MuzikNonStop-Blog#5

EdMan 10/19/11:

I have been all over the map lately searching for good stuff.

Here is a list of 80s music that I have been listening to this month:

I finally found mp3s of Gary Myrick and the Figures.
The album is fast speed and excellent to work to - really clean rocknroll licks - "Oh Ya"
Check out  these you tubers!
"She Talks in Stereo": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB0GMfFeTjs
"Living Disaster": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHr473cc8sI

Then I remembered another old favorite Nick Lowe and downloaded
"Cracking Up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCBm_IESaVA
"Big Kick, Plain Scrap!" these 2 are real gems.  Nick actually has a new album out but his style has radically changed to an old mellow crooner.  I am not that old yet.

Found the wild and crazy The Suburbs on youtube.  See them play:
"Spring Came": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njROaOcZ-yk
"Tape My Wife to the Ceiling": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRkD88wwuZk&feature=related
I had the exact same hair as the singer!

Peter Case (the old Plimsouls singer) has a new album called "Wig$".  It has some nice J Hooker licks, nice harmonica, some creedance/byrds fuzz guitar.
I also downloaded "The Case Files" album: Very raw and scratchy, light blues, sounding like dylan, reed - some spoken word.  I was hoping that these 2 albums would be as good as "Full Service No Waiting", but they do not come close.  Oh well.

A disappointment was Bryan Ferry's latest "Olympia"  from 2010.  Many of the Roxy Music musicians joined him on this like Phil Manzanera.  I found it very gloomy and dragging.  No umph at all.  No spark.

Chris Isaak's new one "Beyond the Sun" sounds very Karaoke to me.  It is a remake of alot of old classics.  It is straight as an arrow - no bounce - no personality.  His voice is great but the band sounds like it was cut and pasted.  I have only listened to it once...I will give it some more play...

Just Downloaded:
Erasure "Tomorrow's World" r2011
Gary Numan "Dead Son Rising" r2011
The Drums "Portomento" r2011

Looking forward to upcoming releases:
Lou Reed singing with Metallica
Janes Addiction

MuzicNonStop-Blog#4

10/2/11 DanB:

 

Check out Hugh Laurie “Let them Talk”  ---  BLUES.

Yep, it’s HOUSE.  If it’s not your style give it a few listens--It will be.

Very catchy.  Quality sound.

Best Songs:   St James Infirmary   Tipitana    Police Dog Blues

MuzicNonStop-Blog#3

MichelleD 10/1/11:

WILCO                  "THE WHOLE LOVE"                         GENRE:  ROCK                   SIMILAR TO BOWIE

ALOE BLACK       "GOOD THINGS"              FUNKY, SOULFUL AND OLD SCHOOL SOUND GENRE:  R&B SOUL

MuzicNonStop-Blog#2

GregH 9/30/11:

Here are a few things I have been enjoying:

Mishka

Reggae style music by a white guy that grew up on a boat traveling around the Caribbean.  He has 4 albums and I like them all.  I think my favorite is "Above The Bones".  Favorite songs are "Peace & Love", "Guy With A Guitar", "My Love Goes With You" and "Long Road"

Trevor Hall

Reggae style but not as reggae as above.  Depending on the album can be harder or softer.  I don't care for his most recent album.  Favorite album depends on my mood but recommendation would be to go with his self titled album.  Favorite tunes are "Lime Tree" and "Unity" which is a duet with Matisyahu.  

If you like Booker T., I gotta think you would love Los Straitjackets.  Their good stuff is all instrumental and some of them just take me to a different place.  Can't pick an album but favorite tunes are "Dreamland", "Pacifica","Can You Dig It?", "Isn't Love Grand", "Jetty Motel", "University Blvd.", "Calhoun Surf","Close To Champagne","State Fair", "Catalina" and their covers of classic like "Out of Limits" and "Perfidia".

Staying in the surf music genre, Laika & The Cosmonauts  Cosmopolis 1988-2008 is a great best of album.  Favorites include "Floating","Get Carter" (Yes, the same Get Carter that Human League did) and "Fadeaway".  While Los Straitjackets are heavier on the guitar, these guys have more organs and are probably closer to Booker T.  These guys were from Finland.  They retired a couple years ago and I saw one of their final shows in Boston where they played with Los Straitjackets.  It ruled.  I got a flyer from the show as well as a drum stick.

Feeling like there is no where to guy after you crank "The Trooper" at volume 10?  Follow it up with "Queen of the Reich" by Queensryche.  I would put the first 1 minute of this song up against any other.  It KICKS ASS.  Lyrics are on par with "The Trooper" too:

In the dead of night
She'll come and take you away
Searing beams of light and thunder
Over blackened plains
She will find her way

Flying high through the night
She will hide your fate
As she takes your soul from under
And the blinding light of the castle fades

There is no escape
It's the ending of your precious life

Your soul slipped away
It belongs to the queen of the Reich
The queen of the Reich
Yeah, she's coming for you

You're fading away
Your life cast astray
A victim the beast shall obtain

The light will not shine
For you'll die tonight at her shrine
And black is the last thing you'll see

Over and over
Dreams of dying fill your head
It's the sign of the cross
That you'll find ahead

No one will answer
The light is fading away
Captive souls are screaming out in pain

There is no escape
It's the ending of your precious life

Your soul slipped away
It belongs to the queen of the Reich
You're fading away, no, no, no
The queen of the Reich
You're slipping away, yeah
The queen of the Reich

MuzicNonStop-Blog#1

EdMan 9/29/11:

Here is my list of Artists in order of most listened to over the last Month (not very rocky!).

Foster The People: Torches [Best Buy Exclusive]

Genre: Synth Pop

Rating: 4/5

Feedback: Very Good feel good music, great to wake up to and start the day - gets you moving, every song flows with great vibes.  I have not heard an album with this many good songs in a while.

Similar Sound: Banarama, Prefab Sprout, Dandy Warhols, Toto  Cuelo, 80s

Popular Hit Song: Pumped Up Kicks

Personal Favorites:  Helena Beat, Call It What You Want, Houdini, Warrant

Lenny Kravitz: Black And White America

Genre: Rock

Rating: 4/5

Feedback: Great lyrics, one of my favorite albums from Lenny - welcome back!  Love the variety - very solid.  Great Love and Peace messages - 80s, Synthesizer, Guitar, Funk.

Similar Sound: Red Hot Chili Peppers, James Brown

Radio Hit Song: Stand

Personal Favorites: Come and Get it (RHCP) , Rock Star City Life, Life Ain't Ever Been Better Than It is Now (James Brown)

Martin Solveig: Smash

Genre: Synth Pop

Rating: 3/5

Feedback: You ready for driving to Hollywood and hit the dance clubs!  A few good ones but also a few gummy songs.

Similar Sound: Frankie goes to Hollywood, Reflex, Human League, 80s

Popular Hit Song: Hello

Personal Favorites:  Ready 2 Go, The Night Out, Get Away From You, Boys & Girls

Steve Martin: The Crow, Rare Bird Alert

Genre: Blue Grass

Rating: 4/5

Feedback: When I need to get work done fast - these are the ultimate.  I worked 8 hours straight just listening to these 2 albums repeating.  Blazing Banjo songs - really makes you feel good.  Fanstic when fishing in a lake on a wooden bridge - Huck Finn you there?

Similar Sound:

Radio Hit Song:

Personal Favorites: Daddy Played The Banjo, Pitkin County Turnaround, Words Unspoken, Blue River Waltz, Rare Bird Alert, Yellow-Backed Fly, Jubilation Day, Atheists Don't Have No Songs

The Cars

Move Like This

Genre: Synth Pop

Rating: 4/5

Feedback: Very solid album from top to bottom, feels like the Cars have never left.  First time in a long time that I could play an album over and over not get too sick of it.

Similar Sound:

Radio Hit Song: Too Late

Personal Favorites: Blue Tip, Keep On Knocking

Booker T Jones: Potato Hole - featuring Neil Young - wow - now that is an amazing mix!, The Road From Memphis - funky as can be!

Raul Malo: Sinners & Saints

Genre: Country

Feedback: Fantastic album from the ex-Maverick what a voice.

Duran Duran: All You Need Is Now

Feedback: Solid - beyond expectation.

Madeleine Peyroux: Standing On The Rooftop

Genre: Jazz

Feeback: If you are gonna have a nice quiet dinner and wine - this is it.

Neil Young: Le Noise

Feeback: Walk with Me - oh what an angry guitar - sounds like Crazy Horse!

Fred Benedetti: Famenco Dreams

Genre: Jazz Flamingo

Feeback: Play for leisure quiet time...very nice guitar playin...

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