Musicological banter

Can someone explain how Floyd only got $400 million? Is it cause it doesn’t include the songwriting?

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/pink-floyd-sells-music-rights-to-sony-400-million-1236165925/

Well, see the Cars got $1.2 Billion and 1 Car = 3 Floyds.

I have to believe the cars number is wrong….there is just no way…if they got that it would be like the deal of the century

I wonder where Ric’s money goes…he cut out ex wives, children…

He was apparently one bitter dude

If rock isn’t dead cause of Ash, Squire, Liam and Jack White god help us…those dudes are pushing 25-35 years in music.

I want to believe young kids will always start out jamming on Chuck Berry tunes but I don’t believe it. They start out fiddling around on laptops. Whether one calls that rock or not I can’t say.

Are there revivalists out there mining the same veins as people 50-60 years ago? Sure. But less and less and to less and less folks. And it’s not very original.

Bing Crosby was the biggest American singer of the first half of the 20th century. His music and type of singing are now deader than typewriters.

My definition of rock music is “the music of the young”….its not really a type of music but a feeling or spirit. The type and instruments that awaken that feeling or spirit continually evolve.

hutch wrote:
If rock isn’t dead cause of Ash, Squire, Liam and Jack White god help us…those dudes are pushing 25-35 years in music.

Solid point. I mean, I think that the last rock revival was thanks to the rock music as video game craze and what bands emerged out of that. . ? Greta Van Fleet? I would hope that there are kids out there interested in musical instruments (being a band nerd adult), but there are folks out there using AI and calling themselves composers. 

What’s the point?

Johnny marr sold out warner for Sunday…only resale tix left

Multivisti-hatch wrote:
Johnny marr sold out warner for Sunday…only resale tix left

That would Marr and James sold out Sunday,,.  really wish James could do a solo tour of the US instead of getting stuck doing 75 minute co-headlining sets, but I get this is the reality of touring for many UK acts… at least they didn't muck this tour up by adding a third useless act to the bill like the did when James toured with Pysch Furs.

based on the setlists James is doing some of their crowd pleasures on their ever changing setlists and Marr is sticking to a set with about half The Smiths/Electronic and solo songs… maybe Marr's set will turn into one big singalong

looks like James is generally going first and i'm guessing there is enough crossover between the two that the James fans will stay put…

Was anyone aware or heard of this album of Nick Cave covers a then 14 year old Nell Smith did with the Flaming Lips called "Where The Viaduct Looms" that was recorded during COVID lockdowns and released in 2021.

I just learned about this record as Nell Smith who was set to release her debut album on Bella Union next year was just tragically killed in a car crash. 

It's a rough time for The Flaming Lips as their drummer's daughter has gone missing.

Heartbreak
https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-flaming-lips-collaborator-nell-smith-has-died-aged-17-3800422

Koz, way to get me all depressed going into my 8:30 meeting
both those stories are just horrible and make me feel horrible for their parents (not that there is a shortage of horrible stories)

Given the Venn Diagram of Nick Cave and Flaming Lips enthusiast on this forum, I figured I ease into this news… 

I did give the album a listen and it's a very nice listen

So how is SideWelshMusicAficionado feeling about underground rapper L E M F R E C K winning this years Welsh Music Prize?  I'm listening today and it's worth listen.  I was still working my way through the shortlist and finding some new interesting releases.

https://wmp.cymru/nominees/

kosmo wrote:
It's a rough time for The Flaming Lips as their drummer's daughter has gone missing.

in good news

The Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd's Daughter Has Been Found & Is ‘Safe'

kosmo wrote:
So how is SideWelshMusicAficionado feeling about underground rapper L E M F R E C K winning this years Welsh Music Prize?  I'm listening today and it's worth listen.  I was still working my way through the shortlist and finding some new interesting releases.

where is his Welsh accent?  I can actually understand what he is saying?  Can you really be Welsh if Americans can understand you when you are talking?

although, I like what I hear

Multivisti-hatch wrote:

kosmo wrote:
So how is SideWelshMusicAficionado feeling about underground rapper L E M F R E C K winning this years Welsh Music Prize?  I'm listening today and it's worth listen.  I was still working my way through the shortlist and finding some new interesting releases.

where is his Welsh accent?  I can actually understand what he is saying?  Can you really be Welsh if Americans can understand you when you are talking?

although, I like what I hear

You can only be called "Welsh" if you come from the Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch region of Wales.

Justin wrote:

Multivisti-hatch wrote:

kosmo wrote:
So how is SideWelshMusicAficionado feeling about underground rapper L E M F R E C K winning this years Welsh Music Prize?  I'm listening today and it's worth listen.  I was still working my way through the shortlist and finding some new interesting releases.

where is his Welsh accent?  I can actually understand what he is saying?  Can you really be Welsh if Americans can understand you when you are talking?

although, I like what I hear

You can only be called "Welsh" if you come from the Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch region of Wales.

Plus he's second generation Windrush so he has Jamaican ancestry.  Plus, where he's from  South Wales and isn't far from Bristol 

ok this is making my head hurt and might send Justin into a tailspin…

Dookie Demastered: 15 tracks. 15 formats. The way it was never meant to be heard. 30 years later. Now available at http://dookiedemastered.com

The album that exploded punk rock 30 years ago, re-exploded onto obscure, obsolete, and inconvenient formats.

Track formats
1 Burnout Player Piano Roll
2 Having A Blast Floppy Disk
3 Chump Teddy Ruxpin
4 Longview Doorbell
5 Welcome to Paradise Game Boy Cartridge
6 Pulling Teeth Toothbrush
7 Basket Case Big Mouth Billie Bass
8 She HitClip
9 Sassafras Roots 8-Track
10 When I Come Around Wax Cylinder
11 Coming Clean X-Ray Record
12 Emenius Sleepus Answering Machine
13 In The End MiniDisc
14 F.O.D. Fisher Price Record
15 All By Myself Music Box

You can enter a drawing for a chance to buy one of these…

I don't know which one I want more
Teddy Ruxpin ($99!  D cell batteries not included!)
Big Mouth Billie Bass
or the OG classic:  Wax Cylinder (good value at $49)

Guys I got one of these on Teddy Rustin Store Day 2023 at my local Build A Bear Workshop and let me tell you, it’s worth it.