WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?

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A PLACE TO SHARE YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AND VIDEO'S ...

WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?   AN OLD OLD SONG BY YOUR FAVORITE BAND OR SOMETHING NEW YOU JUST HEARD...  YOUR IPOD CATALOG OF FAVORITES OR YOUR FAVORITE CD BY YOUR FAVORITE BAND..   WHATEVER IT IS,  STOP BY AND SHARE IT HERE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT : )

[KellytheBelly]

The Rembrandts - Just The Way It Is, Baby 

[KellytheBelly]

The Ward Brothers - The Madness Of It All 

[WebWiseWoman]

"Free Fallin' " - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers " - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

(His concert in 1999 at Irvine, CA was the first we actually went as a family; teenage daughters were amazed (and kinda amused by their parents)...

[KellytheBelly]

Steely Dan - FM (No Static at All) 

[fffred]

I love listening to "Servo" by the band Brian Jonestown Massacre. My favorite version is this particular live track, available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwSXoTNVvNE, recorded live in 2007. I will listen to this on (automatic) repeat for multiple times. BJM is a 'modern' band founded around 1990 in San Francisco. Most members are eligible to be AARP members. They are way too young to have been around for the first wave of "The San Francisco Sound" of 1964-1970, but they have certainly learned this craft well.

I don't even need to listen to, or understand, the lyrics. I enjoy the vocals, their rhythm and tone (I enjoy a lot of non-English lyrics the same way). But it's the wall of sound, the guitars, bass, drums, et al, that carry me away on this track (it's 1967 SF driving rock and roll). I did some research on this phenomena awhile back and I am not the only one who enjoys this type of sound and not the only one who listens to songs on repeat. I especially like to do this when I am focused on a task.

[WebWiseWoman]

In honor of Peter Yarrow:

"Light One Candle" - Peter, Paul and Mary 

RIP, sweet, gentle soul...

[fffred]

@WebWiseWoman I remember PP&M well and faithfully. I hadn't heard of his passing, sad to hear of. ...off to blow the dust off some old LP's now.

[BeatleloverKT]

Superstar, Carpenters 

This beautiful song from 1971 is about a groupie

in love with a rocker after a one night stand. It was

written by Delaney&Bonnie&Leon Russell. Some

trivia: Karen did the vocals in one take with the 

lyrics written on a napkin by Richard. She was a

supreme talent gone too soon. This is their best

and my favorite Carpenters song 🎶💜

[fffred]

A nice song. I'd forgotten it was Delaney & Bonnie (remember them and "Friends"?). I wasn't a Carpenters fan at the time but came to appreciate them.

One of the bizarre musical experiences is listening to the cover of this song by Sonic Youth, a much later band. The first time I listened (only a few years ago) I thought to myself "no, is that..., is that not...?" And it was. I've liked Sonic Youth for a long time but I don't like that cover. Though thinking about it, maybe its disturbing nature is more appropriate for the bizarro nature of the groupie's love infatuation.

[KellytheBelly]

The Twilight Sad - Tell Me When We're Having Fun 

[WebWiseWoman]

Gotta ask... 12 year olds and their moms...

"Beyonce and daughter Blue Ivy Super Bowl" 

"What about Us" - P!nk and Willow Sage Hart 

....

[WebWiseWoman]

"No Return" - Alanis Morisette written by Craig Wedren & Anna Waronker 

[WebWiseWoman]

"Hell On Wheels" theme song - Gustavo Santaolalla 

[KellytheBelly]

Jeremy Jay - High Note

[fffred]

Good morning!

I'm listening to some songs that I had listened to a lot but apparently (per YouTube) not listened to recently. Here are two nice ones.

Kokoroko - "Abusey Junction" - A soothing, relaxing song. Wikipedia describes the band as "London-based octet ...playing a fusion of jazz and Afrobeat". Nice stuff. listen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSv04ylc6To

Nightmares On Wax - "You Wish" - flows nicely with the first track but a bit more up-tempo. Another London based act. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8MLqYNGKdI

[KellytheBelly]

Decades/Failures - Tell Me How 

[KellytheBelly]

Steely Dan - Time Out Of Mind

[KellytheBelly]

Kasabian - Underdog 

[KellytheBelly]

Folk Implosion - Insinuation

[KellytheBelly]

Classix Nouveaux - Never Never Comes 

[KellytheBelly]

The Delgados – Pull The Wires From The Wall 

[KellytheBelly]

Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane 

[BeatleloverKT]

I listen to this one every year:

All we need is love, (Christmas in the yard)

Shaggy&Big Yard Family. A beautiful song

with a poignant message for all of us 💜🎄🎅🏻

[fffred]

The Hot 8 Brass Band playing their cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division), one of my favorite songs.

This cover is great. Especially the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBuTK-E0gxo

[fffred]

hmmm, just can't resist another great cover from Louisiana. 'Hey Joe' covered by Buckwheat Zydeco.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wviu3L8h1Jg  (album version. There's a nice live video version on YT as well).

[KellytheBelly]

It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) 

[KellytheBelly]

Field Music - Let's Write a Book 

[fffred]

mmmm, that's nice. Thanks!

[fffred]

Speaking of groups that wear masks when they play (I'm not talking about the Residents or Insane Clown Posse), these contemporary groups are really awesome. If you like Khruangbin you should check these out:

Glass Beams, a trio from Australia - instrumental https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMuTgStG8w0

Austin TV, a band from Mexico City that's been around a long time. This is more "rock"  than is the first group. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5la4Ld3hwhI&t=536s

Both tracks are instrumentals. Glass Beams tracks sometimes use vocalizations. Both have similar explanations for why they wear masks ("it's the music, not the personalities")

Edit:  I have the impression that the masks of Austin TV bear a lot of influence from ancient cultures: Aztec, etc.