I really intended this for music but podcasts is a cool idea and welcome too for sure.

Walk-ups have a baseball/music tie-in. I'll start the bidding with :

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

Posted by dino27 on 3/26/2021 11:58:00 AM (view original):

Posted by Got_Worms on 3/26/2021 1:40:00 AM (view original):
I've rediscovered Wolf Alice recently and found out they have a new album arriving on June 11th. The lead singer recently accused Marilyn Manson of filming up her skirt during a festival. Sadly, it took this revelation to remind me just how good their first album is, and their second album, Visions of a Life, is even better!

Wolf Alice is a great band.
their title may sound like a metal band but they are an alternative pop band with acoustic underpinning and a psychedelic atmospheric.....sometimes they rock and you might hear a bit of grunge.
think of souxie and the banshees meets the cranberries.

Their sound is difficult to describe which is what I like about them. They have the soft/loud transition down for sure!

My favorite walk up song chosen by a player was by reliever Derrick Law. He uses I Fought the Law (and the Law won). Not sure if he uses the original by the Bobby Fuller Four - the remaining crickets after Buddy Holly died or the essential version by the almighty Clash.

Chris Robinson Brotherhood

Talent competitions anyone ? Yes, I'm a fan. So sue me. I'll tell ya this much; America must've spent a lot of covid time with their karaoke kits, as everyone got good at singing really quick. In the first 3 weeks of the current American Idol each judge has already declared someone different the eventual winner, and each week's rounds all seem like a Top10 preview. Easily the best collective group of talent. So, while this plays out and someone or 2 eventually blows me away, here's my previous top competition moments :


1a) Christina Grimmie - The Voice. An original YouTube star for years before being 'discovered' and I finally had to share her with the world. Tragically taken from us too soon. Check out any 30-minute combo of her Voice/Y.T. collection and you just know. Among personal faves are 'O Holy Nite' and 'Titanium'.

1b) Chris Daughtry - American Idol. A massive NO WAY! where were you JFK moment when he was eliminated. A.I. clearly in his rearview mirror, one of the most successful post-Idol career. I would pay money to see him before throwing down for Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood.


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9. Leona Lewis - X-Factor(UK) Finals(Winner) "I Will Always Love You"

10. 8-way tie, although the whole "America's Got Talent" Grace VanderWaal thing was quirky fun for all of 10 minutes.

That's me; what about you ?

Favorite walk up Mitch Williams- Wild Thing.

You're not gonna call a singing contest a "talent" competition and have me NOT call you out on it!

99.9% of all the contestants throughout the entire history of these so-called "reality" talent shows have absolutely no unique or endearing talent that would allow success in the highly competitive field of recorded music.

It's a complete SHAM orchestrated and designed to entertain those with little interest in real musical art and capture an audience and maybe create an instant celebrity-type buzz allowing the corp. to make huge $$$'s marketing some new so-called "talent" off of the sensation of their BOGUS contest.
Meanwhile the so-called artist gets screwed!!

You can throw down all the money you want on Daughtry and it ain't gonna make a bit of difference to his so-called career.
He don't get but a tiny tiny bit of it.

And, like the rest of the contestants............they're AWFUL!!
It's as if someone pretended to be a business expert and got himself a TV show wherein he played a business expert and a whole bunch of folks actually BELIEVED He was a successful businessman and voted for him to be POTUS because of the slick trick of playing one on TV.

I got news for you folks.
Dr Welby wasn't REALLY a Doctor.

And American Idol contestants are not musicians or musical artists with any real ability.
THEY are wannabes and IF you think that's musical art you need an education!!

There have been many a fine and notable vocalist career launched on these shows.
I remember when they first started there was guy named Sam Harris who had a rendition of over the rainbow that still ranks as one of the best ever and he went on to have a fine career.
Kelly Clarkson anyone?
and there is a guy who tours with Queen and that is no small feat.
I think people watch to find a diamond in the rough.

Quote post by laramiebob on 3/27/2021 9:49:00 AM: "BLAH BLAH BLAH"

You make a couple decent observations, a couple overblown, a couple simply incorrect or taken out of context.

I didn't say many of these acts will be looked back on fondly 50 years from now as industry icons, not like dozens from that long ago can be thought of today. In fact, most of today's music is less stellar than their predecessors. I'll give you that if it was part of your inference. 25 years from now no kid is gonna be asking their dad or grandma to tell tales of Post Malone.

I simply offered a couple of moments in time that may or may not last in their body of work. Not too dissimilar to a 1-hit wonder from the 40's that was fun for a day and can still be ordered in compilation sets even though you forget the artist's name.

I'm not predicting how good or rich they'll all be. Except for the occasional haha sideshow, most of the contestants we see are already the Top10% from those screened to proceed to the judges, so I'm guessing they can at least hold their own at karaoke.

Daughtry is indeed filthy rich, and had a headstart on that wealth by as an Idol non-winner not temporarily being chocked-held by The Contract. He also advocates for other's social media exposure and other platforms where they control more of the receipts and released material. I'm torn about this; they'll get paid today and maybe tomorrow and hope/expect a forever endeavor of same which in 99.99% won't materialize, and I don't think many of them will have much staying power, much less actual talent to buzz about.

I go to the college world series most years. Most of best players on most of the best teams will be offered a 10-cent contract, and 10-years from now maybe 1 will be an MLB all-star regular. You would deny me today's enjoyment because none of them will be Mike Trout ? Maybe you like local community art exhibits. I wouldn't tell you they suck cuz they won't produce a Picasso.

It's just my opinion, based on my life experience. And nothing you can say will change it.

I ain't denying you anything.
Keep watching mindless TV IF that's your thing.

Whilst you watch one episode of "created" entertainment, I'll actually listen to some music.
My choice.
I do it all the time.........ever since I pulled the plug on mindless TV.
Do what John Prine advised.
Blow Up your TV, eat a lotta peaches..............

Posted by dino27 on 3/27/2021 11:24:00 AM (view original):
There have been many a fine and notable vocalist career launched on these shows.
I remember when they first started there was guy named Sam Harris who had a rendition of over the rainbow that still ranks as one of the best ever and he went on to have a fine career.
Kelly Clarkson anyone?
and there is a guy who tours with Queen and that is no small feat.
I think people watch to find a diamond in the rough.

Love ya buddy, but NONE of those names comes anywhere near my playlist........ and you know it!

But then, I must admit, I hated much of what Queen produced. Good guitar player though.

I guess I’ll have to do a review of a queen album one day then.
Brian May is an astrophysicist and has Emmett Brown hair. He ought to play the electric fiddle.

Fiddles I'm familiar with, electrified and no.

I'd probably in a very small minority on this website......I listen to extreme metal genres(tech death, black, OSDM)