What are you listening to? The world really needs to know. #7

[PhillyDave]

Here's a classic from Johnny Cash I forgot about. Heard it in the trailer for the movie "Killing Them Softly". The movie looks good too, based on the novel Cogan's Trade by George V. Higgins.

p.s. The movie is good, very good.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

I wore that Whigs CD out. Figuratively. It still plays fine. I was exaggerating for effect, to show how much I listened to that CD.

Did I over explain that?

Early contender for my favourite album of 2016:

 

[hoochmonkey9]

 

[mjp]

That's crazy, we just listened to Stand! two nights ago.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

This Traffic stuff could be fun.

 

[d gray]

man, what a flame-out genius that sly guy was...

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Hey, he's still flamming out. Every time he announces a show, there's odds in Vegas about whether he'll show or not. And no, I'm not joking.

 

[mjp]

When I listen to some of those Sly and the Family Stone records I can't help thinking (over and over again), "This is some real fuck you music!" and I like that. You just know the other people in the studio were wondering what the hell was happening during most of it. It's like nothing else. It's perfect.

 

[Faramir]

You'll Never Walk Alone - Liverpool vs Borussia Dortmund - April 14th 2016

 

[Johannes]

 

[PhillyDave]

Heard this yesterday on "Highs in the 70's, punk rock Thursday edition". And Green Day got into the RnR Hall of Fame, but these guys haven't?!


and this is a favorite too.

 

[mjp]

Tommy Ramone!

I'll never get used to seeing film of them playing in front of huge audiences...

 

[Johannes]

The riff of this song (Havana Affair) is killer!

I love the fact that Joeys voice sounds very Pop in certain songs, almost like the Beach Boys or something at times, while simultaneously they look like this ultra tough New York street gang and blast out this huge wall of sound which only takes about two minutes a piece. What a combination.

The Ramones fucking rock.

 

[dirt and sun]

When I listen to some of those Sly and the Family Stone records I can't help thinking (over and over again), "This is some real fuck you music!" and I like that. You just know the other people in the studio were wondering what the hell was happening during most of it. It's like nothing else. It's perfect.

I get that same feeling from Gil Scott-Heron & Parliament/Funkadelic.

And speaking of Gil...

 

[mjp]

I love the fact that Joeys voice sounds very Pop in certain songs, almost like the Beach Boys or something at times...

They always said that they set out to make pop music. It just came out the way it came out.

 

[David]

This plunged me back into memories of San Fernando Valley where my cousins lived...
Ventura Blvd. was known when I was a child for the famous "low riders"...There is a guitar line at one point which sounds like it's taken from a Beatles song but it escapes me which one...

 

[d gray]

 

[mjp]

The new P.J. Harvey arrived on Friday.

 

[PhillyDave]

Man, I like her. & always a little odd & a lot sexy.


AND

 

[d gray]

a friend took me to see him last nite in toronto. never heard of him or anything by him but it was a good show,

MAJOR hipster turnout. beards, collar shirts and well groomed hair. man did i feel old...

the opening act was the guitarist and chick from his band called tess and dave. they were great.

 

[PhillyDave]

yeah, that hipster shit's annoying when alls yr trying to do is enjoy the show and the dude next to you is drinking his craft beers smoking French cigs wearing a Doctor Who shirt with a super manicured beard and a man-bun or broni-tail. FJM is good.

 

[d gray]

sounds like you were there too...

i think i spotted will s. burg there too but can't be sure. his huge PBR tallboy was blocking his face most of the show...

 

[PhillyDave]

Was he like 6'4" & skinny with a REALLY cute, REALLY short girlfriend with oversized Buddy Holly glasses? I think I saw them there as well.

 

[dirt and sun]

i think i spotted will s. burg there too but can't be sure. his huge PBR tallboy was blocking his face most of the show...

Nothin' says fashion like PBR-fueled beer shits!

 

[hoochmonkey9]

Thinking of an old friend gone tonight. This is for him.

 

[Black Swan]

for Jan

 

[Skygazer]

In anticipation of Mr Frankie Valli's 82nd birthday coming up May 3rd (hopefully!) a couple of favourites:

 

[Johannes]

In one of music historys weirdest loops it emitted a 23-year-old from Vienna who out of the blue created a character (more fact than fiction, no doubt, tho always tongue in cheek) that in essence represented cocaine-induced-megalomania and did a song to a funk beat "rapping" in a weird mixture of Austrian slang and English in a time when Rap barely existed yet (1981). The gist of his "rap" is basically "Fuck the police, I'm doing cocaine!" in what can only be described as one of the shittiest music videos ever.

This 23-year-old would then go one to become the first German-speaking-Artist ever to break into the US-charts Nr. 1 with an equally weird song.

Then and now, watching this, you have to pause for a moment of deep introspection to seriously put forth the question: What. The. Fuck?

 

[Skygazer]

A gorgeous song almost murdered to death here, boat and shark in the background strangely mesmerising

 

[PhillyDave]

could be in the shits & giggles thread but... did u know this tune is about an acid trip?