View Full Version : Way, Way Off Topic-What Are You Listening To?
Bill Bove
09-14-2004, 10:09 PM
I was talking with an old friend a couple off days ago, he was telling me about a young college girl he had hired as summer help and what a good hire she was. Knowladgeble, personable, all those good things but the one thing that he was really enjoying about her was the new music she was playing on the shop radio. It got me to thinking that I haven't bought anything by an artist new to me in a long time. The last CD I put in the player was the subdudes last album recorded close to ten years ago. What are you listening to?
Madship
09-14-2004, 10:20 PM
from the iTunes Music store are Black Tape for a Blue Girl - Halo Star, Alan Parsons - A valid Path and Issa Bagayogo - Tassoumakan.
Black Tape is new to me and has been described as a successor to Dead Can Dance. Alan Parsons is exploring electorinca on his new album and even reinterpreting two of his older songs in the electronic arena. Issa's new release Tassoumakan is good but seems to rehash his previous release Timbuktu.
It's been at least 6 months since I have actually purchased a CD. Unless I am buying Hi-Res music, it's all downloads these days.
Jeff N.
09-14-2004, 10:46 PM
The Doors, Zep, Hendrix, Cream, Creedence, Stones, Clapton, Marley, Buffett. Saw the Foo Fighters a few weeks back. Man, a killer rock band! Jeff N.
William
09-14-2004, 11:00 PM
R.L. Burnside
Stevie Ray
Bella Fleck
Ted Nugent (Double Live Gonzo Baby!)
Dread Zepplin (yes, Dread Zepplin)
Paul Simon
Braveheart Soundtrack
The Sound of Music (ok, my kids like watching it and the songs get stuck in my head....Doh! A deer! Look, a female deer! Ray! Drop the smoking gun. Me.....) :rolleyes:
William
H.Frank Beshear
09-14-2004, 11:11 PM
James McMurtry, Richard Shindell, Ben Harper, Blind Boys of Alabama, Tom Russel, Martin Sexton, Greg Brown, Radislov Yorkivich. Frank
froze
09-14-2004, 11:49 PM
I can't stand electronic (computer generated) music, rap, opera, or poka and the similar sounding mexican music; everything else is fair game.
Andreu
09-15-2004, 03:26 AM
....this weeks favourites:
Bach
Manic Street Preachers
Elvis Costello
The Smiths
Too Tall
09-15-2004, 05:35 AM
Lately...lotsa bluegrass, Johnny Cash and in the massage studio Diana Krall, Sachmo, Alison Krauss, James Taylor.
davep
09-15-2004, 06:14 AM
I just bought the new Buffett yesterday, but that's the first new CD I've bought in months. My favorites (in no particular order) are John Hiatt, Johnny Cash, Elvis Costello, Van Morrison, Neil Young. The only new music I've heard in a while is what my teenage nephew listens to, which is mostly rap. I have to admit, slightly embarrassed at my fogginess, that like my parents with rock so many years ago - I just don't get it (rap that is).
Too Tall
09-15-2004, 06:46 AM
Dave, rent Marshall Mathers (Eminem) movie "8 Mile".
http://www.geocities.com/lyricseminem/shadyep_lyrics/if_i_had.html
I'm not a fan however it's pop and it's culture so worth paying attention to.
Andreu
09-15-2004, 06:53 AM
Lately...lotsa bluegrass, Johnny Cash and in the massage studio Diana Krall, Sachmo, Alison Krauss, James Taylor.
Johnny Cash´s version of One (U2) is awsome.
A :beer:
Krishna Das
Shakti
Oregon (with Ralph Towner, Paul McClandis, et.al.)
Boccherini
Corelli
Sinatra (Capital Years set)
dbrk
Elefantino
09-15-2004, 07:32 AM
Our team just burned its first CD:
1 • A-Team Theme • 1:37 • Mike Post/Pete Carpenter
2 • Spinning Wheels • 4:06 • Blood, Sweat and Tears
3 • Fly Like An Eagle • 4:45 • Steve Miller Band
4 • Bicycle Race • 3:01 • Queen
5 • Let It Ride • 4:29 • Bachman Turner Overdrive
6 • Going Mobile • 3:43 • The Who
7 • Hit The Road, Jack • 2:04 • Ray Charles
8 • All I Wanna Do Is Have Some Fun • 4:33 • Sheryl Crow
9 • Bike • 1:52 • Pink Floyd
10 • Ride My See-Saw • 3:46 • Moody Blues
11 • Bike Shop • 1:40 • Jerky Boys
12 • Tour de France (2003) • 3:28 • Kraftwerk
13 • On the Road Again • 2:32 • Willie Nelson
14 • Ballad Of Thunder Road • 2:32 • Robert Mitchum
15 • Riders On The Storm • 6:41 • The Doors
16 • Cycling is Fun • 4:28 • Shonen Knife
17 • The Loco-Motion • 2:30 • Little Eva
18 • Ride Like The Wind • 4:28 • Christopher Cross
19 • Ride Captain Ride • 3:45 • Blues Image
20 • Low Rider • 2:46 • War
21 • See See Rider (Live) • 2:35 • Elvis Presley
Volume II is coming out soon.
Spectrum Bob
09-15-2004, 07:52 AM
Some of my favorites from my iPod
The Allman Brothers, Anders Osborn, Bela Fleck, Bob Marley, Brecker Brothers, Dave Weckl, Dieter Ilg, Donald Fagen, Eric Clapton, Jamie Cullum, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull, Jim Beard, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall, John Patitucci, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Michael Franks, Michael Hedges, Mike Stern, Miles Davis, Nestor Torres, Robbie Robertson, The Rolling Stones, Santana, Stanley Clarke, Steely Dan, Steps Ahead, Taj Mahal, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, The Who, Yellow Jackets
davids
09-15-2004, 08:12 AM
I've never heard Shonen Knive's "Cycling is Fun"! Sound charming. It reminds me of my favorite Shonen Knive memory, listening to the Carpenter's tribute album (from many years back...) Their version of "Top of the World" is playing - a wonderful, bouncy piece of fluff - and my daughter, less than 2 at the time, starts singing along at the top of her little lungs. She was the perfect accompaniment! Pretty much summed up the Knive's appeal!
Anyway...
Lately, I've been listening to a lot of Wilco (the newest album's a mixed bag, but it got me to pull out "Summerteeth" again, and it's much better than I remembered it. "Being There" and "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" are also great, great records), Lucinda Williams, Radiohead, the Go-Betweens (mostly their old stuff - what a sadly unheard band!), the Shins (great melodic pop-rock!) and in my office CD right now, the Velvet Underground. Even if you have all their records (and why wouldn't you?), I recommend "Peel Slowly and See", which not only includes all four studio albums, but lots of non-album tracks, amazing live stuff, and a full disc of Lou Reed and John Cale, circa 1965, in the process of inventing this incredible music.
And since we're talking about music (and Spectrum Bob's post is right before mine) - Isn't it, "The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handle"?
e-RICHIE
09-15-2004, 08:17 AM
white courtesy phone
varrtinna (sp?)
hedinen garnin (sp)
sinatra
and dylan's desolation row, daily
- Anders Osborne/Big Chief Monk Boudreau: Bury the Hatchet
- Mollie O'Brien: Big Red Sun
- Lavay Smith and the Red Hot Skillet Lickers: Miss Thing
- www.kpig.com at home (I control the firewall!)
- www.wwoz.org at work (Hope they're still there after Ivan hits...)
On the list: whatever I can scarf up at the NRBQ show Friday night...
Dekonick
09-15-2004, 08:31 AM
Interesting. I see we are an eclectic bunch.
For myself it depends on my mood, time of day, and if I am with my wife.
Anything from Alabama to ZZ-Top but favorites include:
Any Motzart and the other great classical composers (usually when stressed out)
Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, The Who, any of Clapton's stuff, RUSH, Boston, DOORS, Elvis Costello, Oingo Boingo (interesting percussion), Byrds, Moody Blues, Dire Straights, George Thorogood (sp?), Cure, Enya, any Jazz - its all good IMHO, Dave Mathews, ELO, B-52's, ACDC, etc...
Just about anything from (limited) Country, to classical, to rock - I just dont quite get the RAP deal - I can see how its a form of expression, but it does not appeal to my ear.
Weckel eh? I guess there is a drummer on the forum???
Douglas - interesting tunes. Never heard of most of them but I would be interested in giving em a try... guess its time to go shopping...
For anyone with an open mind - here are a few unusual European bands -
Telephone (a 70's french rock band - quite good!)
Stella - a Belgian local group that sings mostly in french, the tunes poke fun at various topics from the Belgian vacation spot Toremolinos(in Spain) to Cheese. They are a hoot.
Indochine - a French 80's band - also interesting.
and yall gotta go download this little charmer - Ca Plane pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand. Its a....well just download it.
:argue:
Jeff N.
09-15-2004, 08:32 AM
I just bought the new Buffett yesterday, but that's the first new CD I've bought in months. My favorites (in no particular order) are John Hiatt, Johnny Cash, Elvis Costello, Van Morrison, Neil Young. The only new music I've heard in a while is what my teenage nephew listens to, which is mostly rap. I have to admit, slightly embarrassed at my fogginess, that like my parents with rock so many years ago - I just don't get it (rap that is).I don't get it either! And I've tried, too. My son plays that garbage (rap) almost exclusively, and I've given it a real honest effort to sit down and discover some sort of redeeming social value or musicality or honest musical talent from the performers. There simply is none. I find myself feeling sorry for the youth of today for the absolute garbage they have to listen to. MTV too, with their totally screwed-up values. MAN! I DO sound like my parents, don't I??? The only difference is....I'm right! Hardcore METAL music I don't get either. Thank God my kid ain't into THAT! So guess it could be worse. Jeff N.
age and ability. What's the average age here, 90?
I'm 42 and listen to music at elevated volumes all day long.
This weeks partial playlist in no particular order:
Queens of the Stone Age
Social Distortion
Powderfinger
Jeff Buckley
Kill Bill Vol. I & II soundtracks
Goldfinger (no relation to Powderfinger)
16 Horsepower
Rebirth of Cool, Vol. I, II, III
Southpark Chef Aid (Kids, let me sing you a song....)
Tenacious D (Jack Black is the Frank Zappa of the new millenium)
Frank Zappa
Electric Six
Flogging Molly
The Vines
Rage Against the Machine
The Reverend Horton Heat
Prodigy
The Funky Buddha Collection
My CD jukebox holds a couple hundred CDs. Some days I just hit random but it can get pretty weird hearing Lyle Lovett singing about riding his make believe pony on his make believe boat and then followed up by a song by ICP where they're killing Lyle and his pony and then burning his boat.
A quick edit on rap and the music today's kids listen to. I like rap, but not all of it. Like all music some of it is just mindless drivel, but some of it very intelligent and insightful. Rap today is basically black culture story telling. If you ever listed to Blondie or Commander Cody (and the Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln, anyone?) then you heard a form of music similar to rap. Don't judge the whole body of rap by what you hear on the radio or MTV. For older ears, like mine, it took me a while to warm up to it, but I'm around people younger than me all the time (not just my kids) and like when exposed to any culture significantly different than your own, you can either try to understand it and appreciate it or you can be resist and be alienated by it.
BTW, last summer I was making a driving my car listening to an oldies station. I was stunned to hear Ozzie (Black Sabbath) in the rotation! I suddenly felt 10 years older.
eddief
09-15-2004, 08:51 AM
is quite interesting. He, of Talking Heads fame, has done something almost classical, operatic, and Latin. Very listenable.
spiderman
09-15-2004, 08:53 AM
is from todd agnew
grace like rain...
zeroking17
09-15-2004, 09:38 AM
Manu Chao
Sandy
09-15-2004, 09:42 AM
Love songs and lullabies by Calfee Kevan. Just beautiful!!! :) :)
Simply So Smooth So Soothing So Serotta Sandy
Bradford
09-15-2004, 09:55 AM
Radio Margaritaville, all day long. Internet radio is one of the best reasons to get DSL.
Bill Bove
09-15-2004, 09:59 AM
I can listen to these CD's all day long. In no particuler order.
Nanci Griffth- One Fair Summer Evening
10,000 Maniacs- In My Tribe
Lucinda Williams-Rough Trade
Tish Hinojosa- Aquella Noche'
Derek & the Domino's- Layla
There are many more but these I consider perfect, not a weak track on any of them.
Russell
09-15-2004, 10:14 AM
On my MP3 player: new cds by Vic Chesnutt, Willard Grant Conspiracy, and Mission of Burma.
William
09-15-2004, 10:15 AM
I can and do listen to just about anything, classical to punk. I can deal with a little of the very old school rap, but the rest I just haven't been able to aquire a taste for.
Conway Twitty anyone? :D
William
davep
09-15-2004, 10:18 AM
Too Tall,
Yeah, one of my nephews favorite movies. I should have seen it by now, but my wife has absolutely no interest, so I'll have to get it when she is doing something else.
Climb01742
09-15-2004, 10:20 AM
ever heard conway's version of "it's only make believe"? my pick for best country song of all time. robert gordon did a pretty good cover version.
oddly, i've been listening to movie sound tracks. real sound tracks. not just a compilation of songs. my two favorite movie sound tracks of all time: once upon a time in the west and to kill a mockingbird. by two giants of movie soundtracks.
I've been breaking in my new Totem Model 1 Signatures (in lovely mahogany) on the following.......
Diana Krall
a new CD from the Chick Corea Electric Band featuring, yes, Dave Weckl
Steps Ahead
Jonatha Brooke
Allan Holdsworth (my all time favorite guitarist)
Steely Dan
Cycling is not my only expensive habit. Over the years, I've sunk a lot more money into audio (and now home theater) equipment. Not to mention the cost of records (vinyl still rules!) and CDs.
Fred D
09-15-2004, 10:21 AM
Speaking of Internet radio try Radio Paradise at http://www.radioparadise.com/ You can get to it from the iTunes site. It's listed under the Eclectic heading. They play a lot of the music you have been mentioning. The site is different in that it is a listener sponsored site, but you don't have to contribute any money to listen.
bostondrunk
09-15-2004, 10:22 AM
Joe Satriani baby!
U2
Foo Fighters
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and Nana Mouskouri (sp?)!!!
M_A_Martin
09-15-2004, 10:28 AM
Hey DWF, Is Flogging Molly better on CD than they are in person? I saw them at a concert with Sum 41 and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones...veeeeerrrrry interesting! Especially when the got the pit rocking with Oh Delila...hilarious.
Lets see...what's in rotation now
Talking Heads
Rossini
Jet
Joss Stone
Benny Goodman
Duende (Flaminco Guitar, various artists)
Plastikman
Sinatra
Naz
Presidents of the United States of America
Bob Seger
Pink
Evanescence
Blackman and Arnold
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Jack Johnson
Pipes and Drums of Scotland
and, my writing music (my current CD that blocks office noise and lets me write without paying any attention to the music)
Fleetwood Mac: Rumors
Boy...I need to get out to some concerts I see...nothing new...*sigh*
Bill Bove
09-15-2004, 10:30 AM
and Nana Mouskouri (sp?)!!!
Her glasses are hot.
Ryan Adams and Wilco on the way to work this morning. Liz Phair's latest got me through my 11pm rollers session the night before last. All 3 albums are uneven but have their moments.
M_A_Martin
09-15-2004, 11:08 AM
Turn it up loud enough and it all sounds the same.
Too Tall
09-15-2004, 11:15 AM
This is cool.
PJM - We have Klipsch Bells. Still waiting for the tube amp.
Lloyd Cole (solo and The Commotions)
Most "Classic Rock"
Grateful Dead
BTW - Isn't "Rap" called "Hip Hop" now??? And "No", I don't get it either... :confused:
bcm119
09-15-2004, 11:18 AM
Obsessed with-
Tom Waits
Lucinda Williams
Ali Farka Toure
Slightly less obsessed with-
Johnny Cash
Taj Mahal
Velvet Underground
Joe Strummer
I'm 28.
davids
09-15-2004, 11:38 AM
44 years old.
Reformed audiophile:
VPI Jr. turntable with Rega arm and Grado Signature cartridge
Nameless Sony CD/DVD player
Enlightened Audio Design D/A converter
Audible Illusions Modulus preamp
Forte Audio 1A class A power amp
Sennheiser HD600 headphones
Musical Fidelity headphone amp
Thiel CS1.1 speakers
Only the CD player is less than 5 years old, but the system still makes me quite happy. I put a Nick Drake record on this weekend (actually, I played all of them), and found myself smugly marvelling at how good this ol' rig sounds. Now I spend my loose change on bikes...
As far as Rap, it's just like Rock - Most of it is complete cr@p, made as product to make money. But the best of it is truly great. Public Enemy is as shockingly good as the best punk rock. Eric B. and Rakim, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, the Beastie Boys, and the sublime Outkast also come to the top of my list... If you really care about popular music as art, you owe it to yourself to listen to the best of it
bcm119 - Where's the Clash? RIP Joe...
pbbob
09-15-2004, 11:41 AM
phantom of the opera
beethoven 5th piano concerto
10,000 maniacs
and I don't get rap crap either
This is really interesting... I have found as I get older (I'm 49), I just have less tolerance for noise, period. I used to be a big music guy -- bought affordable high-end audio equipment, cared how it sounded, listened a lot, etc. Nowadays, I could go through a week and not listen to music at all. If something I like is in the CD player in my car (Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett, Freedie Johnson) I'll turn it up and get into it -- for the moment. But I almost never play music at home. I have gotten into silence. I sometimes wonder if this is a function of age or of my particular personality. It's not even like I work or live in a loud environment and need rest: I live in the country and work in a very calm environment, a college campus.
Am I alone in this? Sometimes I wonder if my particular response to getting older is simply shutting down input....
Louis
09-15-2004, 12:25 PM
A bit of a weird mix:
Paul Kelly (Aussie R&R, great stories)
Pink Floyd
10,000 Maniacs
some Haitian music (I'm originally from Haiti)
etc.
Louis
Hey DWF, Is Flogging Molly better on CD than they are in person? I saw them at a concert with Sum 41 and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones...veeeeerrrrry interesting! Especially when the got the pit rocking with Oh Delila...hilarious.
Dunno MA, I've never seen them in concert but they are going to be playing at the Fillmore this month and I plan on catching them. The CD's I have of theirs are great. Flogging Molly was obviously heavily influenced by the Pogues. If you like Flogging Molly, check out the "Old Lead" CD by Boiled in Lead. Very similar feel.
Re: Bob Seger The first time I saw Bob Seger in concert you'd never guess who he was opening for. Come on, guess! It was KISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bob Seger opened for Kiss around 1975. I still find that hilariously ironic today.
MadRocketSci
09-15-2004, 12:34 PM
Props to my fav band, Luscious Jackson
Faithless is good too
Climb01742
09-15-2004, 01:20 PM
anyone else out there ever listen to sisters of mercy? they're my crank it up loud choice. one of life's most pathetic sights: a white guy trying to rock out. forks have more rhythm than i do. so does this banana... :banana:
bostondrunk
09-15-2004, 01:40 PM
Oh yeah,
Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"
best song ever!!!
JackL
09-15-2004, 01:52 PM
I didn't see anybody mention my current favorite, the White Stripes.
Also like:
Niko Case
Old 97's
Andreu
09-15-2004, 02:08 PM
Great list.
Just remembered one of Pink Floyds songs I sometimes get into my head when I am in the hills on the bike and got nothing better to think about. Knowing Water's way with words there is a good chance it has nothing to do with hills or climbing!.......(I copied the lyrics in but can't remember the name of the song...Fearless? or Climb?...duh!)
You say the hill's too steep to climb,
Climb it!
You say you'd like to see me try,
Climb it!
You pick the place and I'll choose the time
And I'll climb
The hill in my own way
just wait a while, for the right day
And as I rise above the treeline and the clouds
I look down hear the sound of the things you said today
Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd, smiling
Emotionless the magistrate turns 'round, frowning
and who's the fool who wears the crown
Go down in your own way
And everyday is the right day
And as you rise above the fearlines in the frown
You look down
Hear the sound of the faces in the crowd
A
:beer:
Spinner
09-15-2004, 02:28 PM
1) buena vista social club, ibrahim ferrer
2) dave brubeck's greatest hits
3) john coltrane's greatest hits
4) buckwheat zydeco , waitin' for my ya ya
5) ella fitzgerald, ella in rome, the birthday concert :)
M_A_Martin
09-15-2004, 02:30 PM
Headset: Are you coming up for the Ryder cup?
Climb: I closed my eyes and pictured you rocking out to Sisters of Mercy....
You are absolutely right. :banana: Just kidding, I'm sure you have more rhythm than I do.
Hold it...how can a cyclist not have rhythm? Its just someone else's cadence...
pale scotsman
09-15-2004, 02:42 PM
Reo - Riding the storm out
Scorpions - Rock you like a hurricane
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
and the list could go on. The radio stations pull out all the stops with storm themed music when a hurricane approaches. It's a fun way to make light of the situation.
pale scotsman
09-15-2004, 02:54 PM
Oh yeah,
Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"
best song ever!!!
That was and is one of my all time favorites. The other is shake your rump from Paul's Botique. I start reaching for a beer whenever I hear either one.
smoke (pretty cool documentary on them, him, a couple yrs. ago)
black 47
bettie serveert
shane mcgowen
robert bradley + the blackwater surprise
janes addiction
rufus harley, bagpipesjazz baby, talk about a groove
anything live + rockin by neil, especially odd covers
burnside, as long as he's had his tomato juice
William
09-15-2004, 05:03 PM
Some of my favorites from my iPod
The Allman Brothers, Anders Osborn, Bela Fleck, Bob Marley, Brecker Brothers, Dave Weckl, Dieter Ilg, Donald Fagen, Eric Clapton, Jamie Cullum, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull, Jim Beard, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall, John Patitucci, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Michael Franks, Michael Hedges, Mike Stern, Miles Davis, Nestor Torres, Robbie Robertson, The Rolling Stones, Santana, Stanley Clarke, Steely Dan, Steps Ahead, Taj Mahal, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, The Who, Yellow Jackets
Spectrum Bob,
You are SO alphabetical! :D :banana: :D :banana:
They're All good!
William
gasman
09-15-2004, 09:19 PM
Some of my favorites from my iPod
The Allman Brothers, Anders Osborn, Bela Fleck, Bob Marley, Brecker Brothers, Dave Weckl, Dieter Ilg, Donald Fagen, Eric Clapton, Jamie Cullum, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull, Jim Beard, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall, John Patitucci, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Michael Franks, Michael Hedges, Mike Stern, Miles Davis, Nestor Torres, Robbie Robertson, The Rolling Stones, Santana, Stanley Clarke, Steely Dan, Steps Ahead, Taj Mahal, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, The Who, Yellow Jackets
Thank you also Spectrum Bob for listing bands I actually have heard of and know the music. At 50 when I listen to rock and alternative rock stations with my 15 yo I feel completely clueless. She knows so many bands and their music I wonder if I did at her age.
The great thing is now I have a list of bands and singers to check out,
though my daughter still thinks I'm clueless.
Another white boy without rhythm. :banana:
Jollymon
09-15-2004, 09:44 PM
Lotsa Buffett (Jollymon sing!)-U2-REM-Natalie Merchant-Jimmy Buffett-Bob Marley-Jimmy Buffett-Train-Black Crowes-Live-Chili Peppers-James Taylor-Five for Fighting-Jimmy Buffett-Widespread-Jimmy Buffett
dEUS- "suds and soda" weird-o belgian rock with an electric fiddle..
wire- "pink flag" is the best album ever probably...
these animal men- "too sussed?" limey pals of mine who were signed to virgin for a second and a half when the NME and melody maker were convinced new wave of new wave was the next big thing....boag later went on to play in the band "abdjuraporov" who owe their name to boag asking the jerk for the "toughest craziest name ever for a band". naturally, the jerk provided the name of the tashkent terror.
s*m*a*s*h- "self titled" another new wave of new wave band that was the darlings of the british music press in the early nineties...the jerk did alot of riding with these guys on the walkman
that's what the jerk has been listening to lately. odd that all of it is obscure silly european stuff that never really caught on (with the possible exception of wire) but could have, should have, would have if only if....sort of like the jerk's racing career at the time he discovered all this wonderful music. it still provides the soundtrack to every bicycle ride i take just as it did then.
jerk
...odd that all of it is ... stuff that never really caught on ... but could have, should have, would have if only if....
jerk
Only if radio didn't play the same stinking ten songs over and over and over...
Karen's getting sick of me ranting after about half the shows that we go see "how come these people are never heard because they're so good and they actually have something to say".
I do believe I am getting old, though, because in the old days college radio around here was pretty good and now... every once in a while you get a great show on RPI and there's a couple old farts over at SUNY, one does a jazz show (but once he starts talking he just won't shut up) and another a wonderful country music show. Other than that I don't know. It really drives me crazy when the twits at Union play exactly what you can hear on commercial radio. I spent time in those stacks. They've got everything in there. No excuse.
Russell
09-16-2004, 10:20 AM
Re: Bob Seger The first time I saw Bob Seger in concert you'd never guess who he was opening for. Come on, guess! It was KISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bob Seger opened for Kiss around 1975. I still find that hilariously ironic today.
How about Jimi Hendrix opening for the Monkees. Norfolk Scope late 60s
Spectrum Bob
09-17-2004, 08:59 AM
davids – thanks – I pulled some old vinyl - correction made
pjm – Great to see someone else into Steps Ahead – NYC is one of my all time favorites!
William – I never quite saw myself as alphabetical before – I took them right off my iPod so I could get the spelling right
I did forget one of my favorites:
Bob Berg
Gasman – at 52 I know what you mean but I am working on my daughter at 5 her favorite CD was Return of the Brecker Brothers. I am shore that as she gets older the divide will grow. When I moved in with my wife 12 years ago we only had 2 CDs in common - go figure.
Jeff N.
09-17-2004, 10:12 AM
Any of you folks old enough to have seen The Doors in concert? I used to see them alot when I was a kid, at The Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles. They used to be there alot in '67-'68. Never saw Jim when he wasn't ****ed-up. "The men don-know but da lil'girl unda-stannnnn!!!" Jeff N.
bostondrunk
09-17-2004, 11:47 AM
Great trainer song!:
"Gift" by Sugar
Then there is also always the TDF tapes by John Tesch..:)
Serotta PETE
09-17-2004, 12:20 PM
Did not realize that there were others out there as old as I - - - - that is old!!!!!!
:banana:
Kevan
09-17-2004, 06:33 PM
As in Stanley Turrentine's Sugar?!
Excuse me, but this here's a classic jazz album that all of yoose should be listening to. Per...fec....tion. Hey, the album cover ain't bad lookin' either...
Anyways, too many albums, artists, songs, symphonies to even mention. From Purcell to Kiss, AC/DC to canjun stomp, music binds us. Lord, bless you for this gift!
And speaking of almighties...Sans-mans... thanks for the kind comments about my singing. You in particular will be pleased to know that all the dogs in the neighborhood chime-in when I start hitting the high notes. Why... even the coyote come out from the shadows and join in on harmony. :D
Dekonick
09-18-2004, 07:13 PM
OK - I have two songs that yall should try to find and download. Just check em out. (nothing cycling related at all - just good music in one case, and really odd rockabilly in another)
Great tune, new rock type -
Group: Familiar 48 (used to be Bonehead but had to change names because of the record label. Poor management ended up screwing the band over - for example, the record label manager they were given had an oppoturnity for them to open for Creed - and the manager did not tell the band members until less than a day before the concert. Some of the guys were on vacation etc... so there was no way to get em all there for the concert. The sick part is the manager knew about it and didnt tell anyone until the last moment. - just one example of an incompetent manager but you are stuck with what you are given in that industry cuz of contracts etc...)
anyway - back to the point:
Band: familiar 48 or Bonehead
Song - the question
just a really cool tune.
Oddity:
Band:grandsons of the pioneers
song: Ive been a long time leaving (and Ill be a long time gone)
JohnS
09-18-2004, 08:38 PM
on a desert island, which five (or 6) CD's would you want. Mine would be:
1. Yes Album-Yes
2. Dark Side Of The Moon-Pink Floyd
3. Hotel California- Eagles
4. Who's Next- The Who
5. Born To Run- Bruce Springsteen
6. Led Zeppelin (any of the first 4, I can't decide!)
There's not a bad song there and they cover quite a range of moods for me.
Jeff N.
09-18-2004, 10:20 PM
on a desert island, which five (or 6) CD's would you want. Mine would be:
1. Yes Album-Yes
2. Dark Side Of The Moon-Pink Floyd
3. Hotel California- Eagles
4. Who's Next- The Who
5. Born To Run- Bruce Springsteen
6. Led Zeppelin (any of the first 4, I can't decide!)
There's not a bad song there and they cover quite a range of moods for me.1. The Beatles-Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band 2. The Doors-The Doors 3. Jimi Hendrix- The Essential Jimi Hendrix 4. The Who-Who's Next 5.The Rolling Stones-Let It Bleed 6. Led Zeppelin II- Led Zeppelin (Honorable Mention: Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon, Bob Marley-Legend) Jeff N.
93legendti
09-18-2004, 11:31 PM
Allman Bros Band, Instant Live from the 8/27/04 show in Michigan.
Birddog
09-18-2004, 11:34 PM
Fresh off a 1100 mile road trip and I listened to....
Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks (Strikin' it Rich and Where's the Money), Asleep at the Wheel, (Ist Album and Ridin' with Bob), Kelly Hunt, Best of George Thorogood, Hot Club of Cowtown, Best of the Flying Burrito Bros, Best of Jerry Jeff Walker, Steely Dan, Ranger Doug, 8 1/2 Souvenier. When I lived in NM, I used to see Tish Hinojoso play locally all the time.
Birddog
- Rolling into Memphis: The songs of John Hiatt. Various Artists. Odetta takes one and makes it sound like Hiatt covers his own song.
- A Tribute to Hound Dog Taylor. Various Artists. Relentless. Great trainer disc.
- Ry Cooder/Manuel Galban: Mambo Sinuendo. I lent this album to a guy at work that teaches and competes at ballroom dancing (yeah, I know) and he gave it back saying he didn't know how you could dance to that - the melodies were too confusing. He wasn't kidding! I think I offended him when I started laughing.
- John Prine: Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings.
- Leftover Salmon: The Nashville Sessions, if only for Lucinda Williams and Lines Around Your Eyes.
Trainer tunes:
- All of Jimmy Thackery's "Guitar" album.
- The Hellecaster's version of Orange Blossom Special. Eight minutes of big train bluegrass on Telecasters. Put it in the big ring and go!
two from billy bragg (william blake album) 1. a pict song (rudyard kipling) +
2. northern industrial town
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