Music Thread: Shut Up And Sing!

Click on Garrett's newest formal shoes, and you will get an original composition by The Goo Goo Dolls. It's one of their more famous songs, and a solid one at that. I have always liked their sound, but now I am enjoying them for an additional reason.

Here is a quotation from The Goo Goo Dolls' frontman:

I got people, fans, friends from every walk of life, every political stripe, everything. And I always stress, we got one thing in common because we're living in weird times. We got one thing in common, and that's we’re all here to see a show, and I'm not going to lecture people about anything.

Why is this a difficult concept?

I was a Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band fan in my youth. Their first four albums were excellent, and their live performances were absolutely incredible.

But the combination of an increasingly anti-American tone in his music, a shockingly hypocritical public vs. private life, and the incessant pomposity of his political haranguing seemingly at every public appearance has made me despise him.

This is new to me, and it is fun!

Caamp doing Vagabond is the sort of stripped down music that I like.

Most people think of Mozart as a symphonic composer, but the dude could write opera. And for sheer toe-tapping, sing-along tunes, it's tough to beat him.

This is one of his greatest arias from The Magic Flute, called "The Queen Of The Night." If you know any budding sopranos, ask them to sing this for you. It is a great tune, and extremely technically difficult.

Next time I will introduce you to a good drinking song...

posted by CBD at 07:57 PM

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