Foster Post for Greg

Pink Floyd – Saucerful of Secrets – 3.5
It’s pretty clear that Pink Floyd fit right in with the times in 1967, it doesn’t get much more psychedelic than Saucerful of Secrets. They had a real knack for changing with the times, but were always on the forefront musically. Although you do need to be in the right frame of mind to listen to this, I’ve never forwarded through “Set the Controls to the Heart of the Sun”. Because Pink Floyd’s writing style changed so much after Roger Waters and David Gilmour took over the duties it’s hard to think of this as “Pink Floyd”. If you are expecting The Wall, you might not be happy with SOS, but no doubt, this laid the groundwork for the bands future works.

Coldplay – Viva La Vida – 4.5
I’m sorry, I know there are a lot of Coldplay haters out there, but from the second I heard the title track I was hooked on this cd. Like him or not, Chris Martin can write a catchy song. The songs aren’t always fluff though, they are well written songs with enough instrumentation to make them sound substantial and they are just as thoughtfully produced.

TV on Radio – Dear Science – 3.5
What a diverse CD. At any moment I got rap style songs or flowing melodies. I also had to check a couple of times to see if my iPod jumped to a Prince song though. I do like the singer’s voices a lot. I preferred the slower songs, but they all had something that kept me interested. All in all a very listenable cd.

BB King – Singing the Blues – 4
What can I possibly say about B.B. King? Actually all blues pretty much sounds the same to me, but I can listen to it for hours, or at least one at a time. B.B.’s voice has certainly changed over the years, but I suppose that that’s what happens when you spend 50 years in smoky bars. I would have liked to spend one day hanging out with him.

Dramarama – GH – 2.5
To me this sounded like two different bands, one I like and one not so much. Songs like Emeral City and Scenario were right up my alley. I’m finding that I gravitate toward les more polished sounds and less toward the raw edged bands. Catastrophe might as well have been a Who song.

You have a ten year window of music from which you are allowed to listen to. You will not be allowed to listen to anything that wasn't released within this window. You can however break the ten years into two separate periods, but no more than two, and only less than three.
Why did you choose this era with in music history? What did you have to let go that you will truly miss?

1945 - 1951Big bands and swing. Great musicianship with analog instruments.

1977 – 1981
For me this was the most consistent period of music. It was also the most impressionable time of my life and the songs that came out during this period just had a certain song that felt good. A completely emotional decision.

As an addition name the best year ever in music history? Why? And is it within your window?

Never gonna happen!
Remeber just ten years. Those who go beyond the limitations will sacrifice all choices and be forced to listen to our bottom 10 rated cd's for eternity.

This work for me since most of them are mine anyway.