Like what, perennialfan? What music and musicians do you like?

Music by the likes of Benny Goodman, Glen Miller, and others.

Rhizo a lot of different bands. Charlie Daniels Band, Kansas, Rolling Stones, Jimmy Buffet, etc just to name a few. I'm honestly not picky when it comes to music.

Please don't post stuff like this on the Perennial forum. It has nothing whatsoever to do with plants.

Rolling Stones

Like in the song 'Street Fighting Man' where they are saying it is time for revolution and fighting in the street?

Much of music has always been about what is important to the songwriter, and that includes politics and sex at times. But I think one can find the sort of gentle music Perennialfan is referring to even now in genres such as country western, religious, etc.

You mean like Billie Holiday in the 40s, Sam Cooke in the 50s, or in the 60s a plethora of musicians, (Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger...) music? I'm not sure there's ever been a time music wasn't about politics. I admit the 60s group came easier. It was more a time of unrest. These times are cyclical and it's a part of how we grow as a nation.

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ETA: I left off my favorite, John Lennon. Imagine, Give Peace a Chance. I must need coffee

Music has always been about at least one of the three if it had lyrics. Someone has just been listening to the melody and not what the songs were actually saying other than a few of the Christmas songs. Then again Grandma did get ran over by a reindeer.

Even nursery rhymes/songs had meanings other than the innocent verse.

LOL I know what you mean. I was half-listening to a song once, the chorus went "She won't come to me, she won't come to me, She won't come to anyone who's frightened to be free" ... about a horse? I kept listening, expecting the horse to become a metaphor for a relationship ... but nope, Corb's whole song was about a horse. How refreshing! (Link to song if interested)

A suggestion -- find a station that plays music you like but in a foreign language.

Baby It's Cold Outside isn't innocent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcImlxojThY

Perry Como, Magic Moments!

You reminded me there's a song I liked from my earlier days and I really listened to it the other day. Its words were something to the effect you're a girl, but it's time to become a woman (and I'm just the guy to do it), and I was all like, NO! I used to love this song. Aw, now I can't unhear that junk.

My interest in music and it's power came about because of the songs of the Vietnam War - Blowin' in the Wind, Eve of Destruction, What's going on, Imagine and while it wasn't written during the Vietnam War there is also Born in the USA. So many others

And then there are songs about race riots such as Black Day in July.

It's probably the same for the music of WWI and WWII. Read books or listen to the lyrics of the time. (or both) to get a feel for what was going on.

Sex and relationships is what music is all about!! If not overtly, at least allegorically. Even old folk songs dating back hundreds of years have this as a basis, as well as most operas. And politics has often shown up over the millenia as a topic of songs. Religion as well........hard to get away from :-) If it has lyrics, chances are they will include one or more of the above.

Personally, I don't mind any of it. I have never developed much of a taste for rap and I vigorously dislike any sort of 'elevator music' - Perry Como, easy listening stuff. I want music that stimulates me or makes me think.

How about "My Favorite Things"?

Today's music is just like that of other generations. Sometimes you like it, love it, or hate it.

Agree, music with lyrics is ALMOST ALWAYS about one or more of these topics and always has been. Always. You need to pay more attention to lyrics (easy to do these days, you can find anything with an internet search).

Magic Moments? Any idea what that refers to?

Rolling Stones were ahead of their time with blatant lyrics. Same content ultimately with most of the others you cite. Do you love the song Brown Sugar as I do? Great song. It's about raping an underage slave girl, something I hadn't completely understood in the story line until I learned the song to perform it. It's hardly the most extreme one, there are dozens of others. Me, I don't care at all but you can't be naive about these things.

You clearly haven’t been following Buffet lately

Everyone has their own taste in music. Let's just leave it at that and talk roses!

Red Roses for a Blue Lady? Or I Never Promised You A Rose Garden.

"How about "My Favorite Things"?"

Oy!! gag me with a spoon!!! I am probaby the only living human who absolutely detests the Sound of Music and anything that has to do with it. Insipid in the extreme!! The worst musical ever made.

As with all discussions online, no one forces you to participate in any of them. I'm sorry if a little off topic discussion every once in a while truly bothers you that much, especially in winter when there's almost nothing growing in my gardens (and many other gardens in the northern half of the world).

Lucille I've never heard that song before, but then again I don't claim to be an expert on Rolling Stones. I just know that the songs I have listened to were very good.

Gardengal48, I totally agree about the Sound of Music! There was a clip of it on one of the local channels the other day and I told DH to make note of date and time it would be showing so we would make sure not to watch it. I know it is a classic, but something about it just sets all my nerves on edge big time.

I am another who thinks the cross posting feature Houzz pushes so much is a huge detriment to the forums and I routinely flag as "miscategorized" posts that show up in forums that have nothing to do with them. It is confusing at best and I personally find it to be a huge irritant. btw, there is no compelling need to cross post - it is an option only. You only have to pick a single forum to post in - the other two choices are not requirements at all! If you do choose to do so, at least pick forums to which the topic is related!!

It is also not winter yet and based on the activity on other gardening forums, there is still plenty of interest going on outside. But if you want to engage in a non-gardening discussion, please do so in one of the proper discussion forums!!

gmatx zone 6, glad to know I am not the only one!! The whole thing is like eating sugar cubes - way too saccharinely sweet and goody-goody! Please, give me a musical with some meat to it - Westside Story, Les Mise, Phantom of the Opera, Man of LaMancha, Jesus Christ Superstar. Even Cats!!

Perennialfan I love many of the Rolling Stones songs. Was doing laundry this morning and singing songs from the Let It Bleed album.

I also LOVE the song 'These are a Few of my Favorite Things' and will just belt out 'whiskers on kittens' and continue with the song. There is almost no other song that will improve my mood quite as fast as those kitten whiskers.

I hate the sound of music too.

BACK OFF MY CHRISTMAS MUSIC!!!!!

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I hate the sound of music too.

BACK OFF MY CHRISTMAS MUSIC!!!!!

This is a strange post. First you adversely judge a song, then you tell others not to judge your choices.

nope

I was talking about the movie,not the song.( though I don't care for the song either,but I HATE the movie)

The next sentence was meant in jest,as the winky smiley face that follows SHOULD have conveyed...

Geez. Relax.

I guess I should go be offended now at every post in which people say they hate Christmas music which I love......yeah no.

I like just about all kinds of music except pop and country. I mostly listen to our local FM classical music station. And for Christmas? Give me traditional carols sung by a boy's choir! Magic!