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What Are You Listening To?
from the cd room

[Image: 330px-Double_Wide_Uncle_Kracker.jpg]

Kid Rock sidekick
says he's the turntablist for the Kid
I always wanted to be a turntablist when I grew up
this is Uncle's debut album and his best selling of 5
it reached #6 here

this was the hit single

[video=youtube;0Gjx-ZQuQ_Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gjx-ZQuQ_Y[/video]

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bob_32_116 Wrote:^^ I have not heard of that band CH, I'll listen to the clip when I have a spare moment.

The King Gizzard album, irrespective of anything else, gets credit for the cleverness of the cover art. Tasmanians won't be happy though; Tassie has been left off the map once again.

Psychedelia seems back in fashion, at least here in Perth. There is a band called Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, who sound a bit like Tame Impala but even more spaced out.

I have four of their albums in total bob_32.....
I have to be in the mood to hear psychedelic music as a rule, I think theyre more eclectic than Tame Impala, not that theres anything wrong with Kevin Parker's material on the whole.
their second last one "paper mache dream balloon" was a more acoustic affair than the others...that one is my favourite of what I own.
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.


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bob_32_116 Wrote:Hmm, that's not a bad song from Silent Deeds. Better than most of what's on the current pop charts.

Nice to see some local looking landscape in a music video, too.

theyre a pretty good band....
only released one four track 'ep' so far....
the video was shot on the salt lake down Rockingham way from memory...
Silent Deeds haven't gigged in a few months so theyre probably due to do so as Corey likes playing live....
Corey is a sports scientist at East Perth Football Club, pretty sure he has some involvement with the Eagles in a limited capacity also.
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.


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bob_32_116 Wrote:Nice to see some local looking landscape in a music video, too.

Birds Of Tokyo also use mainly Perth and its surrounds for their music videos...
you can usually pick out places in and around Northbridge, Leederville etc as locations they use.
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.


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back to the Uncle Cracker album you posted MH....

my son had that one, I thought it was pretty good, loved that "follow me" single....
heard very little of him since that debut though.
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.


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[Image: 220px-Achtung_Baby.png]

U2 "achtug baby" cd, 1991

career stats:
studio albums..........13
singles....................58

this album..............#1 all over the planet!
singles:
"the fly".........................................#1 IRE.....#1 UK.....#1 AU...#61 US...#6 CAN
"mysterious ways"...........................#1 IRE....#13UK.....#3 AU....#9 US...#1 CAN
"one".............................................#1 IRE...#13 UK.....#4 AU...#10 US...#1 CAN
"even better than the real thing"........#3 IRE....#8 UK...#11 AU...#32 US...#3 CAN
"who's gonna ride your wild horses"...#4 IRE...#14 UK.....#9 AU...#35 US...#5 CAN

U2's seventh album...
their second biggest seller (18 million) after Joshua Tree....
starting to lose their original sound on this one....
more diverse, going almost dance/electronic on a couple of tracks...
"one" is my favourite on the album but MH posted that one a couple of pages back....
BTW, John Cash's version on one of his "American Recordings" albums is the equal to,
I not better than this original version....
hard call between our tracks here for best track, had to go or the horses one though...
typical of all U2 albums for me, several great tracks, but also an equal amount of duds,
that just the way their albums roll or me...
al up though, aired better than what I thought it would after all these years....

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: zoo station
best track: whos gonna ride your wild horses

[video=youtube;gF4GS9cSll4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF4GS9cSll4[/video]

tracks:

1...zoo station *
2...even better than the real thing **
3...one ***
4...until the end of the world **
5...who's gonna ride your wild horses ***
6...so cruel **
7...the fly *
8...mysterious ways ***
9...tryin' to throw your arms across the world ***
10.ultra violet *
11.acrobat *
12.love is blindness *

3s=4
2s=2
1s=5

rating: 1.9
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.


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Not sure if this artist fits here, but he seems to.

Glen Hansard - Bird of Sorrow

Man, I'm not usually into folky vocals yet this song is really tugging at my heartstrings. A lovely, simple, emotional song. Definitely recommend it.
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[Image: Nothing_But_A_Dream.jpg]

PAUL KELLY ".......nothing but a dream" cd, 2001

career stats:
studio albums.......20
singles.................53

this album..................#7 AU...#46 NZ
singles:
"love is the law".....................no chart action
"if I could start today again"....no chart action
"somewhere in the city"..........no chart action
"just about to break"..............no chart action

Paul's thirteenth studio album....
its Paul Kelly, its slightly folky, slightly quirky...
you either like him or you don't, me, I do....
guest appearances on this one from Renee Geyer, Bic Runga,
Vikki and Linda Bull and Bad Seeds' Mick Harvey...
you guys may not know who these artists are but bob_32 will...
four singles lifted off this one and my favourite track, and only great song
on the album wasn't one of them...WTF!
all up, not a bad album from Kelly, not anywhere near his best, but still pretty good...

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: just about to break
best track: midnight rain

[video=youtube;3GmggjVZf1U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GmggjVZf1U[/video]

tracks:

1...if I could start today again **
2...change your mind **
3...midnight rain ***
4...I close my eyes and think of you **
5...somewhere in the city **
6...just about to break *
7...love is the law *
8...the pretty place **
9...I wasted time **
10.would you be my friend? **
11.smoke under the bridge **

3s=1
2s=8
1s=2

rating: 1.9
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.


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I forgot to mention that my favourite track on the above album was co-written by Paul Kelly and Wendy Matthews (another artist bob_32 will know.)
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.


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I hadn't heard Midnight Rain - good song.

Several songs from that album are on the Songs From the South compilation, and they are OK songs but not his best.

Said compilation probably has just about everything I need from PK - great artist, but not someone of whom I need to have every release.
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