The SUBSIM Music Thread

[Jimbuna]

[Eisenwurst]

"Birth of a Hero" - Two Steps from Hell.

Poor Darius...we only know half the story.

[tmccarthy]

Originally Posted by vienna

@tmaacarthy: the last two of your posts do not work since the YT poster has marked them as "Private" and only approve persons can view them; it is required to sign-in to confirm you are approved to view the video; when I signed-in to YT as usual, it came back that I was not approved; I don't know which is more irritating: not being able to view your post, or finding out someone I don't even know disapproves of me...



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Ops, sorry, I thought I switched setting from private to public. A lot going on yesterday (the 4th). It's on public now and should work. And I for sure don't disapprove of you, this is the only place I'm posting and you are the people I want to see it.

[Mr Quatro]

Sing along



Lyrics
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
Yes, and how many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
And how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
Yes, and how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
And how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

[vienna]

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[vienna]

Originally Posted by tmccarthy

Ops, sorry, I thought I switched setting from private to public. A lot going on yesterday (the 4th). It's on public now and should work. And I for sure don't disapprove of you, this is the only place I'm posting and you are the people I want to see it.


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No worries; between YT music posts that disappear due to record labels/artists/music publishers, etc., blocking videos either because they have yet to wring out the last monetization drop, arbitrary 'territorial' divisions ("not available in your country"), or just plain arbitrariness, I've kinda gotten used to being locked out of what might be interesting clips; I was just sort of having fun with my post, making light of it rather than just complaining "Hey! Your link don't work!!"; however I can now go about boasting I'm approved of by a least one person, even if its only about YT clips...


Speaking of extreme blocking of YT music clips, the Jimi Hendrix Estate has been one of the more aggressive blockers of content, making it very hard to find quality or unusual, rare content; the Estate swats down YT postings of Hendrix content with a heavy-handedness that is impressive; very rarely does a posting of JH music or videos last very long, sometimes even less than a day, on YT; even posters who are either reviewing JH material or instructors giving lessons on JH guitar techniques have found themselves on the receiving end of "Cease and Desist" letters, even though those types of posts would normally fall under the "Fair Use" protections; I recall one poster who related how he/she/they got a letter withing 12 hours of their original posting; the Estate must be monitoring YT 24/7...

The two clips below are actually covers of JH I found on YT of two iconic JH numbers; Killing Floor was a cover by JH of a Howlin' Wolf song and is the performance arrangement that JH played for Clapton when he blew him off the stage, leaving a very visibly shaken Clapton in shock backstage asking "Is he rally that good?"; the other is Villanova Junction, an instrumental Jimi was working on in the last year or so of his life and that he would often play as a sort of jam in live concerts, with his performance of the number at Woodstock being his probably most famous; it has elements of many of Jimi's influences like Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell; in fact, you can hear SRV nicking a good bit of Jimi's Villanova Junction feel and tone for SRV's cover of Burrell's Chitlins Con Carne instrumental...

These covers are virtually identical, note for note, technique for technique to Jimi's original; much props to the players for their abilities...









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[Jimbuna]

[Eisenwurst]

Not what I originally wanted to post....but from roughly the same era...just different.

[vienna]

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[Jimbuna]

It's the background music to the current Argos TV advert. Love this 80s track!

[Aktungbby]

John KSW!

[vienna]

@ JohnKSW: Welcome aboard to Subsim and welcome to the Music Thread; a good first post...







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[Eisenwurst]

[Mr Quatro]

This song sold over 2 millions copies at the height of the depression, a time when people couldn't afford to buy groceries much less records, but still they bought this one.