Your 3 all-time favourite songs (other than PJ)

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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,504
    PJ_Soul said:
    I can see how if you invested in an expensive car stereo this would matter to you. I'm just bopping along with my Galaxy S9+ and Samsung earbuds (all quality of course - music sounds good, but we're not talking hi-def audiophile shit), so that isn't going to matter to me. And I listen to vinyl at home exclusively.
    Right, when listening to your phone or almost any other source, the phone is the low grade in the chain, regardless of the file quality.  I'm about 50/50 on vinyl to digital at home.  And it's not my car, it's my home that i'm talking about.  Car stereos are pretty poor today, but XM is so bad you can barely tell anymore.  In fact, PJ radio is just...awful.  I don't know why that station in particular has such bad fidelity.  It's been that way for about two years.  Sorry for the rant.  Carry on.
  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    edited November 2018
    PJ_Soul said:
    I can see how if you invested in an expensive car stereo this would matter to you. I'm just bopping along with my Galaxy S9+ and Samsung earbuds (all quality of course - music sounds good, but we're not talking hi-def audiophile shit), so that isn't going to matter to me. And I listen to vinyl at home exclusively.
    I have the same phone. It must be the birthday connection.  I like over the ear or on ear Bluetooth headphones. Samsung earbuds are the best ones I've tried, but I really don't like the feel of ear buds. 

    I do not have a record player or stereo system  though I have lots of old vinyl and some new. That will take awhile to put together.

    I connect my phone to my car stereo with the cheap cassette thing and that's how I listen to music in my car. I have the stereo that came with my car. 
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,330
    edited November 2018
    The Spotify/Hulu deal is awesome... Hulu is not available in Canada though. It really sucks. I don't understand why in the fuck Hulu wouldn't be in Canada. We'd be all over it, just like we are Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Maybe the Canadian cable companies are bribing them to stay away, lol. If the trifecta is achieved here, so many more of us will unplug completely from the cable companies.
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  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    PJ_Soul said:
    The Spotify/Hulu deal is awesome... Hulu is not available in Canada though. It really sucks. I don't understand why in the fuck Hulu wouldn't be in Canada. We'd be all over it, just like we are Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Maybe the Canadian cable companies are bribing them to stay away, lol. If the trifecta is achieved here, so many more of us will unplug completely from the cable companies.
    PJ_Soul said:
    The Spotify/Hulu deal is awesome... Hulu is not available in Canada though. It really sucks. I don't understand why in the fuck Hulu wouldn't be in Canada. We'd be all over it, just like we are Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Maybe the Canadian cable companies are bribing them to stay away, lol. If the trifecta is achieved here, so many more of us will unplug completely from the cable companies.
    Oh yeah, I have Amazon Prime too. I signed up years ago when it was 25/year, now it's over 100. 

    I'm trying to figure out a way to just use streaming and get rid of my DirecTV. I have no beef with their service, except that it costs over 200.00 a month and I just can't afford it. Hulu has a live TV option for 40.00 a month. It's got news, sports and NatGeo, AMC and a couple more. I'm happy with the Hulu deal I have right now, but I'm figuring out if I could cut the cord with cable with all three services available to me. My son doesn't watch broadcast TV as it is. So I'd just have to make sure my mom could be hooked up so she could cast to the TV set, and that they have the channels that she watches. That would be a great help to lose that monthly bill.

    Sorry for losing thread integrity. 

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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,504
    I don't know if you are a Stones fan, but I'm a big fan of their non-hits.  Here are three of my favorite from their Golden Era when they rolled off 4 amazing albums in a row:
    1. Stray Cat Blues
    2. Torn and Frayed
    3. Salt of the Earth
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,840
    "Venus in Furs," The Velvet Underground
    "Candle," Sonic Youth
    "A Forest," The Cure
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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,459
    PJ_Soul said:
    The Spotify/Hulu deal is awesome... Hulu is not available in Canada though. It really sucks. I don't understand why in the fuck Hulu wouldn't be in Canada. We'd be all over it, just like we are Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Maybe the Canadian cable companies are bribing them to stay away, lol. If the trifecta is achieved here, so many more of us will unplug completely from the cable companies.
    So sayeth wiki:
    Hulu is unable to launch in Canada due to the relatively small size of Canada's online advertising market and because Canada's television networks already have the exclusive online streaming rights in Canada to several titles offered on Hulu, including many mainstream American television network programs. The absence of Hulu in the Canadian market raised concerns by fans of the sitcom The Mindy Project when it was cancelled by Fox in the spring of 2015 and subsequently picked up by Hulu; the show's Canadian broadcaster, City, subsequently announced it would continue to air the series in Canada. At present, Canadian consumers have access to several other streaming systems, including a Canadian version of Netflix, Amazon Video, and CraveTV, with CraveTV streaming some programming from Hulu.
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,330
    So sayeth wiki:
    Hulu is unable to launch in Canada due to the relatively small size of Canada's online advertising market and because Canada's television networks already have the exclusive online streaming rights in Canada to several titles offered on Hulu, including many mainstream American television network programs. The absence of Hulu in the Canadian market raised concerns by fans of the sitcom The Mindy Project when it was cancelled by Fox in the spring of 2015 and subsequently picked up by Hulu; the show's Canadian broadcaster, City, subsequently announced it would continue to air the series in Canada. At present, Canadian consumers have access to several other streaming systems, including a Canadian version of Netflix, Amazon Video, and CraveTV, with CraveTV streaming some programming from Hulu.
    Yeeaaahh. It sucks. And I want to know wtf those networks that supposedly already have the rights are doing, because I'm not seeing much. Although I know Bravo aired The Handmaids Tale (I had to fucking subscribe to the channel while the show was airing). And while I have rejected Crave TV so far, I was thinking about it again just this morning when I saw on the news that some awesome looking new show that's coming out will be on it. But yet another $10/month? I dunno... Not a lot alone, but it's always just more and more. Trying to think about what else I can cut without losing basic cable.
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  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    edited November 2018
    PJ_Soul said:
    Yeeaaahh. It sucks. And I want to know wtf those networks that supposedly already have the rights are doing, because I'm not seeing much. Although I know Bravo aired The Handmaids Tale (I had to fucking subscribe to the channel while the show was airing). And while I have rejected Crave TV so far, I was thinking about it again just this morning when I saw on the news that some awesome looking new show that's coming out will be on it. But yet another $10/month? I dunno... Not a lot alone, but it's always just more and more. Trying to think about what else I can cut without losing basic cable.
    So sayeth wiki - :lol: that tickled me.

    Hulu will find its way into Canada eventually, but it sucks to have to subscribe to a channel just to watch one show. I know what you mean about 'only 10', but those 10's add up eventually. I hate paying over 200 for cable - I cannot afford it and it is a ridiculous amount of money, especially since I have Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. I think part of my problem is just being used to watching TV. I didn't grow up watching TV on a computer. My son has no use for TV, there is no genie (cable box) in his room. So I need to make sure I can watch my News and shows that I love and then cut the cord somehow.  It's change and I think that's what is keeping me from getting rid of that ridiculous satellite TV bill. 

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  • rummyrummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,458
    mrussel1 said:
    I don't know if you are a Stones fan, but I'm a big fan of their non-hits.  Here are three of my favorite from their Golden Era when they rolled off 4 amazing albums in a row:
    1. Stray Cat Blues
    2. Torn and Frayed
    3. Salt of the Earth
    Those four albums are incredible (as are those three songs)...although I do like the hits!
  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    rummy said:
    Those four albums are incredible (as are those three songs)...although I do like the hits!
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,504
    rummy said:
    Those four albums are incredible (as are those three songs)...although I do like the hits!
    Let it Bleed, Beggars, Exile, and Sticky Fingers... I can listen to all four end to end and not even notice where the time went.  I get completely absorbed into them.  
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,504
    njnancy said:
    I'm a monkey! I'm a monkey!
    Definitely not disparaging the hits.. Tumbling Dice is one of the greatest songs ever, but like PJ, the deeper you go into the records, they better they are.  
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,840
    Y'all motherfuckers forced my hand:

    "Sister Morphine," The Rolling Stones
    "Sway," The Rolling Stones
    "Sweet Virginia," The Rolling Stones

    Extra credit: "Dead Flowers," The Rolling Stones
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,504
    dankind said:
    Y'all motherfuckers forced my hand:

    "Sister Morphine," The Rolling Stones
    "Sway," The Rolling Stones
    "Sweet Virginia," The Rolling Stones

    Extra credit: "Dead Flowers," The Rolling Stones
    Love all four of those songs.. There's such an irony because I hate country, but I love country rock like the Stones, NY, the Dead, Petty, etc.  The Stones did country so well, especially Dead Flowers and Sweet Virginia.  
  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    mrussel1 said:
    Love all four of those songs.. There's such an irony because I hate country, but I love country rock like the Stones, NY, the Dead, Petty, etc.  The Stones did country so well, especially Dead Flowers and Sweet Virginia.  
    Definitely agree that any band's 'deeper cuts are where the genius exists. I was never a huge Stones' fan, but my brother was. Reading your post about them just brought that song screaming into my head. FWIW, my favorite Stone's album is Goat's Head Soup.

    Country is a different animal entirely. You are a Jam Bad & Southern Rock fan. Lots of good stuff in there. Stones are more of a bluesy rock, though their catalog is by no means monolithic. 
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,330
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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,459
    3 of my favorite country songs:
    Eddie Rabbitt - Drivin' My Life Away
    Dwight Yoakam - A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
    Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go 'Round
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,504
    3 of my favorite country songs:
    Eddie Rabbitt - Drivin' My Life Away
    Dwight Yoakam - A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
    Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go 'Round
    Mine are...

    Heard it in a love song - Marshal Tucker Band
    Amie - Pure Prairie League
    Flirtin' with Disaster - Molly Hatchet

    Those count, right?
  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,620
    mrussel1 said: Those count, right?
    Definitely! :smile:

    1) Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite - You Found Another Lover (I Lost Another Friend)

    2) Neil Young - Too Far Gone

    3) The Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,504
    I like the love for Dead Flowers.  It's so countrified and Mick is really embellishing the twang, but it's such a great song.  
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,330
    edited November 2018
    Oh crikies. Now we're getting into country music?! SIGH. Fine. :neutral:

    =) (but I did mean it :lol: )

    And FYI, we've got just about every good song from Sticky Fingers on this playlist now already, so they're likely going to be duplicates at this point, lol. And to round it off, I threw Wild Horses on there too, because I love that song. :)

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  • rummyrummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,458
    mrussel1 said:
    Definitely not disparaging the hits.. Tumbling Dice is one of the greatest songs ever, but like PJ, the deeper you go into the records, they better they are.  
    Gimme Shelter is awesome but I guess it's been pretty played out by this point...same goes with Jumpin' Jack Flash (not actually on one of those records) and Sympathy for the Devil.

    Which do you prefer: Honky Tonk Woman or Country Honk?
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,504
    rummy said:
    Gimme Shelter is awesome but I guess it's been pretty played out by this point...same goes with Jumpin' Jack Flash (not actually on one of those records) and Sympathy for the Devil.

    Which do you prefer: Honky Tonk Woman or Country Honk?
    Great question! Country Honk just because it's on Let It Bleed and I love playing that album end to end.  Plus we've all heard Honky Tonk a million and one times.  
  • rummyrummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,458
    mrussel1 said:
    Great question! Country Honk just because it's on Let It Bleed and I love playing that album end to end.  Plus we've all heard Honky Tonk a million and one times.  
    My introduction to The Stones was via Hot Rocks (and later, More Hot Rocks ... and even later, Rewind) on cassette/CD. That second disc was perfection to me. So many classics. However, I will admit that 30 years (!) later that most of those songs have reached their saturation point with me and I prefer listening to them within the context of their respective albums. 
    I tend to "attach" JJF to Beggar's Banquet and HTW to Let It Bleed for the sake of "completion."
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,504
    rummy said:
    My introduction to The Stones was via Hot Rocks (and later, More Hot Rocks ... and even later, Rewind) on cassette/CD. That second disc was perfection to me. So many classics. However, I will admit that 30 years (!) later that most of those songs have reached their saturation point with me and I prefer listening to them within the context of their respective albums. 
    I tend to "attach" JJF to Beggar's Banquet and HTW to Let It Bleed for the sake of "completion."
    I think that's how I got into the Stones too, radio to Hot Rocks to Rewind.  I have the original Hot Rocks LP and I know there's an excellent "clearly vinyl" reissue, but I never listen to them.  The only way I listen to the Stones is via album straight through.  I'm sure none of us listen to Rearview Mirror either, for exactly the same reason.  It seems improper.  
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,840
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  • tbergstbergs Posts: 10,213
    Need to counter all of the Stones love recently with some deeper Beatles tracks.

    Things We Said Today
    I Want You (She's So Heavy)
    Happiness Is A Warm Gun
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • rummyrummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,458
    tbergs said:
    Need to counter all of the Stones love recently with some deeper Beatles tracks.

    Things We Said Today
    I Want You (She's So Heavy)
    Happiness Is A Warm Gun
    I'll never understand why Happiness Is A Warm Gun was left off of The Blue Album. 
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,459
    PJ_Soul said:
    Oh crikies. Now we're getting into country music?! SIGH. Fine. :neutral:

    =) (but I did mean it :lol: )

    And FYI, we've got just about every good song from Sticky Fingers on this playlist now already, so they're likely going to be duplicates at this point, lol. And to round it off, I threw Wild Horses on there too, because I love that song. :)

    That reminds me, three of my favorite covers:
    The Sundays - Wild Horses
    Travis - ...Baby One More Time
    Nofx - Go Your Own Way


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