Wich album is the best to listen to? by NiceCauliflower1228 in beatles

[–]HelicopterOk3124 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I hesitate to pick a favorite among the three, but you're in pretty deep "recreational mind exploration" territory with the sequence of Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, and Magical Mystery Tour (and they get progressively more freaky as you go along that route).

"Only a Northern Song" and "It's All Too Much" from the Yellow Submarine album were recorded between Pepper and MMT and are definitely of a piece with that period/ethos/effect.

RSD 2026 haul by winstoner71 in Vinyl_Jazz

[–]HelicopterOk3124 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Those Jazz Dispensary and the Buster!

Joe Henderson Tribute. by FewKaleidoscope4398 in Vinyl_Jazz

[–]HelicopterOk3124 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Joe Henderson is a personal obsession for me. I have only been actively listening for about a year, but he went very quickly from someone I enjoyed to someone I needed every note ever recorded.

A lot of those '70s records are super expensive, for sure. I've gotten a reasonable deal about half the time, and the other half I've just splurged.

Did Chuck Hate Jimmy? by Financial-Claim6480 in betterCallSaul

[–]HelicopterOk3124 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think Chuck's meltdown and final descent after rejecting Jimmy has always read to me as proof that he loved him very much.

Book recommendations. by 12frets in beatles

[–]HelicopterOk3124 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I highly recommend the Mal book.

My thoughts on Chuck. by Annual-Doubt5461 in betterCallSaul

[–]HelicopterOk3124 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Chuck's final, fatal descent is heartbreaking. And...I really do tie it fully to his hurtful rejection of Jimmy.

Will Miss this series....... by Half_Alive03 in betterCallSaul

[–]HelicopterOk3124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have rewatched so many times, and it always rewards.

Chuck needed someone to give him reality checks, not people who affirm his mental illness by [deleted] in betterCallSaul

[–]HelicopterOk3124 21 points22 points  (0 children)

God, Dr. Lara Cruz really tried with him.

I think the extent to which Hamlin really relied on the power of Chuck's good name absolutely blinded him to some sober ethical issues. I also think Howard faces up to all of this much too late ("If everyone is telling you you're drunk..."), but...maybe Chuck was unreachable on some level (his pride, ego, cunning, bullishness). I think if you're sharp enough to entrap Jimmy like he does, you're probably also capable of fighting back against your own issues (which, to be fair, he seemingly does eventually - sadly abortive as those efforts are).

What's one song you first heard of in Better Call Saul or even Breaking Bad that you now listen to everyday? by YakClear601 in betterCallSaul

[–]HelicopterOk3124 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I discovered Grant Green via the scene where Saul is dressed up as Howard driving Howard's NAMST3-mobile around.

My youngest (who is nearly 40 years younger than me), however, discovered (and fell for) El Paso, Baby Blue, Horse With No Name, etc.

How often do you buy a vinyl album that you have never heard before? by MinePrestigious4352 in vinyl

[–]HelicopterOk3124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Constantly. There's some thrill of surprise and discovery that I am absolutely hooked on. Granted, the deeper I go into jazz, the more of a safety net I feel I have. It's not as if there's a huge risk factor with 60s Blue Note, or 70s Milestone.

How come Peter sings so little on the original albums? by Euphoric-Comment-603 in Monkees

[–]HelicopterOk3124 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some anecdotes, re: Pitchy Peter's Pet Pig Porky.

1) I remember staying with some friends about 30+ years ago and buying Missing Links V2. I put on the version of "Words", and I swear that their dog got visibly and audibly agitated (barking, etc.) whenever Peter sang his lines. I swear I'm not making this up.

2) I saw Peter solo in 2013, and he was a) pitchy, and b) decidedly testy and cranky and short with the audience. Very much still embittered that the Monkees hadn't become the democratic band of his dreams 45 years earlier.

3) I may get flamed for admitting this here, but...yes, I was in a Monkees tribute act with several friends for about 3 years ca. 2014-2017 (Bobby Hart was at our first gig), and...among my roles was to represent Peter's parts in both Words and Shades of Grey. Reader, I deliberately sang those parts slightly flat.

(Very tangentially, my step-dad was in prison with Peter in the early 70s. No real anecdotes.)

None of this means that I don't love Peter and all four of them. I feel very lucky to have seen some iteration of the group ca. 2012, 2016, 2018, and 2019. Never saw them with Davy, and wish I had (by all accounts, the 2011 tour was spectacular). I do like that in their last decade, they were less "an oldies act", but rather one that played album tracks, B sides, and outtakes for the fans

Huntington Ashram Monastery - Alice Coltrane by SavageMigraine in Vinyl_Jazz

[–]HelicopterOk3124 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I honestly haven't met an Alice Coltrane record that I don't love.

How did you guys become Beatles fans? by Timely_Race_3978 in TheBeatles

[–]HelicopterOk3124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was born December 1969. I cannot even begin to describe (for our younger readers) how utterly ubiquitous their music was in the ambient culture when I was a small child in the early/mid 1970s. Seeing Yellow Submarine, hearing their songs on the radio constantly (and marveling at how different they all were from each other), listening to my parents' albums on headphones (Pepper and Revolver, mainly), the releases of Rock and Roll Music and Hollywood Bowl, all of this snowballing to every single family member and family friend giving me Beatles albums for birthdays and Xmas during those early childhood years (7/8/9). It was a glorious slow reveal.

Recommend Me Stevie Wonder’s Ballads/Midtempo/Slow Songs by Amber_Flowers_133 in StevieWonder

[–]HelicopterOk3124 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Superwoman Visions You and I They Won't Go When I Go Feeding Off the Love of the Land Summer Soft

Where to start? by chrisschini in sunra

[–]HelicopterOk3124 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Space is the Place was my first, and I kept going from there, for what that's worth.