What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning

[tim2]

Difford and Tilbrook were the Lennon and McCartney of the 80's

 

There's a bit of Ray Davies / Kinks in there as well. Glenn Tilbrook's solo shows are fantastic and he often performs in very small venues. I saw him in a 100 person venue in Sheffield and it was one of the best gigs I've seen.

 

They actually wrote Cradle to the Grave and some of the other tracks in 2012 and mentioned the Danny Baker project back then. I don't know if the delay in actually completing it was a consequence of Baker's illness.

[Futtocks]

The Nits - Quest. A bonus disc of unreleased songs from the mid-Nineties. Some very good tracks, some a bit sketchy.

 

[Vambo]

Two of the UKs long serving (and for me up there with the very best) bands have new albums just around the corner:

 

 

[Griff9of13]

A sublime piece of pure pop from 1967:

 

[ArthurDaley]

Still stuck in the 60s/70s. The long hot summer of 76. Along came Pussycat, with Mississippi. A Dutch C&W group fronted by Toni Wille.

My favourite song ever. I'm going to have it played at my funeral. Playing the best of Pussycat (again).

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfY0yJyTjjE

[Ullman]

Most recent vinyl acquisition

 

[Ullman]

[Futtocks]

Listening to some Garfunkel & Oates tracks on YouTube. They are comedy music duo Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, who have both had appearances on (and written for) 'The Big Bang Theory'. 

 

Some of the lyrics are very much NSFW, especially 'The Loophole'. Funny, though.  

Edited September 20, 2015 by Futtocks

[gingerjon]

Ryan Adams has covered the entirety of Taylor Swift's '1989' album.  I suspect this is a bit marmite but I'm enjoying what I've heard so far:

 

[westhuller]

The Beatles ... Past Masters Volumes 1 & 2

[WearyRhino]

The Beatles ... Past Masters Volumes 1 & 2

They'll never get anywhere, guitar bands are on their way out!

[Farmduck]

Not to everyone's taste and a bit old now:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2x5pARGdE

[Griff9of13]

I've just taken delivery of Gwenno's first album "Y Dydd Olaf". Ambient, electro pop sung in Welsh. I like it.

 

Here's the first track "Chwyldro":

 

[Griff9of13]

A little Belle & Sebastian

 

[Ullman]

[Futtocks]

I'll have to watch all 4+ hours of this to tell if it is The Band's legendary 'Last Waltz' concert in full, without Scorsese's interruptions. But it looks and sounds like it might be. 

 

[WearyRhino]

I'll have to watch all 4+ hours of this to tell if it is The Band's legendary 'Last Waltz' concert in full, without Scorsese's interruptions. But it looks and sounds like it might be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2yW372qWH8

Ooooo..... Wow! Thanks for that.

[Futtocks]

Spiders from Mars' self-titled (and only) album. No Mick Ronson, unfortunately, but it's not bad.

 

[Futtocks]

A really good vinyl rip of Frank Zappa - Apostrophe.

 

Edit: switched off now, because I want to hear what will be undoubtedly an hilarious RU post-mortem.

Edited October 3, 2015 by Futtocks

[Ullman]

Spiders from Mars' self-titled (and only) album. No Mick Ronson, unfortunately, but it's not bad.

That's a bit of a rarity. I remember it being released but I can't remember ever hearing it and I've never seen it come up second hand.

 

Mick would have been busy pursuing his solo career at that time. He services were also very much in demand. As Elton John once said of him, everybody wanted Mick Ronson on their album.

[Futtocks]

Thanks to the pre-match entertainment at the NRL Grand Final, I had to go back and listen to this again.

 

 

[Futtocks]

 

[Futtocks]

Okay, brace yourself! Tiny Tim* commits GBH on 'Do ya think I'm sexy'.

 

*not that one, but if this video helps you to visualise a certain TRL member, go for it!

 

 

[westhuller]

Dr Feelgood ... Shotgun Blues

[Ullman]