Music has been with humanity as long as there has been humanity. Music makes the people come together, music mix the bourgeoisie and the rebel… as the philosophers say. There has been a vast amount created, and most of it lost. Many cannot imagine a day in their life without some. As in all things human, some like what is being created as we speak, others see a golden age in the past. Despite all this, the present is probably the best for listening to music. The genres and band seem endless, and the opportunity of finding whatever on the internet has probably never been greater. The most obscure stuff is out there.

Of course, obscure can be relative. What music people know depends on many factors. Age, area of residence, area of residence in one’s youth, language, genre preference, personality and how much of a music aficionado one is. Some people enjoy the mainstream stuff, some people scoff at it and purse the most obscure things they can find, in whatever genre they like. Some listen in the comfort of their home, others go to underground concerts or small bars to pursue the experience.

I was never much of a music guy. I did not come from much of a music family. My parents rarely listened to music, at least as I was growing up. I was given to understand that they listened to more when they were young. But I was, overall, the least music inclined of my friend group. Even these days, I rarely listen to music. I can go several days without any. One factor is, I suppose, the fact that, when it comes to listening, I am not at all a multi-tasker. Most people I know listen to music while they do things. If I listen to music, I do nothing else. It is the same with say podcasts. I have friends asking me why don’t you listen to podcasts at the gym, for example. It is because I cannot focus on them.  Some people listen to music while they work, it helps them, isolates them from the surroundings. I do not. I cannot code and listen to music at the same time, it bothers me. And for some reason I don’t care for it as much as a background. I don’t mind the background music in gyms, stores, etc. But I don’t really listen to it either. As such, I do not know that much about music. Hell, a good amount outside the international mainstream, I probably found on this very site, or in my lurking days on the other one. Off course, the music I know in general is tied with my age and the fact that I lived in Bucharest my whole life. Younger an(d older people in Romania have somewhat different knowledge. Younger and older in America, even more so.

But this is not a post about music. It is a post about shticks on glibertarians dot com. And one of mine is to ask “How do you people know all this obscure music”. This is, off course, mostly tongue in cheek. As I said earlier, I am well aware people of different backgrounds know different music, and much of this is not even remotely obscure. But it is all in good fun. (Riven fully supports these efforts, Pie being one of the glorious favorites <3 You keep up the good works, honored chosen)

And on that note, searching the old comments – as long as possible before the archive kicks in – here is a random selection of things that activated Pie’s shtick. Of course, the phrase goes without saying for most Old Guy music in the weekend links. There have been, of course, probably thousands of music links in the comments, many more obscure. But that is not the point. For the selection I posted the band / song and the glib who posted it. How do you people know all this obscure music.

Gdragon Sham 69 – Borstal Breakout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYZ5XoHxC3I

CPRM Sumpin – The Pimps

Ted S Put The Blame On Mame – Gilda (1946)

pistoffnick  Robert Plant – Big Log (Official Video) [HD REMASTERED]

Tundra Pat Benatar – Promises In The Dark

Gender Traitor  Alison Krauss — “Can’t Find My Way Home” — Audio

 

Evan from Evansville Hüsker Dü Zen Arcade

Plisade Kittie – Brackish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3ThppM3IhA

Gustave Lytton  chisato moritaka & princess princess

B.P – PJ Harvey – Dress – HD Live (V Festival 2003)

And on that note, carry on.