Times change, and musical tastes change so.... what has everybody been listening to since we last had this discussion?

The All-Stars - I Only Wear Chucks!
Not Before Noon - Patience and Angles
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Demos
Radiohead - live recordings of new songs from Portugal
Tait - Empty
Oasis - Heathen Chemistry
U2 - 1980-1990: More B-sides
Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek
Bob Dylan - Another Side of Bob Dylan
the Counting Crows - Hard Candy
Jimmy Eat World - Jimmy Eat World
Verde - Say Good Morning
John Mayer - Room for Squares
De Novo Dahl - three song sampler

I don't consider myself "into" music anymore. I, in fact, have been listening to the same CDs for way too long.....and I'm perfectly content.

But, just to add to the thread,
the Features and Fluid Ounces (anything and everything)
the Beatles (Help! and up)
R.E.M. (anything)
the Minutemen (Double Nickels on the Dime)
Flaming Lips (Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi)

well, here's what i've been listening to lately:

1. "stranded" by roxy music
2. "make the cowboy robots cry" by beachwood sparks
3. a fucking awesome features mix cd
4. "innocence and despair" by the langley schools music project
5. "yoshimi battles the pink robots" by the flaming lips

that about does it......

(Edited by ray davies at 3:52 pm on Sep. 2, 2002)

I recently stripped myself of the stuff that I normally listen to so that I could broaden my tastes, so lately I have been listening to....

The La's-The La's
Coldplay-Parachutes
Travis-The Man Who
Verve-Urban Hymns
Talking Heads-Talking Heads 77
My awesome homemade Features CD
REM-Life's Rich Pagaent

and of course...

Oasis-Heathen Chemistry

wow, i have been listening to that quite a bit recently as well. "dont worry about the government" is brilliant. it's my favorite song on the album.

I just re-did my Car CDs and I had to take out The La's since it was starting to dominate (hey, at least my method is working). I'm still learning about the wide world of Talking Heads' albums, but so far the class is very entertaining.

you should definitely get "remain in light", "fear of music", and "more songs about buildings and food". however, my personal favorite is "talking heads 77". basically, everyone needs a little talking heads in their collection.

"i'm not 'into' music anymore"
look captain elitist . . . .

one beat - sleater kinney
hard candy - counting crows
bjork
howie day

Sorry. That didn't come out right.

Not long ago, I'd have had a list very long of the things I'd been listening to, and it would've been markedly different from the time I'd made a list before.

All I meantersay is that it's not like that anymore, and I've been listening to the same 10 CDs now for months and months and months. Please don't take it as elitism, it's just a report.

I've been listening to a bunch of crap and disposable music. Just music that's on just to be on. Not paying to much attention.

I now own the entire Ben Folds Five (and solo Ben Folds including Fear of Pop) catalog. And it is amazing.

Zero 7-Simple Things
Mellow- Another Mellow Spring
The Blake Babies- God Bless The Blake Babies
Supergrass- I Should Coco
The Beatles- Abbey Road and Revolver
All of my MP3s on random
Character- A Flashing of Knives and Green Water
Air- Premiers Symptoms

Where on the internet can such things be had? I arrive at the broadband connection later this week and need to find me some of this action...

Will

Good to see you've come around to being a "true" fan now, Ray!

kidding of course...

Will

Of course it is.

Kops and Rubber Sled... amazing stuff.

Will

I just got White Blood Cells, the Modern Age EP and the Hard to Explain US Single, and I'm digging it all...

Will

about the elitist thing...i was just kidding...
all i really meant by that was, "why dontcha do right, like some other men doooooooo?"

White Blood Cells is, of course, really good but if you don't own De Stijl yet, get it soon. Maybe I'm just a sucker for the blues-groove that the Whites were in on that album, it's really good. Their cover of "Your Southern Can Is Mine" is awesome....must....listen...to it....soon...can't keep up with this...."new" music system....

And what I meant to say was,
"We love to see you smile"

lately it's been mansun, suede, blur, and a dash of stone roses for me- of course there have been a few features mp3s in the mix of things as well (representing american music).

Its funny, I used to wonder what the big deal was with The Stripes. I really didn't get into Fell in Love with a Girl. But before the attic show they played the whole album and I really dug it and when Fell in Love with a Girl came on I was like "oh, THIS is what the big deal was."

Great stuff. I intend to get it all.

Will

lately i've been listening to....


pavement (my favorite band): terror twilight
belle and sebastian: storytelling
pink floyd: saucerful of secrets
blondie: best of
peter gabriel: peter gabriel (3rd)

wow, i am amazed to find someone else who also shares a fondness for pavement. i absolutely love pavement. i think they were the best band of the 90's and one of the most consistent artists in term of quality.

you also like solo peter gabriel? wow, i just might have found a kindred spirit. the third peter gabriel album is perfect. it's a true masterpiece.

welcome aboard, spiral stairs. keep posting.

(Edited by ray davies at 11:47 pm on Sep. 3, 2002)

Ray, I'm a massive Pavement fan! I'm sure that has come out before.

Funny, I hadn't pegged you to be such, somehow. Cool. Why the surprise though, I find Pavement fans with some regularity.

Will

As of now....
The Northern Lights-unnamed demos
Sunvolt-Trace
Elvis Costello-the whole catalogue
Old 97's-Fight Songs
Whiskeytown-Faitheless Street
R.E.M.-New Adventures in High Fi (very under-rated record)
Jayhawks- Sound of Lies

I am feeling a little more of the Americana lately... must be the meloncholy.

REM's best in fact. Anyone with me?



Hey, stop throwing things!

Will

I am by no means an REM expert but out of the three that I have (Life's Rich Pagaent, New Adventures, and Monster) I like Life's Rich Pagaent the best. Of course I still need to listen to New Adventures more...

right now im listening to a congratulations, you finally got a job compilation cd a friend made for me which includes pere ubu, wire, magazine, david bowie, big star, celebrity skin to name a few.

and i'm still listening to heart like a mad woman.

love is in the air.

~sina sugarsick

I didnt notice your love of pavement before, Wiyum. sorry to leave you out.

The only song by Pavement that I know is "Cut Your Hair" and that's only because it was on the Very Brady Sequel soundtrack (my 2nd fave movie of all time). Any suggestions for downloading?

And as for Peter Gabriel, he did have some cool hair in the 80s before he freakin went all new age and chopped it all off. "In Your Eyes" and "Sledgehammer" were good, but who could not agree with me that "Steam" and "Big Time" freakin' rock! "Steam"....it just makes me chuckle to think of Peter Gabriel in a rollickin' spa with supermodels falling all over him...lol...

well when it comes to pavement just about any song is good

however, he's a nice selection of songs to choose from:

1. Spit on a stranger
2. We Dance
3. Rattled by the rush
4. Shady Lane
5. Cut your hair
6. Range Life
7. Stereo
8. Grounded
9. Serpentine Pad
10. Gold Soundz
11. Major Leagues
12. Embassy Row
13. Shoot the singer
14. Summer Babe

I would make a mix tape of these songs in this order to give my friends as an introduction to pavement. It always gets the job done. they always come back screaming for more.

Thank you. As soon as I reach the homestead I will take these from Kazaa and begin yet another lesson in the Big Book O Music.

It's time to get some new R.E.M. albums, Digsy. All of them are good, but personally I couldn't be alive without 'Automatic For The People'.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 8:35 pm on Sep. 4, 2002)

I have a burned CD with about 20 songs (singles) on it and it's a mighty good CD. Of course if music was a new country, then IWantElvis owns the territory in our group and I'm just an indentured servant. Who says I learn nothing in history?

being the master of pavement knowledge, i must say congratulations to ray davies for coming up with a very nice sampler of pavement material. but i only have one problem....where's "carrot rope", ray? ....but i'm glad you included "grounded" because that song kicks ass.

(Edited by spiral stairs at 3:49 pm on Sep. 4, 2002)

glad it met your approval, spiral. i only aim to please.

Excellent mix, Ray! I'm keeping track of this list for making mix tapes of my own...

However, I'll throw in "Starlings of the Slipstream" and "Carrot Rope."

And "Unseen Power of the Picket Fence" and "Harness Your Hopes."

And for good measure, "Jenny and the Ess Dog" by Malkmus.

Yeah. Those 19 songs are it...

Will

that's the greatest compliment i have ever recieved. thank you, wiyum.

You're welcome.

Ray Davies and mix tapes: not only a guilty pleasure, but an art as well.

Will

is it wrong that i'm really enjoying the new queens of the stone age cd??

I like them. I can't really put my finger on it though. It may have to do with my status as an ex-stoner and my adoration of The Screaming Trees and Failure.