What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

never heard of these guys but i like your best track

[SteveO]

Nice one MH ! I love Sparks music and I get a hoot when I look at the guy with the goofy Hitler like moustache ! ..lol

from my library (vinyl)



My favorite Sparks album, and I have quite a few. Five love tracks and a favorite is a tough
call. Sparks was an LA group that eventually became brothers Ron and Russell Mael's vehicle for
their own brand of quirky rock. They never hit the big time, but they are still out there.
After touring in the UK and getting nice reviews in the music press the brothers decided to
relocate to London signed with a new label and this was their first release after that. The
move paid off as this album made #4 there and scored two hit singles. Not as well accepted here
at #101 and they never scored that high again in the UK, although remaining more popular in
Europe. Interesting that I just posted a Nirvana song and Kurt Cobain says this is one of his
favorite albums of all time. I really need to get it on cd.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Hasta Manana, Monsieur

Best Track - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us

1) This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAzESJ62irI
2) Amateur Hour ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSOgxD1kgl0
3) Falling In Love With Myself Again ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cYPKQRssCk
4) Here In Heaven **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYGmz1nVgUE
5) Thank God It's Not Christmas **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho_WsJK_MTg
6) Hasta Manana, Monsieur *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WWCpvoedfE
7) Talent Is An Asset ***
8) Complaints **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnVA1uO5QM8
9) In My Family **
10) Equator ***

Grade - 2.4
allmusic - 2.7

[SteveO]

Isn't it amazing and fun Crazy how sometimes we discover a hidden obscure musical treasure !!!!! Years ago I would raid the cheap record bins and come out like a bandit....if you knew a fair amount about music you could grab records that didn't sell well because they were obscure or not really top 40 commercial!

SPECIAL PATROL "the golden meal" cd,2004

i know nothing about these guys and they must be so obscure i cannot find anything on allmusic.com or on wikki about them...
i dont know where they come from but a couple of lines on the linnear notes suggest they are either Australian or that the album was recorded here(its not really clear).
i think i picked this up out of a discount bin for a couple of bucks because i liked the cover and i had a bit of spare change in my pocket at the time that i wanted to get rid of...
this album is 'soft' indie-rock sounding....
the vocalist has a bit of a Noel Gallagher(no not liam) quality to his vocals,even some of the lines he sings could have a Gallagher feel to them...
thats about all i can say about this without any other info,cant even find these guys in the charts from US,UK or here so maybe they dont really exist and this album is a figment of my imagination???

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: paint your name
best track: my sweet jewel

tracks:

1. my sweet jewel **
2. paint your name *
3. outskirts of town **
4. enough already *
5. small talk **
6. love that holds me to ransom *
7. my God,the gossip *
8. your feet **
9. the coast **
10.chin up cynical tim **
11.nothing's wrong anyway **
12.i dont mind **
13.you make my life complete **

3s=0
2s=10
1s=3

rating: 1.8 or 6/10

sorry guys...but these guys are so obscure that when i typed their name in youtube all i could find was four clips and not one of them were from this album, so i'll guess you'll just have to take my word about their sound and best/worst tracks here!!!!!

[Myst]

SPECIAL PATROL "the golden meal" cd,2004

i know nothing about these guys and they must be so obscure i cannot find anything on allmusic.com or on wikki about them...
i dont know where they come from but a couple of lines on the linnear notes suggest they are either Australian or that the album was recorded here(its not really clear).
i think i picked this up out of a discount bin for a couple of bucks because i liked the cover and i had a bit of spare change in my pocket at the time that i wanted to get rid of...
this album is 'soft' indie-rock sounding....
the vocalist has a bit of a Noel Gallagher(no not liam) quality to his vocals,even some of the lines he sings could have a Gallagher feel to them...
thats about all i can say about this without any other info,cant even find these guys in the charts from US,UK or here so maybe they dont really exist and this album is a figment of my imagination???

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: paint your name
best track: my sweet jewel

tracks:

1. my sweet jewel **
2. paint your name *
3. outskirts of town **
4. enough already *
5. small talk **
6. love that holds me to ransom *
7. my God,the gossip *
8. your feet **
9. the coast **
10.chin up cynical tim **
11.nothing's wrong anyway **
12.i dont mind **
13.you make my life complete **

3s=0
2s=10
1s=3

rating: 1.8 or 6/10

sorry guys...but these guys are so obscure that when i typed their name in youtube all i could find was four clips and not one of them were from this album, so i'll guess you'll just have to take my word about their sound and best/worst tracks here!!!!!

I found this album over on Amazon, but they have the title as The Golden Mean (??)... Anyway, there's not much info on it there either, but here is a link to listen to 30 second samples of the songs. It's hard to judge music from small snippets like this, but I thought they sounded pretty good! http://www.amazon.com/The-Golden-Mean/dp...097&sr=1-5

[CRAZY-HORSE]

thanks for the correction Myst...a typo on my part??!!

[Myst]

No, I wouldn't say that Crazy Horse, Amazon has been known to mess up on album titles every so often... The way the album title is written on that particular cover makes it a tad hard to read what the last letter is... L or N?

[Music Head]

from my library (cd)



No idea where to put a gospel recording. Seems like an alternative to me so here it goes.
Follow up to yesterdays best of set. I guess this is a best of his gospel recordings. The wife
has already confiscated this one. When the P's come up again I'll have to get it back. Tracks
recorded from '65 to '76. Nothing out there on this one so I have to wing it. Wings are broken.
Once again with 25 tracks on this I will not include links for any other than my favorite. The
only one that hit the charts, #3 in the states and #1 in the UK.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Bosom Of Abraham

Best Track - Crying In The Chapel

1) How Great Thou Art
2) So High
3) Amazing Grace
4) Crying In The Chapel
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00eUebsh68M
5) You'll Never Walk Alone
6) Swing Down Sweet Chariot
7) In My Father's House
8) Milky White Way
9) His Hand In Mine
10) I Believe In The Man In The Sky
11) Where Could I Go But To The Lord
12) If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side
13) Run On
14) He Touched Me
15) Bosom Of Abraham
16) Lead Me, Guide Me
17) Joshua Fit The Battle
18) If We Never Meet Again
19) I, John
20) Reach Out To Jesus
21) Who Am I?
22) Help Me
23) An Evening Prayer
24) Take My Hand, Precious Lord
25) Peace In The Valley

[SteveO]

Elvis at his ultimate best !!!!!

from my library (cd)



No idea where to put a gospel recording. Seems like an alternative to me so here it goes.
Follow up to yesterdays best of set. I guess this is a best of his gospel recordings. The wife
has already confiscated this one. When the P's come up again I'll have to get it back. Tracks
recorded from '65 to '76. Nothing out there on this one so I have to wing it. Wings are broken.
Once again with 25 tracks on this I will not include links for any other than my favorite. The
only one that hit the charts, #3 in the states and #1 in the UK.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Bosom Of Abraham

Best Track - Crying In The Chapel

1) How Great Thou Art
2) So High
3) Amazing Grace
4) Crying In The Chapel
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00eUebsh68M
5) You'll Never Walk Alone
6) Swing Down Sweet Chariot
7) In My Father's House
8) Milky White Way
9) His Hand In Mine
10) I Believe In The Man In The Sky
11) Where Could I Go But To The Lord
12) If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side
13) Run On
14) He Touched Me
15) Bosom Of Abraham
16) Lead Me, Guide Me
17) Joshua Fit The Battle
18) If We Never Meet Again
19) I, John
20) Reach Out To Jesus
21) Who Am I?
22) Help Me
23) An Evening Prayer
24) Take My Hand, Precious Lord
25) Peace In The Valley

[CRAZY-HORSE]

tell you guys what....i'd rather listen to Elvis singing gospel than his r+r, or country pop material..

Elvis only ever recieved three Grammy's in his lifetime...all three were for his Gospel/Spiritual recordings, amazing stuff!

the songs on this collection sort of go from 1964ish to around 1972

[CRAZY-HORSE]

JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS "im in a dancing mood:the best of" cd, 2007.

i remember these guys from the early 1980s...an Aussie outfit.
think i only have one of their singles on 7"vinyl and thats about it so i had to get this when it came out...unfortunately though, they are not as good as i remembered them to be, lead vocalist Joe Camilleri ended up the main man behind Black Sorrows in the mid 1980s and beyond...
this one is full of funk/pop fusion, blues rock and touches of calypso/reggae in places...
not bad overall but nothing great neither, worst track has to be the abysmal Bacharach cover 'walk on by'...it just doesnt fit with the rest of their singles...
for a more detailed account of The Falcons please click on the link to wikkipedia for overall summary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Jo_Zep_%26_The_Falcons

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: walk on by
best track: hit and run

tracks:

1. so young *
2. all i wanna do **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3PuaSeqJ6U video
3. shape im in **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipqiMn965_c video
4. puppet on a string **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYC_xbZgQuk live
5. hit and run **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR_Tf4rGVS8 audio
6. im in a dancing mood **
7. losing game **
8. taxi mary **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wFyP7_feq4 video
9. security **
10.dont wanna come down **
11.i will return **
12.the honeydripper *
13.dancing shoes **
14.girl across the street *
15.young girl **
16.walk on by *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMeLIuZ7pq4 video
17.sherrie **
18.nosey parker *

3s=0
2s=13
1s=5

rating: 1.7 or 5.7/10