What are you listening to right now?

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:35 pm

WSS -

The Dirty South was my favorite album of 2004. If you like it, go from there to Decoration Day and then Southern Rock Opera. They also have a solid live dvd out although I wish the lighting were a little better on that one.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:30 pm

El Vez wrote:WSS -

The Dirty South was my favorite album of 2004. If you like it, go from there to Decoration Day and then Southern Rock Opera. They also have a solid live dvd out although I wish the lighting were a little better on that one.

Listened to the first few tunes in the car on the way home with my son. He fell asleep, so I turned on the baseball game instead (naps are like gold). Will try to give it a listen tomorrow if work does not intrude!

verena · Post by **verena** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:18 am

Suzanne Vega - Album with no title

"Marlene on the wall", "Cracking", "Undertow" (my favorites)

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:55 am

That's a very good album, verena. My fav is The Queen And The Soldier... love the strings on Some Journey.

verena · Post by **verena** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:14 am

Ok, I have a soft spot for these too.

But "undertow" has a rhythm that swings, & "the queen and the soldier" is too overwhelming. Have to fight, godamnit! No it is not my favorite (god bless, how could one ever resist the tide).

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 9:29 pm

The Wrens - The Meadowlands

Stunning. Great great record.

verena · Post by **verena** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:41 pm

Lizz Wright

"Wake Up, Little Sparrow" , "A Taste of Honey"

verena · Post by **verena** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:15 am

Anastacia - "wellcome to my truth"

It is in the album that has "left outside alone" in it...

Bad Ambassador · Post by **Bad Ambassador** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:36 pm

Fantastic new album by Luke Doucet entitled 'Broken'. Charming little thing. As is the new Richard Hawley, which is highly recommended.

anjabro · Post by **anjabro** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:04 pm

I'm listening to a Billy Bragg bootleg from 1987 of excellent quality, which I'm currently downloading from a fine site I just found....

http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisti ... tion=etree

... no EC sadly, but if there isn't something there you like, there's something wrong....

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:24 am

jack johnson - bubble toes.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:02 am

Sweet Revenge - Prine. Love the twang factor.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:27 am

great song, 'boo - a little twang never hurt nobody.

take it back, take it back
oh no you can't say that
all of my friends are not dead or in jail....

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:44 am

The rebuilt New Orleans may well welcome some strains of warm twang. I suspect that's part of why the Doobie Bros like to play there a lot, crossing country with blues.

The first person Bush should have called was Willie Nelson.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:39 pm

Talking Heads - "Pulled Up"

Their early work had such tremendous energy and humor.

"There's really no hurry - I'll eat in a while"

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:02 pm

mood swung wrote:great song, 'boo - a little twang never hurt nobody.

take it back, take it back
oh no you can't say that
all of my friends are not dead or in jail....

"wait a while, eternity... old mother nature's got nothing on me"

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:56 pm

Who Shot Sam? wrote:Talking Heads - "Pulled Up"

Their early work had such tremendous energy and humor.

"There's really no hurry - I'll eat in a while"

And that's one of the best on 1977. Great stuff. I have the fabulous Once In A Lifetime box set. Humongous and beautiful. A friend commented 'you'll need to build a special shelf to house it!' and although I stiopped short of getting a saw out, it does have to sit in a unique and special place atop my CD racks. One thing I must get that I don't really know at all is The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:09 am

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Streetcore

Superb - even better than Rock Art & The X-Ray Style and Global A Go-Go, which is really saying something. We lost something special when Joe died. You get the feeling he was just hitting his stride.

Miss Macbeth · Post by **Miss Macbeth** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:51 am

The Redwalls....new album is called "De Nova".

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:04 pm

I had a major moment of D'oh! earlier today when I decided to find out what that pretty song on those new Sears ads was... and found it's those same Pernice Bros you've all been talking about here! (Song is There Goes the Sun.)

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:06 pm

selfmademug wrote:I had a major moment of D'oh! earlier today when I decided to find out what that pretty song on those new Sears ads was... and found it's those same Pernice Bros you've all been talking about here! (Song is There Goes the Sun.)

Pernice Brothers are on a Sears ad? Is it a local or national ad?

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:09 pm

I'm sure it's a national ad. Very slick and appealing in an Indie/MTV aesthetic, with their current slogan being "Cooler every day". Oh, and I really want that coat with the military buttons in the last shot.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:12 pm

selfmademug wrote:I'm sure it's a national ad. Very slick and appealing in an Indie/MTV aesthetic, with their current slogan being "Cooler every day". Oh, and I really want that coat with the military buttons in the last shot.

It's a coat ad? I get it.

Doesn't really bother me that much - it's his music and he can do with it as he pleases. Joe Pernice should be raking it in, given his voice and gift for melody. Instead he's scraping by. So if Sears is throwing a few dollars his way, that's fine by me.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:18 pm

I absolutely agree, as I tried rather flailingly to express in the GAP thread. Music videos were and are nothing more than artful ads for the music; I don't see any diff if the music is used simultaneously to sell Sears's new image, if it gets the music out there.

Clearly I am their target market, as I want both the music AND the coat (there are lots of different clothes in the ad, not just the coat in question, btw)!

Extreme Honey · Post by **Extreme Honey** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 2:59 pm

x and Y by Coldplay...

Many say that coldplay always sound the same, and in a way it's true. But it's all about opinions, just like my Bjork comment. I am not ignorant, at least not in that subject. I have heard many times Bjork and quite simply I don't like it, like I know many of you probably don't like Coldplay.

Here's an interesting thing about coldplay and Elvis Costello:

They have both had their first 3 cds almost identical to each other in musical style. Coldplay's next album will decide if they are taking an EC path (just like Get Happy was Elvis's first experiment album).

The lead singer has a wife, even early in his career, like Elvis.

The real highlights and brainpower of both bands (Coldplay + EC an' the attractions are the lead singers).

...hope you found that interesting