open!

Neil

12-20-2005, 03:23 PM

What I've really enjoyed is listening to Radio Paradise
Thanks! It's great!

Prino

12-20-2005, 09:39 PM

Thanks! It's great!

What's the wavelength in Montreal?

stoopid

12-20-2005, 11:25 PM

I'm a HUGE Rush fan myself, I am wanting to buy that new R-30 DVD that is out, I've heard that it's pretty good.

The concert is tame when compared to the Rio DVDs. But the second disc (bonus material) is worth the admission price :).

stoopid

12-20-2005, 11:33 PM

Slowly after collecting a few more of Pat's CD's (I'm now up to 22) I started to get into jazz musicians that he has performed with... among them Joshua Redman, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker,Gary Burton and John Schofield.

Now you're getting into yet another musical hot-topic. What IS jazz anyways? Stuff on the smooth jazz station hardly qualifies. Kenny G, while a talented player, isn't jazz (and definitely not grammy caliber jazz). The best jazz I've ever heard occurred in circles with other musicians in a dingy gear cluttered basement, passing smoke and taking 45 minute journies into the great depths of music itself.

If you have to settle for a CD (as I do nowadays) try some Miles Davis (bitches brew, kinda blue), Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, etc. Metheny is definitely jazz though, and some inspirational guitar playing as well.

I talk like I know a lot about jazz, and I don't. Had my phase about 10 years ago, when I was more experimental in all areas of my life. Being a lot more grounded nowadays is also reflected in my own music and musical tastes.

BTW, back on the metal thing - where does the band Tool (who I happen to be listening to now) fit in? Metal, prog, rock? They're definitely metal attitude (sadly, metal IS an attitude regardless of what anyone says), with long prog productions disguised as songs, but also have a certain (by today's standards) catchy riffing.

Jay H

12-21-2005, 07:23 AM

What's the wavelength in Montreal?

Not sure if this is in jest or not, but it's an internet radio station. I think I stumbled upon it from Shoutcast and listen to it through Winamp on a W2k box at work. (I'm in software so I can sit in front of a PC for hours).

As far as Jazz, here we can go again and categorize Jazz til the trumpeter falls off his box, but I kind of like the Britney Spears of Jazz (not sure if I can say that with a straight face, thank heavens for the internet) as I like a lot of the big names like you mentioned, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, etc. But I really haven't gotten aware or exposed to a lot of the more obscure Jazz musicians.

Although now that I do get Sirius music with Dish Network, I occasionally will check it out. And the NYC area has a really good Jazz station WBGO so there really isn't any excuse for me, is there?

Jay

Prino

12-21-2005, 08:21 AM

Not sure if this is in jest or not, but it's an internet radio station. I think I stumbled upon it from Shoutcast and listen to it through Winamp on a W2k box at work. (I'm in software so I can sit in front of a PC for hours).

No Jay, sorry I wasn't trying to be funny I had no idea it was an internet radio station.... I forgot they existed :oops: although I was recommended to a jazz station back in the UK last year, unfortunately I lost the link.

Phil

NukedRocket

12-21-2005, 10:59 AM

Also, a Josh Groban song takes me there. Its lyrics resounded in my head on one particularly grueling LONG death march and uplifted my spirit. Would that be "You Raise Me Up"? If so, check out the original version by "Secret Garden". It has a very Celtic, choral feel with a missing verse not in the Groban version.

I know this thread kinda drifted into a what is/isn't rock/jazz, so I'll try and regroup. ;)

What makes me think of the Dacks the most, or at least what I feel while on the summits, would be Enya. Yes, I said Enya, let the ridicule begin. :oops: The way her music is recorded with her vocals layered into perfect harmonies gives me chills. I envision her songs being sung from a mountaintop, echoing through the valley below. Sort of a spiritual thing to me. Of course the acoustics of the Johns Brook valley would never allow this to happen but, that how it is in my head. Music is supposed to help create/spawn mental pictures, right?
What makes me think of the outdoors the most would be Pachelbel's "Canon". Timeless piece of music. Or Vivaldi's "Four Seasons".

On the road to the hike I prefer some drum-n-bass stuff like Dieselboy, or techno-funkish Fatboy Slim. I've even popped Dave Brubeck's "Take 5" in on road trips. Whereas my wife prefers hair bands, Bon Jovi being the predominant choice. To compromise, since neither cares for the others tastes, we throw in a Corrs disk.

I could definitely see where Pantera or Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin can get the juices flowing, can even see myself listening. I guess music just does that. Plus having a eclectic taste in music doesn't hurt either. :)

stoopid

12-24-2005, 08:06 AM

What makes me think of the Dacks the most, or at least what I feel while on the summits, would be Enya. Yes, I said Enya, let the ridicule begin. :oops:

You said "Enya", huh huh... :smash:

Mark Schaefer

12-25-2005, 09:46 PM

I am not a big fan of Enya, however, about a decade ago I remember watching a PBS program on the Adirondacks. During an autumn sequence the soundtrack included "Once You Had Gold" from Enya's Memory of Trees album. It was a perfect match to the visuals and made a lasting impression on me. Now I cannot walk through a shimmering grove of sugar maples or aspens during autumn in the Adirondacks or elsewhere without hearing that hauntingly beautiful song.

There is something about Celtic music that seems to meld with the above treeline areas of the Adirondacks and New England. The scenery in the moors and highlands of the Celtic lands is very similar to ours. The mountains of the British Isles and those of Norway were once part of the Appalachian chain before Pangea broke apart.

I envision her (Enya's) songs being sung from a mountaintop, echoing through the valley below. Sort of a spiritual thing to me. Of course the acoustics of the Johns Brook valley would never allow this to happen but, that how it is in my head. Maybe sung from the Fish Hawk Cliffs or Indian Head above the lower Ausable Lake -- the acoustics near a lake and cliffs might work better. In Bavaria I was once hiked around the Alpsee, a lake encircled with cliffs and mountains and below two of mad King Ludwig's Castles. Reverberating from the far side of the lake I could hear music from Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung operas. I thought, this is cool. Somebody has lugged in a French horn into the wilderness and is playing music appropriate to the location -- Wagner had been a frequent guest of Ludwig. By the time I got around the lake I discovered the dude was playing Wagner on an Alphorn.

Music is supposed to help create/spawn mental pictures, right? What makes me think of the outdoors the most would be Pachelbel's "Canon". Timeless piece of music. Or Vivaldi's "Four Seasons". I agree. Pachelbel's Canon often plays through my mind as I am cross country skiing. Winter from the Four Seasons is also frequently on my gliding playlist.

On the road to the hike I prefer some drum-n-bass stuff like Dieselboy, or techno-funkish Fatboy Slim. I've even popped Dave Brubeck's "Take 5" in on road trips. I have also played Dave Brubeck on the way to hikes. There is something about those odd Jazz measures: 5/4 "Take Five", 7/4 "Unsquare Dance", "Eleven Four", and 13/4 "World's Fair" that will get me hiking to the beat of a different drummer. An old 1970s techno disk I sometimes play while on the Northway heading to the 'dacks is "Autobahn" by Kraftwerk - it's a hoot.

Good visuals while hiking does inspire good music and vice versa.