What have you been listening to recently?

[mvd]

We haven't done this in a while as far as I know.

Warren Zevon - The Wind (this is a wonderful album! Now I'll look into his other stuff. He could have taught Andrew W.K. a thing or two about writing party songs - "The Rest of the Night" is a perfect one.)

Dido - No Angel (love this one, too. She sings like she has an old soul.)

Joe Diffie - Honky Tonk Attitude (good mainstream country album.)

Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall (sounds a bit samey, but there is enough fresh here to make it as great as Rainy Day Music.)

[mhr]

1. Bruce Springstein Best of LP (those old black things)

Right Now

eom

[mvd]

4. I'd love to have that one

First, I better complete my Bruce collection, though.

[villager]

2. Greg Brown...

..."The Poet Game"

"Classic Cash" (as in Johnny)

"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" soundtrack

and the Beatles Anthlogy, thanks to the other thread I started...

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. Roger Waters: Amused to Death

Radiohead: Hail to the Thief and The Bends
Marilyn Manson: Antichrist Superstar
Urge Overkill: The Supersonic Storybook

[tarkus]

39. Roger Waters is great.

I have been listening to a lot of Rush and Jethro Tull lately though.

[GumboYaYa]

5. I'm listening to Mofro right now.

I just got their album "Blackwater" and love it.

I also got North Mississippi Allstars new album "Polaris." It is not as good as their two prior albums. The songs are too "poppy" for my tastes and the guitar work does not showcase Luther's abilities.

The other CD I listened to today was Medeski, Martin & Wood's greatest hits album.

[bbernardini]

6. John Cafferty, Toy Matinee

John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band - Normandy Sound Studios - December 1979

Toy Matinee - Live At The Roxy

[peacefreak]

7. Some old, some new

Iz--Facing Future
Mojave3--Spoon & Rafter
Maria Muldaur--First
June Carter Cash--Wildwood Flower (very bittersweet to listen to)
Young Rascals--Time Peace Best of
and Hollywood Town Hall also

[Brucey]

8. Lots of stuff, Dan Bern,

Radiohead, Dave Brubeck, Beethoven, The Hives, Subgenius, and Beach Boys Pet Sounds. Especially like Dan Bern's self-titled CD.

[FarLeftRage]

9. I'm in a punk mood - U.K. style

The Buzzcocks, The Clash, The Damned and the Sex Pistols.

All first recordings or compilations...

[Fenris]

20. FUCK YEAH!

The original 4!

[jonnyblitz]

32. Social Distortion "Live at the Roxy " over and over for some reason.

it's not a new one.

[Nikia]

10. Some recently bought cds

We bought Staind and Evanescence on Sunday. Our friend let us borrow Alice in Chains and Godsmack. Other than that, we have the Matrix: Reloaded soundtrack in my husband's vehicle's player.

[StaggerLee]

11. The intro music for the BF 1942 Eve of Destruction mod

Since I've been playing it as of late. It's both spooky and beautiful.

[Iris]

12. Van Morrison - Moondance

I'm obssessed with the song "Caravan" lately and also the last song on the album, which I can't remember the name of.

[Forkboy]

13. Nick Cave

Some Nick Cave,a dash of Nick Cave and the occasional Nick Cave.


Oh...and Nick Cave.

[KCDem]

34. I LOVE Nick Cave!

My hubby hates him, tho. Loser.

My fav CD is either Henry's Dream or Let Love In, depending on my mood.

:hi:

[Forkboy]

40. I've mostly been listening to a compilation

It has all kinds of good songs on it.My friend just picked up a DVD of his and the video for "As I Sat Sadly By Her Side" is friggin mind blowing.All the live stuff is incredible,especially "Red Right Hand".

The man is unbelievable.

[elcondor]

14. "Ten Summoner's Tales" and

and "The Paul Simon Collection." I am in love with "Cool, Cool River" off the latter!

[Lindsey]

15. Coldplay

A Rush of Blood to the Head. It's awesome.

[luckyluke]

23. I like "The Soul Cages" even better...

...than Summoner's Tales. Of course Rhythm of the Saints is a beautiful album. -ll

[scarlet_owl]

16. Big Mama Thornton, Camper Van Beethoven,

Indigo Girls, and, of course, TMBG.

[Samuraimad]

17. White Stripes

kinda dig their sound..

[leftist_rebel1569]

18. I'm on a Soundgarden listening spree!

listening to Badmotorfinger, Superunknown, and Down on the Upside...:)

[Fenris]

19. You asked for it

"Who's Next" - The Who - Every year I rediscover how goddamn powerful this album is. I drive around listening to "Won't Get Fooled Again" at ear-shattering volumes again and again.

"Substance 1987" - New Order - CD copy has the original 2 LP set on one CD and a bonus CD filled with rare tracks. Some of the best music to come out of the 80s. Which brings me to...

"Permanent 1995" - Joy Division - A nice selection of songs from the unfortunately brief catalogue of the progenitor of New Order. Ian Curtis' vocals seem more haunting than ever. Good music for rainy days.

"re.ac.tor" - Neil Young and Crazy Horse - One of three NY&CH albums recently released on CD. The music itself is all rock, there are few dull moments, but some of the songs are throw-aways or sound dated or tired.

"Nocturama" - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Quiet at times, raucous at others. The CD is worth buying just so you can watch the fifteen minute DVD of "Babe I'm on Fire" over and over again.

[carpetbagger]

21. Prog-rock fest.

CD's at work: Prologue/Renaissance, Shootout at the Fantasy Factory/Traffic, Lark's Tongue in Aspic/King Crimson, A Compact Collection/Camel.

CD's cued up at home: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour/Moody Blues, Never Turn Your Back on a Friend/Budgie, Welcome Back My Friends.../ELP.

[RandomKoolzip]

22. "Some Boots" by Karate and the new Guided by Voices record

God, so fucking amazing.

I've also been getting into NRBQ (Al Anderson: my new personal god!) and have been revisiting Toots and the Maytal's "Funky Kingston." I need more gruff soul in my ears.

Glass Eye, Tommy Keene, The Coup, Cheap Trick (new album, first track: "Scent of a Woman": HOLY SHIT what a song!),Chomsky (a band from Dallas, Texas, not the linguist/political writer, although he's awesome too!), El-P, Split Enz, Cody Chestnutt: all of these have been in my discman recently.

[theemu]

24. Some very eclectic stuff...

Polyphonic Spree - 'The Beginning Stages of...' (A 29 member choir/band from the frontman of Tripping Daisy)

David Cross - 'Shut Up You Fucking Baby!' (A fantastic nihilistic screed against everything, especially the forces of conservativism in this world)

Stars - 'Heart' (Pretty pop music from Montreal)

Devo - 'Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!' (classic)

[Kenneth ken]

25. Thanks to Nighttrain's polling

James Brown
The Temptations
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Chuck Berry
Otis Redding

and finally remembered to pick up an Iris Dement

[jayfish]

26. Smashing Pumpkins "Gish"

Smashing Pumpkins "Siamese Dreams"
Metallica "Kill'em All" extended version
Tool "Undertow"

Jay

[leftist_rebel1569]

33. okay,

now I have the song "Undertow" in my head again...oh well, I'll just listen to that now and finally put down Soundgarden...

[XNASA]

27. "Through the Past Darkly (Big Hits Vol 2)"

What a drag, it is, getting old.

[MissMillie]

28. Crowded House!

Heard "Better Be Home Soon" on the radio the other day, and since then I can't get enough. I've got Woodface in the CD player right now, and Together Alone is on deck.

[Wickerman]

29. Variety is the answer

Some Neil Young - just got American Stars and Bars on CD
Robyn Hitchcock - his latest
Pernice Brothers
Yo La Tengo
Fred Eaglesmith
Los Lonely Boys - first record, sounds like Santana, Everly Brothers, SRV, nice
Warren Zevon
Caitlin Carey
Spiritualized

[noonwitch]

30. The latest cds by Regina Carter and Sarah Brightman

Regina Carter used an awesome violin in her latest. She used Pagannini's Guanari del Gesu to record jazz music.

Sarah Brightman's latest has a middle-eastern theme to it and is pretty cool.

[bif]

31. Check out this interview with Carter

I heard this a while back on NPR's Morning Edition:
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1263231

[windy2000]

35. Peter Gabriel - Up

Hendrix - Band of Gypsies
Django Reinhardt - Peche a la Mouche
John Mellencamp - Trouble No More
And an old Genesis concert (1973) that I illegally downloaded off the internet!

[tarkus]

41. There you go. Up is possibly my favorite P. Gabe album.

[newyawker99]

50. Congrats windy2000!! 300 posts

:toast:

[populistmom]

36. A Thomas the Tank Engine tape in the car

Over and over and over until I am about to go mad and all I can hear in my head are songs about Thomas and his train friends. :crazy:

[Gato Moteado]

37. get yer ya-yas out (the stones)

also:

band on the run - mccartney
mambo sinuendo - ry cooder
abbey road - beatles
stranger - billy joel
beggar's banquet - the stones

also a lot of mingus, ellington, dvorak, mahler, domenic scarlotti, bartok

[Section_43]

38. This week...

3 new live Pavement shows

2 new live Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks shows

Glen Campbell's Greatest Hits

Pretender's first

Grant Lee Buffalo

Joni Mitchell "Blue"

Nat King Cole "Nature Boy"

Guided By Voices "Bee 1,000"

Archer Prewitt

[sasquatch]

42. Motorhead and Johnny Cash

[Scairp]

43. Johnny Cash

Only I can't listen without sobbing. I have been very, very sad over his death and cannot even think about him without weeping. For me, it feels like a family member has died. I cannot imagine a world without Johnny Cash.

[mvd]

44. Today I heard the new Bangles album in a listening party..

They are as good as ever! In some ways more sophisticated but they haven't lost anything in the process. Was very impressed with how they did the song "Doll Revolution." Pop perfection again and can't wait to get it tomorrow!

Speaking of Andrew W.K., I think his new album The Wolf sounds even worse than before. I Get Wet was vapid but The Wolf is stupid, with a Meat Loaf-quality added to that sound from before. It gets a D-, and I Get Wet sounded like a C-. Didn't hear all of I Get Wet.

[mvd]

49. And BTW..

I think Susanna Hoffs is definitely still attractive!

[Ivory_Tower]

45. The voices inside my head

They're telling me to log off and get some work done...

[stlsaxman]

46. 4 cd's that haven't left my player...

"Dancing" Mike Kenelly & Beer For Dolphins
"The Power To Believe" King Crimson (newest!)
"The First Day" David Sylvian & Robert Fripp
"Gung Ho" Patti Smith

[ZenLefty]

47. Badger badger badger badger

Badger badger badger badger
Badger badger badger badger
Badger badger badger badger
Mushroom! Mushroom!
Badger badger badger badger
Badger badger badger badger
Badger badger badger badger
Mushroom! Mushroom!
Badger badger badger badger
Badger badger badger badger
Badger badger badger badger
Aaa snake! Snake! It's a snake!

If anyone knows how I can get that out of my head, without the use of heavy ordinance, I would be greatly appreciative.

[Susang]

48. David Bowie's new cd Reality

He'll be on Letterman tonight!

[SiouxJ]

51. and . . .

is it any good? Inquiring minds want to know :-) . I was surprised at how quickly he seemed to whip out another one so I'm a little skeptical. Then again, he is a genius so maybe my skepticism is unwarranted. :shrug:

:hi:

[bbernardini]

52. They Might Be Giants (moe.down); Live Aid; Kevin Gilbert

Just finished the TMBG, listening to Live Aid now. The Pretenders, specifically.