Be Honest! What are the last 5 pieces of music you listened to? And Why?

Posted by: Alex S. on 03 August 2001

Mine are:

Dutilleux: Ainsi La Nuit String Quartet. (Vinyl)
Led Z: Stairway to Heaven (only). (Vinyl)
Supertramp: Breakfast in America. (CD)
Ozric Tentacles: Hidden Step. (CD)
Steve Stevens: Flamenco a go go. (CD)

This seemed like an odd set which is why I'm asking - do we all jump from one thing to another or do most of us do a session of jazz, classical, trance, whatever.

[This message was edited by Alex S on SATURDAY 04 August 2001 at 10:41.]

Posted on: 03 August 2001 by Steve Catterall

Cosmic Rough Riders - Enjoy the Melodic Sunshine
Pernice Brothers - The World Won't End
Nickle Creek - Nickle Creek
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch A Fire (Jamican Version)
David Bowie - Aladin Sane

I seldom stick to just one genre of music.

Posted on: 03 August 2001 by Todd A

Last five pieces:

Dvorak - Piano pieces, Op 83 (I believe. It was on the radio in the car)

Haydn - Piano Sonata #30

Scriabin - Symphony #1

Szymanowski - Piano Sonata #2

Mozart - Haffner Serenade

Posted on: 03 August 2001 by ken c

1. sviatoslav richter - schubert piano sonatas D957 and D960
2. oscar peterson - we get requests
3. janis ian - between the lines
4. keith jarrett -- standards vol I
5. dave brubeck - time in

and then some...

why limit us to 5?

enjoy

ken

Posted on: 03 August 2001 by Bas V

Racoon - Till monkeys fly
Bjork - Post
Nirvana - Nevermind
Tool - Lateralus
Air - Moon safari

Yep, that's it.

Greetz!

Posted on: 03 August 2001 by Goose

The Steve Stevens album ?? IS it any good??
I have heard him in his Bozzio/Levin/Stevens ( Black Light Syndrome and Situation Dangerous) albums and he is very very good?? ( you got these?/)

Any more like this??
Ps Live Porcupine Tree 2001 CD out soon ( can't wait)!

Cheers
Goose

Posted on: 03 August 2001 by Alex S.

I've got Situation Dangerous, Flamenco a go go (as the name suggests) is more like the Latin influenced tracks of the former. Excellent stuff. All it lacks is Bozzio's drumming.

The Flamenco CD can be put into a PC for a bit of live playing. Its also on a DVD-A and DTS5.1 disk which I bought for interest. I stuck the DTS soundtrack in my DVD-V player and it didn't sound too bad.

Alright Ken what were the 5 b4 that?

Posted on: 03 August 2001 by ken c

ah, i assume you like jethro tull. i do, quite a bit, thats why i ask -- i have loads on vinyl - perhaps time to dig them out of the garage for a spin -- been a long time. what other tull's do you have?

i swear that one of the tull albums i have, "living in the past" smells of the bedsit i used to live in shepherds bush when i was a student. yonks ago!!!

enjoy

ken

Posted on: 03 August 2001 by ken c

ah, alex, you are kind. here goes:

6. lee konitz - "alone together"
7. baaba maal - "missing you"
8. steely dan - "pretzel logic"
9. patrick noland - "ascending"
10. handel - "deborah"

damn!!! there is more, for example

11. collister and gregson - "home and away"

enjoy

ken

Posted on: 03 August 2001 by Cheese

- St-Germain : Tourist. For the sound.

- Bach's St-Matthew Passion. For the music.

- Amalia Rodrigues. For the emotion.

- Elton John : Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. To remind me of early days.

- Lou Reed : Live in London. For Lou Reed, WTF !

Cheese - may all beings be happy

Posted on: 03 August 2001 by Jay

1. Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man (I bought it for a bit of a laugh, and it is, but it's got a certain something that makes you wish you'd learned guitar)

2. Zero 7 - Simple Things (great album, but I fear I've listened to it too many times)

3. Tricky - Blowback (dark and strangely familiar)

4. Travis - Invisble Band (almost as good as their last album, Safe is a classic.)

5. Air - 10,000hz Legend (definitely growing on me)

Jay

Posted on: 03 August 2001 by Keith Wu

1. Sing Salvadore Poe - Lisa Ekdahl
2. Bruckner Sym 7 - Wand, BPO
3. Goldberg Variation - Murray Perahia
4. Rosenkavalier - Karajan/della Casa
5. The Vivaldi album - Cecilia Bartoli

Keith

Posted on: 03 August 2001 by Mike Hanson

1. Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do
2. Cake - Comfort Eagle
3. Mahler's 7th (Bernstein, Sony, NY-Phil, 1966/98)
4. Jane Sibery - Maria
5. Charlie Haden - Private Collection #2

Posted on: 04 August 2001 by P

JJ Cale - #8

JJ Cale -#5

JJ Cale - Closer to You

JJ Cale - Live

JJ Cale - Really

I like JJ Cale!

Pete

Posted on: 04 August 2001 by Cheese

quote:
I recently had a go at 'Aqualung' with a paint brush, tap water and washing up liquid! It looks a lot better, but still pops & crackles just as much!

No wonder, I'm sure it's even worse than before, than using tap water is for sure the worst thing you can do to your records, even more so if it's a gem like Aqualung !

Cheese - may all beings be happy

Posted on: 04 August 2001 by Alex S.

Thanks for all your replies.

Posted on: 04 August 2001 by Mike Hanson

Here's a few off the cuff remarks...

1. Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do

This is great music to help me focus at work. It's energetic, contemplative, and doesn't distract me with stupid vocals.

2. Cake - Comfort Eagle

It's fun in the car. It's a little silly and nonsensical, but so is Monty Python. It didn't seem as good as their first CD on the first listen, but after the third spin it's got stuck in my head.

3. Mahler's 7th (Bernstein, Sony, NY-Phil, 1966/98)

This is inspiring and emotional.

4. Jane Sibery - Maria

It's wonderfully airy and playful, yet with a melancholy tinge. It's great jazz from an occasional Jazz artist.

5. Charlie Haden - Private Collection #2

This has a real sense of time and place, making me feel like I was really at the event. The interpretations are fresh and new, without bashing you over the head.

-=> Mike Hanson <=-

Posted on: 04 August 2001 by ken c

bas v : lateralus

jonathan ribee: back cello suites -- the one i have is a naxos label with csaba onczay (who's he?) as cellist. not very well recorded. whats yours? do you recommend it?

colin reilly -"stand up" -- ahh man, "we used to know", etc. why dont you get a new "aqualung" - i think i bought my replacement copy at grahams, iirc. have u got "benefit"? "songs from the wood"?

mike hanson - charlie haden private collections - oh, when the system is in full song -- this is rather special.

cheese - St Germaine -- bought this on the recommendation of someone on this forum. curious, but great album! ah, bach's "st matthews passion" -- i have the karl munchinger on decca -- great work -- whats yours?

right now, i am playing miles davis's "live around the world". first time on the cdsii -- sounds quite different, much more incisive, clearer, less shouty and less edgy than on my old cd2. great stuff.

sorry to hijack your thread alex. its nice to talk about music. very interesting thread.

enjoy

ken

Posted on: 04 August 2001 by Cheese

quote:
i have the karl munchinger on decca -- great work -- whats yours?

I own Herreweghe's last version. Pricey but it includes an excellent leaflet (actually a little book) as well as a great CD-ROM, and I can not imagine any better interpretation. Anyway, I love everything Herreweghe ever did, except his Beethoven 9th (even though it has received enormous critcal acclaim).

I own Bach's Mass in B minor by Münchinger. Well, he was one of the foremost Bach conductors of his time, but that was 40 years ago - and the style was radically different back then, with huge choirs and orchestras, slow tempi and opera-style singing. Not my cup of tea anymore.

quote:
right now, i am playing miles davis's "live around the world".

Good idea. It's HUGE !!

Cheese - may all beings be happy

Posted on: 04 August 2001 by Jon Moxon

these are the five on the top of the pile on top of the CD player

Tindersticks - Tindersticks II
Faith and Disease - Beneath the Trees
Don Maclean - American Pie
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis

I'm not sure there is any reason why except I wanted to.

Or this some competition where the writer of the best answer gets to walk away with Alex S's music collection...????

Jon

Posted on: 04 August 2001 by Alex S.

Dutilleux: Ainsi La Nuit String Quartet. (Vinyl)

A sudden urge for some modern classical noise, why? who knows, but it sounds really good on my system

Led Z: Stairway to Heaven (only). (Vinyl)

This sometimes occupies last place in the vinyl collection (when its properly ordered) so it gets spotted quite often.

Since they have bigger and therefore more easily identified spines I find I play gatefolds more often than others. I often approach the vinyl with something in mind, see something else and play that instead.

Supertramp: Breakfast in America. (CD)

A recent retrospective purchase; it sounds really good on my system.

Ozric Tentacles: Hidden Step. (CD)

I play this a lot, why? who knows, but it sounds really good on my system

Steve Stevens: Flamenco a go go. (CD)

I play this a lot, why? who knows, but it sounds really good on my system

Not very interesting answers I know, sorry I'm no analyst.

I have noticed some general points about my music listening. I have about 500 vinyl lps and about 300 cds (half at home). I play about 40:60 vinyl:CD for convenience (I listen at work and sometimes have to work) and because CD makes up the bulk of more recent purchases.

Of the discs I have, more than half are classical but although I go in phases of perhaps 10 days classical I have to discipline myself to start reaching for the classical discs. Once I start I invariably enjoy and don't want to stop (a bit like having baths).

I find I have a backbone of about 10% of all discs which are played regularly. Others may remain unplayed from one year to the next. I purchase about one item a week. I listen about 8 hours a day (at least) at work and about 3 at home.

Posted on: 04 August 2001 by garyi

1. wish you were here, pink floyd, (a big memory one this, have listend to it for years)

2. Soundtrack to Brother where art thou (heard a track on TOTP2 quite nice really)

3. St. germain, Boulavard (have tourist and like it so bought the other today)

4. Sense of wonder, Van Morrison (nice)

5. apostrophe ('), Frank zappa, (Like the humour and nice recording)

There you go

Posted on: 04 August 2001 by samo7

Last five pieces were
Freakwater: "Springtime"...for the harmonies
The Screamin' Cheetah Wheeelies: "Magnolia"...Southern rock at its best(along with Gov't Mule)
Getz/Gilberto: "Getz/Gilberto"...'nuff said
Mike Ness: "Under the Influences"...interpretation and voice
Tom Russell: "The Man from God Knows Where"...definitely for the songwriting...a songwriter's songwriter..

Posted on: 04 August 2001 by Allan Probin

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic. Bought quite a few Steely Dan CDs this week owing to the recent Music Room topic. I keep coming back to this one, its probably my favourite (or maybe its Countdown to Ecstasy).

Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs. Second play today. Another recent purchase. Quite like (most of) this despite a slight lack of 'grit'. On the strength of this I've just ordered "Essence" by Lucinda Williams.

Vivaldi - Cello Concertos, Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. I'm in a bit of a baroque mood at the moment, you know, Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, that kind of stuff.

Vivaldi - Four Seasons, The English Concert/Pinnock. Havn't played this for years. Just bolstering-up before setting forth into the classical era.

Sigur Ross - Agaetis Byrjun. Spotted this whilst browsing through the record reviews on the HiFi+ website this afternoon. Decided to give it a spin. This has not aged well with me unfortunately. Interesting sounds conjuring up images of Icelandic landscapes but on this occasion I found the performance a little remote and lack-lustre in places to allow the full hours sitting in one go.

Allan

Posted on: 05 August 2001 by Ade Archer

I don't often seem to get through a whole album at once, but last 5 in the CDX were:
Metallica - Reload
Marillion - Anoraknophobia
Tool - Lateralus
INXS - Greatest Hits
The Eagles- Very Best Of

Cheers
Ade

Posted on: 05 August 2001 by Mike Hanson

quote:
charlie haden private collections - oh, when the system is in full song -- this is rather special.

It's interesting that you say that. I originally heard the CD over on a friend's system (CD3/92/Flat/250/B&W-805M). I sounded like it might be good, but I just didn't "get it". However, he lent me the two two CDs to hear on my system. With my CDS2/52/250/Albions, I felt like I was at the event and I certainly "got it".

In a similar fashion, I had listened to Paul Simon's latest album a few times on my office system and in my car. I was starting to think that the album wasn't very good. However, I finally listened to it on my "good" system, and suddenly it all made sense.

It's interesting how some great music/recordings can't communicate their greatness, until they're played on a really good stereo.

Then there's the opposite: I tried playing ABBA's Greatest Hits, knowing full well it was shite recording. I was wondering whether it could be resurected in some fashion by the CDS2/52. What I discovered was that it's still a really crappy recording, and is consequently damned to the firey pits of Hell.

-=> Mike Hanson <=-

[This message was edited by Mike Hanson on SUNDAY 05 August 2001 at 18:38.]