marcopolo Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 I received several gift cards for Christmas that I want to use to get some CDs. Do you have any suggestions, like "must haves", if you were buying some music today yourself? Just to give you an idea of my tastes (such as they are), I recently bought: Kill To Get Crimson (Mark Knopfler); Raising Sand (Robert Plant and Allison Krauss); Mothership (Led Zepplin); The Reminder (Feist); and, A Hard Day's Night (artist goes without saying). Link to comment
David Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 You might have some fun with this: http://www.pandora.com Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Kill To Get Crimson (Mark Knopfler) Haven't got that one yet, but I've got lots of his other stuff, and it's all good. I'd recommend Sailing to Philadelphia if you don't already have it. Link to comment
marcopolo Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 You might have some fun with this: http://www.pandora.com Thanks, but it won't let me access it from outside the US. Link to comment
Trinity Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 +1 on the Pandora suggestion. Another option is to browse the "Music" forum at http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f9/ . The site is primarily for headphone enthusiasts, but they are also music enthusiasts who have incredibly wide and diverse tastes! I've gotten some stellar recommendations on everything from classical to jazz to trance. Link to comment
hANNAbONE Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 mARCO -- try www.live365.com does that work where you live?? Link to comment
zbassman Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Well, my musical tastes are all over the map. But here are some of my "essentials" Beatles - Revolver Stones - Let It Bleed Green Day - American Idiot David Bowie - Aladin Sane The Trews - Den of Thieves Wolfmother - Wolfmother Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams Jet - Get Born Kinks - Give The People What They Want Tom Petty - Damn The Torpedoes The Ramones - The Ramones (first album) Michael Franti - Yell Fire! Black Crowes - Southern Harmony and Musical Companion Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run Buckcherry - 15 Gov't Mule - Dose Led Zeppelin - II, III, IV, Physical Graffiti, etc. Los Lobos - Colossal Head Macy Gray - On How Life Is Neil Young - Ragged Glory, Harvest Phish - Junta, Hoist, Rift Allman Brothers - Live At The Philmore, Idlewild South Audioslave - Audioslave Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out Robert Earl Keen - Picnic Kris Kristofferson - Jesus Was a Capricorn Joni Mitchell - Blue, Court and Spark, Ladies of the Canyon Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - So Far Ed Jurdi - Longshores Drive Trout Fishing in America - Big Trouble, Truth is Stranger Than Fishin' I'm sure there are more essentials, but these would be among my top choices (today anyhow) Link to comment
Jake Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Another option is to browse the "Music" forum at http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f9/ . [hijack] I thought I was the only person in the world who frequents that site for those reasons! That site is going to cost me a lot of money soon. There's not a lot of people who appreciate the virtues of a dedicated tube headphone amplifier, but I guess motorcyclists who encase themselves in something like a helmet over long distances would be among them! High Def for the ears. [/hijack] My short classics list: Weather Report - Heavy Weather Muddy Waters - Folk Singer Billy Cobham - Spectrum John McLaughlin - Live at the Royal Festival Hall (I was there) Steely Dan - Aja Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach/Live at the Fillmore East (noted above) Jimi Hendrix -Pick your favorite Stevie Ray Vaughn - Pick your favorite as long as Little Wing is on it Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense Yes - The Yes Album Link to comment
marcopolo Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 mARCO -- try www.live365.com does that work where you live?? Yup, thanks. Link to comment
Couchrocket Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 The Essential Bob Dylan Eagles "Hell Freezes Over" Simon & Garfunkle "Bookends" Cat Stevens "Tea for the Tillerman" America "Greatest Hits" Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" Franz Lizt "Les Preludes" (This is for riding across from Torrey to Boulder -- especially if the weather is "semi-grumpy.") Link to comment
gottabmw Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 From last year: Neko Case - "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood" Link to comment
BluesTraveler Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Pink Floyd "Pulse" Steely Dan "Citizen" Allman Brothers "Dream" I never leave home without them. Link to comment
chrisd Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Brian Eno "Before and After Science" The Clash "Sandinista!" The Rolling Stones "Hot Rocks 1964-1971" Lyle Lovett "Joshua Judges Ruth" Neil Young/Crazy Horse "Rust Never Sleeps" Neil Young "Decade" The Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" Jeff Beck "Truth" The Band "The Band" CSNY "Deja Vu" Deep Purple "Machine Head" Dire Straits "Making Movies" The list really does go on and on. Link to comment
Wooster Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Scots rock/pop group "Texas", any album really; their first, "Southside", makes my short list. Cassandra Wilson; again any album will do; try "New Moon Daughter". Michael Martin Murphy's first two albums "Geronimo's Cadilac" and "Cosmic Cowboy" (if you can find them) are great country; "Crack up in Las Cruces" from Cosmic Cowboy is my personal favorite. Wooster w/extreme prejudice Link to comment
camille Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I received several gift cards for Christmas that I want to use to get some CDs. Old thread, sorry, but I am crazy about this song at the moment and the music video even has some stunt motorcycle stuff in it! Wheelie at 0:46, stoppie at 0:53 if you hate the song but want to see the stunts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR6oR-JG3nw Link to comment
f86sabre Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 NPR's All Songs Considered did their listener's choice top 20 and critic's choice reviews recently. There are a couple of CDs that I think I will be picking up from these lists. The website lets you listen to songs off of each. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17144780 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16974916 The hardest thing for me is finding new music and the NPR show, along with Pandora has been helping out. Link to comment
stubble! Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Thanks, that's a great list. I second Beirut and The National. Have to check out some of the others. I heard The National a month or so ago, and I've snatched up all of their stuff. It's been a LONG time since a new find appealed to me so much. They've got a really great sound. Get "Boxer" and the "Cherry Tree" EP, and go on from there. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Nick (Deadboy) and others who posted in the Johnny Cash thread a month or two ago. I've had a great time rediscovering all his old stuff. Awesome. Link to comment
marcopolo Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 Thanks for all the suggestions, particularly the NPR top 25 CDs list. Link to comment
bowcop Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 My favorite "ride music" is anything by Joe Satriani....gotta watch out for the cops though if you listen to him!!!! Link to comment
flat_twin Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 From last year: Neko Case - "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood" I'll bet that's good. I saw her on Austin City Limits a while back. Very good stuff!! Link to comment
Twisties Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 We have a lot of CDs, so getting it down was hard. This is my top 5%: Alice in Chains – Unplugged Allman Brothers – Eat a Peach Darol Anger Mike Marshall – Chiaroscuro B-52’ – Bouncing Off the Satellites Jeff Beck – Wired The Be Good Tanyas – Chinatown Blind Faith (Self Titled) Buena Vista Social Club (Self Titled) John Butler Trio - Live at St. Gallen Crosby Stills Nash and Young – Four Way Street Cowboy Junkies – 200 more miles Al Dimeola – This is Jazz 31 Dixie Chicks – Taking the Long Way Dire Straits – Brother in Arms Jerry Garcia / David Grisman (Self Titled -1999 Acoustic Disc, ACD-2) Genesis – Selling England By the Pound Grateful Dead – Ladies and Gentlemen the Grateful Dead Fillmore East New York City April 1971 Hot Tuna – Hot Tuna Indigo Girls (Self Titled) Jefferson Airplane – Live at the Fillmore East Jack Johnson – On and On Robert Earl Keen – Gringo Honeymoon Live – Throwing Copper Alanis Morrisette – MTV Unplugged Nirvana – Unplugged in New York Pink Floyd – but which album? Wish You Were Here Rush – 2112 Rush – Hemispheres Rusted Root – When I Woke Santana – Live at the Fillmore ‘68 Michelle Shocked – Kind Hearted Woman The Subdudes – Annunciation Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense Traffic – The Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys Traffic – Welcome to the Canteen U2 – Live Under a Blood Red Sky The Who – Who’s Next Lucinda Williams – World Without Tears George Winston – December Yes - Yessongs Have a good time with your gift cards! Jan Link to comment
camille Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 NPR's All Songs Considered did their listener's choice top 20 and critic's choice reviews recently. There are a couple of CDs that I think I will be picking up from these lists. Thanks so much for posting this, Michael. I know I like a couple of the top 20's - Arcade Fire and Tegan and Sara - so I'll probably find a lot of other good music on the list. Link to comment
itchybro Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Myspace has re-kindled my faith in music. For many moons I've lost the ability to even walk into a music store. Due to this gizmo, I'm rediscovering an old love. These are artists and such I discovered this year. Not anything I was familiar with before. These are not in order just as they occured to me. I was also trying for 10 but wound up with a magnificent seven. Mike Farris. Amazing voice emanating from a small white guy. In person it's a cross between Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples and Terence Trent D'arby. The music to the short film Apple Jack composed by Knoxville's very own Toby Dammit. (those are two distinct URL's folks. There are different noises on both.) Doyle and Debbie. Pure Genius. Stop the song watch the video. Valley Lodge. Like Cheap Trick? Beatles? Superdrag? (try 21st Century Man and Hey) Found it via a nutjob named Dave Hill who also plays a mean Ibanez Iceman in..... Children of the Unicorn. Parody metal? I don't what the hell is it but it sure ROCKS! Julie Lee. There's some sort of swing retro zeitgeist going these day. This is the best I've heard. (Try "Married Woman Blues" or "Winter") Freeezebro's Glossary. The ODB turned me on to this. "Blood on the Knobs" and "Gasoline soaked Heart" are real close to home. Here's some stuff I was familiar with or stumbled into in other ways. This is Steve Earle's kid Justin Townes Earle. The "thing" is fully formed and has a life of it's own. I have a sneaking suspicion his paw will become known primarily as "Justin's Dad". One of those guys that's a "musicians musician" The late great Eddie Hinton. His recordings were big back in the day on the tour buses and planes of folks like the Stones and Zeppelin. I'll stop with a couple of friends. The "staggering genius" behind Superdrag John Davis. This record brings the ROCK bigtime. (My favorite on this page is "Tell me I'm Not Free".) Ex-pat Chattanoogan now living in Harlem Justin Thompson. O yeh, I can't leave out my latest discovery.... CRAZY steel playing: Kaki King. It ain't Gnashvilles approach. Link to comment
Agent_Orange Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 You like BMWs. Ja? Try this group. http://www.rammstein.com/_Voelkerball/Band/Discography/Albums/ende Link to comment
camille Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 You like BMWs. Ja? Rammstein is ill. I love Du Hast and Ich Will. Have you heard the Rammstein/Depeche Mode song "Stripped"? I need translations though. Don't know German. Link to comment
bakerzdosen Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I heard a really positive review of The Magnetic Fields' Distortion today on NPR by a Rolling Stone reviewer. I haven't decided whether to buy the cd or just be impatient and get it off iTunes, but I'll do one or the other. It's different than most of the stuff I listen to, but not overly so and I like it after listening to the clips... Link to comment
Agent_Orange Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Don't know German, but I know what I like! I also have a fondness for Soilwork and their disc, Natural Born Chaos. From that disc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJULYdRRx3s and one of their best http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a733LewgmD0&feature=related Link to comment
jmer Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Levon Helm's (formerly of The Band) recent release if very interesting, also Neil Young Chrome Dreams II. Link to comment
camille Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 On my On-the-go playlist for my ride up Alpine Road in Portola Valley today: Foo Fighters - Everylong (Acoustic version) 3rd Eye Blind - How's It Gonna Be Fuel - Hemorrhage in my hands The Sundays - Wild Horses Nice road, but too many bicyclists. Link to comment
HappyMan Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 On my On-the-go playlist for my ride up Alpine Road in Portola Valley today: Foo Fighters - Everylong (Acoustic version) 3rd Eye Blind - How's It Gonna Be Fuel - Hemorrhage in my hands The Sundays - Wild Horses Nice road, but too many bicyclists. Very good choices. How's it Gonna Be is fantastic. Just downloaded the Fuel song myself. Link to comment
camille Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Very good choices. How's it Gonna Be is fantastic. Just downloaded the Fuel song myself. How's it Gonna Be and Semi-Charmed Life are my fav 3rd Eye Blind songs. How's life in MN theses days? Cold probably. I'm from Michigan, miss the cold, crisp days this time of year. Snow is better than rain imho. Link to comment
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