So, what music are you listening to now?

[prozac]

Dukes of September - Certainly paints a different colour to this oldie.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7EJGXa-5Rc

 

[TheRealTMA]

Dukes of September - Certainly paints a different colour to this oldie.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7EJGXa-5Rc

Fabulous.

A comment from YT “Today’s music is all about created artists, back in the day it was all about creativity. Long live Donald fa_en, Boz and Micheal McDonald”.

Too true.

I miss Steve Gadd. Phenomenal drummer on AJA,

not withstanding the stunning ad lib by Wayne Shorter on Sax. How Steely Dan got Wayne Shorter to play on 'Aja'

 

[TheRealTMA]

After sampling

 

[prozac]

Fabulous.

A comment from YT “Today’s music is all about created artists, back in the day it was all about creativity. Long live Donald fa_en, Boz and Micheal McDonald”.

Too true.

I miss Steve Gadd. Phenomenal drummer on AJA,

not withstanding the stunning ad lib by Wayne Shorter on Sax. How Steely Dan got Wayne Shorter to play on 'Aja'

My mind went straight to that solo as soon as I read your comment.

 

[prozac]

Got into this man in the early '70s when he turned music on it's head. Photo riding the Tokyo underground. This was before he became a little, odd.

 

[DejaBrew]

Got into this man in the early '70s when he turned music on it's head. Photo riding the Tokyo underground. This was before he became a little, odd.

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Pardon my ignorance, but I’m going to need another clue.

 

[RB001]

Pardon my ignorance, but I’m going to need another clue.

Indeed - can't quite picture how a bookish salaryman came into musical prominence...

 

[DejaBrew]

Ok, I've employed some Google-Fu and worked out that it's Jaco Pastorius.

 

[prozac]

Ok, I've employed some Google-Fu and worked out that it's Jaco Pastorius.

Correct. He introduced the world to 16 note style playing. In Weather Report he often had a frenetic 16 note style, intersperssed with sensitive interpretations. When later he joined with Joni Mitchell he exhibited such delicate riffs on Hejira that really made the album. Amazing, versatile musician.

 

[DejaBrew]

Since I got back into learning Japanese and using music as another means of exposing myself to the language, my Apple Music and YouTube feeds are full of J-Pop and J-Rock offerings. Whilst not all of it is to my taste, there is some great music coming out of Japan and I've found some artists/bands that I really like. One such example is Ado, whose music - whilst not my typical taste - has really grown on me (possibly due to her rather unique vocal stylings). Scrolling my YouTube feed the other day, I was surprised to see that Imagine Dragons have released a track in collaboration with Ado. It's a seemingly random collaboration, but bugger me if it isn't a super catchy track that I can see being on high rotation for the summer!

Went to the Sydney Royal Easter Show yesterday. As I was walking to the buses at the end of the day, I happened to look up at the billboards advertising the upcoming shows at Qudos Bank Arena and was surprised to see that Ado is coming to town on May 25th as part of her "火花" ("Hibana" / "Spark") world tour. Managed to secure a ticket, sadly in the nosebleed section given I was late to the ticket-purchasing party, but I'm really looking forward to seeing her live in concert.

Been listening to some of Ado's hits through today and will be further warming up to the event by checking out her "心臓" ("Shinzou" / "Heart") concert event at the cinemas in early May...

 

[MacReady]

Terrific rendition!

 

[TheRealTMA]

Mark Knopfler on Dire Straits’ Money for Nothing: ‘I wrote it in the window display of a New York appliance store’

‘A big bonehead of a delivery guy was looking at all these TV screens tuned to MTV and the lines he was saying were too good to be true. So I borrowed a pen and paper, sat down and started writing’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Happy Dude]

Mark Knopfler on Dire Straits’ Money for Nothing: ‘I wrote it in the window display of a New York appliance store’

‘A big bonehead of a delivery guy was looking at all these TV screens tuned to MTV and the lines he was saying were too good to be true. So I borrowed a pen and paper, sat down and started writing’

www.theguardian.com

Love a good backstory but I question the wisdom of revealing that the best lines to one of the most recognisable songs ever were ripped off while insulting their originator too.