What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

Something is bugging me about your Oasis posts MH....

Just an observation mate but.....
Shouldn't they be in alternative instead of pop??

[Music Head]

Something is bugging me about your Oasis posts MH....

Just an observation mate but.....
Shouldn't they be in alternative instead of pop??

totally agree
I screwed up on the first one
went to post the second one in Alt and couldn't find the first one
I said wtf?
then I found it and said wtf? what an idiot
I was too lazy to move it
sorry

[CRAZY-HORSE]

LOL, I thought so.....

Liam will be around to see you soon....

[Music Head]

Recording History

studio albums - 4
live albums - 1
ep's - 1
singles - 21

AMA Awards - 5
Billboard Awards - 6
Brit Awards - 1
MTV Awards - 5

from my library (cd)



Producer:

2nd studio album - #9 US, #11 UK, #11 AUS, #6 CAN
singles - I Kissed A Girl - #1 US, #1 UK, #1 AUS, #1 CAN
.............Hot n Cold - #3 US, #4 UK, #4 AUS, #1 CAN
.............Thinking Of You - #29 US, #27 UK, #34 AUS, #24 CAN
.............Waking Up In Vegas - #9 US, #19 UK, #11 AUS, #2 CAN

I just listened to my first Katy Perry album. I'm so proud. Surprised to find this in the Wal-Mart discount bin for $5. I was holding out for a
best of set, which has to be due. A lot of Perry haters out there, just like Taylor. The girls have some talent, both in the studio and as
performers. Even a bigger talent when they write their own material. This is Katy's second album. Her first was released seven years prior to
this and never sold a lick. I Kissed A Boy took her to the top of the genre. Went to #1 in the ony countries that matter. Not crazy about that
song but I did find 2 I love off of here. This is her second best selling album of her four. I wouldn't mind filling in my Katy Perry collection
rather than waiting for that best of set.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Thinking Of You
Best Track - Hot n Cold

[video=youtube;kTHNpusq654]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTHNpusq654[/video]

Track Listing

1. One of the Boys **
2. I Kissed a Girl **
3. Waking Up in Vegas **
4. Thinking of You **
5. Mannequin **
6. Ur So Gay ***
7. Hot N Cold ***
8. If You Can Afford Me **
9. Lost **
10. Self Inflicted **
11. I'm Still Breathing **
12. Fingerprints **

3's - 2
2's - 10
1's - 0

grade - 2.2 of 3.0
allmusic - 2.0 of 5.0

[CRAZY-HORSE]

I only have one also...the one before Prism which would probably score about the same as yours....

[geeeaidan]

I'm still loving this acoustic performance from The Scheme.. This is an acoustic version of 'Somebody Elses Perfect' and they just cover it so well... Check it out it's awesome

[video=youtube;qTqMOMG88Dk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTqMOMG88Dk[/video]

[CRAZY-HORSE]

BEN FOLDS "the best imitation of myself-a retrospective" cd,2011.

disc #1.

North Carolina born Folds released his first album with the Ben Folds Five back in 1996 and since then has released ten studio albums, and several live sets.
he has never bothered the UK/US charts very much, scoring several minor placings in both the albums and singles charts...his highest placing single in the US was "landed" reaching a peak of #77 there,but has had several top 20 albums there, he has never cracked the top 30 in the UK with any release...but here in Australia he has had numerous top 20 albums and a couple of top 10 hits in "brick" and "rockin the suburbs"...his success here with albums and live performances probably had something to do with his decision to move here around six or seven years ago.
his music is primarily piano based alternative pop, whilst some songs are serious in nature, others are quite satirical and sarcastic...add to that the odd bit of explicit language and you have an artist who does not get much radio play,thus the reason why he just doesnt sell records IMO.
i dont own any other BF albums but have enjoyed listening to him perform on TV over the last three decades...having no other albums i thought this would be a good introduction to his music as it is spread over three discs, the first(this one) contains his singles, the second contains 21 live tracks, and the third contains 22 b-sides/rarities, so for the price of a single disc you get 61 career spanning tracks in this anthology
i have only played the disc posted here and my only concern with it is that for a 'best of' disc it doesnt score as high as it probably should...makes me also think that if this best of set rates very average....just how bad is the rest of not only this album but his studio albums also!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: gracie
best track: brick

tracks:

1. brick ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt5EHAqhR1c&ob=av2e vevo video
2. annie watts *
3. philosophy **
Ben Folds Five - Philosophy (Live on Jools Holland) - YouTube live
4. underground **
Underground (Live) by Ben Folds Five - YouTube live
5. landed *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vPygzPSg8M&ob=av2e audio
6. one angry dwarf & 200 solemn faces **
One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces Ben Folds Five Live - YouTube live
7. dont change your plans **
8. the luckiest **
9. smoke **
10.rockin the suburbs **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34u_3Z9_LUw&ob=av2e vevo video
11.kate **
12. gracie *
13.still fighting it **
14.you dont know me (featuring Regina Spector) ***
Ben Folds & Regina Spektor - You Don't Know Me (Rehearsal for Conan O'Brien) - YouTube live
15.theres always someone cooler than you ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxkM_cnjFfw audio
16.still *
17.from above **
18.house **

3s=3
2s=11
1s=4

rating: 1.9

[CRAZY-HORSE]

BEN FOLDS "the best imitation of myself-a restrospective" cd, 2011

disc #2.

the second disc in this retrospective/anthology set by Ben folds is a live disc...
its tracks from live shows recorded over his career until the mid 00's...
the problem i have with live discs like this one(not a show but snippets) is that is patchy...
the songs are okay, but i dont like a second or two silence between tracks and fade out-fade in applause for each track...
again, i dont score live disce, i either loathe,like or love them...
this one as a whole...i dont like it, but as individual tracks its ok,
so going against my policy this one gets a score of 1.65 purely for the like/dislike approach to it in order to give a final score for this triple set after the next post.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

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BEN FOLDS "the best imitation of myself-a retrospective" cd, 2011

disc #3

the third disc in this boxset contains demo versions of songs, b-sides of singles and a couple of previously unreleased tracks...
as i dont really know much about his previous albums i have no idea how these versions compare to the original official releases so i can only score
on the basis of these ones...
the guys has very good tongue-in-cheek lyrics IMO, his melodies are often restricted and sound similar over all these discs, and his voice rarely changes
tone or octave...which can be monotonous and boring sometimes...
getting back to his tongue-in-cheek lyrics, listen to "dr.dre...bitches aint shit" where he literally takes the piss out of rap music and their stereotypical lyrics.
i actually hear sounds similar to some of Tim Finn's on some tracks, not sure if Ben was influenced by the Finn Brothers/Split Enz but there is a distinct similarity there...
at least the tracks on this disc have a bit more variation than the first two discs...

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: boxing
best track: rock star

tracks:

1. unrelated **
2. best imitation of myself **
3. boxer *
4. julianne **
5. rocky **
6. evaporated **
7. alice childress(long version) **
8. alice childress(short version) **
9. barry brown **
10.amelia birght **
11.tell me what i did **
12.rock star ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2fi_gLHAPc audio
13.losing lisa **
14.break up at food camp *
15.wandering **
16.hiro's song ***
17.the secret life of morgan davis ***
18.such great heights *
19.Dr.Dre....bitches aint shit ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjFRy8jQ_0U audio
20.time *
21.sleazy **
22.because the origami **
23.stumblin' home winter blues **

3s= 4
2s= 16
1s= 3

rating: 2.1

each disc rating:

disc #1......1.9

disc #2......1.65

disc #3......2.1

overall rating for the three discs........1.9

[geeeaidan]

Still loving this one from Natascha Hagen.. Its available as a free download on her site as well :biggrin:

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