The Silence Between: Music Recommendations

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:28 pm

This one kind of presenting himself as the replacement Justin Timberlake now - it's a significant upgrade. Please upgrade us and also start working directly with Timbaland.

Akiva · Post by **Akiva** » Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:45 pm

Song for the day:

Post by **Mike** » Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:21 pm

Akiva wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:45 pm Song for the day:

That video is SO MUCH!

I'm hypnotized by the giant mustard bowler.

poorpete · Post by **poorpete** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:18 pm

I've returned to the most influential music list of my life, NPRs 2027 list of the 150 Greatest Album By Women. Starting last week I've been going up the list, revisiting the albums. There are mostly an immense pleasure, though I was wondering if six years later I'd suddenly grab onto an album that didn't hit me then. And that happened today with Ofra Haza's Yeminite Songs album. The recent tragedies may have made some of the emotional songs more resonant but I think apart from this, I didn't really appreciate the mix of her voice, the crisp production, and the percussion! Anywho checked out her other stuff and heard the remix of the albums lead track, and it's just perfectly 80s.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:28 am

Very cool - but even cooler that you're giving us the 2027 list. At this point it's good to have the evidence things are relatively ok! But seriously I love it, love the list and all the info you have given us about it.

poorpete · Post by **poorpete** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 7:43 pm

Hehe, I made the 2010s 2020s error again today, this is only going to get worse hehe

I hadn't heard this song in probably 30 years and it's now on regular rotation for me. Such a banger!

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:45 pm

I love it and this is still one of the best concerts I've attended! The energy was off the charts.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:54 am

Ok, when you need a pick me up, this is delightful:

I love her music and singing and apparently we are about to get a new album. My kid is now sharing my obsession with her vocals and I have also figured out just this morning two reasons why the ladies love him: he will wander around singing a Kali Uchis song, and he has taken to carrying a small jewelry box in which he places pieces of candy or gum and then he will present this as an offering. I don't even know what to say about that. Mr suave at the junior high pops open his little jewelry box and asks if you want a piece of gum. I feel like I'm not responsible and I'm afraid for what happens later.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:58 pm

In this video at 2:02 is a purse - nay, a MONEYBAGG - and I own an exact duplicate of this purse. Is it a commonly-held sort of moneybag? Perhaps!

poorpete · Post by **poorpete** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 5:38 am

Phoebe wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:54 am Ok, when you need a pick me up, this is delightful:

I love her music and singing and apparently we are about to get a new album. My kid is now sharing my obsession with her vocals and I have also figured out just this morning two reasons why the ladies love him: he will wander around singing a Kali Uchis song, and he has taken to carrying a small jewelry box in which he places pieces of candy or gum and then he will present this as an offering. I don't even know what to say about that. Mr suave at the junior high pops open his little jewelry box and asks if you want a piece of gum. I feel like I'm not responsible and I'm afraid for what happens later.

Damn what a move, so funny and cute I imagine, though I don't think it'd play that way if I done that in junior high.

Kali! Is the song "Moonlight"? That's my fav.

Want to show some love for her in this collab. At the state fair saw some Haudenosaunee dances, and the music would start, slowly build and then... slow all the way down and then build to a fever pitch again. This song almost gets that feel where it happily slows the jam down multiple times.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 5:31 pm

Yes the song is moonlight! Apparently the world loves this song. I like the new stuff that's coming out but I don't have time to focus on anything and figure out what I'm listening to. Good accompaniment in the car though!

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:41 pm

Ok, Spotify Is yielding fruit even though I'm annoyed that they keep changing the format so I can't figure out how to make lists or favorites or whatever.

I had very high hopes for people who wanted to call themselves "Sonic Sea Turtles" and the hopes were rewarded here. There's about a thousand different things going on and I'm pretty sure I like all of them individually... Especially the noodling on the guitar... Have vague questions but I'm for it, in general. As I get older I just can't get down with the kids and their meaningful lyrics... Like I think he intends "work out" not to mean weightlifting but I'm thinking yeahhhhh I hope I have the energy to work out too... Let me get this kettlebell, lol!

Mando · Post by **Mando** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:57 pm

Taemin is back from his military service with a new album!

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:38 am

Jack Harlow has this new song I'm not even going to bother to link here because he can get his support elsewhere, but when I first heard it on the radio I kind of liked it and he was talking about how he was vanilla and not into the whips but still nevertheless, da da da, and it was a catchy tune.. I was thinking well, damn, here I am doomed to enjoy a Jack Harlow song relative to other things that will pop up on the radio. Then I went and listened to it on Spotify and found out what had been bleeped out!!! Choking! He's offering to choke the lady friend! No thank you sir! And I really hope a 1,000 think pieces bloom because holy s*** is this dangerous for women. What a jackass. My pro vanilla sex anthem turned out to be something ugly.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Thu Dec 07, 2023 11:21 pm

I remember grudgingly accepting 80s pop Donna rather than disco star Donna, but I could not relate to the lyrics. Yes, respect for the hard working woman seemed good, but was it a big deal? Surely we should treat workers right, all the time? Surely we would expect more, do better? I was oblivious! I didn't even realize. Finally got it, like, damn!

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:34 pm

This ridiculous piece of music is like 10 other songs mashed together but I like every one of those 10 so let it happen:

It gives me a break from Mr Beyoncé Rodrigo who lives in my house and rides in my car every day, demanding to control the Spotify.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Thu Jan 04, 2024 6:09 pm

I can't explain to you why I like this music. Well, I can: It started off with a beat I liked and then he started going off and when he reached the word "garnishes" I was dead on the floor laughing. It was an uncomfortable situation as I was trying to drive the car and it was just all so much. I searched the googles for a linkable video and apparently I'm the only person who listens, so I couldn't find it and now finally I achieved success. Pretty sure this is not safe for work. I feel like I understand this man even though I'm pretty sure we are human opposites. You can keep that Bitcoin and I'll be having lunch with the DA, yes. Like I know nothing of this man's life but he sounds correct and hilarious. Martha Stewart is even cited herein:

Mando · Post by **Mando** » Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:07 pm

Slow but catchy...really pick up (for me) after the 1:40 mark.

Mando · Post by **Mando** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:44 pm

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:46 pm

Oh that was a very relaxing mix of songs - led to much youtube video hopping among the Mills Brothers as well.

This is like the triple crown victor of pregnancy announcements. I wish things like this had existed when I was in the end months of pregnancies and pretty much resigned to wearing a bedsheet and using every ounce of bodily energy to roll from one side to the other all day and night. People should be careful watching this as it may lead to a spontaneous development of pregnancy as well:

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Sat Jan 20, 2024 12:02 pm

The video for this song has not made me like it more, unfortunately, but this is what I do my car dancing to lately - when you need to bounce your butt around to stay warm in the car and you need some good music for the task:

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:07 pm

Cannot get past this - it's just so good. Revolutionary in its day AND today:

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:19 pm

This just hit my Tail Tok feed yesterday and IIve added all my RAtM tracks back into my main rotation. Also revolutionary...

And the BBC execs that told them they couldn't say "fuck" apparently never listened to any other lyrics in the song.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:34 am

Hehhh, they were not prepared. I never hear this on the radio anymore - I need to add some of their stuff into my playlists.

I was just listening to this one in the car - I remember the first time I ever heard it, based on a recommendation somewhere. I didn't really know what to expect and the intro was so different, It took a while for the whole effect to unfurl itself. It was revelatory, like looking through brand new eyes. I was like, have I noticed anything before or is this the first time I have been awake?!

Now I have to listen to it a couple times every month just to keep myself proper.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:38 pm

Spotify has its limitations!
As I was listening to a playlist and this song came up, I discovered they think the following lyric:
"The more I give you, the more you want"
Is instead:
"The more I grease you, the smaller you get"
Lollll
I don't know man, maybe in some iteration of the song but not in the one that was played on Ed Sullivan, and that's the one on Spotify in question:

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:27 pm

Hello, I'm here to let you know this is what the kids are listening to (presented WITHOUT COMMENT):

I'm still on "main dish" up there... Still finding it as fresh and delightful as ever. I like my money blue, no Bitcoin!
His mating call is just the "BLAUW!" of diamonds hitting his neck - I don't know if that's a visual thing or if it makes that sound when it smacks the collarbone. Doesn't matter; the point is that's all you need, to show up with these diamonds and be done. Also it's his cousin but will leave that to the side for now... Is the cousin one of the garnishes I wonder?

Mando · Post by **Mando** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:37 pm

Mando · Post by **Mando** » Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:30 pm

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:03 am

Spotify is improving my life. I'm sure I'm spending a couple dollars a year to support something b******* but I don't know of any other service that is going to get this job done better and it is a significant life improvement to have music and be able to shape the contents. I no longer have to listen to terrible AM radio to find out what the nutters are thinking, although I do love my hip hop station because that's where I find out the best new music.

Anyway, this one keeps popping up on my playlist and it is evergreen. For a while it was neglecting it because I had so many other favorites from them, but it's so good. I was kind of amazed this video was not official because I just think of it as the video for the song:

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:35 pm

This song has been out for decades and I could never place where I had heard it... I kept coming across samples or remixes but couldn't name the original. It's pretty catchy! Finally located:

Mando · Post by **Mando** » Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:49 pm

Unfindable on Spotify!
Dirty Water by Rock & Hyde

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:39 pm

Surprisingly powerful:

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:47 pm

Never was much of a Ryan Gosling fan. Eh. No feeling one way or the other. Well! For some reason in this iteration, I felt things:

Epic, truly.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:18 am

Because he has such good kenergy.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:07 pm

My youngest son and I started a quest two years ago to watch the complete catalog of goose movies. We've only got six left. Love the goose.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:35 am

I stayed up till midnight just so I could hear Beyoncé's version of Jolene, and I was apparently slow to the news there is an entire country album out here today. Haven't even made it through the whole thing and I am just astounded. I couldn't imagine how she was going to top the last album. It's so creative and new and interesting... It's just astonishing what she has done here. The version of Jolene alone pretty much burns down the world, but so many more amazing songs. Protector is one of my favorites so far. This album is doing everything all at once - It's country but I'm hearing a lot of Prince, a lot of gospel, a lot of something I don't even know what to call it... Beyond genre.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:48 pm

The song "Daughter" on Beyoncé's new album took my breath away before we got to this part and then I was in complete disarray, not sure whether to laugh for joy or cry!

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:49 pm

Warning: listening to this could cause you to low level vibrate all over with frequencies you can't even hear!

Update: The good looking one in this video started following me on social media for no goddamn reason... I think it must be a hoax or something? Maybe it's some phishing attempt, like guys in prison will write to some hapless old woman and get her to mail them cash and knives or something? I would mail this guy cash and a knife, yes. I can't understand it. I did nothing... I don't even think I was following them on the media. I'm just a huge fan. I think the AI that lives in my phone and understands everything I do must have given me this gift somehow by throwing my profile in front of this person randomly. Praise to our AI overlords.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:16 pm

I have complaints about the world's criticism of Beyonce's Jolene. My child informed me that her enjoyment of the song was being dampened! Look at the video, I said: that hand is not Beyoncé's hand! She's not from Louisiana! This song is about her mother! And if her mother wants to bring that smoke to jolene's door then so be it, Jolene brought it on her own damn self. I do not understand the critics at all. Loretta Lynn is ready to take you to fist city because you're not woman enough to take her man. Is somebody going to tell Loretta she's wrong? Because I'm not going to tell her. I'm riding right there with her. Yes, Dolly's version is very poignant and touching. Yes, a man who wants to dabble with a side chick is ultimately the one responsible for whatever problems are caused. But Beyonce Is talking about a happy man! He hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing. Jolene is the problem here. I don't understand how people have never experienced anything like this or could not put themselves in the shoes of a person who had. I can't even count the number of times I've been rendered utterly invisible by some Jolene in this world. They are everywhere and they do not give a f*** whether the man is married. They look at you and see that you don't spend a dime on your appearance and are sort of weird, and I guess it bolsters their confidence because they think that's what matters. Oh I've seen Jolene, I've watched her work right in front of my face without the slightest bit of concern. There is not one thing wrong with Beyoncé's Jolene version. We don't care because we are pretty damn clear on what our good qualities are, and she can't even begin to imagine.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:37 pm

I like Beyonce's Jolene.
I love Texas Hold Em.
I adore this version of Blackbird for so many reasons.
Daughter is exquisite.
I'm still taking in pieces of the album.

On the other hand, Beyonce and Jay-Z are also billionaires, and thus inherently evil, but it doesn't alter the fact that Beyonce produces some amazing music.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:57 am

I had exactly your list of positives and when we reached Daughter it was "mind blown" phase, and from there I'm not even tracking individual stuff... I was just WhAt IS tHiS?!!! Still there!
For some reason American Requiem is the one sticking with me during the non-listening times.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:28 pm

Still loving this Beyonce album!

Difficult day but now it's the weekend I guess.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:18 pm

Mood: another day, another $#!??& work function where I can't eat the food (or have to wait for an hour to figure out whether it's edible), have to shout inane small talk at people in a noisy room, have to be judged purely on appearances, and inevitably will be blamed for doing God only knows what wrong. I want to live in a very depopulated, cold area, like Greenland or the mountainous parts of Mongolia.

Mando · Post by **Mando** » Wed May 29, 2024 11:25 pm

Kids are at a Kpop concert tonight. Wife is going with them to another one on Sat evening.

tonight is TXT:

and Saturday's event is P1Harmony:

Mando · Post by **Mando** » Wed May 29, 2024 11:29 pm

my personal trend is much older music. Thank you Fallout:
this isn't the Fallout soundtrack (but should be)

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Tue Jun 04, 2024 7:53 pm

This classic just never gets old and I was feeling maudlin because the dog ignored me and wouldn't come in the house no matter what I did. I didn't have pants on so there was a limit to what I could do.

Mando · Post by **Mando** » Mon Jul 01, 2024 5:53 pm

Nice selection!

I learned that you can play music at the juke boxes at all Waffle House diners...Yes there's a cost, but that's how those things work.

I learned this because my daughter is waitressing for the Summer.

On occasions when I pick her up after her shift due to the late hour I will play this song, which she actually introduced me to last year:

Post by **Mike** » Wed Jul 03, 2024 5:47 pm

Mando wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 5:53 pm Nice selection!

I learned that you can play music at the juke boxes at all Waffle House diners...Yes there's a cost, but that's how those things work.

I learned this because my daughter is waitressing for the Summer.

On occasions when I pick her up after her shift due to the late hour I will play this song, which she actually introduced me to last year:

Great song! I had it in my main rotation for many years, and pulled it last year. Then a week ago, I got to rediscover it and put it back in. So happy.

Phoebe · Post by **Phoebe** » Fri Jul 12, 2024 1:07 pm

I feel like I posted this already, so apologies if it's repeat but I absolutely love it! This song features in the recent movie about Celine Dion. I don't think I'm giving any spoilers away to say she's been struggling with a neurological disorder that causes her body to stiffen and have spasms at various times. In particular it affects her ability to sing and I was surprised to discover her for how long she's been dealing with those effects. But in hindsight it makes sense that's how she discovered the problem, because she was very attuned to any subtle differences in her voice or breathing. I would have liked to know more about how they tried to diagnose this and ended up with the diagnosis, because I imagine it was hard to rule out various other things and come up with this rare issue. I also would have liked to hear more about the details of how she is living with it, although we do get some of this. In general the honesty and transparency with which she has thrown her life and struggle open to the viewer is amazing. And the overall theme of the production is that she's embracing who she is even in this new circumstance, which is profound because she didn't just make a choice to sing sometimes... Her very being has been tied up with being a singer. And it's not just singing in a studio and being able to manipulate the effects, but singing in live productions all the time year after year. She has depended on having audiences and interaction and the whole production of a live show. And now her life is radically transformed but she's still going forward an existing as herself in this new way. Very inspiring and also very moving, particularly if you have a personal connection to the kinds of issues she's facing. I felt like I already had a fairly profound appreciation of the level of fight it takes to cope with a problem like this, but watching this definitely furthered my understanding.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Fri Jul 12, 2024 2:33 pm

I've recently heard Misery Business by Paramore several times in the last few weeks. While I love this song on a fundamental "in your bones" way, if you pay close attention to the lyrics, it's pretty gross. It's just a terrible song for terrible people. And yet, I still love it in a guilty-pleasure way.