What are you listening to? (4 Viewers)

[tommythecat]

I keep clicking on those pictures but no music happens.

 

[Nickawompus]

Haven't listened to J.Lang for a few years now but just did and it brought back some memories. The wifey went through a Jonny Lang stage a few years back where we travelled from Kalamazoo Mi. to Green Bay Wi. and several places in between. So we're in Green Bay at the Indian Casino the morning after the concert eating breakfast in the hotel and who is across the room?? Jonny and Co. !! We ask the waitress if it would be alright to go over for his autograph and she says sure and that she'll let us know when they finish eating and she'll come and get the wife and take her over to their table. Wow, great!! The waitress comes over and takes wifey and her girlfriend over to get an autograph,,,, epic fail. Wifey goes dumbstruck and can't get a word out,, mimics signing,, comes back to the table with tears in her eyes and can't talk for 5 minutes!! She did get an autograph,LOLOLOLOL. We still tell that story.

 

[jbutler]

Haven't listened to J.Lang for a few years now but just did and it brought back some memories. The wifey went through a Jonny Lang stage a few years back where we travelled from Kalamazoo Mi. to Green Bay Wi. and several places in between. So we're in Green Bay at the Indian Casino the morning after the concert eating breakfast in the hotel and who is across the room?? Jonny and Co. !! We ask the waitress if it would be alright to go over for his autograph and she says sure and that she'll let us know when they finish eating and she'll come and get the wife and take her over to their table. Wow, great!! The waitress comes over and takes wifey and her girlfriend over to get an autograph,,,, epic fail. Wifey goes dumbstruck and can't get a word out,, mimics signing,, comes back to the table with tears in her eyes and can't talk for 5 minutes!! She did get an autograph,LOLOLOLOL. We still tell that story.

great story

we had a similar sighting of springsteen here in an antique shop in asbury park. we were there on a rainy sunday and see bruce and his wife walking through. we were pretty much the only people in the whole place. i love springsteen, but i've never really seen the allure of meeting or talking to artists whose work you enjoy. my wife is a different story and she pretty much hyperventilates and demands that we go talk to them. we do and they are super nice, but decline a photo.

we've seen him a few times, but that was the only real opportunity to chat as there were lots of people around during the other sightings. if you spend any time in asbury, you're liable to eventually see him hanging around.

in honor of the boss, three clips:

(1) from high fidelity, which i love, and in which he is so cool;
(2) the song that sold me on bruce before i understood that he wasn't just a typical classic schlock musician, Nebraska; and
(3) the one that fully won me over and made me "get" his music, Darkness on the Edge of Town.

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btw, my top five bruce albums:

(5) the river
(4) born to run
(3) nebraska
(2) the wild, the innocent, and the e street shuffle
(1) darkness on the edge of town

 

[courage]

I need to make more time to keep up with this thread, but epic stuff. Had added that jlang when posted on the blue wall and the springsteen choices are excellent, Jack. Love the stories!

 

[jbutler]

I need to make more time to keep up with this thread, but epic stuff. Had added that jlang when posted on the blue wall and the springsteen choices are excellent, Jack. Love the stories!

i prob would never have gotten into him until i met Jennifer, but when i was 15 my uncle took me to a concert at this small theatre in atlanta. held about 1500 people. it was Bruce doing a solo acoustic show under a fake name after releasing the Ghost of Tom Joad. it was one of the best concerts i've ever seen and i immediately went out and bought Ghost and Nebraska.

Ghost had some other instrumentation on the album, but was mostly acoustic. Nebraska was pure solo bruce accompanying himself on an 8-track recorder in a bedroom (originally intended as demos for a new full band album). still one of my top ten late night drive through the country records.

 

[courage]

Have to agree Nebraska album his best. When it came out I was just starting grad school and had two former Princeton guys in our house. I about wore out that cassette lol. Here's one for the chicken man.

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And thank you mfkrs... added a ton more boss songs to the degenalist just now, ones I once deemed too dark or acoustic for party poker. Tough nuts players - you have 1 veto per sesh but The Boss has eternal override.

 

[jbutler]

Here's one for the chicken man.

that's one of the few acoustic songs (by any artist) that i think can be properly adapted to the full band (The Band also did a solid cover version):

and not that it's without its melancholic elements, but sandy is a beautiful, somewhat - for bruce - happy song:

 

[Toby]

I've never really got into Foo Fighters before but I can't get enough of this tune at the mo.

Makes me glad to be alive.

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[courage]

Foo Fighters Everlong, both full band and acoustic.

What do I win? :

 

[Toby]

Foo Fighters Everlong, both full band and acoustic.

What do I win? :

Fail!

 

[Toby]

Some tapatalk issues there. Not sure how I like it just yet...

 

[jbutler]

Foo Fighters Everlong, both full band and acoustic.

What do I win? :

Fail!

agreed, you win nothing. dave grohl is music AIDS.

an alternative would have been all along the watchtower by dylan (acoustic original) and hendrix (electric perfection).

 

[AlPresidente]

 

[jbutler]

 

[courage]

I appeal the Dave Grohl decision. Is there like a poll or some higher court?

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[jbutler]

I appeal the Dave Grohl decision. Is there like a poll or some higher court?

any appeal which attaches a puddle of mudd track is automatically denied by rule.

further, there is a committee reviewing whether a submission which attaches any band who arbitrarily, capriciously and unreasonably increases the number of consonants in their name shall be subject to the same summary denial.

 

[Toby]

Bin rocking out a little today. Not too hard, gotta watch me creaky joints

 

[Toby]

Musical AIDS lol

 

[Toby]

I firstvheard this waaaaayyyyyy back. A friend bought the 7" in amongst a bag of other odds 'n' sods and it made it onto a mixtape he did for my wife (then recent gf).

The line about Tom Jones is one of several that still make me laugh.

If the New Bad Things reformed and re-released this I'm sure they'd namecheck Dave Grohl for ya, Jack!

 

[jbutler]

If the New Bad Things reformed and re-released this I'm sure they'd namecheck Dave Grohl for ya, Jack!

i will say a few positive things about dave grohl:

he knew his range when he released the first foo fighters album. good pop songs with a little bit of kick and snark. he also saw the wisdom in hiring sunny day real estate's rhythm section (see below) who are fucking brilliant. finally, he is a phenomenal drummer and was used to great effect on the queens' songs for the deaf album.

but yes, mostly dave grohl is just teeth, a dumb goatee, and a record contract.

 

[Toby]

Reminds me of the video to Ah-ha's Take on Me!

 

[jbutler]

i will say that i watched a few episodes of the foo fighters series on HBO at courage's suggestion and it was quite enjoyable...apart from the end of every episode where they have a fucking foo fighters song which, while i guess it should be expected, doesn't really prevent one from being disappointed. it's like going to see gg allin and getting shit thrown on you. yeah, okay, it's gg so i get. still, i have shit on my shirt now.

i'm glad to admit that the series is really great at telling the stories they find in each city and they allow the time to flesh out interesting people and places. i love love love steve albini and ian mackaye. both figured heavily in my musical upbringing and i always look forward to anything from or involving either of them. so i enjoyed like 90% of each episode.

but then at the end dave grohl writes a song ostensibly inspired by the city and we're treated to the end result which, without fail, incorporates exactly nothing of the genre of music or style of the musicians or feel of the city featured in the episode. and neither are any of those things reflected elsewhere in the foo fighters' music which i've heard plenty of as it has been unrelentingly inflicted on anyone who has ears over the past decade.

 

[courage]

i will say a few positive things about dave grohl:

he knew his range when he released the first foo fighters album. good pop songs with a little bit of kick and snark. he also saw the wisdom in hiring sunny day real estate's rhythm section (see below) who are fucking brilliant. finally, he is a phenomenal drummer and was used to great effect on the queens' songs for the deaf album.

but yes, mostly dave grohl is just teeth, a dumb goatee, and a record contract.

mmmyeah, hard to argue with this. He's a showman sharing his quest for inspiration, sometimes comes across as cheesy.

i will say that i watched a few episodes of the foo fighters series on HBO at courage's suggestion and it was quite enjoyable...apart from the end of every episode where they have a fucking foo fighters song which, while i guess it should be expected, doesn't really prevent one from being disappointed. it's like going to see gg allin and getting shit thrown on you. yeah, okay, it's gg so i get. still, i have shit on my shirt now.

i'm glad to admit that the series is really great at telling the stories they find in each city and they allow the time to flesh out interesting people and places. i love love love steve albini and ian mackaye. both figured heavily in my musical upbringing and i always look forward to anything from or involving either of them. so i enjoyed like 90% of each episode.

but then at the end dave grohl writes a song ostensibly inspired by the city and we're treated to the end result which, without fail, incorporates exactly nothing of the genre of music or style of the musicians or feel of the city featured in the episode. and neither are any of those things reflected elsewhere in the foo fighters' music which i've heard plenty of as it has been unrelentingly inflicted on anyone who has ears over the past decade.

lol, ok I feel slightly vindicated. And certainly agree about the show. I think the Nashville episode Dave even gets pissy with the band when they start to trend toward the local sound. So far haven't found any of the new songs degenalist worthy, although I love the concept of the show and seeing the interviews and history.

 

[Toby]

Best of Foo Foghters for Jack in the secret Santa this year. And a lifetime membership to their fanclub. And a tatoo.

That should leave change from 5 bucks, right..?

 

[Chicken Rob]

i will say a few positive things about dave grohl:

he knew his range when he released the first foo fighters album. good pop songs with a little bit of kick and snark. he also saw the wisdom in hiring sunny day real estate's rhythm section (see below) who are fucking brilliant. finally, he is a phenomenal drummer and was used to great effect on the queens' songs for the deaf album.

but yes, mostly dave grohl is just teeth, a dumb goatee, and a record contract.

Nirvana certainly deserve a little more respect than that...

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i will say that i watched a few episodes of the foo fighters series on HBO at courage's suggestion and it was quite enjoyable...apart from the end of every episode where they have a fucking foo fighters song which, while i guess it should be expected, doesn't really prevent one from being disappointed. it's like going to see gg allin and getting shit thrown on you. yeah, okay, it's gg so i get. still, i have shit on my shirt now.

i'm glad to admit that the series is really great at telling the stories they find in each city and they allow the time to flesh out interesting people and places. i love love love steve albini and ian mackaye. both figured heavily in my musical upbringing and i always look forward to anything from or involving either of them. so i enjoyed like 90% of each episode.

but then at the end dave grohl writes a song ostensibly inspired by the city and we're treated to the end result which, without fail, incorporates exactly nothing of the genre of music or style of the musicians or feel of the city featured in the episode. and neither are any of those things reflected elsewhere in the foo fighters' music which i've heard plenty of as it has been unrelentingly inflicted on anyone who has ears over the past decade.

Love'd a lot of albini in my youth. Here is a favorite track I am listening to right now inspired by this post:

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Foo fighters to me are very vanilla modern rock from the modern rock era of radio programming. But sometimes vanilla is a pleasant flavor. I'm not a fan, but the radio tracks are listenable if not always strong.

 

[tommythecat]

So far on the playlist tonight...

 

[Toby]

I'm giving Lambchop's album Mr. M another go. I didn't give it enough of a chance first time round, always a mistake with Lambchop's stuff.

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Burgeration.

I see far too late that Lambchop is touring performing Nixon to celebrate the album's 15th anniversary.

31st January at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow would've made for a good bolt on gift for my wife's birthday round then.

 

[chipjoker]

SoundGarden...

 

[Chicken Rob]

SoundGarden...

Saw these guys in a night club on the louder than love tour. They would have been the best show of the year, but saw Janes addiction on Nothing's Shocking at the same night club later that year. Even better.

I am now listening to:

 

[jbutler]

maybe my favorite release from this past year is Blake Mills' heigh ho. his debut (break mirrors) had one of the best cover photos of recent releases:

but heigh ho is undoubtedly a better album imo. i don't know if he released singles per se, but the below is a phenomenal track featuring one of the best drummers alive, Jim Keltner.

it's also a lesson in production, i think. the structure of the song is not complex by any means, but the instrumentation and recording sound so dynamic and beautiful. plus, i've never heard someone say "fuck" quite so plaintively and endearingly as he does here.