The ever-popular "Currently Listening" thread

This morning I listened to the first two albums from REM. When I go out for lunch on the porch later, I plan on listening to the next two or three!

Bassist Paul Jackson died in March and so I have been really enjoying rediscovering Herbie Hancock's output from ~1968 - 1976 (Jackson played with Hancock's Headhunters band from 73-76). Amazing bassist, great music.

That's quite the contrast from some of Hancock's later stuff. I always think of Rockit when I hear his name because MTV used to play that a lot.

Originally Posted by JDR13
That's quite the contrast from some of Hancock's later stuff. I always think of Rockit when I hear his name because MTV used to play that a lot.

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I love the Future Shock album (that this came from), was already a fan of his stuff but blown away by Rockit. Fun fact - every album between Flood (1976) and Future Shock (1983) is either a throwback to the mid-60s or garbage. Well, a single good duet album with Chick Corea.

I fell in love with Hancock when he was with Miles in the mid-60s "second great quintet" … which I listen to frequently.

I had the tree trimmer out this morning, as branches kept smacking my porch and roof, and with hurricane season almost upon us, it seemed prudent. I fired up David Bowie live from Glastonbury (not certain on the year, think maybe 2k) and had a blast. I'm sure the workers liked it, though.

Good call, Sammy. Reminded me of another duo from back in the day, Elika.

Alice in Chain's Facelift. Such a seriously great album, one I've not tired of for over thirty years, now.

And then to mellow things out afterwards, I put on A Flock of Seagulls self-named first album. Almost equally fantastic!

oh yeah, dude.
Every time I try and dismiss Facelift (i consider Dirt the pinnacle), I give it another spin and I realize what a fool I've been.

this band is scratching a particular itch I have right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3frA_rj918

Down with the Sickness (Dawn of the Dead version by Richard Cheese)

Yesterday I broke out the very best of Depeche Mode, almost three hours of glorious music. I'm not sure how I can top that today, nor if I should even attempt to.

DTE joked about turning onto the 'gaze. I think it got me, like Medusa

This album is changing my musical life

Originally Posted by xSamhainx
this band is scratching a particular itch I have right now

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Originally Posted by JDR13
A little Johnny Cash and some fire to start your weekend

There's also this cover version by Wall of Voodo:

an incarnatioon of pibbur who likes both versions.

PS: Another Wall of Voodoo piece:

DS.

Yesterday on the porch during an epic rainstorm, I que'd up some Don Henley, some of his solo work, not the Eagles. I'm not quite in the same boat as the Dude is with his thoughts on that band, yet I'm darn close because of just how overplayed they were on the radio during the seventies. Actual Mile is a fabulous album, and I recommend it to anyone that's a fan of Henley.

Current fave Woodkid seems very likely to be an RPG fan.

for quinn lovers

Oddly enough, yesterday afternoon I was feeling super mellow and started off the afternoon outside with some Doors, and then made my way to the very best of ol' blue-eyes himself, Sinatra. I'm not sure what the neighbors thought was going on!

My brother recently discovered Moondog and so we've been listening to his work. Moondog's story is pretty insane and well worth looking up, he was a blind composer known as the "the Viking of 6th Avenue."