I am Listening To This At The Moment....

dawlishmonkey · **Joined:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:53 am **Posts:** 1588

tom-pie wrote:

stevie nicks-edge of seventeen
abit of sqeeze
then some libertines

you have just gone up in my estimation young man.
can't beat a bit of sqeeze

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:52 pm

"Crawling
Over your window you think I'm confused
I'm waiting for the divergent wasp
To complete my current ruse
You use a plate-glass screen
To protect my chosen target
But there's an air-pellet hole
I can crawl through to you
I am the fly in the ointment
I can spread more disease than the fleas
Which nibble away at your window display
Yes I am the fly in the ointment
I shake you down to say please as you
Accept the next dose of disease....
I am the fly I am the fly I am the fly I am the fly fly in the fly in the ointment...."

If you've never heard the above song....'I am The Fly' - Wire....Download it!!!!

:sweeeet:

jish · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:13 pm

I've just bought a usb turntable from Netto (£50 down from £100) so i'm currently converting all kinds of beauties that i've never found on CD. (I do a lot of driving so it's nice to have them on in the car)

I've just unearthed this pearler that i haven't listened to for about 10 years!

GroovyCrimes · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:53 pm

Mr Townend,is the software with the turntable easy enough ?I could do with a decent programme to use for converting old cassettes to CD.

jish · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:16 pm

Sorry for the late reply. It seems easy enough. It doesn't specify that you can convert cassettes with the software, but i imagine you can. (I'm not very techincal)

The best I can do is tell you that it took all of 5 minutes to get up and running.

Kolley Kibber · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:48 pm

Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:55 pm

I've been listening to this little lot the past few days....Xmas offer - £20 for 10 CD's from Do The Dog Records....

Click here for reviews.... http://dothedog.com/releases.htm

GroovyCrimes · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:07 pm

jishtownend wrote:

Sorry for the late reply. It seems easy enough. It doesn't specify that you can convert cassettes with the software, but i imagine you can. (I'm not very techincal)

The best I can do is tell you that it took all of 5 minutes to get up and running.

Cheers,sounds like its pretty much what I need.

Spender · **Posted:** Wed Nov 21, 2007 2:33 am

That Honey Shop Screamers album Mutts.

Featured a certain bass player now in Hot Club De Paris. :wink:

whitelight.whiteheat · **Posted:** Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:46 pm

'back to the old school - Sugar Hill Club Classics'. Full of great stuff. Drop The Bomb - Trouble Funk a particular favourite. Hotel, motel, holiday inn - this is where it all began I reckon (unless you count The Last Poets) :sweeeet:

whitelight.whiteheat · **Posted:** Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:55 am

You a bit of a dub stepper then chip?

Kolley Kibber · **Posted:** Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:18 pm

chip fireball wrote:

anyone got the new albums by sigur ros or burial yet ?

I've heard some of the new Sigur Ros album, didn't jump out and grab me like the previous three have but I'll give it time.

whitelight.whiteheat · **Posted:** Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:16 pm

Records shops are dead (almost). Big chains lack excitement and indies struggle for price I think. Best for me by a mile was (is) Fopp. Expanding like a big expanding thing; bought Music Zone and went bust. Re-opened and now owned by HMV in half a dozen locations - fortunately for me one of these is in Manchester where I do missionary work on behalf of the white rose.

Any way - Untrue was released 5/11 and is available for 7 quid on amazon (+p&p). Has only had rave reviews as far as I can see and is on my xmas list (are you watching mrs heat?).

Tend to buy all my stuff on line using the Amazon market place where imports from the USofA are generally as cheap as chips (no pun intended) even after p&p. Anyway you know all this so I look forward to reading your review.

Talking of christmas - and what am I listening to! Just making up this CD for my sister-in-law as a 'table gift' for chrissy day.

Is It Because I'm Black: Ken Boothe
I'm Still In Love With You Girl: Alton Ellis
I A Rebel Soul: Aswad
Message From A Black Man: Derrick Harriott
Let Your Yeah Be Yeah: The Pioneers
I'm Still In Love: Marcia Aitken
54 46 Was My Number: The Maytals
I'm Gonna Run Away From You: Tami Lynn
Don't Ever Leave Me: Bob & Earl
Here I Go Again Archie Bell & The DrellsValerie 3:39
Valerie: Mark Ronson Feat. Amy Winehouse
People Get Ready: Aretha Franklin
The Love Of My Man: Pearlean Gray And The Passengers
If I Can't Have You: Etta James & Harry Fuqua
Take Me: Mable John
You Better Move On (Single Version): Arthur Alexander
Bring It on Home to Me Sam Cooke
Starting All Over Again Mel & Tim
The Sweeter He Is : Soul Children
A Woman Left Lonely: Irma Thomas
His Hands: Candi Staton (no woman sings better than this girl imo)
Midnight Train To Georgia: Gladys Knight & The Pips
Georgia On My Mind: Ray Charles
I Stand Accused: Isaac Hayes
Anything: Martina Topley-Bird 1
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: Nina Simone
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down: Ann Peebles
Let's Stay Together: Al Green
For Your Precious Love: Otis Redding
Rapture: Antony & The Johnsons.

whitelight.whiteheat · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 12:05 am

Have bought CDs (and vinyl) in Newcastle - Windows (?) is good. Remember treating another sister in law to Trout Mask from there when she graduated many years ago. She in return introduced me to the first Nick Cave solo album and I've not stopped buying the great man's stuff since. Don't know alt but do know Spin (I think) and the one opposite just off the Big Market.

Nick Drake I play on the headphones from the i-Pod when I can't sleep. Sorts things out sharpish. A genius I think.

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:40 am

whitelight.whiteheat wrote:

Records shops are dead (almost). Big chains lack excitement and indies struggle for price I think. Best for me by a mile was (is) Fopp. Expanding like a big expanding thing; bought Music Zone and went bust. Re-opened and now owned by HMV in half a dozen locations - fortunately for me one of these is in Manchester where I do missionary work on behalf of the white rose.

Any way - Untrue was released 5/11 and is available for 7 quid on amazon (+p&p). Has only had rave reviews as far as I can see and is on my xmas list (are you watching mrs heat?).

Tend to buy all my stuff on line using the Amazon market place where imports from the USofA are generally as cheap as chips (no pun intended) even after p&p. Anyway you know all this so I look forward to reading your review.

Talking of christmas - and what am I listening to! Just making up this CD for my sister-in-law as a 'table gift' for chrissy day.

Is It Because I'm Black: Ken Boothe
I'm Still In Love With You Girl: Alton Ellis
I A Rebel Soul: Aswad
Message From A Black Man: Derrick Harriott
Let Your Yeah Be Yeah: The Pioneers
I'm Still In Love: Marcia Aitken
54 46 Was My Number: The Maytals
I'm Gonna Run Away From You: Tami Lynn
Don't Ever Leave Me: Bob & Earl
Here I Go Again Archie Bell & The DrellsValerie 3:39
Valerie: Mark Ronson Feat. Amy Winehouse
People Get Ready: Aretha Franklin
The Love Of My Man: Pearlean Gray And The Passengers
If I Can't Have You: Etta James & Harry Fuqua
Take Me: Mable John
You Better Move On (Single Version): Arthur Alexander
Bring It on Home to Me Sam Cooke
Starting All Over Again Mel & Tim
The Sweeter He Is : Soul Children
A Woman Left Lonely: Irma Thomas
His Hands: Candi Staton (no woman sings better than this girl imo)
Midnight Train To Georgia: Gladys Knight & The Pips
Georgia On My Mind: Ray Charles
I Stand Accused: Isaac Hayes
Anything: Martina Topley-Bird 1
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: Nina Simone
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down: Ann Peebles
Let's Stay Together: Al Green
For Your Precious Love: Otis Redding
Rapture: Antony & The Johnsons.

That Compliation looked cushty and then I spotted....Amy Winehouse!!!! :roll:

whitelight.whiteheat · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:39 am

Is it the false eyelashes mutley ? :roll:

Kolley Kibber · **Posted:** Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:56 pm

Some of this...

and some of this...

and finally...

dawlishmonkey · **Joined:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:53 am **Posts:** 1588

whitelight.whiteheat wrote:

Is it the false eyelashes mutley ? :roll:

strange thing mutley I had exactly the same thought.it's the song though not the singer.

travelling wilbury's for me today followed by a touch of flaming lips,chic and now Free

whitelight.whiteheat · **Posted:** Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:04 pm

dawlishmonkey wrote:

whitelight.whiteheat wrote:

Is it the false eyelashes mutley ? :roll:

strange thing mutley I had exactly the same thought.it's the song though not the singer.

travelling wilbury's for me today followed by a touch of flaming lips,chic and now Free

Chic - At Last I Am Free, what a song and even better by the god like Robt Wyatt.

3pint wonder · **Posted:** Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:27 pm

skinhead moonstomp symarip

Salty · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:28 pm

Yossarian · **Joined:** Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:29 pm **Posts:** 801

I've got an album by him called "Bernadette and the Salesmen", i've never really listened to it though. Think I'll dig it out.

Salty · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:46 pm

its ok, not his best...but has some fine songs on though

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:49 am

This classic....

Most Ska 'snobs' prefer the Lp 'Too Much Pressure'....but this one is much much better!!!! :sweeeet:

whitelight.whiteheat · **Posted:** Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:14 pm

Tighten Up Vol 1 (CD Reissue with some very nice extra tracks). Where's me lambretta :grin:

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:31 am

You don't need a Lambretta for 'Skinhead Reggae'....a pair of boots n braces will do!!!! :sweeeet:

Kolley Kibber · **Posted:** Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:48 pm

Yann Tiersen - Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain
The Decemberists - Picaresque

Kolley Kibber · **Posted:** Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:55 pm

MadJohn wrote:

Kolley Kibber wrote:

Yann Tiersen - Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain
The Decemberists - Picaresque

Tiersen played at last spring's All Tomorrow's Parties festival and I wasn't really aware of his stuff until I got hold of some to listen to shortly before the event. I had seen Amelie and Goodbye Lenin but I hadn't made the connection to him. I love the album he recorded with Shannon Wright.

The Decemberists sadly cancelled their recent gig at Newcastle a few days before it was supposed to take place (they have since cancelled their entire tour, due to ill health). I was looking forward to seeing a band that I like a lot but have never caught live. confised

Speaking of Shannon Wright, her Dyed In The Wool is drifting out of my speakers right now, and it is almost tempting to sack the match and listen some more. But only almost :wink:

Tiersen's a genius. That Amelie soundtrack is perfect from start to finish and the film is wonderful as well (anything with the beautiful Audrey Tautou can't fail to be good, the Da Vinci Code excepting!) The accordion is a much under used instrument.

I had a ticket to that Decemberists gig as well, a big shame that they cancelled as I've never seen them either. Meloy is one of the best lyricists going.

jish · **Posted:** Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:03 pm

Love the Amelie soundtrack Tiersen has done some stuff with Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy. Quality stuff.

Also love The Decemberists. Yankee Bayonet is a song i'll never tire of hearing.

I've been getting into this recently.

Absolutely brilliant. Check out the link below for a sample

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GhO1XlDFqxE

Kolley Kibber · **Posted:** Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:55 pm

jishtownend wrote:

Love the Amelie soundtrack Tiersen has done some stuff with Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy. Quality stuff.

Also love The Decemberists. Yankee Bayonet is a song i'll never tire of hearing.

I've been getting into this recently.

Absolutely brilliant. Check out the link below for a sample

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GhO1XlDFqxE

I already have that album, absolute brilliance indeed. The guy who plays accordion/harmonium on that album is Lemony Snicket. Peter Gabriel has even covered some of it!

palesaint · **Joined:** Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:01 am **Posts:** 12

I am currently listening too...

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just purchased as a box set on limited edition 4xLP White Vinyl........

went to see him at the end of october in manchester, absolutely mesmerising gig........ have been waiting 9 years to see him .....

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:40 pm

jishtownend wrote:

Love the Amelie soundtrack Tiersen has done some stuff with Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy. Quality stuff.

Well one of those songs was indeed the theme tune to Amélie with Neil's words added and it's an absolute cracker.
The only other I know of they did together is Life on Mars - yes the David Bowie song.

As for the accordion, it's great in small doses!

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:44 pm

I decided I wanted to listen to something really over the top, the most OTT song I could ever remember hearing.

I started with the Blues Brothers but that didn't do the trick.
So then I tried Queen but I'd heard it all too often.
Then I tried Meatloaf, and I sensed I was starting to get there at last...

Until finally I remembered this then I knew I'd found my goal!

Well it doesn't seem to want to play from that link so try this one....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhIMEMDYxZE

aido87 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:16 pm

this lot is floating my boat at the minute

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palesaint · **Joined:** Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:01 am **Posts:** 12

aido87 wrote:

this lot is floating my boat at the minute

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3 excellent choices there like......... particularly Icicle Works...... really wanted to go and see them on their recent tour, have seen them many times before....... but logistics and not being able to drive fuck me up a bit for gigs....

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:44 pm

The Icicle Works really ought to have been one of the biggest name groups this country ever produced. I'd easily put them in the top five alongside names like the Beatles, Stones, Dire Straits, Police. I'm not stating preferences I'm talking about FAME.

Absolutely awesome. Never get tired of hearing them.

aido87 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:18 pm

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:08 am

Richard M. Head wrote:

I decided I wanted to listen to something really over the top, the most OTT song I could ever remember hearing.

I started with the Blues Brothers but that didn't do the trick.
So then I tried Queen but I'd heard it all too often.
Then I tried Meatloaf, and I sensed I was starting to get there at last...

Until finally I remembered this then I knew I'd found my goal!

Well it doesn't seem to want to play from that link so try this one....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhIMEMDYxZE

That was amazing Monty, or Donny or whatever your new name will be :wink:

, but I still think this version is so much better than Thomas Jones Woodwards original version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vSLZs3kq2M

Kolley Kibber · **Posted:** Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:11 am

chip fireball wrote:

i had the television on for 10 minutes tonight, which is very rare during the week, it normally only goes on on a monday night for the wire. anyhows you know when you are watching a programme and there's a 10 second snippet of music in the background ( usually dj shadow or yo la tengo ) that you recognise but cant place, well it happened tonight.

there was a programme on channel 4 called the secret millionaire and they played 10 seconds of this song and it was driving me nuts trying to recall what it was.

eventually it came to me, it was track 3 on mogwai's mr beast album. so i turned the television off and listened to the album in full instead.

it really is a quite, quite breathtakingly wondrous work of art.

dunno about the tv programme though.

One of the Top Gear production team must love it as well cos every time I've caught a snippet of it a track off Mr Beast seems to accompany it.

whitelight.whiteheat · **Posted:** Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:24 am

BillinghamPoolie wrote:

Richard M. Head wrote:

I decided I wanted to listen to something really over the top, the most OTT song I could ever remember hearing.

I started with the Blues Brothers but that didn't do the trick.
So then I tried Queen but I'd heard it all too often.
Then I tried Meatloaf, and I sensed I was starting to get there at last...

Until finally I remembered this then I knew I'd found my goal!

Well it doesn't seem to want to play from that link so try this one....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhIMEMDYxZE

That was amazing Monty, or Donny or whatever your new name will be :wink:

, but I still think this version is so much better than Thomas Jones Woodwards original version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vSLZs3kq2M

Have to agree billingham but the Rusians and SAHB are just playing at it - this is proper 'over the top'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vuE1gTg ... re=related

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:49 am

Pretty good WLWH. Don't know much about KISS apart from the make up.

Strange Journeys that this thread and YouTube can take you on. I've went from the Russian Army Choir to SAHB to Jacques Brel tonight. I don't know what he is singing about, but it has brought tears to my eyes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJIZu37H ... re=related

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:15 am

I thought I knew the tune. Rod McKuen wrote 'If You Go Away' as part of a project to translate Brel's work, which has become a 'standard' and recorded by a lot of 'Artistes'

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:02 am

BillinghamPoolie wrote:

I thought I knew the tune. Rod McKuen wrote 'If You Go Away' as part of a project to translate Brel's work, which has become a 'standard' and recorded by a lot of 'Artistes'

I'm guessing you arrived at Brel via Alex Harvey's Next ("Au Suivant").

Listen, Brel was a true genius, a fookin giant, the kind you get only once every thousand years. I mean, heaven knows we've had some great songwriters in the UK but Brel just leaves them all standing. There isn't one I could honestly compare to him. But you have to speak French to really appreciate him. The translations simpy can't do his work justice.

And the good news is .. he wasn't French he was Belgian! :grin:

Here's one you may or may not know BP ...

“A searing performance from his last Olympia concert, Jacques Brel enacts a story of young man who is rejected by his girls petit bourgeois family. He proceeds to demolish the members one by one. The incredible facial expressions, hand movements and body language, as well as the simple mesmeric two chord accompaniment add an unparalled theatricality to this performance.”

whitelight.whiteheat · **Posted:** Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:41 pm

Simone is the top of the pile for me Mr Head - she can do all of that and much much more I feel.

Listening to The Who -My Generation (Deluxe edition) just now. Arrived today from Play.com. £6 post paid - a real bargain I reckon and a fine album from the best 'rock' act of all time.

Kolley Kibber · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:57 pm

Arab Strap - The Week Never Starts Around Here
Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust
Andrew Bird- The Mysterious Production of Eggs

tonyparry · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:18 pm

Fensy wrote:

Elvis Costellos Glasses wrote:

When I mentioned Orson in the Mill House last week Fensy and Dibble both pulled faces, but they're bloody brilliant!

Tell you what else is good, Pink's "I'm Not Dead"

Snobs, the lottoryer. :grin:

I wouldn't have pulled a face cos I like them I do, their album is on my list of wants for my birthday and Xmas ( I know it is sad but some people like to be prepared) , maybe it was the horse who pulled a face

Ive just seen PINK a couple of month back in Monaco......she was foookin brilliant i have to say, she carn arf swear tho.......and ive never seen so many erm.......women so friendly towards each other..shall we say

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6471

Is that Cherry Ghost one a newish album Mr Fireball, I like their song 'people Help The People' quite a lot

Dugoutpaddy · **Joined:** Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:23 am **Posts:** 1772

All this talk of over the top bizzarre and radged music has made me stick my DEVO back on again :laugh:

Dugoutpaddy · **Joined:** Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:23 am **Posts:** 1772

whitelight.whiteheat · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:59 am

Why do they issue deluxe editions across two CDs when they remaster these days. Just a really good master of the original album, no frills at a competetive price is all I ever want. So I stick to my vinyl Daydream Nation. But a great album I have to agree. Humble Pie 'Performance - Rockin' The Fillmore' tonight for me plus Girl Crazy (28 ultimate girl group classics). How good are Leader of the Pack, Lovers Concerto, He's So Fine and all the rest. Top stuff at a bargain price.

I am Listening To This At The Moment....

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