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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: hutch on March 13, 2020, 09:33:10 am
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I am really into Steely Dan lately
I am a melody first guy....lyrics often I don’t care about
Never realized how out there some Steely Dan lyrics are! The chorus about Cuervo and Colombian? The songs about middle age and being into young chicks?
And the music is really the cream of the crop of NY session players
Aja and Gaucho are perfection
But it’s only when I actually listened to the words I realized there was a whole other somewhat twisted level there
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I am really into Steely Dan lately
I am a melody first guy....lyrics often I don’t care about
Never realized how out there some Steely Dan lyrics are! The chorus about Cuervo and Colombian? The songs about middle age and being into young chicks?
And the music is really the cream of the crop of NY session players
Aja and Gaucho are perfection
But it’s only when I actually listened to the words I realized there was a whole other somewhat twisted level there
My musical jams change so quickly and so often... but as of the past week.
Dropped into a big Malkmus rabbit hole with the release of his new album last week... Listened to Wowie Zowie, Crooked Rain, then Self-Titled, Pig Lib, and Real Emotional Trash... all perfection.
Also, after the death of Sam Burns, I dropped into a bit of a Detroit House music hole... I'll probably climb out of that quickly.
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I tend to be totally random in IPOD album selections on the train. Back when I used to ride the train. Like before yesterday.
I play CD's in my car (got rid of the Saturn a couple years ago so no more cassettes.) With the CD in the car, I tend the play the same things over and over. Right now it's Stay Positive by Hold Steady and the live tracks off that recent Mats re-release box thingy.
For music in the house, I tend to play stuff that doesn't rock the boat. That means I have to avoid Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, or anything remotely country other than Wilco and Old 97's.
Cue the mocking of my musical formats, and I also probably didn't answer the question.
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I tend to be totally random in IPOD album selections on the train. Back when I used to ride the train. Like before yesterday.
I play CD's in my car (got rid of the Saturn a couple years ago so no more cassettes.) With the CD in the car, I tend the play the same things over and over. Right now it's Stay Positive by Hold Steady and the live tracks off that recent Mats re-release box thingy.
For music in the house, I tend to play stuff that doesn't rock the boat. That means I have to avoid Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, or anything remotely country other than Wilco and Old 97's.
Cue the mocking of my musical formats, and I also probably didn't answer the question.
Vansmack just stroked out over all that physical media.
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I was taking this as a music for the teleworker/homebound...
And was gonna say: Staying Home by Superchunk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s0cfMq9L_E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s0cfMq9L_E)
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I was taking this as a music for the teleworker/homebound...
And was gonna say: Staying Home by Superchunk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s0cfMq9L_E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s0cfMq9L_E)
The only thing playing at my house is Alexa and Kate.
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I've been listening to a lot of Welsh bands in both English and Welsh of late. Have been thinking about starting a Welsh Music Appreciation thread...
One of my favorite albums to listen to from last year was the third album from Right Hand Left Hand "Zone Rogue”
http://righthandlefthand.bandcamp.com/album/zone-rouge.
Described as 2 members 2 drum sets 2 guitars and a loop machine. Fans of post rock will enjoy this. the math and experimental rock labels also apply...
Followers of the 90s Washington DC scene will be interested to know the inspiration to form the group was hearing a Trans Am song in a bar
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Welsh Music Appreciation thread...
table for....party of one
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I've been listening to a lot of Welsh bands in both English and Welsh of late. Have been thinking about starting a Welsh Music Appreciation thread...
One of my favorite albums to listen to from last year was the third album from Right Hand Left Hand "Zone Rogue”
http://righthandlefthand.bandcamp.com/album/zone-rouge.
Described as 2 members 2 drum sets 2 guitars and a loop machine. Fans of post rock will enjoy this. the math and experimental rock labels also apply...
Followers of the 90s Washington DC scene will be interested to know the inspiration to form the group was hearing a Trans Am song in a bar
familiar with these folks?-
Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci
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Welsh Music Appreciation thread...
table for....party of one
LoL
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WTWIRDYMTBOWSA
https://youtu.be/YC8vxXC0UMc
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Is this different than the "What are you listening to?" thread?
What I'm listening to is the new Real Estate LP. I hated "In Mind" for some reason, but the new one is really, really good.
As far has bands that are my JAM...well, for whatever reason it's always Luna. That's what sort of makes everything ok and makes the crappiness of the world not affect me as much. Then again, I've cheated on them with a few other bands as of late...Cocteau Twins, the Gun Club...."The Hurry and the Harm" by City and Colour, and I'm obsessed with the 4 live tracks from the Circle Jerks from the Decline of Western Civilization soundtrack. That band was so tight.
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I hated the last Real Estate album as well. Even Atlas was pretty spotty.
I can’t work and listen to new music. I focus on the music too much. Music I’m familiar with isn’t a huge distraction.
For the moment it’s Emma Ruth Rundle’s Marked for Death. The new Wake lp is apparently being delivered later today.
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I hated the last Real Estate album as well. Even Atlas was pretty spotty.
I can’t work and listen to new music. I focus on the music too much. Music I’m familiar with isn’t a huge distraction.
For the moment it’s Emma Ruth Rundle’s Marked for Death. The new Wake lp is apparently being delivered later today.
I've listened to the Real Estate album a few times now and having a hard time getting into it... It's not bad... But just kinda boring.
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Jam is totally different from what you are listening to this second
Playing an album 2-3 times is not a jam
It’s more like what kind of phase are you going through musically..something you are really into
It should last a few weeks
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Grindcore. Trip hop.
Pretty much exclusively these days.
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I've listened to the Real Estate album a few times now and having a hard time getting into it... It's not bad... But just kinda boring.
I have to be in the mood for something like Real Estate. It's not going to engage me...it sort of transports me to someplace a little more calm. It disengages me. That's probably what I like about them. It's not music that is going to get me excited about anything...it's almost like music where I don't think to think. Maybe that's why I like them and need music like that from time to time.
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I've listened to the Real Estate album a few times now and having a hard time getting into it... It's not bad... But just kinda boring.
I have to be in the mood for something like Real Estate. It's not going to engage me...it sort of transports me to someplace a little more calm. It disengages me. That's probably what I like about them. It's not music that is going to get me excited about anything...it's almost like music where I don't think to think. Maybe that's why I like them and need music like that from time to time.
I agree... However, there were certain melodies and hooks on the first album (which is a favorite of the 2000s) and the second that you just can't get out of your head. I haven't found that in the last few.
A lot could be because of the Ducktails guy that was me too'd.
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I've listened to the Real Estate album a few times now and having a hard time getting into it... It's not bad... But just kinda boring.
I have to be in the mood for something like Real Estate. It's not going to engage me...it sort of transports me to someplace a little more calm. It disengages me. That's probably what I like about them. It's not music that is going to get me excited about anything...it's almost like music where I don't think to think. Maybe that's why I like them and need music like that from time to time.
I agree... However, there were certain melodies and hooks on the first album (which is a favorite of the 2000s) and the second that you just can't get out of your head. I haven't found that in the last few.
A lot could be because of the Ducktails guy that was me too'd.
Give the new one another listen again..."Friday", "Gone", and "The Main Thing" definitely are worthy tunes. "Procession" is great too. Whereas "In Mind" was bloated and totally hollow, "The Main Thing" grows on repeated listens.
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Swedish rock…
Soundtrack of our lives right now….
I wish I had actually gone to see these bands back in the day…
Side question: did a lot of Swedes attend these shows?
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Side question: did a lot of Swedes attend these shows?
there just aren't that many Swedes here and their rarely wear their flag to identify them in a crowd
but you should check out the netflix show This Is Pop and the Stockholm Syndrome episode
it's kind of nuts how important the Swedes are in popular music since the 70s
I am always amazed when a small country can have such a big influence on music (like Jamacia)
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Britti - Hello, I'm Britti
Much like with Yola, I've become smitten with Britti's voice. Her influences run from Sade, Diana Ross and Dolly Parton among others. Since it's a Dan Auerbach/Easy Eye Sound album, the musicianship, production, arrangements are all fantastic. The sound is just so warm and inviting. Someone described this is a solid bridge between New Orleans and Nashville.
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Another new musical jam in my life is the new Too Many Zooz album "Retail Therapy", I do enjoy it when the baritone sax is out from growling away
https://toomanyzooz.bandcamp.com/album/retail-therapy