What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning

[Oxford]

 

 

[Oxford]

 

 

[unapologetic pedant]

5 hours ago, Johnoco said:

Earache records now have some artists that are more traditional rock or rock/blues (like Blackberry Smoke) or Temperance Movement and they have enjoyed fairly mainstream success. A world away their origins 

Just listened to a couple of tracks by Temperance Movement. - "traditional" is very much the word.

That`s the trouble for an old codger music fan these days. Everything "new" that you hear sounds like a thousand other things you`ve heard a million other times.

[Oxford]

3 hours ago, unapologetic pedant said:

That`s the trouble for an old codger music fan these days. Everything "new" that you hear sounds like a thousand other things you`ve heard a million other times.

That's the ears that hear it and what's in between them, U P.

Though there's shed loads of very derivative stuff around, it has to be said.

I have this fear that I'll be enjoying a load of music and more than half it will be the result of Simon Cowell's involvement!

 

Edited April 26, 2021 by Oxford

[Oxford]

 

I was reminded I had these two by a discussion on LBC with a representative of a right wing think tank where they described BLM as good salesmanship!  & marketing.

 this one should go on here alongside them

 

Edited April 27, 2021 by Oxford

[Leeds Wire]

 

[Futtocks]

Hmm...

 

[Futtocks]

The first Charles Mingus album I ever bought.

 

[Futtocks]

 

[Jeff Stein]

On 24/04/2021 at 23:49, Wiltshire Rhino said:

Up until a few hours ago I'd never heard of Spanky Wilson. Now after hearing this song... 

...I've been listening to a lot more of her.

There is an excellent version by Ella Fitzgerald as well

 

[unapologetic pedant]

On 01/05/2021 at 14:54, Futtocks said:

The first Charles Mingus album I ever bought.

 

Second or third for me. (first was Pithecanthropus Erectus).

[Farmduck]

12 hours ago, unapologetic pedant said:

Second or third for me. (first was Pithecanthropus Erectus).

I started with Mingus Ah Um.

 

[unapologetic pedant]

28 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

I started with Mingus Ah Um.

 

If I knew how I`d post "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat".

[Farmduck]

 

[Oxford]

"And as I'm looking at the color of the leaves in your hand
As we're listening to Chet Baker on the beach in the sand"

 

"Smearing their eyes on the crazy Kali goddess
Listenin' to sounds of Mingus mellow fantastic."

 

 

[Oxford]

Tons and tons of irrefutable evidence that the title of this song is completely untrue, but it's such a good song though

 

 

 

[Futtocks]

Looks like Van Morrison's phoned yet another album in.

[Leeds Wire]

39 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Looks like Van Morrison's phoned yet another album in.

I don't know who Alexis Petridis is, but he seems quite bitter about something.

Who will history recall, Petridis or Van Morrison, I wonder?

 

[Futtocks]

2 minutes ago, Leeds Wire said:

I don't know who Alexis Petridis is, but he seems quite bitter about something.

Who will history recall, Petridis or Van Morrison, I wonder?

Judging by what I've heard of Van Morrison's recent work, I suspect Alex is close to hitting the nail on the head. It has been a long time since I heard Morrison sound like he was making an effort - maybe his performance in 'The Last Waltz'. Or perhaps the Bang! Contractual Obligation Album.

[Futtocks]

An album in the style of The Beatles, generated by artificial intelligence software. Somewhat unsettling, but occasionally it throws up some fascinating passages.

 

[unapologetic pedant]

6 hours ago, Futtocks said:

An album in the style of The Beatles, generated by artificial intelligence software. Somewhat unsettling, but occasionally it throws up some fascinating passages.

 

Lo-fi Beatles played backwards. Needs Jeff Lynne to tidy it all up.

If the A.I. generated a version of Helter Skelter, would it be more dangerously suggestive played backwards or forwards?

[unapologetic pedant]

17 hours ago, Futtocks said:

An album in the style of The Beatles, generated by artificial intelligence software. Somewhat unsettling, but occasionally it throws up some fascinating passages.

 

As a follow-up, and based on the evidence of the A.I. Beatles, here`s my top 5 vocalists whose A.I. concoction wouldn`t sound that different from the real thing in terms of timbre and unintelligibility.

5 - Robert Smith

4 - Lydia Lunch

3 - Elvis Costello

2 - Billy Mackenzie

1- Elizabeth Fraser

[Futtocks]

RIP Tawny Kitaen.

 

[Oxford]

 

 

 

 

 

[Robin Evans]

The fountains of Wayne.

These somehow completely avoided my radar in the 90s. Now working thru the back catalogue