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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 8, 2019 15:33:26 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#39 - "Tear Stained Eye" - Son Volt
Jay Farrar and Son Volt are back with a beautiful track from their debut album, Trace. Still super happy I got to see them with my middle son. This is his favorite song of theirs.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 7:58:49 GMT -5
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Post by Confessor on Jan 9, 2019 10:15:41 GMT -5
I was never a member, but I remember the Britannia adverts in magazines very well. A work colleague of mine did order some CDs from them in the early '90s, and I got him to get me John Lee Hooker's "Tantalizing the Blues" and James Brown's Best of...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 10:20:58 GMT -5
At a naive time in my life, aged 18, I was hooked by the introductory offer of so many albums/singles for a good price. I did return the magazines - with the "No editor's choice" box ticked, but some still got through.
I was with World Books, Fantasy & Science Book Club, Britannia Video, etc.
Looking back, it all seems very antiquated. I did enjoy the thrill of waiting for the catalogue, though.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 9, 2019 11:31:36 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#38 - "24 Frames" - Jason Isbell
I didn't love this song the first time I heard it. It was fine. But it took a few listens to grab on to what Isbell was telling me. The 24 frames are the number of frames of film in one second (at a standard frame rate). This is really Isbell at his best. No extraneous words. Using the 400 Unit perfectly. And those lyrics!
"You thought God was an architect, now you know He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow And everything you built that’s all for show goes up in flames In twenty- four frames"
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 9, 2019 11:38:26 GMT -5
I did the Columbia House thing (and maybe one other) at some point. And was a long-time member of the Science Fiction Book Club. I think their worth depended largely on what you were there for and where you lived. I grew up in a very small town that was pretty isolated. Buying music or books was a major pain as there were very few sources and the selection was awful. I was also very good about sending in the "don't send that crap to me" cards. The SF Book Club I used largely to buy their omnibus editions and older stuff that I'd never have been able to get in hardcover otherwise. I've never regretted any of them...though I do regret a LOT of the music I bought (young tastes tending to be awful).
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 9, 2019 11:49:55 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#37 - "Knee Deep in the Blues" - The Derailers
Second appearance of this song on the list. This song was just an incredibly strong closer to the Derailers first major-label album "Full Western Dress." That album was produced by Dave Alvin (remember him) and is just a love-letter to honky-tonk country and the bands influences, from Buck Owens to Marty Robbins to Dwight Yoakam and The Beatles.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 9, 2019 13:37:56 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#36 - "Getting High at Home" - Mike and the Moonpies
I was a little surprised this one was this high. I've listened to this entire album a lot. And this track, while it's just fine, is by no means one of my favorites. Then I realized that it was the track that comes after my favorite on the album. So it's artificially elevated. But still...it's fine.
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Post by beccabear67 on Jan 9, 2019 14:37:10 GMT -5
I did the Columbia House thing (and maybe one other) at some point. I think their worth depended largely on what you were there for and where you lived. I grew up in a very small town that was pretty isolated. Buying music or books was a major pain as there were very few sources and the selection was awful. I was also very good about sending in the "don't send that crap to me" cards. I've never regretted any of them...though I do regret a LOT of the music I bought (young tastes tending to be awful). I can claim to be a multi-generational member of Columbia House, my Dad was in it before I was born... and he still has (get this) the introductory turntable and two modular speakers! It even plays 78s and has the Columbia logo on it. Still works too last I tried it, but not sure the dual 78s on one side and regular needle on the other would be so good for any important vinyl. I was in CH and BMG and the thing I found out is that if you left they begged you to rejoin with the whole intro package of 12 CDs for a cent or whatever it was deal again. I really milked it I'm not ashamed to say. I joined under my work address as well once. It went from returning the selection card to where you could do it by telephone and was much easier then. I was also in a trade paperback by mail thing, Columbia House DVD 'club', and the Folio Society for the quality repro turn of the century illustrated books. I never fell under the sway of the SF book club but my BF did I think. I also did buy a lot of stuff from the music club I don't play much anymore... lots of Brandy, Maxwell, SWV, Kelly Price, Erykah Badu, Fugees, Destiny's Child, Shaggy. It's still good though, I play Chris Isaaks and Mavericks I got then more now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 15:37:31 GMT -5
If I understand Wikipedia correctly, the Columbia House brand still exists, but the mail order club is no more.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 9, 2019 17:39:13 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#35 - "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" - Marvin Gaye
More Marvin. This is...kind of a weird song to be put out by Motown. I credit that to Marvin having the pull to do his own thing. Unfortunately, things haven't changed that much since Marvin tried to get us to care about the planet.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 9, 2019 18:37:52 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#34 - "1913 Massacre" - Ramblin' Jack Elliot
Another from the Screw Capitalism playlist. Ramblin' Jack covers Woody Guthrie's song about the Italian Hall Disaster. This was clearly written from Guthrie's viewpoint of the Disaster, one that isn't clearly true. The facts show that the people died, including a lot of children. It's also pretty clear that someone yelled "Fire" when there almost certainly wasn't a fire. It's not remotely clear that the doors were held by mine representatives. Which doesn't change the fact that mine management did a ton of nasty shit over the years to their workers.
Ramblin' Jack does a great job with this one...as usual.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 10, 2019 10:17:36 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#33 - "Straight Into The Sunrise" - Gato Barbieri
If this was anyone but Gato it wouldn't come within a country mile of this list. It's just a bit too "smooth jazz" for my usual tastes. But for some reason Gato's sax makes it work for me. More magic of music.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 10, 2019 11:24:38 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#32 - "Play Something We Know" - Adam Hood
This never ceases to make me smile. I've got to say...if the band plays Lynyrd Skynyrd...it's long past time to leave the venue.
Unless the band asks for requests...don't be that person. And for God's sake...don't ask for Free Bird! The only solution to that is FIRE!
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Post by haiduk on Jan 10, 2019 19:35:18 GMT -5
something dark and evil...
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