What are you listening to, right now................
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Drive time listening this Friday was particularly nice due to these two...
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@Nepia said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mariner4life Fugazi ... the ultimate one-hit wonder (for me). Waitng Room.
Tried to listen to the album it was on once about 20 years ago and couldn't get involved beyond the one song. Never tried again!
After listening to Waiting Room just now I can't even get into the one hit wonder. What is weird is I have no knowledge of their music, well I should say memory, because I had mates who used to be big fans and there's no chance I wouldn't have heard them at their place or in their cars.
I saw Fugazi about a dozen times. And why not...? For a $7 concert, they couldn’t be beat. Fantastic band live.
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Citizen Fear.
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I’m definitely not a left-winger, but I had nothing but absolute mad respect for the band. They walked the talk. They were not phoneys. They were completely committed and passionate and gave the best bang for a buck of any band in rock history.
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Turning the clock back nearly 40 years and thrashing Stiff Little Fingers - Hanx on the headphones at work at the moment.
Saw them live last night for the first time ever despite this album being one of my favourites ever since it came out in 1980. Still crack out a good gig with plenty of energy.
Bonus was Eddie and the Hot Rods as support.Edit: Jake Burns managed a call out to the events in NZ last week. I won't mention exactly how he led to his comments as the thread would have to shift quickly to the politics thread. The sentiment was appreciated though.
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@Nevorian absolute classic
Can’t remember if I’ve posted this already but this is Adrian Borland from The Sound doing an acoustic version. He was a contemporary and big fan of Ian Curtis, probably in part due to sharing mental health issues. Anyway, what I love about Adrian’s version is that he strips the song back to emphasise the lyrics which highlights just how stunning the song is.
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@Nevorian said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial that is indeed a great version, haven't heard any of is music before, might check some out for my playlist.
I'm in the opposite camp, reminds me of that guy with a guitar in a hipster bar type.
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@Nepia said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Nevorian said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial that is indeed a great version, haven't heard any of is music before, might check some out for my playlist.
I'm in the opposite camp, reminds me of that guy with a guitar in a hipster bar type.
I'm not sure if you listened past the first two verses (I agree that it is a bit 'busker' to that point) as he builds quietly to the essence of the song. At least he doesn't try and ham it up all the way through like some versions I have heard.
If you know the background story to the singer you will also understand that he probably understands the song as well as Curtis wrote it. Listen to his own work at the same period. Different style but quite obviously all about his own demons.
Borland lasted a lot longer than Curtis but they ended up in the same place. (Borland eventually jumped in front of a train at Wimbledon Station)
