What are you listening to right now?

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:32 pm

Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:01 am

strangerinthehouse · Post by **strangerinthehouse** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:46 am

A nice way to start a day off...

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:21 am

The Internationale - Billy Bragg

"We're making the world safe for capitalism"

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:11 pm

The First of the Gang to Die - Mozzer. Just came on my iPod. What a fantastic song.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:17 pm

[quote="Who Shot Sam?"]

I'm digging this. It's quite something, no? Very varied and imaginative. I'm struggling to pin down what makes her her and not an amalgam of Kate/Bjork/Joni/Madeleine Peyroux and various others. She's certainly very talented, sings and plays beautifully, and Mike Garson is a lovely addition. Like a dork, I deleted the one with Apocalypse in the title when iTunesing, and also managed to reorder some of it when writing to CD! Thanks again for the code. Love the idea of this.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:58 pm

Otis Westinghouse wrote:Mike Garson is a lovely addition.

Yeah, I was noticing some of those beautiful little touches on piano as I was listening to it again today. It's really growing on me.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:35 pm

brilliant brilliance of the bestest highest awesomeness.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:28 am

Never heard of it or him, in any way I can remember. I see he did loads of session stuff, scores, etc. What's this LP like? Do tell more about its awesomeness.

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:18 am

Otis Westinghouse wrote:Never heard of it or him, in any way I can remember. I see he did loads of session stuff, scores, etc. What's this LP like? Do tell more about its awesomeness.

Being a major fan of Mike's taste (up there with WSS for me

, I too would welcome more info on this chap!

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:11 am

You will have all heard him , just on other peoples records , piano session dude supreme. This is his second solo record from 1973. I really like his voice too.

Excerpts from his Wikipedia entry -

Played with The Kinks, Donovan The Rolling Stones (Between the Buttons, Their Satanic Majesties Request, Beggars Banquet ,Let It Bleed, Goats Head Soup too I think). The Who's debut LP My Generation, solo albums by John Lennon, Jeff Beck, Jefferson Airplane.

As a session player, Hopkins was renowned for his effortless ability to give accomplished performances with little or no rehearsal, and was well-known around the studio scene for his perennial habit of reading comic books at recording sessions. The classic Kinks song "Session Man" (from Face to Face) is dedicated to (and features the playing of) Hopkins -- the Kinks' Ray Davies wrote a memorial piece that appeared in the New York Times after Hopkins's death.

Hopkins died on September 6, 1994 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN of complications from a previous intestinal surgery. He was 50 years old. .

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:18 am

Sounds cool, but can you describe the album? Is it Gilberty O'Sullivany, Phil Collinsy or Elton Johny?

Post by **BlueChair** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:22 am

The distinctive piano playing on songs like "Jealous Guy" and "Loving Cup" are all Hopkins. I also have that record and it's quite good, though I like it more for its novelty value. Don't really know what to compare it to; there are elements of 50's rock 'n' roll, ballads, etc.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:00 am

Its quite Elton Johnny , with a bit of classical and a big of boogie. The piano, as you would expect, is brilliant. George Harrison plays guitar and Mick Taylor, and its a wonderful set of songs.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:48 pm

He made the Rolling Stones sound like The Faces, in a cool way. He played sort of honky tonk.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:07 pm

I've just been watching Ryan Adams and The Cardinals on a BBC4 Sessions show from the usual lovely church (St Luke's or something). Hmmmm. Great singing, impeccable band, some genuinely impressive songs. But I got bored after a while and switched over. It was all very much at the same pace and almost too well-behaved. I was comparing with Ron S, and wondering if, as often happens with understated music, you played it several times over, would you get the same sort of emotional connection, and I couldn't really see it, just something agreeable to listen to and technically well put together. Would be interested to check out some of the LPs though, to see how they compare.

PlaythingOrPet · Post by **PlaythingOrPet** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:47 am

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:12 am

How do you like the New Pornographers, PoP? Good to see you haven't deserted us!

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:08 pm

A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke. Cleansing.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:58 am

Funnily enough I was listening to Billy Bragg's version last week, Great song.

I'm currently listening to Costello Music - The Fratellis.

Chrille · Post by **Chrille** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:51 am

I finally went ahead and got a Midnight Oil album (I asked about them on here a long time ago).

It was only Â£1.50 and after several listens I'm glad to find out I got a great bargain

. The production is great! It's quirky but in a good way. Mixing synth drums with real ones and featuring strange guitar effects thrown in rather randomly it would seem. But it works for some reason and doesn't feel like it was just thrown in for fun.

One or two songs that aren't particularly memorable. Lyrics are a tad predictable but still good I guess. Overall, very good listen.

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:35 pm

I am really loving this - one of my faves of the year on first few listens.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:19 am

Volume 2 - Billy Bragg

I have loaded all of the CDs from the box set in the car so I'm having a bit of a Braggfest!

littletriggers · Post by **littletriggers** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:09 am

Three live Elvis shows, thanks Martin F.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:58 am

Love this band. Have been following them since downloading their early EPs, which are all brilliant, especially "Raised by Wolves". This is their debut, and is suitably fantastic.

"Cheer me up , cheer me up, Im a miserable fuck..."