What are you listening to now? Page 996
Mirda Rock - Reggie Griffin & Technofunk:
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ August 1 2013, 9:20 AM BSTMore soft rock:
Closer To You - Stephen Stills
Sung by Donnie Dacus, who later had a brief stint with Chicago and re-recorded it with them - always preferred their version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzJ0M_eIIdw
Given Stills' alleged ego always thought it strange he gave Dacus a couple of leads on 'Illegal Stills', 'Ring of Love' was the other, and a decent cut too.
As for myself, right now it's:
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Spanish Dance Troupe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EsQX2XbVwA
Bob Lind - Drifter's Sunrise
Quote: george roper @ August 1 2013, 4:52 PM BST
Never seen that pic of the sleeve before. It's quite extreme, isn't it! I think it's too much.
I would have gone with a Smiths style picture sleeve instead,
My main memory of the song is of Weller chewing gum while he sang/mimed on TOTP.
The song itself is very Motown. One of the Jam's best.
Quote: Horseradish @ August 1 2013, 6:32 AM BSTIan McCulloch - Proud To Fall
I love Ian's voice. So soothing.
Quote: radiat10n @ August 1 2013, 11:04 PM BSTAs for myself, right now it's:
Talking of which, JT's has a similar quality, though it's more laid-back.
How do you rate that album, Mr. R? Should I track it down if I like his early 70's work?
I saw this German indie band (Tocotronic) in concert yesterday:
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ August 2 2013, 7:11 PM BSTI saw this German indie band (Tocotronic) in concert yesterday:
Oh yes. Interesting - and a definite like!
Wedding Present - Nobody's Twisting Your Arm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ay3ttOXMGY
Orange Juice - What Presence?
Quote: Horseradish @ August 2 2013, 7:34 PM BSTWedding Present - Nobody's Twisting Your Arm
Great! like a cross between New Order and the Smiths.
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ August 2 2013, 7:57 PM BSTGreat! like a cross between New Order and the Smiths.
= Electronic
Although they don't sound anything like the Wedding Present. Go figure! 
Like both bands though (Electronic & WP).
Quote: George Kaplan @ August 2 2013, 8:14 PM BSTElectronic
Always liked that one (it has even Neil Tennant in it):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XceSR4rI3JA
And this is too one of my favourites:
Some great Beach Boys songs:
Darlin': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUxlMwn1Ui4
Funky Pretty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ex1gbEv1-8
Surf's Up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1ZmTJzYTN8
Caroline, No: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1emQrSNcM1o
The Little Girl...: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFudhpBf0q8
Good Timin': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvjpS4dpOng
...and one of the greatest soul songs ever:
Well, those have got the rest of my evening sorted.
But I will throw this one into the pot. Attempts at self-education in jazz can be very fraught. The game is uneven. Others have devoted most of their lives to it and passionately. I just noted some things before an inelegant immersion sometime in 2010. The score in years is now, approximately, The Proper Jazzers 54 Horseradish 3.* In ten years time, it will be 64-13! One thing I find is that the jazz records which really strike me are rarely viewed by aficionados as being "the real thing". It doesn't really matter. I like what I like. Incorporation, though, always feels so nebulous. I can often wonder if there's a secret rule somewhere.
Anyhow, I was bowled over by this track when it was released in 2012. I am still bowled over by it - and that, I guess, is the main thing. Oh and spreading the word if and where that is at all possible. Like now:
Jacob Garchik - The Heavens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eKWeYaWKz0
(*54 because I reckon 1959 was quite a key year for them, not that I was there)
Quote: Horseradish @ August 2 2013, 9:18 PM BSTWell, those have got the rest of my evening sorted.
But I will throw this one into the pot. Attempts at self-education in jazz can be very fraught. The game is uneven. Others have devoted most of their lives to it and passionately. I just noted some things before an inelegant immersion sometime in 2010. The score in years is now, approximately, The Proper Jazzers 54 Horseradish 3. In ten years time, it will be 64-13! One thing I find is that the jazz records which really strike me are rarely viewed by aficionados as being "the real thing". It doesn't really matter. I like what I like. Incorporation, though, always feels so nebulous. I can often wonder if there's a secret rule somewhere.
Anyhow, I was bowled over by this track when it was released in 2012. I am still bowled over by it - and that, I guess, is the main thing.
Jacob Garchik - The Heavens
If it's on Blue Note, or Verve, you're probably in safe hands.
Didn't enjoy the first one or two minutes very much...but then I started to get into it. I like it.
Beatles - rubber soul