The ever-popular "Currently Listening" thread

[Nukester]

Old man Peter Gabriel sounds way better than Old man David Lee Roth

 

[Nukester]

and now for something quite a bit different…

Lou Reed - Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel Cover)

Yeah that certainly was, err, different lol

 

[dteowner]

OK, we're getting into progrock overload again. Time for some lovely throwaway new wave.
"I Can Feel" by Strawberry Switchblade

 

[Ripper]

Gill Landry - Waiting for your Love

..and Just Like You

 

[Ripper]

Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed

Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric

Tom Mcrae - Walking 2 Hawaii

Elvis Costello - Beyond Belief

Jeffrey Lewis - The Gasman Cometh

EDIT:

I've been having one of my late music collection dives. I think some of you might appreciate this last one. I saw this tour a few years ago - easily one of the best gigs I ever saw.

Beth Gibbons (from Portishead) - Funny Time of Year

EDIT EDIT:

...and one more for you latter day Gabriel fans:

Pater Gabriel Live - Biko

 

[Orákulum]

The Trooper, one of the finest Iron Maiden classics covered by Steve'n'Seagulls.

Hilarious.

 

[Drithius]

Interesting little article on some of the possibilities behind Don McLean's American Pie.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32196117

 

[Thrasher]

Tom Mcrae - Walking 2 Hawaii

Beth Gibbons (from Portishead) - Funny Time of Year

Nice!

Ok, sorry for pushing this stuff, but this one is really good. The atmospheric nearly ambient first half really mesmerizes, the second celebratory half is pretty good too.

Peter Gabriel - Grief

 

[Nukester]

Geezer.F'ing.Butler

Its all about the bass

Geezer Butler Bass Solo

 

[Nukester]

The Trooper, one of the finest Iron Maiden classics covered by Steve'n'Seagulls.

Hilarious.

That's both hilarious and impressive both the same lol

 

[Nukester]

Geezer.F'ing.Butler Part Deux (with a serious dose of Zakk Wylde and Corey Taylor)

Bass Player Live! Geezer Butler,Zakk Wylde,Corey Taylor "Fairies W Boots" / NIB"@ Fonda Theatre 2013

Love Zakk Wylde's guitar playing...Cant stand Zakk Wylde's singing. He always sounds like he has marbles in his mouth

 

[danutz_plusplus]

I've received my Parasound Zdac v2, and Sennheiser HD700, and started listening to some music to fully appreciate it. Pink Floyd sounds amazing on it. I also started looking for some classical music. And this particular song is just amazing. Not the actual youtube recording, but a FLAC version of it. Just amazing. The high notes are just crystal clear.

Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) - Der Hölle Rache

 

[Asdraguuhl]

I've received my Parasound Zdac v2, and Sennheiser HD700, and started listening to some music to fully appreciate it. Pink Floyd sounds amazing on it. I also started looking for some classical music. And this particular song is just amazing. Not the actual youtube recording, but a FLAC version of it. Just amazing. The high notes are just crystal clear.

Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) - Der Hölle Rache

Nice to hear that you enjoy your new headphones.

Don Giovanni is by far my favourite Mozart opera, widely regarded as one of the finest ever written. Here is link to the brilliant Commendatore scene. (The video quality is bad but I like the performance).

 

[Nukester]

First song I heard this morning was -
Traffic - Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys - Live 72 (such a great performance)

but that reminded me of this performance (Feeling Alright was originally a Traffic song). Hysterical

Joe Cocker and John Belushi SNL Feeling Alright 1976

 

[Thrasher]

Going through Kate's albums and once again being amazed. So MANY great songs.

Here's an oddly hypnotic one, but I have a hard time ranking them…

Heads We're Dancing

 

[Nukester]

Going through Kate's albums and once again being amazed. So MANY great songs.

Here's an oddly hypnotic one, but I have a hard time ranking them…

Heads We're Dancing

Love it. She is really one of the only 80's pop/electronic/radio (I really dont know how to define it) type people I can listen too.

I was in my late teens in the late 80's and was more into Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Queensryche, etc, but along with that was my love for the older stuff like the Grateful Dead, Credence Clearwater Revival, Crosby Stills and Nash, Frank Zappa, T-Rex, etc. On top of that schizophrenia of musical tastes, I grew up with brothers older than me that were into things like The Beatles, Bee Gees, Earth Wind and Fire, etc so I love that type of stuff too (I have no issue with disco….), but there are two types of music I dont like all that much. Rap and 80's top 40/pop type stuff. Like Flock of Seagulls, Tears for Fears, Culture Club, etc….I would put later Kate Bush somewhere in that category (maybe like a Eurythmics….Anne Lennox, which I actually like) but while I cant stand most of that stuff, I really love her stuff. Odd, I know

Started today with my all-time favorite guitar player Stevie Ray Vaughn. This is my favorite perfomance of his. If you dont want to watch the whole thing, skip to the 7:30 mark…..Ridiculous!

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood (Long version)

 

[Thrasher]

I too find much of the 80's stuff is pretty disposable, but not Kate. There are some other gems out there, too. I'll try to round them up. What first comes to mind is XTC (it must be all the key and tempo changes), but there are others.

Again, more great songs than I can properly give attention to here. These two are rather clever. Nice mix of influences, as is the whole album they are from, English Settlement, one of my favorites by them.

Melt the Guns
Snowman

Another great one, from the Big Express album

Wake Up

Oh boy, this is a treat. Full concert before they stopped touring in 1982. So much energy! A shame Andy's mike is mixed too hot.

XTC - Rockpalast (February 10, 1982)

 

[Nukester]

I too find much 80's stuff is pretty disposable, but not Kate. There are some other gems out there, too. I'll try to round them up. What first comes to mind is XTC (it must be all the key and tempo changes), but there are others.

She really is original

Finished up with this funky classic. My favorite album from the band, especially Kid Charlemagne, Green Earrings, and The Fez

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (Full Album)

 

[Nukester]

Oh boy, this is a treat. Full concert before they stopped touring in 1982. So much energy! A shame Andy's mike is mixed too hot.

XTC - Rockpalast (February 10, 1982)

That was really good. I was getting sort of a Poppy-Punk-Devo-Talking Heads vibe from that lol

I once told my kids "Kids, when daddy talks about REAL 80's metal, this right here is what he's talkin' about"

Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (live)

 

[Thrasher]

Extremely hooky and definitely on the side of 80's pop, but wonderful nonetheless, with some prog elements, post punkiness among others. Quite a variety. Check out the first nine of the below.

The Stranglers - Dreamtime