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Yep. The only lineup change they've ever had was replacing bassist Muzz Skillings with Doug Wimbush...that was after 1991's Biscuits EP.
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That guitarist is just amazing... what's his name agin? It's been 10 years or so... last time I thought about Living Color the band was when "In Living Color" was a TV series hit and they had the beef with the stolen logo.
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Vernon Reid...he is just fucking awesome. I was so blown away when they came out with Vivid. I was like, "Holy shit! Those guys are black...and they are rocking the fuck out!"
The new album is not bad. It's not groundbreaking like their previous releases, but it's a good return for them. |
New Order--Get Ready
Blur--Think Tank |
Someone clued me in to a group called Dakota Moon. Fantastic vocals!
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Staind--14 Shades of Grey
Blur--The Great Escape George Gershwin--Rhapsody in Blue (as performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra) |
Blur--Parklife: Blur deserved way more attention than Oasis did here in the States in the mid-90s.
Stevie Wonder--At the Close of a Century: 70-song, 3 CD greatest hits box set. I really should own it. NWA--Straight Outta Compton: What a mind-blowing experience for a middle-class white boy from St. Louis in 1989. The Love Below (Andre's disc) on the new OutKast CD: It's like Barry White meets Rick James meets Musiq meets standard Andre goofiness from OutKast's 4 previous offerings. Goddamn...it's fucking funny as shit...and great. Big Boi's disc (Speakerboxxx) is good too. Actually, it's better than I thought it would be--he didn't overguest it like a lot of hip-hop artists do these days. But Andre's is way better. Interesting to note who's playing what--BET and black radio are playing Big Boi's "The Way You Move," while modern rock radio is rolling Andre's "Hey Ya!" I'm not surprised though...I don't think a lot of black folks are going to really dig Andre's disc, while whites and blacks will equally dig Big Boi's. |
Beck - Odelay
The man is a genius, and I never get tired of this one. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Trilogy Copeland's "Hoedown" just fucking slays me, every time. Johnny Cash - American IV - The Man Comes Around I know I've raved about this over and over, but damn...what a piece of work this is. As a side note, the wife and I went to dinner last night at our town's best-known Greek restaurant, and the one man band guy they had there did a really decent job on "Hurt"... Nat King Cole - Greatest Hits Anyone see a pattern here? I love the oldies and goodies. NKC's voice is unparallelled in modern popular music. Adding to the absolute wonder of it all is the fact that lots of the stuff on this CD is recorded live in the studio, complete with the mis-starts and engineer's instructions over the studio feed. I really wish this guy would have lived longer and given us more music. |
Jesus...where to start?
Iggy Pop--Skull Ring: His new disc, featuring a mini-reunion of the Stooges. Not bad. Ben Folds: I've always been a minor fan, but after listening to almost his entire catalog (solo and with the Five), goddamn...he's really good! --Whatever and Ever Amen --The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner --Rockin the Suburbs --Speed Graphic EP --Sunny 16 EP Miles Davis: Mostly stuff I don't have yet on CD. --Doo-Bop --In a Silent Way --Love Songs 2 --Kind of Blue --Miles Smiles --Nefertiti --The Man with the Horn --Sorceror --The Columbia Years: 1955-1985 (4 CD set) Tony Bennett: One of the last great crooners left. --Steppin' Out --MTV Unplugged Frank Sinatra --Sinatra 80th: All The Best (2 CD set) --Classic Sinatra --Duets Thicke--A Beautiful World NWA--Niggaz4life |
The last two Fridays have been nothing but heavy metal. Very theraputic. :)
Pantera --Vulgar Display of Power --Far Beyond Driven --The Great Southern Trendkill --Reinventing the Steel Megadeth --Rust in Peace --Countdown to Extinction --Youthanasia --Capitol Punishment (greatest hits) |
CD Player in the Car (only place I really listen to music)
Bringing Out the Dead Soundtrack Ministry - Psalm 69 Ministry - Spoon (I think that's the name of the album. I don't have the jewelbox, just the CD, which in fine ministry tradition is not labelled with the name) Phish - Lawn Boy I know there are two others on there, but I can't for the life of me remember what they are ... |
Dark Side of the Spoon (1999)
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Anyway, to stay on topic. One of my favorite possesions was a set of 4 or 5 vinyl recordings of Die Kunst Der Fugue (The Art of Fugue) by Bach. Unfortunately, the basement got wet and the vinyl got mildewed. I was unable to find the exact same recording in vinly or CD. I ended up picking up the Canadian Brass version, but it was not the entire work. Also, hearing what I had originally listened to as an organ work done in brass was a little too exotic. The Art of Fugue has been done in brass, keyboard (organ and piano), and strings. For all I know, there may be an electic or acoustic guitar version. I'm still looking to replace the organ version I lost. |
Went for a drive and found out what the other two CDs are ...
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense Rusted Root (first album) I've cycled through these three times now, time to change. I'll let you know what I pick next ... |
greatest american hero theme - joey scarbury.....cuz i'm a great big dork!:D
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Switched the CDs in the car.
Now playing: From Dusk Till Dawn - soundtrack Metallica - Master of Puppets Dave Matthews Band - Underneath the Table and Dreaming Cornershop - When I was Born Again for the Seventh Time Van Halen - 1984 Falco - Greatest Hits |
Damned testing has me away from my desk 4 hours a day now...I made a mix of Megadeth songs and did Pantera's Cowboys From Hell this morning. Then decided to go with LL Cool J's Bigger and Deffer and All World (greatest hits). I think tomorrow I'll try to listen to Pearl Jam's two newest discs.
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Wolf, gold star for the "From Dusk Till Dawn" soundtrack.
I am currently cashing in on: Outkast - Stankonia Teh Offspring - Americana |
Stankonia...goddamn! That's a fine album. I'd have to say my favorite cut off that is "Gasoline Dreams."
Massive Attack--Mezzanine Sarah McLachlan--Afterglow: Not digging it...maybe I need to listen to it a few more times. Stereolab--Instant 0 (zero) in the Universe Earth, Wind & Fire--The Eternal Dance: 3 CD box set covering their years on Columbia (early 70s-1987) |
had a hankering for some stp today...had been awhile. the acoustic version of plush is great.
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i am turning into a huge dead head these days...guess it happens, but i think scarlet begonia, their version of one toke over the line, and sugar magnolia would be my fav's...anyone else wanna fess up? |
New Bob Seger CD, Greatest Hits 2. 16 cuts and "Shakedown" rattles the windows. Bonus, "Turn The Page" video.:thumb:
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In the CD player:
Conjure One - Conjure One Delerium - Faces, Forms, and Illusions Talvin Singh - Back to Mine |
A Bunch Of Loudmouths - Sycamore Is Ugly
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Torrere, what is your take on Delerium?
Currently listening to: Tears for Fears - Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits) Snatch - Original Soundtrack |
Blues Before Sunrise is a nice little show presently on my stereo.
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Buckwheat Zydeco- The Buckwheat Zydeco Story
Covering Hey Joe on the accordian and making it work. Seriously! |
Van Halen--Best of Volume I and 1984
Motley Crue--Greatest Hits The Chemical Brothers--Surrender and Dig Your Own Hole Rush--Vapor Trails and Moving Pictures Deftones--Around the Fur, White Pony and Deftones Anthrax--We've Come For You All, Persistence of Time and Attack of the Killer B's Mr. Bungle--Mr. Bungle, Disco Volante (quite possibly the most bizarre CD ever created) and California |
Having cycled through the last batch of car CDs thrice, they have been swapped out and replaced with Living in Oblivion Volumes 1 through 5 which contains pretty much EVERY cool 80s song recorded, Haysi Fantayzee's "Shiny Shiny" is on this compilation, and you don't find that ANYWHERE.
(The 6th CD in the player is currently The Monkees, but I may switch that with Peter Schilling's Fehler im System (import) which has both the German and English Versions of "Major Tom") |
Warren Zevon- The Wind
Admittedly, I'm kind of a soft touch these days on the whole death and dying front, but this is powerful stuff. thanks Warren |
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I "heart" those LIO albums. How many are in the series exactly? I need to catch up on my collection. |
There are only the 5 ... actually the best stuff is on Vols. 1 - 3.
With a few rare exceptions (Major Tom, Hyperactive, Enola Gay) most of the stuff on 4 and 5 is stuff I don't really remember hearing. |
Lots of stuff over the past few weeks...let's see if I can remember it all:
Motorhead--Ace of Spades David Byrne--Look into the Eyeball Vince Guaraldi--A Charlie Brown Christmas Nat King Cole--The Christmas Song Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott--This Is Not a Test! Al Green--I Can't Stop Ramones--End of the Century Winger--Winger Trixter--Trixter Warrant--Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich and Cherry Pie Triumph the Insult Comic Dog--Come Poop With Me Pantera--Cowboys From Hell The 3 recently-mentioned Mr. Bungle CDs Also been listening to a couple of holiday stations on Rhapsody--one that's more rock/R&B oriented, the other more old-school and eclectic. I've been listening to them in moderation though--don't want to ruin the happy feelgood Christmas vibe that I've got going. |
This weekend it's Christmas music. Amy Grant, Mannheim Steamroller, and Fred Waring and Pennsylvanians.
The last are CDs I cleaned and burned from my parents LP collection. Still some of the best Christmas choral arrangements ever. |
I have Fresh Aire 1-8, and the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas tape is floating around here somewhere.
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I have the overly complete Mannheim Steamroller Christmas collection ... and managed to see them live a couple of years ago (at QVC Studio Park ... they were flogging their latest CD collection and did an on-air audience show).
I also have several CW McCall CDs. |
I think we were razzed for it a few threads ago...
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I've been ridiculed for it so many times, I lose track of exactly where.
(At least my secret and undying love for the Monkees is safely unknow.... oh crap.) |
Well, at least Rho is not the only one retarded over the Monkees.
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I'm more of a fan of DVD Concerts - in DD5.1 or DTS.
Listed below is my collection - pretty much how I rank them and with the approximate number of times played. (Of course, many have bullets - since they are new) 20X Sade - Lovers Live Dave Matthews Band - Live at Folsum Field Roger Water - In The Flesh Eagles - HFO Steely Dan - Two Against Nature Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense Led Zepplin - Self Titled 10X Norah Jones - Live in New Orleans Woodstock - Directors Cut Queen - Greatest Video Hits 1 Dave Matthews Band - The Videos 1994 - 2001 Peter Gabrial - Secret World Live SRV - Live at the el Mocambo 5X Diana Krall - Live in Paris Supertramp - The Story So far Depeche Mode - One Night In Paris U2 - Elevation 2001 The Band - The last Waltz Paul McCartny - Back in the USA Roger Waters - The Wall, Live in Berlin The Coors - Live in London Less than 5 Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps Shania Twain - Live Maddona - Drowned World Tour Yes - Symphomic Live Bernadette Peters - In Concert Yes - Special EP Led Zepplin - The Song Remains the Same Woodstock 99 Bette Midler - Divine Madness Uriah Heep - Acoustically Driven But, they are all good! [;)] Bob ;) |
Nice list, Bob.
Filter--Title of Record: This is one of those "I really should own it, but I just don't yet" CDs. Good stuff. |
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It is now safely close enough to Yule and Christmas that I have been able to transition to the Xmas CD Load in the Car:
1. A Merry Snoopy Christmas (Snoopy vs. the Red Baron) - The Royal Guardsmen 2. A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio 3. Christmas Live - Mannheim Steamroller 4. Christmas Attic - Trans Siberian Orchestra 5. A Winter's Garden - Loreena McKennitt 6. To Drive the Cold Winter Away |
Prince--Purple Rain, Sign O' The Times, Lovesexy, Diamonds and Pearls and the 1992 symbol album.
Talking Heads--Remain in Light Jet--Get Born: Prominently featured in a current series of iPod commercials and two EA Sports games (NHL 2004 and Madden 2004). One of the few newer bands that I dig. |
Peter Gabriel--So and Us
Wham!--Make it Big They Might Be Giants--Flood The Cure--Boys Don't Cry, Disintegration, Galore (The Singles 1987-1997), Wish and Wild Mood Swings Morrissey--Bona Drag Godflesh--Hymns Slayer--Soundtrack to the Apocalypse (box set) Roxy Music--For Your Pleasure The Cult--The Singles 1984-1995 |
Suicidal Tendencies--Lights...Camera...Revolution and The Art of Rebellion
Sun Ra--Space Is the Place The Amps--Pacer The Breeders--Title TK The Afghan Whigs--Gentlemen and 1965 The Twilight Singers--Twilight as Played by the Twilight Singers Tenacious D--Tenacious D Melvins--Houdini Howard Jones--The Best of Howard Jones George Michael--Ladies and Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy--Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury Butthole Surfers--Independent Worm Saloon Fishbone--The Reality of My Surroundings |
Ozma - Spending Time on the Borderline
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Grateful Dead - Closing of Winterland
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Susan Tedeschi- Wait for Me
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Kim Wilson- Smokin' Joint
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Jim Beer & The River - Dust of my Forefather's Bones
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The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
This was in my user title briefly before. Well, I gotta tell ya, it's pure genius. Stunningly original; occasionally weirder than Radiohead, and yet strangely more accessible (once you can get past Wayne's voice). If Pink Floyd had modern recording tools in 1968, this is what they would have turned out. Also, Brave the Day - LP The EP is now available on Rhapsody. The LP is available from itsaboutmusic.com, where you can also find other sample songs. This is the band that I briefly had a shot at being the bassist for. Well they have found a better guy to be their bassist. Apparently. But in any case, these kids are going to be signed to a major record label. It's just a matter of time. They're simply great. Singer Rebecca has the most awesome voice, songwriter/guitarist Josh develops really interesting songs and neat chords and is a terrific player to boot. It's alterna-pop, and not overly folky, except that Rebecca has a country twinge to her from time to time that makes it a tad more American and broadens their appeal. |
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I've always wanted to listen to their 1997 release Zaireeka. The problem is that its 4 CDs are meant to be played simultaneously. So, you have to set up 4 independent CD players, and probably need someone to help you start them all at the same time. If you don't play all 4 CDs at the same time, it apparently won't sound right. From what I've heard though, it's a great release...and it's very cool that a major label was willing to release something so "challenging." Speaking of Radiohead, the Lips do a cover of "Knives Out" on their Fight Test EP (UT, don't know if you've heard it yet or not...it's on Rhapsody), and it's very good. Wayne Coyne's voice sounds so much like Thom Yorke's that it's spooky...but it's distinct enough that you know he's not imitating. They also do an interesting cover of Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" on the EP. |
This week, I listened mostly to stuff that I've had in my Rhapsody library for a while, though I did add a few things...
Etta James--Her Best Adam Ant--Super Hits Bauhaus--Crackle (a "greatest hits" CD, if you will) Jimi Hendrix--Smash Hits |
I've had Tori Amos "little earthquakes" in my car for about a week now......good shit. she's weird, but in a disturbingly sexy way. maybe it's the way she sits on the piano stool?
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Why, is it upside down?
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kind of hard to see, but she sits all the way on the right edge of the bench, and her right leg goes straight down or back....almost like she's grinding it. and she moves around a llot.....freaky |
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