Non-Classical Music Listening Thread!

[aligreto]

Maybe, and here are a few more brutally crossed of the list too :

Elvis Costello
Kevin Ayers
Yes
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Ramones
Marillion
Blue Oyster Cult
Barclay James Harvest
Mott the Hoople
Peter Frampton
Dr John

Definitely an aberration of taste and musical insight 

Can i use that line when I eventually get to Fairport Convention and Incredible String Band in the near future ? 

Most definitely not! I expect glowing reports from you there 

[Papy Oli]

Definitely an aberration of taste and musical insight 

I'll live with it 

Most definitely not! I expect glowing reports from you there 

We'll see 

TD:

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Maybe, and here are a few more brutally crossed of the list too :

Elvis Costello
Kevin Ayers
Yes
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Ramones
Marillion
Blue Oyster Cult
Barclay James Harvest
Mott the Hoople
Peter Frampton
Dr John

One for the moment has gone through for further listening :

Boy, no Elvis C. and no Dr. John?     I only have a couple of the doctor's, but do love them.  One is called "Afterglow"...love his version of "Blue Skies".  Hint:  it's on YT.   

PD

[Iota]

Maybe, and here are a few more brutally crossed of the list too :

Elvis Costello

I always liked his cover of My Funny Valentine, which I had on the B side of the Oliver's Army single.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-8nRiyrIAk

"Costello did the entire song by himself: the arrangement,  the production,  and the performance, it's just him. He recorded it at a small demo studio in the outskirts of London somewhere,  I think it was Pathway Studio. He was in a pub drinking and heard the song playing on the bartender's transistor radio and so he took a taxi to the studio and emerged into the cool morning air with this performance on a reel of tape (probably 1/4"). Who does that nowadays???"


Playing here:




An album that feels practically part of my DNA.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I always liked his cover of My Funny Valentine, which I had on the B side of the Oliver's Army single.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-8nRiyrIAk

"Costello did the entire song by himself: the arrangement,  the production,  and the performance, it's just him. He recorded it at a small demo studio in the outskirts of London somewhere,  I think it was Pathway Studio. He was in a pub drinking and heard the song playing on the bartender's transistor radio and so he took a taxi to the studio and emerged into the cool morning air with this performance on a reel of tape (probably 1/4"). Who does that nowadays???"


Playing here:




An album that feels practically part of my DNA.

Neat story Iota!  I'll have to keep an eye out for that one.  What album did it come out on?  I have his albums:  Spike; Secret, Profane & Sugarcane; The Delivery Man (with the Imposters).   

[aligreto]

An album that feels practically part of my DNA.

Definitely +1 here. Ziggy and Hunky Dory are essential Bowie listening for me even if that puts me in a particular time frame.

[T. D.]

I always liked his cover of My Funny Valentine, which I had on the B side of the Oliver's Army single.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-8nRiyrIAk

"Costello did the entire song by himself: the arrangement,  the production,  and the performance, it's just him. He recorded it at a small demo studio in the outskirts of London somewhere,  I think it was Pathway Studio. He was in a pub drinking and heard the song playing on the bartender's transistor radio and so he took a taxi to the studio and emerged into the cool morning air with this performance on a reel of tape (probably 1/4"). Who does that nowadays???"


Playing here:




An album that feels practically part of my DNA.

I kinda like Elvis Costello (granted, I'm a cretin with execrable taste). I still remember many of the lyrics to the aforementioned Oliver's Army... "And I would rather be anywhere else but here today..." is a personal catch phrase of sorts.

Re. Ziggy Stardust, about a year ago I randomly heard the song Five Years on the radio and it nearly blew my mind. It's apparently a theme song for Extinction Rebellion, and I must have been thinking about climate change at the time. Remarkably prescient song, intentional or not.

[Iota]

Neat story Iota!

Indeed .. and one that I heard for the first time tonight when getting the youtube link for the post above. 

What album did it come out on?  I have his albums:  Spike; Secret, Profane & Sugarcane; The Delivery Man (with the Imposters).   

I've never owned an Elvis Costello album, but Google yielded the link below, which says that it appeared on two albums Armed Forces (1979) and Taking Liberties(1980).

https://lyrics.fandom.com/wiki/Elvis_Costello_%26_The_Attractions:My_Funny_Valentine

I remember him doing an album called The Juliet Letters with the Brodsky Quartet, some of whose members I knew at the time, but I can remember very little of it now

Definitely +1 here. Ziggy and Hunky Dory are essential Bowie listening for me even if that puts me in a particular time frame.

There are many Bowie albums I'd consider essential, one of the most extraordinary imaginations in rock for me. 

[Iota]

I kinda like Elvis Costello (granted, I'm a cretin with execrable taste). I still remember many of the lyrics to the aforementioned Oliver's Army... "And I would rather be anywhere else but here today..." is a personal catch phrase of sorts.

I liked Oliver's Army .. enough to have gone out and bought the single! But like you I have cretinous tendencies, so it may yet need further validation. 

Re. Ziggy Stardust, about a year ago I randomly heard the song Five Years on the radio and it nearly blew my mind. It's apparently a theme song for Extinction Rebellion, and I must have been thinking about climate change at the time. Remarkably prescient song, intentional or not.

Five Years such a haunting track, with an ending that can be very moving I think.
 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Indeed .. and one that I heard for the first time tonight when getting the youtube link for the post above. 

I've never owned an Elvis Costello album, but Google yielded the link below, which says that it appeared on two albums Armed Forces (1979) and Taking Liberties(1980).

https://lyrics.fandom.com/wiki/Elvis_Costello_%26_The_Attractions:My_Funny_Valentine

I remember him doing an album called The Juliet Letters with the Brodsky Quartet, some of whose members I knew at the time, but I can remember very little of it now

There are many Bowie albums I'd consider essential, one of the most extraordinary imaginations in rock for me. 

Ah!  I just googled his name and the song (sorry either missed or forgot about your link at the time).  Came up with a different YT posting.

Must acquire some Bowie here at my end.     I do (or did?) have a cassette of "Let's Dance".

PD

[George]

Ah!  I just googled his name and the song (sorry either missed or forgot about your link at the time).  Came up with a different YT posting.

Must acquire some Bowie here at my end.     I do (or did?) have a cassette of "Let's Dance".

PD

Let's Dance is loads of fun.

[steve ridgway]

I always liked his cover of My Funny Valentine, which I had on the B side of the Oliver's Army single.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-8nRiyrIAk

"Costello did the entire song by himself: the arrangement,  the production,  and the performance, it's just him. He recorded it at a small demo studio in the outskirts of London somewhere,  I think it was Pathway Studio. He was in a pub drinking and heard the song playing on the bartender's transistor radio and so he took a taxi to the studio and emerged into the cool morning air with this performance on a reel of tape (probably 1/4"). Who does that nowadays???"

He did that very well. It makes quite a contrast with Nico's version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvE9WRM86Hs

[stingo]

XTC Double Shot

Oranges and Lemons
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Skylarking (Remastered 2014)
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[SimonNZ]

Marty Robbins - Rock'n Roll'n Robbins (1956)

[Papy Oli]

Boy, no Elvis C. and no Dr. John?     I only have a couple of the doctor's, but do love them.  One is called "Afterglow"...love his version of "Blue Skies".  Hint:  it's on YT.   

PD

No sorry 
Struggled with Costello's voice (pretty much like Van Morrison, some good tunes hampered by my not clicking with his voice).

Dr John was a style not to my liking, even more so than a problem with his voice.

[SimonNZ]

Which Dr.John album did you hear?

[Papy Oli]

Which Dr.John album did you hear?

Hi Simon,

I streamed various tracks in this boxset :

[SimonNZ]

Ah. I was going to say Gris-Gris is the album you need to hear.Thats the top left cover there. Unlike anything else he did. Not sure how much or any of that you might have heard.

[Papy Oli]

Ah. I was going to say Gris-Gris is the album you need to hear.Thats the top left cover there. Unlike anything else he did. Not sure how much or any of that you might have heard.

Gris-Gris was on CD1, I think I went through most of that album then randomly on the other ones. Just didn't work for me 

[Papy Oli]

Some of this morning explorations :

Soft Machine


Fripp/Eno


Godspeed You ! Black Emperor !