Rock Roxx

[Condobloke]

I just played and listened to.....;

The intensity and the intelligence/knowledge that Phil Markowitz displays is awe inspiring

 

[wizardfromoz]

Quite extraordinary, I find... the level of experience, and the application of intuitive feeling, is something I do not believe AI can make inroads into.

 

[theLegionWithin]

not sure if these are real records or not - I grew up in the cassette tape/cd era. some are pretty funny

 

[KGIII]

@osprey , wow, they look like they would have been great to see.

The late, great, Alan Rochester had two (2) threads here, one for jazz and one for classical.

Jazz

Anyone like classical music?

You should post some there.

Chris

Avagudweegend

I have a silly idea...

I'm not sure how many of the music threads are stickied but I think one is. (I can go look.)

We could unsticky that thread and make a new sticky to existing threads. Then folks can read that thread to find a link to all the various music threads. That'd be a bit more tidy and yet it'd show people how to access those threads. We can point them there in the future when someone inevitably opens yet another music thread.

We should probably lock that thread, the thread with the links to the other music threads, just to keep things tidy.

That's my silly idea of the day. A thread at the top that says 'List of Music Threads' might even stop a percentage of people from opening a new thread. Unless they're familiar with our nomenclature, finding the existing threads may not be as straightforward as it looks like to you and I.

Hmm... We could also rethink the spiritual/satanic music threads, finding and locking them both. They're not used. Points were made. We can conclude that it just flies too close to the sun and content ourselves by knowing they had a good run at it.

 

[wizardfromoz]

David, I think that is one of the most unsilly ideas I have heard today.

I will take a look and come back to you.

Chris

BTW interesting that your last line refers to Icarus (mythology) and references religious items, but I won't go there.

 

[wizardfromoz]

Last night's Australian Idol has us down to The Top Six, with a just a week to go to the final.

It was a dedicate night, where the artists dedicated their performances to family and friends, a small number of whom (maybe 4 - 6) were allowed to occupy a couch at the edge of the stage (bottom right of screen) while they cheered on their idol and their idol could see them clearly.

The first five numbers were exceptional, but they left the best to last, and that was young Gisella Coletti from WA, who sang a Mariah Carey number.

This young lady is The Real McCoy, The Fully Monty, the complete package, and I do hope that she achieves even one-tenth of what I believe she is capable of.

Of interest was that the Judges Comments following the performance were twice as long as the number itself.

 

[Condobloke]

Dear Lord. She is beautiful. In every way.

That was my daughters fave song as she grew up. She would sing that to me when in the car with me.

Gobsmackingly incredible. She is the complete package.

 

[wizardfromoz]

She is the complete package.

Yeah, it is an overused phrase, but she really is, IMO.

I haven't seen someone as extraordinary on one of these shows since Dami Im won X Factor ... interestingly enough with the same number

 

[Condobloke]

I think Dami was around 24/25 at that time. Brilliant voice...misses a bit of the emotion.

Gisella is around 16.

Just think what she is capable of in the next ten or so years

I hope fervently, she is not spoiled in that time

Edit: spelling

 

[wizardfromoz]

Emotion? lol

 

[Condobloke]

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[Sherri is a Cat]

I just posted this in my re-introduction thread. This is a good place too!

Been Gone So Long, Re-introducing Myself

 

[wizardfromoz]

Australian Idol Top 3 for the final this weekend have been chosen.

This one is for the "Rock Chick" Iilysh Retallick, who is from a town in New South Wales, called Culcairn, population 1,500 or so.

Judge Kyle Sandilands has nicknamed it "Cold Can".

Article here tells a bit of her story

https://education.nsw.gov.au/news/l...mmunity-is-out-in-force-to-support-their-idol

and her latest offering was a Bon Jovi hit

 

[Condobloke]

At least he thinks he's funny.

 

[wizardfromoz]

With The Top Six, and now down to The Top Three - IMO they are all worthy winners, and so I cannot vote for one without voting for all, which would be pointless, so I will let Australia decide what it will.

Any and all of them could have a thriving career in the industry.

An example is co-host, Ricki-Lee Coulter. She placed seventh in Idol in 2004, and went on to become one of Australia's best-known artists, at least on the domestic scene.

 

[Condobloke]

 

[wizardfromoz]

Still on Dami Im, and The X Factor 2013 (while I am breathlessly waiting for the Australian Idol final tomorrow night - the following two clips provide a low for her, and a high for her, in terms of the comments from the Judges/Coaches/Mentors.

In the first one, the eyes are the mirror to the soul, and you can clearly see her disappointment and vulnerability.

I thought both were great, myself.

Whitney Houston's "Saving All My Love For You"

and Mylie Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball" (Dami was hoping she did not have to perform it nude, hilarious)

 

[wizardfromoz]

Australian Idol 2025 finalist, 19 year old Marshall Hamburger last night took on a John Farnham hit from when John was heading up Little River Band.

This Time I'm Playing To Win.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

I don't listen to rock music but in order to not create a yet another music thread I'm going to post here my type of music:

 

[KGIII]

I don't listen to rock music but in order to not create a yet another music thread I'm going to post here my type of music:

Good idea. This thread has all sorts of music in it that might not be classified as 'rock'. I think of it as being rock-centric but accepting of other genres.

However, it's not my thread. I'm just sharing what I think of the situation - especially because I don't think we need a zillion music threads for the various genres.