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: 26 September 2007 by matt podniesinski

Posted on: 26 September 2007 by smiglass

Posted on: 26 September 2007 by Cyrene

Posted on: 26 September 2007 by BigH47

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Howard i dont have one Todd album on vinyl Frown

Neither have I.

I have now see "What was the last vinyl you bought" thread.

Howard

Posted on: 26 September 2007 by BigH47

On vinyl:-

Posted on: 26 September 2007 by markah

Anita Baker - Compositions............waiting for November 3rd, Nokia Theatre, L.A.!!

Posted on: 26 September 2007 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

vinyl

Posted on: 26 September 2007 by markah

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:
vinyl

Hi Gianluigi,

"Sunrise" always does it for me!!

Mark

Posted on: 26 September 2007 by ewemon

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Originally posted by munch:
ewemon,
I have a lot of Todds albums but not that one.
What's it like?
Regards munch

This one is generally agreed to be his best. To me the first side alone is worth the price of the disc. To save me writing out a review heres one that I agree with

One of the best albums of the '70s, Todd Rundgren's third solo project is a sprawling two-disc masterpiece that smartlyavoids the self-indulgence that occasionally marred his later records. Rundgren recorded the first three sides of this album by himself, yet somehow the songs have a very open, organic feel missing from other one-man-band records of the early '70s by folks like Paul McCartney, Roy Wood, or R. Stevie Moore. And for all of its willful eclecticism, weirdness, and whiplash stylistic shifts, SOMETHING/ANYTHING? comes across as remarkably unified by the uncompromising vision of its creator.
Classics like the enormous hit "I Saw the Light" and the power-pop mainstay "Couldn't I Just Tell You" abound, alongside odder tracks like the homage "Wolfman Jack" and "Song of the Viking". Side four is a loose studio jam with a small army of pals, featuring the magnificent "Hello It's Me" alongside much goofier material like "Some Folks Is Even Whiter Than Me". Rundgren would often succumb to his indulgent tendencies in some of his later '70s efforts, yet SOMETHING/ANYTHING? perfectly balances his unique sense of experimentation with his impeccable grasp of song and production craft. Though he made many fine musical statements, this remains Rundgren's pop music masterpiece.

I would recommend you to just go out and buy it.

Posted on: 26 September 2007 by markah