Which song have you been playing all your life?

boing
61
62

Perhaps a boring answer, my father loved the Beatles. He bought the Sgt Peppers LP, and it played over and over in the background of my childhood.

As a kid, Mr Kite was popular. Circuses and twisty minor keys. But nowadays A Day In The Life keeps returning to me.

1 Like
63

My dad played Abbey Road. Side 2 is special to me.

2 Likes
64

In return, I gave my father a taste for Phillip Glass, and infected my kids with Daft Punk.

I apologise to both generations.

5 Likes
65

Thatā€™s more ore less my point, but instead of arguing about a songā€™s qualities the discussion immediately turns to nostalgia or references, as if these things are the only reasons people do listen to stuff.

2 Likes
66

Well that other dude died and he looks a lot like Steve White. He is even named Steve.

I havenā€™t heard a whole lot of Laibach - I should probably listen to some more. I love love love their NSK State. The whole idea of using socialist and fascist art as a way of free expression appeal to me. I will have to go see what they have been up to lately.

1 Like
67

Me neither, but this is the one I always think of. Makes me laugh. (Possibly NSFW!)

LAIF ES LAIF!

2 Likes
68

You monster.

69

I donā€™t know if itā€™s entirely age relatedā€¦ but that might be part of itā€¦ I think itā€™s still weighting current listening habits to try and say something about all of popular music, though.

70

I saw them play that live recently! Buwahahahaha!!!

1 Like
71

Their most recent album is quite excellent, actuallyā€¦

3 Likes
72

Glee! That explains it. Been trying to figure out how, out of all the awesome music in the 80s, that song suddenly came out of nowhere to become the most painfully overplayed song Iā€™ve encountered in years.

73

I have my doubts that Glee would have remembered to do it if it hadnā€™t been used so prominently in the Sopranos finale.

74

I will try to check it out today. Thanks.

1 Like
75

This is downright understated next to LAIF ES LAIF!

And interesting.

ETA: Undoubtedly takes the award for ā€œBest Bromeliad in a Music Video.ā€

1 Like
76

Iā€™ve also really been digging their cover of Love on the Beat originally by Serge Gainsbourg:

Iā€™m not sure Iā€™ve heard them sing in French beforeā€¦

1 Like
77

Does anyone happen to know if itā€™s Herb Alpert backing Neil Diamond in this track? (Solitary Man)

I really want it to be Alpert. :smile:

1 Like
78

Tanz Mit Laibach 4LYFE

1 Like
79

Donā€™t Stop Believinā€™ has been a drunken karaoke staple since well before Glee ever existed, at least in the U.S. Itā€™s also popular in San Francisco as an unofficial theme song for the Giants, but I think that started in the 2010 playoffs, the same year as Gleeā€™s first season. Steve Perry has been known to lead the bleachers in a sing-along.

80

Ahh. I think I took this seriously a few decades ago.

1 Like