What are you listening to, right now................
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Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Operators) has a goofy music podcast, with a couple of other jokers, called Fortune Kit. Recently they listened to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. I hadn't heard it in over a decade, and a couple of things struck me: It's easier to write songs when nearly half of them is Gilmour soloing (and doing so very melodically); the best bit of several songs was the Gilmour solo and guitar tone.
So, I decided to listen to some of Gilmour's solo albums. First up was 1978's David Gilmour. If you like his guitar parts and singing, then this is basically a well played and recorded, but laid back, space blues album that nails what makes him special. Recommended, but it's less spacey/psychedelic/prog than Floyd.
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@tim said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Operators) has a goofy music podcast, with a couple of other jokers, called Fortune Kit. Recently they listened to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. I hadn't heard it in over a decade, and a couple of things struck me: It's easier to write songs when nearly half of them is Gilmour soloing (and doing so very melodically); the best bit of several songs was the Gilmour solo and guitar tone.
So, I decided to listen to some of Gilmour's solo albums. First up was 1978's David Gilmour. If you like his guitar parts and singing, then this is basically a well played and recorded, but laid back, space blues album that nails what makes him special. Recommended, but it's less spacey/psychedelic/prog than Floyd.
Cheers for that - going on after lunch to listen whilst I "work"
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Never much liked Peter, Paul & Mary, but I was really into Noel Stookey (The "Paul in P, P&M) in my teens and revisited one of his albums a few months back. It was still a bloody great listen
A hugely talented and under-rated musician - and a born comedian who could have had a career as a stand-up comic
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Not a fan of coldplay but forgot how good this song was until I heard it today... Blasted it out!!
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@r-l said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Not a fan of coldplay but forgot how good this song was until I heard it today... Blasted it out!!
Coldplay are a band you find yourself liking about 3 songs. (for me this one, and Fix You), the rest are meh.
They do melodies and hooks really well.Just not a band you tell anyone you like...
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@virgil yeah that's a lovely song to be fair.
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@r-l Our other discussion has just reminded me of this song - which hasn't aged well at all.
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@snowy never heard it! Must be before my time!
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@r-l said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@snowy never heard it! Must be before my time!
It's old, and as I say say hasn't aged well. They weren't Elvis that's for sure.
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Just had Dusty Springfield's classic version of Son of a Preacher Man come on a playlist which led me to youtube which reminded me of this smoking hot soft porn version by Joss Stone. Love the old men in the audience trying soooo hard not to check the 19 year old out with their wives sitting next to them and knowing it is being broadcast.
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Have been listening all week to Paul Weller's latest 'Fat Pop'
Leftovers from the previous album plus a bunch of 'lockdown songs ' written and recorded while bored because he couldn't tour.
As expected in those circumstances it is a jumble of styles and experiments. Anyone expecting hits from the man is barking up the wrong tree these days as he isn't trying to write them. What he still does really well is grow and experiment with pop sensibilities and for anyone on that journey with him it is a another chapter in an impressive legacy of work.
Here's what is probably the 'easiest' track and an area that he has covered before but occasionally goes back to and modernises. A Beatlesy tune with that touch of Ray Davies like 'kitchen sink drama' touch.
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@snowy First Band to debut in the British charts at #1 since the Beatles. I was working in a sweat shop in Brighton and when the Radio 1 DJ told the audience there was a new #1 and etc no one guessed who it would be. Not for Entertainment though
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@dogmeat yep, the song debuted at #1 if not the band. Eton Rifles had gone in at #3 only a few months before and about 10 other tracks had been top 40 singles.
Repeated the feat with Town Called Malice.
Malice gets a bad rap from being overplayed but if taken in isolation is a bloody good song.I managed to get to Weller gigs three times while in London and now days he does go through his catalogue a bit for the punters. It's a hard ask when you have recorded so much and there are always these old tossers that just want him to resurrect their youth by playing endless Jam songs.
I always found it interesting to see what songs he still holds in high enough regard to play.
That's Entertainment, Man in the Corner Shop, Ghosts....Malice and Start come out as crowd pleasers (being number ones) but I actually like the way that he doesn't play songs like Underground which are truly Jam songs and require Bruce and Rick. I feel like it is honouring their contribution.
