Old school music is cool!

[Citizen X]

Donna Summer: 31 December 1948 – 17 May 2012.
The 70’s and 80’s wouldn’t have been the 70’s and 80’s without Donna Summer’s contribution...
I give you ‘Hot Stuff.’

[Citizen X]

“One good thing about music, when it hits you (you feel no pain)
Oh, oh, I say, one good thing about music, when it hits you (you feel no pain)
Hit me with music, hit me with music now, brutalize me with music.”
Bubble gum pop is happy music. It largely epitomizes puppy love. That feeling we felt for the first time as teenagers. It keep us young and makes us pursue this youthful ideal of unconditional, crazy about you love...
For me a textbook example of true bubble gum pop will always be Huey Lewis and the News: happy to be stuck with you

Huey Lewis and The News
“We've had some fun, and yes we've had our ups and downs
Been down that rocky road, but here we are, still around
We thought about someone else, but neither one took the bait
We thought about breaking up, but now we know it's much too late
We are bound by all the rest
Like the same phone number
All the same friends
And the same address

Yes, it's true, I am happy to be stuck with you
Yes, it's true, I'm so happy to be stuck with you
'Cause I can see,that you're happy to be stuck with me

We've had our doubts, we never took them seriously
And we've had our ins and outs, but that's the way it's supposed to be
We thought about giving up, but we could never stay away
Thought about breaking up, but now we know it's much too late
And it's no great mystery
If we change our minds
Eventually, it's back to you and me

Yes, it's true, (yes it's true) I am happy to be stuck with you
Yes, it's true, (yes it's true) I'm so happy to be stuck with you
'Cause I can see, (I can see) that you're happy to be stuck with me.”

[tec0]

This song always had a mix meaning for me,

Diary Of Dreams - "Colorblind"

Would you care for color if you were blind?
Would you listen to my words if you could only see my lips move?

You search these faces for a smile, but you can't see them with your eyes...

Come to me,
Feel with me,
See with me,
This world has changed...

Come to me,
Feel with me,
See with me,
This world has changed...

The world has now forgotten you, for you have done that first!

Would you rather listen to the wind?
Would you rather search the stars for signs?
For it is us you live with, and we have never ever closed our eyes!

Come to me,
Feel with me,
See with me,
This world has changed...

Come to me,
Feel with me,
See with me,
This world has changed...

What do I need your comfort for?
If there is no place to live...
Your angel cheeks are stained with blood,
your hand evoking fear in me...

Come to me,
Feel with me,
See with me,
This world has changed...

Come to me,
Feel with me,
See with me,
This world has changed...

[Citizen X]

This song always had a mix meaning for me,

This world has changed...

The world has now forgotten you, for you have done that first!

Would you rather listen to the wind?
Would you rather search the stars for signs?
For it is us you live with, and we have never ever closed our eyes!

Tec0, I can tell that you love music just as much as I do and that music is an integral part of your life. I don't know about you, but i'm not part of this ipod generation, even though I have 1, I prefer music from open quality speakers. Your average home theatre fulfills this. I want to hear all the instruments. "One good thing about music, when it hit you, you feel no pain. Hit me with music, brutalize me with music now.."

[AndyD]

I prefer music from open quality speakers. Your average home theatre fulfills this. I want to hear all the instruments.

I used to feel the same. I thought my reference amp and acoustic research speakers were the only way to listen to music. That was until I tried a pair of decent headphones, I could tell immediately the difference in the clarity, width and depth of the sound, the articulation of the bottom end frequencies redefined music for me. I went through my entire music collection once more from top to bottom and it was like I was hearing a lot of it for the first time again.

[Dave A]

I agree with Andy. A quality set of headphones is the way to go for the richest sound experience

[Blurock]

I like playing my music loud so that I can feel it and experience it. Headphones makes this possible. Only downside, it isolates you from the world and your family. (Although sometimes its a good thing)
Listening to ALL the instruments is real enjoyment. Its like the difference between 3D and a normal picture.

[Citizen X]

I used to feel the same. I thought my reference amp and acoustic research speakers were the only way to listen to music. That was until I tried a pair of decent headphones, I could tell immediately the difference in the clarity, width and depth of the sound, the articulation of the bottom end frequencies redefined music for me. I went through my entire music collection once more from top to bottom and it was like I was hearing a lot of it for the first time again.

A very good afternoon to you Andy,
I'd like to give those headphones a try(weekdays only, weekends, I get to play my fabourite reggae album. What is the make/model/type of headphones you are referring to? When can one buy it and most importantly , how much does it cost?
“Listening to ALL the instruments is real enjoyment. Its like the difference between 3D and a normal picture.: I share Blurock’s sentiment and I thing that Bob Marley articulates this sentiment rather quite well in a song called, ‘Bad Card,’ from the album ‘Uprising.’
“I want to disturb my neighbour,'Cause I'm feelin' so right;I want to turn up my disco,
Blow them to full watts tonight, In a rub-a-dub style, in a rub-a-dub style.”

[Citizen X]

I will always remember the summer of 1995! A song rendered by Ali Campbell, ‘Something Stupid,’ meant a great deal to me in that memorable summer!
1.In 1962, Carson Parks wrote a song ‘something stupid,’ for his fiancé Gaile. Carson and his wife Gaile, recorded this duet in 1963,
2. The father daughter duet: In 1967 Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy Sinatra rendered this duet on an album called:’The world we knew.’(The true significance of this father/daughter duet will become apparent in due course!!)
3. In 2001 Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman resurrected this song. The music video oozed with sex appeal!
4. In my opinion the version that’s the most compelling is the duet between Ali Campbell and his daughter Kibibi in 1995. He kept true to the academia of reggae i.e. preserve some form of history to make it authentic. You see because Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy rendered this duet so too did Ali and his daughter. The reggae version is a music master piece in my opinion!
I give you Ali Cambell and Kibibi Campbell: Something Stupid

“I know I stand in line, until you think you have the time
To spend an evening with me
And if we go someplace to dance, I know that there's a chance
You won't be leaving with me
And afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all, by saying something stupid
Like: "I love you"

I can see it in your eyes, that you despise the same old lies
You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you, for me it's true
It never seemed so right before

I practice every day to find some clever lines to say
To make the meaning come through
But then I think I'll wait until the evening gets late
And I'm alone with you

The time is right your perfume fills my head, the stars get red
And oh the night's so blue, and then I go and spoil it all, by saying something stupid
Like: "I love you"

[AndyD]

The headphones I use are AKG's as liked above. I'm not surewhere they were purchased of how much they cost here because they were a gift. They are beautifully made and finished so I'm sure they're not cheap if they're still in production, they're $276 in the amazon advert and they look like they're possibly second hand.

I'm sure there are value for money options available locally, maybe these guys if you're near JHB.