What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning

[Farmduck]

I'm watching the Rick Beato interview with Michael Omartian. About 5 minutes in, just as a casual mention, Omartian says his high school in Chicago had a 200-piece orchestra ?!?#?$?#?@ My high school had an acoustic guitar, an upright piano and 20 recorders.

[Irish Saint]

Reggae | Frankie B's Reggae Session (frankiebreggaesession.com)

[Josef K]

I love The Nightingales 

[Josef K]

I love XTC especially the older stuff. What a fantastic drum pattern, if he put those symbols any higher he’d need stepladders. 

[Josef K]

One of my all time favourite songs, short but very sweet. 

[Josef K]

I love The Breeders. 

[Futtocks]

Enjoy the groove and test your woofers, especially at about the 2 minute mark.

 

[ivans82]

Listening to sounds of the 70s on Sunday found out that the song "Without You " wasn`t a Nillsson original but a cover of a Badfinger song written by Ham and Evans .Even more shocked to find out that due to the collapse of the Apple record label a long drawn out series of law suits over the royalties ensued . This became too much for both song writers and they both committed suicide albeit years apart . I will never listen to this song again with the same enjoyment i have previously held for it .

[Leeds Wire]

What a talent.

[ivans82]

Walking through the Hub in Workington Town centre yesterday where there is always music playing , usually well known tunes that everybody would have heard before , when on comes " i want to see the bright lights tonight " by Richard and Linda Thompson , who would have thought , a Public Music Hub with taste .

[Futtocks]

F.Hero, Bodyslam & Babymetal - Leave it all behind

 

[Leeds Wire]

Irish broadcaster RTE just released a documentary about my favourite band of all time, the Hothouse Flowers. 

I can't explain how emotional I feel after watching it. To me they are a smashing band that I've been following live since 1990, but now I've just spent an hour with wild, uncontrollable goosebumps and it means even more. 

I think this story could extrapolate to a thousand bands who have stuck together over many years. It's a great story of friendship and loyalty and all sorts of positive things.

To quote one of their best songs, the documentary and the story are a real 'Thing of Beauty'.

https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/hothouse-flowers-stick-around-and-laugh-a-while/498203176017

Edited March 22 by Leeds Wire

[Futtocks]

1 hour ago, Leeds Wire said:

Irish broadcaster RTE just released a documentary about my favourite band of all time, the Hothouse Flowers. 

I can't explain how emotional I feel after watching it. To me they are a smashing band that I've been following live since 1990, but now I've just spent an hour with wild, uncontrollable goosebumps and it means even more. 

I think this story could extrapolate to a thousand bands who have stuck together over many years. It's a great story of friendship and loyalty and all sorts of positive things.

To quote one of their best songs, the documentary and the story are a real 'Thing of Beauty'.

https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/hothouse-flowers-stick-around-and-laugh-a-while/498203176017

Remember their Lovejoy episode? That's how big they were for a while.

Here's Liam with Eddi reader from Fairground Attraction.

 

Edited March 22 by Futtocks

[Leeds Wire]

20 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Remember their Lovejoy episode? That's how big they were for a while.

Here's Liam with Eddi reader from Fairground Attraction.

 

I think I posted this on the wavering 'best cover versions' thread a while back. It's absolute perfection in terms of its spontaneity and harmony. Two great talents.

[Leeds Wire]

 

[Futtocks]

Dolly Parton sings Tom Petty and it's everything you could hope for.

 

[lanzer98]

Great song; whole new album is fantastic 

[Stirlin]

Just after the US entered WW2  FDR asked composers to write themes to rally the troops , Aaron Copland came up with this , the original Fanfare for the Common Man.

 

[Leeds Wire]

This lot have got a new album coming out and are touring the UK in October (got tickets for Leeds).

They have gained a fabulous reputation as a live band. 

 

[Leeds Wire]

Off to see this whirlwind of a band on Thursday at Leeds Brudenell. I unexpectedly have a spare (free to you) ticket if anyone wants it.

The support act is a young Manchester lad with a huge future

 

[EggFace]

The original.

 

[Leeds Wire]

On 09/04/2024 at 19:20, Leeds Wire said:

Off to see this whirlwind of a band on Thursday at Leeds Brudenell. I unexpectedly have a spare (free to you) ticket if anyone wants it.

 

Ticket has been taken, sorry (by a York RL fan )

[Futtocks]

Burning Spear covers The Grateful Dead, with surprisingly successful results!