Universal Music Day

[Anonymous]

Hi guys!

I've read that this Saturday is the Universal Music Day and I thought we could celebrate this music day  in the community. Music is for sharing, same as the aim of this community.

So let's celebrate and share!

As it's also Universal I thought it might be interesting to share music from different parts of the world.

I'll go first with a classic and with a confession : I'm Spanish

I'm not the typical Spanish who loves Flamenco, but Paco De Lucía was a genius and his music reminds me so much to my summers in Cadiz that almost makes me cry. Maybe @Cleoriff who spends a lot of time in Spain can understand this feeling.

What about you guys? Any confessions to make? Share the music that makes you move

[jonsie]

Whichever publication or reference book anyone looks at, it is fairly acknowledged that music in the 60s underwent a transformation and I consider myself lucky to have been a part of that golden era (at least to me) when music was a large part of life.

The advent of pirate radio (Caroline) and nights spent listening to Radio Luxembourg huddled under the sheets with that best of all inventions, the transistor radio! Then along came Radio One with the DJs jumping the pirate ships and pumped music throughout the work places. Happy days, certainly for me and friends and work colleagues.

Suddenly music was everywhere and not confined to family favourites or the Black & White Minstrel Show or listening to crackling 78s on the family gramophone. Along came 45s, EPs and  33½ (that should be a third but no symbol key for that!:smileysad:) albums, listening booths in record stores and juke boxes in cafes and pubs.

That was when music was written and recorded with the aim of playing it loud, and made all the better because it annoyed our parents. Long hair and questionable dress became the fashion. Therefore a revolution indeed!

So apologies to anyone brought up on the likes of Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, David Whitfield, Matt Munroe and the likes, my condolences to those brought up on Soft Cell, Bros, Prince, Talking Heads and other inept noise makers towards the end of the century.

So, come Saturday, I will rack up the volume on my music system and belt out the hits of The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Animals, Cream, Roy Orbison, Them and The Yardbirds. Once the neighbours think I've regressed back to my youth I'll throw in Queen as a finale....

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

So, come Saturday, I will rack up the volume on my music system and belt out the hits of The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Animals, Cream, Roy Orbison, Them and The Yardbirds. Once the neighbours think I've regressed back to my youth I'll throw in Queen as a finale....

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And so say all of us....We know how to live...

You reminded me of Them...I wore out my copy of Mystic Eyes....

[viridis]

In all fairness the 60's stuff I find much better than any of the crap churned out today (which in part are copied or sampled from the 60's, 70's & 80's stuff)

[aldaweb]

Well I too grew up in the sixties listening more to Big L, Luxembourg and Radio Geronimo, the latter playing the likes of Zappa and Beefheart from their studios at Radio Monte Carlo after midnight.

But this guy's a legend

[Marjo]

Even though I'm from Finland I confess I don't listen to Finnish music much nowadays. I actually had to do a search to see what kind of newer artists and songs we currently have! I tend to like the oldies.

Finnish classics usually have a lot of cultural roots and without knowing those and the language, some of the older music probably won't sink in. My favourites are Finnish tango classics that my parents grew up with (I have vivid memories of singing these in the sauna when I was a kid. haha)

This one has very sweet lyrics. Makes me smile!

Something newer that you could hear in the radio today in Finland. Never heard it before today even though seems to be popular there. I find this one quite pleasant.