convince me to buy a CD

[abcdefz]

...okay, so: I'm headed to the used store this evening for a fairly big buy.

Name a favorite CD in your heart of hearts -- any type of music at all -- and why you love it more than my mom. I'll give it a shot and maybe buy it, too.

[enree erzweglle]

...okay, so: I'm headed to the used store this evening for a fairly big buy.

Name a favorite CD in your heart of hearts -- any type of music at all -- and why you love it more than my mom. I'll give it a shot and maybe buy it, too.
All guitar themed, but...anything by Richard Thompson, although his latest album might not be the best pick. Maybe early Jonny Lang if you don't already have that. For fun, maybe the Hellecasters. Or maybe some Robben Ford; he's based in California so if you like him, you could probably catch him live. He plays the Berkeley area frequently.

[synch]

I love "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis more than your mom because I've never met your mom.

I'm sure she's a very nice person though, inside and out.

[abcdefz]

I love "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis more than your mom because I've never met your mom.

I'm sure she's a very nice person though, inside and out.



I've got Kind of Blue already, and a few other Miles Davis albums ("...and Bill Evans and John Coltrane -- also KoB players" the smartass said :D )

....you're also way off base about my mom, too. ;)



All guitar themed, but...anything by Richard Thompson, although his latest album might not be the best pick. Maybe early Jonny Lang if you don't already have that. For fun, maybe the Hellecasters. Or maybe some Robben Ford; he's based in California so if you like him, you could probably catch him live. He plays the Berkeley area frequently.



I've got some of RT's stuff; like him a lot, in spite of his whole woman-walks-behind-you-ten-steps thang. :rolleyes: I've heard nothing but raves about the new album... you don't care for it?

Johnny Lang is a GREAT suggestion. I'm writing that down.

Robben Ford... yeesh; I haven't heard his stuff in YEARS. Might be time to give him another shot. Seems like I remember him putting out an album on No Speak... do you remember that series? It might have been a subdivision of IRS.

[synch]

I've got Kind of Blue already, and a few other Miles Davis albums ("...and Bill Evans and John Coltrane -- also KoB players" the smartass said :D )

....you're also way off base about my mom, too. ;) In that case I was half right, I only like Kind of Blue more than your mom because I've never met her ;)

Hmmm... Orbital, the blue album. It's their last ever album (unless they reconsider *fingers crossed*) and a very good one. Mix of ambient, techno, acid and... well... stuff.

It's also the last album I listened to (about 30 minutes ago :D)

[enree erzweglle]

Jonny Lang--he's a sweet heart too so you'd have something to look at and maybe talk about with that Starbucks cashier.

Robben Ford--I like him as a person and a musician.

Richard Thompson's latest--it hasn't completely pulled me in yet. I've never not liked any of his stuff so chances are that it'll woo me eventually. I'm just not there yet.

[abcdefz]

Hmmm... Orbital, the blue album. It's their last ever album (unless they reconsider *fingers crossed*) and a very good one. Mix of ambient, techno, acid and... well... stuff.

It's also the last album I listened to (about 30 minutes ago :D)



God, this is awful but.... I can't remember if I've heard Orb or Orbital.

I'd know if I saw the cover, I suppose.
:o

[abcdefz]

Only problem you'll have is that it will most likely not be at the store. You can always check under Public Image Ltd. for the album or for a very good Pil album...which is just about all of them.



Nah; they'll have it. I'll look for it.

I picked up a PiL album a few months back, because I keep thinking I like Flowers of Romance more than I do.

Besides! -- you're on ignore, Norcen. Go away.

[synch]

God, this is awful but.... I can't remember if I've heard Orb or Orbital.

I'd know if I saw the cover, I suppose.
:o
:D

I think The Orb makes mostly ambient, not sure though, never heard much of their work.

The confusion is understandable ;)

[abcdefz]

Must be Orb, then. Might be.

Seems like I remember one CD cover was purple-blue; another one had a city on it....?

[wanton wench]

jack johnson
django reinheart
rev. gary davis

[abcdefz]

jack johnson
django reinheart
rev. gary davis



Gary's the only one of these folks I've heard. I've got about five of his CDs; bought another as a gift for a guy a year or so ago. Great, great guitar player.



Specific recommendations on Jack J and Django....?

[ToucanSpam]

The Trews-House of Ill Fame
The Trews-Den of Thieves

Good old rock and roll. House of Ill Fame is better, more of a bar-ish sound to them. The new one, Den of Thieves, is much better produced and it sounds more generic-rock like. Which is alright, but HIF is mucho better.

And uh, your mom said it's cool.

[DIGI]

MINUS THE BEAR------highly refined pirates


Great indy rock. Formed from members of Botch, Sharks Keep Moving, and Kill Sadie.

[wanton wench]

Gary's the only one of these folks I've heard. I've got about five of his CDs; bought another as a gift for a guy a year or so ago. Great, great guitar player.



Specific recommendations on Jack J and Django....?
jack johnson-on & on
jack johnson-inbetween dreams

django & stephane grappelli-quintette du hot club de france 1934-1940
django & stephane grappelli-vol.2 1938-1939
django-paris & london 1937-1948 vol. 2
django-gypsy jazz

[abcdefz]

The Trews-House of Ill Fame
The Trews-Den of Thieves

Good old rock and roll. House of Ill Fame is better, more of a bar-ish sound to them. The new one, Den of Thieves, is much better produced and it sounds more generic-rock like. Which is alright, but HIF is mucho better.

And uh, your mom said it's cool.





You guys keep thinking I like my mom.
:confused:

[abcdefz]

MINUS THE BEAR------highly refined pirates


Great indy rock. Formed from members of Botch, Sharks Keep Moving, and Kill Sadie.





I like the name. I think.

Is "Minus the Bear" the album title or the band name?

[ToucanSpam]

You guys keep thinking I like my mom.
:confused:
THAT DOESN'T CHANGE WHAT I SAID ABOUT THE CD!! BUY IT!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[abcdefz]

jack johnson-on & on
jack johnson-inbetween dreams

django & stephane grappelli-quintette du hot club de france 1934-1940
django & stephane grappelli-vol.2 1938-1939
django-paris & london 1937-1948 vol. 2
django-gypsy jazz




Danke. (y)

[DIGI]

I like the name. I think.

Is "Minus the Bear" the album title or the band name?


Band Name.

[enree erzweglle]

jack johnson
Someone made a mix-CD for me and some of his stuff is on it. Is he popular? Like would you hear him in a countdown show or something? I know nothing about him but like some of what I heard.

[PaddyBoy]

Anything by John Spillane, an Irish folk singer. He's got great tunes, though you may have to order it on the net.

I'm not a mad fan of rock, but these two are excellent: (Obviously, you may have them already)

At the Drive In: Relationship of Command
The Cooper Temple Clause: See This Through And Leave.

I can't believe there hasn't been any jokes about your mom yet. Especially, y'know, because of the 'stuff' she's been involved in.

[HEIRESS]

get some Hayden
any of his albums are good

if you can get "Live at Convocation Hall" a double album do so because its a good starting point, but it doesnt have any of his newest stuff onnit

[DIGI]

Someone made a mix-CD for me and some of his stuff is on it. Is he popular? Like would you hear him in a countdown show or something? I know nothing about him but like some of what I heard.


He is blowing the fuck up as we type. Countdown shows? No. Saturday Night Live w/ G. Love? Yes. I dig him. Got a good vibe.

[wanton wench]

Someone made a mix-CD for me and some of his stuff is on it. Is he popular? Like would you hear him in a countdown show or something? I know nothing about him but like some of what I heard.
he is new and very good. i've been in love with his stuff for awhile now. he only has 3 cd's and i think 1 live cd. check him out (http://jackjohnsonmusic.com)

[wanton wench]

Danke. (y)
by the way your mom hates this music :D
really she told me!

[abcdefz]

My mom hates music, period.

She did blow me away though, once: I was playing Armed Forces in the car and "Green Shirt" came in and she said, "Ooooh... who's this? I like this...."

[enree erzweglle]

I have never heard of someone who didn't like music. She dislikes all forms of music? What about live music--or marching bands? Liberace? Older people used to like him. Lawrence Welk? Anything? Nothing?

[wanton wench]

My mom hates music, period.

She did blow me away though, once: I was playing Armed Forces in the car and "Green Shirt" came in and she said, "Ooooh... who's this? I like this...."
she might have potential!

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

get 'leave luck to heaven' or 'backstroke' by matthew dear.

matthew is an attractive young texan, now based in michigan. during the early 2000s he made a name for himself with some rather tasty microhouse cuts. with the two releases mentioned above, he branched into poppier areas by adding his baritone tones to many of the tracks. in short, if you enjoyed villalobos then you should enjoy this.

[wavin_goodbye]

Closing Time - Tom Waits.

just do it.

[adam_f]

The Roots- Do You Want More?!!!??!

I think you'd actually probably like it. yep.

[wanton wench]

so a-z what did you buy?

[abcdefz]

Well, I couldn't connect to the message board for the last hour or so before I left, so pretty much everybody's recommendations were shot to hell because I couldn't print them out/remember them. That part sucked.










get 'leave luck to heaven' or 'backstroke' by matthew dear.






Funny enough, though, I did get Leave Luck to Heaven. (!)


Here's what I got: about $72 after tax.

Ricardo Villalobos - Alcachofa
Ricardo Villalobos - Taka Taka
Matthew Dear - Leave Luck to Heaven
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower
Thelonious Monk - Complete Blue Note (4 CD set)
The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 2
Buddy Holly - The "Chirping Crickets" (remaster) (y)


Also got some books: George Eliot's Silas marner and two Par Lagerkvist novels -- The Dwarf (amazing, amazing book) and The Sybil. $3.23 including tax. (y)



...and a wool hat from a street vendor for $18.35 (all the cash I had left... he wanted $25).

[abcdefz]

Since you forgot, you didn't bother looking for Lydon's Psycho's Path, but if you did...did they have it?



I did indeed look, and was surprised to find that they didn't have it. They had filed a bunch of Levine's stuff in there, though (including some 3" CD). Jah Wobble got his own section.

[abcdefz]

Closing Time - Tom Waits.

just do it.




That's a very underrated Tom Waits album.

[abcdefz]

The Roots- Do You Want More?!!!??!

I think you'd actually probably like it. yep.



They've got talent.

[abcdefz]

I have never heard of someone who didn't like music. She dislikes all forms of music? What about live music--or marching bands? Liberace? Older people used to like him. Lawrence Welk? Anything? Nothing?



My parents had about two Christmas albums they'd listen to on seasonal occasions. Otherwise... nope. They'd turn on the radio for news, but that was it. Just no interest.

D-.

[enree erzweglle]

My parents had about two Christmas albums they'd listen to on seasonal occasions. Otherwise... nope. They'd turn on the radio for news, but that was it. Just no interest.

D-.Christmas brings out the best in people. (Wow, though, because music makes and breaks me.)

And thanks for the high marks in that other thread. :o

[HEIRESS]

Ive read Thelonious Monk's auto/bio/graphy/memoir

yes yes I have

I shall forgive you for not getting any hayden
I guess

[abcdefz]

Ive read Thelonious Monk's auto/bio/graphy/memoir

yes yes I have

I shall forgive you for not getting any hayden
I guess




Hayden, or Charlie Hayden?

I've printed out the list for this weekend's shopping, so... yeah.




And thanks for the high marks in that other thread. :o


You did the work; I just give the grades. :)

[abcdefz]

I figured. It's out-of-print, I believe. Virgin Records apparently didn't promote it well. Your best bet is online. I highly suggest you check it out.

I'd like to get Wobble's Commercial Zone. It's basically This is What You Want...This is What You Get with his stuff left in it.




Amoeba's pretty good, so I was sincerely surprised that they didn't have it. Plus, you're on "ignore."


This is What You Want... ugh. That's a poor album. The company was really pushing it at the time, surprisingly enough; even in Indiana, we were getting promo copies.

[Auton]

...okay, so: I'm headed to the used store this evening for a fairly big buy.

Name a favorite CD in your heart of hearts -- any type of music at all -- and why you love it more than my mom. I'll give it a shot and maybe buy it, too.

which record store? it isn't Amoeba is it?

anyway, try "Urubu" by Antonio Carlos Jobim, one of his forays outside of bossa nova (the second half is orchestral and I swear it sounds like Bernard Herrmann at parts). I really really genuinely love this album and I wish more people knew about it. the song "Ligia" is a masterpiece.

[Auton]

oh touche. i see you're talking about amoeba after all :o

[HEIRESS]

it's just Hayden
he's Canadian so you might not be able to get his shit second hand down there anyways

watch his videos if you wanna check him out first (http://www.hardwoodrecords.com/videos.php)
my love affair with him just wont quit
:o

[abcdefz]

which record store? it isn't Amoeba is it?

anyway, try "Urubu" by Antonio Carlos Jobim, one of his forays outside of bossa nova (the second half is orchestral and I swear it sounds like Bernard Herrmann at parts). I really really genuinly love this album and I wish more people knew about it. the song "Ligia" is a masterpiece.




Wow -- great recommendation. I'll have to check that out.

Right now, Jobim's stuff seems a little too samy to me, but I can tell it's because my ears aren't really hearing him yet. I'll get it, I'll get it.

[abcdefz]

it's just Hayden
he's Canadian so you might not be able to get his shit second hand down there anyways


watch his videos if you wanna check him out first (http://www.hardwoodrecords.com/videos.php)
my love affair with him just wont quit
:o



This is the guy that did "Mmmmmmbop," right?













































































Kidding.

[Auton]

Wow -- great recommendation. I'll have to check that out.

Right now, Jobim's stuff seems a little too samy to me, but I can tell it's because my ears aren't really hearing him yet. I'll get it, I'll get it.

please do, and let me know what you think of it.

[Monsieur Decuts]

hayden <3s 16 year olds

[wavin_goodbye]

That's a very underrated Tom Waits album.


IMO, all tom waits albums = underrated

[abcdefz]

What about the One from the Heart soundtrack?

[Auton]

Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower

wierd. i didn't even see this when i posted my recommendation... I love the first 5 tracks of Stone Flower but i think the quality of the album sinks slightly after that.

[abcdefz]

...that is weird.

About all I know of Jobim's stuff is the album with Sinatra, Wave, and now Stone Flower.

[Auton]

the version of "insensitive" on the sinatra/jobim album is great

[abcdefz]

Yep. I think that's one of Echewta's favorite songs on that album, too.

Most days, I think that album's the best full-length that Sinatra ever did. His singing's amazing on there.

[Dr Deaf]

...it's great all the way thru.

[abcdefz]

(y)

[HEIRESS]

I like reading musical discussions like these

just easy, free flowing, no angst involved, music talk

yah know??

[Los Para Noias]

I'd recommend the olivia tremor control's black foliage. They're compared to the beatles a lot, which has some merit but it is probably overstated, because they have a lot of influences in electronic and indie music. It's probably the best neo-psych album out there, so if you have any taste for the genre you should pick it up.

[Documad]

Richard Thompson's latest--it hasn't completely pulled me in yet. I've never not liked any of his stuff so chances are that it'll woo me eventually. I'm just not there yet.
I see him live about three times a year but I've never loved any of his CDs without Linda. I know I'm just missing Linda, but that's how it is.

I haven't listened to the new one much, but some songs are familiar. I'm guessing he played them live. I know for sure that he did Should I Betray? because I remember the audience laughing. I do love that song. :)