What Are You Listening To?

[Jerome]

My favourite of hers - http://youtu.be/3NAjff_2cB4

[Jerome]

Music for Films
Music for Airports
Apollo - Atmospheres & Soundtracks

All courtesy of egghead Eno

For some this is 'elevator music' - for me it is total escape. (from what I'm not too sure, but escape nevertheless)

[Music Head]

Music for Films
Music for Airports
Apollo - Atmospheres & Soundtracks

All courtesy of egghead Eno

For some this is 'elevator music' - for me it is total escape. (from what I'm not too sure, but escape nevertheless)

sort of thought you were an Enohead, maybe from a previous post.
you see he's got a new one out this week.
haven't read anything about it though, you?

Eno's albums were always a little too out there for me
Being a normal guy and all.

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



This album is titled with the bands name on the cover. If it's good enough for Neil.....Shows as Neils 16th album. Didn't do too well here at #75, nor in the homeland at #42. Didn't know that most of these songs were recorded from two different live concert appearances. This album would be the last of his five with Geffen Records, where he did not have a good relationship. One of Neils worst selling albums, but I can think of many worse. A good mix up here of rockers and ballads, with topics varying as well, politics, love, career. Love four tracks here with one bomb of Too Lonely. Neil's been around long enough to allow a bomb occasionally.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Too Lonely

Best Track - Long Walk Home

If you see Liberty tell her I will
Buy her windows on the hill
Laud her flowers on the sill
Till they grow higher and higher.

If Liberty was a little girl
Watching all the flags unfurl
Standing at the big parade
How would she like us now?

We balance the power
From hour to hour
Giant guns rage
It's such a long walk home
It's such a long walk home
It's such a long walk home.

From Vietnam to old Beirut
If we are searching for the truth
Why do we feel that double-edged blade
Cutting through our hand?

America, America
Where have we gone?
It's such a long walk home
It's such a long walk home
It's such a long walk home.

We balance the power
From hour to hour
Giant guns rage
It's such a long walk home
It's such a long walk home
It's such a long walk home.

1) Mideast Vacation ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPVHE0ip0fk
2) Long Walk Home ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csraH3H5yzQ
3) Around The World **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ4E38IKosU
4) Inca Queen **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNos0A5s0uQ
5) Too Lonely *
6) Prisoners Of Rock 'N' Roll **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1N_Lp6s5uo
7) Cryin' Eyes **
8) When Your Lonely Heart Breaks ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4p0LfSG0Wo
9) We Never Danced ***

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

Grade - 2.3

[Jerome]

sort of thought you were an Enohead, maybe from a previous post.
you see he's got a new one out this week.
haven't read anything about it though, you?

Eno's albums were always a little too out there for me
Being a normal guy and all.

Didn't know he had a new one out - thx for the tip. Yes I confess, at times I am a pure egghead (translated - wishy washy cosmic nonsense). But I prefer it when it is combined with more conventional instruments. The problem with ambient music is that someone can record a fart with loads of reverb and echo and let it fade away over period of er, let's say 30 or 40 minutes, and then give it some mystical name or call it opus No 72 or something and no-one would be any the wiser. It does not need a key or a structure or form which allows 'artists' to get away with anything. When it is used as a backdrop to a more familiar/conventional structure it can be very effective. Mr Wakeman comes to mind here. (Think of the abstract keyboard passages on 'Tales from Topographic Oceans').

[Music Head]

Didn't know he had a new one out - thx for the tip. Yes I confess, at times I am a pure egghead (translated - wishy washy cosmic nonsense). But I prefer it when it is combined with more conventional instruments. The problem with ambient music is that someone can record a fart with loads of reverb and echo and let it fade away over period of er, let's say 30 or 40 minutes, and then give it some mystical name or call it opus No 72 or something and no-one would be any the wiser. It does not need a key or a structure or form which allows 'artists' to get away with anything. When it is used as a backdrop to a more familiar/conventional structure it can be very effective. Mr Wakeman comes to mind here. (Think of the abstract keyboard passages on 'Tales from Topographic Oceans').

good example
speaking of..................What do you think of Six Wives of that Henry guy

[CRAZY-HORSE]

from my library (vinyl)



This album is titled with the bands name on the cover. If it's good enough for Neil.....Shows as Neils 16th album. Didn't do too well here at #75, nor in the homeland at #42. Didn't know that most of these songs were recorded from two different live concert appearances. This album would be the last of his five with Geffen Records, where he did not have a good relationship. One of Neils worst selling albums, but I can think of many worse. A good mix up here of rockers and ballads, with topics varying as well, politics, love, career. Love four tracks here with one bomb of Too Lonely. Neil's been around long enough to allow a bomb occasionally.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Too Lonely

Best Track - Long Walk Home

If you see Liberty tell her I will
Buy her windows on the hill
Laud her flowers on the sill
Till they grow higher and higher.

If Liberty was a little girl
Watching all the flags unfurl
Standing at the big parade
How would she like us now?

We balance the power
From hour to hour
Giant guns rage
It's such a long walk home
It's such a long walk home
It's such a long walk home.

From Vietnam to old Beirut
If we are searching for the truth
Why do we feel that double-edged blade
Cutting through our hand?

America, America
Where have we gone?
It's such a long walk home
It's such a long walk home
It's such a long walk home.

We balance the power
From hour to hour
Giant guns rage
It's such a long walk home
It's such a long walk home
It's such a long walk home.

1) Mideast Vacation ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPVHE0ip0fk
2) Long Walk Home ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csraH3H5yzQ
3) Around The World **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ4E38IKosU
4) Inca Queen **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNos0A5s0uQ
5) Too Lonely *
6) Prisoners Of Rock 'N' Roll **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1N_Lp6s5uo
7) Cryin' Eyes **
8) When Your Lonely Heart Breaks ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4p0LfSG0Wo
9) We Never Danced ***

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

Grade - 2.3

wow!
we are definately out of sync on this one MH, i only rate it 1.5????..Mr.Soul will be pleased with your score!

but at least we both agree on the favourite track.

[Jerome]

good example
speaking of..................What do you think of Six Wives of that Henry guy

Love that album, White Rock & Journey.
A Criminal Record is another great one.

[MoJoRaven]

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Rival Sons: Pressure & Time (Release June 2011)

All Over the Road
Young Love
Pressure and Time
Only One
Get Mine
Burn Down Los Angeles
Save Me
Gypsy Heart
White Noise
Face of Light

Rival Sons: fairly new and mostly unknown but the buzz is that's changing. They are most often compared to Led Zeppelin - even being referred to as "The New Led Zeppelin"; laughable in my opinion. Who can live up to perfection? - but I do hear the influence and they are certainly in the return-to-classic rock arena. The lead singer, Jay Buchanan, is compared to Jim Morrison; I think this is much more of a personal dream than it is reality. Again, who can live up to perfection?

I have only listened to Pressure & Time once but I do like it enough to give it some attention. Stand out track so far is Pressure & Time (you can check it out on youtube).

I purchased the EP (Jan 2011):

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Get What’s Coming
Torture
Radio
Sacred Tongue
Sleepwalker
Soul

and their first full length record: Before The Fire (2009):


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Tell Me Something
Lucky Girl
Memphis Sun
Angel
Pocketful of Stones
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Pleasant Return
On My Way
I Want More
Flames of Lanka
Nanda-Nandana

I think I was equally offended by and morbidly curious about the bold comparisons and just had to get alone with these guys to get myself sorted. Rival Sons have my attention as a potentially decent new (old) rock band and I do like some of what I hear but the jury's still out...

[Tiggi]

A 1988 album from an artist whose career goes back to 1971.

This is a gentle set of songs themed around love. She apparently dabbled in New Age music, and there's a hint of that on this record, but for the most part the obvious signpost would be Kate Bush for me, although Claire's voice is a touch deeper than Kate's.

Haven't played this one for ages, but it's a good enough effort.


AllMusic 3+/5 stars.