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Grex > Music2 > #60: NP #2: Music to Conference By |  |
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lumen
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response 400 of 502:
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Jan 23 03:21 UTC 1998 |
Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls" is dancing through my mind..can't believe I
actually remember when that was an underground hit.
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mcnally
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response 401 of 502:
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Jan 23 15:21 UTC 1998 |
I remember when it was an above-ground hit (unlike most of the
Pet Shop Boys' relatively popular stuff..)
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lumen
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response 402 of 502:
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Jan 24 01:34 UTC 1998 |
Heh. I think they are just in a niche market that survived the 80's.
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orinoco
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response 403 of 502:
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Jan 24 03:59 UTC 1998 |
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
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gerund
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response 404 of 502:
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Jan 24 04:18 UTC 1998 |
Ivy - Apartment Life
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mcnally
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response 405 of 502:
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Jan 24 08:23 UTC 1998 |
Yo La Tengo - "Electr-o-pura"
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krj
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response 406 of 502:
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Jan 24 18:53 UTC 1998 |
Horace Silver, "A Prescription for the Blues."
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raven
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response 407 of 502:
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Jan 24 21:39 UTC 1998 |
Bad Livers "Horses in the Mines," think bluegrass with a Butthole Surfers
inflence.
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mcnally
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response 408 of 502:
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Jan 30 07:06 UTC 1998 |
This past weekend I cleaned out my music closet a bit and sorted out
several milk-crates' and a few larger boxes of less-frequently-listened-to
CDs (about 500 or so, a good start..) and put them in the bookcase which
is to be their new home.. In the process I dug out a number of discs
which I had bought, listened to once or twice, and then set aside (either
because I wasn't initially enthralled, was diverted by something I liked
better, or because I lost track of them in the general music clutter..)
This week I've been listening to a number of those discs and enjoying the
material on some of them. Others are being crated up for an upcoming
trip to Encore or anyplace else that'll have them..
The one I'm listening to now is a cutout Hannibal records sampler I picked
up in a bargain bin somewhere, called "Voices". Like most such samplers
the quality is wildly uneven but as anyone familiar with Hannibal might
guess the quality is considerably better than average and there are a number
of quite good songs.
Based on several listens to the sampler I'm thinking of finally breaking
down and buying a Nick Drake album -- I've come close in the past and then
backed out when I heard some of the songs because on at least one of the
albums he has some particularly cheesey instrumentation that *really*
bugged me, though I can't remember specifically how at the moment. Anyone
familiar with his stuff care to make a recommendation? Also seeking advice
on an eastern-European (Hungarian?) act called Muszikas..
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raven
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response 409 of 502:
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Jan 30 08:07 UTC 1998 |
Musczikas are really wonderful. I would recomend their first CD "Prisoners
Song." which features Marta Sebastian (sp???) soaring vocals and music
that has a sort of gypsy/klezmer feel to it. The other CD of theirs I
really like is Matamoris (Lost Music of the Translyvanian ??? Jews). This
CD is more instrumental and features the cymbalom and quite a few energetic
tradational dance songs, and a couple of haunting songs with Marta Sebastian
singiing ain a style that reminds me of the Bulgarian womens choral music.
I like to listen to Nick Drakes Five leaves Left occasionally it has very
haunting poetry and one song featuring Richard Thompson on guitar, but I
can't listen to it very often because it is pretty depressing.
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anderyn
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response 410 of 502:
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Jan 30 16:40 UTC 1998 |
currently listening to "Lonely Inanimate" by Captain Tractor. I really
like this song, not leat because it sounds like a typical batchelor
apartment. :-)
Sheesh, mcnally, and I though krj had lots of music. :-)
Marta Sebestyn (spelling) is a wonderful vocalist. \
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goose
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response 411 of 502:
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Jan 30 18:29 UTC 1998 |
Mike, before you take a trip to Encore, I'd love to have a look see.
The Beach Boys - "Pet Sounds" box set. Borrowed from a friend.
Anohter record I've managed to ignore for no good reason, this is excellent,
excellent stuff. The bonus material is wonderful as well, alternate mixes,
alternate vocals, backing vocals only, music tracks only...etc.
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krj
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response 412 of 502:
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Jan 30 18:52 UTC 1998 |
For Mike: another vote for the Muszikas "Prisoner's Song" album.
My second favorite would probably be "Blues for Transylvania."
(There's probably a Muzsikas discussion around here from when the
band performed at the Ark last fall.)
Maybe you should have an open house so the music conference can come
over and shop your discard pile. I've been thinking of doing something
similar myself, since I have a goal of turning a box or two of unloved
CDs into cash this year.
NP: REM, a tape I made of the better songs from GREEN and OUT OF TIME.
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mcnally
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response 413 of 502:
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Jan 31 05:51 UTC 1998 |
The stuff I'm getting rid of is mostly the dregs (that and a couple of
semi-decent albums that I've decided I will likely never play again..)
A little of it falls into the "embarrassed to own" category, though I
am deliberately keeping the more egregious samples from that category
(such as the album which has already been given my lifetime achievement
award for "worst album I'll ever own": Jad Fair's "Greater Expectations")
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mcnally
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response 414 of 502:
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Jan 31 06:24 UTC 1998 |
re #410: "sheesh, mcnally, and I thought krj had lots of music.."
I suspect that Ken's got more recordings on formats he no longer listens
to than I have recordings, period.. In any case he does have far more
music than I do (but then he had a considerable head start, too..)
re #411: I put a file called "music_list" in my home directory and if
you want to speak up about anything on the list please do so soon 'cause
it's probably going to Encore sometime this weekend. Next time I hold a
record-collection winnowing I'll give more notice
"Pet Sounds" really is a wonderful album though I'm not sure I'd care to
do the whole boxed set -- one of the things I like about the album is its
amazing polish and hearing unfinished demos & alternate versions might
take something away from that.
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krj
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response 415 of 502:
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Feb 2 23:49 UTC 1998 |
np: Jefferson Airplane, SURREALISTIC PILLOW
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mcnally
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response 416 of 502:
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Feb 3 03:24 UTC 1998 |
Good album.. I'll have to dig out my "2400 Fulton Street" discs..
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krj
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response 417 of 502:
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Feb 3 19:31 UTC 1998 |
Junior Kimbrough, MOST THINGS HAVEN'T WORKED OUT; electric blues
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goose
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response 418 of 502:
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Feb 4 14:50 UTC 1998 |
"We're only in it for the money" - The Mothers of Invention
also checked out some Can.
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mcnally
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response 419 of 502:
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Feb 4 19:00 UTC 1998 |
DJ Spooky -- "Songs of a Dead Dreamer"
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orinoco
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response 420 of 502:
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Feb 4 19:20 UTC 1998 |
Rickie Lee Jones - Prelude to Gravity
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lumen
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response 421 of 502:
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Feb 8 05:46 UTC 1998 |
re: #414: That was my partial response to the Beatles Anthology..it just
dragged on in my ears after a while. But I guess the newer generation likes
this unpolished sound, and adding to the fans that actually remember the
Beatles, or rather, the parents..would explain some why it's sold so well.
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mcnally
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response 422 of 502:
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Feb 8 06:35 UTC 1998 |
Actually, I rather liked the 2nd Beatles Anthology set, though in just
about all cases the finished product was much better it was kind of
interesting to hear what could have been..
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orinoco
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response 423 of 502:
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Feb 9 03:39 UTC 1998 |
See, I can usually deal with rough, but hearing the rough work of a studio
band just doesn't do anything for me. The Beatles' real skill was in doing
crazy studio stuff, and I'm just not interested in their raw live tapes.
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mcnally
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response 424 of 502:
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Feb 9 18:27 UTC 1998 |
I'm not convinced at all that "doing crazy studio stuff" was the heart
of the Beatles' "real skill".
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