regarding Robin Gibb, you might want to check out the songs of his son, Spencer, who has a band called 54 Seconds (http://www.myspace.com/54seconds)
Cheers for that Poptartjen. Will do.
The best of Barry Gibbs, Ryhthm Gutiar moments, Volume 3. It's a mind-blower. Not really, but we live in hope.
I've been listening to the works of Ravi Shankar, & his progen, Anoushka. While i prefer Ravi's quiter moments (the morning & evening Raga's). His daughter has given the instrument a more softer edge, & is growing into a mini master of the sitar. & has also dabbled in a remix album (insert urban beats & backward sitar track here).
http://www.ravishankar.org/
http://www.anoushkashankar.com/
Goodness gracious me.
I've been listening to the works of Ravi Shankar, & his progen, Anoushka. While i prefer Ravi's quiter moments (the morning & evening Raga's). His daughter has given the instrument a more softer edge, & is growing into a mini master of the sitar. & has also dabbled in a remix album (insert urban beats & backward sitar track here).
http://www.ravishankar.org/
http://www.anoushkashankar.com/
Goodness gracious me.
Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells. To think the first side was recorded in 6 DAYS and practically everything was played by one man! Impressive!
Excuse the shouting but...
LINKIN PARK!!!
I absolutely love their newest album Minutes to Midnight. It's fantastic, and there are even a few things that most definitely remind me of Finn.
LINKIN PARK!!!
I absolutely love their newest album Minutes to Midnight. It's fantastic, and there are even a few things that most definitely remind me of Finn.
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
I've seen a Robin Gibb Christmas album. The thought makes me cringe!
Good God almighty, Seany! Phil Spector should be convicted solely for his hairstyle!
Rumours
I've seen a Robin Gibb Christmas album. The thought makes me cringe!
Good God almighty, Seany! Phil Spector should be convicted solely for his hairstyle!
quote:The best of Barry Gibbs, Ryhthm Gutiar moments, Volume 3. It's a mind-blower.
So Seany just what do you have against Barry Gibb's rhythm guitar playing? You make it quite obvious that you don't think he's very good.
I saw the postings about the Bee Gees and couldn't shut up! Everyone is aware of how good those early albums are but if you haven't, check out the later stuff too. Lots of great stuff. "Size Isn't Everything" and "This Is Where I Came In" are very under-rated and almost a return to their earlier styles.
But getting back on thread, this week I've been listening to:
Venus And Mars - Wings (An under rated McCartney classic IMHO)
Can The Can - Suzi Quatro - Move over Pink, here's the original rock chick (oh, OK 2nd then if you want to count Janis Joplin)
Time On Earth (if I need to type in who recorded this, you really shouldn't be here!)
Greatest - Duran Duran (no finer examples of 80s pop)
These Here Are Crazy Times - Boom Crash Opera (this is how much of a fan I am, I even got the remix album!)
But getting back on thread, this week I've been listening to:
Venus And Mars - Wings (An under rated McCartney classic IMHO)
Can The Can - Suzi Quatro - Move over Pink, here's the original rock chick (oh, OK 2nd then if you want to count Janis Joplin)
Time On Earth (if I need to type in who recorded this, you really shouldn't be here!)
Greatest - Duran Duran (no finer examples of 80s pop)
These Here Are Crazy Times - Boom Crash Opera (this is how much of a fan I am, I even got the remix album!)
Just got back from the local library and borrowed Handheld Torch by Tarmac Adam.
Bought Automatic For The People (REM) with DVD-A a local record store closing down sale.
Echoboy - Volume 1.
Bought Automatic For The People (REM) with DVD-A a local record store closing down sale.
Echoboy - Volume 1.
Listened to Kaiser Chiefs "Yours Truly Angry Mob" earlier today
Now listening to "The Remote Part" by Idlewild ; why haven't they been more popular ?
Now listening to "The Remote Part" by Idlewild ; why haven't they been more popular ?
Listening to a bit of Suede lately, mainly Dog Man Star, the eponymous first album and Coming Up. A lot of people don;t seem to be a fan of Coming Up, but I think it's a great album.
Still trying to get in to an album called Time On Earth by some unknown Aussie/NZ band, but waves of apathy strike me as soon as it comes on and I have to turn it off.
Still trying to get in to an album called Time On Earth by some unknown Aussie/NZ band, but waves of apathy strike me as soon as it comes on and I have to turn it off.
Let's Get Lost - The Best Of Chet Baker Sings
(My girlfriend thought it was Michael Bublé!)
Are you being ironic, Joe?
(My girlfriend thought it was Michael Bublé!)
Are you being ironic, Joe?
quote:Are you being ironic, Joe?
Partly. I am being serious though, I don't particularly like the new album and quickly loose interest when I listen to it.
That's okay Camus. There is quite a group of people who don't care for TOE. I quite like it a lot, but I wouldn't want to see people trying to force themselves to like it, lol.
I'm listening to Time on Earth and Thekla with a bit of Memory Almost Full.
I'm listening to Time on Earth and Thekla with a bit of Memory Almost Full.
quote:I quite like it a lot, but I wouldn't want to see people trying to force themselves to like it, lol.
Fair play to people who like it, I was just speaking personally
For me it isn't the same band. I rarely listen to anything by Crowded House anymore (aside from maybe Together Alone). It just doesn't do it for me anymore. It hasn't for quite a while. I even found myself not being very interested in buying Luton. About the only Enz I listen to anymore is Beginning of the Enz, Mental Notes and Dizrythmia and then very very rarely.
Back on topic, in a mad case of ego mania I've been listening to myself. Seriously I've been listening to demos to decide what to record properly.
And you call yourself a fan ? Tsk tsk...
I kid, I kid (I'm enjoying TOE, btw)
Also listening to a favorite Austin TX band called Future Clouds and Radar
http://www.myspace.com/futurecloudsandradartx
eclectic, psychedelic, folky pop
I kid, I kid (I'm enjoying TOE, btw)
Also listening to a favorite Austin TX band called Future Clouds and Radar
http://www.myspace.com/futurecloudsandradartx
eclectic, psychedelic, folky pop
quote:And you call yourself a fan ?
An erstwhile fan. I've just moved on. (I know you're joking )
Flock - The Best of The Muttonbirds
Smile - Brian Wilson
A masterpiece. You either love it or hate it but I love it - a lot. Another strong case for labelling Brian Wilson an absolute genius. The live version on the DVD is brilliant, well worth listening to.
A masterpiece. You either love it or hate it but I love it - a lot. Another strong case for labelling Brian Wilson an absolute genius. The live version on the DVD is brilliant, well worth listening to.
Smile is great Dazz. Just a shame that Brian wasn't able to release this in '67-68. It would have really been an answer to Sgt. Peppers. I know he always said he felt very competative with The Beatles.
I was reading in Mojo, (at least i think it was Mojo??!!) that in September he is to release a new work called That Lucky Old Sun. Should be good.
I am working my way through a 6 album box set called Noise Candy, by Bill Nelson. Quite tasty.
I was reading in Mojo, (at least i think it was Mojo??!!) that in September he is to release a new work called That Lucky Old Sun. Should be good.
I am working my way through a 6 album box set called Noise Candy, by Bill Nelson. Quite tasty.
Yes it would be interesting to contemplate what the reaction would be if Brian ever finished the original Smile. Would it have been a little too far out for 1967? (considering what else was going on musically, that's a statement!). Or was it perhaps too ambitious?
Interested to hear that new album though. Be even more interested if Brian Wilson and his incredible band could tour Australia. Now THAT would make me smile
Interested to hear that new album though. Be even more interested if Brian Wilson and his incredible band could tour Australia. Now THAT would make me smile
Fleetwood Mac
Future Games
Bob Welch gives the band some direction...
I didn't enjoy Brian Wilson's Smile. I thought it was clinical and boring!
Future Games
Bob Welch gives the band some direction...
I didn't enjoy Brian Wilson's Smile. I thought it was clinical and boring!
Don't Believe The Truth -Oasis
wow. this one has really jumped out at me, I've always liked it but it's suddenly REALLY grown on me, it's completely different from early oasis like What's The Story Morning Glory, but it's still absolutely brilliant!
wow. this one has really jumped out at me, I've always liked it but it's suddenly REALLY grown on me, it's completely different from early oasis like What's The Story Morning Glory, but it's still absolutely brilliant!
The Best of Jim Croce.
The man was a master song writer, absolutely brilliant. Such a shame his career was cut so short.
Gav if you've never heard any of his stuff, go out and buy a best of now. You won't be disappointed.
The man was a master song writer, absolutely brilliant. Such a shame his career was cut so short.
Gav if you've never heard any of his stuff, go out and buy a best of now. You won't be disappointed.
Oh yeah, Jim Croce is great! I was a big fan of his as a kid and still remember the day my mom came to me while I was playing and told me he had been killed.
His son is a performer now, but I can't remember if he was any good or not when I saw a bio on the Croce family.
His son is a performer now, but I can't remember if he was any good or not when I saw a bio on the Croce family.
quote:His son is a performer now, but I can't remember if he was any good or not when I saw a bio on the Croce family.
His stuff didn't do anything for me.
As for his father, well Time In A Bottle can still get me after all these years. My all time favourite would probably be These Dreams closely followed by Salon and Saloon, though I have a big soft spot for Speedball Tucker and Rapid Roy (the Stock Car Boy), and you can't go past You Don't Mess Around With Jim. Bad Bad Leroy Brown is a good song, but a bit too overproduced for me when you look at the rest of his work.
Household Names
one of my favorite Austin TX bands
http://www.myspace.com/householdnames
"Providing you with sweet, poppy musical bliss since 2000"
one of my favorite Austin TX bands
http://www.myspace.com/householdnames
"Providing you with sweet, poppy musical bliss since 2000"
Speaking of Jim Croce, I just had to quote the Starsky & Hutch movie...
Only heard a few of Jim's songs, but I like what I have heard.
quote:Starsky (Ben Stiller): Biker bar, huh? What goes on down there?
Huggy Bear (Snoop Dogg): I don't know. Listen to Jim Croce, play darts...whatever the hell else you white people do.
Only heard a few of Jim's songs, but I like what I have heard.
Definately agree with you Camus. Everyone should have at least a best of Jim Croce in their collection. I love his beautiful singing style and he wrote the most amazing songs.
I love Time In A Bottle. I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song has the most beautiful opening. More favourites are These Dreams, Photographs and Memories, Operator. I love to chill out with Jim Croce after a stressful day - I find his music extremely calming and relaxing.
I love Time In A Bottle. I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song has the most beautiful opening. More favourites are These Dreams, Photographs and Memories, Operator. I love to chill out with Jim Croce after a stressful day - I find his music extremely calming and relaxing.
Ryan Adams new album is Easy Tiger is prominent in my play list. Memory Almost Full by Macca; Exile on Main Street by the Stones; Spellbound by Split Enz is never far away from my player.
i've been on a roll with my Indian Classical Music kick, & i have unearthed a couple of absolute gems that "sparkle like a thousand suns", & then some. So, hold on to your magic carpets kids....
Hariprasad Chaurasia's album of classical flute music, "Daylight Ragas". Although i've been playing them at night, so perhapse the impact has been lessened. Probably just as well, otherwise the effect might be blinding.
And, Kala Ramnath's "Singing Violin". An album of Ragas played on the violin in the classical Indian manner.
Look i knew you'd all be thrilled. Goes ok with a curry too.
Hariprasad Chaurasia's album of classical flute music, "Daylight Ragas". Although i've been playing them at night, so perhapse the impact has been lessened. Probably just as well, otherwise the effect might be blinding.
And, Kala Ramnath's "Singing Violin". An album of Ragas played on the violin in the classical Indian manner.
Look i knew you'd all be thrilled. Goes ok with a curry too.
quote:I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song has the most beautiful opening. More favourites are These Dreams, Photographs and Memories, Operator.
All great songs too. Tori Amos was doing a great cover of Operator in her 2005 tour.
I love I Got A Name too, never realised Croce didn't write it though. Salon and Saloon, what a song, the chord progression is so clever. Written by his guitarist too.
Listening to Family - A Song For Me
Fleetwood Mac
Kiln House
My favourite album cover ever ever ever
Kiln House
My favourite album cover ever ever ever
Right at this very moment i'm listen to Norwegian Wood by The Beatles
I'm listening to "Murder Ballads" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the moment. As a long-time fan of Nick Cave I was really shocked when he became popular with the masses over here because of "Where the Wild Roses Grow".
The Police
Synchronicity
Synchronicity
Beautiful People
Australian Crawl
Taken from the album The Boys Light Up
Australian Crawl
Taken from the album The Boys Light Up
the fantastic "Tower of Love" record by Jim Noir
quote:The Police
Synchronicity
That's a mighty fine album.
Doctor Who - Fury from the Deep (original television soundtrack).
Not exactly music, but as the visuals no longer exist, the only way to enjoy this classic 1968 Patrick Troughton adventure.
I've been listening to the enigma that is
Atom TM . Of his many guises, i am enjoying his hilarious outing as Senor Coconut. Although his marimba cover version of the Michael Sembello song from the film Flashdance, Maniac has me reaching for the "Pure Genius" trophy. Although that should really be awarded to his album of Kraftwerk songs, reworked for mariachi band. Don't you think?
I have, when able to tear myself away from the good Senor, been taking a bold foot forward into the outer realms of Space Music. Moog enthusists Klaus Schulze & Pete Namlook have produced a 10 volume exploration of the Moog synthesiser. With inspiration supplied by Pink Floyd, & circuitry wired by Robert Moog, The Dark Side Of The Moog, is about as close to space as you can get, without actually going there. With tracks entitled, Wish You Were There, A Saucerful of Ambience, Obscured By Klaus, Psychadelic Brunch, & Astro Know Me Domina, the whole Floyd vibe takes on a life of it's own. What is most wonderful, is at the start of volume 5, Rober Moog introduces the album with his email address. Sad to think that these days, you would get no reply. Although his legacy is alive & well. Until he invented the synthesiser, the concept of space music didn't even exist. But alas, the Coconut calls. Adios muchachos.
Atom TM . Of his many guises, i am enjoying his hilarious outing as Senor Coconut. Although his marimba cover version of the Michael Sembello song from the film Flashdance, Maniac has me reaching for the "Pure Genius" trophy. Although that should really be awarded to his album of Kraftwerk songs, reworked for mariachi band. Don't you think?
I have, when able to tear myself away from the good Senor, been taking a bold foot forward into the outer realms of Space Music. Moog enthusists Klaus Schulze & Pete Namlook have produced a 10 volume exploration of the Moog synthesiser. With inspiration supplied by Pink Floyd, & circuitry wired by Robert Moog, The Dark Side Of The Moog, is about as close to space as you can get, without actually going there. With tracks entitled, Wish You Were There, A Saucerful of Ambience, Obscured By Klaus, Psychadelic Brunch, & Astro Know Me Domina, the whole Floyd vibe takes on a life of it's own. What is most wonderful, is at the start of volume 5, Rober Moog introduces the album with his email address. Sad to think that these days, you would get no reply. Although his legacy is alive & well. Until he invented the synthesiser, the concept of space music didn't even exist. But alas, the Coconut calls. Adios muchachos.
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