What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

"this video is not available in your country"???????, how the hell does that work when OMD had numerous minor hits here etc etc....

guess i'll have to source your favourite track elsewhere as i dont recall it from back in the day????

...in fact i dont recall any of these tracks at all, strange as the period 77-86 was my main era of music growing up

I don't get that either.
Sometimes I get the same thing on clips other members post.

That top one is worth seeking out mate

[CRAZY-HORSE]

LOL...got you saying "mate" now??!!!
i am gonna check it out because i used to like these guys, just cant remember the album???

[SteveO]

You do a tremendous job and justice to MD, Mr. Music Head with your detailed and superb album reviews !!!!! Thanks ever so much !!!!!

from my library (vinyl)



Debated with myself on 4 different genres on this one. Since they had dance club hits, why not? Easy to see why they are known by OMD by some. With four tracks on here I love, I thought the album would come out at that level, but that rubbish title track did it in with the electronic loops. Didn't know they had this many albums (11) and were still around, minus co-founder Andy McCluskey for a period, who has since rejoined. This is the groups sixth album. I also have the follow up but don't recall liking it as well as this one. We'll see when it comes up again in the rotation. My favorite here is the leadoff, So In Love, which was also the groups first minor hit single in the U.S. reaching #26. Dreamy synth pop at it's finest. Follow up single of Secret didn't fare quite as well but still does it for me. Also love The Native Daughters Of The Golden West and La Femme Accident. The string section does it for me in both of those.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Crush

Best Track - So In Love

Talk to me, don’t lie to me
Save your breath
Don’t look at me, don’t smile at me
Just close your eyes
I was so impressed by you
I was running blind
I would fall for every trick
Every twist of mind

Heaven's cold
Without any soul
It’s hard to believe
I was so in love with you

Don’t say your prayers, don’t build your hopes
Just walk away
Don’t phone me up, don’t call around
Don’t waste your time
You were so in awe of me
You were so divine
You would do just anything
To still be mine

Heaven's cold
Without any soul
It’s hard to believe
I was so in love with you

All the things you said to me
I was so obsessed
You were always talking talking
God I did my best

Heaven's cold
Without any soul
It’s hard to believe
I was so in love with you

1) So In Love ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfgyXfOQSJE
2) Secret ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mktqwb89gco
3) Bloc Bloc Bloc **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBAhan8ZNGI
4) Women III **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaGvfuJgZi0
5) Crush *
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGesMCCY40g
6) 88 Seconds In Greensboro **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEFvKsssoxg
7) The Native Daughters Of The Golden West ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYkQUoSXkMM
8) La Femme Accident ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrzeNAbqhwM
9) Hold On **
10) The Lights Are Going Out **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpIqnkkVw7A

3's - 4
2's - 5
1's - 1

Grade - 2.3

so many albums, so little time

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



Covers yes, but mostly good song choices. Linda in her prime, with another #1 album (her third) and her ninth
overall. The album also made #3 on the country charts, on the strength of what, I don't know, as nothing here
qualifys as country to me. Maybe Love Me Tender. She takes on both Elvis's. One works, one doesn't. You just can't
do the kings most memorable. Surprised that Alison works rather well for me as do the Warren Zevon and Smokey
Robinson tracks. Only thing out of place is the 1930's standard When I Grow Too Old To Dream. She should have saved
that for her Nelson Riddle retro albums to come later on. A decent enough song, but it sure doesn't fit on this album. Best for me is the Chuck Berry classic. The clip for that one makes it all the better. A tribute concert to the legend, featuring him and Keith Richards. Nothing great on this album, but that clip sure is. Three singles hit the Hot 100 charts, Back In The USA (#16), Ooh Baby Baby (#7)
and Just One Look (#44). Overall a good album from the third wheel in the Trio.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Love Me Tender

Best Track - Back In The USA

Oh well, oh well, I feel so good today,
We touched ground on an international runway
Jet propelled back home, from over seas to the USA

New-York, Los Angeles, oh, how I yearned for you
Detroit, Chicago, Chattanooga, Baton Rouge
Let alone just to be at my home back in ol St-Lou.

Did I miss the skyscrapers, did I miss the long freeway?
From the coast of California to the shores of Delaware Bay
You can bet your life I did, till I got back to the USA

Looking hard for a drive-in, searching for a corner cafe
Where hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day
Yeah, and a jukebox jumping the records like in the USA

Well, I'm so glad I'm livin in the USA.
Yes. I'm so glad I'm livin in the USA.
Anything you want, we got it right here in the USA

1) Back In The USA **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8i5PEhtWzY
2) When I Grow Too Old To Dream *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1j8aJQ5Vf4
3) Just One Look **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_da_nsmJvnY
4) Alison **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9OpC3bT-I0
5) White Rhythm & Blues **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjWV0o4nR7k
6) All That You Dream **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSdX1_MBQMM
7) Ooh Baby Baby **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dfc9EZShRw
8) Mohammed's Radio **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRxIAnduy7c
9) Blowing Away **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qt6fE-jM5c
10) Love Me Tender *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFAy6ufpDug

3's - 0
2's - 8
1's - 2

Grade - 1.8

so many albums, so little time

[Music Head]

from my library (cd)



It was pop 50 years ago so get off my back. Tiggi says I should put crooner stuff in Jazz, but I can't do it with a straight face. My #2 all time favorite crooner. Gotta go 4 deep to get to Frank. Martin, Como, Martino, then Frank. Perry just had that smooth dreamy baritone voice. Passing in 2001 at the age of 89 and remained active into the 80's. Last hit was in 1970 with It's Impossible, a #10 hit which is also my favorite. Fifteen tracks here going all the way back to 1945 with Till The End Of Time from the film A Day To Remember, topping the charts and becoming the biggest hit of that year. Started in radio in the 30's, with his peak recording years in the mid 50's. Crossed over to television when that medium became the thing, with his own show, The Chesterfield Supper Club. Can you guess who sponsored that show? Perry's biggest and last #1 hit came in 1958 with Catch A Falling Star. Only thing I don't like on here is the polka flavored Hoop-Dee-Doo. Even Music Head has his boundaries and polka would be one of the lines. Seven tracks I love making this a love album. Perry racked up the awards during his career with four emmys and a grammy lifetime achievement award in 2002, a year too late for him to enjoy it. Some excellent live tv performances from that era for those who are into that nostalgia thing, like me.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Hoop-Dee-Doo

Best Track - It's Impossible

It's impossible . . .
Tell the sun to leave the sky,
It’s just impossible . . .

It’s impossible . . .
Ask a baby not to cry,
It’s just impossible . . .

Can I hold you closer to me.
And not feel you goin’ through me,
Split the second,
That I never think of you,
Oh! how impossible . . .

Can the ocean keep from rushin’ to the shore?
It’s just impossible!
If I had you, could I ever want for more?
It’s just impossible!

And tomorrow , should you ask me for the world,
Somehow I'd get it . . .
I would sell my very soul,
And not regret it . . .
For to live without your love,
It’s just impossible!

Can the ocean keep from rushin’ to the shore?
It’s just impossible!
If I had you, could I ever want for more?
It’s just impossible!

And tomorrow , should you ask me for the world,
Somehow I'd get it . . .
I would sell my very soul,
And not regret it . . .
For to live without your love,
It’s just impossible!

Impossible! ( hmm )
Impossible!

1) Round And Round ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UCM-cb9hwc
2) Hot Diggity **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twe880F_x5c
3) Catch A Falling Star ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdK1wvKAFfg
4) Papa Loves Mambo **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhx_y9ty6X4
5) No Other Love **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md4KqyA9ax0
6) Magic Moments ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSqQgoR76t0
7) Till The End Of Time **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFXA_-2cIYU
8) Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmkg_E2evbg
9) Wanted ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbhKSRqL2qg
10) It's Impossible ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLagM5kOTXE
11) Hoop-Dee-Doo *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaK6iANjSg8
12) Some Enchanted Evening **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pqRl2GH_uc
13) If **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPqhvhlhCcs
14) Temptation **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uJVx_yVTYU
15) Dream On Little Dreamer ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4rfiNFJUh8

3's - 7
2's - 7
1's - 1

Grade - 2.4

so many albums, so little time

[CRAZY-HORSE]

some good songs on here MH...but as good as Perry's version of "its impossible" is, i gotta say i prefer Elvis' version(see below)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Rx4Aluw6k live audio

[Music Head]

some good songs on here MH...but as good as Perry's version of "its impossible" is, i gotta say i prefer Elvis' version(see below)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Rx4Aluw6k live audio

that's only cause you're an Elvis freak
Perry owns it

[evilB]

USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seekers) - I'm hearing lots of influences - Beck, Nirvana, Pendulum, INXS, Public Enemy, Tricky, Goldie.... interesting band!!

1. Laces Out
[video=youtube;hZ4CqjnflLY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ4CqjnflLY[/video]

2. Anti-Venom
[video=youtube;RdKKYjh7nIU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdKKYjh7nIU&feature=related[/video]

[SteveO]

I hear a little bit of Radiohead on the second clip ? This band is definitely worth checking out ! Thanks, Evil !

USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seekers) - I'm hearing lots of influences - Beck, Nirvana, Pendulum, INXS, Public Enemy, Tricky, Goldie.... interesting band!!

1. Laces Out
[video=youtube;hZ4CqjnflLY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ4CqjnflLY[/video]

2. Anti-Venom
[video=youtube;RdKKYjh7nIU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdKKYjh7nIU&feature=related[/video]

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



Yes I've got it. And it came out better than I expected it to. Much as I hated disco at the time, today I can
listen to it, and not cringe. But then, there's that voice, that shreak. Doesn't that hurt? Needle stuck once, sounded like some bird you would hear in the jungle, over and over and over. Scary stuff. This album is all the hits from that era for the
Brothers Gibb. Loved 5 tracks of the 20. A little known one with a country flavor gets my best, Rest Your Love On
Me. No, it's not country disco. Completely different from most of the album. Then there were the 8 tracks that
maybe do bring up the cringe factor. Children Of The World leads that pack. This album went to #1 in the U.S. and
Australia, with the U.K. at #6. Covers the hits from 75-79. Still can't see how you can go from Odessa to this.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Children Of The World

Best Track - Rest Your Love On Me

Maybe you don`t know me anymore than I know you
And I wouldn`t blame you if you walked away
I`ve been watching you all evening
With the teardrops in your eyes
And it touches me much more than I can say

You know I hate to think that someone
Could have hurt someone like you
And if I was them I`d be right by your side

Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile
Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile

Saw you in the corner on the moment I walked in
Saw your lonely face across the room
No, I won`t forget it
And the way it might have been
Oh, why did you have to leave so soon?

You know I hate to think that someone
Could have loved you more than me
And at times like this I`d be right by your side

Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile
Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile

How long must I wait
For the last train to leave here
And the last chance to go home?
Get to thinking I was born too soon
How long, honey
When the lovin` don`t come
It was there when you left me
Just didn`t know how to begin

Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile
Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile

Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile
Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Put your love on me awhile

Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile
Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile

1) Jive Talkin' **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W42rMjYWlk
2) Night Fever *
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ihs-vT9T3Q&ob=av2e
3) Tragedy **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSVTOMkJdqs
4) You Should Be Dancing *
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JoZS6LgqYI&feature=fvst
5) Stayin' Alive **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY&ob=av2e
6) How Deep Is Your Love ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqqjU7u5Yc&ob=av2n
7) Love So Right *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83W6BMWxt1g
8) Too Much Heaven ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nREV8bQJ1MA&ob=av2e
9) (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLiFItkk-II
10) Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgDbE6WOyws
11) If I Can't Have You *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t1EeN1j-qQ
12) You Stepped Into My Life *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BfWeYg40Hg
13) Love Me *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RubtTFBb3OA
14) More Than A Woman **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9onwGo4EpU
15) Rest Your Love On Me ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SbKP8D4YMQ
16) Nights On Broadway ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYmwGEAsz9I
17) Spirits (Having Flown) *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CkjIHLp8E0
18) Love You Inside Out ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYcYHceWKXo
19) Wind Of Change **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvaqb_aWNKw
20) Children Of The World *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=963zNP5fGjU

3's - 5
2's - 7
1's - 8

Grade - 1.9

so many albums, so little time