What are you listening to right now? (VOL I)

Posted by: Tam on 06 June 2005

Anyway, to kick things off, I'm currently, and probably for most of the rest of this week, listening to Radio 3's Beethoven Experience. They're doing one of the piano concertos at the moment and (number 2 with Glenn Gould). Anyway, the experience thing probably needs its own thread, but, even on this cheapo radio it's proving fairly enjoyable.

So, what are you listening to right now?
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Alexander
Listened to 3 Peter Hammill records: Skin, In Camera(gave up on that one) and Patience. Patience ain't half bad.

Then David Sylvian "Brilliant Trees"(been a while had to check) . Definitely not as good as "Secrets of the Beehive".

Then The Clash and "Combat Rock". The cd was a bit ruined (from the music library). Good fun. I want more of this.

And John Cale, Hobosapiens. I , like, like.
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Diccus62
quote:
Originally posted by IanGtoo:


Dreamy evocative vocals - wonderful.


Listened to samples on her website Lizz Wright - listen , gorgeous................ now on order from play.com, tho sadly out of stock.

Diccus
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Ian G.
Diccus - glad you like it - I doubt you'll be disappointed when it arrives. Her other album, Salt, is slightly jazzier and a little less mellow but still excellent IMHO.

Ian
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Diccus62
quote:
Originally posted by IanGtoo:
Diccus - glad you like it - I doubt you'll be disappointed when it arrives. Her other album, Salt, is slightly jazzier and a little less mellow but still excellent IMHO.

Ian


Thanks for that Ian, it sounds class and to be honest most of the time these days i don't get above mellow Winker

I noticed she is touring all over Europe but not England

Diccus
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Ian G.
You just missed her - I saw her in Edinburgh at the end of last year. She was excellent, a very unaffected natural performer.

Ian
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Guido Fawkes


Something tp ;isten to while waiting for the co,plete Walker Brothers to be released. Having now listened to all Scott's albums I've no regrets.
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Ian G.


.. some things are inevitable...
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
quote:
Originally posted by munch:
........the old plastic ?



Old plastic!
Smile
A job for Haim here!
Smile
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Ian G.


Pink Floyd - Division Bell - "new" plastic,
unlike my copy of Live and Dangerous which is on old plastic Smile

Ian
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Got to roll with it!

Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Aluminium.
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Diccus62


and then.............



Diccus
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Sloop John B
quote:
Originally posted by matt podniesinski:
Thin Lizzy-Alive and Dangerous

I don't know why, but I need a Phil Lynott and the lads fix now and then.

Matt


Of course you know why, otherwise you'd just be spending your life looking for fool's gold.


Sloop "Johnnie the Fox" B
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
quote:
Originally posted by Diccus62:
http://www.geocities.com/jfences/whentherosesbloomagain.jpg



HeilĂ !
Smile
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Sloop John B
Punch the Clock - Elvis Costello



Strangely enough this is the only record in my collection with Chet Baker - I must rectify that.

Wow 23 years since Shipbuilding and Pills and Soap, I must now sound like people talking about WW2 sounded like in the 60's when I talk about the late 70's and early 80's. Shitty time but has not been musically equalled in the UK since.

Not Elvis' best but a fine album none the less.



SJB
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by sjust
after a day filled with classic (Grimaud fest and some Hille Perl), now with:



Great duo music played on a well captured Bösendorfer and el/acc bass or cello.

Enjoy
Stefan
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by and
Best of Massive attack
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Guido Fawkes


One Naton Underground by Pearls Before Swine (Tom Rapp)- Oh Dear Miss Morse
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Sloop John B
Well ROTF, your enthusiasm is contagious, so I searched out the one Scott Engel I have in my collection.




I have this album about 13 years and it has been played on several occasions to be put back unloved in it's case only to come out a few years later. So about 6 listenings and at least now for the first time my system can handle the orchestration.

Is Scott one of these love or hate on first listen? I will give it another go tomorrow but this album still isn't grabbing me. I'm reminded of Sinatra and shown where Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy got his inspiration.
These opinions are very much on the fly and open to change with a few listenings, but I will say interesting but not involving (for me)


If I don't really dig this album is there much point buying any of his others?



SJB
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Tam


John Adams - The Death of Klinghoffer. Kent Nagano conducts Opera de Lyon.

regards, Tam
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Guido Fawkes
quote:
Originally posted by Sloop John B:
Well ROTF, your enthusiasm is contagious, so I searched out the one Scott Engel I have in my collection.




I have this album about 13 years and it has been played on several occasions to be put back unloved in it's case only to come out a few years later. So about 6 listenings and at least now for the first time my system can handle the orchestration.

Is Scott one of these love or hate on first listen? I will give it another go tomorrow but this album still isn't grabbing me. I'm reminded of Sinatra and shown where Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy got his inspiration.
These opinions are very much on the fly and open to change with a few listenings, but I will say interesting but not involving (for me)


If I don't really dig this album is there much point buying any of his others?

SJB


Hi John

The Drift is as far removed from Scott as Danniel O'Donnell is from Captain Beefheart (not including the album Danniel sings songs from Trout Mask Replica of course). Although it sounds different from Trout Mask Replica, I believe The Drift is as different from mainstream pop music as that work.

Gracenote classifies Scott's The Dift as Punk & Alternative.

I can't promise you'd like The Drift, but I can promise you'll have heard few albums like it.

Try some samples

Cossacks Are
Clara
Jesse

The samples focus on the easy listening parts of the The Drift, but will give you a flavour.

All the best, Rotf

PS - I don't think The Drift will remind you of Sinatra. I think Scott's albums get more interesting the older he gets.
Posted on: 04 June 2006 by Purplepleaser
Favorite of today is


http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ct...;-1;-1;-1&sku=569278

Nitin Sawhney-Broken Skin (Vinyl)

Metro Area-Metro Area(Vinyl)

Bjrok-Homogenic(Vinyl)



And to get me through another night shift

Nitin Sawhney-Human

Bent-The Everlasting Blink

The Kooks-Inside In Inside Out

Massive Attack-Mezzanine

Lee