Music! What are you listening to now?

[Cannibal72]

Re: Re:

Also, I note earlier in this thread discussions of 'Lola', a song I love so much that I named my puppy (who is unquestionably a girl, for the record) after it. That makes it hard to listen to it with her in earshot, though.

When you say Lola, do you mean this one by the Kinks?

https://youtu.be/LemG0cvc4oU

Indeed I do! (No way in hell I'm admitting to knowing a Barry Manilow song .) I rate Ray Davies as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, both for the observational-social stuff like 'Lola' and 'Dead End Street' (so obviously ripped off by the Clash...) and the beautiful personal stuff like 'Waterloo Sunset' and 'Days'. His lyrics are so innocent and so mundane that they're really unlike anything else in pop music. It's really just as well they never cracked America, I've always thought.

 

[Maxiton]

Re: Re:

Also, I note earlier in this thread discussions of 'Lola', a song I love so much that I named my puppy (who is unquestionably a girl, for the record) after it. That makes it hard to listen to it with her in earshot, though.

When you say Lola, do you mean this one by the Kinks?

https://youtu.be/LemG0cvc4oU

Indeed I do! (No way in hell I'm admitting to knowing a Barry Manilow song .) I rate Ray Davies as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, both for the observational-social stuff like 'Lola' and 'Dead End Street' (so obviously ripped off by the Clash...) and the beautiful personal stuff like 'Waterloo Sunset' and 'Days'. His lyrics are so innocent and so mundane that they're really unlike anything else in pop music. It's really just as well they never cracked America, I've always thought.

Well, in that case shouldn't your dog, Lola, be a boy and have a hint of stubble?

 

[Cannibal72]

It's a messed up, muddled up, shook up world - except for Lola

 

[Maxiton]

Re:

It's a messed up, muddled up, shook up world - except for Lola

That it is. (Btw, Lola has always been a favorite of mine, too, but it's been awhile since I've heard it so thanks for mentioning it.)

 

[blutto]

Re: Re:

Also, I note earlier in this thread discussions of 'Lola', a song I love so much that I named my puppy (who is unquestionably a girl, for the record) after it. That makes it hard to listen to it with her in earshot, though.

When you say Lola, do you mean this one by the Kinks?

https://youtu.be/LemG0cvc4oU

Indeed I do! (No way in hell I'm admitting to knowing a Barry Manilow song .) I rate Ray Davies as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, both for the observational-social stuff like 'Lola' and 'Dead End Street' (so obviously ripped off by the Clash...) and the beautiful personal stuff like 'Waterloo Sunset' and 'Days'. His lyrics are so innocent and so mundane that they're really unlike anything else in pop music. It's really just as well they never cracked America, I've always thought.

....yeah, like Muswell Hillbillies, a much overlooked Kinks gem...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf3WBlbqxNc

Cheers

 

[aphronesis]

BJM, "Servo"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3wlaojmlMnc

 

[hrotha]

Last Monday I went to a Frank Turner show and it was pretty awesome, so I've been listening to him a lot. Also, Waxahatchee, The Falcon and Séamus Egan.

 

[sienna]

The Plimsouls:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIxgBMNhsKU

 

[aphronesis]

The magic of the the reunion/nostalgia machine. Never expected to hear this in a public space

Lush "Light from a dead star"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G6LBmGtFK0c

 

[gooner]

I remember this from Black Rain. Brilliant.

Gregg Allman - I'll be holding on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI-1m5XVUZQ

 

[Tricycle Rider]

The Best of Bach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JQm5aSjX6g

 

[BigMac]

Wax Fang - Majestic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B6E0mijV5A

 

[aphronesis]

Bonnie Prince Billy

"Arise Therefore" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=99xS1h6w_Tg

Rerelease on "Pond Scum" here

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BlmfaTQJPNo

 

[Maxiton]

John Prine - Paradise

 

[Maxiton]

John Prine - That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance

"Trout Mask Replica" for the post-punk generation.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Taj Mahal's full album from '68: The Natch'l Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cObpiYMF5Eo

 

[gooner]

Jim Capaldi - Something So Strong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD0UTCMmNxE

 

[Starstruck]

Gil Scott Heron I'm New here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_VJrFZPTIo&list=PL9B3FC25FE66FC10B&index=1

What a great swan song from a troubled legend.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Tim Buckley - I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain

 

[BigMac]

Nice shares.

Xabier Lete - Amsterdam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u5XqU7sxVU

Amancio Prada - Libre Te Quiero (God, he is so good. Got me interested in the Cantigas de Amigo and the whole Galician-Portuguese literature. I'd have failed hard at Literature otherwise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRYmkGwCkK0

 

[Starstruck]

The The - Perfect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ0T2zLa4hM

 

[aphronesis]

Rocket from the Tombs, "Ain't it Fun"

https://vimeo.com/100877713

"30 Seconds over Tokyo"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBJGBk3mR4o

 

[hrotha]

The Portal 2 soundtrack is a thing of beauty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2SF9e23ApQ

 

[aphronesis]

The Moles, "Tendrils and Paracetamol"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj3VUwfIpuc