Latest CD purchases and listening to

[JohnKleeb]

I have three new CD's and another CD Ive been listening a lot to.
I got American Idiot by Green Day, both Rock Against Bush's, and Ive also been listening to Singers and Songwriters, a free CD that came with a British magazine my dad bought which has stuff like Joe Strummer doing in his own unique way singing Redemption Song, a Canadian Choir doing the Beach Boys' You're so Good to me, or Gram Parsons' version of Wild Horses. So it's been a mix for me, some punk, some classic sounding rock, and some altern country.

[bo44]

1. Anthony Hamilton

Love the song titled Cornbread, Fish and Collard Greens.

[Syrinx]

2. hey John!

If you dig "alt-country" check out, if haven't yet, Lucinda Williams, Shelby Lynne and Kasey Chambers. Kasey has a brand new album out that I haven't heard yet, but her earlier stuff, I think, is very good.

[JohnKleeb]

3. Lucinda Williams?

I believe my dad is a fan. I actually like it, and there was a time where I swore I didn't like any country music, then I realized, it's the Toby Keiths, Garth Brooks, etc of the business that suck, I really can't believe that "Wild Horses" is originally a Stones song, my dad told me that Parsons was a friend of Jagger and Richards, and ironically enough while we were in lab today, my teacher put on music and it was the stones version, I really am digging all this new music now though, still listening to my old stuff.

[Syrinx]

6. yeah Lucinda is great

But I do have a thing for female singer/songwriters. I love Aimee Mann too, and she's certainly not "country." What's her name, Ani Difranco, I sort of like her, though she can be pretentious sometimes.

[JohnKleeb]

8. I believe my dad has this Brian Wilson DVD

with Aimee Mann and Sean Penn's brother singing a Wilson song. Some of my music choice is from my dad's infleunce but my recent listening to like the rock against Bush stuff has been by friends. So I guess music is influenced by what you're around, :shrug: another reason why Freud was full of crap, heh I went from music to psychology, I am such a nerd.

[tuvor]

7. Get a hold of Lone Justice's first album for great alt-country

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000OXU/qid=1096436624/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/103-3843676-0840635?v=glance&s=music&n=507846

Click on the samples, they're all there, and they're all worth listening to.

[JohnKleeb]

10. thank ya

[Syrinx]

12. is that one...

That has "Soap, Soup and Salvation" and "Don't Toss Us Away" on it? If so, I love that album.

[tuvor]

18. You got it.

Just reading that Maria McKee was named best female vocalist in Rolling Stone in 1985 for this album.

Got to see her live, solo, when she was touring for Life is Sweet, about 1996. I prefer the LJ stuff, but that voice was great.

[Syrinx]

22. she was quite a beauty too

If I recall correctly, last time I saw her, she had gotten way overweight. I hope she's slimmed down, or that my memory is playing tricks on me.

[bloodyjack]

4. alt country, eh?

You should check out the Silver Jews. Namely, "Natural Bridge" and "American Water" and "Bright Flight." The lyrics are FAIRLY brilliant and QUIRKY and at times even SENTIMENTAL, and the songwriting is pretty straightforward too.

Edit: I could post some lyrics if you'd like.

[JohnKleeb]

9. I'd do that but I am like umployed

[bloodyjack]

11. >>>>FILESHARING<<<<

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o

[JohnKleeb]

13. hah lemme get the sound to work

:D. I'll sample em when I get sound workin and report back.

[bloodyjack]

16. eXXXcellent

:thumbsup:

[JohnKleeb]

17. that new limewire rocks

heh I only have 591 MP3s on my playlist and need I say that some of those are speeches.

[bloodyjack]

20. i have to use soulseek myself

Blasted university network firewall.

But when I'm at home it's emule 2 the MAX

[LiviaOlivia]

5. New to my pile of CD's

New remaster of Jeff Buckley's "Grace" and "Animal Folk Songs for Children and Other People" by Mike, Peggy and a whole bunch of Seegers.

Both are wonderful..

[tuvor]

14. New Hives: Tyrannosaurus Hives

Really good album.

[JohnKleeb]

15. Ive heard some of that and was impressed

[scottcsmith]

19. Last purchase; Keane

"Hopes and Dreams" by Keane.

Listening to right now: OMD, The Smiths, etc.

[bloodyjack]

21. which Smiths album?

The Smiths are the best

[scottcsmith]

24. I think it's a singles collection

I have my media player loaded up with a few hundred songs, stuff from Echo & The Bunnymen, Morrissey, Cure, Depeche Mode, Smiths, OMD, U2, Tears for Fears, Alphaville, Erasure, New Order, Joy Division, Siouxsie, Wolfsheim, plus assorted non-"modern rock" groups.

[donheld]

23. k d lang, Jamie Cullum, Keb mo

k d lang - Hymns of the 49th Parallel
Jamie Cullum - twentysomething
Keb Mo - Keep It Simple

[madrchsod]

25. green day ,

ray charles, and i`m getting rock against bush

[Forkboy]

26. New discs that have come my way lately

Old Man Gloom - Christmas
Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro
A Murder of Angels - In The Air
Bee and Flower - What's Mine Is Yours
Melvins - Pigs of the Roman Empire
Hydrahead Compilation (Hydrahead is a record label)
Mastodon - Leviathan
Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First

and the best CD of the year for me,hands downs;

Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm

[Empathelle]

27. Everyone should check out

Caetano Veloso.

He's the Bob Dylan of Brazil. He invented their genre, Tropicalia. He did a cameo in "Habla Con Ella". Portuguese is so beautiful.