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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2016 18:48:23 GMT -5
I wanted "Big Time", but I kept passing it up. I'm not sure why. Probably a bad decision, though.
I still have quite a bit of Tom Waits to get. I have "Bad As Me" still wrapped, in its case, in my livingroom because it got moved there before I got a chance to open it.
This is true for a few Queen albums I have as well.
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Post by shaxper on Feb 20, 2016 18:51:37 GMT -5
My wife puts together amazing mixes all the time, and this was on one of her more recent ones. I was obsessed with it for weeks. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2016 18:57:07 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2016 19:01:55 GMT -5
My wife puts together amazing mixes all the time, and this was on one of her more recent ones. I was obsessed with it for weeks. Your wife has FANTASTIC tastes in music! Also: That album is actually the first Jenny Lewis album I have ever purchased. I was going to order "Rabbit Fur Coat", but it went from, like, $13, up to almost $20 in TWO days. Now, they have an import for over $30! It's because, I think, she is reissuing it this year, so there aren't current copies of the album being distributed/made, so people are selling their copies for SOOO MUCH. My friend was supposed to make me a copy and send it to me. But she never got around to it. Then she went to see her a couple of weeks ago, and she bought me a copy of the album at the concert, but she has to mail it off. It's an album I really, really want, though. And I've heard Rilo Kiley before, but I do not own any of their stuff. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Feb 20, 2016 19:47:49 GMT -5
Have not bought a CD since about 2004. And this is someone who bought 45 RPM singles when the Beatles first came to America, graduated to reel-to-reel tape about 1968 and taped off the AM radio and the very very early FM radio. Started buying albums regularly in 1970 and then CDs when they were introduced. Amassed a CD collection of close to 4,000 and then stopped. But the past 2 years I downloaded my collection into digital files and probably doubled my collection for free via the library. Have been filling in holes in my collection of older stuff, Got box sets and deluxe versions of the classic rock albums, and obtaining many many new CDs post 2004. Also building up my jazz section, comedy albums, electronica, soundtracks-when its free why not And its crazy on whats available at these libraries. Especially the Library of Performing Arts inside the Lincoln Center. Its an amazing place specializing only with performing arts subjects. They have, and I'm not kidding, 10s of thousands of CDs available for lending as well as thousands of DVDs. For rare stuff they have a floor with listening stations. And everything is strictly in alphabetical order so its so easy to finfd what you want. There is no way ant library branch in the USA could be better than them www.nypl.org/locations/lpaThey change their special exhibits monthly. They had a Bowie thing going on for a while too. Besides them, I also have the mid-Manhattan branch (you know, the one with the two lions and where the survivors camped out in the movie The Day After, burning books to keep warm) and a huge main branch in the outer borough of Queens that has a ton of stuff available too. As I said, I have been amassing loads of CDs (and audiobooks) for my golden years when I could sit on my porch with my headphones on and tell the kids to get off my fucking lawn. While I nod my head in synch |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2016 19:56:28 GMT -5
Have not bought a CD since about 2004. And this is someone who bought 45 RPM singles when the Beatles first came to America, graduated to reel-to-reel tape about 1968 and taped off the AM radio and the very very early FM radio. Started buying albums regularly in 1970 and then CDs when they were introduced. Amassed a CD collection of close to 4,000 and then stopped. But the past 2 years I downloaded my collection into digital files and probably doubled my collection for free via the library. Have been filling in holes in my collection of older stuff, Got box sets and deluxe versions of the classic rock albums, and obtaining many many new CDs post 2004. Also building up my jazz section, comedy albums, electronica, soundtracks-when its free why not And its crazy on whats available at these libraries. Especially the Library of Performing Arts inside the Lincoln Center. Its an amazing place specializing only with performing arts subjects. They have, and I'm not kidding, 10s of thousands of CDs available for lending as well as thousands of DVDs. For rare stuff they have a floor with listening stations. And everything is strictly in alphabetical order so its so easy to finfd what you want. There is no way ant library branch in the USA could be better than them www.nypl.org/locations/lpaThey change their special exhibits monthly. They had a Bowie thing going on for a while too. Besides them, I also have the mid-Manhattan branch (you know, the one with the two lions and where the survivors camped out in the movie The Day After, burning books to keep warm) and a huge main branch in the outer borough of Queens that has a ton of stuff available too. As I said, I have been amassing loads of CDs (and audiobooks) for my golden years when I could sit on my porch with my headphones on and tell the kids to get off my fucking lawn. While I nod my head in synch Well, then, I expect you to add everything Nick Cave has ever done to your collection soon as well!  Speaking of Nick Cave, have you seen "Lawless"? He wrote it. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2016 19:57:00 GMT -5
And believe me, it's GOOD. Nick Cave is a man of taste.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Feb 20, 2016 20:27:43 GMT -5
And believe me, it's GOOD. Nick Cave is a man of taste. Yes, picked up about 5 or so Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds CDs. Have not got to them yet but you'll know when I do Of the last batch of CDs I listened to, the one that really impressed me as a first time listener was Eric Clapton's 2005 release Back Home. Now, Clapton and I go way back to when Cream was still together and I loved everything he put out up through 1974's 461 Ocean Blvd. After that, his albums would have a few excellent cuts, a few decent ones and some throw aways. And as he got older he got more mellow and predictable. Slow Hand from 1977 and Journeyman from 1989 were outstanding exceptions. That is until I got tp Back Home. The sound is big. There are no classic blues retreads, they are all original or quite new songs. Steve Winwood and Billy Preston help out. Clapton is out front and ballsy. Seemed like he had something to prove to people with this release about by jove he did. Really liked it Now I just started listening to a new batch of 10 CDs and Clapton is in it again with his next release from 210 simply titled Clapton On first listening, it sounds like he went back to the old routine: nice, a bit laid back, safe, forgettable. Ah well I've seen Clapton in concert about 4 or 5 times and in fact he was the feature for the last concert I went to in Madison Square Garden about 2007 with The Robert Cray Band |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2016 8:47:04 GMT -5
And believe me, it's GOOD. Nick Cave is a man of taste. Yes, picked up about 5 or so Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds CDs. Have not got to them yet but you'll know when I do Of the last batch of CDs I listened to, the one that really impressed me as a first time listener was Eric Clapton's 2005 release Back Home. Now, Clapton and I go way back to when Cream was still together and I loved everything he put out up through 1974's 461 Ocean Blvd. After that, his albums would have a few excellent cuts, a few decent ones and some throw aways. And as he got older he got more mellow and predictable. Slow Hand from 1977 and Journeyman from 1989 were outstanding exceptions. That is until I got tp Back Home. The sound is big. There are no classic blues retreads, they are all original or quite new songs. Steve Winwood and Billy Preston help out. Clapton is out front and ballsy. Seemed like he had something to prove to people with this release about by jove he did. Really liked it Now I just started listening to a new batch of 10 CDs and Clapton is in it again with his next release from 210 simply titled Clapton On first listening, it sounds like he went back to the old routine: nice, a bit laid back, safe, forgettable. Ah well I've seen Clapton in concert about 4 or 5 times and in fact he was the feature for the last concert I went to in Madison Square Garden about 2007 with The Robert Cray BandI haven't listened to much Clapton, I'm afraid. I'm ashamed to admit it, but it is true. But I will look into the albums you say are great. Which Nick Cave CDs did you pick up? I can let you know if I have any of them. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Feb 21, 2016 11:43:21 GMT -5
Looked it up and I seem to have just 2 titles-thought I had more from Nick Cave
Dig, Lazurus, Dig
The Abattoir Blues Tour-2 CDs
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2016 15:12:10 GMT -5
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Feb 21, 2016 18:20:27 GMT -5
Picked up 2 more Tom Waits Cds. Now have 9 of them
Bad As Me
Closing Time
Hope I like them. I remember seeing Tom Waits as the musical guest star on a Saturday Night Live episode in the 1970s when the original cast was still together. I only recall thinking that at the time that I never heard of this froggy voiced guy. Who is he? Somebody on the show must have liked him because he wasn't getting much radio airplay back then (or ever).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2016 20:37:53 GMT -5
Looked it up and I seem to have just 2 titles-thought I had more from Nick CaveDig, Lazurus, Dig The Abattoir Blues Tour-2 CDs I have Dig, Lazarus. But if I have the second, I have not listened to it. I had a custom tag made for my boy dog that says "Dig Yourself" on it because of that song/album. <3 |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2016 20:43:47 GMT -5
Picked up 2 more Tom Waits Cds. Now have 9 of them Bad As Me Closing Time Hope I like them. I remember seeing Tom Waits as the musical guest star on a Saturday Night Live episode in the 1970s when the original cast was still together. I only recall thinking that at the time that I never heard of this froggy voiced guy. Who is he? Somebody on the show must have liked him because he wasn't getting much radio airplay back then (or ever). You watch this RIGHT NOW. If this doesn't make you a little soft inside, then you have no soul. Everytime I hear Tom, I remember why he is one of my most favorites ever. I think this song was just about everyone's childhood. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Feb 21, 2016 21:18:36 GMT -5
On first listen, it seems like a nightmarish Bruce Springsteen song on piano. He'a distinctive for sure
I think the CD I picked up, Closing Time from 1973 was his first and I noticed the first song listed is Ol '55 which I believe was covered by The Eagles and made it a popular FM radio song. It's a good song. I'm not googling because I'm lazy today. I hate when people ask simple questions or make assumptions while sitting in front of a simple computer with the largest repository of human knowledge at their fingertips. But I'm lazy today
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