Music - do you love it?

[Andiamo1]

Music surely saved my life.  When I was a teenager and suffering all the problems of that age, I found drugs,  and life became very dark.  Many people retire to that place in our minds where hope is lost; some make it back out and some do not.

I found music; I would lie on the floor with my ear next to the speaker and play the slow movement of the Beethoven emperor concerto.  The music was sad, but it touched my heart and I was no longer alone.    That same music eased the pain of TX for me.  It calmed me down and helped me deal with the problems of the real world while I was working.

I love music of almost all genres.  Perhaps not elevator music and pop music that sounds as if it was designed by the people that design ugly cars specked out by a marketing survey.  If it comes from the heart, I love it; be it the cerebral  notes of a Bach cello sweet -- almost mathematical in form; the passion of a choral and, at the opposite end, the pounding beat  of rock and reggae -- music that stirs a different kind of passion.

So  -- what kind of music do you like?

[IAmTheWalrus]

New stuff? It wasn't that long ago (it seems) that I scrapped my eight track!
:-)

[Andiamo1]

Thanks for the critique of the audio elite.  I have 1970s era Audio Research amp and preamp along with KEF speakers.  Some of the best equipment ever made.  Have you listened to the new state of the art systems?

I stopped by a high end store to get some replacement parts and listened to a top of the line system.  The prices have gone bonkers!  A state of the art system can cost upwards of $200,000.  Completely crazy for anyone to pay that much money.

Eric.

[kickboxingmom]

I thought this would be better to post on this thread.My husband is into vintage Mcintosh and Altec Gear.So we have been listening to ALL kinds of music.If you love music the way you say you should get some Altec Lansing and see what music is suppose to sound like.The vintage Altec is disappearing at an alarming rate.Being bought and shipped overseas.Anything of quality, USA made and is vintage is being sold for 5 to 6 x's what it brings here.Try an MX110 preamplifier-tuner and a MC 240, tubed amp.For the speakers try Altec model 19.Listen to a favorite artist perform live in your home.Wow, nothing compares unless your there.         Tammy

[dsrt]

Better version of 'Pink Houses'
"Acoustic"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbZJ05E3B20

[desrt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eDkAG3R0h8&feature=related

[desrt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB1b_zhg04Y&feature=channel

Rain on the Scarecrow

Scarecrow on a wooden cross blackbird in the barn
Four hundred empty acres that used to be my farm
I grew up like my daddy did my grandpa cleared this land
When I was five I walked the fence while grandpa held my hand

Chorus:
Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow
This land fed a nation this land made me proud
And son Im just sorry theres no legacy for you now
Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow
Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow

The crops we grew last summer werent enough to pay the loans
Couldnt buy the seed to plant this spring and the farmers bank foreclosed
Called my old friend schepman up to auction off the land
He said john its just my job and I hope you understand
Hey calling it your job ol hoss sure dont make it right
But if you want me to Ill say a prayer for your soul tonight
And grandmas on the front porch swing with a Bible in her hand
Sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land
When you take away a mans dignity he cant work his fields and cows

Therell be blood on the scarecrow blood on the plow
Blood on the scarecrow blood on the plow

Well theres ninety-seven crosses planted in the courthouse yard
Ninety-seven families who lost ninety-seven farms
I think about my grandpa and my neighbors and my name
And some nights I feel like dyin like that scarecrow in the rain


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrOwq-IY6AM