Morning Conversation
November 1, 2024
Episode Notes
Morning, Les.
Hey, good morning there, Ed. How are you doing?
Excellent, sir. How you doing?
I'm doing great. It look it looks like you're grooving to something.
I am.
Tell me about it.
Uh, just listening to some um some hip-hop from from my high school days.
Oh, really?
Hip-hop is old.
90s hip-hop.
90s hip-hop. Hey, isn't hip-hop violent music? Um, case by case, I'm more of a West Coast uh hiphop guy, which is less violent, more intellectual.
Okay, good.
That makes me sound uh like I'm a smart guy or something. But
hey, smart is good.
Thank you. No, I'm just West Coast is West Coast and West Coast style suits me nicely.
Yeah. Yeah, I heard West Coast is pretty laid-back.
Yeah, in general, punk rock's the same. West Coast is more laid-back. Uh, New York and and London is more dark and hard.
Which one has higher energy?
California punk rock for sure.
Oh, really?
Uh, no. Uh, New York, uh, East Coast punk rock is much more high energy, um, in in, uh, let's say anger release. They're they're getting their feelings out a lot stronger. So, yeah, I guess they got more energy. But California It's more um fun fun happy energy.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
I don't I don't want to downplay the the how good New York punk rock is because it is good and I like it a lot as well. But
Right.
That's the way it is.
Hey, Red Hot Chili Peppers. Are they punk?
Okay.
Ooh, good question. Um I would say no, but I would also say yes. Um
nice answer.
Yeah. Yeah. No, a non-answer.
They were more punk when they were younger
and they turned a little more mainstream. I would call them just rock.
Um
I I heard one person talk about them as alternative.
Yeah. Yeah, that as well. But the words pop and alternative change over time in my opinion. What was alternative 20 years ago is now pop or vice versa. Things
slide in and out of that uh alternative. in pop world
The fashion is changing.
Yeah. Chili Peppers. I had a student the other day, you know, the um
what the last Olympics were Paris and then
right
the closing ceremony and then they did this like they passed the torch as it were to Los Angeles.
Oh, really? Okay.
And so the probably the mayor of Los Angeles, they received the whatever not the torch itself but like the you know we are next
the eternal flame.
Yeah. Um, yeah. Although it doesn't, it actually goes back to to Greece before it goes on to the next location. But,
okay.
Anyway, so they had a little like welcome ceremony to welcome the Olympics, the next Olympics, and there were some musicians performing who were very much California musicians,
right?
One of my students comes in and she says, "There was this rock band. I I can't remember their name, but they didn't have any t-shirts on." And immediately I knew who she was talking about she was talking about Red Hot Chili Peppers. It just instantly
Yeah,
they uh performed naked, didn't they?
Uh maybe their first album cover and a couple of the videos, they're they're quite undressed, not completely naked, but um
Yeah.
But in general, the singer Anthony Ketus, he always Anthony Ketus. Anthony Kitus, he's always shirtless or he starts out with a shirt on, but he gets hot very quick.
Okay. Yeah.
The bass player whose name is Flea. He tends to wear one piece jumpsuits.
Okay.
With designs on them.
Okay.
Anyway, nah. Yeah. In general, I'm from the West Coast and I prefer West Coast hip hop and West Coast punk rock.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You're from the Prairies, which is right in the middle. So, I don't know how that goes for you.
Spirit of the West.
Excellent choice. Hey, I'm gonna go back to hip-hop now.
Okay. Back to hip-hop. Tell me about it.
No, I'm gonna go listen to it some more.
Oh. Oh, I see. I see. I thought you were gonna teach me a bit about hip-hop.
More hip-hop.
What? What's up with hip-hop today?
I don't know. Just uh the feeling in my in my toes, in my dance shoes. I felt like listening to some hip-hop. I wanted sort of a upbeat uh um energetic music. I'm I'm cleaning. I'm doing stuff around the house. I'm doing odd jobs. chores, things here and there. So,
you know, one thing that surprised me,
when I was a kid,
Yeah.
kids generally, uh, we sort of had a bad image of classical music.
Okay. Yeah.
And now, um, I think classical music is really high energy, some of it,
and it's great for cleaning.
Yeah. I think it depends who you're introduced to when you're young. And most people probably get sort of the standard Uh, Bach, Shopan, Beethoven, Mozart.
Um, I've always been achovsky guy and if I show Tchaikovski to a kid, they get they get pretty uh intense.
Yes. Yes. Mendelson.
Yeah. Mendelson had a high-speed, high-paced song for Breaking Away. A bicycle movie, a racing movie. Yeah.
I don't know that one.
Um, I can't remember the title, but yeah. If I was gonna introduce a a small child to classical music, I would start with Flight of the Bumblebee.
Yes. Yes.
Nothing more than that.
Anyway,
anyway,
back to my hip-hop
and I'm going to get on to cleaning my place.
Thanks a lot.
Turn on your turn on your Mendlesson.
Turn on my Mendlesson. Okay, I'll talk to you next time.
See you.
Hey, good morning there, Ed. How are you doing?
Excellent, sir. How you doing?
I'm doing great. It look it looks like you're grooving to something.
I am.
Tell me about it.
Uh, just listening to some um some hip-hop from from my high school days.
Oh, really?
Hip-hop is old.
90s hip-hop.
90s hip-hop. Hey, isn't hip-hop violent music? Um, case by case, I'm more of a West Coast uh hiphop guy, which is less violent, more intellectual.
Okay, good.
That makes me sound uh like I'm a smart guy or something. But
hey, smart is good.
Thank you. No, I'm just West Coast is West Coast and West Coast style suits me nicely.
Yeah. Yeah, I heard West Coast is pretty laid-back.
Yeah, in general, punk rock's the same. West Coast is more laid-back. Uh, New York and and London is more dark and hard.
Which one has higher energy?
California punk rock for sure.
Oh, really?
Uh, no. Uh, New York, uh, East Coast punk rock is much more high energy, um, in in, uh, let's say anger release. They're they're getting their feelings out a lot stronger. So, yeah, I guess they got more energy. But California It's more um fun fun happy energy.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
I don't I don't want to downplay the the how good New York punk rock is because it is good and I like it a lot as well. But
Right.
That's the way it is.
Hey, Red Hot Chili Peppers. Are they punk?
Okay.
Ooh, good question. Um I would say no, but I would also say yes. Um
nice answer.
Yeah. Yeah. No, a non-answer.
They were more punk when they were younger
and they turned a little more mainstream. I would call them just rock.
Um
I I heard one person talk about them as alternative.
Yeah. Yeah, that as well. But the words pop and alternative change over time in my opinion. What was alternative 20 years ago is now pop or vice versa. Things
slide in and out of that uh alternative. in pop world
The fashion is changing.
Yeah. Chili Peppers. I had a student the other day, you know, the um
what the last Olympics were Paris and then
right
the closing ceremony and then they did this like they passed the torch as it were to Los Angeles.
Oh, really? Okay.
And so the probably the mayor of Los Angeles, they received the whatever not the torch itself but like the you know we are next
the eternal flame.
Yeah. Um, yeah. Although it doesn't, it actually goes back to to Greece before it goes on to the next location. But,
okay.
Anyway, so they had a little like welcome ceremony to welcome the Olympics, the next Olympics, and there were some musicians performing who were very much California musicians,
right?
One of my students comes in and she says, "There was this rock band. I I can't remember their name, but they didn't have any t-shirts on." And immediately I knew who she was talking about she was talking about Red Hot Chili Peppers. It just instantly
Yeah,
they uh performed naked, didn't they?
Uh maybe their first album cover and a couple of the videos, they're they're quite undressed, not completely naked, but um
Yeah.
But in general, the singer Anthony Ketus, he always Anthony Ketus. Anthony Kitus, he's always shirtless or he starts out with a shirt on, but he gets hot very quick.
Okay. Yeah.
The bass player whose name is Flea. He tends to wear one piece jumpsuits.
Okay.
With designs on them.
Okay.
Anyway, nah. Yeah. In general, I'm from the West Coast and I prefer West Coast hip hop and West Coast punk rock.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You're from the Prairies, which is right in the middle. So, I don't know how that goes for you.
Spirit of the West.
Excellent choice. Hey, I'm gonna go back to hip-hop now.
Okay. Back to hip-hop. Tell me about it.
No, I'm gonna go listen to it some more.
Oh. Oh, I see. I see. I thought you were gonna teach me a bit about hip-hop.
More hip-hop.
What? What's up with hip-hop today?
I don't know. Just uh the feeling in my in my toes, in my dance shoes. I felt like listening to some hip-hop. I wanted sort of a upbeat uh um energetic music. I'm I'm cleaning. I'm doing stuff around the house. I'm doing odd jobs. chores, things here and there. So,
you know, one thing that surprised me,
when I was a kid,
Yeah.
kids generally, uh, we sort of had a bad image of classical music.
Okay. Yeah.
And now, um, I think classical music is really high energy, some of it,
and it's great for cleaning.
Yeah. I think it depends who you're introduced to when you're young. And most people probably get sort of the standard Uh, Bach, Shopan, Beethoven, Mozart.
Um, I've always been achovsky guy and if I show Tchaikovski to a kid, they get they get pretty uh intense.
Yes. Yes. Mendelson.
Yeah. Mendelson had a high-speed, high-paced song for Breaking Away. A bicycle movie, a racing movie. Yeah.
I don't know that one.
Um, I can't remember the title, but yeah. If I was gonna introduce a a small child to classical music, I would start with Flight of the Bumblebee.
Yes. Yes.
Nothing more than that.
Anyway,
anyway,
back to my hip-hop
and I'm going to get on to cleaning my place.
Thanks a lot.
Turn on your turn on your Mendlesson.
Turn on my Mendlesson. Okay, I'll talk to you next time.
See you.