The Interview- Review!

I'd go with 'observation,' but we all see things differently, depending on our feelings toward the poster. Wouldn't you agree? :-) Anyway, it's always my distinct pleasure to share my gift.
Um.......I think you're right on the money with 'most.' That would imply, 'not all.'

Cheers. - Frank

Oh, come on, now. They could sell 500 million albums, or 5 billion - would they suck any less? I can supply you with an unending list of crappy bands that have sold albums in numbers that are hard to fathom - or justify. :-)
That may be. I may have just have them lumped in with a long list of totally horrendous bands that you HAVE said are great. lol
Ya' think?
There are only two bands on the planet that have 50 to 100 songs deserving of anyone;s playlist, and we both know who they are.
Only one more to go. That's progress.
As does Barry Manilow.
I'm waiting for the video so I can watch it with the sound turned off..
Well, there's country and then there's 'country.' Modern Country, the crap they play, today - I can't stand any of the men, but really like a lot of the women. Sara Evans is at the top of my list. That's one talented gal.

Real country, country and western - well, I spent 3 years in the Army, so I was certainly exposed to a lot of that. I love Bill Anderson and the Po Boys, Jim Reeves, Bobby Bare, Carl Perkins, Bill Monroe, Conway Twitty, Chet Atkins, Hank Williams and many, many more. Today's country music is all about the 'act.' You can't tell one of the male performers from the next. Same hat, same tight jeans, same 5 day growth, same insipid lyrics - shall I go on??? Maybe it's just because I'm male. lol

My country leanings are actually more Appalachian Bluegrass. I'm serious. There's not much music that I consider 'organic,' but I do get a visceral response to that kind of music. I loves me a good hoedown. :-)

I grew up in a house where my mom listened to Dinah Washington, The Three Suns, Harry Belafonte, Brenda Lee, Patti Paige, Connie Francis, Mel Torme, Dean Martin, Ella Fitgerald, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Francis Albert Sinatra (who I'm named after) and all of the 40's era Big Bands. My stepfather was more into jazz - Earl Bostic, Urbie Green, T. Monk, Earl Grant and the like. Personally, and I'm serious, I have always had a jones for Mitch Miller albums that I found in their record collection. That's where my love of harmony was born.

While my folks did leave an imprint on my musical tastes, my progression was Philly Doo-wop, oldies but goodies, Motown, British Invasion, Psychedelic Rock and the standard 'commercial' fare from that point on. I was never a big punk fan, though there were a few really great punk bands. In every genre, even disco, there are stand-out artists. Punk was always a little too heavy on the 'look at me - I'm an anarchist' act. If I want to have my senses assaulted I'll just gaze into a mirror.

I'm from a school that says if it doesn't have melody, it's not really music. I'm still a show tunes junkie. I'm sorry, but West Side Story, South Pacific, Oklahoma, Anything Goes, Man of La Mancha, The Fantastiks - that stuff just gives me chills. And about melody? Does it get any better than Simon and Garfunkel? I think not.

Just joshing you about your musical taste (or lack thereof). Music is a very personal thing, the soundtrack of our lives. When you attack a person's musical taste you are at some level invalidating their life experience. No one has the right to seriously do that. I'm sure by now you have come to realize that a lot of what I say is just an effort to get a rise out of someone. That satisfies some adolescent urge that I have never been able to shake. We all have our needs.

We have now arrived at that point in space and time where I will be blasted by those who believe that Willie Nelson is a musical legend and that it's unpatriotic to think otherwise. They'll be followed by those stating that Miles Davis is a freakin' musical genius that I'm too much of a cretin to comprehend or appreciate.

OK.You win! :-)

Cheers. - Frank