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ali · Post by **ali** » 24 Mar 2004, 19:12

Do you listen to music as you browse the forum?

If so, whats on your turntable or in your deck or on your mp3 player?

Can't help hitting the rewind button every time that track finishes?

Tell us all about it

My own favourite at the moment is a track off the new David Byrne cd which is a version of Bizet's "au fond de temple saint" from "the pearl fishers" in which he duets with the wonderful Rufus Wainwright.

If like me, you don't know much about opera then you'll probably like this but E. tells me that David Byrne is no Robert Merrill!!!!

Surrealist · Post by **Surrealist** » 25 Mar 2004, 13:35

If you get sigx then people can see what your mp3 player is playing 24/7.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 25 Mar 2004, 22:11

I am currently listening to Katie Melua and Norah Jones - great chill out music

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 26 Mar 2004, 20:15

Sandra wrote:I am currently listening to Katie Melua and Norah Jones - great chill out music

Me too. And 15 years ago it was Tracy Chapman, Sade, and Suzanne Vega. Actually, I still listen to Suzanne Vega.

I checked out sigx but it doesn't work with Windows Media Player. (Yeah, yeah, I know all the arguments but WMP is good... It can cross-fade, for example, without messy plugins.)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 26 Mar 2004, 21:22

Lots of different stuff, according to my mood, but I keep coming back to a few favourites - currently Author! Author! by the Scars, the coolest combo Edinburgh ever produced.

http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/scarsauthor

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 29 Mar 2004, 21:20

You and me both Alex, I still listen to Tracy Chapman, Sade and Suzanne Vega also

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 29 Mar 2004, 22:37

Sandra wrote:I still listen to Tracy Chapman, Sade and Suzanne Vega also

Okay, let's see how far this synchronicity goes. Air, Dido, David Gray, and (a wildcard here) Billie Holliday.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 30 Mar 2004, 16:52

Dido, yes. David Gray, yes. Macy Gray?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 31 Mar 2004, 16:01

We're drifting apart now, I think. R+B isn't my thing... but Bob's post did send me scuttling back to my Malcolm McLaren "Fans" lp - which also used opera (esp Puccini) with a hip-hop backbeat.

Just for the record (and contradicting myself) I'm listening to Outkast as I type this, only I don't like it very much (it was on an MP3 CD that a friend did for me).

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 07 Apr 2004, 23:17

Bob wrote:Lots of different stuff, according to my mood, but I keep coming back to a few favourites - currently Author! Author! by the Scars, the coolest combo Edinburgh ever produced.

-- so what's the story Bob? We know you like late 70s/early 80s punk and new wave, but what else do you listen to? I'm still working my way throught the MP3 CD that a friend gave me a few weeks ago. Some of it isn't my taste (Franz Ferdinand, Teenage Fanclub, The Bees...) but others of it hit the button exactly, and introduce me to new music that I would never normally encounter. Panjabi Hit Squad, Lustmord, Wire...

An MP3 for every occasion.

On the other hand, the stuff I download most is Old Time radio (OTR) http://www.radiolovers.com/ - check out "The Likely Lads" from this link - people often forget that in the 60s and 70s, most successful BBC TV comedies were transferred to radio.

I'm especially lucky because my 30 minute bus journey to/from work is exactly the same length as most old radio comedies. Over the last year I've listened to "Dad's Army", "Yes Minister", "All Gas and Gaiters", Beyond Our Ken", and many more (as Ronco says) -- transforming a very dull radio journey into quite a relaxing experience! Occasionally I have to stop myself laughing out loud...

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 09 Apr 2004, 16:33

Alex wrote:
Sandra wrote:I still listen to Tracy Chapman, Sade and Suzanne Vega also

Okay, let's see how far this synchronicity goes. Air, Dido, David Gray, and (a wildcard here) Billie Holliday.

Sandra and Alex, can i join your club?! I have a random playlist on usually, with mostly Ani diFranco, but there's usually some Tracy and Suzanne there as well as Dido and David, and Billie is usually in the bedroom. Now that didn't come out right. Hm.

<grin>
BB

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 11 Apr 2004, 23:44

Alex, I have to confess that although music meant everything to me in the 70s/early 80s I havenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t felt moved by much that has been produced over the last 20 years. I think everyone has an era they identify with and that was mine. So I still listen to Dylan, the Stones, Bowie, T Rex, the Stooges, the Scars, the Rezillos/Revillos. What else? Motown, Phil Spector, Doctor Feelgood, dub, Elvis Costello, Paul Weller. One of the most incredible gigs I saw was Rip Rig and Panic, an experimental free form jazz/funk band featuring a very young Neneh Cherry, though I recall it may have been a chemically enhanced experience. It all changed for me when John Peel started playing tracks from the Ramones debut LP.

IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m a fan of Ã¢â‚¬ËœThe Likely LadsÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ as well. I love British humour and British films. ItÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s so refreshing to hear an accent that isnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t American. I just hate the way they have swamped our culture with their Pizza Huts and their pumpkins at Halloween. WhatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s that about? Consider the turnip Ã¢â‚¬â€œ the very essence of mean, dour, evil-looking, misshapen Scottish vegetable. So itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s difficult to carve? The pumpkin is a mere cartoon of a vegetable by comparison. ItÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Scooby Doo compared with Ã¢â‚¬Å“When shall we three meet again, in thunder, lighting or in rain.Ã¢â‚¬Â

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 12 Apr 2004, 19:23

Bob wrote: I havenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t felt moved by much that has been produced over the last 20 years.

Oh dear oh dear. What about all the great music that's around just now? There's a whole world out there just waiting for you to explore it. Personally, I can't wait for the new Streets CD later in the week. And what about Coldplay? Dido? Jamie Cullum? Surely this doesn't ALL pass you by. I still listen to - and love - the music of my youth (and, BTW, I've bought CDs in the last week by the Sex Pistols and Crass, so I'm quite happy going over old ground!) but it would be a sad day that I stopped exploring new music.

And I had completely forgotten Neneh Cherry's involvement with Rip Rig and Panic. Do you remember her dad's collaboration with Steve Hillage? I'd better shut up now before someone mentions Hawkwind.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 12 Apr 2004, 19:33

Bob,
From Dr. Feelgood to root vegetables in one post - classic!

I hadn't thought about (or listened to) the Feelgoods in ages but there's a piece about Lee Brilleaux and the band in the current issue of Uncut which I read just the other day and now you mention them too.

They were possibly the first band I ever saw live (things get hazy when I go back further than 25 years ago) and they were amazing. I too like Costello and saw him at the Corn Exchange a year or so ago and that was excellent.

I don't get to too many gigs these days but still listen to loads of music and have found some great stuff more recently. Isn't there anything that's really grabbed you over the last decade or so?

I can't take to acts like Katie Meluha, Dido etc but I can appreciate why they're so popular.

On the male front, imho it's hard to find anything that comes close to Rufus Wainwright just now. His latest album is superb and Ali and I are looking forward to seeing him (and his mum, auntie and little sister Martha) in Glasgow at the end of May. They're playing at the Royal Concert Hall there.

Glenn Tilbrook (ex-Squeeze) is playing the Venue soon. His solo stuff is very, very good and he's great live. I've seen him a few times, just him and his guitar, doing a mix of his own material, Squeeze songs (how many good Squeeze numbers were there!!) and various other standard covers. He's a real showman and gets everybody joining in. The Venue gig is him plus band so that should be a good one.
All quite sedate compared to the Nightclub/Tiffany gigs of the 70's/80's though!!!!

Surrealist · Post by **Surrealist** » 12 Apr 2004, 20:58

808 state
meat beat manifesto
aphex twin
wagon christ
boards of canada
the klf
the orb
the shamen
tangerine dream

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 12 Apr 2004, 21:05

The KLF...cool!!!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 12 Apr 2004, 21:48

Elvis costello fab

Surrealist · Post by **Surrealist** » 12 Apr 2004, 22:01

Bellybabe wrote:The KLF...cool!!!

lovely outfit they were

pure class

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 12 Apr 2004, 22:15

Ladies and gentlemen, the poetry of John Cooper Clarke:

http://www.cyberspike.com/clarke/poemlist.html

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 26 Apr 2004, 18:47

Surrealist wrote:
tangerine dream

Very smart list, Surrealist. Did you buy the recent TD box set?

-- they've changed their style a LOT since I started listening in the late 70s but this box reminded me just how good they were.

Surrealist · Post by **Surrealist** » 26 Apr 2004, 21:45

Ahhh - venerable Tangerine Dream master, I salute you.

I just went and found a review of that box set cos I hadn't heard of it - I will deffo check it out. I might even download a bootleg mp3, seeing as the recordings are bootlegs.....

Dream Sequence has to be my all time favourite TD comp.

I think we'd probably end up disagreeing on when the prime TD was made - I would stray into the 80s when they did soundtracks and "tunes" as opposed to the (admittedly brilliant) psychedelic noodling...... I'm not completely anti lava-lamp but I am partial to a wee bit of structure

If you like TD, I *strongly* recommend Boards Of Canada.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 27 Apr 2004, 17:32

Thanks for the heads up, Surrealist. I'll look out for them.

I posted a Private Message to you but I'm not sure if it worked. You can always email me via my web site.

Alex