Never mind the 80s, what’s everyone listening to today?
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Never mind the 80s, what’s everyone listening to today?
Okay pop-pickers. Never mind what you were listening to in the 80s, what are you listening now? Can you list the last five CDs/downloaded Albums you’ve bought (or someone bought for you)? My list goes back about six months, with the latest three post-Christmas 2020. I suspect we'll end up with a mixed bag? So here's my list with links to some of the songs:
The Lumineers: Lumineers III https://www.npr.org/2020/04/06/82532106 ... sk-concert
The late John Prine: Fair & Square https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZv4R6VBqp4
CocoRosie: Put the Shine On https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUJIJIVJfsA
Hurray for the Riff-Raff: The Navigator https://www.npr.org/2018/02/05/58266237 ... sk-concert
Flight of the Conchords: Live in London (I was there!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE9YX3qj2v0
The Lumineers: Lumineers III https://www.npr.org/2020/04/06/82532106 ... sk-concert
The late John Prine: Fair & Square https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZv4R6VBqp4
CocoRosie: Put the Shine On https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUJIJIVJfsA
Hurray for the Riff-Raff: The Navigator https://www.npr.org/2018/02/05/58266237 ... sk-concert
Flight of the Conchords: Live in London (I was there!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE9YX3qj2v0
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Re: Never mind the 80s, what’s everyone listening to today?
With youtube so comprehensive, it's a long time since I have found the need to buy anything.
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Re: Never mind the 80s, what’s everyone listening to today?
Alexa, play the The Navigator by Hurray for the Riff-Raff.
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I'm a sucker for an amusing band name, but quite enjoying it so far too.
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I listen to black metal, death metal and 80s synth pop. No post 1988 pop music at all.
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Re: Never mind the 80s, what’s everyone listening to today?
Some interesting stuff there. I should check out John Prine.David Gilbert wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 5:00 pm...
The Lumineers: Lumineers III https://www.npr.org/2020/04/06/82532106 ... sk-concert
The late John Prine: Fair & Square https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZv4R6VBqp4
CocoRosie: Put the Shine On https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUJIJIVJfsA
Hurray for the Riff-Raff: The Navigator https://www.npr.org/2018/02/05/58266237 ... sk-concert
Flight of the Conchords: Live in London (I was there!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE9YX3qj2v0
I also don't feel the need to buy much music these days. And I don't listen to much new music. But here are five albums I've listened to recently:
Bruno Pernadas - Those who throw objects at the crocodiles will be asked to retrieve them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uceUKn963zs
Steven Wilson - The raven that refused to sing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxLrGJfRPJU
Steven Wilson - The future bites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd7NTkWEBHo
IQ - The road of bones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hKVARL ... Wpj4_omByG
and a (very) old favourite
Soft Machine - Third
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfa1VETxtwo
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Unknown Hinson: Sweet Pain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBxLGZTRwmE
Reverend Horton Heat: Where in the Hell Did You Go with My Toothbrush?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyuChrBmINg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBxLGZTRwmE
Reverend Horton Heat: Where in the Hell Did You Go with My Toothbrush?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyuChrBmINg
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Re: Never mind the 80s, what’s everyone listening to today?
Volume Two is my own favourite, but still... ThirdNigelDonovan wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:00 amand a (very) old favourite
Soft Machine - Third
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfa1VETxtwo
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Most of these are shockingly bad!
In the late sixties I was a regular visitor to the Marquee Club in Wardour Street. It was cheap! I’d watch Joe Cocker, Yes, Jethro Tull, The Who, Canned Heat, Muddy Waters, (Peter Green’s) Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, Led Zeppelin (nee Yardbirds), but The Nice were my favourite band. Then when Keith Emerson moved on to form Emerson, Lake and Palmer, they took over. I would play the Tarkus Album loudly in my bedroom until my mum came upstairs to tell me to turn it down. She also complained that "it’s just noise!” After re-listening to their Drury Lane concert on Youtube a few years ago, I realised you were right mum - it is mostly noise!
In the late sixties I was a regular visitor to the Marquee Club in Wardour Street. It was cheap! I’d watch Joe Cocker, Yes, Jethro Tull, The Who, Canned Heat, Muddy Waters, (Peter Green’s) Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, Led Zeppelin (nee Yardbirds), but The Nice were my favourite band. Then when Keith Emerson moved on to form Emerson, Lake and Palmer, they took over. I would play the Tarkus Album loudly in my bedroom until my mum came upstairs to tell me to turn it down. She also complained that "it’s just noise!” After re-listening to their Drury Lane concert on Youtube a few years ago, I realised you were right mum - it is mostly noise!
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Thank goodness I didn't pay for them!
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The first 3 albums are all great! It took me a long time to appreciate Third though. I lose interest after Third... until Bundles anyway. But that's a different line-up and a different sound.Jon Tait wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:43 pmVolume Two is my own favourite, but still... ThirdNigelDonovan wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:00 amand a (very) old favourite
Soft Machine - Third
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfa1VETxtwo![]()
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Re: Never mind the 80s, what’s everyone listening to today?
There is hardly such a thing as a "bad" SM album, but i think both Six and Seven have a fair amount to be said for them.
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Re: Never mind the 80s, what’s everyone listening to today?
Early nineties Pet Shop Boys.
Music by the supergroup Electronic.
Duel of the Fates by John Williams
Skyfall by Adele
Bullet in the Gun by Planet Perfecto
Sing by Dr.Alban
Old Skool nineties dance music.
Music by the supergroup Electronic.
Duel of the Fates by John Williams
Skyfall by Adele
Bullet in the Gun by Planet Perfecto
Sing by Dr.Alban
Old Skool nineties dance music.
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If I go back further to my next five CDs I get:
Near Truths & Hotel Rooms: Todd Snider
Singles: Future Islands
Hope is High: Florence & The Machine
My Piece of Land: Amanda Shires
The Race for Space/Remixes: Public Service Broadcasting
The last (which comes with a DVD) is a fair distance away from my usual taste these days but I do find it appealing https://www.npr.org/2014/05/05/30902678 ... sk-concert Anyone agree?
Near Truths & Hotel Rooms: Todd Snider
Singles: Future Islands
Hope is High: Florence & The Machine
My Piece of Land: Amanda Shires
The Race for Space/Remixes: Public Service Broadcasting
The last (which comes with a DVD) is a fair distance away from my usual taste these days but I do find it appealing https://www.npr.org/2014/05/05/30902678 ... sk-concert Anyone agree?
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I've been listening and watching
Tiesto- Adagio for Strings/Secret
from the Epic Tomorrowland Show 2019.
Tiesto- Adagio for Strings/Secret
from the Epic Tomorrowland Show 2019.