What Are You Listening To?

[bob_32_116]

Incidentally, I really don't think U2 qualify as "Alternative".

[CRAZY-HORSE]

its a hard call with U2 IMO....
theyre not quite alternative but at the same time I wouldn't call them a genuine rock band neither..

I do recall that early on in their career when the UK had an "indi" chart in their weekly New Musical Express/Melody Maker music magazines that U2 did
feature on those charts week in, week out, year in, year out.

[Music Head]

Incidentally, I really don't think U2 qualify as "Alternative".

I did waver on where to go

[Music Head]

from the cd room



only thing I have by them
covers album of reggae tracks from bands than influenced them
it's their second best selling album and they have done 2 more
didn't know they were still active with an album in 2013

biggest hit
by that reggae artist we all know and love
Neil Diamond

[video=youtube;zXt56MB-3vc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXt56MB-3vc[/video]

[CRAZY-HORSE]

I have their debut set "signing off" on vinyl...the only real reggae album they did IMO....
also have Labour Of Love on cassette somewhere and a compilation...
at least a dozen singles (vinyl 7") from back in the day also....
their music has worn thin with me over the decades, im just not a fan at all...

that said, I still like "red red wine" and their version of "many rivers to cross".

yes, theyre still going, toured Australia around a year or so ago, got pretty good reviews also...

[bob_32_116]

I've got little interest in reggae covers of non-reggae songs, which appears to have mostly been UB40's schtick ever since they did "Red Red Wine." If I want reggae I'd rather go for the real deal - Bob Marley and so many other reggae artists who wrote their own songs, intended to be sung to a reggae beat.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

MIDNIGHT OIL "10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1" cd/vinyl 1982

career stats:
studio albums..................11
singles............................39

this album................#3 AU...#5 NZ...#178 US
singles:
"power and the passion".....#8 AU
"read about it"..................no chart action
"US forces"......................#20 AU

album #4 for 'the oils'....
each album of theirs has a theme running through it like a concept album...
this one's theme is nuclear disarmament...
at the time Garrett was part of a minor political group here called "nuclear disarmament party",
they used to have a thing about dumping of nuclear waste in Australia and didn't want American warships
docking at our ports if they contained nuclear missiles...
im sure bob_32 would remember them, and im pretty sure one or two members were actually elected to
our Federal Parliament in the early/mid 1980s...
back to the music...
I have one huge problem with these guys, and its the same problem I have with another Australian act
in INXS....and that is, I tend to either love or loathe their tracks from some reason and this one is no different...
he really does put 'power and passion' into his delivery of songs (pardon the pun), and when he does, even if you don't agree
with him politically, you do believe him whilst he's singing the songs....
as a matter of interest lead vocalist Peter Garrett has just released his first solo album, I posted the single off it on the forum a few
weeks ago...
he is also in the process of writing his autobiography which im sure will include parts from his decade in Federal politics here which
came to an end at the last ederal election a couple of months ago...
Midnight Oil are also reforming at the end of this year to possibly record their twelfth album and embark on a national tour...

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: outside world
best track: US forces

[video=youtube;SAFv2NEE-_c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAFv2NEE-_c[/video]

tracks:

1...outside world *
2...only the strong *
3...short memory ***
4...read about it ***
5...scream in blue *
6...U.S forces ***
7...power and the passion ***
8...Maralinga *
9...tin legs and tin mines **
10.somebody's trying to tell me something *

3s=4
2s=0
1s=6

rating: 1.8

[CRAZY-HORSE]

COUNTING CROWS "somewhere under wonderland" cd, 2014

career stats:
studio albums.......7
singles................20

this album.................#6 US...#27 AU...#10 CAN...#15 UK
singles:
"palisades park"..........no chart action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-tFkOBU1BQ
"scarecrow"................no chart action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01yIgOLUuns

Band's seventh and latest album and first since leaving Geffen Records...
I only have one other album by this alt rock/roots rock band from California...
that other one is okay, nothing great and I wouldn't have bothered getting any more but,
seeing as it was okay I bought this one when it hit the $5 discount bin....
just an average album no more, no less IMO...
and I wouldn't buy any more of their albums unless they also found their way into a discount bin...

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: Elvis went to Hollywood
best track: earthquake driver

[video=youtube;S0MxJmIv0JQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0MxJmIv0JQ[/video]

tracks:

1...palisades park **
2...earthquake driver **
3...dislocation **
4...God of ocean tides **
5...scarecrow **
6...Elvis went to Hollywood *
7...cover up the sun **
8...John Appleseed's lament *
9...possibility days **

3s=0
2s=7
1s=2

rating: 1.8

[CRAZY-HORSE]

THE WHITE STRIPES "the white stripes" cd, 1999.

career stats:
studio albums.........6
singles.................28

this album.................#158 UK
singles:
"the big three killed my baby"............no chart action

debut set from Jack and Meg White...
Meg bangs the drums and Jack plays everything else and sings,
same formula as their other album....
almost bluesy sound on this one....
I have all their albums, would have picked this one up as my final purchase
as I went back through their catalogue to complete the collection...
good job I didn't get this one first as i'd probably not have returned to them...
two covers on this one..."one more cup of coffee" (Bob Dylan) and a traditional folk song
"St James infirmary blues" which is also called "gamblers blues" on some occasions when others have recorded it...
terrible album IMO, lack of depth in the songs, his vocals, lyrics, you name it, its just not there...
even the tacks I like are scraping the bottom of the barrel...
I couldn't care less if I never heard this one ever again.!

worst track....pick one, any one, and youll probably hate it!
best track.....the big three killed my baby

[video=youtube;_EWbGyixvVg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EWbGyixvVg[/video]

tracks:

1...jimmy the exploder *
2...stop breaking down *
3...the big three killed my baby **
4...Suzy Lee *
5...sugar never tasted so good **
6...wasting my time *
7...cannon *
8...astro *
9...broken bricks **
10.when I hear my name *
11.do *
12.screwdriver *
13.one more cup of coffee **
14.little people *
15.slicker drips *
16.St.James infirmary blues **
17.i fought piranhas *

3s=0
2s=5
1s=12

rating: 1.3

[Music Head]

from the cd room



one man band
he must be fast to jump around all those instruments
only around for 3 albums
this is the debut
can't find anything I like on this spin

says Moby is in this clip
not sure if it's Dick or Grape

[video=youtube;AxGI68P_yk0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxGI68P_yk0[/video]