The ever-popular "Currently Listening" thread

[Jabberwocky]

Yea, now that Sammy is in love, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoWF2YalYvI) is more his speed. :rotfl:

:rotfl: :highfive:

Currently listening to The Smashing Pumpkins: Melancolie and the Infinite Sadness

[xSamhainx]

you guys leave Paul and Art outta this!

**adjusts slightly askew tiger beret**

[Thaurin]

Yea, now that Sammy is in love, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoWF2YalYvI) is more his speed. :rotfl:

OH MY GOD why did I click that!? My eyes, my god, my eyes!!

[magerette]

It gets worse. I guarantee. :)

Came over here to inflict the twangy video version of those C & W Sarah Palinly descriptive lyrics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr9aiqaiGk8) I posted the other day in the P&R forum--for those masochistic and/or drunk enough to want to check it out--only if you are somewhere where no one you know can see or hear you-- but what with the Paul & Art reference, have to post this one where Artie is blasted out of his mind:

The Boxer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWUCoJJS2DU&feature=related)
As well as a rather timely one from Paul, solo:
American Tune (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE3kKUEY5WU)

Now everybody needs a drink... ;)

[JemyM]

Tim Minchin - If you open your mind too much... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFO6ZhUW38w)

[Thaurin]

Satyricon - The Shadowthrone

[JemyM]

Some misc music from all over the world

Souad Massi, Raoui (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KD4fCQlp0I) The Storyteller, algerian arabic.

Jesse Cook, Mario Takes a Walk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3iTfEF52kw) Spanish Guitar

Alabina, Alabina (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v447-dBPAHY)

Elolinona, As I was on my eighteenth year (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Dh_azZqyQ) Swedish folksong

Farewell of Slavianka (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Rylkbqiq0) patriotic russian march

Meshugga Beach Party, Shalom Aliechem (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFDuGiOy3uM)
Meshugga Beach Party, Hava Nagila (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylKmC4EiFWE)

[Prime Junta]

Right now I'm listening to this, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OETwbVBPI1U) and I think it deserves to be quoted in full:


"Democracy"

It's coming through a hole in the air,
from those nights in Tiananmen Square.
It's coming from the feel
that this ain't exactly real,
or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.
From the wars against disorder,
from the sirens night and day,
from the fires of the homeless,
from the ashes of the gay:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming through a crack in the wall;
on a visionary flood of alcohol;
from the staggering account
of the Sermon on the Mount
which I don't pretend to understand at all.
It's coming from the silence
on the dock of the bay,
from the brave, the bold, the battered
heart of Chevrolet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

It's coming from the sorrow in the street,
the holy places where the races meet;
from the homicidal bitchin'
that goes down in every kitchen
to determine who will serve and who will eat.
From the wells of disappointment
where the women kneel to pray
for the grace of God in the desert here
and the desert far away:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

Sail on, sail on
O mighty Ship of State!
To the Shores of Need
Past the Reefs of Greed
Through the Squalls of Hate
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.

It's coming to America first,
the cradle of the best and of the worst.
It's here they got the range
and the machinery for change
and it's here they got the spiritual thirst.
It's here the family's broken
and it's here the lonely say
that the heart has got to open
in a fundamental way:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

It's coming from the women and the men.
O baby, we'll be making love again.
We'll be going down so deep
the river's going to weep,
and the mountain's going to shout Amen!
It's coming like the tidal flood
beneath the lunar sway,
imperial, mysterious,
in amorous array:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

Sail on, sail on ...

I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean
I love the country but I can't stand the scene.
And I'm neither left or right
I'm just staying home tonight,
getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
that Time cannot decay,
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
this little wild bouquet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

[magerette]

Didn't think I could tear up again this morning but that hits the perfect note I think. My memories of Leonard Cohen go back to a smoky den in a galaxy far away with my hippie cohorts listening to Suzanne (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30egIKHT-pM&feature=related), (whose 'place by the river' we once all tried to live in, and maybe part of me still does. )

Thanks for posting.

[dteowner]

In honor of PJ's heartfelt submission, I'm obligated for a properly snarky bit of silliness on behalf of cold-blooded and mildly irritable conservatives across our great nation: :D

Mr. Julian Cope (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa8gYL_SC9o)

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For me today, excellent gazer fare. Clips for this group can be rather misleading since you lose the full presentation. There isn't a complete link for the appropriate tunes, so I'll go with clips and a related video:
Lake of Doubts and I Can't Stand (http://cdbaby.com/cd/malory2)
Sleeper (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLvO2ZA6KaY) by Malory

[dteowner]

This is just too goofy to pass up. There are shorter clips with better sound, but this is the only one that includes the violin from the cd, which adds quite a bit to the atmosphere, IMO. Ya gotta listen close to the lyrics.

"Zombie Prostitute" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdbN9DYX9k) by Voltaire
(the vid includes a second song; you're only on the hook for 4 minutes or so)

[HiddenX]

@dteowner

are you the left or the right grandpa in your new pic ? ;)

[dteowner]

I'm probably Stadler (the right). He's got the drier sense of humor. Plus, that's probably the direction my hair will go after a few more years with the Wild Dogs. ;)

[JDR13]

Been getting back into some Slipknot lately.

The video for Psychosocial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i_72iKvbtI) definitely kicks much ass.

[xSamhainx]

wow, anyone listen to Turisas (http://www.myspace.com/turisasofficial) ?

Kinda a weird folk-tinged battle metal thing. Interesting, i like it.

Theyre playing here in SD tomorrow night. Holy shiite, theyre playing w/ Powerglove (http://www.myspace.com/vgmetal) "video game metal" Check out their super mario minor!

[Jaz]

Powerglove???
Oh my, Sammy, you did it. MUST-LISTEN-TO-POWERGLOVE!!!

[xSamhainx]

Yeah, theyre pretty cool, jammin out to them right now while i work.

Kinda bummed tho, me and jessica's first schedule conflict has arisen - i want to go to the show tomorrow to see dragonforce/turisa/powerglove, she doesnt. Theyre too heavy for her, and something's on cable she wants to watch ("Legend of the Seeker" based on Goodkind's Sword of Truth series).

should i stay behind w/ her, or go myself, hmmm... decisions decisions....

[dteowner]

Ditch her! Absense makes the heart grow fonder, and all that...

What did you think of that Voltaire, Sammy? I thought that should fit into your goth-abilly taste.

[magerette]

I'm with dte, Sammy--go for the concert. One of my best old men once bought me ONE ticket to a Gordon Lightfoot concert--I'm sure you can imagine why--win/win. :)

Been checking out an old tape while cleaning house prior to the grandson dropping by for a harrowing overnighter--
The Who EminenceFront (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV5-DaI5ULg)
One of my personal Who faves Athena (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkRx3NZ-qp4)

And from the old days some Tom Petty:

Last Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdTYcnUBADw)


I need to come back and listen to some of the newfangled-dy tunes from you weirdos--I may need them after chasing a hyperactive five year old for two days...;)


I don't know but I bin told/ya never slow down ya never grow old...
O my my o hell yes honey put on that party dress...

[Bartacus]

AC/DC with Highway to Hell (http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=erJc4dzZ3IA)

[dteowner]

Fans of the Sarah sound (are there any others out there?) will eat this new band up and beg for more. 1 crazy Swede doing it all, with guest vocalists.

"Preston Park" (http://www.myspace.com/ourcelestialmusic) by Celestial

[Zakhary]

The Faceless:
"Coldly Calculated Design"

http://www.myspace.com/thefaceless

Very nice.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

My ! My ! Time Flies !

Enya !

[xSamhainx]

Back on my gothic-doom Draconian kick, this is probably my favorite band of all time.

Draconian's Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/draconianmusic)

the first three songs on their playlist are from their newest album, and while the first couple stray a little from the old down-tempo, languishing dirges of the past which are what i generally like best - i love them nonetheless! Great songs.

Then they go back to the languishing dual-guitar style on the next track that i like so much. "She Dies" is a great "love beyond death" classic-sounding male/female dirge, one of their best.

Apostasy Canticle is off their second album, which was a concept cd based around the tale of lucifer's banishment, specifically "Paradise Lost". Great passage in the middle of one of the rebel angels pledging themselves to his cause, and there's a classic passage lifted right from Milton once ol luce hits rock-bottom. Towards the end of this cd, the "story" ends and there are some great male/female grief duets, but the majority is growly, slow metal that grows in tempo and double-kick drums, then back to a crawl again.

Then rounding it out is one of their classics off their first cd, The Solitude. The female ending is awesome.

"to greet the niiiiight, the night without end...."

Awesome. I love this band!

[Jaz]

Just listening to some Spinal Tap: here's The Majesty of Rock (http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=L6DSR9tZ1hA). Lyrics are... incredible, too.

[dteowner]

Don't really care for this group, but this tune of theirs is pretty good and stuck in my noggin.

"Only Love Can Break A Heart" (http://www.myspace.com/saintetienne2006) by Saint Etienne

[dteowner]

While Daniel's vocals aren't my favorite (not that they're horrible or anything), musically this song is dreampop perfection.

"Off Your Face Again" (http://www.myspace.com/danielland) by Daniel Land and the Modern Painters

edit- after a couple days to reflect, I've come to a decision. My tunes probably get lumped in with lullabies and elevator music by many of you, and that's OK. I'm still confident in my conclusion that the last tune from Zakhary is the absolute worst indignity to ears the world over since Jaz put up Daler. ;)

[Jaz]

What? Did you actually compare The Faceless' prog death metal to Daler's elemental banghra brilliance?
I should be so offended... :rotfl:

Here's something for dte (might have posted it before, but if I did, old age dementia made me forget all about it):
Happy Boy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRnG9x08W8c)

[Jabberwocky]

If it makes you feel any better dte, I am now a huge The Birthday Massacre fan now thanks to you.

[dteowner]

Happy to be of service. There's all sorts of great music out there, just waiting to be heard by the right ears. Zakhary just isn't posting any of it. :D Seriously, though, somewhere in this wide, wide world there's a neanderthal living in a pool of radioactive sludge that's got a smile on what's left of his melting face because he hadn't heard of The Faceless until Zakhary linked it. Sharing is a good thing. Heck, my life was an empty shell until Jazzy shared Daler with us all. After that, it was an empty shell with bleeding ears and scarred corneas, but still...

[Zakhary]

Not a fan of technical death metal, eh?
Well... yeah, I don't blame you. That shit is pretty extreme, and I can't stomach it myself in too large doses. Didn't mean to offend anyone either, never actually stopped and thought that shit like that might actually offend someone. Now that I think about it.. I heard christian rap once.. and like that wasn't enough already - it was being "sung" ín Finnish. Now THAT offended ME (everything about it was so bad that it physically hurt). But not to worry! I mostly listen to (a bit) softer stuff than that so let's go to the other end of my musical spectrum for a while :D

One of my favourite songs of alltime. "Surrounded" by the masters themselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKxTLSSCJGY

"Morning on Earth" by the swedes called Pain of Salvation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61LLjdbJtJo

"Communion and the Oracle" by Symphony X. The album this is from is an absolute masterpiece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrC-snv5ly0

"Benighted" an acoustic "ballad" by Opeth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjtZW_FCSTo

"2084" from Ayreon (one of my alltime favourites too). Can't get enough of those eerie female vocals or the reverberating(is that the/a word?) guitars and the sweeping synths.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03UXA0dEtbA
This is the song that suffers the most from that lossy audio compression.

Hmmm.. No happy music at all, I see. Don't know what it is about that though... I can't stand happy music.

[dteowner]

I've been on a Dargaard kick for the past day or two. Couldn't really tell ya why, but the music certainly is pretty.

"The Infinite" (http://www.myspace.com/dargaard) by Dargaard

[txa1265]

Wow ... just grabbed a *new* Anthony Braxton recording, after recently grabbing all of his out-of-orint stuff from the 70's.

Anthony Braxton - Beyond Quantum (http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Quantum/dp/B001E51LFS/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1226969467&sr=8-2)

Really amazing stuff. But, if the name Anthony Braxton doesn't mean anything to you, be forewarned ... his music scares small animals. ;)

[dteowner]

I still don't quite understand how you get 3 talented musicians to sit down and completely ignore what the others are doing. I don't think the bass and brass are even playing in the same key, Mike.

[txa1265]

I still don't quite understand how you get 3 talented musicians to sit down and completely ignore what the others are doing.
See - I don't hear it that way at all ... they are listening at a level that allows them to exercise harmonic and rhythmic freedom and yet produce something wondrrfully musical.

I don't think the bass and brass are even playing in the same key, Mike.
And this matters for exactly *what* reason? Certainly they are not doing anything that wasn't conceived in Schoenberg's book 'Structural Functions of Harmony'.

[Jabberwocky]

Unfortunately the album only covers their 1st through 5th 'meetings.' - 'Course it was the sixth meeting where they actually started playing the same song! ;)

[txa1265]

Well, I find it fairly harmonic ... what I listened to last night (had to follow my wife to drop off her work's 'mobile lab' at a co-worker's house) is a bit less so ... John Coltrane's Ascension (http://www.amazon.com/Ascension-John-Coltrane/dp/B00004TA40/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1227005005&sr=8-1). Sort of in the same vein as Ornette's 'Free Jazz' but much further in that direction.

[danutz_plusplus]

Currently enjoying Metallica - The Day That Never Comes (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ5zXXUJsyc) of the new album, Death Magnetic, which seems ok so far. :)

[dteowner]

Somehow, I missed the debut of this video. Probably the best song off the latest cd, too. Enjoy.

"Nothing's Wrong" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie8ylIS38UQ) by Tearwave

[Alrik Fassbauer]

I'm currently having almost all songs from the new Enya album in my head - which is a good thing, quality-wise. :)

[dteowner]

Good stuff to get stuck on, indeed, Alrik.

Got a new discovery for y'all today. While they list the Cocteau Twins, Smiths, and Cure as their influences, I only hear hints of the Cure in one song (One Open). The signpost that fits best IMO is the Sundays. Chanell is no Harriet Wheeler, but her vocals are pretty solid. While I expect "One Open" would be most popular here, I'm going with the tune I prefer:
"Silver" (http://www.myspace.com/honeybreath) by Honeybreath

[txa1265]

I'm currently having almost all songs from the new Enya album in my head - which is a good thing, quality-wise. :)

Yep, was humming 'Oh Come Emmanuel' yesterday ... which is fine since it was snowing quite heavily so I felt quite in the season ...

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Yes, we already had snow here, too. :)

[Toaster]

Lights and Music (http://www.myspace.com/cutcopy) by Australian band Cut Copy. Doesn't remind me of any other band I usually listen to but pretty good anyway (the instrumental parts at least...). Maybe some of our Aussie members know more about them, are they any famous, any related bands, etc?

[lghartveit]

I've really gotten into Procupine Tree these days, especially their early works.

The sky moves sideways (part 1) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxqlENEpWQM&feature=related)

There are 3 more parts (it's a loooong piece).

[xSamhainx]

Mourning Beloveth

More doom, love it

[dteowner]

New-to-me tunes just put up by Siddal!!! They're Christmas songs, but Richard and Elizabeth could play "99 Bottles of Beer" and make it achingly beautiful. "Blue Christmas" was on Bedazzled Records' 1997 Xmas collection (which I'd love to track down), but I don't know where "In the Bleak Midwinter" came from.

Siddal, via MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/httpwwwmyspacecomsiddal)

[Wulf]

'Blue Christmas' First popularised by Elvis Presley in the mid-50's - it was written and first sung by Ernest Dale Tubb about a decade? before.
....................
'InThe Bleak Midwinter' appeared in The English Hymnal in 1906, though it first appeared in poetry form written by Christina Rossetti, prior 1872.

I used to sing this "hymm" in the juniors assembly school choir.
there are many artists versions....
http://www.last.fm/search?m=all&q=In+the+Bleak+Midwinter
....................
Currently listening to Siouxsie's "Sea Breezes"
http://www.last.fm/music/Siouxsie+and+the+Banshees/_/Sea+Breezes

I'm comparing the differencies with Ferry's original version.
http://www.last.fm/music/Roxy+Music/_/Sea+Breezes

I'ts the endings that get to me....
Ferry's melancholic final verse reflection is 'quiet' and in effect perfect, whereas Siouxie sustains the finale' to a fade-out, also perfect. Very male v female oriented i suspect!

[magerette]

I always play Blue Christmas this time of year, Wulf--and I'm not a big Elvis fan, but he has a way with that one. I tried to listen to dte's Siddal version but only got a few bars before my NoScript shut the site down for 'clickjacking'--but nice voices on what i was able to hear.

Presently revisiting the Lost Years of my misspent youth with Live Rust, in particular:
Out of the Blue Into the Black (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Seb0ay0ccF4&feature=related)

[dteowner]

That must be a general block against MySpace. I haven't noticed any problems with the band pages that I visit. I could see where that sort of silliness could be going on in the "social areas" of MySpace, though. Rich sent me a message that "Midwinter" was released on a Projekt sampler many years ago. So neither song is new, just new-to-me. The exciting part is that he said that they've upgraded their home studio recently and started recording. Color me thrilled.

[dteowner]

Some fun brit-pop-ish stuff for today courtesy of Vertigo:

"New Year" (http://www.last.fm/music/The+Go+Find/_/New+Year?autostart) by The Go Find

[Omega]

Listening to Huun-Huur-Tu, CD: The Orphan's Lament.
http://www.amazon.com/Orphans-Lament-Huun-Huur-Tu/dp/B000000E3E

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=bVkJ1Bf-QzU
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=DtnMmYx0vLU
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=oB3SrxCAxhs


O, how I love that low voice. Goose Bump.

[txa1265]

After reading on NPR (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97753690&ft=1&f=10002)that it was the 'best jazz recording of 2008 (http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=26451)' I had to take a look myself ...

Ahmad Jamal - It's Magic (http://www.amazon.com/Its-Magic-Ahmad-Jamal/dp/B00187PN8S/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1228876759&sr=8-1)

It is pretty good stuff, but not as good as his 'Live at the Pershing' from '58 ... and his stuff never seems to stay for long on my iPod. But so far it is pretty solid ... not the best of the year.

[magerette]

Been listening to a tape I made years ago made up of songs that that have "The River" or a river as their main theme--gads, what a bunch of depressing stuff--like the slickly godforsaken Richard Marx (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgJffiGHz7M), or the Boss here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q3LvjD-eZ8).

Sting (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNP9eLj1WIs&feature=PlayList&p=791971CA2B0CCD8D&playnext=1&index=14) isn't too bad but even that normally perky popmeister Billy Joel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNS4pV9Pls0) has got a river down.

Does anyone know any cheerful songs about a river or is it just a great venue for suicidal 80's musicians??

[dteowner]

CCR/Tina Turner would seem to fit the bill. (Do I get credit for a subtitle?)

How about Tina Turner / Erasure (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN17jHq2CbI)

Curtain Society "Riverful" (http://www.amazon.com/Riverful/dp/B001661K88) (sorry for the crappy clip)

Talking Heads (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2BpsCwUa2I)

"Pain Lies on the Riverside" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw_IAjqP8s4) by Live

[Omega]

@magerette

Does anyone know any cheerful songs about a river or is it just a great venue for suicidal 80's musicians??


Who needs words?:

Nitin Sawhney - Tides:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=ShvMm00B1YY

But if you insist on words:

Nitin Sawhney - The river:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=tnoqQs5MOdw
(Pulse of Mother Nature, acc. to me. Hm, maybe luring to suicidals?)


One of my Nitin favourites by the way:
Nitin Sawhney - Falling
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=w6aPeiz7TOI

HTH

[Omega]

Forgot to mention this one:
Nitin Sawhney - River Pulse - Rain Mix:
http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Nitin+Sawhney/track/River+Pulse+-+Rain+Mix

[magerette]

@dte--thanks for the ..invigorating...cover by Erasure. Pretty cool. And you do get credit( though not extra credit) for Proud Mary, and also for making me think of Green River even though both songs have sadly lost their zing over the years. (And while by hard-core rocker standards maybe not, I realize that that Riverfull/Curtain Society clip is pretty cheery for Gazer stuff.)
Can't believe I missed the Talking Heads one--though again, I'm not sure how cheerful it is; at least it presents 'the river' as a place of renewal and not somewhere to commit suicide or murder, so that's an improvement.

My favorite was the last clip, though. Definitely fits all the criteria I had in mind for positivity, plus rock n roll cred and lyrics. If he is saying "You've got to learn to live until the end.." you get a plus 4 on that one.


@Omega
Thanks for playing. :) My first exposure to that artist/group--it's interesting indeed and the vocals are excellent. I think "The River" qualifies on all fronts--as it seems to be equating said River with Life and stuff.
Appreciate the turn-on.

[dteowner]

My favorite was the last clip, though. Definitely fits all the criteria I had in mind for positivity, plus rock n roll cred and lyrics. If he is saying "You've got to learn to live until the end.." you get a plus 4 on that one.As rockers go, Ed Kagiufdahglkajdfghifuahgskicekivich (singer for Live) writes some pretty deep lyrics. His overall "bent" is decidedly hippie-esque, so you might enjoy it.
http://www.friendsoflive.com/lyrics/awake.html#14
There's the lyric sheet for their greatest hits collection, which is excellent even if there isn't so much as a hint of gazer to be found. ;)

[Omega]

Found three more that may qualify as well:


Enya - The river sings:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=w9flGqz3Jgw
lyrics:
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-River-Sings-lyrics-Enya/B37A5D390F8451B3482570A000066522

Katie Melua - Moon River:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=bRC0PxufcVg

Enigma - rivers of belief:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=4YYc3I5siaM

Hope you'll enjoy listening to them.

[dteowner]

"River" and upbeat was a harder challenge than I expected, but it was fun trying. Perhaps we could have a bit of a game along those lines? Even if we go strictly with a key word, it could be interesting as long as the key isn't overly common.

[Temptress]

Ok, so I FINALLY and after a year and a half mind you, get an internet connection that doesn't suck. I see that dteowner has posted a reply TODAY in the whatcha listening to thread! WooHoo! I say to myself. I can respond and chatty a bit and see what everyones listening to ATM. Err, but the response is on "River" which must be new since I have NO idea what band/song/album that is. (And NO, I didn't bacvk up and look at the previous posts. That would be too easy.)

In any case I'm currently listening to Family Guy in the background and thinking about you guys. *HUGS* Miss ya! Hope all is well.

Loves ~T

[magerette]

Good to see you around again, Temptress.

We were talking about posting songs with a River theme earlier because I made the mistake of listening to a depressing tape I made in the 80's with the theme of "River'" and needed help to recover. I think dte is suggesting a new "find a song to fit a theme" contest. :)

[Necrosis]

Sorry, I can't help with "river" tunes.

Currently, I am working my way through my Klaus Schulze collection, listening to the CD's in the order he released them.

[Temptress]

What about "The River" by Garth Brooks?

[Temptress]

Or wait! "Take Me To The River"

Now, I thought that was Tina Turner but looked it up and I guess it's The Talking Heads. OOPS!

Ok, that's all I got. :)

[dteowner]

Huzzah!

How about a special tune in honour of our long-lost sweetums!

Jellyfish (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHwwKSxJA-A)
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edit- just "discovered" a great tune! Primo indiepop.
"Don't You Go Changing Your Mind" (http://www.myspace.com/shobenb) by Ben Shoben

[Jabberwocky]

Just got the new Dido album. I not impressed. The songs are mellowdrone, the lyrics uninspired and extremely repetitive. Doesn't hold a candle to her first two.

[Temptress]

Jellyfish . . . .Well, putting aside that the band personally disturbs me, I do enjoy the chorus and Thank You Kindly! :)

On the Jellyfish side, I guess they sound ok but I can't get past the hair and duds. I don't feel as old as that statement makes me sound. *grumbles* I guess I think they're a bit odd in a scary clown sort of way and NOT a freaky Sexy (young) Jeff Goldblum way.

HA! And again I'm listening to Family Guy. How odd. :)

Loves ~T

[dteowner]

I got permission to share a "secret" portion of the Orchards & Vines site, which is very cool because that means I can finally share my second favorite song of theirs. All you musical flower children (looking at you, magerette) should give it a spin. These folks could be a very good Jefferson Airplane cover band if they wanted.

"Breathing" (http://www.orchardsandvines.com/listen.html) by Orchards and Vines

@T- Jellyfish is pretty seriously weird, aren't they? Even musically, they are very hard to pigeonhole. Works for me, though.

[dteowner]

Good stuff courtesy of Vertigo. I couldn't find the song I wanted outside of a misleading Amazon clip ("Mrs. Actually" (http://www.amazon.com/Are-You-Thinking-What-Im/dp/B000ALM4FS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1229569057&sr=1-1)), but one of their videos was pretty good and the tone is pretty close:

"June Gloom" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHEDL4-REq0) by The Like

[txa1265]

Well, I have ended up enjoying the Ahmad Jamal, but what it also did was make me crave my old 'Live at the Pershing' (from '58). I haven't had it in my iTunes collection for a while and assume it got deletec at some point, so I went ahead and re-ripped it from vinyl. Interestingly, that was a record my parents had from when they first got married. Must have thought it was one of those 'this makes you look cool' things ... since neither of them really knew it.

[Omega]

*Find a song to fit a theme*...

Time to introduce a new theme?

I consider a low deep voice - a bass - to be highly sexy.
Can't help it, dear high-pitched counterparts: according to different studies women prefer men with deep voices. :)

Back to finding songs.
Two men with sexy voices, their songs being appropriate to the time of year:

Crash Test Dummies
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=F7pnv9kPCkU
Tom Waits
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=12qBoy2rhVw
Better version:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=ktCocv-bBDg

Yes, *bass about Christmas* would be a nice theme - at least that's what I thought. But then I stumbled at Barry White, Neil Diamond, Johnny Cash, Tom Jones. Oof, that's too sugary for my taste!

Maybe, unusual, weird Chrismas songs/videos would be a better theme...

Anyone? Who has a link that might surprise us?

PS
Oh, heck, prolly not about Christmas, but just one, just for the ladies out there:
Russian Basso Profondo: The Lowest Voices
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=6WpD2Cspn6g&feature=related
:p

[dteowner]

That's a pretty tough topic for me, Omega. I listen to a lot more female-fronted music than male-fronted. Most of what I can think of would technically be considered baritone, me thinks. Let's see here...
"The Weight of Love" (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=6547568) by Tears Run Rings (not a typical tune for them)
"Sweet Harmony" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_4RhlGm-nI) by The Beloved
"Love Action" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OHPRtRWqWg) by Human League

For me today, Elika came up with a video for one of their tunes. The vid is fairly good and the song is excellent. The finish is what does it for me. This song came from their debut cd, with a different title. They remixed it a bit and added the second vocal track at the end. The mix pushed the tune a little more toward electronica, which didn't do much for me, but that extra vocal added a ton in my book. Enjoy!

"Let Down" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Vsgq3AQ5Y) by Elika

[Cm]

Ok going to take this off topic I am sure, but with the 2year old singing this (http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/--2141493)all the time, I had to do it.

[Omega]

Hey dteowner, hi!

A joiner! :) Thanks! I started to worry, started to think the quest was perhaps too difficult, I had visions that nobody would come up with something that would make any (non)sense...

But no! You came along! :)

I've listened and watched and felt (very important when it comes to bass) to all three songs, and here is their effect:

The weight of love - Tears run rings.
Hmmm. Nothing, no, I feel nothing in my belly. Sorry.
Sweet harmony - The Beloved.
Oof! Sssteamer. Yes, it's hot, hot, hot. :) Sensual voice, sensual video. Laidback. The sax a definite bonus, ah, such a warm instrument (one of my favourites). The lyrics: the seasonal spirit!
Love Action - The Human League. I was familiar with 'Don't you want me, baby?', but this one's better, the voice of the lead singer being stronger and deeper, warm - quite masculine. :)

That means...
leading with 3 bellies is The Beloved with Sweet Harmony, second-best: The Human League with 1 belly, so that makes the winner of the booby prize: Tears Run Rings, they got - sniff sniffle - zero bellies.

---

And for you today Elika...
Thanks for mentioning it. New to my ears. The video is very enjoyable indeed, it's simple black and white, yet commanding your attention. The electric guitar is a bit irritating to me. Still, it is a catchy song, and yes, I agree, the second voice makes it more interesting.

[Omega]

Ok going to take this off topic I am sure, but with the 2year old singing this (http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/--2141493)all the time, I had to do it.

No, no, not off-topic at all! The *subtitle* of my quest was:
"unusual, weird Chrismas songs/videos... Who has a link that might surprise us"
So you're acting well within parameters :)

[Jaz]

My Christmas song will certainly not surprise anybody, but it's still a favorite of mine:
Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOe18JcatZo).

As for great bass voices... last year a Russian formation with a great basso profundo sang at the local church. I even bought their CD... you can find some samples of their music here: http://www.anima.by.ru/en/home.html

[Arhu]

My Christmas song will certainly not surprise anybody, but it's still a favorite of mine:
And mine is still Loona's Hijo de la Luna (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9YDIOsk_0s) (original by Mecano). As it's a classic, it's not really surprising.

But then there is this:

Don't Die Ding - A Holiday Spectacular (http://www.curiositygroup.com/dontdieding/)

[Omega]

Forgive me my late reply, I had a busy weekend.

As for great bass voices... last year a Russian formation with a great basso profundo sang at the local church. I even bought their CD... you can find some samples of their music here: (...)

Thanks, Jaz! I listened to all the samples that were provided over there, 'Come to me' was the one I liked best but I really enjoyed them all.
Since mundane bellies do not mix with unworldly sacredness (unless your name's Mary), I'll refrain from compiling the new charts. :)

My Christmas song will certainly not surprise anybody, but it's still a favorite of mine: Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry

Ah, then I'm sure you'll think this is a cute animal Christmas Song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt-K5w1PFMo

[Omega]

But then there is this:
Don't Die Ding - A Holiday Spectacular

Ergo, ideas need friends... :)

But...

at birth, at the time an idea's merely an *untested notion* and, I quote, *you don't know what is what, who is who, why is why, where is where, and when is when*: how does one distinguish one from the other? :
Good idea - bad idea (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8PhzrmBgMI)

Trouble usually is: not all, that sounds great, means yes, yes, yes...
La Poupee Qui Fait Non (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oLG7fM8v08)
But you knew this one, didn't you? :)

[Jaz]

Ah, then I'm sure you'll think this is a cute animal Christmas Song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt-K5w1PFMo
Yes ma'am, now that was cute indeed! :rotfl:

[DeepO]

What would be Christmas without a healthy dose of some good old progressive pagan acid folk...

First Utterance (1971) by Comus rather rules in this niche:

Diana (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmy1j4xyYoc)

The Bite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O948WRzmx60)

Song to Comus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj_9KfwzmfA)

Jethros don´t stand a chance :).

[DeepO]

Peaceful end of the year to y´all! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuBJ5H9m3Sc)

http://www.jiznicechy.cz/obrazky/2005/200505023b.jpg

[Jaz]

Ever wondered what happened to THOR, the Rock God?
Well, don't. He's still alive and touring. Just don't watch his new vids (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee6vkFyanSI) - watch the old vids, like Keep the Dogs Away (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlEGORSKXDE) - or just watch him bend some steel bar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHxOi2ntKaU) with his teeth!! :D

[txa1265]

There has been loads of Christmas music recently ... through the 'holiday music' channel on cable, and much of it falling into a few categories:
- 'Classics' - Bing, Sinatra, and so on.
- 'Anyone Can Make a Christmas Album' - there is an amazing amount of CRAP out there.
- 'Duets with Dead People' - so they dug up Elvis to make a new record ... and Natalie Cole apparently needed to feed her habit again ...

I happened across the 'TV Guide' channel and stopped because it was Harry Connick, talking about hit new Christmas CD, and was followed by three others, all talking about their 'fresh takes on Classics and some great new songs'. I have been listening and it typically means 'tired dreck and useless new crap'.

Oh, and Harry, your new CD sucks, and wasn't worth the $2 on Amazon special ...

[DeepO]

Fennesz and Tim Hecker today.

Fennesz:

Shisheido (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPKq2zMbVnU)

Caecilla (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLKzqKdF9Zc)

Tim Hecker:

I´m Transmitting Tonight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=077wmLmTCJw)

Chimeras (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5axJxHFbis)


Both great sound artists making ambient full of static and distortion, but never forgetting the hooks :).

[Zakhary]

Wuthering Heights. Not sure on the genre, though. Enjoy :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZKLySZeHe0

[DeepO]

Haha, what a great inspiration!

Right now I´m listening to ... Blind Guardian.
Some of those songs never got old.

Journey Through the Dark (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N117aqVkA0)

Somewhere Far Beyond (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kioBCb3fRw)

Lost in the twilight Hall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNS79HE3ZE0)

The Last Candle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOKcdrzoCGE&feature=related)

D&D metal forever, bwhahahaha!!!

[xSamhainx]

Death Cab for Cutie's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uln8UxZz9Ys) "narrow stairs"

Got it for my girl for xmas, and we both ended up getting into it over the last weekend. For a modern indie-rock type outfit, they are a little more into the actual music instead of the usual "music as filler" and intro/outro for the vocals.

Vocals really arent anything to write home about, but then again, I dont think think theyre supposed to be. Really good singing wouldnt mix well w/ this, he needs to sound a bit weird instead.

Weird. That's a good way to describe this cd

[dteowner]

Howard Jones kicked out a tune on his fan site that's pretty appopriate. I don't think you can stream it, but the zip DL'd quickly, and I haven't noticed any locusts climbing out of my rig so far.

New Years Song (http://www.howardjones.com/nye08/index.html) by Howard Jones
(the link to the zip in half way down his message)

[Zakhary]

The opening song on the long awaited new Sirenia album.
Excellent stuff, the new vocalist has a silly accent and a somewhat whiny
voice but still I find it quite pleasant for some reason. Excellent -
beautifull, dark, melodic somewhat gothy stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4o9CJM3Kn4

Nice coverart as well
http://www.mortenveland.com/sirenia/news/data/upimages/13th_Floor_front_small.jpg

[dteowner]

Not bad, Zakhary. I agree about the vocals, though. Her voice does fine in the chorus where she gets help via multitracking, but she lacks "power" to carry the verses.

New tune from a good indie band that's still plugging. This one is a little more complex than I usually enjoy (I still haven't nailed down the meter in the beginning), which might make it more interesting to some of y'all. Pretty electronica might be the best pigeonhole I can make up for it.
"Again" (http://www.myspace.com/theflir) by the FLIR
(I think all 6 tracks on their player are worth a listen. I even like "Phere" although I get the urge to pop Louise in the head so she'll stop going "on and on")

[txa1265]

Been listening The 99 Most Essential Beethoven Masterpieces (http://www.amazon.com/99-Most-Essential-Beethoven-Masterpieces/dp/B001NWULS0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1230897676&sr=8-1) to since they had it for $1.99 the other day ... nice stuff, not definitive but a decent collection.

[Jabberwocky]

99 masterpieces and it's not definitive? O_O

[Arhu]

There's a lost Angel on the streets of Strasbourg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjAHUkIfK24), singing a song. Oh how I wish I'd been there...

More info on her magical pages (http://www.yasmeensong.com/).

[dteowner]

WOW, Arhu. That's a young lady with serious talent. Most excellent.

Need a little help, folks. I'd very much like to share a clip of a tune I DL'd by mistake back when Napster was young and nearly legal. What a cherry I stumbled on. Apparently, this track is strictly a Japanese 7" single that also got tacked on the Japanese version of their hits collection. Perhaps that will be the direction to look, but a year's worth of Japanese in college quickly faded to a grand total of about 2 dozen words that won't do me much good. I don't need the file (it's on a couple torrents)--I just want a stream/sample to share with the world.
"I Can Feel" by Strawberry Switchblade
Many thanks if anyone knows of a source. 2 hours of digging gained me nothing.

[Arhu]

"I Can Feel" by Strawberry Switchblade
Many thanks if anyone knows of a source. 2 hours of digging gained me nothing.
LINK (http://dvweb.mpf.arcstarmusic.com/mdb_dst2/appendix4/9G/c96KG_687323.asx)

30 seconds Windows Media Player sample, found on mysound.jp (http://mysound.jp/music/detail/tULS8/). So yeah, you were right with looking on Japanese sites, dunno if there are longer streams somewhere...

[dteowner]

At an album a year, I have to admit I burned out on Autumn's Grey Solace a while back. I wasn't thrilled with the direction they were pushing their sound anyway. They just popped up a single from an upcoming cd (wouldn't want to break their streak, I guess) and it's very good. Erin is singing again instead of all that vocal sliding nonsense that she was doing more and more the last 2 releases.

"Half Underground" (http://www.myspace.com/autumnsgreysolace) by Autumn's Grey Solace
EDIT- wow, one day and gone. They didn't leave that track up for long!

@Arhu: Holy crap, there's two versions of the song... I wonder which one is which. The MP3 I've got is a LOT more lush than that sample (I don't just mean quality, the whole mix is different). Your clip, based on the link, was part of the "tack-on" to the Japanese release of their first album. Perhaps I've got the true single edition (http://strawberryswitchblade.net/discography/singles.php#icanfeel). Oh well, I do appreciate the effort.

[dteowner]

I HAVE A THEME SONG!!!

It's even straight-forward rock-n-roll--could easily be a Toby Keith tune. Make sure the kiddies are out of the room before listening, but actually listen to the lyrics. Testify, brother!

"I Hate My Life" (http://www.myspace.com/theoryofadeadmanihatemylife) by Theory of a Dead Man

[xSamhainx]

Sting - the Soul Cages

I now know I'm approaching middle age, I bought a Sting cd

[txa1265]

Sting - the Soul Cages

I now know I'm approaching middle age, I bought a Sting cd

I guess I'm old ... I remember when he was 'cutting edge' ... ;)

[Jabberwocky]

I guess I'm old at heart. I own three Sting albums and I'm not even thirty yet. ;)