What you listening to at the moment?

[Porty]

I'm still stuck on Kid A with the Mull HS a distant second and Mylo has run its course.

[ecm]

Some Black Uhuru stuff.

Was listening to Bjork's latest album earlier but it was so weird I had to give up on it fairly early on. Another one for the recycle bin.

God Bless, Soulseek

[Porty]

I used to have a Black Uhuru album, I loved it and listened to it for ages. Can't even remeber what its called now? African ....?

[Poppy]

"Dead Ringers" on R4!

[Jamesie]

Finn Brothers - Everyone is Here

Morrissey - You are the Quarry

[Porty]

[ecm]

[ecm]

[Porty]

[ecm]

[ecm]

[bearcub]

[ecm]

[mr magnolia]

[Guest]

I thought the Kraftwerk was disappointing. Maybe my expectaions were too high.

Love the Scissor Sisters - esp "Chaffinches on the Radio" and their cover of "Comfortably Numb".

Currently listening to "War" by U2. I've been increasingly disillusioned by them recently -- this album restored my faith.

<Edit: Bob -- you really do want to add that word to the profanity filter.>

[jimann]

I must be the auldest hippy in toon! I'm back in 1974 with "The Free Story" some brilliant early British blues from a very underrated band - they're more than just "Alright Now".

Also re-visiting Jeff Buckley's "Grace" - blows me away every time I hear it, especially his version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".

Picked up on Alex's point with U2 and "War" - my all time favourite of theirs is " The Unforgettable Fire" - don't think they've beaten that album yet!

Is it just me, but I get the feeling that we're getting offered less quality in today's range of popular music, not just being an old fart, but some of the tunes are plagiarised from '70's stuff big time and the actual performances are mediocre - but that's just my opinion!

I'll re-inforce my opinion with an exercise you can all try - on an average night in front of the telly, see how many times music from '60's and '70's bands are used to support a drama, sport, magazines, or even sell to us in the adverts - Jimi Hendrix being the current favourite - at first I didn't like "my" music being used in this way, but being the musical snob I am, I realised that it's being used because it's memorable and it's quality!
God, I can blether a bit!

[ecm]

Jimann,
Notice you posted at 1.13am - hope you were listening through headphones.



I would disagree about the quality of contemporary music. There's an abundance of great, innovative artists out there. And their music is featured on as many TV programmes and adverts as are Hendrix and the like.
The trouble is it can be difficult to find the good stuff amongst the derivative crap of today that's featured on the majority of radio stations and TOTP type shows.
I hear a lot of great stuff on radio scotland, Vic Galloway airs a lot of home grown stuff, Bryan Burnett's "Brand New Oprey" is great for contemporary americana stuff.

Personally, I can't recommend Rufus Wainwright enough.
He is the most original singer/songwriter at present imho. He's the son of Loudon W III and Kate McGarrigle and he's playing at the Usher Hall at the end of next month. I've seen him play live before and he's very entertaining. Very camp and comical. His music is quite unique. Like Jeff Buckley, his musical style is hard to define.


And that's who I'm listening to mostly these days.

[rathbone]

Free weren't really hippy.
Principal Edward's Magic Theatre , now that was hippy.

If you go back and look at the charts in the sixties and seventies there was just as much crap around then as there is now. I think we just use the same nostalgia filter as we do for sunny days: your mid blocks out all the bad stuff and you only remember the really good - like Ken Dodd, Engelbert Humperdink, Renee & Renata and Girls Together Outrageously.

While writing this I'm listening to The Wizzard by Black Sabbath

[Check-out_Chick]

Im listening to Guns n' Roses-Dont Cry


But im jus bout to change it 2 Nine inch nails-Closer cus it makes me Happy

[bellybabe]

[Gemini]

Well call me old fashioned and nostalgic - but I have been listening to Led Zepplin and The Moody Blues - Did anyone else think Justin Hayward was to die for? (that is of course if you can remember that far back)

waits for a cheeky comment from guess who?

[bellybabe]

I loved forever autumn, and thought he was lovely, but i was only five when it was in the charts. I performed Nights In white Satin for my GCSE music exam though.

[bearcub]

[wangi]

[Poppy]

I remember the MBs way back when too. [mid-late 60s]

And, , for ages I thought it was 'Knights in White Satin' [and, yes, I could read!]. Had mental image of knights on horses in flowing robes riding in the dark under the moon - and still see that image even though I now know they were, I suppose, referring to satin household linen!!

[ecm]

[Poppy]

[ecm]

[Poppy]

[ecm]

It's uncanny, right enough!

[Check-out_Chick]

[Sandra]

[Sandra]

[ecm]

[wangi]