Two LPs that fit this description for me were Billy Cobham’s “Spectrum” and Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Sky”. Bought both of these during the early/mid 70s…the Cobham LP purely on the strength of a short passage of the track, “Stratus” that I was enamored of enough to rush out and get the album after hearing the music-in-question in the wee hours of morning played over Houston’s “K101” (KLOL) by the muchly remembered DJ, “Crash”. For years, I had no use for either disc save for the snippet/beginning of “Stratus” and Greenbaum’s signature single. At 65, the entire Billy Cobham album is one of my perennial favorites though…….Jury’s still out on the “filler” material in the Greenbaum disc. I’ll give it another listen later today and see if anything’s changed.
When You Buy The Whole Album And Only Like One Song.
Over fifty years of buying music, I've bought scores of albums because of one track...only to find out that one track was the only one on the entire album that was listenable to me.
'Losalamitoslovesong'.... by Gene Harris on the 'Astralsignal' album is but one example.
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@artemus_5 My wife and I used to drive to Oakland to hear live Jazz and most of the audiences were comprised of old white guys, some with female companions. That club was one of the finest venues for live Jazz in the country and now, very rarely offers it. Instead, they book smooth (so called) Jazz and contemporary R&B. Listening to the Allmans, Santana, Sons of Champlin, Boz Scaggs and the Dead led me quite naturally to Jazz. Duane Allman said he listened to Kind Of Blue every day for years and he was very fluent, indeed, at modal improvisation. So unlike you, I don't hear Jazz as something distant and or unrelated from/to Rock. And I find it very engaging, on many levels. . . different strokes. . .
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I have no problem with what other's like to listen. For me, it just doesn't move me. I've never really cared for female vocals but I tried to see what it might do over a good system. Again, it just doesn't move me.I like some jazz IE David Sanborn, Lee Ritenaur, & Joe Sample. But i suspect this is as much Pop as jazz. Even Dire Straits doesn't move me . But its mostly due to the melancholy nature of the vocals IMO. This doesn't mean that I do not acknowledge their ability. But it doesn't connect with me. And I'm sure there is music which I love which others don't get either However there does seem to be an inordinate love for female vocals & jazz among audiophiles. Because of my curiosity, this sparks my question of whether the OP (and others) are listening to it because it is the "in thing" to do. Or do they truly like it. If the later, then great. You seem to fit that group. |
lg1,I have to chuckle regarding the Billy Cobham 'Spectrum' album. The only tune I can listen to on that album is 'Snoopy's Search/Red Baron'. Nearly 50 years later, it is still the only cut on the album worth my time. Different strokes for different folks. |
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