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Great Songs That Couldn't Be Made Today
POSTED BY: 6ixStringJack
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026 10:12 AM
The Monkees on some of their shows at the end would do little interviews and one of them, can't remember who. He said a reporter once asked him if they played their instruments, really played and sang. I think it must have been Mike as he was the most serious of them and he told the reporter yes, they were really playing and singing on stage and on the show.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026 12:52 PM
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Probably couldn't do "Every breath you take" by the Police. Too stalkerish.
Yeah... That's a great example.
My god man. That one probably should have come with a warning.
How many kids you think grew up listening to that and thought it was normal behavior? Sounds like a love song until you really pay attention to the lyrics.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
I know and even for the 80s it should have come with a warning.
Don't want to think how many kids that could have screwed up.
It took me a bit to see where Blair was going. He HATED that song. His law career was spent helping women and children get out of some bad, bad situations.
Yeah... It's such a great sounding song and got a ton of airplay. I was around the age where I was just starting to crush on girls even though they all still had cooties and when you're a little hormone filled dummy it just sounds like what you were probably already doing in your mind.
Then you forget about it for 20 years and read an article where Sting was interviewed and he's like "of course it's a stalker anthem" with a laugh.
Yeah... It's just a weird one. That's an example of a song where it sounds great but I don't have it on my player because it says nothing I want to listen to today.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026 12:56 PM
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Though SIX, I've never been fond of Bob Dylan but yeah he never sold out. Another one that I don't think sold out was Arlo Guthrie, son of Woody Guthrie. Woody Guthrie travelled around the US during the Depression singing. Rode the rails as they used to say. He finally I think recorded a few albums. They should be around to this day.
I think I heard from my uncle though that there was actually some controversy with Bob Dylan and that a lot of his fans said he sold out when he started playing electric guitar.
Seems like the more things change, the more they stay the same, huh?
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
Ah, geez. We think it is ridiculous now but to the hippies that would have been the ultimate sell out. I mean how could he have given up his acoustic guitar for electric.
Yeah... and it was just one step down the degenerative rabbit hole in music.
But to Bob I'm sure it was just a new way of playing songs. A new tool for the artist to express themselves. I'm sure his audience changed quite a bit when he made the transition.
There's obviously nothing superior about either instrument. They're in the same family, sure, but that's about it. There are just so many things that you can do with one of them that you can't do with the other.
But the fans didn't see it that way.
They sounded just like we do today when complaining about AI generated music.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026 11:29 PM
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Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Probably couldn't do "Every breath you take" by the Police. Too stalkerish.
Yeah... That's a great example.
My god man. That one probably should have come with a warning.
How many kids you think grew up listening to that and thought it was normal behavior? Sounds like a love song until you really pay attention to the lyrics.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
I know and even for the 80s it should have come with a warning.
Don't want to think how many kids that could have screwed up.
It took me a bit to see where Blair was going. He HATED that song. His law career was spent helping women and children get out of some bad, bad situations.
Yeah... It's such a great sounding song and got a ton of airplay. I was around the age where I was just starting to crush on girls even though they all still had cooties and when you're a little hormone filled dummy it just sounds like what you were probably already doing in your mind.
Then you forget about it for 20 years and read an article where Sting was interviewed and he's like "of course it's a stalker anthem" with a laugh.
Yeah... It's just a weird one. That's an example of a song where it sounds great but I don't have it on my player because it says nothing I want to listen to today.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
I have it on tape but I don't listen to it much. I've two or three Police songs on tape. Maybe another one of Sting solo.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026 11:34 PM
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Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Though SIX, I've never been fond of Bob Dylan but yeah he never sold out. Another one that I don't think sold out was Arlo Guthrie, son of Woody Guthrie. Woody Guthrie travelled around the US during the Depression singing. Rode the rails as they used to say. He finally I think recorded a few albums. They should be around to this day.
I think I heard from my uncle though that there was actually some controversy with Bob Dylan and that a lot of his fans said he sold out when he started playing electric guitar.
Seems like the more things change, the more they stay the same, huh?
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
Ah, geez. We think it is ridiculous now but to the hippies that would have been the ultimate sell out. I mean how could he have given up his acoustic guitar for electric.
Yeah... and it was just one step down the degenerative rabbit hole in music.
But to Bob I'm sure it was just a new way of playing songs. A new tool for the artist to express themselves. I'm sure his audience changed quite a bit when he made the transition.
There's obviously nothing superior about either instrument. They're in the same family, sure, but that's about it. There are just so many things that you can do with one of them that you can't do with the other.
But the fans didn't see it that way.
They sounded just like we do today when complaining about AI generated music.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
Yeah, and I'm sure to Bob it was just that. I bet his audiences did change. Doing that probably attracted a younger crowd that were just starting to hear electric. Jimi Hendrix played at Woodstock and all he played was electric.
Audiences changed. Beatles fans were really p'od when they broke up even though they knew it long before it happened.
Yup. Strange thing.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026 11:34 PM
Wonder about Roxanne?
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Thursday, May 28, 2026 5:33 AM
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Wonder about Roxanne?
I think you're right, but probably not for the reasons you're thinking.
My guess is that the Lefties in the US would come out screaming about a no-good man trying to talk a "sex-worker" out of her lucrative, independent career taking advantage of poor and stupid men.
The average collage educated woman in America LOVES "sex-workers" and online whore culture. If they aren't one, they secretly or not even secretly wish they could be one.
I'm just thinking about some of the lines now...
"You don't have to wear that dress tonight".
You're damn right I don't have to wear it. I do what I want. Imma go make me some money since you're a broke ass scrub.
Yeah... I think they'd view the song as trying to shame the poor "sex-workers".
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
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Thursday, May 28, 2026 5:40 AM
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I have it on tape but I don't listen to it much. I've two or three Police songs on tape. Maybe another one of Sting solo.
Wow... that's about my count too.
Synchronicity II is hand's down my favorite song of theirs. Don't Stand So Close To Me is a certified banger. Every Breath You Take would be the third if it wasn't for the lyrics.
I love Sting's solo song Desert Rose.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
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Thursday, May 28, 2026 5:41 AM
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Yeah, and I'm sure to Bob it was just that. I bet his audiences did change. Doing that probably attracted a younger crowd that were just starting to hear electric. Jimi Hendrix played at Woodstock and all he played was electric.
Audiences changed. Beatles fans were really p'od when they broke up even though they knew it long before it happened.
Yup. Strange thing.
Yeah...
30 years from now kids are going to wonder how we even made music without AI.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
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Thursday, May 28, 2026 9:42 AM
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Wonder about Roxanne?
I think you're right, but probably not for the reasons you're thinking.
My guess is that the Lefties in the US would come out screaming about a no-good man trying to talk a "sex-worker" out of her lucrative, independent career taking advantage of poor and stupid men.
The average collage educated woman in America LOVES "sex-workers" and online whore culture. If they aren't one, they secretly or not even secretly wish they could be one.
I'm just thinking about some of the lines now...
"You don't have to wear that dress tonight".
You're damn right I don't have to wear it. I do what I want. Imma go make me some money since you're a broke ass scrub.
Yeah... I think they'd view the song as trying to shame the poor "sex-workers".
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
Yeah, you are probably closer to what people would think of that song now. I was thinking more along the lines of being possessive of someone.
This is another one I have one tape.
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