RIP Israel Kamakawiwoʻole .. wonder if he singlehandedly sparked the uke resurgence

@returnal had a Welsh lass for a penpal many years ago.. she gave me this on vinyl

@eboe first time to hear this.. killllerrrrrr dat a55.. dat verb...whoosh

 

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I am going to show my age here. LOL

The guy was a master at age 13..

 

@midi-man yeap seen that movie too... master at 13.. gone at 35.. impressive eh

 

@Herr Durr I wonder if she was as depressed as the girl who gave it to me on . . . cassette tape!

 

Yeah, that sounds great . . . and the opening actually reminded me of one of my other great guilty pleasures . . .

 

Lemmy had an impeccable taste in music, he listened to all sorts, and when I say listened people in his company were not allowed to talk over records

 

and maybe you won't believe me.. when it started to play I almost thought it was actually a cover of this song...

 

A real shame he died to young..

 

Here si a nice mellow one for you Herr Durr

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You might can use this on your long drives also..

 

You guys have given me a lot of good oldie songs to sample...hmmm

 

They were a great band.

 

Madonna - Live To Tell.

And every Owl City song released before 2012. I'm sorry, but Owl City is an amazing guy/musician. I cannot resist songs like "I'll meet you there" "Umbrella Beach" "Dreams Don't Turn to Dust" and "On The Wing".

 

I've always had a soft spot for the cheese. I love older happy hardcore and all the UK hardcore stuff till about 2005. I also was brought up on all the dance music from the mid-90s and have a real soft spot for stuff like the Real McCoy's, La Bouche, Scatman John etc. Like seriously I grew up to all the music on Night at the Roxbury and since my parents are immigrants I was never exposed to classic American music and cheesy dance music is my first love.

I also really had a big thing for Nu and Rap Metal and the likes of Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, Korn Slipknot and stuff like that in middle school. I actually would love hear some newer Rap Metal but I don't think that genre really exists anymore. If anyone has any suggestions I'd be more than happy to listen to some.

As for the most embarrassing of all the very first CD I ever purchased was the first Backstreet Boys Album. To this day it's still one of my favorite albums but who cares I think Max Martin is really an excellent producer as is Dr Luke for that matter. I'm not the biggest fan of a lot of popular contemporary music but Dr Luke is a seriously gifted producer.

That being said my taste might be embarrassing to some but it's really not stuff I'm personally ashamed of liking. Good music while is a bit subjective is still good music and there's no reason to be ashamed especially consider all that machismo bullshit men have to be raised on. If you like it fuck what anyone else thinks ;)

 

Oh and I was one of those guys that was all about Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen that was quite a catchy tune.

And respect to whoever said they like ABBA they are a fantastic group

 

Lastly, as of lately I've been on a Nu-disco and 80s music producing kick. So it's only fair that I'm quite fond of the precursors to the genres. I'm especially fond of A-ha and Chic among many many other things. I really love me some good funky cheesy disco music that stuff is fantastic.

 

@Herr Durr: your avatar reminds me of this. Elgar's 'Nimrod' from the Enigma Variations. Truly one of my favourite guilty pleasures...

 

Really a beautiful peace of music.

 

@DarthFader and this "Nimrod" is reminded of Beethoven's "Pathétique" Sonata 2nd movement by your post...

( but I don't feel particularly guilty about it either..)

 

Well spotted @Herr Durr

 

Oh Shit Here I come!