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Gabe1

Gabe1

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StarWarsGirl said:
I have a fairly eclectic taste in music, as in I'll go from listening to Jonas Brothers one minute to Aerosmith or Queen the next. But most stuff from the sixties just didn't appeal. Janis Joplin had incredible vocal damage from her drug use; she's very hard to listen to. The Doors songs weren't very appealing for me either; musically they're repetitive without a lot of variance (Riders on the Storm being a prime example). Beetles...you get a pass there. Twist and Shout is my ringtone. Except for Yellow Submarine. I haven't forgiven them for that song.


I'd say if you want to talk about the peak of popular music, it came more in the 70s and 80s. Queen's music had such incredible harmonies, and musically it was complex (especially Bohemian Rhapsody). Aerosmith also had great harmonies. Sweet Emotion where they basically slide from one note to another in harmony... that's pretty amazing.

My inclusion of the musicals was based on your assertion that there was absolutely no good music to come in this century. Even if the popular music isn't as great, the movie musical has returned, and two of the best musicals (Hamilton and Wicked) were written in this century. Not that Sound of Music and all the other Roger's and Hammerstein's stuff wasn't great; it was (although Roger's and Hammerstein began in the 50s and continued into the 60s), just illustrating a point. There are other artists who come to mind now from this century who I didn't think of last night as well...Beyonce, Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars...but yeah, I don't think it's good to write off entire decades just because some of the music was not good. The same can be said of any time period.

Although I did walk downstairs and my brother was playing something on the Echo...and now if someone older we're listening to that and concluded new music is nothing but noise, based on that sample, I'd be forced to agree.
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After your surgery, did your 'voice' return to what it was?
 
StarWarsGirl

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After your surgery, did your 'voice' return to what it was?
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Pretty much. I've lost a few of the bottom notes I used to have (like I used to be able to hit the D below middle C...that doesn't happen anymore) and my voice is slightly higher, even speaking voice.

I give a lot of credit to what I was able to do singing-wise to my middle school chorus teacher. Not only did she bring out the fact that I could sing (I didn't think I could... that's funny to think about now) but she taught us a lot about taking care of our voices. They told me when I had my surgery that I probably wouldn't be able to talk afterwards. I was talking two hours later, mostly demanding food. Then I did careful vocal exercises to get it back. A lot of people who have this surgery need therapy afterward. Nope. I was able to get my voice back through the techniques I'd learned.

Between that and having a great surgeon, got it back. I'm working on learning the music for another virtual choir, probably will record and upload this weekend - https://virtualchoir6.com/
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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John park hopper said:
Talk to my brother last night, he lives on LI NY and back in March before covid was in the news they went to a funeral (300 people, thinks that is where she got it) long story short his wife (68) got covid . He was telling me she sick as a dog high fever, body aches, dry cough --she tested positive but thankfully has recovered completely, I asked him if he was tested and he said they(NY) would not and just assumed he was asymptomatic. He said 5 people he knows passed away from it. Scary when it is close to home.
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Yep. Northern IL is bad right now, more simply one county and more specifically Chicago. A 12 year old just died. We have very few cases here or deaths in my county. But this Cry for Freedom and Open it Up in unnerving to me. The thousands and thousands that commute into Chicago proper for work when the world is OPEN. We know with the the wide use of public transportation to go to work daily what is going to be coming back to areas that are pretty stable. My adult children have worked from home for over 2 months. My DD likely not to go back to the tower until 2021 unless we get that promised Miracle. ;);)
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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StarWarsGirl said:
Pretty much. I've lost a few of the bottom notes I used to have (like I used to be able to hit the D below middle C...that doesn't happen anymore) and my voice is slightly higher, even speaking voice.

I give a lot of credit to what I was able to do singing-wise to my middle school chorus teacher. Not only did she bring out the fact that I could sing (I didn't think I could... that's funny to think about now) but she taught us a lot about taking care of our voices. They told me when I had my surgery that I probably wouldn't be able to talk afterwards. I was talking two hours later, mostly demanding food. Then I did careful vocal exercises to get it back. A lot of people who have this surgery need therapy afterward. Nope. I was able to get my voice back through the techniques I'd learned.

Between that and having a great surgeon, got it back. I'm working on learning the music for another virtual choir, probably will record and upload this weekend - https://virtualchoir6.com/
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Well that is a wonderful outcoming! 💖
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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21stamps said:
I just heard that some states are allowing baseball, soccer, lacrosse, dance, etc to start again soon. Has anyone heard that in your state???

I think that’s a huge problem if true. What’s going to happen to the teams/kids who aren’t allowed to play??
This could have an impact on national rankings, league placements, college scholarships, etc etc.
I hope it isn’t true.
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Not in Illinois. Our Park Districts are still closed beyond Golf and even that is a sliver of the amount of golfers allowed 2 per tee time and 15 minutes apart.

Given a 12 year old just died with mutated version of the virus today and other children still at NorthWestern University Hospital I don't see too many parents here clambering to ignore what is happening and developing. The majority of employers have adjusted to their employees working at home. Hopefully most parents are rolling with it with the attitude of live to play another day. Up here when the park district and clubs closed it was mostly the parents that couldn't cope. The few kids that lost it were of parents that failed to cope.
 
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Goofyernmost said:
A few songs were good, very few. Music, real music definitely had its pinnacle in the 60's. It all died when the Beatles broke up. I honestly have found almost nothing created after the new millennium worth listening too. I realize that every generation had it's own music, but the fact that the Beatles still sell a lot of records, 50 years after they stopped being a band, is almost mind boggling even to a fan like myself.
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My parents grew up in that era of music, but my dad is not a Beatles fan even back in the 1960s growing up. My dad also is not fan of the Rolling Stones. I know my dad back in the 1960s liked the song "In-A-Gadda-Da -Vida" by Iron Butterfly. I am referring to the over 17 minute version. My dad was teenager back when the single "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" came. My dad and his friends even played it on a pipe organ at the catholic church back when they were teenagers.

My mom back in the 1960s had the jukebox play Red Ring of Fire for her mom based on what she told me. My mom also was an Elvis fan in that era.
 
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wdwfan4ver

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The city I live in Wisconsin still has stay at home orders despite the State Supreme Court overruled the governor. Those orders by the mayor do not have a due date to end. It is a now a county or a city choice for stay at home orders depending where you live in Wisconsin.

The Restaurants, and bars are stuck doing carry out and deliveries. The strip malls are open except for the salons/ Barbershops for humans. I said humans because dogs are allowed to get groomed. The indoor malls are completely closed. Basically public gatherings are not allowed to happen in the city I live including spots. The only spot allowed is golf, but its with social distancing.
 
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21stamps

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wdwfan4ver said:
The city I live in Wisconsin still has stay at home orders despite the State Supreme Court overruled the governor. Those orders by the mayor do not have a due date to end. It is a now a county or a city choice for stay at home orders depending where you live in Wisconsin.

The Restaurants, and bars are stuck doing carry out and deliveries. The strip malls are open except for the salons/ Barbershops for humans. I said humans because dogs are allowed to get groomed. The indoor malls are completely closed. Basically public gatherings are not allowed to happen in the city I live including spots. The only spot allowed is golf, but its with social distancing.
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From my understanding, as you said, the Supreme Court was only preventing the governor from making state wide orders, but allows localities to do what they want. That was the only intention, correct?

I am extremely anti-sweeping orders... but I feel differently about sports... I don’t know how it can be done fairly. Just sad all the way around. Some kids are definitely going to be hindered as a result.
 
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21stamps said:
From my understanding, as you said, the Supreme Court was only preventing the governor from making state wide orders, but allows localities to do what they want. That was the only intention, correct?

I am extremely anti-sweeping orders... but I feel differently about sports... I don’t know how it can be done fairly. Just sad all the way around. Some kids are definitely going to be hindered as a result.
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