Google Music Beta Invites (Page 2)

wingsfan - 2011-08-31 12:08 PM

1) Airborne Toxic Event --- Recent obssesion, I've been aware of them for the past couple of years, but didn't give them much attention till I stumbled across their cover of Book of Love from their concert DVD. Still not all that crazy about their commercial released stuff, but they made accoustic, one take videos for all of the songs off their latest album that are fantastic. Search for Airborne Toxic Event Bombastic videos on youtube. Numb, All at Once and All for a Woman are my favorites. 

2) Kings of Leon--- Sadly, they seem to be imploding via "Lead Singer Ego Syndrome". Love their origins of travelling with their (questionably moraled) preacher father to revival camps all over the south. Unlike many of their core fans, I like their more refined last two albums better than the rawness of their earlier offerings.  

3) Robert Plant --- I'm listening to more of his newer stuff (esp with Allison Krause) more than Led Zepplin lately, but I'll cheat and include both. They way his music has evolved is a pretty good parallel to my musical tastes as I get older. I still like the heavy, loud older stuff, but have more appreciation for the more mellow music. The fact that he's been able to do both is still creating at such a high level after all these years makes it even better.

4) Red Hot Chili Peppers ---  Have to include them based on how often they are played on my favorite radio/XM stations and how much space they take up on my ipod/mp3 playlists. Except for a brief time when Under the Bridge was first released, they've never been at the top of list, but they've remained in the top ten for almost two decades now. That has to say something about my musical tastes.

5) (you said "at least four") Death Cab for Cutie --- Hate the name and Ben Gibbard isn't the most charismatic lead man, but they are from my home state and I have to admit Ben can crank out songs that I really like. I think my favorite alternative station is playing 3 or 4 songs from Codes and Keys in their regular rotation right now and I like them all. I even like his Postal Service stuff, though the drum machine gets to be a bit much for me by the end of most of the songs.

Why I should get an invite -

I'm in the process of switching over my workout music from my ipod to my Android phone. My gen 3 Nano is getting flakey on me (probably due to me sweating like a pig). I just got a waterproof armband for my Evo to use with both swimming and running and would love to see how Google has integrated music management between web, desktop and mobile.

Amazon Cloud Player is interesting, but I'm not thrilled with the interface, especially playlist management. If Google has a better offering, finding out now would be much better than after I've gotten fully switched over to something else. I'd greatly appreciate the chance to find out about it.

 

1stTimeTri - 2011-08-31 12:26 PM Edited for length...WOW!  I hoped you received an autographed photo, or he signed SOMETHING??

marmadaddy - 2011-08-31 11:20 AM

Great list, although I haven't felt the need to get any new Pat Metheny music is quite a while. The Seneca quote in your sig also helped.

You're in. 

Two invites left.

 

BTW I have a good Motown related story:

I'm a bass player and I bought the Book/Cassette package called "Standing In the Shadows of Motown", which was about James Jamerson, the bass player on most of the old Motown songs. This was iin 1989. I didn't know anything about Jamerson but I knew I loved the bass playing on those Motown tunes. Plus Geddy Lee was in it. It had to be good, right?

I was tending bar in a hotel bar in Boston's theater district at the time and had the occasional celebrity sit down. One afternoon after the lunch rush, the bar's dead and 4 guys in really nice looking track suits and with expensive looking watches sit at the bar. Very low key, nice guys. They definitely looked familiar. After getting their drinks I had to ask who they were.

The biggest of the group answers in a deep voice "We're the Temptations. In town to do a corporate gig."

The Temptations? It hit me that I was looking at and talking to Melvin Franklin. Otis Williams was sitting there too. No idea who the other two younger guys were. I told Mr. Franklin I was a bass player. He immediately said "You and me, we're brothers man, we're both all about the bass." Then I told him I was a fan of Jamerson's playing and I was currently reading/listening to the book. It floored him that I actually knew who Jamerson was. He was really, genuinely surprised by that. Until relatively recently the musicians on those recordings were almost completely unknown. They spent the next hour telling me stories about the old days.

They were just killing time in the hotel bar before another corporate gig. I got one of the most incredible afternoons of my life and some great first hand reminiscences about Jamerson, the Funk Brothers, etc.

Sous - 2011-08-31 12:57 AM

Ok, I'll play...

 

Violent Femmes:  I was introduced to the band one night when I was out with some friends, we met some of their friends, and then some of their friends... next thing I know I woke up the next morning about 120 miles from home in a dorm room on the campus of UConn.  I knew exactly one other person in the room (thankfully!) and the Hallowed Ground cassette was playing in the boom box.  Got to listening to it and liked it, followed the band ever since.  Live shows were great, they would always end up being some random folks coming in and playing with the band.. they even invited folks from the audience to come up and play.

itsallrelative_Maine - 2011-08-31 1:02 PM

 

Oooo...until I saw Wilco - the Violent Femmes were my favorite band to see live - they did a great show!

marmadaddy - 2011-08-31 12:42 PM

Mostly good (I find ATE to be pretentious and uninteresting), but you could use some breadth. Follow the Plant/Krause angle. The guitar player on their last tour was Buddy Miller. Investigate his solo stuff and his records with his wife.  As an Android user, I applaud your switching your music.

PM me your email address.

One invite left.

Iowaman - 2011-08-31 12:04 PM

Pearl Jam - their early music was when I was in college and brings alot of memories   great to see live

 REM - I grew up listening to them and they changed music in many ways

Guns and Roses - great pounding music to workout to  some of their songs still get me motivated

Led Zepplin - early listening to Zep with my sisters in the 70's  only thing we had in common  they also changed music

 

Well what chat think?

wwlani - 2011-08-31 6:04 PM Not a fair contest. I was without power for 4 1/2 days I missed it all.... Do I get any additional invites because I not only get my house together during the hurricane but have cleaned BOTH of my neighbors who are away on vacation? I moved everything salvageable upstairs in one and have met with the carpet guy they sent to get carpets removed in finished basement (did I mention trudging through 6 inches of icky water in the dark to try and get their sump pumps running?) The other neighbor is on a cruise and can't be reached. His daughter is 5 months pregnant and her husband is out of town on business so I used the shop vac to clean up water the sump didn't get and cleaned out their fridge so she wouldn't have to deal with the smells). Someone, anyone, with an invite???? Lani

KenD - 2011-08-31 3:34 AM

Okey-doke, I've got some invites to give away.  5 left.

I need 4 musical artist suggestions (with the reason I should listen to them) AND some type of original (by you) poetry.

wwlani - 2011-08-31 10:27 PM Musical Artists 1) Dragonforce - good beat and LONG (like 7-8 min songs) great for speed bursts 2) 50's/60's do wop - (don't laugh I'm only almost 43 but it brings back good memories with my mom) - they are fun to listen too and different 3) Broadway show tunes - you can sing along and work on breathing instead of running 4) Country - some of it's not bad - others make you run faster in the hopes the song ends soon Poetry - you asked Without the rumbling generator quite noises in the night crickets chirping, husband snoring will I miss the rumbling? Hubby's submission Roses are red Violets are blue We have power and hope you do too

itsallrelative_Maine - 2011-09-01 7:16 AM

White Stripes - awesome, awesome workout music. So sad they have split

Aimee Mann - one of the best voices out there - the "Forgotten Arm" album was/is remarkable. She did the song from "Magnolia" called "Rise Up".

Wilco - hard to describe, but truly a fantastic band. I've seen them twice live and will now attempt to see them any time they get close to Maine (which, unfortunately is not terribly often)

Brad - Shawn Smith (the lead singer) is a god. Enough said. Although when I heard one of their songs at the grocery store the other day, a little part of me died.

My poem:

There once was a man from Nantucket...(Just kidding)

A music related haiku:

All music is not

the same. Some of it takes you

to a different place

 

 

KenD - 2011-08-31 9:59 PM

Okey-doke, I've got some invites to give away.  5 left.

I need 4 musical artist suggestions (with the reason I should listen to them) AND some type of original (by you) poetry.

 

coredump - 2011-09-01 8:55 AM

Bombino - Agadez   You can hear the desert in this music.  A Nigerian musician who plays an amazing guitar.  And he doesn't want your help to transfer money, he just floats over the strings.

Jezabels - Dark Storm EP  They don't have a longer album... yet.  The vocals are beautiful, and there's a quiet fury building through their songs.

Vieux Farka Toure - Fondo   The son of Ali Farka Toure.  What?  You don't know who that is?  Time to rectify that situation.  Especially if you a fan of the blues.  Delta blues?  How about Mali.

Dropkick Murphys   Sometimes we just need to sing loud and sing proud and dance a spicy mchaggis jig.  

Hmmm, poetry...  how about a little Ironman haiku:

As sun rises
The thousands line up to start
Seize the day 

KenD - 2011-09-01 9:07 AM

I like the explanations with your artist suggestions.  Nice poem.

PM email address.

Frank in St. Louis - 2011-09-01 10:47 AM

First off: I'm a music nerd/snob.

Bands I don't like:

Dylan
U2
Elvis Costello
Clash
so many more....

No pop music. Grew up on classic rock (Esp prog: old Yes, ELP, VH, Rush, etc...) so I won't go there - been done. However, I'm Led Zeppelin nerd (spell it correctly people) - I won't go into it but I have a about 80 boots - mostly '70 - '75 tours. My fav are Japan 71 and Euro 73 - of course anything US from 72 is prime...

What I like: odd time signatures. Musicians. No song is too long. Vocals are optional. Lyrics don't matter.... at all.

What I like that you may *NOT* have heard of:

King Crimson (and any off-shoots: Belew, Bruford, Fripp) Crazy creative. Not for the girsl and/or parties.

Mike Keneally - just check him out. Hard to describe... mixture of XTC, Zappa and Steely Dan? And he shreds too. Again, not big with the ladies or backround music.

The Mars Volta - hang on to your hats... it's going to be a bumpy ride. Think King Crimson, Rush and Zeppelin thrown in a psychadelic blender.

Jeff Buckley - yes, I have a soul too. You probably know of him... What a voice.

Bonus: Radiohead and The Smiths.

Frank

Its Only Money - 2011-09-01 10:13 AM



This thread is great. Thanks for those suggestions Frank. I have been leaning more toward the instrumental side of rock lately and will need to check these out.