The ever-popular "Currently Listening" thread

[HiddenX]

http://www.allmusic.com/
http://www.trouserpress.com/

are always a good starting point for reviews.

At my (very hypothetic) wedding I could ask this question:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Do you love me ? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOiUPl5GjTE)

Nick Cave & Blixa Bargeld - Where the Wild Roses Grow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eGVPbdv-3I)

... and I hope I'll not end like this:
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Weeping Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsOBpDkwBtM&mode=related&search=)

[curiously undead]

reviews of movies or games i can usually grab enough information to go on. but as far as music goes i almost always like to base it off of a 'living' reference.

thats a sweet name at the very least. i'm trying out an emusic program for a month so i'll see if its on there. if not i'll add it to my ebay search list. thanks for the rec.

[HiddenX]

Some old stuff:

Captain Beefheart - Electricity (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TBMTui7qg8)

The Hollies - Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP94PlEtsEQ&mode=related&search=)

Uriah Heep - Lady in Black (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Th_lZab7IQ&mode=related&search=)

The Guess Who - American Woman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQNMLuL6BI&mode=related&search=)

Manfred Mann - Ha ha said the clown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4b2KuB1VsU)

Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLPUmkJoarY)

The Equals - Baby Come Back (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBGtusQpAs0&mode=related&search=)

THE GUESS WHO - NO SUGAR TONIGHT/NEW MOTHER NATURE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy75uEPaXeE&mode=related&search=)

The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As3JE0FTK8Q) [1966]

Small Faces - Song Of A Baker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPKim0zSVPU&mode=related&search=)

[Corwin]

I actually know most of those!! Old stuff for an oldie!! :)

[HiddenX]

Los Bravos - Black is black (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqgwnv0HCk8&mode=related&search=)

Paul Revere & the Raiders - Indian Reservation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiP5IANLBEY)

T. Rex - Get it on (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_80ii73dfQ&mode=related&search=)

The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4nVKn0l2mo&mode=related&search=)

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW - TIME WARP (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCcb3zRl8U)

Donovan - Atlantis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCSUfTEcWow&mode=related&search=)

[txa1265]

Hehe ... when I saw 'Baby Come Back' I thought of a different song.

[Corwin]

We're talking MY era here!! :)

[magerette]

Indeed! Thanks for the Time Warp, HiddenX.. I thought of that cut earlier in the thread when sedation was mentioned...:)

"...with a bit of a mind flip/ you're into the time slip
and NOTHING
will ever be the same...."

[Corwin]

Yes, but they all represent REAL music, with melodies and decent lyrics, etc, etc!! :)

[HiddenX]

For the younger ones on this board:

- The Time Warp Lyrics

It's astounding, time is fleeting
Madness takes its toll
But listen closely, not for very much longer
I've got to keep control

I remember doing the Time Warp
Drinking those moments when
The blackness would hit me and the void would be calling
Let's do the time warp again...
Let's do the time warp again!

It's just a jump to the left
And then a step to the right
With your hands on your hips
You bring your knees in tight
But it's the pelvic thrust that really drives you insane,
Let's do the Time Warp again!

It's so dreamy, oh fantasy free me
So you can't see me, no not at all
In another dimension, with voyeuristic intention
Well-secluded, I see all
With a bit of a mind flip
You're there in the time slip
And nothing can ever be the same
You're spaced out on sensation, like you're under sedation
Let's do the Time Warp again!

Well I was walking down the street just a-having a think
When a snake of a guy gave me an evil wink
He shook me up, he took me by surprise
He had a pickup truck and the devil's eyes.
He stared at me and I felt a change
Time meant nothing, never would again
Let's do the Time Warp again!

[txa1265]

The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4nVKn0l2mo&mode=related&search=)
Interestingly, that was the first single (i.e. 45RPM) I bought myself with my own money ... back in ~'75. Loved that song. :)

[HiddenX]

The first LP - bought by myself - was the Red Beatles Album at the age of 12.
I never liked singles so much - I think the first single was one of these:

Twisted Sister - I wanna Rock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHz-vDsKyiM&mode=related&search=)
Dee Snider rocks

John Lennon - Nobody Told Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUCVNjDN4GU&mode=related&search=)
so true:Everybody's talking and no one says a word

Kim Wilde - The Second Time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR57mIAa-Rs)
- classy lady

Trio - Da Da Da (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMikAeK8rL0)
- the minimalists of the "Neue deutsche Welle"

[xSamhainx]

Dont Cry - G'n R

bought Use Your Illusion 1&2 today, it's funny how some music brings back memories so vivid.

[Gig]

After the Rain, with this song, (http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000046PVU001010/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_010/102-5038871-5384929) was the first CD I bought all on my own.

(Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection -- Nelson

[curiously undead]

a few years ago i heard a track i love my man on the faithless back to mine compilation. i then picked up another comp by faithless the bedroom sessions not to long after with swollen and even better song. these 2 songs got me very interested in the band who made them, bent who i had never heard of. all i could find was a 2 disc single set. then i ran across a copy of an actual album ariels 6 months ago but never listened to it. i put it on my zen though and last month on the long drive to and from oregon i listened to it a few times. it was awesome and as lovely as the landscapes around me. a few days ago i nabbed another album - the everlasting blink. while not one of my favourite songs of there's this is an enjoyable video.
bent - magic love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10RZsjvX-f0&mode=related&search=

bent - swollen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzSaQdYgDw4

[dteowner]

Man, I'm getting annoyed with not being able to hear or post sound clips...

Chameleons UK: Return of the Roughnecks 2cd edition
Criminally ignored band!

@Gig- have you seen a picture of the Nelson twins recently? Don't remember where I saw it, but it wasn't pretty.

[HiddenX]

@dteowner

Chameleons UK -> great music - I've never heard of them before. You can compare them with Joy Division.

The Chameleons - Second Skin (live) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdf-hmuxRg0&mode=related&search=)

The Chameleons - In Shreds (live) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YArmQ9JPeXA)

The Chameleons - Pleasure and pain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZItaLLahwI&mode=related&search=)

The Chameleons - Don't Fall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDSnpc1W1Vc&mode=related&search=)

[Ubereil]

I think they're both from Manchester as well... I've never heard them before but I've run into them in some texts because of my interest in some other "Gothic" (like Joy Division :rolleyes:) brittish acts of the time.

Currentlly listening to Plesure and Pain. :)

Übereil

[abbaon]

This "choral collage" works better than it has any right to. Take a trip around the world. (http://detritus.net/wobbly/mp3s/Choir/)

(Part 2 dips into murkier waters, and may be too experimental for you.)

[cptmaxon]

Tenacious D the pick of destiny
Bob Dylan Hurrican

[Gig]

@dte -- No, I haven't seen Gunnar and Matthew in a long, long time. Serves them right for being so pretty... just wrong for men to be prettier than you. My fascination with the Nelson boys was pretty brief, I lost interest shortly after they hit the radio. I still love that song, though.

And, in that same category, another man who hasn't aged particularly well...

Baby, I Love Your Way (http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000009HF2001007/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_007/104-7901713-1522331) -- Peter Frampton

Maybe that's the fate of really pretty men... they all end up looking like Uncle Pervy. :D

[HiddenX]

Dubrovniks - As long As I can listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqAU5i01m9I) (to the Ramones)

[JDR13]

If you're going to talk about music from the 80's, you can't forget about the best song\video ever made during that time.

Of course I'm talking about "The Safety Dance".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qW0Edq1KqI

[narpet]

If you're going to talk about music from the 80's, you can't forget about the best song\video ever made during that time.

Of course I'm talking about "The Safety Dance".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qW0Edq1KqI

AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

:)

[HiddenX]

"The Safety Dance" is one of the very few dances, I'm able to master ;)

Genesis is right: I can't dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae7c6JCYKyY)

[curiously undead]

this is one of the sweetest videos i've ever seen. its for a new all instrumental track by faithless - i never stop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4A-9_KuGV4&mode=related&search=

[magerette]

If you're going to talk about music from the 80's, you can't forget about the best song\video ever made during that time.

Of course I'm talking about "The Safety Dance".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qW0Edq1KqI

God it was fun being a hippie.

[xSamhainx]

omg, Men Without Hats.

Ive said it before and I'll say it again - I dont care what anyone says, I loved the 80's!

[HiddenX]

Free - All Right Now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B2clFsLA3w)

Free - Wishing Well (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKy_puDDnRk&mode=related&search=)

[dteowner]

Bad clothes and bad hair, but we certainly weren't as angry as kids these days. Remember when "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "Fight for Your Right" were flat out hard core? Stuff sounds like musicbox fodder compared to today's tunes. Definitely good times! A lot of truth to that Bowling for Soup song, eh? "Music still on MTV" (!!!)

[HiddenX]

:music:Our parents could rock, too :music:

Leslie West (Mountain)- Mississippi Queen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta4FZdsq1_Q&mode=related&search=)

The Yardbirds - Dazed And Confused (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Recd6Us9g)

[txa1265]

:music:Our parents could rock, too :music:

Leslie West (Mountain)- Mississippi Queen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta4FZdsq1_Q&mode=related&search=)

The Yardbirds - Dazed And Confused (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Recd6Us9g)

Leslie West *was* a mountain ... and I love the Yardbirds, but more the stuff with Beck.

[HiddenX]

Oldies but Goldies:

Creation - Painter Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1NbzUQZ8Zk)

[curiously undead]

stumbled upon a nice new(for me) shoegaze band today-Airiel. decided what to download off of emusic. the song firefly is quite excellent. and dte you lucky gazer they are touring in your area. edit: and looking at their homepage i missed them here by a week. damn!
http://www.myspace.com/airiel

[xSamhainx]

Estranged - GnR

Guns n Roses is the band that Ive always liked, but cannot listen to loudly. I can crank it up during Slash's solos (which are some of my favorite rock guitar solos), but when Axl starts screeching again, it's downright painful!

Supposedly coming out with a new cd, one of these days. I'll get it, I like all their past stuff.

[magerette]

I'm not a big GunsNRoses fan--yeah, Axel's bird-of-prey-on-crack voice is the prob--but I've always liked this subdued love ballad. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXzr5Ip4vP0&mode=related&search=)

[Pladio]

I'm listening to 'Everlasting' a song by a band called Epiphany located in Manchester. The vocal artist is a friend of mine.
You can find and listen to their songs here (http://epiphanyband.co.uk/)

[dteowner]

stumbled upon a nice new(for me) shoegaze band today-Airiel. decided what to download off of emusic. the song firefly is quite excellent. and dte you lucky gazer they are touring in your area. edit: and looking at their homepage i missed them here by a week. damn!
http://www.myspace.com/airiel
I got the "Winks and Kisses" box set! Nah nah! :p Excellent band, although their upcoming release is a departure from their gazer roots and is getting mixed reviews on the gazer board. If you can track down a copy of "In Your Room" (track off the W&K eps), grab it--you'll thank me for 10 minutes of bliss. Don't know if you're aware, but "Firefly" was done with a guest vocalist. Jeremy usually does the vocals and he's a dead ringer for the guy in Pet Shop Boys.

[HiddenX]

I'm listening to 'Everlasting' a song by a band called Epiphany located in Manchester. The vocal artist is a friend of mine.

Good music - the bass could be a bit more powerful.

[Ubereil]

IIf you can track down a copy of "In Your Room" (track off the W&K eps), grab it--you'll thank me for 10 minutes of bliss.

Is that possiblly a Depeche Mode cover? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0hdVJjbQ30)

Currentlly listening to Genesis preforming The Knife. Got Tresspass for my birtday about ten days ago. Pretty good album, but I'm sure their later albums (no, not the 80's albums! ;)) are better. I'll find out if I can manage to get my hands on them...

Übereil

[Jaz]

Once again listening to my-favorite-artist-who-never-managed-to-get-a-contract, a lad named LX: les Enfants Du Paradis (http://data.mp3.de/download/10000/6112e3b89be767c3f2f4f0653f368a97/011_LX-Les_Enfants_du_Paradis_(s.ex2).mp3). It's German synthie pop (in case you wondered).

[dteowner]

Nope, totally different song and style, although I do enjoy DM's older (Construction Time Again thru Violator, give or take) output regularly.

[HiddenX]

german synthie:

Kraftwerk - Das Model (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUj-O7Y2s08&mode=related&search=)

[Ubereil]

Rammstein did it it too! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpprIoaIa7I) :D

Übereil

[HiddenX]

Protect yourself -

The Vibrators - Baby Baby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux3r96TPS48&mode=related&search=)

[xSamhainx]

November's Doom - Stone Ivy and Sculptured Flowers

good gothic death/doom metal cd ='.'=

[Gig]

I've been listening to this soundtrack all day. Sometimes I just can't get enough of it. The CD I have happens to be the Broadway cast, but I have the London cast recording on my to-do list.

Memory (http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000001E3N001013/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_013/104-7901713-1522331) -- Cats

[curiously undead]

speaking of cats...
the cure - love cats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EeZRBStMNQ

[Corwin]

Love ALW's Cats!! Going to my second live production of it this year in August.

[MasterLich]

German band Accept (singing in English). I think they boxed this about 20 years ago, happened to find a copy of their album 'Russian Roulette' cheap lately. The critics were right, the cd a) brings back memories and b) doesn't contain a single bad song (which is seriously rare nowadays, only Iron Maiden & Metallica have achieved this for me before this one). Hard n' heavy!

[HiddenX]

memories:

Accept - Fast as a Shark (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwKQi7HB_Gw)

Accept - Balls To The Wall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph8kGPXOoUw&mode=related&search=)

[JDR13]

Arise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXpHHikd2NA) by Sepultura.

Great heavy metal band from Brazil I've been getting back into.

Another one from them, great music video.
Refuse/Resist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHGlGWEKkhI)

[rooroosta]

In The Regions Of Sunreturn - Michael Garrison
Legion - Mark Shreeve
Enya - Shepherd Moons

mixed up in my winamp setup.

[txa1265]

I've been listening to the soundtrack to Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" ... wonderful stuff ... great film if you haven't seen it.

[Ubereil]

Ceremony - Joy Division. The only Joy Division song (probablly) ever recorded without Ian Curtis (only played live once, on their last concert).

Übereil

[xSamhainx]

Slayer - Necrophiliac (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=95367384)

Mortuary, dead of night
my body starts to rise.
In my mind the horror lives,
to feel death deep inside.
Relentless lust for rotting flesh,
to thrash the tomb she lies
heathen whore of satan's wrath
I spit at your demise.

I remember reading those words (and the rest that follow) for the first time back in the 80's, and just reeling. This is after the terrifying (to a christian-raised child) opening track "Hell Awaits", the shocking onslaught of murder in "Kill Again", and the freakin totally creepy "At Dawn they Sleep". I didnt even know what necrophilia was, it had never crossed my mind really. I was a horror kid, but it was something that I was always an observer of, never so much a participant of. I definitely had never messed with the sacred icons of judeo-christian religion, not directly anyway.

Slayer had kicked my ass, and hard. Harder than any band had ever before, and probably harder than any since.

There was Iron Maiden, and Metallica, and what have you, and while they were not a cheery bunch, they werent outright demonic. They didnt make me feel like my very soul was condemned for all eternity by virtue of finding myself merely hearing them. Slayer, these mofos were playing for keeps.

I remember when my Mom found my Hell Awaits record, and read the lyrics. Actually, I think that she herself was posessed by Satan for a very short time as she began screaming in tounges and chasing me around!

Ah yes, good ol' Slayer ='.'=

[JDR13]

I've seen Slayer live 3 times and Metallica 4 times. Slayer's "Reign in Blood" album is one of the greatest ever made in that genre.

I'll never forget a Slayer show I went to in Tampa, Florida. I think it was 1994-95. When they played "Angel of Death" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0AGUywHntw), it was the most intense mosh pit I've ever been in, and I've been in a lot.

[xSamhainx]

you have to get this video, got it this week myself-
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y2yZfVzML._AA240_.jpg

Slayer - Reign in Blood: Still Reigning (http://www.amazon.com/Slayer-Reign-Blood-Still-Reigning/dp/B00061H2KE/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5931927-7791960?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1185690579&sr=8-1)

It's them playing Reign in Blood in it's entirety, live, with Dave Lombardo back on drums. In fact, that Angel of Death video is from it. They dont cheese out either, you know how some bands tend to shorten songs or toss out the solos or whatever, they play it fully. Not saying it's flawless tho, I noticed a few messed up lines, but overall it's done well. The slowdown between Altar of Sacrifice and Jesus Saves comes off pretty fat and groovy, sounds cool, and he screams out the last verse of Criminally Insane like a madman. Then, the coup de grace, the grand finale, they have a shower of blood raining down on them during Raining Blood. The place goes berzerk. I went berzerk. My neighbors hate me now!

The "bonus tracks" (necrophiliac, war ensemble, hallowed point, like 4 songs from South of Heaven) appear to be the first part of the show. Then, they launched into "Reign.." . There's a pretty cool interview on there with all of them too.

Here's (http://www.freemoviescinema.com/content/view/665/89/)another interview/concert footage with Tom Araya for some BBC special on thrash metal. Napalm Death is on there too, but they suck imho.

Ive never seen them live actually, weve just never crossed paths. Theyre playing here in San Diego next month, suprisingly with Marilyn Manson. I dont know how the hell that happened. All I can say is this - Marilyn better hope (s)he's playing second!

Thinking of going with my friend Erik (50 bucks a ticket??), but were sitting up top tho if we go. I dont mosh, I'm there to see the band, you know. Especially if I pay 50 bones.

[Ubereil]

And now, something totally different! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLA3WA9QOh0)

Übereil

[rooroosta]

Parallel worlds audio book.

[magerette]

I'm in a psychedelicized mood today so a little time travel:

Question (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8YFZJK3arg&mode=related&search=)

and a little San Francisco garage band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6br7jS9TNc&mode=related&search=) sound

and one for Sammy, since I ran across it:

Eye of the Zombie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENt6w1t_AJw)

[xSamhainx]

wow, nice.

Never thought I'd be interested in a John Fogerty song again!

[magerette]

A little voodoo can always change your mind. ;)

For some unknown reason it made me think of this (http://www.amazon.com/Tyranny-Mutation-Blue-%C3%96yster-Cult/dp/B00005LNBP/ref=pd_sim_m_5_img/103-6641788-5851034?ie=UTF8&qid=1185743141&sr=1-12) album, especially the song Wings Wetted Down, which had a very sci-fi feel for me. But maybe BOC was a little too mainstream for your younger days. :)

[abbaon]

OKX: A Tribute to OK Computer (http://www.stereogum.com/okx/)

This is fantastic, because the artists tapped to contribute took their responsibilities seriously. Instead of recapitulating the original recordings (FROWN (http://www.amazon.com/Im-Your-Fan-Various-Artists/dp/B000002ISX)), they demonstrated real understanding by preserving the essence of the song in a new form. Mostly. There are a few copycats. Mobius Band takes the prize for ballsiest interpretation. (It's amusing to see how many people thought what the original needed was a driving beat.) If someone can bring this to curious' attention, I think he'd love it.

And Amazon has the whole thing (http://s3.amazonaws.com/stereogum/ok_x.zip) for download.

[danutz_plusplus]

Pink Floyd - The Wall

This is one of the best, if not the best album I've ever heard. What I love about it is that I cannot seem to be able to listen to just some of the songs of it. I always have to listen to it from start to finish. The movie made for the album is also nice. If I were to select a song from it, it would have to be Comfortably Numb. David Gilmour's guitar solo is brilliant, imo.

[xSamhainx]

great concept album, The Wall has everything.

still listening to G n R's Use Your Illusion(s), today focused on part I. Theyre just addicting, I find myself always singing "yesterdays", "coma", "so fine", "estranged", etc.

[txa1265]

My latest acquisition:

Trio of Doom (http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000QEIM7S/ref=s9_asin_image_2-1966_g1/002-3098861-5807261?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0ZWMJARN4Q6YRZ4CC2GR&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=278240701&pf_rd_i=507846) - what a force, three of the greatest musicians ever team up for a live performance! John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius and Tony Williams ...

But the CD, while I love it, brings 'uneven' to a whole new level - brilliance, when unsynchronized, is often wasted and unfocused. The story from McLaughlin of the fights between them - caused by the self-destructive Jaco - are fun to read.

I have seen all three of these guys in different setting, and have seen some brilliant pairings of talent on the 'summer jazz fest' tours of the 80's, but couldn't imagine having seen this ...

[HiddenX]

Blondie - Denis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3WE0RiWvi0&mode=related&search=)

[Corwin]

I love Blondie and the music isn't too bad either!! :biggrin:

I have her song 'Call Me' as my cell phone ringtone!! :)

[Gig]

I'm with you, I too love Blondie. ;)

And I also love Cat Faces (http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B0000666WE001007/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_007/104-7901713-1522331) -- Ugly Casanova.

[txa1265]

I'm with you, I too love Blondie. ;)
'Rapture' has been permanently on my iPod / MP3 players since ... well since I had more than 1GB of capacity ;)

[dteowner]

Lot of drama in that band. Half the group sued the other half or some such, and the sue-ers weren't allowed to play with the sue-ees during their Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

My coworker Dewayne has written a new song and, in spite of all common sense, wants me to play keyboards on it, so I've been playing the song a lot the past few days trying to figure out what in the hell I'm going to do.

[danutz_plusplus]

still listening to G n R's Use Your Illusion(s), today focused on part I. Theyre just addicting, I find myself always singing "yesterdays", "coma", "so fine", "estranged", etc.

Estranged is really awesome.

Currently listening to some Aerosmith, Dream on.

[xSamhainx]

Estranged has one of Slash's best solos imho. The Garden (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo2y_z-FZCs) has a particularly blistering one right in the middle. Love that song!

[Gig]

I just picked up the Mascara & Monsters CD and am rather smitten with it at the moment. Particularly this track: No More Mr. Nice Guy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZnhuOEUFXA) -- Alice Cooper.

[magerette]

Nice cut, Gig. I haven't heard any Alice in a long time.

Some old (like everything I post ;) )girl songs:

Angel from Montgomery (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6XwuZYGJBQ)-Bonnie Raitt doing John Prine( DTE it really isn't country--REALLY it's folk/blues/pop) :)

Freeway of Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJgqKNM3zfU) :boogie::dance:

[HiddenX]

How about Aretha Franklin & Bonnie Raitt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzTrLTBhaIY&mode=related&search=) together ?

[magerette]

Like a two-scoop ice cream cone, HX, double cool. :cool:

But you better post something more masculine before the guys get o'd'ed on estrogen. :)

[HiddenX]

okay - more testosterone ...

ZZ TOP - Sharp Dressed man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cizyr3cxdEY)

[dteowner]

The latest Maroon 5 song for me. Don't even know the name of it. Goes against all my principles, but it's a catchy tune.

[Ubereil]

Genesis - Keep it Dark, from the second album of their platinum collection.

Übereil

[HiddenX]

The Ramones - Rockaway Beach (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juDtRGlU1E8)

[Jaz]

Just listening to some old Jesus & Mary Chain stuff - trying to get used to it since they will headline the festival I'll visit next weekend. The problem is - I didn't like their music back in the days, and I still can't get into it.

[HiddenX]

I love J&MC!

Jesus and Mary Chain - Sometimes Always (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMNZ5-SigyQ&mode=related&search=)

Jesus And Mary Chain - April Skies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUoJhtLxx9I&mode=related&search=)

Jesus And Mary Chain - Happy When It rains (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5wez5re1aU&mode=related&search=)

Jesus and Mary Chain - Blues from a Gun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjOxrj84MfE&mode=related&search=)

interesting:
The Ramones - How It all began Part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JohVoHDU3Co&mode=related&search=)
The Ramones - How It all began Part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KekKD6h6bYg&mode=related&search=)


The Ramones were influenced by:
Iggy Pop - Raw Power (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3j5DKQUDHE)
MC5 - Tonight (1972) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-rV3qh_2to&mode=related&search=)
New York Dolls: Looking For A Kiss (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOsaK14eGMo&mode=related&search=)

and last by not least:
The Beach Boys - Surfin' USA [Live] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1FaflUn4Co)

[Gig]

I'm still flirting with Mascara & Monsters.

You and Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXG1sVi5Fc8) -- Alice Cooper

[curiously undead]

it really doesn't get any better than this. if you need a reason to move to la, well being ariel pink's neighbour is as good as it gets.
ariel pink - are you going to look after my boys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N6EecRJu60

if ariel pink has his own theme park it would be 'the happiest place on earth'...with just the right amount of madness.

[Artran]

Soundrack by Joe Hisaishi from movie Sonatine by Takeshi Kitano.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

I'm not sure what I should put next into my CD player :

- The small soundtrack of Tropico 2 or
- a collection of Bangles songs.

I think I'd rather stick to the latter one.

Done.

This 2CD-compilation (http://www.amazon.de/Manic-Monday-Bangles/dp/B00005T7RI/ref=pd_bbs_8/303-0819219-3810627?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1186393458&sr=8-8) is actually quite good - because it has lots of B-Sides and non-LP songs songs on it !

My favourite song of that collection is the song "Glitter Years".

[txa1265]

Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper (http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Cyndi-Lauper/dp/B00008PX8X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3098861-5807261?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1186396095&sr=8-1)

We were working on a photo-DVD my wife was making for our nephew and she wanted this song so I pulled out an old 80's collection CD set we have. I haven't heard this in years, but always appreciated that it is a truly wonderful song. Miles Davis did a wonderful version and it became somewhat of a standard for him in his final years. Lauper really nuances the vocals in a way that current pop singers seem incapable of doing.

[dteowner]

There's actually an emo version of Time After Time getting radio play now. Some no-name band from Indianapolis re-did it. Don't care for the whole emo treatment, but the song is good enough to stand up to the abuse and still work.

[Ubereil]

Skinny Puppy - The Killing Game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUS3PJ2PtpI)

Not the happiest lot around, but interesting music nontheless.

Übereil

[txa1265]

OK, this isn't seriously what I'm listening to but is funny enough to share. This is (I believe) an original song called 'The Chuck Norris Song' (http://youtube.com/watch?v=xjnVEsXtNIU)as shown in a YouTube video. If you laughed when he said 'if I wanted your opinion I'd beat it out of you' in Lone Wolf McQuade you should appreciate this ...

[dteowner]

Curtain Society's Inertia cd

[curiously undead]

good stuff-- gravity was the first curtain society song i ever heard on the CvB "nigh" compilation...needless to say i was hooked and bought some of their albums. also go buy a lotto ticket mr. 777.

[xSamhainx]

Anathema - Kingdom

Great, I love the whole last half of the Pentecost cd (kingdom/mine is yours to drown in/we the gods) it's almost like one continuous song. Trippy stuff, and it's actually the precursor to their newer sound

[xSamhainx]

Supersuckers - Eastbound n' Down

cover of the old Smokey and the Bandit theme song, prolly be stuck in my head for days now!

[dteowner]

Autumn's Grey Solace- Shades of Grey cd

After several listens over several months, still not sure I'm thrilled with the direction Erin and Scott are moving on their 3rd release. Erin got really excited about off-key vocal slides and they just don't work for me. Still glad I bought it, but their first 2 Projekt releases will certainly see more time in the player.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper (http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Cyndi-Lauper/dp/B00008PX8X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3098861-5807261?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1186396095&sr=8-1)

Ah, how much I love this song ! :)

Must get all of her CDs one day ... I think she released her last only last year or that year before ... ?

By the way - funny thing is that you can see the whole video clip of her song she made for the "Goonies" movie on the Goonies DVD ! :) ;)

[rooroosta]

Mark Shreeve - Assassin at the moment.

[HiddenX]

80's music:

Trans X - Living on a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h1fYhuM8AA)

sounds like c64 sound effects :)

[curiously undead]

VAST (Jon Crosby) has been one of my favourite bands for over 7 years now. I finally saw him a few months back and it was an amazing show, a few feet away at a horrible venue and 'unplugged' but it was still a great experience. my friend partied with him after word and got 'mugged' by a stranger-horray for alcohol.
i own the multitude of albums and internet albums but i've never watched a video. i came upon this one tonight from his first album and its about the most disturbing music video i've ever seen. sammy you should check it out though:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOZ6ptqcbUc

he's probably my favourite male singer/songwriter

[txa1265]

I've pulled out some of my old Chick Corea CD's that I haven't played in quite a while ...

Chick Corea - Three Quartets (http://www.amazon.com/Three-Quartets-Chick-Corea/dp/B000003OZE/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-0374945-0508863?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1187091504&sr=8-1) - this is some great stuff from '81, with Corea, Brecker, Eddie Gomez and Steve Gadd all shining individually and as a unit.

[dteowner]

Ether Aura's "Crash" cd for me.

Heard Michael Jackson's "PYT" on the radio this morning. Guy's a total nutjob, but he sure could write songs back in the day.

[txa1265]

Heard Michael Jackson's "PYT" on the radio this morning. Guy's a total nutjob, but he sure could write songs back in the day.

It is amazing trying to explain that to my kids - he is like a poster child for all that is weird and screwy in the world now, so the thought of him as a megastar is completely alien to them ...

[Ubereil]

The Wait - Killing Joke (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f42MLoLbnnQ)

Übereil

[nameless hero]

Sigh....

- Electric Light Orchestra
- Yes
- King Crimson
- Genesis
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Esquire
- Uriah Heep
- Joe Satriani
- Steve Vaise
- Gary Moore
- Pink Floyd
- Led Zepplin
- Jon Lord
- Rick Wakeman
- Mike Oldfield
- The Cat Empire
- SBB
- Klause Szultz

All great Musicians/ Bands from all over the world!!! You gotta really learn to listen to their music because it's not easy to listen to.

[txa1265]

Sigh....
... isn't the thing here to name *one* thing you are *currently* listening to along with a link to allow others to preview it? As opposed to listing your 20 favorite bands?

[nameless hero]

In a way 'yes', BUT, in a more accurate way, I could say that I am listening to all of their hits in a playlist.

[nameless hero]

This is the only Music Thread I found here, so those are my highest recommendations. Stating individual fav songs would take ages and ages.

[txa1265]

This is the only Music Thread I found here, so those are my highest recommendations. Stating individual fav songs would take ages and ages.
But you're missing the point - this is *currently listening* ... so you are saying that you are actively listening *right now, on the same playlist on your MP3 player* about 1000+ songs by 20+ artists.

If you want to start a 'my fave music' thread, then by all means ...

[txa1265]

Back on topic, still on Corea - here is one ripped from Vinyl:

Passengers by Gary Burton Quartet (http://www.amazon.com/Passengers-Gary-Burton-Eberhard-Weber/dp/B000026FEL/ref=sr_1_2/002-0374945-0508863?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1187101399&sr=8-2) - this is a truly great recording from the 70's, featuring a young Pat Metheny on guitar as well as two of the all-time best bassists - Eberhard Weber and Steve Swallow.

BTW - I have been ripping stuff from vinyl on a system I bought for my wife to be able to play her collection of records a couple of years ago ... looks like this:
http://lnt.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/p2320769reg.jpg

[Jaz]

I'm just listening to Angels&Agony (http://www.angelsandagony.com/releases.htm). Saw them on the festival on Sunday (or was that Saturday?) and thought I'd check out some more of their stuff.

[magerette]

That's a cool looking box, Mike. Can you hook it to your pc , too or just your sound system? Even that might work--just a bit slower. (Vinyl->CD->PC?) I have tons of albums that need to be preserved for posterity.

I really need to take the advice you and Gig were giving me about iTunes and so forth as well. Some of the best fun I had in the bygone years was making tapes and compiling odd tunes into sequence. I can only compare it to the fun of making your own random maps in a game. :)

[curiously undead]

this badboy looks like what you want but its pricey. its 299 at target (listed as 399)
http://www.amazon.com/Crosley-CR248PA-Turntable-CD-Recorder/dp/B000NGMXTM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-5365309-5221754?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1187104557&sr=1-2
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-3/qid=1187104448/ref=sr_1_3/601-3216763-2764958?ie=UTF8&asin=B000I2WF6W
any of the other "crosleys" would cause you to have a hokey set up transfering sound from speaker output or headphone outputs which would lower the quality i believe. they probably leave the audio outputs off so you have to buy the top shelf ones if you want that feature. of course you can probably pick up a decent for modern record player for under 100 that has some rca plugs if that's all you want it for.

this one looks nice and easy especially if you have front pc usb access. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882698001
here as well, think its the same model, and a lot more reviews
http://www.amazon.com/Ion-iTTUSB-Turntable-USB-Record/dp/B000BUEMOO/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/102-5365309-5221754?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1187104937&sr=1-3

[txa1265]

this one looks nice and easy especially if you have front pc usb access. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882698001
here as well, think its the same model, and a lot more reviews
http://www.amazon.com/Ion-iTTUSB-Turntable-USB-Record/dp/B000BUEMOO/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/102-5365309-5221754?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1187104937&sr=1-3

Love the look of those!

Yeah, the Crossley we have does have RCA outs which I have into my PC based audio setup with Adobe Audition as the processing software. That works pretty well for handling most stuff. I find that I end up with a fairly warm sound, and the pop/click removal worked quite well when I did the entire Partridge Family collection for my wife to give to her sister as a birthday gift!

[dteowner]

That co-worker of mine is actually setting up an internet business doing audio conversions. I've got a worn out Figures on a Beach cassette from the 80's that he converted to cd for me--the results were astounding. Of course, he's running some pretty high-end equipment thru a mixing board to clean it all up, so it's a pretty time-consuming (aka expensive) process. Certainly can't knock the results, though.

@mike: IIRC, 8 of 10 tracks off Thriller were released as singles and hit the top 40. That's amazing when you really think about it. I think "Meet the Beatles" only spawned 4 singles and that was a world-mover.

[txa1265]

@mike: IIRC, 8 of 10 tracks off Thriller were released as singles and hit the top 40. That's amazing when you really think about it. I think "Meet the Beatles" only spawned 4 singles and that was a world-mover.
7 of 9 were singles:
* 1982: "The Girl Is Mine" (with Paul McCartney)
* 1983: "Billie Jean"
* 1983: "Beat It"
* 1983: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
* 1983: "Human Nature"
* 1983: "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
* 1984: "Thriller"

[magerette]

Thanks for the links and info, curiously and mike. Think I have just found my Christmas present. :)

Re: Michael...I remember how my son loved the Thriller video, which had some pretty impressive choreography, but even then(observing with a parental eye) I found MJ as a personality an over-rated walk on the wild side. He had the talent, just not the mental package to hold it. I can only imagine kids now trying to relate.

[curiously undead]

fame-it f's you up
especially child stars
besides all the recent female flopers, i remember a few years back, in one of the brief windows in my life of having cable i saw a special on the guy who played dennis the menace back in the fifties was a very disturbed almost homicidal whackjob.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

I was listening to Mike Oldfield's AMAROK until a few minutes ago. I still feel like blasted.

This is in far the most creative work I've ever listened to in my whole life - but it's definitively nothing for "cloth-eared nincompoops", as the back cover states, it is especially not for the lighthearted ones.

I got really into it after 10 times listening to it or so, but then it stuck.
And since the piece is 60 minutes long, I traditionally start it at 23.00 o'clock at new year's eve ... ;)

[dteowner]

7 of 9 were singles:
* 1982: "The Girl Is Mine" (with Paul McCartney)
* 1983: "Billie Jean"
* 1983: "Beat It"
* 1983: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
* 1983: "Human Nature"
* 1983: "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
* 1984: "Thriller"Did a little digging just for fun. Turns out that 2 other albums had 7 top 10 singles: Springsteen's "Born in the USA" and Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation". Of course, since Janet and Michael are the same person (when was the last time you saw them both at the same time???), only Bruce really counts.

And thus ends the "useless information" portion of our discussion today. ;)

[Alrik Fassbauer]

* 1982: "The Girl Is Mine" (with Paul McCartney)
* 1983: "Billie Jean"

I think Billie Jean was with Mr. McCartney, no ?

[rooroosta]

Currently listening to 'The Demon Haunted World' by Under The Dome.

You might like this if you like Oldfield et al.

[dteowner]

* 1982: "The Girl Is Mine" (with Paul McCartney)
* 1983: "Billie Jean"

I think Billie Jean was with Mr. McCartney, no ?No. Paul and Michael did another duet for Paul's album ("Say Say Say"), but "Billie Jean" is all Mikey.

High Violets "To Where You Are" cd for me.

[txa1265]

Still on a pianist binge ... switched to Bill Evans ...

Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent (http://www.amazon.com/Undercurrent-Bill-Evans-Jim-Hall/dp/B000005HER/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-0374945-0508863?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1187180662&sr=1-2) - wonderful piano and guitar duets, whose serenity belies passion and innovation at the core of this momentous pairing.

[Gig]

I love this song as well as most of the BTE catalog.

Desperately Wanting (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dgSVYn7OrE) -- Better Than Ezra

[Jaz]

Since my boss discovered Youtube, he forces us to listen to Deep Purple all the time: Child in Time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KnTAdfdcWI).
...
..
.
I need earplugs NOW.

[txa1265]

A Tale of God's Will (http://www.amazon.com/Tale-Gods-Will-Terence-Blanchard/dp/B000SUKPNY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-0374945-0508863?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1187705377&sr=8-1) by Terence Blanchard - Blanchard is from New Orleans and this is his impassioned song cycle about the tragedy there. Really powerful stuff and a great listen. I missed his other two Blue Note releases, seems time to go back and fill in my collection a bit ...

[txa1265]

Fear of a Black Planet by Public Enemy (http://www.amazon.com/Fear-Black-Planet-Public-Enemy/dp/B0000024IE/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-0374945-0508863?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1187873986&sr=8-1) ... I have had Fight the Power on an MP3 player forever from the School Daze soundtrack, decided to dig back to the origins.

[xSamhainx]

Him - Join me in death

so sappy and melodramatic.... but nice!

[Zakhary]

Agalloch - Not unlike the waves.

"Agalloch is an American experimental dark metal band formed in 1996 in Portland, Oregon."

http://www.agalloch.org/ <-- Once you enter the homepage this song starts playing.

[dteowner]

Daysleepers: The Soft Attack EP

Proving that shoegaze is not dead...

[magerette]

@dte: read this today and it made me think of you--now we finally know the true purpose of country music:

The old Argus radio blasted country music from the corner speaker, and the tones of the pedal steel guitar reverbererated off the expansive curved roof of the hangar. Country music had played constantly since 1982 when Billy discovered it kept the pigeons from roosting in the rafters and shitting on the planes. He had tried classical music and rock n roll, but the birds seemed to enjoy both. There was something about country music that made them stay airborne.

--Where is Joe Merchant, by Jimmy Buffett

[xSamhainx]

That Agalloch was pretty cool, kinda trippy stuff. Long intros rule. My ideal song has like 3 minutes of music before a note is sung!

[Zakhary]

I love long songs. "A Change of Seasons" by Dream Theater or "Blackwater Park" by Opeth or "Still Remains" by Fates Warning. (for example)

But back to agalloch. That song is from their new album "Ashes against the grain" - it is very good - but the previous album "The Mantle" is a masterpiece, the highpoints include "In the shadow of our pale companion" (15min song) and "You were but a ghost in my arms" (10min song). Exellent songs, Excellent album, Excellent artist.

Check it out.

[HiddenX]

The Fuzztones What ever happened to baby Jesus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbBPDcPVkRs&mode=related&search=)

[Sepulchrave]

A Tale of God's Will (http://www.amazon.com/Tale-Gods-Will-Terence-Blanchard/dp/B000SUKPNY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-0374945-0508863?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1187705377&sr=8-1) by Terence Blanchard - Blanchard is from New Orleans and this is his impassioned song cycle about the tragedy there. Really powerful stuff and a great listen. I missed his other two Blue Note releases, seems time to go back and fill in my collection a bit ...

Good to hear you like it. I was interested in grabbing this disc myself. I think his Jazz in Film disc is the best he has done so far. Wandering Moon and Flow are two of his other cds I listen to a lot. Also saw him perform live shortly after Wandering Moon was released. Was a great performance.

Love listening to Bill Evans also. Letter to Evan (http://wc04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axfyxqyhldae) is one of my favorites by him. Then again, I tend to listen to his later stuff more than his earlier stuff.

[Sepulchrave]

Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent (http://www.amazon.com/Undercurrent-Bill-Evans-Jim-Hall/dp/B000005HER/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-0374945-0508863?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1187180662&sr=1-2) - wonderful piano and guitar duets, whose serenity belies passion and innovation at the core of this momentous pairing.

If you like Jim Hall and/or Pat Metheny I recommend giving this a try - Jim Hall & Pat Metheny (http://wc04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9fyxqwkld0e). It's a really good jazz cd with these two playing nothing but duets on acoustic guitar. And if you are looking to combine guitar and piano you can't go wrong with the Metheny & Mehldau cds.

[txa1265]

If you like Jim Hall and/or Pat Metheny I recommend giving this a try - Jim Hall & Pat Metheny (http://wc04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9fyxqwkld0e). It's a really good jazz cd with these two playing nothing but duets on acoustic guitar. And if you are looking to combine guitar and piano you can't go wrong with the Metheny & Mehldau cds.

I have both the Metheny / Meldau recordings and also the Hall / Metheny CD. Some really good stuff.

I plan to check out other Blanchard stuff, but right now between other CD's and games I need to take a break ;) My last Terence Blanchard CD was from the Blanchard & Harrison group.

[Black Hood]

I've been listening to the Melvins (A) Senile Animal quite a bit. Heavy. I went for a long walk by the river last weekend and on the way back I listened to a couple of Man or Astroman? albums. I love that band.

[HiddenX]

stevie ray vaughan & dick dale - pipeline (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWw55XhTehg)

[Jaz]

I'm in a merry rivethead mood this morning: just listened to KMFDM: 'Megalomaniac' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWmHAVGoRFI&mode=related&search=) and Front Line Assembly: 'Mindphaser' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8W6ID8jk4A).

[HiddenX]

Punk:
SONNY VINCENT she blew it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxXZAFJIdkc)

Surfer sound:
The Volcanos: Wave Beat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yVDPdthSPM)
Dick Dale - Nitro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xymVxcLQVT8)

Some girl power:
Dover - Devil Came To Me (En Vivo Rock Am Ring) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCk_0-i4OfE)
Sahara hotnights - alright, alright (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vegn4zun9fU)

[dteowner]

blueScreen- In Between Worlds cd
Siddal- The Crossing cd

Wonderful stuff. Lush and beautiful, but still enough zip to keep it exciting.

Really looking forward to someday getting back to hearing and posting clips. It's like they expect me to work when I'm at work.

[dteowner]

Ben Folds Five debut cd for me, although I've been cursed with that Justin Timberlake "Summer Love" song being stuck in my head. More specifically, with that horrible keyboard riff that plays over and over and over and over...

[Gig]

I just picked up the 2007 re-issue of the wonderful Les Paul/Chet Atkins classic collaboration album Chester and Lester.

Someday Sweetheart (http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000ROAL8A001008/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_008/102-3814577-2292137) - Les Paul & Chet Atkins

I really love instrumental music, piano, guitar, violin, flute... it's all good.

[magerette]

Made the mistake of slipping Street Legal into my CD player in the car; now I can't get the songs out of my head. This one has some of my all time favorite Dylan lines(and who are you that I should have to lie? ):

When the Night comes Falling from the Sky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypwPYmregk8)

[curiously undead]

i love jim white and heres a good video of his that i've seen before but last time i checked it wasn't on youtube. even better i just discovered his new album is coming out soon, at least in europe, which is odd since hes from florida. haven't heard much on the jim white front since i saw him 2 years ago coinciding with the release of his documentary "searching for the wrong eyed jesus" which is nearly the same title as his first album. its a good watch if you ever get the chance. his new album is called transnormal skiperoo. did i mention i like jim white;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qWahwJOM1I
oh an this is one of the 3 morcheeba produced tracks of his 2nd album

beck is a poser...jim white is the true alt-american songwriter

some new tracks on his myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/officialjimwhite

i'm really liking blindly, one of his bluesy/jazzy tracks

@magerette-thanks for the dylan cut-there's so much of his stuff i've never partaked yet he's probably the songwriter/musician i have the upmost respect for ever.

[Kayla]

Neko Case (Furnace Room Lullaby) on my i-Pod now. I really need to sort my i-Pod better, I have all sorts of music in one big play list... I need to set up mood lists so I can listen to music for my mood. I keep having to fast forward 10 songs before I find one I am in the mood for, but those 10 songs are my favourites on other days. Such is life.

[Ubereil]

Mongoloid with DEVO! :D

Übereil

[Ubereil]

Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvzJ9Wrht1g)

Übereil

[HiddenX]

Chiasm - Isolated (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6i-od5222c&mode=related&search=)

[txa1265]

Chiasm - Isolated (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6i-od5222c&mode=related&search=)

Ah, some nice Bloodlines stuff :)

[woges]

The Rover - Led Zeppelin.

[dteowner]

I heard the new Kanye West song on the radio over the weekend. I'm embarassed to admit I liked it.

[xSamhainx]

Dont Fear the Reaper

I woke up with this song in my mind this morning, so I finally had to go listen to it. It's a creepy tune, Ive never really sat and studied the lyrics. I generally knew what they were, but that last verse... wow.

Wonder if it means I'm going to become like they are today or something. I'd better keep an eye out for people running red lights and stuff.

[magerette]

I did warn you to stay away from the Dead Cat music. Maybe if you listen to Godzilla (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVKySmZ-nPk) it will break the juju and draw the bad energy off to another continent.

[wynams]

Simon & Garfunkel - Live From New York City, 1967

'The Dangling Conversation' - what a hauntingly beautiful version

[txa1265]

I am still spinning the Bioshock orchestral soundtrack and songs that I noted on GameSanityBlog (http://www.gamesanityblog.com/) last week ... nice stuff.

[xSamhainx]

I did warn you to stay away from the Dead Cat music. Maybe if you listen to Godzilla (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVKySmZ-nPk) it will break the juju and draw the bad energy off to another continent.

YAYY!! i love me some Godzilla ='.'=

thx Mags

[HiddenX]

Willy De Ville "Cadillac Walk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJLKw9lGsjM&mode=related&search=)" Live acoustic

Willy De Ville "You Better Move On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn-IeiNuzEk&mode=related&search=)" Live acoustic

[magerette]

Posting Godzilla earlier made me pull out an ancient tape which also had these songs on it--a true trip back to the eighties mind:

Clones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i-actqI1AU)

Wouldn't Want to Be Like You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPqmrKuWmCo)

[Jaz]

If we're talking about the 80s... I'm just listening to Japan's 'Taking Islands in Africa', my favorite song from their 'Gentlemen take Polaroids' album.

[HiddenX]

The 80's - okay ;)

Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eti21PVHXrg)

Toy Dolls - Ghost Riders In The Sky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56Z-ukSfbWM&mode=related&search=)

The Damned - NewRose (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja52hfLh3RI)

The Clash - Guns Of Brixton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiQoq-wqZxg&mode=related&search=)

Fischer Z - Marliese (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6z85dJ1sYg)

Ramones - Somebody Put Something in My Drink (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO1sgkcuAe8)

[Jaz]

Oh okay. I counter your attack with Fad Gadget's 'Collapsing New People' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGXBjwifubI).

[HiddenX]

no problem:

Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdpllAHo0ng)

Extrabreit - Hurra hurra die Schule brennt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56sZ5kEWroM&mode=related&search=)

Pixies - Debaser (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUd48jRKzBo&mode=related&search=)

[txa1265]

Haha ... talk about group-think! On the way home I started with some John Zorn and quickly skipped to a playlist with an assortment of stuff from Real Genius and Ferris Bueller:

Number One from Real Genius. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmAkicap2_4)

[HiddenX]

One of the coolest punks ever:

Sonny Vincent - P.I.N.S. Promo Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIrlfj81sTo)

maybe he's cooler:

Willy De Ville - Italian Shoes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeujdjkVkpU)

[xSamhainx]

Samhain - Initium

The album that sold me on this band. Killer cover!

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/4141PWT8MBL._AA240_.jpg

[dteowner]

They're such nice boys... ;)

Thee Heavenly Music Association for me. I wish they'd get back in the studio. The cd is strange in that I don't really get too excited about several of the components they use but somehow it works. Somehow they mix a bunch of sandpaper and end up with silk.

[Jaz]

Listening to Deathstars: Blitzkrieg Boom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeWBD7zHG8o). HUbby bought me therir Termination Bliss album only yesterday :).

[Alrik Fassbauer]

ZZ Top: World of Swirl

[txa1265]

Well, sad news in the music world today ... I'm listening to Weather Report's Heavy Weather (http://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Weather-Report/dp/B000002AGE/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-3448189-0047267?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1189511649&sr=8-2) because news arrived today (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070911/music_nm/austria_zawinul_dc_1) that keyboard great Joseph Zawinal died today of cancer at 75.

[xSamhainx]

Tristania - Evenfall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7_XXF2X_tU)

Love it, Vibeke looks like a wacked out kate bush on acid!

Far from a live track too, nice editing work tho

[Gig]

Don't start with me dte... ;)

Big Girls Don't Cry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5AyHbrCYb0) -- Fergie

[txa1265]

Because once people know you like something they often tend to flood you with more of the same ... and want you to open and listen while they are there ...

The Essential Jaco Pastorius (http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Jaco-Pastorius/dp/B000QEIMAU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3448189-0047267?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1189609759&sr=8-1)

Which is a decent collection but contains mostly stuff I already have, and isn't up to my favorite collection of his stuff, Punk Jazz (http://www.amazon.com/Punk-Jazz-Jaco-Pastorius-Anthology/dp/B00008PRS8/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3448189-0047267?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1189609777&sr=8-1). But I ripped it to my iPod anyway ...

[dteowner]

You aren't aiming that observation at sweet little old me, are ya Mike? ;)

Wouldn't dream of it, Giggles. Mrs dte loves that song and the Wild Dogs sing "Glamorous" about every 6 minutes, so I've gotten used to Fergie. Besides, with that ongoing Kanye West "problem" of mine I'm in no position to throw stones for now.

Dug out Tearwave today for the first time in a few weeks. Yep, still wonderful stuff.

[txa1265]

You aren't aiming that observation at sweet little old me, are ya Mike? ;)

Not at all - I got the new collection as a gift while the people were visiting and had to put it on. Fortunately the 'Punk Jazz' collection isn't something that is in regular play or my kids would likely have said something. My wife held her tongue since she bought my the 'Punk Jazz' collection and knew that the best thing was all the rarities and live stuff.

[dteowner]

I know, I was just giving myself a little poke for spreading the Shoegaze Gospel to anyone within shouting distance.

[Ubereil]

Something different. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCS4e_NgGew) Than shoegaze at least.

Übereil

[Jaz]

Yah, classic.

[dteowner]

Dug into a box last night and found "Just Say Mao", the third volume of Sire's music sampler series. Man, Sire had a great artist stable back in the day. Heck, even Ice-T's rap track is intelligent and melodic enough to avoid the skip button. My personal pick for best track:
"Dizzy" by Throwing Muses

edit- but the song I've been whistling all day (semi-appropriate, I suppose) is:
"Whistling for His Love" by Danielle Dax

[Jaz]

Quite an earworm (couldn't get this out of my head since hubby bought a couple of EA CDs:
Emilie Autumn - Misery loves Company (ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiZHJI30Pi0)

[xSamhainx]

listening to a little classic Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

[Dez]

Some irish feeling to sunday evening

Chieftains - celtic ray

[Malk]

Found a great pub-rock band - Airbourne... There's a great future ahead of these guys, I'm sure... :)

Mixture of AC/DC and UFO... brilliant :D

[HiddenX]

Joey Ramone - What a Wonderful World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU4vNoiOETU)

[Ubereil]

Depeche Mode - Violator (the album). Have gotten far - the opener (the exelent "World in my Eyes") is just about to finnish :D.

Übereil

[txa1265]

Empty Glass by Pete Townshend (http://www.amazon.com/Empty-Glass-Pete-Townshend/dp/B000002J6J) - while 'Let My Love Open the Door' was on the radio so much 27 years ago that I am *still* tired of hearing it, that was never my favorite song, and the rest is so wonderful that I can forgive that one ...

[xSamhainx]

The Lost Tracks of Danzig (http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Tracks-Danzig-2CD/dp/B000PFU9TW/ref=dp_return_1/102-9630116-7602546?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music&qid=1190085694&sr=8-5)

F@#$%# awesome, essential for tru fans of "evil elvis"

[txa1265]

I'm going through the 'Star Wars Faves' playlist on my iPod. Up to 'Empire Strikes Back' ... great stuff. My '10th Anniversary Run' of Jedi Knight put me in the mood.

[YellowWing]

Stevie Ray Vaughan.. Specaily the song of Lenny ..for those who play Guitar.. Has to agree hes top of my list of good players \ Nice and Smooth/
Stevie Ray (http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio/B00000ICN8/ref=pd_krex_listen_dp_img/105-2673031-2598047?ie=UTF8&refTagSuffix=dp_img)

[txa1265]

Stevie Ray Vaughan.. Specaily the song of Lenny ..for those who play Guitar.. Has to agree hes top of my list of good players \ Nice and Smooth/
Stevie Ray (http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio/B00000ICN8/ref=pd_krex_listen_dp_img/105-2673031-2598047?ie=UTF8&refTagSuffix=dp_img)

Died too soon like so many others ... I have Couldn't Stand the Weather on an early CD but haven't listened in a while ...

[dteowner]

During a business trip, I spun:
Depeche Mode "Black Celebration"
Ether Aura "Before We Could Sing"
Evenescence "Fallen"

I think my position on Ether Aura is well documented here, but it's holding up with time.

[xSamhainx]

revisting U2's Joshua Tree today.

On my second listen of this classic cd

[Ubereil]

This Night Has Opened My Eyes - The Smiths. I love the lyrics :).

Übereil

[txa1265]

Whew ... finished up my 2+ days of Star Wars music ... looked at the KotOR playlist and thought ... not today, Zurg ...

Steve Vai came up in another thread, so in honor of that I'm now listening to Zappa's You Are What You Is (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000009T3/ref=s9_asin_image_1/002-3448189-0047267?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0GGGGGKRYSYTSKVNPKGK&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=278240701&pf_rd_i=507846)

[dteowner]

I never gave Joshua Tree a chance. It was far too popular for me back in the day, and Bono had completed his transformation from great musician to pretentious bastard. I probably ought to give it another try some day. It might fall into my "revisionist history" category like a few other bands have.

For me, Delays' "Faded Seaside Glamour" cd. Don't know that I've ever heard a cd with such a strong first three tracks. The rest of the cd is excellent as well, but the opening just floors ya.

[txa1265]

I never gave Joshua Tree a chance. It was far too popular for me back in the day, and Bono had completed his transformation from great musician to pretentious bastard. I probably ought to give it another try some day. It might fall into my "revisionist history" category like a few other bands have.

My wife remains a huge U2 fan, and while I stopped liking Bono ages ago Joshua Tree has some really good tunes on there. It helps, perhaps, that I don't listen to words as a general rule ... just the musical effect of the singer. This one still works for me, but their later stuff is weak-sauce and my 'How to Dismantle' they were completely useless in every regard.

[dteowner]

It helps, perhaps, that I don't listen to words as a general rule ... just the musical effect of the singer.Thank you for this. I've been trying without success to put that thought into words for a long time ("incidental lyrics" are very common to shoegaze).

I don't know that I can lose Bono in the mix, though. Some comedian on Bob and Tom had a bit imitating Bono singing "Bingo" (there was a farmer who had a dog...) that's now inseperable from the real guy for me.

[curiously undead]

unforgettable fire is probably my fave, though joshua tree is a great album though with a few overplayed songs. boy and zooropa are also pretty spiffy.

[Jabberwocky]

Been listening to Leaves' Eyes, album "Vinland Saga." The album is a story of the Viking excursion to Newfoundland. The concept sounded pretty cheesy to me at first, but the more I listen to the music the more layers I discover. It's actually quite a talented piece of work.
It's Lord of the Rings soundtrack meets heavy metal, as sung by Sarah Brightman... (not really but sounds just like her).

http://sebsf.vodpod.com/video/164861-leavesapos-eyes-elegy

[txa1265]

REALLY finished my Star Wars soundtrack binge now (you knew I'd go back for KotOR, but then I also did Republic Commando and Dark Forces)

Now listening to Industrial Zen by John Mclaughlin (http://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Zen-John-McLaughlin/dp/B000F5Z6RC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3448189-0047267?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1190313212&sr=8-1) - sort of a reinvention of the 80's Mahavishnu unit, not too bad.

[xSamhainx]

After Forever - Monolith of Doubt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OjFjxP-f84)

Just got AF's "Decipher" cd, and so far so good. I love it when a cd works out right from the get-go.


I'm finding that we have some pretty similar musical inclinations, Jabberwocky. The only Leaves Eyes I have is Lovelorn. I was like "huh?" on the comparison to Sarah Brightman at first, but youre right. At least when it comes to non-classical singing anyway ='.'=

[Jaz]

Hm, you might also like Krypteria, then:
http://www.krypteria.de/media.php

[magerette]

Been listening to Leaves' Eyes, album "Vinland Saga." The album is a story of the Viking excursion to Newfoundland. The concept sounded pretty cheesy to me at first, but the more I listen to the music the more layers I discover. It's actually quite a talented piece of work.
It's Lord of the Rings soundtrack meets heavy metal, as sung by Sarah Brightman... (not really but sounds just like her).

http://sebsf.vodpod.com/video/164861-leavesapos-eyes-elegy

Re: Vinland Saga concept; I don't know how into reading you are but if you find the saga itself interesting, this book, The Greenlanders (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781400095469&itm=29), is a very vivid account of what might have transpired in the doomed colony of Greenland, and also talks a bit about Iceland and Newfoundland. It's an excellent read. :)

[Jabberwocky]

@ Sammy: Yes exactly, I meant that she sounds a lot like Sarah Brightman when SB is singing pop songs, not opera. I've been wanting to try After Forever, but I can't find any of their albums in music stores around here. Been meaning to check on eBay...

@Magrette: I'm not an avid reader, but not because I don't like to, I just don't have time. I read a historical fiction a while back called "The Shield Ring." It was about a colony of Scandinavians living in the highlands of Great Britain trying to preserve their territory, identity and culture despite their conflict with the Normans. It was a really good book, but old as the hills and I think it is out of print.

[magerette]

@Magrette: I'm not an avid reader, but not because I don't like to, I just don't have time. I read a historical fiction a while back called "The Shield Ring." It was about a colony of Scandinavians living in the highlands of Great Britain trying to preserve their territory, identity and culture despite their conflict with the Normans. It was a really good book, but old as the hills and I think it is out of print.

I love that stuff!! This is the wrong thread for books tho so I'll desist. :)

[xSamhainx]

Decipher was hard to find, as a matter of fact, I had to hit ebay to get a copy reasonably priced. This one is very light on the growls, while Prison of Desire has far more. So far, I like Prison of Desire more, but Ive only had this one for two days Mark Jansen, one of the founders of the band, left and formed Epica, his sister Floor still sings for AF.

Epica seems like a slightly heavier version of After Forever, in my opinion, a lot more symphonic and focusing on more classical elements.

[Jabberwocky]

There's also "Here Be Dragons" - a book about the lives of Welsh Prince Llewellyn Ap Ioworth (I think that's the spelling), his rival, Prince John of England, and their respective significant others... It was an entertaining read but since it was written by a woman it's heavy on the sex and light on the fighting. (I would prefer the other way around, but that's just me).

And my most profound apologies to everyone.... I will no longer de-rail the topic! Ahem, here... uh.... I'm currently listening to Madina Lake, the album "From them to us through you." http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/window/media/page/video/0,,3819736,00.html?aff=ysv They are a new emo group and the only emo group whose CD I own and listen to with pleasure. Their compositions are way better than most of those screaming silly persons afflicted with bed-head and confused fashion sense. ;)

[Jabberwocky]

Hey Sammy, what is AF's newest album? When I'm discovering new bands I usually try to get their latest album first, that way I can see what their current focus is. If I like it, then I go backwards and see 'where they came from.'

Probably sounds silly but that's just me.

[xSamhainx]

I do that sometimes. Good policy with bands that have extensive catalogs and/or have undergone serious lineup changes. No time like the present to drop in on them. Just be careful and read a few trusted review sources first, the latest and greatest tend to be the most expensive as well!

Some bands, if i dont particularly latch on to their newer stuff, I throw on the brakes and get the very first thing they put out. Like Opeth's "Orchid", having some fun with that one right now, it's pretty good actually.

It looks like their newest AF one being pushed is titled simply After Forever (http://www.myspace.com/afterforeveronline). I cant vouch for it purrsonally tho, only heard samples, but what Ive heard actually sounds pretty cool to me. Sounds like theyve got the synths and sopranos going, and I hear some pretty nice non-death distorted vocals goin on too!

All I can say with definite warning beware of the mid-career EP "Exordium", it's pretty bad. The version of Maiden's "evil that men do" is atrocious! No wonder I got it for like 5 bucks!

[txa1265]

More stuff from my 'ripped from vinyl collection' ...

Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy - Avant Pop (http://www.amazon.com/Avant-Lester-Bowies-Brass-Fantasy/dp/B0000031TU/ref=sr_1_1/002-3448189-0047267?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1190374145&sr=8-1)

No better way to describe it - pop tunes played by a pioneer of avant-garde jazz leading a post-modern New Orleans-style brass band ... and yet somehow it all works!

[Jabberwocky]

"Still life" is as far as I go back with Opeth. That's still 5 albums, and enough for me right now. The way you felt about Exordium is kind of the way I felt about The Gathering: Mandylion. Gathering's album "Home" is one of my all time favorites, so mellow and filled with melody. Mandylion however, imho, showed that they are a much better mellow goth- rock band and need to stay away from heavy.

Mike: Is Lester Bowie's related to David? ;)

[txa1265]

Mike: Is Lester Bowie's related to David? ;)

Separated at birth, I say ...
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/10/12/bowie_narrowweb__300x510,2.jpg http://www.jazz-vision.de/99bowie2129.jpg

[dteowner]

Still spinning Delays. "Nearer Than Heaven" just might be the perfect pop song.

[xSamhainx]

"Still life" is as far as I go back with Opeth. That's still 5 albums, and enough for me right now. The way you felt about Exordium is kind of the way I felt about The Gathering: Mandylion. Gathering's album "Home" is one of my all time favorites, so mellow and filled with melody. Mandylion however, imho, showed that they are a much better mellow goth- rock band and need to stay away from heavy.

Mike: Is Lester Bowie's related to David? ;)

I'm sorta mixed on Mandylion, but I love "always", it's back when they had a male vocalist. Never heard "home"

[Jabberwocky]

Oh there's definitely some good moments on Mandylion, but every song has pretty much the same rythym and a lot of the riffs are carried too far, you know, like they should end the song now..... ok, how about now.... NOW!!

Their singer has a great voice, and nearly every song on "Home" http://sample.music.yahoo.com/radio/clientdata/616/player.asp?cid=616&iid=1&sk=3&ltw=LaunchRadioTarget&p=6&m=0&d=0&modeInitialized=1&mode=1&resized=1&bridgeInit=1&bridgeMode=1&sids=31681437 to me is perfect, the kind of stuff that grows on you. The styles are so completely different from Mandylion to Home, you wouldn't know it was the same band unless you.... well... knew.

Right now listening to Breaking Benjamin: We Are Not Alone. I like their latest album better, but "So Cold" is a great song.

Hey Mike, those two Bowies do look an awful lot alike!

[spars]

bob marley live tapes and old, disintegrating recordings of leon redbone

[dteowner]

Right now listening to Breaking Benjamin: We Are Not Alone. I like their latest album better, but "So Cold" is a great song.Yes it is. Powerful without losing a sense of melody.

Nothing for me so far today. I've been a bit distracted.

[dteowner]

Oh yes, let the shoegaze onslaught resume. LET THERE BE LINKS!

Started checking in on all the MySpace pages I used to track and saw this song posted. Too good not to share.
"Stardust" (http://www.myspace.com/anaprilmarch) by An April March

[magerette]

AlrightI I've missed my shoegaze fix. :) This band seems a bit more ominous sounding than some. Liked the "This is" track.

[curiously undead]

way to start of the return of your postings dte with the best shoegaze band!

yes magerette "this is" is a favourite of mine as well, off of my favourite album of theirs as well "it goes without saying". i still hold out hope of some day getting a hold of the "impatiens" album.

[magerette]

I always like a good flower title. (impatiens is a shade loving annual in a medley of hot and soft pinks, fuschias, lavenders, and magentas.) :)

To hark back to Mike's David Bowie image--during my internet scouring voyages today,I ran across this little editorial and music clip about Ashes to Ashes (http://musicblog.ugo.com/index.php/musicblog/more/flashback_friday_ashes_to_ashes/). Nice flashback to a wierd part of our lives. :)

[curiously undead]

thanks magerette, thats one of my favourite bowie songs (i actually saw the original video for the first time earlier this year). 250,000 pounds to make the music video? good lord thanks a lot of tea and biscuits!

ariel pink and his buddy together under the moniker "holy shit" do such a good cover of ashes to ashes its hard for me to tell the difference almost.
http://www.veryholyshit.com/songs.html

the "im your bully"track is the tops for me.

[dteowner]

Catching up on the stuff my work buddy has done while I was sans PC. Excellent quality for a one man show in a backyard shed. I got fired as his keyboard sit-in once he realized I had zero creativity. I will take a little credit for reminding him of the joys of reverb. He's a little too much of a rocker to turn into a gazer, but I can nudge a little. ;) Movie/TV soundtrack fodder all around. I particularly like:
"disables tailor" by Dewayne Dobson (http://www.dewaynedobson.com/songs)

[xSamhainx]

*sits n be's happy tiger listening to his "Lost Tracks of Danzig" cds*

[magerette]

After 45 minutes debating with Prime Junta, I find I have the

Apolitical Blues. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRSDzG5oOgc&mode=related&search=)

It's the meanest blues of all.

[Jaz]

That's why I don't discuss politics - I know I'm always right :gorath:.
In the meantime, I dedicate this song to all those who enjoy squabbling over politics (or other emotionally laden topics, for that matter):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwYjKwtYT68


@magerette: a nice find!

[txa1265]

I decided to try the new Amazon MP3 store thing and grabbed Joni Mitchell's "Shine" (http://www.amazon.com/Shine-Joni-Mitchell/dp/B000UR366S/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3448189-0047267?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1190828687&amp;sr=8-1), her new one. It is just out this week, and is honestly her best stuff since the amazing jazz-flavored stuff of the 70's.

[dteowner]

Public service announcement:
Curtain Society "re-issues" (http://bulletins.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=bulletin.read&messageID=4488028354&MyToken=0468b3df-cdad-4f6b-86f8-5721abadbb1c)

For me, heard this on Vertigo over the weekend and it's growing on me:
"Hearts on Fire" (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=30121443) by Rumskib

[xSamhainx]

Buick McKane - cover by Danzig

[HiddenX]

The Gossip: Jealous Girls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiRHcA6nPUE&mode=related&search=)

The Gossip: Standing In The Way Of Control (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VmjEyV2tNQ&mode=related&search=)

[magerette]

That's why I don't discuss politics - I know I'm always right :gorath:.
In the meantime, I dedicate this song to all those who enjoy squabbling over politics (or other emotionally laden topics, for that matter):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwYjKwtYT68


Not just a music clip, but theater! I enjoyed that, Jaz. :) Is that Goth stuff or something else?

@HiddenX--also nice clips--good to see a chick singer that doesn't look like a meth freak :).

[Jaz]

Not quite :). It's my favorite song (or songs, as the Beef Construction Song is included) from the 1974 Brian de Palma movie "Phantom of the Paradise", a Rocky-Horror-like musical comedy about an evil record producer and an unlucky composer. A quite silly mixture of Phantom of the Opera, Faust and Dorian Gray which features many in-movie stage shows, in this case the musical 'Faust' written by the ripped-off composer...
'Somebody Super Like You' by the in-film band 'Undead' is more or less an Alice Cooper spoof - other songs are different, ranging from Rock'n'Roll to Beach Sound to... whatever. The music is by Paul Williams who also featured as the evil, unaging producer Swan.
I guess that by now you already know it's one of my favorite musical movies :)...
I recorded the soundtrack on tape while sitting in front of the TV set back in the early 80s, managed to get hold of the soundtrack CD only two weeks ago, and discovered yesterday that all song clips from the movie are available on Youtube.

[Ubereil]

This Corrotion- The Sisters of Mercy.

"I've got nothing to say that ain't said before
I've bled all I can, I won't bleed no more..."

Übereil

[xSamhainx]

This Corrotion- The Sisters of Mercy.

"I've got nothing to say that ain't said before
I've bled all I can, I won't bleed no more..."

Übereil

Awesome song from beginning to end, one of my favorite SoM tunes!

[Jaz]

'This Corrosion' is my favorite Sisters song as well, mainly because it screams 'Jim Steinman'. Actually... um... I don't like the Sisters because my brother played their records 24/7 when we shared a flat (call it an overdose), but I love Steinman's stuff.

[dteowner]

New song from Tearwave!!! John's doing some pretty complicated drumming on this one, at least compared to what I'm used to.

"Comfort in Angel's Wings" (http://www.myspace.com/tearwave)

[magerette]

@ dte--your link is broken for me in FF

@Jaz: Thanks for the explanation. Obviously, I don't get out much. ;)

Still listening to Little Feat:

Fat Man in the Bathtub (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkZsSydzQjM)

[txa1265]

I decided to try the new Amazon MP3 store thing and grabbed Joni Mitchell's "Shine" (http://www.amazon.com/Shine-Joni-Mitchell/dp/B000UR366S/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3448189-0047267?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1190828687&amp;sr=8-1), her new one. It is just out this week, and is honestly her best stuff since the amazing jazz-flavored stuff of the 70's.

I have given myself over to this one completely the last few days ... there is some really amazing stuff here.

[dteowner]

@ dte--your link is broken for me in FFWuz broken for everyone. Iz fixed now.

[magerette]

I have given myself over to this one completely the last few days ... there is some really amazing stuff here.

I can't seem to make it play for me without trying to download, but I'll watch for it on YouTube. Joni's jazz stuff is a little cerebral for me, but I love her vocal talent, range and quality.

(Thnx dte-will check it later)

[txa1265]

I can't seem to make it play for me without trying to download, but I'll watch for it on YouTube. Joni's jazz stuff is a little cerebral for me, but I love her vocal talent, range and quality.

(Thnx dte-will check it later)

Try it at BN (http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?z=y&EAN=888072304574&itm=1). Personally I love her late 70's stuff with Metheny / Jaco / Brecker ... but this latest one has some of those elements and plenty of her old (Court &) Spark ;)

[Jaz]

Here's the 'Phantom of the Paradise' trailer 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Xc_oRF5os&mode=related&search=) and trailer 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy2V2XV8dhM&mode=related&search=)... just listening to my soundtrack CD :)...

[xSamhainx]

HOLY S*%#@ JAZ!!

wth was that?? ='.'=

*snickers into huge paws*

what a mind-blower, wow

[narpet]

Here's the 'Phantom of the Paradise' trailer 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Xc_oRF5os&mode=related&search=) and trailer 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy2V2XV8dhM&mode=related&search=)... just listening to my soundtrack CD :)...

I remember when that movie came out... truly a wonderful... terrible, terrible film ;)

[dteowner]

So which one came first, that or Rocky Horror?

[Jaz]

The Rocky Horror stage show came first, then the Phantom of the Paradise movie, then the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

[Jabberwocky]

Three words: OH... MY... GOD :wow::faint: