What are you listening to?
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What are you listening to?
What's out there these days that you recommend? Right now I'd have to say give a listen to Queens of the Stoneage, Songs for the Deaf. No One Knows is probably the best track, but there's a lot of good music on that disc. Gonna Leave You, First It Giveth, and Hanging Tree are all good tracks. If you like 70s rock, but want something modern, this is what you're looking for.
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Well, right now with it being nearly Christmas, I've been listening to a lot of the TransSiberian Orchestra. 
But otherwise, for rock I've been listening to some new bands like the French Kicks that prolly no one else has heard of, for jazz my three year love affair with Ella Fitzgerald's voice continues unabated, for country I've been listening to a lot of more obscure bluegrass bands like Dry Branch Fire Squad, and with rap I'm listening to Eminem's soundtrack from his movie Eight Mile Road. I'll listen to a lot of different sorts of things, depends on my mood.
But otherwise, for rock I've been listening to some new bands like the French Kicks that prolly no one else has heard of, for jazz my three year love affair with Ella Fitzgerald's voice continues unabated, for country I've been listening to a lot of more obscure bluegrass bands like Dry Branch Fire Squad, and with rap I'm listening to Eminem's soundtrack from his movie Eight Mile Road. I'll listen to a lot of different sorts of things, depends on my mood.
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*places French Kicks on his mp3 list*
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duchess,
Ever heard of Nickel Creek? I just got their self-titled cd, because I saw a video of theirs on CMT a few times. (Not particularly a country music fan myself, but a woman at work is, so it's on sometimes.) They have definite bluegrass roots, even produced by Allison Kraus. One track is called "In the House of Tom Bombadil", and is purely instrumental. I can just see Tom dancing around his house to the tune One guy plays the mandolin, the other plays the guitar, and the woman plays the violin. The tracks that are vocal are excellent. One is a setting of "Sweet Afton", a poem by Robert Burns (also the author of the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne).
Ever heard of Nickel Creek? I just got their self-titled cd, because I saw a video of theirs on CMT a few times. (Not particularly a country music fan myself, but a woman at work is, so it's on sometimes.) They have definite bluegrass roots, even produced by Allison Kraus. One track is called "In the House of Tom Bombadil", and is purely instrumental. I can just see Tom dancing around his house to the tune
One guy plays the mandolin, the other plays the guitar, and the woman plays the violin. The tracks that are vocal are excellent. One is a setting of "Sweet Afton", a poem by Robert Burns (also the author of the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne).All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
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I've picked up The Toadies first CD, Rubberneck (I've been digging around for early 90s grunge lately). I was trying to find their newer CD, Heaven Above/Stars Below, at a used CD store, but somebody had switched the disk with a demo CD (one track).
Anyway, pretty good stuff. The band's from Austin, TX, I believe. I recognized one track, Marsupial Stomp, from the radio ("...behind the boathouse, I'll show you my dark secret), which surprised me because I thought that song was done by Seven Mary 3.
If I had to describe it I'd put it somewhere between Alice in Chains and The Dead Kennedies with a little bit of CCR thrown in for flavor.
I recommend at least checking for some MP3s.
Anyway, pretty good stuff. The band's from Austin, TX, I believe. I recognized one track, Marsupial Stomp, from the radio ("...behind the boathouse, I'll show you my dark secret), which surprised me because I thought that song was done by Seven Mary 3.
If I had to describe it I'd put it somewhere between Alice in Chains and The Dead Kennedies with a little bit of CCR thrown in for flavor.
I recommend at least checking for some MP3s.
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner
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Lately I've been listening 2 alot of Ottmar Liebert (instrumental fusion flamenco), Lee Ritenour's zippy jazz guitar and Neil Young. Last night, somehow, on a "shuffle play" Richard Marx's " Big Boy Now" (words and music [and back-ups] by Fee Waybill (aka Quay Lude), leader of the now-defunct Tubes) popped up out of nowhere and rocked my houz down!
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fall far and well Pilots!
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I never got to use Napster, either. 
What services ARE out there these days??
Fist and Faith, yes, I've heard of the band Nickel Creek. They're pretty good, but last summer we went down to the back of beyond, sort of where Virginia, Kentucky, and West Virginia all come together to do some family history research, and I picked up a bunch of CD's from some really raw bluegrass stuff, straight from the source. WOW!
I also listen to Nickel Back.
But my all time favorite song in any form of music would have to be Beethoven's Ninth.
What services ARE out there these days??
Fist and Faith, yes, I've heard of the band Nickel Creek. They're pretty good, but last summer we went down to the back of beyond, sort of where Virginia, Kentucky, and West Virginia all come together to do some family history research, and I picked up a bunch of CD's from some really raw bluegrass stuff, straight from the source. WOW!
I also listen to Nickel Back.
But my all time favorite song in any form of music would have to be Beethoven's Ninth.
Love as thou wilt.
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Boy duchess u really slammed me w/some juxatposition there, kinda like what Vain quoted from me in the other music thread: "I never thought I would ever use Prince and Zappa in same sentence in this lifetime..." **now wandering around, shaking head, with visions of Flatt & Scruggs doing Radiohead covers..."** Well, Soundgarden did Johnny Cash (or vice versa...), so I guess anything's possible. Syl: I listened 2 Queens at a Xmas party--they kick, man!
**now wandering around, shaking head, with visions of Flatt & Scruggs doing Radiohead covers..."** Well, Soundgarden did Johnny Cash (or vice versa...), so I guess anything's possible. Syl: I listened 2 Queens at a Xmas party--they kick, man!fall far and well Pilots!
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Hey Damelon!! Whenever I listen 2 Voodoo I c TC looking straight in2 Marid's eyes saying:
I'm not the one who's so far away
when I feel the snake-bite
enter my viens
Never did I want to be here again
and I can't remember
why I came...
( xcerpt printed 4 those u have not heard Voodoo, or made the TC connection, but how can u not, once u've heard it? )
I'm not the one who's so far away
when I feel the snake-bite
enter my viens
Never did I want to be here again
and I can't remember
why I came...
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xcerpt printed 4 those u have not heard Voodoo, or made the TC connection, but how can u not, once u've heard it? )
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fall far and well Pilots!
I reread the whole chapter with the song in my head. The beat of that song kicks A..! 
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mp3's
the mp3 client i'm using now is kazaa... www.kazaa.com
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner
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my brother-in-law gave me a burnt disk of the band Breaking Benjamin. i've been listening to it in the car the last couple of days (down in Georgia visiting the wife's fam).
they've got a very eclectic sound, but i can't say if that's good or bad. sometimes they sound like Alice in Chains, sometimes like Bush, and sometimes stray toward the heavier end of the spectrum like Pantera. i can't really identify what their sound is, though.
musically, they're pretty good. has a clean, almost polished feel to it. the more i listen to it, the more they start to grow on me.
the jury's still out on this one, but i'd definately say it's worth a listen.
they've got a very eclectic sound, but i can't say if that's good or bad. sometimes they sound like Alice in Chains, sometimes like Bush, and sometimes stray toward the heavier end of the spectrum like Pantera. i can't really identify what their sound is, though.
musically, they're pretty good. has a clean, almost polished feel to it. the more i listen to it, the more they start to grow on me.
the jury's still out on this one, but i'd definately say it's worth a listen.
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner
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This is for Danlo!
Sometimes at work I get locked into a little room two stories underground with these huge laminar flow hoods blowing in my face, and get virtually no human contact for hours at a time. Music saves my sanity, and I have a bunch of different CD wallets I grab and take in with me at random. This week's wallet:
Limp Biskit
Led Zeppelin-- Latter Days Best of Led Zep vol. 2
Patty Loveless -- Mountain Soul
Reggae Sunsplash Live
Tina Turner -- Simply the Best
Billy Idol -- Greatest Hits
REO Speedwagon -- Hi Infidelity
Madonna -- Immaculate Collection
Now 7
Coyote Ugly soundtrack
a weird thing of Latin dance music
Singles - movie soundtrack
Bobby Lyle -- Secret Island
Traveling Willburys-- vol. 3
Fleetwood Mac -- greatest hits
Pink Floyd -- Echos (2 discs)
Dido -- No Angel
Staind -- Dysfunction
Destiny's Child -- Survivor
Train
Dry Branch Fire Squad -- Hand Hewn
Blue Ribbon Bluegrass (compilation album)
Paul Horn & R. Carlos Nakai -- Inside Canyon de Chelly (Native American flute duets)
Other wallets lean more to jazz or classical or 80's music or whatever. this one was a miscellaneous one...
Sometimes at work I get locked into a little room two stories underground with these huge laminar flow hoods blowing in my face, and get virtually no human contact for hours at a time. Music saves my sanity, and I have a bunch of different CD wallets I grab and take in with me at random. This week's wallet:
Limp Biskit
Led Zeppelin-- Latter Days Best of Led Zep vol. 2
Patty Loveless -- Mountain Soul
Reggae Sunsplash Live
Tina Turner -- Simply the Best
Billy Idol -- Greatest Hits
REO Speedwagon -- Hi Infidelity
Madonna -- Immaculate Collection
Now 7
Coyote Ugly soundtrack
a weird thing of Latin dance music
Singles - movie soundtrack
Bobby Lyle -- Secret Island
Traveling Willburys-- vol. 3
Fleetwood Mac -- greatest hits
Pink Floyd -- Echos (2 discs)
Dido -- No Angel
Staind -- Dysfunction
Destiny's Child -- Survivor
Train
Dry Branch Fire Squad -- Hand Hewn
Blue Ribbon Bluegrass (compilation album)
Paul Horn & R. Carlos Nakai -- Inside Canyon de Chelly (Native American flute duets)
Other wallets lean more to jazz or classical or 80's music or whatever. this one was a miscellaneous one...
Love as thou wilt.
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heh. i'm still waiting for Vain to acknowledge my Carly Simon reference... bad as it was.
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner
-George Steiner