What are we listening to right now..

[J. Lohmann]

I agree. They were both great in their time. Haggars style was less hedonistic. Roth was a showman. I have to lean more Sammy though. Great stuff.

Good points all around; Roth was definitely a showman, with all the on-stage antics and female-esque "shrieks" in his songs. A great standalone rock tune is Haggar's own "I Can't Drive 55," which a lot of folks forget about...

 

[RalphB]

Good points all around; Roth was definitely a showman, with all the on-stage antics and female-esque "shrieks" in his songs. A great standalone rock tune is Haggar's own "I Can't Drive 55," which a lot of folks forget about...

I know. You've got good taste.

 

[J. Lohmann]

I know. You've got good taste.

 

[Andysu]

10cc i'm not in lover , shorter version

 

[Bruce Morgen]

 

[RalphB]

 

[LarsF]

Now this

 

[zonk]

Deep Purple - Child In Time (Steven Wilson 2025 Remix)

 

[zonk]

Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (Steven Wilson 2025 Remix)

 

[Brian Hall]

NOAPOLOGY - On The Edge | Official Music Video​

 

[totti1965]

 

[ThatM1key]

I've been listening to a lot of 80s/90s country lately. I always come back to this one:

George Strait - Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye

 

[stalepie2]

 

[olds1959special]

 

[Andysu]

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didn't have a , oh ( meow meow ) my cats meowing me for food got go

 

[tengiz]

My teenage twin girls roasted me the other day because I listened to the Rainbow Rocks soundtrack. To be fair, they’re the reason I even know it exists - when they were 5 or 6, it was on endless loop in the car. Back then it was just background noise for me.

But after hundreds of spins (parent life…), something shifted. I started actually paying attention. And then - boom - the magic hit me.

The peak moment is the closer, Shine Like Rainbows. It’s not just catchy; it’s unmistakably ABBA-esque. The piano–bass–drum groove, the chiming guitar fills, the soaring female harmonies (especially in the bridge) - it’s not parody, it’s homage. You can practically hear the DNA of Dancing Queen, with echoes of As Good As New and If It Wasn’t for the Nights woven through.

And it’s not just ABBA. I hear flashes of Madonna’s Ray of Light - the guitar texture in The Swim comes to mind - and even some late-period Giorgio Moroder in the bonus instrumental track.

What struck me is how well-crafted the whole album is. For what was essentially a cartoon tie-in, the producers didn’t phone it in. The arrangements, the sly genre nods, the vocal layering - it’s far more sophisticated than anyone would expect.

 

[zonk]

Talk Talk - Happiness Is Easy

 

[Multicore]

Berkeley Art Museum by Doug McKechnie​

Very early live improvised psychedelic music on the Moog synth. Complementing the synthetic sounds, this recording has a glorious natural ambience.

The story goes that the owner of the Moog that McKechnie played sold it to Tangerine Dream, and that's how this chapter closed.

McKechnie didn't get albums to market until 2020 but let's make up for that now on Bandcamp.

Doug McKechnie

Doug McKechnie. Oakland, California.

dougmckechnie.bandcamp.com

 

[Bleib]

 

[Bl00dWolf]