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Post by M.Maestro on Feb 18, 2006 10:47:54 GMT -8
Who would have thunk it!! The #1 Album on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart this week (2/18) is Barry Manilow's "The Greatest Songs Of The 50's", his first #1 Album in 29 years! It just proves one of my many theories when it comes to music: just because an artist is over 40 years old (Barry will turn 60 on June 17) DOES NOT mean that they cannot sell records in today's marketplace!!! Take that, rappers/hip-hop types!!! ;D ;D
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Post by peridot44 on Feb 18, 2006 13:45:25 GMT -8
It proves that the great singers just go on and on until they fade away. They take their fans along with them and sing the songs those fans want to hear. People like: Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Eartha Kitt, Shirley Bassey and many others. But the music suits the singers as they age. You know my feelings about geriatric rockers, but I suppose it's all they can do (limited range and limited vocal abilities).
I'm quite prepared to defend this position MM ;D ;D
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Post by M.Maestro on Feb 18, 2006 17:09:18 GMT -8
It proves that the great singers just go on and on until they fade away. They take their fans along with them and sing the songs those fans want to hear. People like: Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Eartha Kitt, Shirley Bassey and many others. But the music suits the singers as they age. You know my feelings about geriatric rockers, but I suppose it's all they can do (limited range and limited vocal abilities). I'm quite prepared to defend this position MM ;D ;D It is quite interesting to note that while certainly the great singers of the past will always have a core audience to cater/sell to, take a look at a) who is purchasing these CD's, & b) who is attending their concerts. Barry has said quite often during his headling in Las Vegas (where he is exclusively appearing at the Hilton several weeks a year) that His audience is NOT all "geezers"!  And when you sell 180,000 CD's in your FIRST WEEK in stores, that alone tells me that there are quite a number of YOUNG PEOPLE buying his music! The same can be said for Rod Stewart's 3 wonderfully successful "Great American Songbook" albums, Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson, Melissa Manchester, Anita Baker, & others. Whether their vocal range has diminished is not a factor. The ability & desire to interpet great songs from the past is a nice reward (& tribute) to those of us who remember when songwriting was at its peak. And for YOUNGER generations to be exposed to songs that were written before their birth is never a bad idea. That's how I got hooked on the Big Band Era; a little local station in Los Angeles played Miller, Goodman, Kyser, James, etc. as others were playing Elvis, The Beatles, et. all. I simply enjoyed hearing the great orchestras as an alternative to Rock N Roll overdosing! (the ears, P! ;D) And to this day, when push comes to shove, I will ALWAYS prefer the music of 1935-1945 to any other Era with the possible exception of the first 9 years of the Rock Era (1955-1963, inclusive.) And MY CD collection has almost everything decent from the 1920's to today! Cheers for Barry!! MM |
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Post by peridot44 on Feb 19, 2006 0:43:51 GMT -8
Couldn't agree more, with EVERYTHING you just wrote. Dare I say that there are many fewer good songs being written these days and that the 'bacl catalogue' is constantly being raided for decent material? A big band leader understood much more about music than all the modern pop groups put together. He could write out parts for all his instruments - score a piece - also many used to write stuff as well. All the players could read music and play in any key.
The Beatles were exceptionally good songsmiths but could say amazingly silly things.
Paul McCartney "I won't learn to read music because it might destroy my natural ability"
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"Besides, I saw that you mustn't use thirds. I like thirds; I use them all the time!"
totally missing the point. Too much like hard work more like!
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Post by tah64 on May 30, 2006 4:58:10 GMT -8
Who would have thunk it!! The #1 Album on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart this week (2/18) is Barry Manilow's "The Greatest Songs Of The 50's", his first #1 Album in 29 years! I have this one too ...  |
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And when you sell 180,000 CD's in your FIRST WEEK in stores, that alone tells me that there are quite a number of YOUNG PEOPLE buying his music! The same can be said for Rod Stewart's 3 wonderfully successful "Great American Songbook" albums, Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson, Melissa Manchester, Anita Baker, & others. Whether their vocal range has diminished is not a factor. The ability & desire to interpet great songs from the past is a nice reward (& tribute) to those of us who remember when songwriting was at its peak. And for YOUNGER generations to be exposed to songs that were written before their birth is never a bad idea. That's how I got hooked on the Big Band Era; a little local station in Los Angeles played Miller, Goodman, Kyser, James, etc. as others were playing Elvis, The Beatles, et. all. I simply enjoyed hearing the great orchestras as an alternative to Rock N Roll overdosing! (the ears, P! ;D) And to this day, when push comes to shove, I will ALWAYS prefer the music of 1935-1945 to any other Era with the possible exception of the first 9 years of the Rock Era (1955-1963, inclusive.) And MY CD collection has almost everything decent from the 1920's to today! Cheers for Barry!! 
