What selections do you play when showing off your system to others?
I find that when I'm having someone listen to my system that I usually play the same 4 or 5 selections. I tend to lean towards vocals and acoustic presentations. Mine are as follows:
Hold That Line- Tedeschi Trucks Band
Roadhouse and Automobiles- Chris Jones
The Hunter- Jennifer Warnes
River Blues- Eric Bibb
Flight of the Hippo- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
It's All in the Game- Merle Haggard
Your Bright Baby Blues- Jackson Browne
What are yours?
Take A Walk On The Wild Side. Lou Reed A Case Of You. Diana Krall Magnificent Seven. The Clash These Days. Greg Allman Oh Well. Sara K Tired of typing, but I agree with many here that it's best to let your friend pick some of the songs regardless of what I might think about the sonic quality. When they hear an old fave in a new way they tend to get it... |
I'm hardly cynical...and it's not a "stance" as I did use the word "generally." I'm simply speaking from many years of reality with this stuff, and yeah they "can" turn towards it and it baffles me that most people just don't...they want giant screen televisions with crystal clear images, phones that do anything, blah blah...but serious audio? Ha. Go to nearly anybody else's house and they're perfectly satisfied with the convenience of being able to yell instructions at a tiny speaker and play bad classic rock in the background all night...drives me nuts. I've had people ask me for advice about what to get for themselves but they rarely follow through as the vast majority do not care. I'm fine with it as it doesn't dampen my fun one bit. |
It's fascinating what others listen to. I like to look over people's music collections. Once ear opening electronic music. Vy experimental. Vy weird. Planets Mehta LA Phil. 1st track Mars they will feel they're being invaded. And it will sound familiar cuz of being used as a soundtrack on many a video. |
Tiger Prowl - Cualli (electronic show-off music) Battle for Dawn - Brand X Music (epic cinematic music) In Deep and Wooded Forest of My Youth - Xanthochroid Sad But True - Metallica (for the drums, which were recorded in a very unique way) The Last Samurai soundtrack - Hans Zimmer I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt (for vocals) Steamer Lane Breakdown - Doobie Brothers (for acoustic instruments) |
