What have you listened to today?

[mvd]

It's been a while since we've had a fresh listening to thread.

Last owned CD that I heard was the Encyclopedia Of Jazz: The Gold Collection. Very good - features such names as Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Billie Holiday, Glen Miller, and Duke Ellington.

Also heard samples and iTunes song of the week "Out Here All Night" from the group Damone, which I absolutely loved! The full edition of the CD Out Here All Night comes out May 23, but you can get it on iTunes now.

Heard these CDs at the full album listening party:

Elefant - Black Magic Show: Too caught between moody alternative rock and catchier pop/rock. 2 stars out of 4.

Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia: it's not bad, but not really my thing. Definitely sounds better on the more upbeat stuff. 2.5 stars out of 4.

[malmapus]

1. Tenacious D

Friendship, Wonderboy

[ZombieNixon]

2. Traditional Irish songs, by and large.

I've been brushing up on my Gaelic, a fairly useless but incredibly cool-sounding skill. :)

[mvd]

3. I love those traditional Irish songs

:thumbsup:

My grandfather gave me the jazz CD to have me brush up on my history more. I ended up enjoying it.

[Initech]

4. Tons of prog

Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime II

Funkadelic - Funkadelic

Agalloch - The Mantle

Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity

O.S.I. - s/t

Transatlantic - SMPT:e

Next on the list:

Roger Waters - Radio K.A.O.S.

Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever

Bootsy Collins - Best Of

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

[Ariana Celeste]

5. Gary Numan

Pure and Exile. And a couple random songs from other albums mixed in.

Shuffled of course. :).

And I also listened to a little VNV Nation.

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Ooh, I'm really looking forward to hearing that Dresden Dolls album.

They're great!

[mvd]

7. There was nothing that made me believe that..

you wouldn't love the new CD then. :hi:

[greendog]

8. Emmylou Harris

Wrecking Ball...listening to her cover of "Every Grain of Sand" right now.

[saltpoint]

13. Emmylou Harris is an angel.

[peacefreak]

9. Neko Case

"Fox Confessor Brings the Flood". I haven't replayed anything so much since "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road". My only question is what do I get next by her?

[mitchum]

12. "Furnace Room Lullabies"

[Ramsey]

10. My 80's mix

I have all my CDs uploaded into my hard drive, and I went out and downloaded all the 80's songs I was missing from The Sony Connect music stroe. I now have 1200 tracks in my 80's mix, which can obviously be listened to nearly endlessly!

[mitchum]

11. "Bill Frisell With Dave Holland And Elvin Jones"

[saltpoint]

14. "You Can Close Your Eyes"

by James Taylor, from the MUDSLIDE SLIIM AND THE BLUE HORIZON album.

"So close your eyes
You can close your eyes -- it's alright
I don't know no love songs
And I can't sing the blues anymore..."

etc.

One of the best lullabyes for grown-ups ever penned.

[realisticphish]

15. Wow

Patera
Bon Jovi
Static X
Fear Factory
Coal Chamber
Ekoostik Hookah
Black Sabbath
Phish
Primus
Megadeth
Motorhead
Nine Inch Nails
Rammstein
Allman Brothers

[Left Is Write]

16. On my playlist at the gym today...

Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
Sweet - Fox On The Run
Led Zeppelin - The Ocean
The Go Gos - Vacation
The Offspring - Why Don't You Get A Job
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Pat Benatar - Promises In The Dark
Queen - Killer Queen
Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
Queen - We Will Rock You
RHCP - Higher Ground
ZZ Top - LaGrange
Gary Numan - Cars
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Journey - Any Way You Want It
Deadeye Dick - New Age Girl
The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Power Station - (Get It On) Bang A Gong
Power Station - Some Like It Hot