What Are You Listening To?

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LANA DEL REY  "born to die" cd, 2012.

her second of six,
my first of five, only the debut not in my collection.
more upbeat than her other albums that followed but still dour.
experts call her baroque-pop, not even sure I know what that means?
lots of lush strings on here.
subject matter includes sex, drugs, money and alcohol.
'tis a very sobering album, pardon the pun.
probably my favourite of hers and others though so too with it selling
more than 12 million worldwide, more than the combined sales of her other
albums combined.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

title track:





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My oh me, my
Feet don't fail me now
Take me to your finish line
Oh my heart it breaks every step that I take
But I'm hoping that the gates, they'll tell me that you're mine
Walking through the city streets
Is it by mistake or design
I feel so alone on a Friday night
Can you make me feel like home if I tell you you're mine

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough I don't know why
Keep making me laugh,
Lets go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane,
So choose your last words, this is the last time
Cause you and I, we were born to die
Lost but now I am found
I can see but once I was blind
I was so confused as a little child
Tried to take what I could get
Scared that I couldn't find
All the answers honey

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough I don't know why
Keep making me laugh,
Lets go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime
Come take a walk on the wild side

Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane,
Choose your last words, this is the last time
Cause you and I, we were born to die
We were born to die
We were born to die

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough I don't know why
Keep making me laugh
Lets go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words, this is the last time
Cause you and I, we were born to die (We were born to die)

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THE MOONS  "life on Earth" cd, 2010:

UK indi-rock band
debut album of three, only one I own.
band never really took off, no singles ever charted and this album was their highest charting
making it to a lowly #27 on the UK charts.
shame because they had a good sound.
heard some Smiths in a couple of tracks, Blur in several others, Cure in one.
so an easily to digest sound.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM.

favourite wasnt even a single:

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NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS "the boatman's call" cd, 1997

a piano based album.
deep, dark, brooding lyrics, vocals and melodies...
you either love or loathe Mr Cave, no inbetween IMO.
nothing else to say but...
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

favourite:

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THE STROKES "is this it?" cd, 2001.

US album cover on the right, rest of the world on the left.
debut album of six, I own two.
US alt-rock band.
guitarist is son of 1970s  muso Albert Hammond.
hearing some Arctic Monkeys here.
good album, nothing really exceptional IMO but consistent.
album peaked at #33 in their homeland but made the top ten un AU/UK.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM:

SINGLES:

last night:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOypSnKFHrE  video

someday:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knU9gRUWCno  video

hard to explain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXkm6h6uq0k  video

favourite:

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THE CRUEL SEA  "three legged dog" cd, 1995

Aussie alt-rock band.
fourth album of six, I own two.
has a bit of a blues-rock feel to most of this, hints of jazz in places also.
album was quite 'out there' back in the day but seems quite normal when I listen to it now.
album did peak at #1 on the Aussie charts but these guys really just had a cult following
back in the day.
like just about everything on here, a couple I love and nothing to dislike.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

favourite:





I wasn't doin' nothin', anyway
Just what is it that I'm supposed to have done?

With bloodshot eyes and bleedin' hands
I put my new suit in the cleaners again
I took the first bus, I didn't look back
Lungs long blowin' like a smokestack
Hair fallin' out as the wind blows through it
My horse ran second, just like I knew it would
Overflowin' ashtray, yeah

Oh yeah
Then the officer said

Better get a lawyer, son
You better get a real good one

Get yourself a suit and tie
And get your hair cut way up high
Get yourself a lawyer, son
You're gonna need a real good one

I got legs, I can walk
All the way down the dirt track
I fell down, I got up
I turned around and then I walked back
I walked to the sea
I stood there and looked for a sign
I took time, but it came
I added up and took what was mine

Don't drop the soap
Don't smoke no dope
Get yourself a lawyer, son
You're gonna need a good one to get you outta this one

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R.E.M  "reveal" cd 2001

their twelfth.
had forgotten I had this one until I finished my unpack of cds a few weeks ago.
had also forgotten how good it was.
nothing catchy on here at all.
songs show them in their quieter,slowed down moments for the most part.
already own "automatic for the people" and "out of time" and I prefer this one over those two.
superb forgotten gem of an album from when they had supposedly passed their prime.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

lead off single:

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MODELS  "collection"  cd, 1993

Aussie New Wave band.
had more of a cult following than commercial success.
did manage a couple of hits in the late 1980s though.
biggest claim to fame was being support act for Bowie on his 1983
"serious moonlight tour" of Australia, was there on that tour, they 
were a very good live band.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

their two top 10 hits here:

Barbados  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4ootGStV7Q  video

Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZueDC0HqP28  video

favourite:

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TAXIRIDE  "imaginate" cd, 1999.

Aussie alt rock band.
debut album of four, only one I own.
#1 on the Aussie charts and platinum status here.
I guess this could almost have gone into folk at a stretch.
mainly acoustic rock I guess which fits because my favourite track
has a distinct CSN feel to it.
a pretty good album, i cant remember why I never went back for more.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

favourite:

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HOTHOUSE FLOWERS "home" cd, 1990

Irish alt-rock/alt-folk band
second album of seven, I own the first too.
one cover on here, I Can See Clearly Now, very good version.
nothing exceptional on here just a consistent album of good alt-folk
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

lead off single:

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NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS "Noel Gallagher's high flying birds" cd, 2011

his first since Oasis' split two years earlier.
obviously went straight to #1 in his homeland, as every album of his career has gone previously and since.
hints at moving away from the stereotypical Oasis sound but its still there.
either way, a good album nonetheless.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

favourite: