Anyone else here partial to 'easy listening' music? • Non-Gaming • Music • Eurogamer.net

miseryguts 24 May 2017 21:35:38 246 posts
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I detest the term but it tends to save time when you are talking about the music..

I love it, always have.. even though my formative years were spent embroiled in all things punk/hard rock/metal (dad was a session musician) some of the greatest gigs I've ever attended have been for Matt Monro, Mr Sinatra, Andy Williams etc

Does anyone else here share my enthrallment for the tunes? ..you show me yours & I'll show you mine!

Edited by miseryguts at 21:36:34 24-05-2017

Deleted user 24 May 2017 21:40:48

Zero 7 and morcheeba type stuff?

LegendaryApe 24 May 2017 21:42:10 2,498 posts
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Westlife.

boo 24 May 2017 21:42:40 13,901 posts
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Oh yeah!

When I was growing up in the 70's, the only radio in the house was my Mum's in the kitchen, which was welded to Radio 2. While prog died, punk raged and new wave gave way to New Romanticism, I was walking to school whistling something by Jack Jones, Crystal Gale or Neil Diamond that Terry Wogan or Jimmy Young had played that day.

Got my own radio in '81, found Radio 1 and never looked back, but since then have always had a space in my record collection for the likes of The Carpenters, Abba, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Sedaka, Tony Bennett etc etc.

Quality never goes out of style.

There was plenty of crap around at that time too. It wasn't all great!

eleven63 24 May 2017 21:47:57 3,052 posts
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God yes - check out "The Departure Lounge" - internet radio, all things easy.

Herb Albert - Tijuana Brass
Christmas with Bert Kaempfert - a must play on the 25th, my dad's favourite.
Anything by Burt Bacharach.
Rat Pack.
Even 'Moon Safari' by Air?

Love it

miseryguts 24 May 2017 21:52:49 246 posts
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I was meaning the classic stuff such as..

etc..

my Dad grew up next door to Georgie Fame (Clive Powell) & was his best pal as a kid.

Edited by miseryguts at 09:58:12 25-05-2017

eleven63 24 May 2017 22:28:42 3,052 posts
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This Deer Hunter

Deleted user 24 May 2017 22:39:34

no

you live pathetic privileged cotton wool lives that you squander away on mindless, spineless crap

eleven63 24 May 2017 23:18:14 3,052 posts
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null wrote:
no

you live pathetic privileged cotton wool lives that you squander away on mindless, spineless crap

Two words that end in 'less' in the same sentence!? Oh dear.

Decks 25 May 2017 07:27:30 31,013 posts
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Three words. Roy fucking Orbison.

Edited by Decks at 07:27:43 25-05-2017

challenge_hanukkah 25 May 2017 08:34:45 14,394 posts
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Would you wear her skin?

BreadBinLidHero 25 May 2017 09:04:02 10,801 posts
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Love a bit of Roy Orbison or Doris Day.

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null wrote:
no

you live pathetic privileged cotton wool lives that you squander away on mindless, spineless crap

edgy.

neems 25 May 2017 10:48:38 5,635 posts
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I don't think of Roy Orbison as easy listening so much as just damn good music. Burt Bacharach is absolute gold though.

BigOrkWaaagh 25 May 2017 11:34:05 10,554 posts
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FuzzyDucky wrote:

null wrote:
no

you live pathetic privileged cotton wool lives that you squander away on mindless, spineless crap
Well this evening I was spinning Perry Como's "Greatest Hits" and Ackercocke's "Rape of the Bastard Nazarene" so how about... fuck you, you tasteless cunt.

When I bought that Ackercocke album there was some sort of problem with the order and I had to phone Amazon up about it, confirm the name and then have the Asian call centre lady read it back to me. So that was nice.

Cath4rsis 25 May 2017 12:57:30 123 posts
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I've been listening to Batushka all morning but this thread's sure inspired me to stick on some Big O.

specialgamer 26 May 2017 09:16:05 690 posts
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Check out the drum solo in this amazing Easy Listening version of 'Tequila':

the_milkybar_kid 26 May 2017 09:26:38 8,474 posts
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This is my go to when I'm winding down.

Edited by the_milkybar_kid at 09:36:30 26-05-2017