The Music Thread!

[someone]

m.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ09giPQltI - Just found this. It's the 2004-2013 theme to "Postcode Loterij Miljoenenjacht", a Dutch game show whose 5th round that was introduced in 2002 formed the basis for Deal or No Deal. It's also been used on some other versions of Deal, like the versions in Germany, India and Bulgaria in the 2000s. An absolute banger!

[someone]

Dec 22, 2014 12:05:59 GMT Deleted said:

Dec 22, 2014 11:12:57 GMT twobellstogo said:

This is going to be Miss Swift again, isn't it?...

*clicks*

Meh...

Well there's a distinct lack of hater comments and it seems to be trending in my school right now (at least it was).

Nearly 10 years later, this song was playing at my school on the radio while waiting for my Y12 photos to be taken!

[borneobus]

I appreciate that many members are unlikely to consume music via albums these days but anyway here's 40 albums by female artists, covering a whole range of genres that IMHO are in the range "Good to Outstanding" - the very best highlighted in italics...

Nina Simone – Wild is the Wind (1966)
Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul (1968)
Dusty Springfield – Dusty in Memphis (1969)
Carole King – Tapestry (1971)
Ann Peebles – I can’t Stand the Rain (1974)
Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark (1974)
Patti Smith – Horses (1975)
Joan Armatrading – Joan Armatrading (1976)
Kate Bush – The Kick Inside (1978)
Diana Ross – Diana (1980)
Tania Maria – Come With Me (1983)
Tina Turner – Private Dancer (1984)
Anita Baker – Rapture (1986)
Gloria Estefan – Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Madonna – The Immaculate Collection (1990)
Sade – Love Deluxe (1992)
Sheryl Crow – Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
Mary J. Blige – My Life (1994)
Alanis Morrissette – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
Chaka Khan – Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Kahan (1996)
Shania Twain – Come On Over (1997)
Björk - Homogenic (1997)
Erykah Badu – Baduizm (1997)
Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Shakira - Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998)
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Angie Stone – Black Diamond (1999)
Jill Scott: Who is Jill Scott? (2000)
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (2006)
Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster (2009)
Adele – 21 (2011)
Lana Del Rey – Born to Die (2012)
Emeli Sandé – Our Version of Events (2012)
Taylor Swift – 1989 (2014)
Beyoncé – Lemonade (2016)
Rihanna – ANTI (2016)
Lorde – Melodrama (2017)
Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour (2018)
Celeste – Not Your Muse (2021)
SZA – SOS (2022)

[someone]

Oct 14, 2024 6:47:13 GMT borneobus said:

I appreciate that many members are unlikely to consume music via albums these days but anyway here's 40 albums by female artists, covering a whole range of genres that IMHO are in the range "Good to Outstanding" - the very best highlighted in italics...

Nina Simone – Wild is the Wind (1966)
Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul (1968)
Dusty Springfield – Dusty in Memphis (1969)
Carole King – Tapestry (1971)
Ann Peebles – I can’t Stand the Rain (1974)
Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark (1974)
Patti Smith – Horses (1975)
Joan Armatrading – Joan Armatrading (1976)
Kate Bush – The Kick Inside (1978)
Diana Ross – Diana (1980)
Tania Maria – Come With Me (1983)
Tina Turner – Private Dancer (1984)
Anita Baker – Rapture (1986)
Gloria Estefan – Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Madonna – The Immaculate Collection (1990)
Sade – Love Deluxe (1992)
Sheryl Crow – Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
Mary J. Blige – My Life (1994)
Alanis Morrissette – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
Chaka Khan – Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Kahan (1996)
Shania Twain – Come On Over (1997)
Björk - Homogenic (1997)
Erykah Badu – Baduizm (1997)
Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Shakira - Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998)
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Angie Stone – Black Diamond (1999)
Jill Scott: Who is Jill Scott? (2000)
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (2006)
Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster (2009)
Adele – 21 (2011)
Lana Del Rey – Born to Die (2012)
Emeli Sandé – Our Version of Events (2012)
Taylor Swift – 1989 (2014)
Beyoncé – Lemonade (2016)
Rihanna – ANTI (2016)
Lorde – Melodrama (2017)
Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour (2018)
Celeste – Not Your Muse (2021)
SZA – SOS (2022)

You've included Adele and Taylor (even my favourite album!) so you're in my good books! Also Aretha Franklin, Kate Bush (is this the album with Wuthering Heights?) and Tina Turner are pretty decent as well. (Also, side note - every time I see your profile picture I always think it's 99/401 at Bexleyheath Geddes Place)

[borneobus]

Oct 15, 2024 16:43:02 GMT someone said:

Oct 14, 2024 6:47:13 GMT borneobus said:

I appreciate that many members are unlikely to consume music via albums these days but anyway here's 40 albums by female artists, covering a whole range of genres that IMHO are in the range "Good to Outstanding" - the very best highlighted in italics...

You've included Adele and Taylor (even my favourite album!) so you're in my good books! Also Aretha Franklin, Kate Bush (is this the album with Wuthering Heights?) and Tina Turner are pretty decent as well. (Also, side note - every time I see your profile picture I always think it's 99/401 at Bexleyheath Geddes Place)

Adele maintains that seeing Pink at Brixton Academy as a 14 year old was her defining musical influence; as she hailed from West Norwood, I like to think she took a ‘2’ up to Brixton / back home…

Re 1989…many are critical of TS but her talent is evidenced by the fact that she has achieved stardom in more than one genre, and that she’s writing all this material; let’s face it, if it was easy to write catchy singalong pop songs that would sell millions across the globe then every artist would be doing it.

Yes, this is the Kate Bush album with “Wuthering Heights’ which was a memorable jaw-dropping moment on TOTP. However, IMHO “The Man with the Child in his Eyes” that's on this album is an even better song. Re your 99/401 comment Ms Bush was born in Bexleyheath.

Always been a fan of Ms Turner and "Private Dancer" sold millions and catapulted Tina Turner to global stardom but take a listen to her magnificent 1975 semi-autobiographical funk / rock overload "Nutbush City Limits"

[ServerKing]

Oct 16, 2024 1:37:43 GMT borneobus said:

Oct 15, 2024 16:43:02 GMT someone said:

You've included Adele and Taylor (even my favourite album!) so you're in my good books! Also Aretha Franklin, Kate Bush (is this the album with Wuthering Heights?) and Tina Turner are pretty decent as well. (Also, side note - every time I see your profile picture I always think it's 99/401 at Bexleyheath Geddes Place)

Adele maintains that seeing Pink at Brixton Academy as a 14 year old was her defining musical influence; as she hailed from West Norwood, I like to think she took a ‘2’ up to Brixton / back home…

Re 1989…many are critical of TS but her talent is evidenced by the fact that she has achieved stardom in more than one genre, and that she’s writing all this material; let’s face it, if it was easy to write catchy singalong pop songs that would sell millions across the globe then every artist would be doing it.

Yes, this is the Kate Bush album with “Wuthering Heights’ which was a memorable jaw-dropping moment on TOTP. However, IMHO “The Man with the Child in his Eyes” that's on this album is an even better song. Re your 99/401 comment Ms Bush was born in Bexleyheath.

Always been a fan of Ms Turner and "Private Dancer" sold millions and catapulted Tina Turner to global stardom but take a listen to her magnificent 1975 semi-autobiographical funk / rock overload "Nutbush City Limits"

Adele, like DW547, started life in Tottenham before transfer to South London

I liked Pink too, the single Most Girls was a belter back in 2000

[someone]

Just so that this thread doesn't die, I'll just post that Taylor Swift's Eras Tour came back from hiatus yesterday to start its final leg in North America, starting in Miami Gardens. (I really am turning into SafwaanF1's spiritual successor, aren't I? )

[someone]

Nov 17, 2014 16:35:18 GMT Deleted said:

Most of you guys know what I like... I'm a hardcore Swiftie, and proud. I actually own her most recent album, 1989, which BTW has become the fastest selling album since 2002. Also the first platinum album of 2014. Her most recent single, Blank Space, seems to be very popular even amongst former haters, so I honestly think you should check it out.

Outside of Taylor, I quite like pop music. I quite like Ariana Grande. I don't like r and b because of the actual music and the usual lyrics.

SafwaanF1 would be pleased to know that I am fully aware that it's 1989's 10th anniversary today, and the first anniversary of its re-recording 1989 (Taylor's Version).

Taylor aside (I worry I'm posting too much about her), I was recently thinking of resurrecting the songs/bus lines game from a few years ago, as my dad recently played the song "King's Highway" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It had been about 8 years since I last heard it, and I always associate it with the 96 on the way to Bluewater ("And we ride down the King's highway...") - a stop on the 96/422, and I used to take the 96 to Bluewater some weekends with my dad to play mini golf. Memories...