[Hulk01]

This one is Hulk bait... Faouzia is Moroccan/Canadian singer with an impressive voice. Here she is singing a riff based on Bethoven's Für Elise.

https://youtu.be/2Kw8g6PjnvA?si=Se0PkIxP4bsJrkdb

I put there with Raye (see her performance at the Royal Albert Hall, especially belting it out for, I counted it, 17 seconds at the 3:30 mark)

https://youtu.be/BtdBQ1-fzXM?si=mKwBZhbckL_e1mw9

And Loufey

https://youtu.be/lSD_L-xic9o?si=jMvAmkwC7tIZUveo

Interestingly, as I mentioned Faouzia is Moroccan/Canadian, Raye is Ghanian/Swiss/British, and Loufey is Icelandic/Chinese.

BC

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Trying to decide if the 'Hulk bait" reference relates to my well-known appreciation for women, and therefore Faouzia's appearance,' or to the style of Faouzia's singing.  

I like both.

Somewhat related:  Some time ago. We discussed the influence of context and timing on our musical preferences.  After I was given, in spring. 2021, only two to three years to live, my playlist was 80% female soft comfort pop.  Now that I'm neauing year five, my list has become 85% male big rock. 



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[Hulk01]

This one is Hulk bait... Faouzia is Moroccan/Canadian singer with an impressive voice. Here she is singing a riff based on Bethoven's Für Elise.

https://youtu.be/2Kw8g6PjnvA?si=Se0PkIxP4bsJrkdb

I put there with Raye (see her performance at the Royal Albert Hall, especially belting it out for, I counted it, 17 seconds at the 3:30 mark)

https://youtu.be/BtdBQ1-fzXM?si=mKwBZhbckL_e1mw9

And Loufey

https://youtu.be/lSD_L-xic9o?si=jMvAmkwC7tIZUveo

Interestingly, as I mentioned Faouzia is Moroccan/Canadian, Raye is Ghanian/Swiss/British, and Loufey is Icelandic/Chinese.

BC

f
Trying to decide if the 'Hulk bait" reference relates to my well-known appreciation for women, and therefore Faouzia's appearance,' or to the style of Faouzia's singing.  

I like both.

Somewhat related:  Some time ago. We discussed the influence of context and timing on our musical preferences.  After I was given, in spring. 2021, only two to three years to live, my playlist was 80% female soft comfort pop.  Now that I'm neauing year five, my list has become 85% male big rock. 



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[BostonCard]

More her voice; I actually hadn't seen her until I looked for the video on Youtube to post here, but in retrospect, both are probably applicable.

If you are looking for some male big rock, how about the metalcore band President.

https://youtu.be/uHHTmoJ0_tA?si=4XqmK5LSkAbLdn1x

BC

[BostonCard]

More her voice; I actually hadn't seen her until I looked for the video on Youtube to post here, but in retrospect, both are probably applicable.

If you are looking for some male big rock, how about the metalcore band President.

https://youtu.be/uHHTmoJ0_tA?si=4XqmK5LSkAbLdn1x

BC

[BostonCard]

Fun fact, of the 25 top songs for 2025, only 7 were actually released in 2025.

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/why-...dium=email

In 2024, there were 13 songs released that year in the Hitmakers final Top 25, as tallied by our data partner Luminate. As of Nov. 20, this year’s list includes just seven songs released in 2025, with a whopping 16 from 2024. In fact, four songs in the 2025 top 10 — Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” (which actually came out in 2023), Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things,” Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” — were also in the 2024 top 10, and Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” is just outside, at 12.

BC

[BostonCard]

Fun fact, of the 25 top songs for 2025, only 7 were actually released in 2025.

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/why-...dium=email

In 2024, there were 13 songs released that year in the Hitmakers final Top 25, as tallied by our data partner Luminate. As of Nov. 20, this year’s list includes just seven songs released in 2025, with a whopping 16 from 2024. In fact, four songs in the 2025 top 10 — Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” (which actually came out in 2023), Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things,” Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” — were also in the 2024 top 10, and Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” is just outside, at 12.

BC

[BostonCard]

Interesting blog post on the changing nature of classic rock.

https://www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/clas...s-changing

Including the fact that 6 songs released since 2000 are in the top 1043 classic rock songs in the most recent version of Q104.3’s annual list.

BC

[BostonCard]

Interesting blog post on the changing nature of classic rock.

https://www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/clas...s-changing

Including the fact that 6 songs released since 2000 are in the top 1043 classic rock songs in the most recent version of Q104.3’s annual list.

BC

[JJJ]

Interesting blog post on the changing nature of classic rock.

https://www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/clas...s-changing

Including the fact that 6 songs released since 2000 are in the top 1043 classic rock songs in the most recent version of Q104.3’s annual list.

BC

Thanks for sharing—I would never have found this on my own.
But I do also experience moments where I’m at a “classic rock” place and hear songs that seem way too new (‘90s, ‘00s). Time keeps ticking away.

[JJJ]

Interesting blog post on the changing nature of classic rock.

https://www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/clas...s-changing

Including the fact that 6 songs released since 2000 are in the top 1043 classic rock songs in the most recent version of Q104.3’s annual list.

BC

Thanks for sharing—I would never have found this on my own.
But I do also experience moments where I’m at a “classic rock” place and hear songs that seem way too new (‘90s, ‘00s). Time keeps ticking away.

[jacket3ree]

More sad news in 2025. Raul Malo, front man for The Mavericks, passed away December 8 at 60 after battling cancer for a year. I would encourage anyone to explore his catalogue, from the early Mavericks years (What a Crying Shame, Music for All Occasions, Trampoline) to his later collaborations (Los Super Seven, Nashville Acoustic Sessions), to a banger of an album, Moon and Stars, that will be his last gift to the world.

His voice described as butter, velvet, chocolate, Orbison.  By all accounts a great human being.

Another Day the Music Died

[jacket3ree]

More sad news in 2025. Raul Malo, front man for The Mavericks, passed away December 8 at 60 after battling cancer for a year. I would encourage anyone to explore his catalogue, from the early Mavericks years (What a Crying Shame, Music for All Occasions, Trampoline) to his later collaborations (Los Super Seven, Nashville Acoustic Sessions), to a banger of an album, Moon and Stars, that will be his last gift to the world.

His voice described as butter, velvet, chocolate, Orbison.  By all accounts a great human being.

Another Day the Music Died

[BostonCard]

I think I’ve posted Hiromi before.  Here she is starting with Canon in D and ending with… well just listen.

https://youtu.be/lpc1lEJ-SRc

Best part is at the 2 minute mark where she throws in an extra half-beat to keep the audience in time.

BC

[BostonCard]

I think I’ve posted Hiromi before.  Here she is starting with Canon in D and ending with… well just listen.

https://youtu.be/lpc1lEJ-SRc

Best part is at the 2 minute mark where she throws in an extra half-beat to keep the audience in time.

BC

[Mick]

What's your best band of the 1960s? 1970s? 1980s? 1990s?

[Mick]

What's your best band of the 1960s? 1970s? 1980s? 1990s?

[PAsportsfan]

I don’t know who the best was but:

80’s— I listened to Guns n Roses a lot. Some Motley Crue. Never saw them back in the day but I’m making up for lost time and gonna see G n R at the Rose Bowl and Motley Crue at Shoreline both in September.

90’s—definitely not the best but I remember buying cassettes of Lenny Kravitz, Sade, Red Hot Chili Pepper and Seal.

[PAsportsfan]

I don’t know who the best was but:

80’s— I listened to Guns n Roses a lot. Some Motley Crue. Never saw them back in the day but I’m making up for lost time and gonna see G n R at the Rose Bowl and Motley Crue at Shoreline both in September.

90’s—definitely not the best but I remember buying cassettes of Lenny Kravitz, Sade, Red Hot Chili Pepper and Seal.

[qwerty49]

What's your best band of the 1960s? 1970s? 1980s? 1990s?

 
Ok I’ll bite - with some caveats
1) “Band” means ensemble, not a dominant star like Hendrix or Fogerty or Joplin or Marley
2) The decades are not that clear as some bands overlap
3) I’ll limit just to people I’ve seen live

Beach Boys - 60s
Stones - 60s, 70s
Dead - 60s, 70s
CSNY - 60s, 70s
Eagles - 70s, 80s
Earth Wind & Fire - 70s, 80s

I’ll beg off for the 90s - was overseas for that decade

[qwerty49]

What's your best band of the 1960s? 1970s? 1980s? 1990s?

 
Ok I’ll bite - with some caveats
1) “Band” means ensemble, not a dominant star like Hendrix or Fogerty or Joplin or Marley
2) The decades are not that clear as some bands overlap
3) I’ll limit just to people I’ve seen live

Beach Boys - 60s
Stones - 60s, 70s
Dead - 60s, 70s
CSNY - 60s, 70s
Eagles - 70s, 80s
Earth Wind & Fire - 70s, 80s

I’ll beg off for the 90s - was overseas for that decade

[Mick]

What's your best band of the 1960s? 1970s? 1980s? 1990s?

1960s Rolling Stones, Beatles a close second, Three Dog Night
1970s Led Zeppelin. Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC. For about two years, the Bee Gees
1980s Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Prince, Van Halen
1990s U2, Sugar Ray, Smashmouth, Outkast

[Mick]

What's your best band of the 1960s? 1970s? 1980s? 1990s?

1960s Rolling Stones, Beatles a close second, Three Dog Night
1970s Led Zeppelin. Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC. For about two years, the Bee Gees
1980s Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Prince, Van Halen
1990s U2, Sugar Ray, Smashmouth, Outkast

[BobK]

Wow Mick I like your list.
1970s. The Band and Dr Hook

[BobK]

Wow Mick I like your list.
1970s. The Band and Dr Hook

[jacket3ree]

Taken as my best bands, not necessarily artists.

1960s  
Kinks, Stones, Beatles, Beach Boys, Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Who, Doors, Mothers of Invention, Allman Brothers, Traffic, The Band, Blind Faith, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago Transit Authority, Booker T. & The MGs, Fleetwood Mac, Tijuana Brass, Brasil '66, Band of Gypsies, Bluesbreakers, King Crimson, Flying Burrito Brothers, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Butterfield Blues Band, Ventures

1970s
Kinks, Stones, Led Zeppelin, Who, Doors, Mac, Boston, Utopia, Pink Floyd, Allman Brothers, Skynyrd, Crazy Horse, Traffic, The Attractions, Big Star, Black Sabbath, Chicago (with Kath), Santana, E Street Band, Asbury Dukes, Buzzcocks, Lost Planet Airmen, The Hot Licks, Grateful Dead, David Grisman Quintet, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, El Chicano, ELP, ELO, Faces, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, James Gang, Jeff Beck Group, Jethro Tull, Sunshine Band, King Crimson, Little Feat, B52s, Ramones, Sir Lord Baltimore, Steve Miller Band, Supertramp, The Cars, The Clash, Edgar Winter Group, Marshall Tucker Band, Tower of Power, Weather Report, Yes, ZZ Top

1980s 
Los Lobos, Cowboy Junkies, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, The Attractions, The Heart Attack, Talking Heads, REM, B52s, Romeo Void, Roxy Music, Rush, Double Trouble, The Clash, Neville Brothers, Robert Cray Band

1990s
Los Lobos, Cowboy Junkies, Union Station, Flecktones, Calexico, The Attractions, The Mescaleros, The Mavericks, Los Super Seven, Man or Astroman, Flaming Lips

Probably no surprise that my Spotify Age is 71 or 9 years more than my biological age. That said, I'm closing out 2025 listening to Olivia Dean, Orville Peck, Carin Leon, and Bad Bunny.

[jacket3ree]

Taken as my best bands, not necessarily artists.

1960s  
Kinks, Stones, Beatles, Beach Boys, Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Who, Doors, Mothers of Invention, Allman Brothers, Traffic, The Band, Blind Faith, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago Transit Authority, Booker T. & The MGs, Fleetwood Mac, Tijuana Brass, Brasil '66, Band of Gypsies, Bluesbreakers, King Crimson, Flying Burrito Brothers, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Butterfield Blues Band, Ventures

1970s
Kinks, Stones, Led Zeppelin, Who, Doors, Mac, Boston, Utopia, Pink Floyd, Allman Brothers, Skynyrd, Crazy Horse, Traffic, The Attractions, Big Star, Black Sabbath, Chicago (with Kath), Santana, E Street Band, Asbury Dukes, Buzzcocks, Lost Planet Airmen, The Hot Licks, Grateful Dead, David Grisman Quintet, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, El Chicano, ELP, ELO, Faces, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, James Gang, Jeff Beck Group, Jethro Tull, Sunshine Band, King Crimson, Little Feat, B52s, Ramones, Sir Lord Baltimore, Steve Miller Band, Supertramp, The Cars, The Clash, Edgar Winter Group, Marshall Tucker Band, Tower of Power, Weather Report, Yes, ZZ Top

1980s 
Los Lobos, Cowboy Junkies, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, The Attractions, The Heart Attack, Talking Heads, REM, B52s, Romeo Void, Roxy Music, Rush, Double Trouble, The Clash, Neville Brothers, Robert Cray Band

1990s
Los Lobos, Cowboy Junkies, Union Station, Flecktones, Calexico, The Attractions, The Mescaleros, The Mavericks, Los Super Seven, Man or Astroman, Flaming Lips

Probably no surprise that my Spotify Age is 71 or 9 years more than my biological age. That said, I'm closing out 2025 listening to Olivia Dean, Orville Peck, Carin Leon, and Bad Bunny.

[PalmTree]

Taken as my best bands, not necessarily artists.

1960s  
Kinks, Stones, Beatles, Beach Boys, Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Who, Doors, Mothers of Invention, Allman Brothers, Traffic, The Band, Blind Faith, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago Transit Authority, Booker T. & The MGs, Fleetwood Mac, Tijuana Brass, Brasil '66, Band of Gypsies, Bluesbreakers, King Crimson, Flying Burrito Brothers, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Butterfield Blues Band, Ventures

1970s
Kinks, Stones, Led Zeppelin, Who, Doors, Mac, Boston, Utopia, Pink Floyd, Allman Brothers, Skynyrd, Crazy Horse, Traffic, The Attractions, Big Star, Black Sabbath, Chicago (with Kath), Santana, E Street Band, Asbury Dukes, Buzzcocks, Lost Planet Airmen, The Hot Licks, Grateful Dead, David Grisman Quintet, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, El Chicano, ELP, ELO, Faces, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, James Gang, Jeff Beck Group, Jethro Tull, Sunshine Band, King Crimson, Little Feat, B52s, Ramones, Sir Lord Baltimore, Steve Miller Band, Supertramp, The Cars, The Clash, Edgar Winter Group, Marshall Tucker Band, Tower of Power, Weather Report, Yes, ZZ Top

1980s 
Los Lobos, Cowboy Junkies, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, The Attractions, The Heart Attack, Talking Heads, REM, B52s, Romeo Void, Roxy Music, Rush, Double Trouble, The Clash, Neville Brothers, Robert Cray Band

1990s
Los Lobos, Cowboy Junkies, Union Station, Flecktones, Calexico, The Attractions, The Mescaleros, The Mavericks, Los Super Seven, Man or Astroman, Flaming Lips

Probably no surprise that my Spotify Age is 71 or 9 years more than my biological age. That said, I'm closing out 2025 listening to Olivia Dean, Orville Peck, Carin Leon, and Bad Bunny.

Great running lists - there's lots of overlap with my library. I especially appreciate your inclusion of early Fleetwood Mac, Buzzcocks (wow - hard to believe they were 70s), Tijuana Brass, Steve Miller Band, Weather Report and the Mescaleros.  My humble adds:

60s - Animals, Creedence Clearwater Revival
70s - Sly & the Family Stone, War, Pretenders, Queen, Toots & the Maytals, The Wailers
80s - Pretenders (ctd), Psychedelic Furs, X, U2, English Beat, Joy Division/New Order, Love & Rockets, Siouxie & the Banshees, Thrill Kill Cult, Oingo Boingo, Pixies
90s - U2, Blink 182, Fighters of Foo, Poi Dog Pondering, Weezer

Fun stuff.

Feliz Ano Novo a todos!

[PalmTree]

Taken as my best bands, not necessarily artists.

1960s  
Kinks, Stones, Beatles, Beach Boys, Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Who, Doors, Mothers of Invention, Allman Brothers, Traffic, The Band, Blind Faith, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago Transit Authority, Booker T. & The MGs, Fleetwood Mac, Tijuana Brass, Brasil '66, Band of Gypsies, Bluesbreakers, King Crimson, Flying Burrito Brothers, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Butterfield Blues Band, Ventures

1970s
Kinks, Stones, Led Zeppelin, Who, Doors, Mac, Boston, Utopia, Pink Floyd, Allman Brothers, Skynyrd, Crazy Horse, Traffic, The Attractions, Big Star, Black Sabbath, Chicago (with Kath), Santana, E Street Band, Asbury Dukes, Buzzcocks, Lost Planet Airmen, The Hot Licks, Grateful Dead, David Grisman Quintet, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, El Chicano, ELP, ELO, Faces, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, James Gang, Jeff Beck Group, Jethro Tull, Sunshine Band, King Crimson, Little Feat, B52s, Ramones, Sir Lord Baltimore, Steve Miller Band, Supertramp, The Cars, The Clash, Edgar Winter Group, Marshall Tucker Band, Tower of Power, Weather Report, Yes, ZZ Top

1980s 
Los Lobos, Cowboy Junkies, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, The Attractions, The Heart Attack, Talking Heads, REM, B52s, Romeo Void, Roxy Music, Rush, Double Trouble, The Clash, Neville Brothers, Robert Cray Band

1990s
Los Lobos, Cowboy Junkies, Union Station, Flecktones, Calexico, The Attractions, The Mescaleros, The Mavericks, Los Super Seven, Man or Astroman, Flaming Lips

Probably no surprise that my Spotify Age is 71 or 9 years more than my biological age. That said, I'm closing out 2025 listening to Olivia Dean, Orville Peck, Carin Leon, and Bad Bunny.

Great running lists - there's lots of overlap with my library. I especially appreciate your inclusion of early Fleetwood Mac, Buzzcocks (wow - hard to believe they were 70s), Tijuana Brass, Steve Miller Band, Weather Report and the Mescaleros.  My humble adds:

60s - Animals, Creedence Clearwater Revival
70s - Sly & the Family Stone, War, Pretenders, Queen, Toots & the Maytals, The Wailers
80s - Pretenders (ctd), Psychedelic Furs, X, U2, English Beat, Joy Division/New Order, Love & Rockets, Siouxie & the Banshees, Thrill Kill Cult, Oingo Boingo, Pixies
90s - U2, Blink 182, Fighters of Foo, Poi Dog Pondering, Weezer

Fun stuff.

Feliz Ano Novo a todos!

[BostonCard]

Lots of great ones there.  My stalwarts (and bear in mind I wasn’t alive in the 60’s, was too young to listen to music in the 70’s, and was living abroad in the 80’s):

80’s: Already covered: Dire Straits, U2, REM (and to a lesser extent Guns ‘N Roses).  Surprised nobody had The Police on there for the 80’s.

90’s: Already covered: U2, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers. Not yet mentioned: Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine, Green Day, Radiohead, Alice In Chains, Oasis, Pearl Jam (and to a lesser extent, Nirvana)

BC

[BostonCard]

Lots of great ones there.  My stalwarts (and bear in mind I wasn’t alive in the 60’s, was too young to listen to music in the 70’s, and was living abroad in the 80’s):

80’s: Already covered: Dire Straits, U2, REM (and to a lesser extent Guns ‘N Roses).  Surprised nobody had The Police on there for the 80’s.

90’s: Already covered: U2, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers. Not yet mentioned: Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine, Green Day, Radiohead, Alice In Chains, Oasis, Pearl Jam (and to a lesser extent, Nirvana)

BC

[Mick]

Addendum...

1960s  CCR, the Animals, but I didn't start listening to them until a few years ago. Eric Burdon, incredible voice. Kinks, Beach Boys, Doors, Who...all great, didn't listen until the 1980s. 
1970s The Cars, one of my faves. Saw the Ramones in concert multiple times, so I need to include them. Heart. Queen. Elton John.
1980s George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers, Pretenders, David Bowie, 
2000s White Stripes

Liked The Police until I learned that Every Breath You Take was a stalker song.

[Mick]

Addendum...

1960s  CCR, the Animals, but I didn't start listening to them until a few years ago. Eric Burdon, incredible voice. Kinks, Beach Boys, Doors, Who...all great, didn't listen until the 1980s. 
1970s The Cars, one of my faves. Saw the Ramones in concert multiple times, so I need to include them. Heart. Queen. Elton John.
1980s George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers, Pretenders, David Bowie, 
2000s White Stripes

Liked The Police until I learned that Every Breath You Take was a stalker song.

[JJJ]

So no mention of Doobie Brothers, Kiss, Hootie & The Blowfish… all of whom I paid to see live and enjoyed (I also saw another 80+ live including Sir Paul in November and he was *fantastic*!) 
:)

[JJJ]

So no mention of Doobie Brothers, Kiss, Hootie & The Blowfish… all of whom I paid to see live and enjoyed (I also saw another 80+ live including Sir Paul in November and he was *fantastic*!) 
:)

[BostonCard]

2000s White Stripes

Liked The Police until I learned that Every Breath You Take was a stalker song.

I like the White Stripes as well, but the OP (you!) limited the question to the 60’s to 90’s.

Just curious how long it took you to realize that Every Breath You Take was a stalker song.  The lyrics are not exactly subtle.  The question is what Sting’s reason in writing it that way was; he’s known to have acknowledged “it’s a nasty little song, really rather evil … about a jealousy and surveillance and ownership”, so I don’t think he ever meant it as a love song.

Interesting that it gets played at weddings.

https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/...-weddings/

What many declare as a nice romantic ballad is really a song from a stalker to his target. It’s not romantic, it’s down right disturbing and it’s not just me who thinks this. Sting wrote the song and had this to say:“One couple told me ‘Oh we love that song; it was the main song played at our wedding!’ I thought, ‘Well, good luck.’

One other band I forgot, but have only recently gotten an appreciation for from the 90’s (extending into the 2000’s and beyond): Tool

BC

[BostonCard]

2000s White Stripes

Liked The Police until I learned that Every Breath You Take was a stalker song.

I like the White Stripes as well, but the OP (you!) limited the question to the 60’s to 90’s.

Just curious how long it took you to realize that Every Breath You Take was a stalker song.  The lyrics are not exactly subtle.  The question is what Sting’s reason in writing it that way was; he’s known to have acknowledged “it’s a nasty little song, really rather evil … about a jealousy and surveillance and ownership”, so I don’t think he ever meant it as a love song.

Interesting that it gets played at weddings.

https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/...-weddings/

What many declare as a nice romantic ballad is really a song from a stalker to his target. It’s not romantic, it’s down right disturbing and it’s not just me who thinks this. Sting wrote the song and had this to say:“One couple told me ‘Oh we love that song; it was the main song played at our wedding!’ I thought, ‘Well, good luck.’

One other band I forgot, but have only recently gotten an appreciation for from the 90’s (extending into the 2000’s and beyond): Tool

BC

[Mick]

2000s White Stripes

Liked The Police until I learned that Every Breath You Take was a stalker song.

Just curious how long it took you to realize that Every Breath You Take was a stalker song.  The lyrics are not exactly subtle.  The question is what Sting’s reason in writing it that way was; he’s known to have acknowledged “it’s a nasty little song, really rather evil … about a jealousy and surveillance and ownership”, so I don’t think he ever meant it as a love song.

Interesting that it gets played at weddings.

https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/...-weddings/

What many declare as a nice romantic ballad is really a song from a stalker to his target. It’s not romantic, it’s down right disturbing and it’s not just me who thinks this. Sting wrote the song and had this to say:“One couple told me ‘Oh we love that song; it was the main song played at our wedding!’ I thought, ‘Well, good luck.’

One other band I forgot, but have only recently gotten an appreciation for from the 90’s (extending into the 2000’s and beyond): Tool

BC

Towards the end of my college years, around 1983, my then-girlfriend clued me in. I've never paid close attention to lyrics (except for Elton John, and I'll add him to my 70s list).

[Mick]

2000s White Stripes

Liked The Police until I learned that Every Breath You Take was a stalker song.

Just curious how long it took you to realize that Every Breath You Take was a stalker song.  The lyrics are not exactly subtle.  The question is what Sting’s reason in writing it that way was; he’s known to have acknowledged “it’s a nasty little song, really rather evil … about a jealousy and surveillance and ownership”, so I don’t think he ever meant it as a love song.

Interesting that it gets played at weddings.

https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/...-weddings/

What many declare as a nice romantic ballad is really a song from a stalker to his target. It’s not romantic, it’s down right disturbing and it’s not just me who thinks this. Sting wrote the song and had this to say:“One couple told me ‘Oh we love that song; it was the main song played at our wedding!’ I thought, ‘Well, good luck.’

One other band I forgot, but have only recently gotten an appreciation for from the 90’s (extending into the 2000’s and beyond): Tool

BC

Towards the end of my college years, around 1983, my then-girlfriend clued me in. I've never paid close attention to lyrics (except for Elton John, and I'll add him to my 70s list).

[jacket3ree]

Keep 'em rolling.

I went with bands not artists. If we are opening this up to artists, I reserve the right to amend my lists.

Yeah, don't ever look too closely at lyrics or off-record behavior. Zeppelin was as misogynistic as they come.

What decade was Spinal Tap? (R.I.P. Rob Reiner) Smell the Glove!

[jacket3ree]

Keep 'em rolling.

I went with bands not artists. If we are opening this up to artists, I reserve the right to amend my lists.

Yeah, don't ever look too closely at lyrics or off-record behavior. Zeppelin was as misogynistic as they come.

What decade was Spinal Tap? (R.I.P. Rob Reiner) Smell the Glove!