So what have you been listening to lately?

[mvd]

Mine:

Sherrie Austin - Streets Of Heaven: have always loved Sherrie, and while this one isn't as diverse as her last one, it's just as good - having a traditional/bluegrassy sound, even on rockier songs and ballads. She's also a very good country songwriter. And she doesn't preach conservative family values or anything ignorant. Affecting, down to earth emotions are represented.

Carla Werner - Departure: This is a vocally driven album, and the album is haunting. But even on repeated listens, it's a little too samey in its quietness. Worthwhile, but not an essential purchase.

Linda Ronstadt - Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt (great!)

Green Day - Warning (great!)

Jewel - 0304: I must say, this album is sounding worse. Not bad, but besides the ballad "2 Become 1," the stalker song "Haunted," and the new-wavey pop song "U & Me = Love," the album's pretty forgettable. Liz Phair's pop venture is better.

Also..

heard the full Hilary Duff album at a listening party - bad, like I thought it would be. More annoying than Britney. Nikki Cleary's the one with potential, not Hilary.

[MediumBrownDog]

1. Okay, good jumping off point...

I've been lurking here for over a year, and I guess now is as good a time as any to jump in and post. I have been listening to Fountains of Wayne, both the new disc, "Welcome Interstate Managers" and the previous one, "Utopia Parkway." Razor sharp lyrics, great pop tunes. Enjoy.

[mvd]

2. Welcome to DU!

Glad my topic brought you in, and I love the Fountains of Wayne album, Welcome Interstate Managers!

[MediumBrownDog]

5. Thank you!

I needed a non-controversial topic to jump in, folks with zero post counts are often taken very skeptically, and from what I've seen, for good reason.

"Welcome Interstate Managers" is a great, cohesive album from these guys IMO. If you haven't given "Utopia Parkway" a try, do so. "Red Dragon Tattoo" is choice.

[mvd]

9. Thanks - I'll check it out

Is it similar to Welcome Interstate Managers?

[MediumBrownDog]

18. Yes, quite like "Welcome Interstate Managers"

You'll like it. Very pithy. I'm not as fond of their first album, "Fountains of Wayne," however.

[short bus president]

4. Cheers, MBD!

:hi: Welcome to the Lounge.

My latest listening rotation has included:

Angry Johnny and the Killbillies - "What's so funny?"

Jello Biafra and DOA - "Last Scream of the Missing Neighbors"

Roberta Flack - "Best of"

Dvorak - Symphony #7

Saint Saens - Symphony #3

and last, but certainly not least,

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"

Gotta love the 5-disc carousel, despite the last selection being a two-disc set...

[newyawker99]

20. Hi MediumBrownDog!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[SaveABug]

3. Mogwai

Massive Attack
Goldfrapp

[xJlM]

6. SRV, BOC, Allman Bros, and some BTO

As you can guess, I'm a young rocker grown old :(

[Interrobang]

7. Before I went away...

I made a mix tape for a friend containing cuts from "Roshni," Hadiqa Kiani's first album, and from "Best of Hrithik Roshan," a Bollywood musical soundtrack compilation CD. I also listened to some Inchtaboktables and some Dead Kennedys, but since I've come back, I haven't listened to any music at all, so it's been about 3 weeks. :) On the other hand, I've been walking around humming "Scotch Cap" (a medieval dance tune <Playford>) and "Bei Mir Bistu Shayn," in Yiddish because I don't yet know the English words (I did that on purpose). So go figure. :)

[SaveABug]

11. I mean this with great respect

people must be a little intimidated by you at times. I've read your posts, and they convey knowledge and confidence. A good combination. On the other hand, I'm just a bug! :)

[Coffee Coyote]

8. Yakov Yak and the Cream Corn Machine

It's Yak-a-riffic!

[SiouxJ]

22. I've been meaning to get CCM :-)

since it has your stamp of approval I'm going for it! You know how I value your opinion!!!

[dmkinsey]

10. I've been listening to

The Healer- John Lee Hooker
Mellencamp and Petty

[bbernardini]

12. Primus, Elvis, Hall and Oates, Springsteen, Porcupine Tree

All various live recordings...Primus from 1992, Elvis from 1974, Hall and Oates and Porcupine Tree from last month, Springsteen from 1975. That was today. Yesterday was another live recording from the "Walk Down Abbey Road" tour in 2001.

[AnnabelLee]

13. Just today

I pulled out an oldie: Captain Beyond's Sufficiently Breathless It's got a song on it called Armworth that is really appropriate right now.

What was my arm worth when they took it away...
Is it with my brother, is it with my brother in a meaningless grave?...
It's only a stub of the original thing
that was there when I signed up & saluted my king...

[Ohio Dem]

14. Buffett.

Lots and lots of Buffett. Not the new stuff, though. I prefer White Sport Coat, Volcano, Havanna Daydreamin', etc. Floridays is Jimmy's last really good album. I don't hate the newer stuff, but it's not the same.

When school's starting back up and fall is coming, I have to have my Buffett fix.

And on edit: It's Buffett. Two t's. Buffet is an all you can eat place.

[incontrovertible]

15. Father Abraham in Smurfland

In Smurfland there's a brewery
Where beer is made from honey and tea
It isn't sour, it isn't sweet
It looks like beer and it tastes a treat
Smurfs you meet just everywhere
At the circus and the fair
And in their pubs they'll give a cheer
If they're serving Smurfing beer

Beer, beer, Smurfing beer
You don't get drunk and it isn't beer.

---

That, and the latest Ohgr works, of course.

[KG]

16. the 'Paste' magazine CD

Paste is a cool new magazine. each issue comes with a CD with about 20 songs by artist featured in the mag.

www.pastemagazine.com

[searchingforlight]

17. Eva Cassidy, Norah Jones, Wagner, Jeff Buckley

and some great classical spanish guitar.

[sendero]

19. hmmmm....

Always listening to *something*

Lately it has been

Amon Tobin - Brazilian electronica, for lack of a better pigeonhole.

Randy Newman - America's national treasure songwriter. Louisiana 1927 is one of the most poignant, beautiful and somehow understated songs I've ever heard.

[XNASA]

21. Rooney

California power-pop. Very Beatlesque.

[vi5]

23. Iron Maiden, Radiohead, Arab Strap, Rainbow, Morrissey....

Pretty Girls Make Graves, Unrest, The Rolling Stones, Jesus and Mary Chain......

That's just since Sunday.

[sangh0]

24. Soul Jazz

Jimmy Smith, James "Groove" Holmes, John Patton, Grant Green, Shirley Scott, etc

[BigMcLargehuge]

25. in my 08-26-03 playlist

Marillion, Clutching at Straws

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Henry's Dream

Radiohead, The Bends

Chobits OST, K-Taro Takamine

[NightTrain]

26. Lots of rockin' 1950s stuff, as well as tons of "Northern Soul"

Great "cruisin' down the freeway" music, baby!

[BurtWorm]

27. I've been listening to a CD I burned from Real Rhapsody

and this is a sampling of what's on it:

"Fantasy," "How High the Moon" and "Tiger Rag" by Les Paul and Mary Ford

"Motherless Child" and "Wade in the Water" by the Five Blind Boys of Alabama

"You're My Thrill" by Billie Holliday

"Cry Me a River" by Dinah Washington

"Hony Tonk Blues" by Hank Williams

"Cowboy Stomp" by Bob Willis and the Texas Playboys

"Hit that Jive, Jack" and "Sweet Lorraine" by Nat King Cole

"Un Poco Loco" by Bud Powell

"Engine 54" by the Ethiopians

"Israelites" by Desmond Dekker

"The Yip Song" by Robyn Hitchcock

[noonwitch]

28. Regina Carter's latest

She went to Italy to record a jazz cd using Pagannini's violin. For violin fans, it's a Guanari del Gesu and the sound is low and deep, perfect for jazz.