(10-01-2025, 07:04)JeromeD Wrote: Too true. One thing I would add is that the actual structure of 'popular' music is too formulaic. No-one takes chances on trying to come up with something that is different from the normal structure. I was listening to Golden Earring's 'Moontan' album this last week and they threw all the rules out the window. They were highly creative with their compositions on this album and came up with unique sequences and unusual arrangements - even throwing in audio clips of Marilyn Monroe's voice onto one of their tracks - the result - their best selling album. Floyd did the same with DSOTM - the result - one of the biggest selling albums of all time. People seem to be stuck in the verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/verse/chorus repeat ad nauseum thing. Another thing I have noticed with 'popular' music is the lack of original lyrics and a 'hook' chorus that is repeated over and over relentlessly because they can't seem to think up anything new to add to the track. All of that points to a complete lack of creativity and general laziness. The technology is dumbing down the musicians. The 'woke' generation is in actual fact, fast asleep at the wheel.

(25-03-2025, 08:48)CRAZY-HORSE Wrote: ^^
the sound of the music in that clip seemed pretty good Ruby.

JC was a complicated and often tortured soul.
he once described himself as "a dove with talons", a pretty apt description IMO.
he was an imposing well built man towering in well over 6ft int he old money and had a presence when he walked into any room apparently.

i remember reading in an biography that in the late 1980s (or there abouts) that he went to a dentist for some work, something happened which left him in chronic pain (nerve damage i believe) within his jaw for the rest of his life and when asked by an interviewer about it as to why he didnt sue the dentist his reply was simple with words to the effect of "he would have lost his house, his business, possibly even his wife and kids, for what?, his job, sometime people make mistakes, accidents happen".  thats the sort of guy he was.