Is there any music captivating you at the moment?
Posted by: Sloop John B on 22 January 2009
I buy quite a few albums (non- format specific) as I'm sure most of us do on here. Most of these get a few listens, might show up in the "what are you listening to" thread then get filed away to reappear occasionally.
Now and again I get an album that completely captivates me, that I listen to at every listening session, that I treat in fact the way I used to treat purchases when I was younger by playing them to death.
I thought a thread for such occurrences might be useful as I listened for the umpteenth time to:
The Lounge Lizards
It's a wonderfully immediate album, a punky take on Jazz. The album you'd imagine the Attractions might have made if fronted by Wayne Shorter in 1980. Produced by Miles Davis' one time producer Teo Macero which updates the production on the likes of Jack Johnson to the state of play in 1980 - which in my opinion the time around 77-81 production values had reached their zenith.
I just picked this up second hand at a whim and it is certainly adding a breath of fresh air to my collection.
SJB
Now and again I get an album that completely captivates me, that I listen to at every listening session, that I treat in fact the way I used to treat purchases when I was younger by playing them to death.
I thought a thread for such occurrences might be useful as I listened for the umpteenth time to:
The Lounge Lizards
It's a wonderfully immediate album, a punky take on Jazz. The album you'd imagine the Attractions might have made if fronted by Wayne Shorter in 1980. Produced by Miles Davis' one time producer Teo Macero which updates the production on the likes of Jack Johnson to the state of play in 1980 - which in my opinion the time around 77-81 production values had reached their zenith.
I just picked this up second hand at a whim and it is certainly adding a breath of fresh air to my collection.
SJB
I'm a little bit behind the posse with this one only picking it up a couple of weeks ago in Tower records going cheap.
With only Live Seeds in my collection for some reason I've never been too attracted to Nick Cave purchases, which on the evidence of this album may have been a big mistake.
A grower surely, a couple of standouts on first listen that don't dim with repetition and many songs that insinuate and show their quality with more listening.
Great Songs, some wonderful cacophonous playing in he background and lyrics that remind me of Dylan at his obtuse best.
SJB
With only Live Seeds in my collection for some reason I've never been too attracted to Nick Cave purchases, which on the evidence of this album may have been a big mistake.
A grower surely, a couple of standouts on first listen that don't dim with repetition and many songs that insinuate and show their quality with more listening.
Great Songs, some wonderful cacophonous playing in he background and lyrics that remind me of Dylan at his obtuse best.
SJB
This one probably deserves a full thread of it's own.
Christy Moore - Listen.
I saw Chrisy and Declan Sinnott in Vicars Street on December 16th last and he played some great "new" songs. One that particularly moved me was Gortatagort by John Spillane. I searched out the original only to have once again emphasised the true magnificence of Christy as an interpretor of songs. Needless to say Gortatagort is on this album and on many levels it moves me more than I can understand. It has a Yeatsean use of place name poetry. It probably brings me back to my fathers youth that I have only heard in stories - but what an evocation.
But that's far from all.
On in the background as I type is "shine on you crazy diamond" which in Christy's hands has such an emotional impact, a truly wonderful elegy.
Another tremendous song is "Does this train stop on Mersey" where the reference at the end to Hillsborough is truly chilling.
There is not a weak track on this album. It's Christy's strongest in years and it has a wonderful Christy original about Ruby Walsh.
If you want to take a punt on an album that you may never have considered buying, this is it.
Satisfaction guaranteed, this one isn't just captivating me it's touching me in the way great art can.
SJB
Christy Moore - Listen.
I saw Chrisy and Declan Sinnott in Vicars Street on December 16th last and he played some great "new" songs. One that particularly moved me was Gortatagort by John Spillane. I searched out the original only to have once again emphasised the true magnificence of Christy as an interpretor of songs. Needless to say Gortatagort is on this album and on many levels it moves me more than I can understand. It has a Yeatsean use of place name poetry. It probably brings me back to my fathers youth that I have only heard in stories - but what an evocation.
But that's far from all.
On in the background as I type is "shine on you crazy diamond" which in Christy's hands has such an emotional impact, a truly wonderful elegy.
Another tremendous song is "Does this train stop on Mersey" where the reference at the end to Hillsborough is truly chilling.
There is not a weak track on this album. It's Christy's strongest in years and it has a wonderful Christy original about Ruby Walsh.
If you want to take a punt on an album that you may never have considered buying, this is it.
Satisfaction guaranteed, this one isn't just captivating me it's touching me in the way great art can.
SJB
Enrico Rava - New York Days
Luminous jazz in a dream.
Jonatha Brooke - The Works
Woody Guthrie's lyrics, Jonatha's music, plus two of her originals. As good as it gets.
Jon Hassell - Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street
Music from another planet.
Best,
Fred
Archive: Controlling Crowds
I've been giving it a listen almost daily since its release a few weeks ago. As far as my limited knowledge goes, this is the closest thing to the "Pink Floyd feel" you can get. I'm not saying they sound like Pink Floyd does/did. But to me, the overall feeling and the musical structure are very close. A must listen, if I may say so
