Crowded House - Fall At Your Feet
(Jun 30, 2010 - 07:12) | Nice metaphor, but I would use it with something else. This song is great.
Shimmer wrote:Pretty, but bland. Like the sample photos that come with picture frames.
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U2 - The Ground Beneath Her Feet
(Mar 18, 2010 - 12:48) |
No, it's cool. Did he talk about the dope he was taking too?
boober wrote:When this album came out....someone asked Lance Armstrong what music he was training to....he said this album.Useless trivia.
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Telepopmusik - Breathe
(Jan 18, 2010 - 12:31) | Yep, gracefully done.
greyfin10 wrote:The whole album is interesting... with sound bytes interspersed in it from a documentary on Einstein's brain. Love Angela McCluskey's vocals, and they are even better on Yesterday is a Lie. The way they open it is very much the way Pearl Jam opens Black... they go lo-fi, meant to sound like its a torch-song out of an old black and white movie... and then it kicks in full stereo. Cheap trick, but it works for me every time ;)
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Xavier Rudd - Home
(Jan 16, 2010 - 16:32) | It's funny how it works. I sent this on the LCR more than a year ago. Thought it was a marvel, a gem of a little song. Now hearing this for the first time on the main channel, while having supper with the kids, the only words that came to them were : this is beautiful, dad..
I smiled. You are right ambrebalte..
ambrebalte wrote:god this is beautiful...
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Brandi Carlile - The Story
(Nov 11, 2009 - 14:45) | Gawd, my upload, added more than a year and a half spent on the LRC limbo... finally...
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Doves - Jetstream
(Jun 23, 2009 - 05:41) | It's one of the best britpop albums I have ever heard! Teen music with adult content in perfect balance!
Pyro wrote:the more I listen, the more I like....
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Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
(Jun 20, 2009 - 16:42) | Me just found out what is it that I like about it : starts as classical piano, then changes to Blues and evloves to Prog. All in a matter of seconds. This is good.
radiojunkie wrote:I don't know why, but I've never liked this track. Love the rest of the album, love lots of other Tull, but this grates on me.
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Sonny Landreth - Broken Hearted Road
(Jun 20, 2009 - 03:27) | Weird : I thought from the first bar It was a version of "In the Cage" or a band covering Genesis. How far was I off the mark!
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Doves - The Greatest Denier
(Jun 15, 2009 - 06:46) | Sorry to sound old fashioned, but the production on this album is so fantastic, there is no way a compressed format can give back all the intensity. A true work of love and one of the recent records that deserve full home system CD listening. But that's only advice, that you (we) enjoy it is the main thing, right?
keller1 wrote:Very occasionally it's worth buying the whole CD. This is one of those occasions.
Solid from beginning to end.
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Doves - Lifelines
(Jun 10, 2009 - 16:40) | I'm with you, excellent album. The production is great, good songcraft, good playing. Very inspired and inspiring.
westslope wrote:Downloaded the entire CD thanks to air-miles. Yes, this track is weaker but overall the CD rocks! If this is "weak" I'm happy!
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Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime
(Jun 08, 2009 - 04:04) | Watch out with the acid, Bro. Look what it did to that guy!
Hannio wrote:I was with a friend when this song came on the radio just as the acid started to come on strong. We thought for sure we had entered Bizarro world or something.
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Patty Griffin - Burgundy Shoes
(Apr 30, 2009 - 08:31) | cc_rider wrote:An 8? I gave Patty Griffin an 8?! What was I thinking? Solid 9, at least.
c.
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Porcupine Tree - Stars Die
(Apr 26, 2009 - 14:21) | westslope wrote: I already have the Delerium years CDs; must get the Sky Moves Sideways CD.
Hi Westslope. You online? So we shared that great moment.
Cheers.
D
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Porcupine Tree - Dark Matter
(Apr 24, 2009 - 15:27) | Deadwing wrote:They are playing Chicago the next night (9-22-2009). Don't miss it! They put on a fantastic show  
Hi Deadwing. Don't mind the trolls and keep posting informative stuff. Your last posts made me check and PT's also coming to Montréal on the 29th of September. Got myself 4 tickets and the whole family will attend. I probably wouldn't have noticed otherwise. So merci beaucoup!
Cheers
D.
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Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
(Apr 24, 2009 - 15:11) | peter_james_bond wrote:
Thanks Dior,
Here's a version I like with Cale, Shawn Colvin, Richard Thompson, and David Sandborn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDe-HcHJsX0
Thanks again Peter. This is fun. There is a lot of discussion about covers on this board, and I likewise think that most covers are made by people begging to somehow share the merit, get some form of recognition, or even simply do it on commission from a label to fill the next "hommage" album (pardon my French, it's my main language). Usually, it shows. But sometimes a cover's done with a fresh approach that make it either stand on it's own or, given knowledge of the original, help the listener transcend the original context to something new. It's a form of Art. I should know : I manage a Symphony Orchestra and covers are mostly all we do live!
Thanks again
D
P.S. Is that Lunenburg Nova Scotia? Been there once on a motorcycle trip. Great part of the world
Cheers.
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Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
(Apr 20, 2009 - 06:48) | peter_james_bond wrote:
This is beautiful! Have you heard Cale's cover of Heartbreak Hotel? It's truly heartbreaking and mind blowing!
Thank you for the tip peter. Looking for it right away.
Cheers
D
edit : just found it and oh boy does it hurt! Great number. Thanks.
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Breeders - Cannonball
(Apr 03, 2009 - 05:19) | jenakle wrote:OMG thank you I really needed this this morning  
jenake, I couldn't have said it better.
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Porcupine Tree - Dark Matter
(Apr 02, 2009 - 05:22) | westslope wrote:52 going on 53. Quite the cohort here!
44 myself. That's the beauty of PT. They cross the generational borders with ease. For us old timers (specially you Westslope ) they carry all the references (done right with a fresh approach) from our earlier music experiences in the prog field. And for my son, a 11 years old aspiring drummer, it's so new and overwhelming it kicks Simple Plan's butt big time. It has become the perfect car music everybody in the family agrees about. Achieving that without artistic compromise is astonishing. Fabulous.
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Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
(Apr 01, 2009 - 07:33) | sharkey wrote: Excerpt from Time On Line
"Even if you think you haven't heard it, I can guarantee you have. It has been covered by, among many others, Allison Crowe, kd Lang, Damien Rice, Bono, Sheryl Crow and Kathryn Williams. Bob Dylan has sung it live, a performance that has, apparently, been bootlegged. It has been used in films and on television. Rufus Wainwright sang it on the soundtrack of Shrek, Jeff Buckley's version was used on The West Wing and The OC, John Cale sang it on Scrubs, and so on. Cale's is the best version I have heard - pure, cold and scarcely inflected at all, it sends shivers down the spine"
I agree. This is awesome but Cale's rendition is out of this world.
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Feist - 1234
(Mar 31, 2009 - 13:06) | islander wrote: why do I have an urge to buy an iPod?
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James McMurtry - Walk Between the Raindrops
(Mar 13, 2009 - 12:12) | GChevy410 wrote:
I used to agree, but I was wrong. He is a fantastic Lyricist, and has a very chill way about him that can be boring if you are in the wrong frame of mind.
I am in the wrong frame of mind right now. Hope I'll get better
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Porcupine Tree - Even Less
(Mar 03, 2009 - 03:47) | westslope wrote:Hi Deadwing! Dior: Rivard and Harmonium songs were rejected. Oh well.
That's too bad. Would have been great additions to the playlist. Many thanks for trying Westslope.
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Calexico - Black Heart
(Feb 25, 2009 - 12:17) | revt wrote: I can see the comparisons to Portishead, whom I f-ing love. This has a finer grit. Calexico DO it for me.
This song is really good. While it played at almost mute level in my office, I almost thought I was hearing the violins play the Edward Scissorhands boy choir part.
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The Dandy Warhols - Talk Radio
(Feb 25, 2009 - 12:00) | lemmoth wrote: Really like the Dandy's but their influences are very transparent. They've got quite a few, so that's a good thing but they always remind me of someone else - a different someone else on many different songs.
Oddly, I've got the feeling they more than once scavenge their own back catalogue also...
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Eels - Things the Grandchildren Should Know
(Feb 25, 2009 - 10:41) | fuh2 wrote:AN ode to his father who discovered Parallel Universe theory that was peer rejected for a long time. I'm turning out just like my father Though i swore i never would Now i can say that i have a love for him I never really understood What it must have been like for him Living inside his head I feel like he's here with me now Even though he's dead
Wow. Always loved that song (and that album is a personal favourite from 2005). This adds volumes to the intensity of that great song.
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Béla Fleck - New South Africa
(Feb 25, 2009 - 10:32) | thatch wrote: Finally figured it out. The song is "Behind the Lines" from Face Value...
Yeah, good call. Also from Genesis Duke album. Definitively hear the lines behind....
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Talk Talk - Eden
(Feb 14, 2009 - 06:14) | jjfflyboy wrote: Thanks for the mix: Crimson -> Porcupine Tree -> Talk Talk
That set is on auto repeat this morning to my pure enjoyment!
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Elbow - Friends of Ours
(Feb 04, 2009 - 08:40) | Bridieboo wrote: This is a beautiful song. I may have to buy this CD.
Oh yes, and considering the economic world we live in, I might even consider buying stock option from them.
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Morcheeba - Public Displays Of Affection
(Jan 28, 2009 - 12:02) | HarrO wrote:
A coupla quarts of beer
will fix it so
the intonation
will not offend the ear
Frank Zappa
Joe's Garage. Such a great song. I just requested it- it's been off the RP airplay since 2005...
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Dave Matthews Band - Bartender
(Jan 26, 2009 - 07:40) | calypsus_1 wrote: in memory of Mr. LeRoi Moore - 7 / 8
Yeah, from Allmusic :
| Biography | by James Christopher Monger | Saxophone player LeRoi Moore (born Gary Lee Moore on September 7, 1961, in Dunn, NC) was a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band. The classically trained Moore, who was also proficient on bass guitar, flute, bass clarinet, and wooden pennywhistle, had been an integral part of the Charlottesville, VA, jazz scene when he hooked up with Matthews for a recording session in 1991. Moore would go on to appear on all of Matthews' records, providing many of the arrangements and co-writing the songs "Too Much" and "Stay." He was also a valued session musician, lending his skills to alternative rock outfit Code Magenta's 1996 debut album and jazz fusion combo Soko's 2000 debut, In November Sunlight. On June 30, 2008, Moore sustained numerous injuries in an ATV accident on his farm outside of Charlottesville. After spending a week in the hospital, Moore was released, only to find himself rehospitalized several days later. He died from complications resulting from the crash on August 19, 2008, at the age of 46. |
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Sigur Rós - Við spilum endalaust
(Jan 23, 2009 - 08:20) | Voted number 2 for best album of 2008 by Paste magazine. Yeah!
http://www.pastemagazine.com/
Here's the excerpt :
2. Sigur Rós - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
This record’s most exhilarating peaks are found in its hushed sonic valleys, especially the anguished opening strains of “Festival.” The first half of the song scrapes away all sonic clutter, featuring a minimalist aria of keyboard swells and lead singer Jónsi Birgisson’s falsetto soaring beyond heaven to an even more blissful plateau.
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Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite
(Jan 21, 2009 - 10:50) | westslope wrote:This is a great pop song. Fits well for the inauguration in my opinion.
Ah! darn right it does! And this one also inaugurated my new wi-fi home network so that for the first time RP left the office and played on my Tivoli radio while we prepared supper. Goodbye clear channel! Hello paradise! It's curious however that, notwithstanding the great value of this song, things started with something I can get any day on clear channel. It was followed by Zappa, so everything went back to normal.
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King Crimson - Fallen Angel
(Jan 13, 2009 - 13:14) | To me, it was the most exiting Crimson lineup. Lark's Tongue, Starless and this one are really great.
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The Low Anthem - Charlie Darwin
(Jan 07, 2009 - 06:38) | fredriley wrote: Sounds just like Thom Yorke, only worse. This is surely the voice that sunk a thousand ships. Still, I'm sure other RP folk will love this to bits, but sadly the voice goes through my brain like a hot knife through butter.
You a right, this sounds bland here too for some reason (the shitty Yamaha computer speakers might explain it). But I also got it as part of a sampler given in the Christmas issue of Paste magazine. And on my McIntosh, this really soars.
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Porcupine Tree - Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled
(Dec 05, 2008 - 13:57) | 1wolfy wrote: My daughter brought this to her school and shared it with her class..she did a report on cults..I love her..she is still Daddys girl at 14 Dior wrote:My 13 years old daughter just gave me this album for my birthday! I love her.
Yeah! Proud dads we are! By the way, the DVD-A remaster of this is fantastic.
Cheers
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Arcade Fire - Ocean of Noise
(Dec 04, 2008 - 05:36) | Hannio wrote:
Nothing about this makes me think of anybody on steroids.
All right, I'll be more specific. I didn't mean doped up or on speed, nor on Valium. I meant that the sound (not somebody -wasn't clear about that) is really beefed up for such a downbeat number. And underneath all that inflated sound (it's called Ocean of Noise...) is a perfect "Orbison" melody.
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Cocteau Twins - Donimo
(Nov 20, 2008 - 07:25) | Pyro wrote: Interesting typo.... Yes, 4AD was quite the label in it's time. They're still putting out music in 2007! But from the 80's don't forget Colourbox, Dif Juz, Clan of Xymox, The The, Bauhaus, Michael Brooks, Throwing Muses, Wolfgang Press, Lush, etc....
Yeah, and don't forget the Pixies!
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The Dandy Warhols - Love Song
(Oct 24, 2008 - 05:34) | linden wrote: That banjo riff is almost identical to the melody of another song I know, but which I just can't think of when the song is playing. It's making me crazy.
I tell you, it's More than a feeling. Boston.
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Keren Ann - Lay Your Head Down
(Oct 17, 2008 - 09:19) | Ag3nt0rang3 wrote: Is this a Velvet Underground/Lou Reed cover?
Same vibe, intended that way if the album's minimal, Velvetish opener, "It's All a Lie" is any indication, except maybe for the polyrhythmic handclaps heard here. And that's great. Composed by the lady herself. Her albums in French are great too.
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XTC - Senses Working Overtime
(Oct 16, 2008 - 08:45) | greyfin10 wrote:I sort of care when people mindlessly slag some artist because they don't get them. But not in the sense that I'm going "Hey, good one there". More like a slow shake of the head as I wonder at the evil fuel that keeps some people going. Ok, not evil... just negative. There's music i don't get... and if pressed, I guess I might eventually admit I see no value to it, but these sweeping "everything they've done is crap" statements are really sort of silly to a thinking person. Which brings me to why I like XTC... despite the lyrics to "Mayor of Simpleton" I appreciate the intellectual content of alot of their lyrics. Well, some of their melodies are heart-breakingly beautiful too, but I think the "intellectualism" turns some people off. Also, some people will never forgive them for daring to suggest they don't buy the whole "god thing". Anyway, to summarize, I have no problem with people not getting something, as in "I don't understand why you listen to this...". But the "it's all crap" crowd could just lose their train of thought and wander away from these boards and I'd never miss them. chyk5 wrote:
But the vital question here is, does anyone care?
Well Greyfin, I think you are really adding depth to this board. Thank you.
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Beck - Sunday Sun
(Oct 09, 2008 - 10:10) | snowcat wrote:Excellent album. Beck's best in my opinion.
Yeah, and the best gets better in SACD format.
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R.E.M. - Sitting Still
(Oct 03, 2008 - 09:23) | I thought I wasn't much into REM because I had grown old. Since I still love this maybe it's only them that have taken a few years.
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XTC - Dear God
(Oct 03, 2008 - 07:29) | sdn wrote: As an atheist who finds "In God We Trust" offensive, let me respond. I find it offensive because it is an attempt to speak for me. The phrase is on our currency in an attempt to present the United States as a religious nation, and to say that we-as-a-whole trust in God. Well, I don't. And I find it offensive that certain people wish to speak for me. Sure, majority rule and all that, but religious conviction is a personal statement, not a collective one. I'd find it as offensive if it said "We Trust Republicans" when the Republicans have a majority in Congress, and "We Trust Democrats" when Democrats do. It's a silly phrase, a waste of time, and an attempt to speak for each individual. I don't feel strongly enough to sue to have the phrase removed, but hey — more power to those who are suing. I don't think that the words will make me suddenly become a believer, nor that they have any power over my beliefs, nor over the beliefs of anyone else. It's just an offensive public statement of a personal belief — one that millions of Americans don't share. The Great Pumpkin is silly as well, but nobody's trying to tell me I trust in the Great Pumpkin.
Well, sdn, I really like your post. As a Canadian, I don't have anything to say on the subject as a citizen, only an opinion from outside, yet the idea conveyed by the "In God We Trust" surely gives hints at a "Religious State". In Canada you wouldn't believe the amount of unsettling documentary broadcasts about the rising of the religious right wing in the US. And that is hitting home, specially in the Prairies and begin to show in Conservative government policies.
But there is also something else that has to be taken into account. It's the historic context. There was a debate here in Québec about (among other things) removing a cross in the assembly room in Parliament. As a secular State, the idea was to get rid of all religious symbols of old in Public affairs (Québec was under heavy Catholic Church rule for a long time). The Prime minister resisted such a move on historic grounds, saying the cross was nowadays not a religious symbol per se but more of an artefact belonging to our history and also a work of (religious) art made by artists a long time ago. I don't know if the Prime minister is a devotee of the Church (contrary to what's happening with the US presidential candidates) and these things are kept on private level here, but he has a point. A sense of history is a foundation of culture. The cross is still there but there are no prayers.
It's the same with US money. Don't know when the slogan began, but surely it was "from it's time". The scary thing is that, given the ressurgence of religious associtation from political leaders, this label meaning is surging back in strenght. Most atheist probably wouldn't care too much about what's written on a bill (albeit by principle) when the country is lead by a Clinton, a Rosevelt or anybody not associating himself with religion too much (on public level).
And this song is great.
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Sigur Rós - Með Suð í Eyrum
(Oct 03, 2008 - 06:25) | Don't know what it is, but the first notes made me stop on my tracks. Not very good for work productivity. And I know the album very well so what is it that always make me want more? This band is one of the few that satisfy my music cravings right now.
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Arcade Fire - Ocean of Noise
(Sep 29, 2008 - 07:03) | Believe it or not, this makes me think of Roy Orbison on steroids. An absolute perfect little song and that mariachi stuff at the end is a real find...
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Sigur Rós - Inní mér syngur vitleysingur
(Sep 23, 2008 - 06:08) | Excelsior wrote:My spider-sense was tingling, and it told me that Sigur Ros was playing yet again on RP. So I logged on and holy crap, I was right! Maybe my spider sense is just very sensitive to ultra-sucky bands like Cloud Cult and this one. 
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Sigur Rós - Við spilum endalaust
(Sep 22, 2008 - 11:40) | KevinM wrote:Actually this song is sung in Icelandic (as is most of this CD). There is a list of their songs sung in Volenska HERE
Thanks, that's good info.
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Porcupine Tree - Even Less
(Sep 22, 2008 - 05:46) | westslope wrote:Dior: My wife and I both love Michel Rivard. EnglishCanada and the rest of the anglophone world have no idea what they are missing. Have you seen his YouTube video he did with respect to the recent federal government cuts to arts funding? It is absolutely hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnccaVAKLwI&feature=related Oops, just realized I have not uploaded Rivard's Je voudrais voir la mer/I want to see the sea.
Yeap, that's him alright. He's incredible. Of course, this has nothing to do with PT but all with extremely talented guys. For all you English speakers, or Non-Canadians, here's a recap of the clip : After cuts in Arts fundings (my business is directly concerned), the Conservative government talks about involvement in the "content". Of course, there is the idea of censorship here. The clip is based on assumptions of narrowmindness where french words phoque (seal) `tite (small) and affaire (thing), become fuck, tit and affair. And, when the English speakers try to talk in French, they say gross things (concern becomes a french word meaning "cocksucker").
Subtitled version here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhgv85m852Q&feature=related
Nuff said.
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The Dandy Warhols - Love Song
(Sep 18, 2008 - 09:19) | old_muley wrote: To my ear is is very similar to "Perfect Skin" by Lloyd Cole and The Commotions....
Boston, More than a Feeling...
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Sigur Rós - Við spilum endalaust
(Sep 12, 2008 - 10:12) | blotto wrote:
Couldn't agree more. Possibly worst I've ever heard.
Well, blotto, in fact you can agree more with Excelsior. Simply post this again 102 times and add a lot of vomit.
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Sigur Rós - Við spilum endalaust
(Sep 12, 2008 - 05:41) | westslope wrote:Folks: What should I buy as my first Sigur Rós CD?
Another idea : try the Heima DVD. Probably the best documentary on music I have ever seen. In fact, I'm not drawn to musical videos usually, this one is an exception. I have rarely, if ever, seen a project so artsy and so unpretentious at the same time. Basically, it's them giving unannounced free shows all over Iceland (sometimes nobody comes). And the sound is absolutely astounding given such conditions. The new cd is really a continuation of that evolving concept and, probably, is the reason why it is a bit less hermetic than their previous outings.
You Tube has a lot of excerpts : WOW
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Sigur Rós - Við spilum endalaust
(Sep 09, 2008 - 11:46) | westslope wrote:This is a little more accessible than their other stuff but still great popular music. Love your comments Dior. Whoever uploaded this material: A THOUSAND THANKS Folks: What should I buy as my first Sigur Rós CD?
Thank you Westslope. I think my English is improving. Start with this record and backtrack, it will be fine as every album has some unique mood attached, something anyone who's tired of Excelsior incessant hammering is bond to love. Like your posts too.
BTW, KevinM did the upload (so says his profile). He has an impressive upload record and is a long-time contributor from what I can see.
Cheers to you both
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Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
(Sep 04, 2008 - 13:45) | Gednabb wrote: OK. agreed. I'll be more specific.
But really, I wanted to see if anyone else really dislikes that type of music.
That whole string from June on is interesting. Two or three things were mixted up, settled, then mixted up again. And I won't clear up anything I guess.
The America question. As a Canadian, and North American, I could add to the pile of credentials and claim also a part of the appellation, but that's not what is at stake here (and the matter was put to rest by dictionaries) . I simply don't understand the witch hunt that can start when somebody, an American moreover in this case, uses the term to criticise something American even if, sorry Gednabb, it wasn't in my opinion the most well advised post. It becomes personnal for some posters and I feel it's self defeating, giving arguments all over the world about the American stereotype. You know, the arrogant go-back-where-you-came-from x/"@%&-this-is-America-here type. Obviously, nobody that's part of RP could be in his right mind hating all music originating from the USA. Gednabb said American Rock 'N Roll. Clearly enough, stating that during Born To Run hints at something specific (at least in her mind). I'll admit it's not that defining, but if you step out of the country you get a clearer view.
So what about American Rock 'N Roll? A space framed genre - yes. Defined musical scales - yes at least in the beginning. An attitude - yes. A state of mind - maybe for some? No clearcut answer in sight so the argument is open even for boomeranged influence, after the proved first years of creation in the US. Giving examples that fit this board is more relevant. Take Springsteen. The Boss. His reputation comes across here as an incredible showman and a great artist (so he sells his shows out, not his records). And for some of us here (in Québec), at least during his early period, he was the epitome of the blue collar all American guy that brought back frontstage the rootsy basic American Rock N' Roll. But then again, Springsteen is a "universal" icon that afterwards probably migrated outside the genre time and again (take Streets of Philadelphia as example).
So understand what I'm trying to say : some stuff quite popular in the US doesn't come across with some US citizens along with the rest of the world (maybe more easily in the Anglophone Canada - and vice versa), stuff like, let's say The Grateful Dead. Some of the most important reasons (within a geographic region) are :
- Cultural appropriation
- Cultural dissent within the borders (that creates new movements or styles - clearly this one helps win over every like minded parts of the world)
- Well developed musical industry and innovations
- Market capacity
- language
I have to stop here, it's not a dissertation and I now find I only scratched the surface about those subjects. But I tell you all : when I hear Mellencamp, I know he's from the US. It's not the best stuff (at all for me) but it has a American stamp all over it, a signature in a genre that's hard to duplicate elsewhere.
Footnote : I could have named Ryan Adams (love his music). And somehow, even if this post is turning in a novel, I'm stereotyping too. There is as much cultural difference (I've been there) between Indiana and Maine than between Maine and Québec. Maybe more if not for the language. So what about an American Rock 'N Roll?
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Lou Reed - Intro/Sweet Jane
(Sep 04, 2008 - 10:50) | Just as Frank Black said in a Pixies song : I like Lou Reed. But this rendition has something arena about it, something Peter Frampton maybe. It's only pulled through by the sheer greatness of the song.
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Sigur Rós - Inní mér syngur vitleysingur
(Sep 04, 2008 - 06:12) | Excelsior wrote:No more, PLEASE!!!  This is torturous...
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Ween - Falling Out
(Sep 02, 2008 - 08:38) | Tyborg wrote:Intelligent. Irreverent. Wildly talented. Change styles on a dime. I'd encourage anyone to seek out 'serious' and disciplined Ween tunes such as Cold Blows the Wind, Buenas Tardes Amigo, Marble Tulip Juicy Tree, Flutes of the Chi, Roses Are Free, The Grobe, Transdermal Celebration, etc. If you can peel yourself away from RP, check out the all-Ween stream: (click here) Look for spot-on, tongue-in-cheek renditions of Riders on the Storm, Hot For Teacher, Fire on the Mountain, Piano Man, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Purple Rain...
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Sigur Rós - Við spilum endalaust
(Sep 02, 2008 - 07:24) | KevinM wrote:
EVERY time this (or any other) Sigur Ros song comes on you have to post the same negative comment.
It's only overplayed 'cause you don't like it - a lot more listeners like it than not so STFU already.
Hey KevinM, it's your upload right?
Thank you.
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Sigur Rós - Við spilum endalaust
(Aug 27, 2008 - 05:47) | DELTA__9__FOOLS wrote:
Both of you would be incorrect in your assumptions that Bjork (Though innovative.) or Sigur Ros is the pinnacle of experimental Icelandic pop music in my humble opinion. You would really be hard pressed to find a more fantastic and original band than Iceland's very own Múm.
If you have any interest in checking them out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mum_(band)
Thank you Delta, browsing the web for info as I'm listening to an excerpt. Yes, they seem quite good. What I'm listening to made me think of the Nits at first (for the childlike metering approach), but I feel they are completely somewhere else with lush arrangements so the comparison didn't hold for more than 30 secs - and that gets me going for more. As I said in my post, to me it's not about origin or ethnicity, but all about good music. It's not about experimentation either, I would concur with you on that - I often find originality in Pop, but rarely experimentalism - and this band seems ahead of Sigur or Bjork in that area so far.
For the benefit of other members, if they care, here's a small list of bands I like that I feel are experimental in large doses, none of them Icelandic:
-Godspeed You Black Emperor
Fly Pan Am
Coil
Forum stuff, really, so I stop here.
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Sigur Rós - Við spilum endalaust
(Aug 22, 2008 - 07:22) | pianocomposer wrote:I disagree with your assessment that Bjork is less original than this (or any) band. I'm not saying I love her music, but she's one of the innovators of "found" music. (Reference her movie & sound track from Dancer in the Dark.) Having said that, I can tell Sigur ros is an interesting and somewhat unique pop band from their native Iceland. Dior wrote:
Although I'm the foremost coffee expert (they come in work, home and restaurant varieties with car, porch and hangover sub-classes) I think you are missing out on something. I just bought the album. It's the third I own from them and I was surprised how much of a folky feel it has (at times) and how accessible it is compared to previous efforts. Listening to it gave me goosebumps, there is so much in it it's like a crossbreed between Arvo Pärt and Belle And Sebastian while being something completely different, like from a foreign musical culture. Björk is at the forefront of the Icelandic music scene, but this band is the most original (well, in a way) and consistent. One of the good records of 2008, nothing less whatever comes up in the next months.
Time for a refill?
You are right, pianocomposer, I only hinted my thoughts and should have been more specific. In fact the two are not much connected I suppose apart from origin and to have them compete for originality only can hurt the sensibilities of fans of either one of them - or minimize the talent of said artists. I meant that if a scale of innovativeness and creativity would give the measure of success and recognition, then Sigur should be up there with her. It's not exactly what I wrote I'll concede you that.
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Porcupine Tree - Even Less
(Aug 22, 2008 - 06:38) | westslope wrote:Dior wrote: .... The staff fell in love with Pt's music (most of them musicians themselves) so we made a large display of all their available records (with listening posts and all), along with ads and critics in local newspapers. PorcupineTree is so well known here now that it's easy to find almost anything they've done. ——————————————————————- I was most pleasantly surprised to learn that Porcupine Tree had performed at the Summer Music Festival in Quebec City a few years ago. And a little envious, too, I suppose. For the benefit of others, as I'm sure Dior knows the festival very well: That festival is for the most part free of charge for music goers—the state and sponsers pick up the bill—and attracts great music acts from Quebec, elsewhere in Canada, and around the world, including both francophone and anglophone Africa. (Paul McCartney played there this past summer for free as part of the 400th anniversary celebrations.) I managed to finish a couple of degrees at Laval University in the 1980s. One of my most pleasant memories was working as a summer student for CBC-TV at the parliamentary press gallery in 1984 and listening to the concerts while eating lunch on the lawn right outside the office door. One of my favourite Quebec pop acts from that era was Michel Rivard. In fact, I intend to upload his "Je voudrais voir la mer" song from the Un trou dans les nuages album/CD in the next few days. I just uploaded for Bill's consideration, Harmonium's "Aujourd'hui, je dis bonjour a la vie" song from the the debut Harmonium album/CD.
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Porcupine Tree - Even Less
(Aug 21, 2008 - 07:21) | Deadwing wrote: Stunning song and it's amazingly well done on their live concert DVD "Arriving Somewhere..." If you like what you hear on RP I HIGHLY recommend the live DVD- it will give you a pretty good cross section of what PT does and Gavin Harrison (the drummer) is jaw droppingly godlike throughout. I know a lot of their music is hard to find in local stores but a huge amount of their stuff can be bought off of Amazon.com and also at Burning Shed which is their own store that offers rare releases, downloads, and side project material along with their main releases.
I first listened to PT back in 2003. I used to manage a large record store then. The staff fell in love with Pt's music (most of them musicians themselves) so we made a large display of all their available records (with listening posts and all), along with ads and critics in local newspapers. PorcupineTree is so well known here now that it's easy to find almost anything they've done. They are even used as lost leaders : to my amazement, I bought Fear Of A Blank Planet for 12 bucks (CDN) on it's street date at the local HMV...
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Sigur Rós - Við spilum endalaust
(Aug 20, 2008 - 06:52) | smdeeg wrote:
Exactly what I thought! (With all the horror that implies.) Time to go make coffee.
Although I'm the foremost coffee expert (they come in work, home and restaurant varieties with car, porch and hangover sub-classes) I think you are missing out on something. I just bought the album. It's the third I own from them and I was surprised how much of a folky feel it has (at times) and how accessible it is compared to previous efforts. Listening to it gave me goosebumps, there is so much in it it's like a crossbreed between Arvo Pärt and Belle And Sebastian while being something completely different, like from a foreign musical culture. Björk is at the forefront of the Icelandic music scene, but this band is the most original (well, in a way) and consistent. One of the good records of 2008, nothing less whatever comes up in the next months.
Time for a refill?
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Porcupine Tree - Stars Die
(Aug 19, 2008 - 07:53) | Deadwing wrote:One of my favorites off Stupid Dream too  The groove at the end of the song transports me... somewhere... but not here  And btw Horst, I consider you to be one of the core fanatics of RP PT fans (at least the loudmouthed ones hehe), along with Westslope, 1wolfy, robco, and myself. I agree that FoaBP has a very clinical feel to it- but I think it is an amazing piece of work when taken as a whole. I like it much more now than I did a few months ago. I love many different types of music ( ok maybe not rap or country or polka LOL ) and maybe that's one of the reasons that I love all phases of Steven Wilson/PT's music. Regardless of style or tone his songwriting always seems to get through to me. 
There seems to be a blossoming cult-following here. Count me in!
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Martha Wainwright - See Emily Play
(Aug 18, 2008 - 08:17) | Papernapkin wrote: Love the album cover.
I agree. With the title it creates a kind of sad an sexy story in one pic. By the way the album is really interesting. By that I don't mean it's-not-good-but-have-to-get-on-the-bandwagon (I'm not a newspaper rock critic), it's just that it develops with each listening and I'm still in the process. And this song fits well in the mood of the album.
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Silversun Pickups - Three Seed
(Aug 18, 2008 - 07:30) | raerae333 wrote:
I was joking....i had to look it up b/c i was not certain...thx for speaking up for me...didn't realize radio paradise forums were a place where an honest mistake/confusion/joke would be so snarkily replied to.... but as GI Joe says "knowing is half the battle", so now i know ....
No need to feel hacked at, raerae. For some reason, some comments tend to draw fire. I've been a target once or twice myself. The more you post, the better chance. But you are right, there is somebody behind the screen name and one should consider that before posting. Of course some members, such as Vandal and possibly myself tend to be mischievous at times and it's part of the liveliness that make RP's forums more interesting than most. Always felt RP was one of the best online communities around (and the only one I'm part of). Being part of it means I sometime post serious stuff, other times I'm only goofing around. A few times there was "irreconcilable differences" with other posters.
There is something I might add here. Although I love RP, although I love that it's becoming successful (it now has doubled it's membership since I joined), although I love the idea that more and more people around the world share their knowledge and experience and culture, I do feel that the boards now get a bit more thinned out, or "Myspaced" :
See what I mean?
Cheers
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Genesis - Counting Out Time
(Aug 12, 2008 - 07:28) | redfern777 wrote: Phil Collins? Peter Gabriel is singing...
I meant the drumming part. The drum pattern is great on this (and throughout the whole album). The proof that Collins could be, and once was, a terrific musician. Call Ripley's team! Maybe I'll take flak for it, but I think that between 1972 and 1976 (by the way that's FIVE studio albums in four years, including a double length from which this song is taken, and the last two of those fronted by Collins - that's 20+ years of Radiohead output!) , Genesis produced some of the most interesting and groundbreaking period signature music of the 20th century and for that is up there with King Crimson, The Beatles (a special case, admittedly), Pink Floyd, Elvis before the Army, Ravel, Stravinsky, Richard Strauss, Miles Davis, Bob Marley, the Clash etc.(list obviously not exhaustive).
But more than that, although they are often accused to be a leading part of of the "bombastic" prog movement (I think they went more or less their own way - and in fact left the multi-act market early on) they were the ones on the creative side (the bombastic prog scene was inflated by the hundreds of less talented bands that were axed later by Punk to the jubilation of many rock critics - the most important so called prog bands mainstreamed and survived, at least the British ones). Not only those Genesis records showed remarkable musicianship and a knack for well crafted melodies, they had to be recreated on stage - hardly a Rock 'N Roll proposition. So the band had to be imaginative on stage as well. Of course their shows became a Trademark over the years - from theatrical in the early 70s to Grand Rock Circus in the 80s, and that's part of their legend, but few people seem to know that on paper they "invented the shows" before knowing what was technically possible and so always pushed the envelope - and I might add they did so also from a compete lack of showmanship (they used to sit down to play and even Gabriel had to fight shyness). So it started with masks, in between stories and costume changes, then black lights, magnesium bombs, "flying gear", projections, Boeing 747 headlights, computerized mirrors, the list goes on and on. And even the infamous Vari Lite was created on specs for them. http://www.vari-lite.com/index.php?submenu=Company&src=gendocs&ref=About-Vari-Lite&category=Company
I saw the first Vari Lite show given by them in the 1981-82 tour and I can tell you it changed the way arena shows had to be delivered. So, maybe, there is a little bit of Phil Collins in the U2 shows we like...
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Vast - Frog
(Aug 12, 2008 - 06:14) | anniebear wrote: The gramatically correct verse would be "fewer and fewr" not "less and less". Cool song regardless.
Thanks, Anniebear. I understand that there is a liberty licence when you write poetry or lyrics, sometimes with great results but most likely merely showing how bad the writer is. I'm not to judge on this one, but for us non-English speakers who tend to mimic what we hear and read, these grammar corrections are a big help. Cool song indeed and good album.
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R.E.M. - Crush with Eyeliner
(Aug 11, 2008 - 12:54) | cathenley wrote:
I can name this song in 3 notes...
And I can name this band in three letters...
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Belle and Sebastian - Another Sunny Day
(Aug 11, 2008 - 07:35) | rprb wrote:
This is the worse of the 80s pop sound
It's funny how things can be heard in different ways. I was there in the 80s, suffered it musically most of the time and yet I don't hear anything in this that is remotely connected with that period. A very good band.
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The Cure - Just Like Heaven
(Aug 11, 2008 - 07:28) | bugleboy624 wrote:
Disintegration is my favorite album by this group.
Me too, but it doesn't infringe on the pleasure I have hearing this!
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Lloyd Cole - Loveless
(Aug 11, 2008 - 06:05) | Frawg wrote:
Apparently nothing - thanks for trying though. s
Yeah, too bad. A song by Cole titled Loveless ought to be good...
Cheers
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Alanis Morissette - Moratorium
(Aug 05, 2008 - 07:25) | smilestoomuch wrote:
Umm...your English is excellent. I would say your exposition on Alanis was more intelligent than some of the posts here by English-speaking posters.
Merci !
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Alanis Morissette - Moratorium
(Jul 09, 2008 - 10:53) | goldberry wrote:
I can't belive I'm buying into an internet jest. I might as well be screaming at the TV..anyway...
Well, like I said in my post, I never liked Alanis, starting from the moment she came out. I remember hearing "You oughta Know" the night it came out and thinking "This sounds very polished and produced to the point of almost being a parody." Thus before she was BIG, I disliked her. Her popularity is not part of my dislike, but it certainly didn't help my opinion. We were spoon fed her, like Brittney and all the rest. So yes, compared to Brittney. One dances, the other sings about her anger. Both are corporate pawns. She was marketed towards us and some of us swallowed it and others, myself included didn't, but again, that was more because I just didn't like how her music sounded. I just happen to like a little rawer sounding music. I know I'll be jumped on for this, but Alanis is like the alternative world's answer to Brittney. Hate to say it. But we were sold the product of Alanis and although I can see talent beyond that fact, on the whole, the package is not something I am buying. So my distaste spans from what I would call bad music, but the fact that her empire/marketing/popularity is similar to any teenage pop queen didn't help either. Just because she is kind of artsy and angry doesnt mean she's not a complete cooperate scheme to sell albums to the 'alternative' crowd. I don't mind that so much and will shell out my 20 bucks if the music is actually good.
*sigh* Let the attack begin.
Hey, Goldberry, no flak will come from this way! Reading your post, and rereading mine, I felt I said things that gave assumption you were not a good listener and I'm sorry about that. It was meant more as a recap of my own "Alanis experience" and my vision of some aspects of pop music. Maybe it's my faulty English (I speak French) or the biased and unfounded belief that short statements on RP say it all...
So you like your sound to be more Seattle than Vegas and it's OK. I'm still standing my ground about Alanis, and, as example, bought Jagged Little Pill only last year - found it good after hating -more correctly discarding- the songs on it for more than ten years! Of course we have divergent opinion on her work (and think she sounds less "commercial" album after album) but can respect the opposite argument when it is well stated. You think her music is created to pop out the cash on you. I think her music is pop creation and is worth my cash, but I have not bought her new album yet : I'm waiting for it to be on mid-prices sales rack!
Cheers.
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Lloyd Cole - Loveless
(Jul 03, 2008 - 06:14) | Frawg wrote: Still never been played.
Bullshit.
Hey, Frawg, you can request it. I'll do it in a sec an see what happen.
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Alanis Morissette - Moratorium
(Jun 26, 2008 - 12:20) | goldberry wrote: Oh please no.
One of the absolute most overatted artists ever.
She can write some excellent lyrics but she is way over stylized in her music. She sounded dated even when she first came out. I really really really just don't get her appeal. I never feel more 'marketed' to than when I am listening to Alanis. Pure corporate created rock and roll.
Compared to who? Britney, Avril? I think the problem with Alanis is one of perception, probably coming from her huge popularity, a thing in North America normally associated with the "pure corporate created rock" mentioned in your post. But objectively, what is she doing wrong? The musicianship is competent, she writes, she sings (ok, some might bash there...), she does her own thing and it's felt, hell, I could be describing Sarah McLachlan here (using another "over stylized" Canadian to make my point - and even, Sarah doesn't write as much). Yet McLachlan is rarely accused of not being a true artist. I used to think Alanis' music was blatant commercial Pop too (because of the airplay mainly) until I paid closer attention (that is, gave it a spin home, and listened). Now I have most of her records and they are worthy. In fact, she's one of the few artists in my whole collection that grew on me through initial aversion.
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Love - Alone Again Or
(Jun 02, 2008 - 07:06) | E_A_D_G wrote:
Looking for the Damned version. Do you happen to know what album it is on?
Yeah, it's on the 86 album Anything. Take note that it's not their best album though. In the same vein, .Phantasmagoria is the must-have.
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Cocteau Twins - Summerhead
(May 21, 2008 - 08:12) | SmilinJimmy wrote: Excellent. Y'know... like The Cure; but without that rusty spoke through the nipple screech from RS.
Interesting comment. It never occurred to me but yes, sounds a bit like the Cure sunbathing on a beach.
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John Martyn - Glory Box
(Apr 16, 2008 - 09:44) | davin wrote:
He murdered it!
But I think in a good way. I guess this kind of vocal is an acquired taste - I have heard a few bands with singers like this that I plain disliked most of my life. It's only since I have seen a few performers, like Velvet, sing like this live in concert that I have grown an appreciation for the kind of expression that is happening here.
Considering the words of the song, I think this is a fairly appropriate take on the vocal.
I kind of agree. This song translates well to this format. But the original impact gets lost somehow.
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Björk - Come To Me
(Apr 14, 2008 - 07:47) | EniwaMan wrote: I can't say I'm a big fan of Bjork's, but then, strangely, she's done at least two songs of the most transcendent beauty I can imagine: this one and "All is Full of Love." Come to Me is the music I'd want in my head if I suddenly found myself able to fly. I don't know, it's just a flying groove. And some of the sexiest (but not necessarily sexual) lyrics I know of. This song succeeds on every level, including her voice, which, as we all know, doesn't do it for everyone, myself included. An easy 10.
I feel exactly the same way, except maybe that a few more of her songs get to me.
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Supergrass - Fin
(Apr 14, 2008 - 07:29) | The intro made me look... Oh, it's that album again. I'm afraid my wife will curse me once more for an impulsive buy.. until she hears this!
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Arcade Fire - Intervention
(Mar 18, 2008 - 08:45) | This is fabulous, but to say this I had to buy the album first, listen to it a few times and let it sink in. Like all masterpieces I came to enjoy over the years.
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Tori Amos - Crucify
(Feb 27, 2008 - 11:30) | Listening to it now, I don't hear much of a difference from her recent output an that leaves me lukewarm. But that album I used to love and I felt it was really something new and fresh at the time. Maybe I've grown up or it's Tori that serves the same dish year after year.
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Porcupine Tree - Trains
(Feb 27, 2008 - 11:21) | DoctorHooey wrote: I didn't notice until recently when a friend pointed it out, that on "Fear of a Blank Planet" there's a reference to the "Trains" main riff toward the end of "Sentimental". The songs don't seem too similar thematically, so I'm not sure what he's up to doing that, but it's certainly an interesting touch.
Yes, They kind of used the same trick, a shortcut to effect that's better than, let's say, the abuse of truck driving gear change that's so common in pop. A very good band indeed.
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David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul
(Feb 11, 2008 - 08:36) | Brestois wrote: Wow, that's beautiful, for sure. Makes me wanna buy the album. For some reason, when you grow up in France, all you get to hear from Bowie is Let's Dance. And Nirvana's version of The Man Who Sold The World. Ah ah.
Same here in Quebec for years. There is more Bowie variety now, but this one I've heard only here (and on record).
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Natalie Merchant - Life Is Sweet
(Feb 07, 2008 - 11:21) | snakechaser wrote: Sweet transition from Debussy, Bill.
Debussy was cranked up full blast (that's allowed in my office - I manage a classical outfit) then came this outstanding transition... A fine moment. Many have noticed I think.
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Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
(Feb 07, 2008 - 08:05) | tiare wrote: I like it! It is good rainy weather stuff, and it has been raining in Los Angeles since I have returned.
Good call, not all music is perfect for everyday, but today this is a VERY GOOD SONG!!
Snowy skies here. Same result. What about the blue sky?
Greetings from Eastern Canada
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Ane Brun - This Voice
(Feb 06, 2008 - 11:51) | Josephine wrote: really like the instruments in this song. beautiful voice, nothing ordinary about it
This album is truly magnificent. As for this song, I'd mix it with some Tanya Donelly.
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Keren Ann - Lay Your Head Down
(Feb 06, 2008 - 11:30) | I uploaded this months ago. Bill accepted it right away before it went on the LRC Limbo. Then it never got any airplay at all. Minutes ago, I sent him the request and voilà!, it got served in two heartbeats. Thanks Bill, I really feel this is a good tune and it looks like RPers like it too. I often read in the boards that the station was often on autopilot. That is understandable, but to me, thousands of miles away from Paradise Ca, what happened this morning put PR in a league of it's own.
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Olivia Ruiz - J'traîne Des Pieds
(Feb 04, 2008 - 07:46) | Honeyman wrote: How do you say, "I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than listen to this again!" in French? Je préfèrerais me crever les yeux plutôt que d'entendre ça encore une fois.
Actually, mute button is an enough expedient for it's not that bad. I think it's interesting enough to get some airplay.
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Sam Cooke - Chain Gang
(Jan 29, 2008 - 11:07) | meydele wrote:
Probably it was Physicsgenius. Maybe, but most likely he felt there was too much of the 90% on RP and left, as I haven't read a post from him in a while.
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New Order - True Faith
(Jan 09, 2008 - 13:04) | What??? I'm threading back some and yet I have to find one humorous post about "substance".
hint : lack of.
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Patrick Watson - Close to Paradise
(Jan 08, 2008 - 11:05) | Jelani wrote: Sooooo Floydesque....
Don't know if I like it just for that reason.
I mean it sounds good and if I didn't know of Floyd, I'd love it, but....
you know...
Yeah, please downsize the Floyd references and think more Erik Satie. A very refreshing artist (and band). Caught him live and there is a childish and oniric side that's nowhere near the Floyd paradigm.
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Spacehog - In The Meantime
(Jan 07, 2008 - 11:41) | jraum wrote:
They didn't credit Penguin Cafe, but they absolutely "borrowed" from them. Perhaps they didn't think anyone would make the connection...
I did too. Those tones are 20+years old. Sound like a steal to me.
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Jesse Cook - Fall at Your Feet (w/ Danny Wilde)
(Dec 13, 2007 - 05:54) | ksua wrote: Wow, that was the worst song I have ever heard, and the album cover, what a guy..
I think it's a marvellous Crowded House song. How could it be destroyed like this?
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Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
(Dec 10, 2007 - 06:35) | horstman wrote:
Your image posted of a man tossing his cookies in a pail is perhaps the most disgusting thing I have seen on the internet in a very long time.
You are one sick bastard!
 
And now I'm sure everyone is scrolling down to check it out!
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Loreena McKennitt - Kecharitomene
(Dec 05, 2007 - 13:14) | peyotecoyote wrote:
With all due respect joanbcn...this woman is indeed dancing a turkish/middle-eastern belly dance. This woman is the one and only Eva Cernik. In the picture you refer to, Eva is dancing at Kom Ombo Temple, Egypt. Her many dance styles include, but are not limited to, Arabian Gulf dance, old-fashioned veil dance, festival veil dancing, Turkish style dance, sword dancing, belly-dancing, karsilama-solo & group dancing, whirling dervish dance and Ghawazi style cane dance, to name just a few. Not quite as limited as your comment re: belly dancing...and so what if this beautiful music conjurs up images of belly dancing for me...I mean it's my personal experience...NOT YOURS. Glad I'm not so limited in my perceptions...and yes, we here "on the other side of the Atlantic" do indeed like to mix things up. We are, after all, the melthing pot of the world. Cheers!
Nice pic Peyotecoyote, and nicer comment.
Cheers to you!
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Hooverphonic - We All Float
(Nov 27, 2007 - 13:04) | kalpol wrote:
A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular is a good place to start.
And it's the cheapest, being mid-priced in most countries
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Rusted Root - Faith I Do Believe
(Nov 20, 2007 - 11:42) | celadonstone wrote: Are nude children a usual favorite for album cover art, or was it just the 90s?
... I thought it was an adult with rusted roots...
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Steely Dan - Aja
(Nov 20, 2007 - 07:46) | cc_rider wrote:
A fair assessment. But there are always nerds who want to see the code!
Illustrative anecdote: on another forum I'm on (I know, I cheat on RP occasionally), folks sometimes post 'nudie' pics. In that forum, know what a 'nudie' pic is? A stereo component with the cover off! Old Sansui's in particular: check out the transistors on that baby! And her coils are HUGE!
Still, I love's me some Steely Dan. Played on a solid-state amp. Lovely.
c.
And you are right. Used to be an audiophile myself and stopped in the mid 80' with bridged Quad amp and preamp, Systemdek turntable with Grado signature 8 and Profile arm complete with Target wall mounting. Adding the big monstrous McIntosh loudspeakers , gold German interconnects and some homeplugged AKG mic wiring in the nudie to spice it all up and a Nakamichi CR-7 for backup and car audio (Blaupunkt). Still have it all (minus the car). Added recently SACD for good measure. I understand.
I also understand that some people still like Steely D even if it's played on shitboxes and with valid reason. Others like it for the sound and recording (and that's brilliant). SD is in the top league of "hi-fi" and dexterous bands.
But when I'm listening, it's like I'm seeing the code and it cuts my fun in half.
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The Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night
(Nov 19, 2007 - 11:41) | exciter76 wrote: EARLY CURE!!!! WHEN ROBERT SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE DARK ANGEL, BUT NOT IN THE VOICE....SO THIN AND SO CLEAR (NOW AT 46 STILL IS INCREDIBLY LOUD...HOW CAN YOU DO IT ROBERT????)I USE TO LOVE THEIR MUSIC, BEST IN THE LATE 80'S, THEY SAVED MY LIFE IN A SENSE....AND THEY LIGHTED THE WAY FOR MANY MANY ARTISTS YEARS AFTER WITH THEIR EARLY THINGS.... LOVE TO THE CURE!
Well, Exciter, you are loud too...
It's true The Cure were a standout in the thin 80'S.
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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Trampled Rose
(Nov 07, 2007 - 10:52) | gwynhefar wrote:
Sounds like a good recommendation. I love Krauss as well, and this is a great song, although I don't think I've heard anything else of Plant.
OF course you have. By the way, welcome to the RP community!
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Steely Dan - Aja
(Sep 27, 2007 - 12:45) | ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
Yes, I think you've nailed it. It is so easy to (and I used to) listen to their songs superficially and hear the over all melody. Sure they are smooth, somewhat saccharine at times, but put on the headphones, concentrate and pay attention to what those guitars are doing, the drums, the bass. So much variation, so much creativity, and so technically amazing.
Also, people should check out the stuff on You Tube from the making of Aja. E.g.: (click here)
They isolate the instruments from the original recordings to highlight what all is going on in these songs.
Wow, thanks for the link, that was amazing. Yet, even though I recognize the technical quality and the studio savoir-faire, I just can't relate to their music. It's like putting the best programmers together to produce the best web page, and then they only show the code.
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The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
(Sep 12, 2007 - 08:18) | curufinwe wrote:Maybe I'm a minority of one, but I've always thought this song was tiresome. Glad someone (everyone?) else is enjoying it. 
Curufinwe, I think you may be right, when I listen the album it goes by ok, but I guess it lacks luster out of context.
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Pixies - Where Is My Mind
(Jul 11, 2007 - 09:33) | prickelpit96 wrote:Enjoyed the Pixies many years ago live on stage, and they were impressively powerful! 
I just like the music that's always one step beside the mainstream.
Saw them opening for U2 in Montreal in 92 or 93. They stole the show!
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Vienna Teng - Whatever You Want
(May 22, 2007 - 12:46) | TexasAggies wrote:I am so embarrassed, I saw Vienna a few weeks ago here in town, and it was just a great, intimate show. I however decided to have one too many drafts, and afterwards I went and told her how great the show was. Too bad that in the process I made a complete ass of myself and said some incoherent drivel. She was very nice, I feel really bad that she had to put up with my dumb ass! 
Postings like this one are part of what makes RP so genuinely great!.
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The Audreys - Oh Honey
(May 15, 2007 - 13:31) | jah_blessed wrote: Awesome upload!
EDIT: f**cking awesome!
Yeap, seems like Mari pulled another one. Aren't we glad she's aboard!
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The Cure - Fascination Street
(Mar 28, 2007 - 10:31) | Don't we all love those kind of scary guys!
One of the best songs of their best album. Love it.
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Eels - Trouble With Dreams
(Mar 26, 2007 - 10:02) | MissAmy wrote: Wow, the Eels have gotten kind of happy lately.
Yeah, and it's better than kind of crappy!
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Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine
(Mar 23, 2007 - 12:12) | stevo_b wrote: Take me back to the vinyl, Koss Pro4AAA's, my old Kenwood... It's 2am and I just got in... Life was very simple then....
Yeah, welcome to the machine...
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Arcade Fire - Une Année Sans Lumiere
(Feb 22, 2007 - 05:18) | huebdoo wrote:
Well as I come from Quebec stock... I wouldnt say Quebec as a whole is racist... but lets be honest nowhere in North America could a politician get away with what Parizeau said back in 95
"What did we loose to? Big Money and the ethnic vote"
The real scary thing wasnt that he said it, it was the crowd cheered when he did.
Crikey if that isnt close to outright racisim I dont know what is ....
That being said ... dont know if Arcade Fire or any other Quebec band should be painted with the same brush. Dont think this is the place to discuss Quebec and racism ... Arcade fire, Sam Roberts... there is so much talent from Quebec is amazing
As much as I cant stand her ... Celine Dion did the song for Titanic in ONE TAKE... Dude ... she is a pro no matter how you cut it.
Rock on Quebec ... just flush the old Bloc idiots and I will come back
Thanks for your post, Huebdoo. You're right on all counts. First of all, this is not a political tribune and I prefer to stick to music and culture myself, just felt such rantings shouldn't be left unanswered. Much prefer your tone... Right also about the "Parizeau incident" where the said guy, then Prime minister, came at the mike after losing a referendum for separation by a small margin, utterly drunk and said the results were tilted against separation because of the "ethnic" vote. Even if his crowd cheered him (all members of his party), it caused turmoil in Quebec and he lost credibility (and his leadership). And now, the leader of that same party is a out-of-the-closet homosexual who admitted taking coke while a young lawer... I could say that is an irony of Quebec. Anyhow, back to music.
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Rodrigo y Gabriela - Stairway to Heaven
(Feb 19, 2007 - 11:39) | I don't understand. Tried to upload the "Theme From Exodus" by guitarist extraordinaire Gary Lucas. It's even better than this but got rejected right away. Of course it's Stairway, so...
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Beck - Guess I'm Doing Fine
(Feb 13, 2007 - 11:50) | New_Age_Glue wrote: This is one of, if not, the greatest acoustic album I have ever heard. Anyone who thinks differently may have valid reason, but they cannot deny the aesthetic quality of this beautiful work of art.
Yes, and then listen to it in SACD format.
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Porcupine Tree - Prodigal
(Feb 09, 2007 - 12:11) | coding_to_music wrote:
Yours is bettah than mine:
 But so far you're a better RP contributor. Good taste, man. Cheers
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Arcade Fire - Une Année Sans Lumiere
(Feb 09, 2007 - 08:03) | basilpapademos wrote:
Xenophobic? That pretty much defines French Quebec. I can't wait till Quebec separates from Canada so the Island of Montreal can separate from Quebec and we can all live free instead of being continually bullied by the fascists in Quebec City who consider English (or any other language- like Greek) to be the Devil's own tongue.
I was born in Montreal and have lived here all my life. I speak French fluently (along with Greek and Spanish) but it's never mattered. I will never be truly accepted as Quebecois or as they like to call themselves, ancien souche - old stock - ie- the old blood , meaning pure blooded, meaning racially pure. Where have you heard that before? Hanging around with Quebec Separatists is like being at a cocktail party with Nazis. Everything is fine until you bring up certain subjects- like Jews - or Anglos.
Montreal was once a great city, the economic and cultural capital of the country. Now, it's a weekend party for the hicks from Ontario and New York state. It's like watching a beautiful, intelligent woman having to whore herself to Shriners. Really depressing. And I blame the Separatists and their small minded, XENOPHOBIC hatred.
I've always felt these boards should be music related or implementations of expanding cultural exchange and I feel sad to come up here answering to such an obtuse and deceiving statement. Your personnal rejection experience might be true (maybe your post styling gives a clue as to why?) and 39 000 RPers are with you. There is even a place called Journals for this.
I've lived in Quebec all my life. Never experienced Nazism, but know what it is and it certainly doesn't apply to a democratic state that passes voted laws to preserve cultural identity while promoting openly immigration. Yes there are separatists and xenophobes in Quebec as elsewhere but obviously the two figures don't match as we can all read from your post. Or maybe you include the hicks from On an NY as you seem to like 'em too. I have friends who had bad rejections experiences living in Alberta or LA. That's it, maybe LA is a NAZI spot. Come on. I'm not even a separatist myself for the simple reason I don't like political boundaries.
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Zachary Richard - Come On, Sheila
(Feb 08, 2007 - 14:19) | Leslie wrote: I have been a fan of Mr. Richard for about a decade now. It's nice to hear his music here on RP. Come to think of it, where did I even hear of him in the first place? Certainly NOT on regular FM radio. I shall have to reach into the recesses of my mind ;)
Zac is a star in Quebec. First heard him on radio in the late 70' (he had a smash with a song called "L'Arbre est dans ses feuilles (the tree is in it's (own) leaves". All his stuff, either in french or in english is worthy.
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Trespassers William - Weakening
(Feb 05, 2007 - 08:07) | lmic wrote:
Winnie the Pooh, IIRC. Isn't it the name of Piglet's house? A half-broken sign originally saying "Trespassers Will be Prosecuted"... Love it.
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Chris Isaak - Go Walking Down There
(Feb 01, 2007 - 08:56) | nahodge wrote: This is my favorite album of his. Masterfully produced.
Yeah, listen closely! The musicianship on this is astounding and the crisp Erik Jacobsen production is in opposition of what the genre would suggest. Nashville people listen up!
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Waterboys - Sweet Thing
(Jan 30, 2007 - 11:52) | CaptainPicard wrote: Great song from an even greater album!
I saw the Waterboys perfoming live in the Netherlands twice this year. They didn't play this one, but lots of other great songs.
Incredible atmosphere, superb set, wished it would never end. Mike Scott and the boys really touched the crowd and left an ever lasting impression.
CaptainPicard, beam me up there.
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Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah
(Jan 29, 2007 - 13:18) | ssg wrote: Buckley version is the best.
I'd vote for Cale as my very favorite (even more than Cohen), personnaly. Unfortunately it doesn't have the exposure this version has. Still, this is such a good song, everyone singing it is adding something.
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Fontaine - Running on Empty
(Jan 25, 2007 - 14:06) | fontainemusic wrote: Proper site info for Fontaine....
www.fontainemusic.com
www.myspace.com/fontaine79
www.cdbaby.com/cd/fontainemusic
There is a mistake here. Your adress should be under Sony, Warner, Universal or EMI. People got to have access to your music. Of course, us lucky and inquesitive few hook on RP... and there are good independants retailers like CD Baby. By the way tell Bill and Rebecca that the link to your site on RP goes to Jean De Lafontaine, the well known french poet of old... you know, the rabbitt and the turtle...
Ciao
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Mojave 3 - Who Do You Love
(Jan 25, 2007 - 09:00) | Dior wrote:
Thank you. Wanted to upload the masterpiece "In Love with A View" from the Excuses For Travellers album. Already got rejected. How odd. If you like this one, you'll dig any Mojave 3 album.
Cheers.
Guess what, it made it finally. Don't know who to thank this time.
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Van Morrison - Moondance
(Jan 24, 2007 - 13:01) | Austin2Florida wrote:  makes me want a martini.
Joining you. This is great lounge music. Don't forget the cigars.
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The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
(Jan 23, 2007 - 10:38) | Jacksonstat wrote:
I would love to hear Housemartins "Happy Hour"!! I wonder if it's in the RP library?? If it's not, it should be!
I will upload it, promise. Oups, just checked, already on review on the LRC.
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The Be Good Tanyas - Human Thing
(Jan 10, 2007 - 08:26) | Mari wrote:Oh, I do love these two comments below  and to add to them would only spoil their beautiful simplicity  Love Tanyas!
Then I predict you'll like the comments above because the forecast is clear skies and brooming hearts
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Outback - On The Streets
(Dec 18, 2006 - 10:08) | crowhog2000 wrote:
yes.....I never get tired of traveling DownUnder, the Aussies are fantastic people.....
Yes they are. And at least one of them is a wizard.
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Ane Brun - Balloon Ranger
(Dec 14, 2006 - 07:12) | MAgnificent bedtime album. Canadian cover different and more evocative of the feel of the cd I think.
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Beethoven - Symphony No.5 - Allegro Con Brio
(Dec 12, 2006 - 10:54) | suddenchad wrote:
Good lord, some of the snobbery around this place never fails to astound me! Considering the dire condition that the classical recording industry is in these days, you think some people would be happy that a station like RP is even exposing people to the classics! But no, one of the "Joe Pro" snobs has to chime in even for this. I guarantee you, 99.99% of the people here (myself included) can't tell and don't give a damn if you somehow consider it "poorly conducted." I'm just happy that a little Beethoven snuck into my day.
I manage a Symphony Orchestra. Working in my office right now, listening to RP. Thank you suddenchad for your comment. I might add for the benefit of all those who think they hear "power chords" here, to go to a classical concert to get it for real. And if you start to applaud between movements, don't be put off by the snobs (believe me, the snobs are in the audience, not on stage) and look at the face of some musicians, people like you and me really, that will be touched to have pleased a new audience.
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Beethoven - Symphony No.5 - Allegro Con Brio
(Dec 12, 2006 - 08:32) | Marr wrote:
I actually love that fact. Looney Toons was introducing kids (and some adults) to their first real taste of classical music. And in such a sneaky way. :)
Any road to good music is ok. Having memories attached is a fabulous bonus.
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Procol Harum - Conquistador (live)
(Dec 12, 2006 - 08:20) | Happygirl wrote:
This made the ESO one of the top-selling symphony orchestras. Too bad they took a lump sum payment for the show. Guess they thought they'd never see any royalties. Hee hee.
Well, it's always like that with most orchestras at least in North America. Even now the musicians are "paid per service", a recording giving them extra pay but that's all. Usually, just keeping afloat is an everyday challenge for most orchestras (can you figure the cost of having 60-80 artists on stage for a show... and only one as they change the set list every concert?...) So any orchestra management would be foolish not to sign a recording contract that garantees it an amount that covers their cost.
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Butthole Surfers - They Came In
(Dec 12, 2006 - 06:52) | Wes16V wrote: Beck's Nausea is a fitting tune to follow this... um.. thing.
:puke:
Your wish was granted. Pass the bucket please
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Peter Gabriel - Growing Up
(Dec 09, 2006 - 13:21) | Glockman45 wrote: When WWIII Started****1979
(...)
America's military had been decimated and down sized/right sized since the end of the Vietnam War. A poorly trained, poorly equipped and poorly organized military was called on to execute a complex mission that was doomed from the start.
(...)
That guy is kidding, right? Come on, I'm positive the US military of the time had at least a few scores of well trained specialists... The ONLY reason that rescue mission failed is that it was based on wishful thinking, the same that's applied on larger scale in Irak (or maybe 10 years from now you'll say the troops were unprepared..). The "we should wake up" message is exactlty what is taught in terrorists boot camps around the globe.
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Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - You Are What You Love
(Dec 09, 2006 - 12:48) | Lkw wrote: Nice song, terrible album cover.
Then you should see the inner sleeve, so beautiful in it's old Kodak simplicity and full of meaning. A feat rarely seen in these photoshop days. I kind of agree for the cover though.
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Mojave 3 - In Love With A View
(Oct 19, 2006 - 13:35) | StevenQ wrote: I almost uploaded this onto LRC recently. It wasn't in the main cat. at the time. Glad to see it added.
Same here. If I remember correctly, it was even rejected (yes, I hear jokes coming my way). Glad it found it's way on the main channel
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The Be Good Tanyas - Rain and Snow
(Oct 03, 2006 - 07:50) | Mari wrote:Such an exquisite album and this is one of the best of the best, they're so good!
Thank you Mari. Sometimes we are deaf and blind. Somebody from the other side of the world has to show you something great that's in your own backyard. Found the Tanyas because of you and they sure grow on me now.
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Pentangle - Reflection
(Oct 02, 2006 - 13:46) | Mari wrote: Bill of course, and I second it! Pentangle broke new ground and were the forerunners for the unprecedented folk/rock sounds to come and to whom we all owe a huge favour for the grandchildren sounds of today Just imagine! Reflect.
Yes, Cruel Sister was a landmark album. Check it out.
 Way to go Mari
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Eels With Strings - Trouble With Dreams
(Sep 21, 2006 - 09:25) | Couldn't believe nobody had uploaded something from this album yet. Fun, a bit tongue in cheek yet very pro. Who would have thought a suitcase could be such a good perc instrument 
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Mojave 3 - Who Do You Love
(Aug 11, 2006 - 11:23) | warderblu wrote: My Upload :-)
Thank you. Wanted to upload the masterpiece "In Love with A View" from the Excuses For Travellers album. Already got rejected. How odd. If you like this one, you'll dig any Mojave 3 album.
Cheers.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
(May 05, 2006 - 05:37) | raelic wrote:
Please to be uploading! 
Sorry Raelic. Just checked. The version with David Sylvian is called Forbidden Colors and had already been rejected when I checked for upload. You can still find it on a good Sylvian album called Secrets Of The Beehive. Happy listening.
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Neil Young - Looking For A Leader
(May 04, 2006 - 11:36) | shutter wrote: OK, so Young is a Canadian, living in the U.S. for years. Taking advantage of all of this country's benefits. And now he still feels compelled to whine about things here as opposed to his Canuckian nirvana. Hint: Become a U.S. citizen and vote, Neil. Or you could go out with the rest of the boycotting illegal aliens.
You got a point of sort, but being Canadian doesn't mean you can't voice an opinion. You see, we are the same as two neighbors living on the same street. Now Canadians are fighting (and getting killed) in Afganistan so more US troops can be deployed in Irak. Politics, because the canadian Prime Minister of the time didn't approve the Irak war, but was bullied around by Mr Bush to do something to help his needy neighbor. I live a mere 40 minutes drive from the U.S. border where I know a theater, the Haskell Opera house in wich the entrance, main office, and most of the seats are in the U.S., but the library books and the opera house stage are in Canada. The border line is visible across the theater. That's how I see our countries. And you know what? There is a real community sense emerging from that place mixing Americans/Canadians (and some french speaking on both sides of the border- being another factor). Benefits? Both countries get some from the other. If you are against what Young says, please use your freedom of speech to voice an opinion on the matter at hand, not the guy. That's a benefit you can use yourself.
Thank you.
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Hard-Fi - Middle Eastern Holiday
(May 04, 2006 - 10:46) | nick_valensi wrote: is it my speakers? or the stream? or is this distorted in purpose?
Sound like it was badly ripped. Or else it's bad taste.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
(May 01, 2006 - 11:17) | raelic wrote: Anyone have the David Sylvian sung version at an uploadable bit-rate?
That one is even more beautiful imho.
Wow, what a reception for my first (accepted) upload. Also got the Sakamoto / Sylvian version if you guys are interested. By the way it got added without going through the LRC process. Says a lot.
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Grey Eye Glances - Close Your Eyes
(Apr 28, 2006 - 05:35) | Jeffrey wrote:
And all my days are trances,
And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy grey eye glances,
From "To One in Paradise" Edgar Allan Poe
That's a good find, thanks. Never read Poe in english, only the french translation by Charles Baudelaire (not a bad poet himself). I'll dive into it.
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Stars - Your Ex-Lover is Dead
(Apr 20, 2006 - 05:05) | bubble_headed_beach_blond wrote:
i don't know. i'm not sure canada's musical exports have ever really measured up to the old days of The Guess Who.
(HA HA HA HA!!!! sorry, i'm really sorry! you know i'm kidding, right? i'm kidding! i just couldn't let that chance slip past.)
HA HA HA! Bubbly reply! Well, frankly I could add up to your pile, but let's stick to good taste not awakening the haunting canadian ghosts from the past. Ciao
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Eels - Blinking Lights
(Feb 24, 2006 - 06:47) | SkitzoEclectic wrote: For me, Blinking Lights... is one of those albums you have to listen to in its entirety (like Electro-Shock Blues). Some of these songs need to be listened to in a context that the album provides.
This will probably be my favorite album this year, from one of my favorite bands.
Yeah, just like RP tries to duplicate the FM stations of old by giving a thread to sets that enhance the listening experience, some records require the same. Luckily for those who took the plunge into the album and got the feel of it, this song retains a extra dimension when it gets played. I call it The Carpet Crawlers factor : a good song for most, a marvel for Genesis'The Lamb Lies down fans. By the way the album was also one of my best 2005 picks.
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Stars - Your Ex-Lover is Dead
(Feb 01, 2006 - 07:09) | pousso wrote: Lots of good stuff coming out of Montreal at the moment (Simple Plan is an exception). Something to make note of, I think. We'll see how long it lasts.....
Yest indeed, call it a Planet Alignment or something. And, sorrily most of you guys miss out completely on the thriving french scene, getting Simple Plan instead. Just uploaded an example with Les Breastfeeders (that's right). Vote for it on the LRC. High on the Menu (and future uploads) are : Daniel Belanger, Malajube, Cowboys Fringuants, Les Trois Accords, Lapointe, Minière and many others. Bon appetit.
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Robbie Robertson - Showdown At Big Sky
(Jan 19, 2006 - 13:42) | Nuance wrote: not what I hope to hear on RP.
seriously overplayed & ruined forever in my brain.
Well, if it's overplayed where you live, then Winnipeg is a Mecca of eclectic rock. Such a good record, it has to be overplayed just to get the full flavor of it.
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Elliott Smith - Waltz #2
(Jan 11, 2006 - 13:51) | I uploaded Coast to Coast, got a 21 / 1 ratio on the LRC and got rejected. Hmmm. Bill has some serious explaining to do here.
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Emerson Lake & Palmer - Still...You Turn Me On
(Dec 19, 2005 - 06:21) | Fat_Man_Flo wrote:Cover artwork, looks like the digital work of David Ho, can anyone confirm?
(click here)
Close call in style but no, the cover was designed by H. R. Giger (hrgiger.com), who came into light later by creating the famous "Alien" that got Sigourney Weaver in her undies.
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Hem - Leave Me Here
(Nov 15, 2005 - 12:39) | mxdcec wrote: Who added the strings? Wonderful. Am I getting old?
Nope. Just better.
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XTC - Dear God
(Nov 15, 2005 - 12:31) | cataloger wrote: I don't care what merit the lyrics or subject has. If it is sung in a whiny girl voice, it sucks.
Then you'll be glad to like this one because it's a boy.
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Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
(Nov 15, 2005 - 11:31) | This is one timeless melody. Forget the hype, the fake moods and the simplistic abuse it has to suffer, listen like it's new, and give it the 10 it deserves.
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Hank Williams - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
(Nov 11, 2005 - 07:00) | I don't like this that much, but I think it's important to hear music that made it all possible. This is an exemple. Whatever the musicianship, the artistic quality of those pionners set a standard that is still valid today.
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Talk Talk - Eden
(Nov 10, 2005 - 12:19) | A piece like this is not good for work productivity... it begs for you to listen carefully and once you do, you're sucked in. Great listening experience.
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Animotion - Obsession
(Nov 04, 2005 - 06:14) | Shesdifferent wrote: 23 comments on it first play! Whoa baby! Love it when Bill throws us a curve ball!
Explain to them that sometimes,for a short set or two, things can get loopy but overall, 95% of the time RP plays things no one else will play surprising us all sometimes(and the blending is superb)!!!!
You're right on all counts, and I feel much better today (and it seems that Bill do too)
Ciao
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Talk Talk - Give It Up
(Nov 04, 2005 - 06:04) | Synth80s wrote: One of my top 10 albums of all time. I just hunted this album down on SACD from a dealer in Hong Kong and it was well worth the effort.
It's almost unbelievable how much Talk Talk transformed over their 5 albums. Though I like them all, "Colour of Spring" is the best blend of the pop songwriting tendencies of their earlier albums with the beautiful organic arrangements of their last two albums.
If you haven't heard Mark Hollis' solo album, it's the perfect 6th TT album. Also, Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man (TT minus Mark Hollis) is fantastic.
-Synth80s
I never knew Colour of Spring was made in SACD. Please, give me your HK contact! Such a magnificent record begs for SACD treatment. Thanks.
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Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater
(Nov 03, 2005 - 08:03) | Song by song they might sound like Eels or somebody else, but as a whole they're Yo La Tengo and they are quite good. Truly underrated band.
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Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah
(Nov 02, 2005 - 07:30) | raisedonCFNY wrote: John Cale gets a 9, Buckley gets an 8, and Rufus gets a 6
Right on. See, everyone wins!
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Stars - Your Ex-Lover is Dead
(Nov 01, 2005 - 13:42) | First heard of them on RP. How funny to learn from across the continent that their homebase is a short drive from my place... After I bought the record, I found that the cellist hired often works for my orchestra. I talked to her about it and she said they do great music, but she never got paid...
Can't refrain from liking that music a lot though.
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Animotion - Obsession
(Oct 26, 2005 - 12:04) | Shimmer wrote: Other than annoying people, is there a point to playing this?
Agreed. I'm very annoyed. Was just about to show RP to a fellow worker sayin how good a station it is...
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Sarah McLachlan - Possession
(Oct 17, 2005 - 13:52) | Saw her opening for Sting in Montreal in 1997. I Had a backstage pass and went to meet Sting with all the groupies and contest winners. Then I saw a coffe machine and said to myself : this is a good time to get one. While pouring, another cup was held beside mine. It was Sahah. We had fun (talking)and I missed half the Sting Act.
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Midnight Oil - Bushfire
(Oct 14, 2005 - 10:00) | Believe it or not, I first saw them on American Bandstand. Dick Clark seemed to like them...
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English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
(Oct 14, 2005 - 05:49) | First heard the song on a compil made by Peter Gabriel to finance WOMAD called Music and Rythm back in 82 or 83. A very widening musical experience. Does anybody know if it's avalaible in cd?
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U2 - Running to Stand Still
(Oct 13, 2005 - 09:04) | jah_blessed wrote:My upload! I was really surprised to find out that it wasn't in the RP library yet. This track belongs on RP.
This is my all-time favourite song. Not just by U2, but in general. For me, it expresses everything that is great about music: melody, vocals, instruments, build-up, emotion. This one track has it all. 
Thanks Jah for finding such a hole in the RP Library. Good song indeed, with good memories attached.
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Noir Désir - L' Enfant Roi
(Sep 23, 2005 - 08:15) | Frenchboop wrote:
And Mathieu Chedid, as "M"... If you like it, try "ma mélodie" from M
Jean-Louis Murat, Benjamin Biolay, Étienne Daho...
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Bob Marley - Positive Vibration (live)
(Sep 22, 2005 - 12:56) | Brad_Eleven wrote:
Well, it went something like this:
* Jamaicans with Japanese-made transistor radios managed to pick up R&B broadcasts from New Orleans, plus Mexican pirate radio (the X), circa 1965. Early bands like Toots and the Maytalls formed around this phenomenon
* Enterprising Americans installed novelty recording booths in Jamaican cities, predicting a market of rich tourists. The demand for the booths mushroomed when local bands laid down live versions of their songs. They often made a dozen or so copies of each song, then distributed them to regional DJs who played them at dance parties
Yeah, like every good popular music form (Rock, Rap, Country, Tango...) born on the streets, became mainstream. Those genres die afterwards if they don't reinvent themselves. It's time for Reggae to do that now. My guess is it will.
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Concrete Blonde - Mexican Moon
(Sep 22, 2005 - 12:05) | mojoman wrote: Me, I prefer discrete brunettes (who are, by the way, discreet).
As long as they don't go platinum...
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Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
(Sep 22, 2005 - 06:58) | Zosh wrote: Ack! I so hate her voice!
You Know what? She lowered her pitch from that album on. Whatever her tics and her manic side, She made two of the best concepts albums of the 80'S (the other is "The Sensual World"). This is one of the weaker tracks on one of them and weak it's not. Should give you an idea of the quality of her music.
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Michael Hedges - Because it's There
(Sep 21, 2005 - 12:26) | Virtuosos or fast and flash players tend to get on my nerves whatever the instrument (Gordon Giltrap, Jean-Luc Ponty and all). He does not. An achievement in itself. Magnificent player with musicality above technique. Instrumental? So what! with that level of musicianship every piece carries itself very well thank you.
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Dead Can Dance - The Carnival Is Over
(Sep 21, 2005 - 11:15) | jah_blessed wrote:Now this should segue into "Loom of the Land" by Nick Cave. That would be perfect.
Or something from This Mortal Coil
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Beck - Scarecrow
(Sep 21, 2005 - 11:07) | Not a bad song, not a bad album, but nowhere equal to Sea Change (esp. in SACD format).
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My favorite Mercedes
Is it just me, or do I get the feeling that offices are a rare occurrence in Broome, WA? 
I remember quite well the first day it came out. We played it loud in the record store and and it became a soldout item in a sec.
This is good prog!
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