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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 19, 2024 9:12:15 GMT -5
#9 – Lyle Lovett – I Love Everybody
I know Lyle Lovett from a particular song that was popular over here in the UK some years ago -- like, 90s or maybe early 2000s -- but I'm damned if I can figure out what it was. Looking at his discography on Wikipedia, he appears not to have had any hits here, so I'm not sure what song I'm thinking of??? Anyway, regardless, these are a couple of nice songs; I like Lovett's voice, it's world-weary without seeming affected. I could imagine this being a bit of a late night album to listen to after a few drinks. A number of his songs have been used in movies and on TV. Just spitballing a guess based on the time period, my first guess would be "Private Conversation." |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 19, 2024 9:13:07 GMT -5
#9 - Be a Girl by The Wannadies And I was today years old when I heard of these folks. They're very peppy and poppy. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2024 9:59:31 GMT -5
Eh...just not feeling this thread, no big reason. But yeah, Mellow Gold is a great album. Love me some Beck. Yeah, I love Beck too. Mellow Gold only just missed my Top 10, as I think it's actually kinda patchy, though utterly brilliant in places. Later albums are much more consistant for me. But that's why I spotted your deleted post, because I thought, "oh great, somebody else has picked Mellow Gold." Yeah, Mellow Gold was real fresh sounding to me when it came out, but it was definitely Odelay that really hooked me on Beck overall. |
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Post by berkley on Apr 19, 2024 11:17:57 GMT -5
Yeah, I love Beck too. Mellow Gold only just missed my Top 10, as I think it's actually kinda patchy, though utterly brilliant in places. Later albums are much more consistant for me. But that's why I spotted your deleted post, because I thought, "oh great, somebody else has picked Mellow Gold." Yeah, Mellow Gold was real fresh sounding to me when it came out, but it was definitely Odelay that really hooked me on Beck overall. I think it'll be on my list but I've decided to listen to all my candidates again, many for the first time in years and years, so I'll see how I like it now after all this time.
I liked the Jamiroquai track you posted, that was the only one I had time to listen to. They're another act I'd always been vaguely aware of but had not ever heard much of their music so it was interesting to listen to that one. I hadn't realised they were so jazz-based.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2024 12:06:44 GMT -5
Yeah, Mellow Gold was real fresh sounding to me when it came out, but it was definitely Odelay that really hooked me on Beck overall. I think it'll be on my list but I've decided to listen to all my candidates again, many for the first time in years and years, so I'll see how I like it now after all this time.
I liked the Jamiroquai track you posted, that was the only one I had time to listen to. They're another act I'd always been vaguely aware of but had not ever heard much of their music so it was interesting to listen to that one. I hadn't realised they were so jazz-based.
Jamiroquai evolved throughout the 90's, they really got more exposure with the "Virtual Insanity" hit single off of their 3rd album Travelling Without Moving. They got heavier on the disco elements later in the decade, but still had a knack for writing really catchy music even with some shake-ups to the line-up. Most recognizable is singer Jay Kay's voice which has been likened to Steve Wonder a bit by some, but again the musicianship has always been really strong. Lots of funk and soul elements but also very diverse including some great percussion. Even some digeridoo early on! Here they are at the start in 1993 with their first album: Here's the one I had posted and deleted from 1994 off their Return of the Space Cowboy: And that aforementioned big hit from 1996 off of the Travelling album with an also famous video: Great band live as well, got to see them in their prime back in the day. I guess I ended up participating in this thread after all haha! Ok, I'll leave this post up. |
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Post by berkley on Apr 19, 2024 23:57:24 GMT -5
I think it'll be on my list but I've decided to listen to all my candidates again, many for the first time in years and years, so I'll see how I like it now after all this time.
I liked the Jamiroquai track you posted, that was the only one I had time to listen to. They're another act I'd always been vaguely aware of but had not ever heard much of their music so it was interesting to listen to that one. I hadn't realised they were so jazz-based.
Jamiroquai evolved throughout the 90's, they really got more exposure with the "Virtual Insanity" hit single off of their 3rd album Travelling Without Moving. They got heavier on the disco elements later in the decade, but still had a knack for writing really catchy music even with some shake-ups to the line-up. Most recognizable is singer Jay Kay's voice which has been likened to Steve Wonder a bit by some, but again the musicianship has always been really strong. Lots of funk and soul elements but also very diverse including some great percussion. Even some digeridoo early on! Here they are at the start in 1993 with their first album: Here's the one I had posted and deleted from 1994 off their Return of the Space Cowboy: And that aforementioned big hit from 1996 off of the Travelling album with an also famous video: Great band live as well, got to see them in their prime back in the day. I guess I ended up participating in this thread after all haha! Ok, I'll leave this post up.
I'd say the middle one is my favourite of those three, on first listen - and come to think of it, that's a point that should be raised. I kind of take it for granted that everyone has had a similar experience with their music listening in this regard but maybe I'm wrong: I've found over the years that with me, my first reaction doesn't always mean a lot, especially if it's negative or relatively neutral. My positive first reactions usually stay positive but even then they can come down a bit.
Even with an album I like right away, my favourite songs on first exposure often aren't my favourites once I get to know the record better - which could take years, in some cases. And a lot of my favourite records are things I didn't like right away, although there must have been something to make me think it was worth my while to keep listening until I finally "got it" or decided it just wasn't going to work for me. So I don't necessarily place too much reliance on my first reactions, though of course there are some things I can tell right away just aren't my cup of tea. |
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Post by berkley on Apr 20, 2024 0:04:53 GMT -5
I know Lyle Lovett from a particular song that was popular over here in the UK some years ago -- like, 90s or maybe early 2000s -- but I'm damned if I can figure out what it was. Looking at his discography on Wikipedia, he appears not to have had any hits here, so I'm not sure what song I'm thinking of??? Anyway, regardless, these are a couple of nice songs; I like Lovett's voice, it's world-weary without seeming affected. I could imagine this being a bit of a late night album to listen to after a few drinks. A number of his songs have been used in movies and on TV. Just spitballing a guess based on the time period, my first guess would be "Private Conversation."
Lyle Lovett is one of those guys I think I might get to like if I took the time to get into his stuff but on the other hand none of the songs I happen to have heard has motivated me to make the effort. A friend of mine who died a few years ago liked him - come to think of it he liked John Prine and a few of the other guys I've seen you mention over the years. So I'd hear some of that music at his place. But of course then you're talking, etc and it's more or less background music.
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Post by commond on Apr 20, 2024 17:52:06 GMT -5
Allan Holdsworth's Road Games... this was interesting as you don't tend to find a lot of jazz EPs. Holdsworth was a British prog musician who was a devotee of advanced music theory. This sounded more like a prog record to me than jazz, but there were fusion elements.
Golpes Bajos' Golpes Bajos... a nice little slice of Spanish new wave pop. This band went on to release a pair of solid albums in '84 and '85.
Ostrogoth's Full Moon's Eyes... old school Belgian metal. You can't really go wrong with this. Speedy power metal.
Poison Idea's Pick Your King E.P... this is the debut EP from Portland hardcore band Poison Idea. There were a shit ton of hardcore EPs released in 1983. That's a glorious thing for the hardcore enthusiast, but it makes it difficult to stand out from other hardcore bands. I haven't heard any other releases from this group. I liked what I heard here, but there was an element of it sounding like the same song over and over again.
Koro's Koro... now we're talking. This EP is like six minutes long and was bootlegged multiple times before getting an official release. The band released this one EP before breaking up, but man, 1983, Koro wuz here.
D.R.I.'s Dirty Rotten EP... man, what a racket! This is the beginning of D.R.I and one of the first thrashcore releases. Y'know, when you think of 80s nostalgia, you think of Stranger Things and the like, but this record makes me imagine a bunch of teenage hardcore fans getting their hands on early thrash metal and freaking out.
Trisomie 21's Le Repos des enfants heureux... and now for a total change of pace, here's a French coldwave EP. Very mechanical but strangely enchanting.
Anti-Cimex (EP)... I don't feel comfortable typing the title of this EP. You can look it up if you're interested. That's no judgment on the record, though. It's 8 minutes of ripping D-Beats and musically I like it better than a lot of hardcore EPs from '83.
The Particles' I Luv Trumpet... The Particles were an Australian group, though you couldn't really tell from listening to them. They grew out of the Australian punk scene of the late 70s. In the post-punk era, they gleefully described themselves as bubblegum pop. This was a post-punk twee pop offering with, you guessed it, horns. Highly recommended if you like indy twee pop.
Ratt's Ratt... the haters gonna hate, hate, hate. Give me Ratt or give me death.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2024 18:34:54 GMT -5
Ratt's Ratt... the haters gonna hate, hate, hate. Give me Ratt or give me death. Same...and that early Ratt EP is so raw and awesome. |
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Post by Confessor on Apr 22, 2024 6:58:56 GMT -5
Favorite albums of 1994 #8 – Riders in the Sky – Cowboys in Love
Never heard of these guys, but straight away I'm liking their snazzy duds on that album cover. Musically, judging from the two tracks you posted, this is real throw-back stuff with a very 1930s and 40s Western Swing vibe to it. I like it alot, actually. Especialy that song, "Along the Santa Fe Trail". Might have to see if I can pick up a copy of this. |
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Post by Confessor on Apr 22, 2024 7:21:32 GMT -5
#8 - Grace by Jeff Buckley I don't know about the U.S., but here in the UK this album meant absolutely nothing when it came out in 1994. Even though I was really into alternative rock and indie music at this time – and even with Jeff's famous surname to catch my eye – I don't recall hearing anything about him or this album in the music press at the time. The first I heard of Jeff Buckley was when he died in 1997. The ensuing rush to acclaim Grace, his one and only album, as a modern masterpiece immediately turned me off and made me deeply suspicious of his musical worth. That was my loss really because, when I finally heard Grace in around 2001 or so, the beguiling mix of Buckley's sublime vocals and poetic lyrics, along with a good dose of alternative rock angst and an unusual line in cover versions sucked me in completely. Though the album is uniformly strong, there are, of course, some incredible stand out tracks, such as his definitive cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and Buckley's own "Mojo Pin", "Last Goodbye", and "Dream Brother". In terms of picking out a track to showcase the album, I'm gonna resist the temptation to choose the, frankly, over-played cover version of "Hallelujah" (fantastic though it is), and instead go for one of Buckley's own compositions, the beautifully dream-like "Mojo Pin"…
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 22, 2024 9:07:38 GMT -5
Favorite albums of 1994 #8 – Riders in the Sky – Cowboys in Love
Never heard of these guys, but straight away I'm liking their snazzy duds on that album cover. Musically, judging from the two tracks you posted, this is real throw-back stuff with a very 1930s and 40s Western Swing vibe to it. I like it alot, actually. Especialy that song, "Along the Santa Fe Trail". Might have to see if I can pick up a copy of this. If you've ever watched Toy Story 2, you've heard them singing the Woody's Roundup theme song. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 22, 2024 9:09:58 GMT -5
#8 - Grace by Jeff Buckley I literally only know him from his over-played cover of Hallelujah, which is good, but also one of the most misunderstood songs of our time. |
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Post by Confessor on Apr 22, 2024 9:16:03 GMT -5
Never heard of these guys, but straight away I'm liking their snazzy duds on that album cover. Musically, judging from the two tracks you posted, this is real throw-back stuff with a very 1930s and 40s Western Swing vibe to it. I like it alot, actually. Especialy that song, "Along the Santa Fe Trail". Might have to see if I can pick up a copy of this. If you've ever watched Toy Story 2, you've heard them singing the Woody's Roundup theme song. Ah, OK...I would've heard that, yes. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 22, 2024 9:27:35 GMT -5
Favorite albums of 1994
#7 - Tom Russell – Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs
Well that album title pretty much sums up Tom Russell. Okay...maybe not Dogs. But dogs probably reads better than "obscure cultural references." This one is a little odd, in that there are only three of Russell's own compositions on the album. while he covers two each by Dylan and Peter La Farge.
The opener on this is one of my favorite songs by Russell. "Tonight We Ride" is just vintage Russell, giving us everything that we expect from his songwriting, the southwest, cowboys, and enough references to keep you hitting Wicki for a while. And he does a nice version of Dylan's "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts" with assistance from Joe Ely and Eliza Gilkyson.
Not one of Russell's best albums, but still very solid.
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