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What song is playing on your cd player/winamp right now?
Lamb - Till the clouds clear
Jennifer
10-11-2003, 19:53
Hole - She walks over me
Project Seven - Glue (http://www.electromancer.com/artists/projectseven) - this is a good site for unsigned artists to upload their tracks to, and I like a lot of the stuff this lad comes up with. Check out his own mini-site as well, there's a link on the Electromancer page.
All this great music out there - all you need to do is look for it!
:D
Tenement Symphony - Marc Almond.
themoodfits
11-11-2003, 22:57
Pulp "Different Class"
Depeche Mode "Viloator''
and Little Computer People "Follow The Leader"
themoodfits
11-11-2003, 23:10
i just put on Phoneix "United". an incredible album all around. for those of you who haven't heard this, i recommend it highly. i bought this album at the same time as "Felt Mountain" in late summer/early fall of 2000, and even though they are completely different, i think i listened to only these two cds for about two months straight. so now, whenever i listen to either "United" or "Felt Mountan" i'm reminded of the other.
ponygurl
12-11-2003, 06:26
right now, as I speak (or write I mean) I'm having a date with Tori:) "Don't make me come....Don't make me come....Don't make me come to Vegas" the Timo remix...giddy up little pony ;)
..........Hybrid - Wide Angle now..........
Barry Francis
12-11-2003, 22:44
Kate Bush - The Red shoes
Royksopp - Melody a.m.
:)
"Royksopp - Melody a.m"
:) ................never more than ten plays away...........:)
tattmaylor
14-11-2003, 15:59
MEW - Triumph for Man
I just managed to get a copy of the album and i'm kind of addicted to it this week. Very different to their new album ( if anybody has heard of them!). Different type of music completely from Goldfrapp (guitars, angelic/wimpy voices) but in some ways the same!
diamente
14-11-2003, 22:55
Real to real cacophony by Simple Minds. Please don't laugh...early simple minds stuff is top quality and seriously underrated. I always just thought they were a bad stadium rock band when i was younger, but the late seventies to early eighties stuff is great! Anyone who hasn't heard New Gold Dream is missing out on a fantastic album! Anything after Sparkle in the Rain isn't too hot, except for 'Don't You Forget About Me', of course: the curse of nostalgia...
Paper Bag - Goldfrapp
Im always listening to Goldfrapp when I'm on the message board. thats usually why I am on it in the first place
Jennifer
16-11-2003, 15:29
THE MANICS - LITTLE BABY NOTHING
diamente
16-11-2003, 15:55
23 Skidoo's 'Coup'
diamente - 23 Skidoo's 'Coup'
Old skool cut-up - fantastic! :)
This evenin' I am mostly listenin' to Sounds Of The Cosmos - Tom Middleton :) ........Sunglasses At Night Vs Blue Monday...... :D
Good call, Diamante ! I've got Simple Minds' New Gold Dream on. Had it on tape for years but recently got a copy from the sale at Edinburgh Virgin in a double pack with "Sparkle in the Rain".
As for early SM music, I go for Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call anytime. Best listened to on the road from Loch Lomond to Loch Earn. Atmospheric.
R.
diamente
17-11-2003, 13:38
Oh yeah....Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call are sweet albums: 'Theme for Great Cities' is soooooo good! Only problem is that i've got the old cd version of both albums that cuts out the last couple of tracks of sister feelings call, which is annoying! That's a sweet deal getting New Gold Dream and Sparkle in the Rain in one package: I love Sparkle in the Rain, it's on just the right side of stadium bombast (unlike Once Upon a Time, which i can't get into), and while not all of its great, I love most of it, especially 'Up on the Catwalk' and 'The Kick Inside of Me'.
'Coup' is a classic, really gets me in a great mood. I can't believe it was made in the early eighties, it sounds so ahead of its time.
Right now, i'm listening to 'Life on Other Planets' by Supergrass.
*nikola*
17-11-2003, 15:41
placebo- every me, every you(sneaker pimps mix)
diamente
17-11-2003, 21:30
I'm in Love with a German Film Star by The Passions: has anybody else heard this song? it's an absolute stunner, i first heard it one an 'alternative eighties' compilation that wasn't amazingly alternative and pretty bleedin' obvious in parts: Blue Monday by New Order? Boys Don't Cry by The Cure? Come on, they've done much more than that!
Anyway, this song is so good, i never heard of it until a year ago, and from what i've found out, the band has done nothing else before or after. The guitars just sound really sexy and cool on it, and i recommend it to everyone!
Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
Aphex Twin - Classics
...and as softlad said above, Röyksopp - Melody AM is never far away...
Ooh, and Hybrid gets a good few plays as well!
Originally posted by *nikola*
placebo- every me, every you(sneaker pimps mix)
That reminds me, I've got some remixes of that knocking about somewhere - 99c in a bargain bin about four years ago, so I picked up 5 copies. Can't resist a bargain... must go and dig it out, I haven't heard that for ages.
"..so I picked up 5 copies..."
:confused:
Originally posted by softlad
"..so I picked up 5 copies..."
:confused:
Two for me :rolleyes: , and the rest for the lads I DJed with... :D
now im listening to
Lamb - Cotton Wool
That song is a trip
tattmaylor
18-11-2003, 22:25
UltraFox - "music is, people are"
from "cloakroom girl" ep!
For sneaker pimps fans (it's Joe and Liam and two german ladies) or people who like the idea of ladytron, propaganda, gina x mixed together go buy now!!
Love Psychedelico: 'Greatest Hits' album
'Lady Madonna' is on right now!!!
For anyone who hasn't heard of this band, it is Frikkin awesome. They sound like a Japanese version of 'Veruca Salt'...Half of the lyrics are sung in Japanese and the other half are in english, even though they don't always make sense, they rock, considering there are two members in the band!!!
Also, this group is very difficult to find. I just bought a bunch of the stuff from....
http://www.yesasia.com
If you search anywhere else, the prices are KEEEEYYYRRRAAAZY expensive, this site has great prices!!! The Greatest Hits Album is the best of what I have heard from them thus far!!!
diamente
19-11-2003, 17:28
The White Album by The Beatles.
ponygurl
19-11-2003, 19:42
Well I think "You look good in blue" by Blondie....:cool:
JackedyJAck
19-11-2003, 20:21
'A change would do you good' Sheryl Crow
diamente
19-11-2003, 21:05
Tin Drum by Japan...more specifically 'Ghosts', which is one of the best songs EVER! How did a song like this get into the UK top ten? It's so dark, minimal and strange. I would really, really love to hear Goldfrapp do a cover of this. Or 'Nightporter' from the Gentlemen Take Polaroids album.
Princess Boo
19-11-2003, 23:26
Ian Brown - F.E.A.R.
and here this is my introductory post so hello all..............
GOldfrapp-Utopia...being played on the Amp
this is only the 2nd time ive ever seen the video
ponygurl
20-11-2003, 19:56
Hi Princess Boo!!! I see you like Tori...(and hello to all my fellow deer who Love Tori!!!) Welcome!!!:)
ponygurl
21-11-2003, 02:42
I'm listening to Skin by Madonna...right at this moment....
crystalmethod
21-11-2003, 06:13
audioslave by, well, audioslave
mezzanine by massive attack
dubnobasswithmyheadman by underworld, to name a few
diamente
21-11-2003, 12:50
compilation i put together, with The The, The Orb, Aphex Twin, XTC and loads more on it. Right now i'm listening to 'Map Reference 41N 93W' by Wire.
Princess Boo
21-11-2003, 15:47
Thanks 4 the welcome Ponygurl.. right now I am listening to Jane's addiction - everybody's friend.....did you see tori on Graham Norton? The woman rocks :)
im listening to My ruin-blasphemous girl
.........DJ Kicks: Kruder & Dorfmeister..........
Sad Muppet
22-11-2003, 13:26
"Let It Be.......Naked" > The Beatles
*nikola*
22-11-2003, 14:27
tori amos- tear in your hand
A friend that left a message on my answering machine whilst I was sleeping!!! Now that was original!!!
Jeffrey...
tattmaylor
22-11-2003, 22:07
In an effort to try and find some cool music from New Zealand (for my sister who going out with a kiwi) I've just discovered RIC BUNGA ...
... and her new album 'beautiful collision' is beautiful in a 'chilled out female vocal way'.
Honestly i'd recomened it. It's like a cross between Stina Nordestram and Dido!
Also I'm sorry but I bought Kylie cause the a and b side is written by Emilana Torrini!!
Princess Boo
23-11-2003, 12:56
Sugarcubes - Birthday (in icelandic)
Muse-plug in baby
well now its alice in chains-would?
Placebo and David Bowie - Without you I'm nothing
Originally posted by Eden
Placebo and David Bowie - Without you I'm nothing
ah i love that
tattmaylor
23-11-2003, 20:21
M83 - Dead Cities, Redseas & Lost Cities
"Air meets My Bloody Valentine"
Somed up by the cover with 4 people layed out looking at the sky in the snow! Really good for Winter Chilliout!!!
Bit pissed though as it has copy control (CDS) and I can't syncro-record it onto my minidisc!! Plus, obviously I can't extract/burn it on my mac!!!
Anyone any ideas for getting round that!!
tatt - Sure I read somewhere that a small strategically placed piece of tape can decieve the copy control. Try Googling it for the details...
..........Oh, and Snap, Crackle & Bop by John Cooper Clarke currently playing.............
tattmaylor
23-11-2003, 21:39
aha.... there are two seperate bands on the back of the CD itself ... makes sense! Think I heard about that when I got a Natalite (cough!!!) Imbruglia album a few years ago that had Cactus Data Shield on it!
Will have a look! Can't live without my syncro record! mini-disc! Cheers!
John Cooper Clarke - a northern poet!!! And I thought you were all 'beats and mixes'!! :cool:
JCC is Mancunian hence the thick "'Ey, our kid I'm mad fer it I yam" accent.
Saw him as support years ago to Elvis Costello and the like and I thought he was really good. Looking through a rack of CDs about 2 years ago and lo and behold the CD had been re-released* .
If I tell you it's it's produced by Martin Hannett with appearances from Vinnie Riley (The Durutti Column) and Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks) you'll get an idea, it's really well done. Still sounds fresh (well apart from the Keith Joseph mention perhaps).
* Stumbled across the Scritti Politti re-release of 'Songs to Remember' in the same way. It's like finding an old photo you thought you'd lost - fantastic.
im listening to classic FM TV
right now its that guy that was in Ally Mc beal
anyone ever watch that?
there ws one epp where this boy had to sing at his prom and it was sooo beautiful
but its him
diamente
24-11-2003, 19:16
I'm listening to 'jordan: the comeback' by prefab sprout.
i bought this album today and softlad, you're right: i can tell already that it's a great album and i haven't even listened to all of it yet. 'Machine gun Ibiza' sounds especially brilliant. Thanks for the recommendation! :)
Carina Round- Into my Blood
ponygurl
25-11-2003, 07:29
Softlad, you really are a softy...John Cooper Clarke...touches one's heart (then tears it out, and puts it in a dirty ashtray:D )
Damn-forgot to put down what i'm listening to....well really nothing right now....but i'm humming "My cherie amour" by Stevie Wonder-if that helps....:)
Princess Boo
25-11-2003, 17:21
Danni are you from Brum?
Saw Carina at the songwriters festival a few years ago - before they wrecked Ronnie Scotts and turned it into a lap dancing club :(
She rocked live - like Alanis or Tori but with a brummie flavour.
diamente
25-11-2003, 23:51
Beauty Stab by ABC: not perfect, but really underrated.
"Waiting" by the Fun Boy Three
Unequalled.
R.
Originally posted by Princess Boo
Danni are you from Brum?
nope Greek/Italian/london
ah what a mix
but my friend liked her and then someone....from this very board actually, introduced me to her more and i love her
ponygurl
26-11-2003, 18:49
......#11 off tha lastest peaches....sounds like 'Burnin' up for your Love' by M................................................. ..............
ponygurl
28-11-2003, 14:51
Right at this very moment, I am listening to the effervescent stylings of DJ Smart, and DJ Ass...the only way to tell them apart is by the way DJ Ass scratches his..err...vinyl! (smiles fer miles!)
(o.k. somebody try to outdo THAT one....if you dare:) )
(Jeez i've been on the board alot...look at how many posts i've done!)
themoodfits
28-11-2003, 19:25
ponygurl, please feel free to post as much as you feel, because i love your posts. you crack me up. anyway, right now i'm listening to dusty springfield "some of your lovin" and was just listening to "blue moon" by the cowboy junkies. kind of in a shitty mood today, so i'm listening to bummer tunes.
themoodfits
28-11-2003, 19:46
now on to "sleepwalk" by santos and johnny.
tattmaylor
28-11-2003, 20:09
The Cardigans - Communication
...and I might just cry...
(too much drink after work!)
(think i might buy life size point of sale of Nina tomorrow - no bothered how sad it is but she's been looking at me in a record shop for years now and she's recently become a bit hidden by CD/s - hope she's for sale !!!)
Originally posted by tattmaylor
In an effort to try and find some cool music from New Zealand (for my sister who going out with a kiwi) I've just discovered RIC BUNGA ...
... and her new album 'beautiful collision' is beautiful in a 'chilled out female vocal way'.
Honestly i'd recomened it. It's like a cross between Stina Nordestram and Dido!
:eek: :eek: :D Bit of a surprise to read that here, well anywhere in fact - she doesn't seem very well known outside NZ. Bic Runga is one of my favourites - her first album 'Drive' is fantastic, I've had a copy in my car for the last 3 years! And I didn't even realise she's released another album :rolleyes:
Talking Kiwi music, the Datsuns are pretty good... but not much like Bic Runga, though. I still like a lot of the Exponents old stuff as well. And bits by the Finn brothers/Crowded House...
In fact I managed to fill a tape with Kiwi music while I was there (all different artists), so there must be a few kiwi bands that are ok.
themoodfits
30-11-2003, 08:11
can't sleep for some odd reason, and i'm up late. was just listening to everything but the girl's live version of the smith's song "back to the old house". now i'm listening to the moody blues "nights in white satin", one of my favorite songs ever. maybe i'll put on some ambient shit afterwards to help me sleep. anyone ever heard of susumu yokota? really great ambient music and deep house on the leaf label.
.......Morricone RMX.........
ponygurl
30-11-2003, 21:41
Just to show you how manic I am, I'm listening to "Baby I Love You" by Aretha Franklin...then I listened to it three times, because i'm compulsive too;) (sometimes I think I need therapy,but then I realize, This board IS my therapy!:D)
tattmaylor
30-11-2003, 22:04
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Beauty
Got some cheapies! on Staurday:
Ryuichi - Beauty (£1), Voice of the beehive - 1st album (25p!!), Ultra Vivid Scene (25p), Jansen and Barbieri - Other worlds in a small room (£2), Snapdragons - Dawn Raids on Morality (£1)
Plus some other rubbish i'd never heard of but quite pleased overall!
PS: Jansen and Barbieri - Words in a small room (original)
- best chill out album ever!!!!
oh! ...and softlad, got Scratch the itch compilation with Bent - Mummy (very strange!!!!) for £1
:) :)
Had to go into work today though, so muysic helping me through
:mad: :mad:
tatt - not too fussed on 'Mummy' to be honest. Love the next track after that though, 'Vespers' by Bola. Jansen and Barbieri - are they ex-Japan?
Got a Nail CD recently - Big D's Lounge - and that was a bit too much thump, thump, thump....c'est la vie.......
tattmaylor
30-11-2003, 23:45
I love the track by Eschelon (?) - Enter the Carousel. It's an electro-clash-pop epic worth £1 alone!!! Some weird stuff on that there CD.
I'm now chilling with me' jansen barbieri (done immediatley after Japan split!)
Any muso Japan / David Sylvian fans could do worse than get this months Future Music which has a loooong interview / feature on Mr Sylvian and his moosik.
Oh and I'm listening to the 'On Your Side' CD by Magnet at the mo'........
themoodfits
01-12-2003, 21:53
i have some old prince on, right now. "controversy"
The new Karl Bartos album. Seen the guy a few weeks ago in King Tuts....the mans a god. And now Kraftwerk are coming to Glasgow in March!!!:D
tattmaylor
01-12-2003, 22:42
So what do you lot reckon.
Kraftwerk in a big hall... ...worth seeing live??? Can't decide!
diamente
02-12-2003, 00:58
Japan: genius.
'Gentlemen Take Polaroids' is one of the best albums I've ever heard. Might have to get that Future Music mag for the interview: cheers, softlad.
As for Kraftwerk live? Why not, go for it! :)
diamente
03-12-2003, 17:59
Listening to Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout. A peach.
seen the 'werk in 1990 for the 'Mix' tour and it was honestly a life changing experience!!. Even got to meet Florian Schneider after too!. Had a laugh at Ralf Hutter though. Sad auld tosser hid himself under a pile of coats in the back of his Merc rather than meet a few Scottish trainspotters!!. Would you believe that they listened to Die Toten Hosen and Thin Lizzy on the tour bus!!
Paula cole-nietzsche's eyes
diamente
03-12-2003, 23:00
Aztec Camera: High Land, Hard Rain
tattmaylor
03-12-2003, 23:59
Originally posted by KaruMoo
boney m rasputin
An absolute classic ... hope it's the long version!!!!!
diamente
05-12-2003, 01:01
Back to the Old House by the Smiths (hatful of hollow version): the saddest song ever? If not, then it's definitely one of them,as is 'black cherry'.
themoodfits
05-12-2003, 09:09
"when you cycled by, there began all my dreams. the saddest thing i ever seen. and you never knew how much i really liked you. because i never even told you, oh and i meant to. are you still there? or have you moved away? or have you moved away?"
-definitely the saddest song ever.
Felt Martin
05-12-2003, 13:09
I think you've overlooked 'Don't Cry Daddy' and 'You Gave Me a Mountain' by the King.
When it comes to sad songs Morrissey is a rank amateur compared to Elvis.
Diamante,
what's the verdict on HLHR?
My current listening: suede by suede. Memories!
R.
ponygurl
05-12-2003, 18:06
Came across this CD in my collection...couldn't resist putting it in....Dewdrops in the garden...and i'm listening to 'Stay in bed, Forget the rest'...by Deee*lite.....truly deeeliteful!
themoodfits
05-12-2003, 18:43
oh yeah! deee-lite are sooooo good. i've loved them forever. i met lady keir at a rave in chicago about 7 or 8 years ago. she was all spaced out and didn't make sense, but she was great. and i love stay in bed forget the rest. picnic in the summertime is good, too.
ponygurl
05-12-2003, 22:08
It's hippy-trippy...make you lick your lippy...
diamente
05-12-2003, 22:22
High Land, hard Rain (it actually took me quite a while to work out what HLHR stood for!) is an absolute peach. The guitars just sound so fresh and catchy, I love it all. Thanks for recommending it!
Despite my attempts to stop buying more albums, i bought 'Heaven or Las Vegas' by the Cocteau Twins today. It's those second hand music shops in London, they've got me in their stranglehold, the criminals... I love Treasure and Blue Bell Knoll, and seeing HOLV pop up in some of the top ten albums list here made me curious. Haven't listened to it yet, but i know and love the title track already....
Listening to Neu! 75 by Neu! at the mo...
themoodfits
05-12-2003, 22:37
yeah, cocteau twins! my favorite band ever. and i agree, treasure and blue bell knoll are the best of the bunch. also, victorialand is good, too. really really mellow stuff that just liz and robin did themselves without a bassist proper. also the moon and the mellodies is good. they did it with ambient pianist harold budd who worked with brian eno. really good stuff, as well. but i have to recomend this to you because it's a rare gem and soooooo good. the single "iceblink luck" off of heaven or las vegas has a b-side that's not available on the fulle length. it's called "watchlar" and it's absolutely their best song ever ever ever. you must find it. i know for a fact that you can usually find it on kazaa, which is your best bet, unless you really love watching ebay to track down the single. anyway, the song is really simple, actually. but it has this really synthy, syncopated feel and a simple loop to it, and as always liz's voice is incredible. check it out. i urge you!!!!!!
diamente
05-12-2003, 23:54
there's copies of the single on ebay....must resist.....most likely won't resist..... sounds good, will try and get it. am listening to blue bell knoll at the mo. The last track is geooorrrgeeous (sorry, must stop dragging words out like that).
themoodfits
06-12-2003, 00:02
don't resist. you won't regret it.
diamente
06-12-2003, 00:19
There's loads on there at the mo, so I'll get it tomorrow. It's available on cd or 12" and i'm not bothered either way which version i end up getting. Good thing i double checked the track listing on the 7" though, cos 'watchlar' isn't on that version! By the way, someone here recommended me art of noise: was it you, durham? i got 'daft' the other week, forgot to mention it, and wow: great stuff, moments in love is truly excellent. Also, am i right in saying that 'close to the edit' has a little vocal effect that got reused again in the prodigy's firestarter?
diamente
06-12-2003, 00:22
Oh yeah, listening to Blade Runner soundtrack at the mo: the bootleg version which has loads of cool stuff that's not on the official release. A beautiful film, and a beautiful score. Love Theme just kills me every time. it's so gorgeous. Anyone else here like Vangelis?
themoodfits
06-12-2003, 00:25
i have been on here several times rambling about vangelis. i love that soundtrack and listen to it all the time. love theme....hell yeah, an amazing song. if you listen, you can hear the mellody to can't take my eyes off of you in there. "you're just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off of you". it's there if you listen. now, when i listen, i always hum that little bit along with it.
themoodfits
06-12-2003, 00:38
you should check out the album "opera sauvage". another vangelis classic. kind of underappreciated if you ask me.
diamente
06-12-2003, 00:39
bloody hell.....you're right, it's definitely there! Was in the middle of listening to Blade Runner Blues when i read your post but had to skip it to love theme just to find out for myself! That's pretty cool, i've never noticed it myself before!
I haven't got much by Vangelis, only the bootleg, the official (which i'll always keep, cos i like the sequencing and dialogue snippets and it's got Blush Response, Wait for Me and Rachael's Song on it, all amazing) and 'Themes': some of the scores on that just turns me to jelly. The themes from missing and the bounty are incredible. My favourite though is 'la petite fille de la mer' which is the best thing in the world to listen to just before you go to sleep. It's like the most gorgeous lullaby ever!
diamente
06-12-2003, 01:00
If the rest of the album is as good as L'Enfant, then i'm sold!
Aye, the "Hey" bit in Firestarter sounds like an AON sample.
Their first album "Who's afraid of the Art Of Noise" is a corker. Phenomenally ahead of its time for 1984. Dark and mysterious.
They were on the same record label (ZTT) as Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Another decent band on ZTT were Propoganda - could almost be a Great Aunty/Uncle of the 'frapp, no less.
R.
The 'Hey!" sample can indeed be found on the AON single 'Close To The Edit'. Getting hold of the 'Into Battle' 12" was a revelation.
Madonna walked down the aisle with Sean Penn to 'Moments In Love' dontchaknow.
diamente
07-12-2003, 12:56
I am listening to some album called 'Black Cherry' by this group called Goldfrapp. Sounds pretty good so far... seriously though, the ending of 'Tiptoe' is, to put it mildly, fucking extraordinary.
Madonna and Sean Penn got married to 'Moments in Love'? That's quite exceptionally cool.
'Deep Honey' just started. Mmmmmm...... sweet.
josh groban-youre still you
god i love that
diamente
07-12-2003, 20:05
Goldfrapp: Strict machine 7-track Tour edition. Blimey, it's been a goldfrapp FEST for me today.
i was tlking about goldfrapp today with my biology teacher at this Xmas party for the elderly i voluenteered for at school
they made me sing!
hahaha I've never been asked to sing Goldfrapp, I have to lower the notes to sing em cause Im a boy, I get pretty damn close though cause I'm a tenor.
god i didnt have to sing goldfrapp!
they made me sing a song forthe old people
Edit: why did it post my message above
diamente
07-12-2003, 20:24
When i try to sing any goldfrapp songs i end up sounding like the theremin Alison uses during the live performances of Yes Sir.
I have to take everything down an octive or my voice cracks, it takes alot of air to sing Train.
oh Danni i just noticed that your registered for the message board on my Birthday, congratulations! FEEL HONORED!
Originally posted by Wisp
oh Danni i just noticed that your registered for the message board on my Birthday, congratulations! FEEL HONORED!
woo i feel very honored! how old were you if you dont mind me asking?
and i can sing human and utopia
Originally posted by Wisp
16, however I'm older in mind. ahh the depression of being young.
hehe same age as me
and back on topic: Paula Cole-Tiger
16, however I'm older in mind. ahh the depression of being young.
themoodfits
07-12-2003, 21:36
depeche mode, "enjoy the silence" on repeat, at the moment.
im actually watching red dwarf on BBC2
themoodfits
08-12-2003, 22:56
"goodbye horses" q lazzarus
"i wanna be adored" stone roses
"wave of mutilation" (uk surf) pixies
Philip Glass - Solo Piano
.........the incessant computer fan..........
diamente
10-12-2003, 22:47
Neu! 75 by Neu. Mmmm.....'See Land': absolutely GORGEOUS.
Bang Gang - Something Wrong
diamente
11-12-2003, 12:11
'A Secret Wish' by Propaganda, which came in the post today after getting it on e-bay....waiting for my Cocteau Twins 12" to arrive too, should be here in the next day or so!
Hmmm, just had a relative burn me a copy of his recently acquired Claudia Brucken CD 'Love: And A Million Other Things'. He also managed to get hold of a fairly rare Propaganda double CD set, 'Outside World' - which came with DVDs on.
Which is nice. :)
Oh, and I'm currently listening to 'Home For The Holidays' an Om records Xmas compilation. And rather nice it is too. :)
diamente
12-12-2003, 23:08
Empires and Dance by Simple Minds... good shit, if i don't mind saying so myself.....
'Tragedies, luxuries, statues, parks and galleries....'
diamente
12-12-2003, 23:09
Empires and Dance by Simple Minds... good shit, if i don't mind saying so myself.....
'Tragedies, luxuries, statues, parks and galleries....'
diamente
12-12-2003, 23:09
Empires and Dance by Simple Minds... good shit, if i don't mind saying so myself.....
'Tragedies, luxuries, statues, parks and galleries....'
diamente
13-12-2003, 13:57
By the way, the Simple Minds album is great, but not to the point where I'd intentionally post that fact three times in a row.... I honestly don't know how that happened! Saying that, I was a bit pissed last night, so I probably pressed the wrong button or something. Oh well, what can you do?
I want you - Elvis Costello
:cool:
themoodfits
14-12-2003, 20:36
shelby lynne "leavin''....... sounds like a modern day version of "dusty in memphis" by ms. springfield. sooooooo gorgeous.
diamente
15-12-2003, 00:18
Heaven or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins. In a word: gorgeous.
.......Exact track? 'Whose Trip Is This?' by David Sylvian and some girly singing (odds on it's his Missus)...........
diamente
15-12-2003, 00:30
Right now, 'Fotzepolitic' from HOLV, which is great, but straight after this comes my all-time second fave Cocteau's song, 'Wolf in the Breast', which I've only heard a few times now and it's already one of my favourite songs. My all-time fave is 'Aloysius' from Treasure.
diamente
15-12-2003, 00:38
By the way Softlad, as you're listening to David Sylvian, i just wanted to ask: are the first two Japan albums worth getting? I've only got Quiet Life, GTP and Tin Drum, but haven't got round to the other two cos I've read some really poor stuff about them.
themoodfits
15-12-2003, 01:43
i love "wolf in the breast". i really love the part where she sings "my baby's crying" it sounds like she says "i pretend that i snooze away" after it. but who knows what the hell she's really saying.? my favorite cocteau twins song is "watchlar" for sure. be sure to let me know what you think of it when you get it. there's another track on there called "sultitan itan" i think it's called, and that's a great song, too.
strangelove, dirty three and Polly Harvey with john parish.
love sabbs xxxxx
First two Japan albums?... Dodgy. Nothin like what you are used to. Sylvian doesnt even sound like himself(doing his Ferry-isms! )
If you are desperate to hear them in their New York Dolls phase, then buy one of the cheapy £5 complilations that are floating around. They have the best of the tracks from the early stuff... Suburban Berlin, Adolescent Sex, etc,etc.:cool:
im listening to Rolling stone-wild horses
diamente - Be advised by mezdel, I've not heard 'em.
Oh, and as I type 'Moodswings' by Mettle Music.
ponygurl
16-12-2003, 09:47
'Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas'...by Ella...makes me want to get all snuggly by a fire...too bad it's like 80 degrees where I live (although tonight's a bit chilly)...no snow of course...but a beautiful clear sky...palm trees don't seem to quite cut it this time of year:)
themoodfits
16-12-2003, 10:55
can't sleep, so i'm up listening to music and fucking around on here. listening to massive attack "protection" and i think i'm going to put on some marvin gaye after that. " i want you" is such a good song. and "make me wanna holler"(inner city blues), too.
diamente
16-12-2003, 11:50
Hey there, themoodfits, the Iceblink Luck 12" finally came in the post yesterday, and I've listened to both of the B-sides. I just wanted to say thank you very much for recommending me 'Watchlar'. It's quite a departure from their usual sound, and it's excellent. I love the bass, it's kind of like the Cocteau's doing R&B or something like that, pretty sexy, the music reminded me of some long-lost 70's Isley Brothers tune, which is always a good thing! Liz's voice is really gorgeous on it too. Top stuff! 'Mizake the Mizan' was a lot closer to the Heaven or Las Vegas sound, it could have easily fit on that album, it's very pretty and dreamy. Lovely. I probably like both songs more than 'Iceblink Luck' to be honest!
Thanks again for the recommendation mate, and thanks also to everyone who's been pointing me towards some absolutely brilliant music on this board! I'm getting poorer and poorer but it's all worth it, he-he-he!
By the way, right now I'm listening to a compilation i cooked up, and I'm listening to 'Wood Beez' by Scritti Politti which is one of the best singles EVER! That Green's a frickin' genius. Before this I was listening to 'Absolute', also by Scritti Politti, which is also one of the best singles EVER!
diamente
16-12-2003, 11:53
Also, cheers for the warnings, medzel and softlad, I will avoid those early Japan albums. I have seen some best of CDs with all the old stuff on them in the past, so i'll get that some time in the future.
Conveniently, 'Ghosts' by Japan is also on this compilation that I've put together, listening to it right now, and what a song...
Must dig out my old Cocteaux 12-inchers.
Somewhere, I've got an old 33rpm NME freebie 7-inch with "Ivo" on it. Excellente.
Have you ever heard "Candleland" - the duet with Ian McCulloch? A proper-bo Xmas tune, if ever I heard one.
If your after hard to find stuff, www.secondspin.com is sometimes worth a try. They've got "The Pink Opaque" there at the moment, which is a gem for a Cocteau Twins newbie (if such a beast exists).
R.
themoodfits
16-12-2003, 17:35
my pleasure, diamante. i'm glad you like watchlar. you're right, it does have an almost r&b feel to it with that pimp-esque style bass loop. it's also got a real raw electronic feel to it. i've found that it sounds best when played right after "hairy trees" and right before "heat miser" by massive attack. anyway, again, glad i could turn you on to it.
diamente - Spooky! I'm listening to Cupid & Psyche 85. Words can't describe how fantastic an album this is. :) And the extended versions at the end........:D
How good are we?. The musical taste in here are 2nd to none!. May i suggest 'Brilliant Trees', David Sylvian's first solo album?. If you dug Japan then its the best one to start off with. The next few were a bit too jazzy for my liking.
Provision by Scritti Politti is a hugely underated cd... Give it a blast.
Also, have any of you chaps and chicks ever heard ' Sing Song' by a band called Sudden Sway?. Came out in '86 in about 10 different 7" versions. Lead singer sounded a bit like Stephen 'Tin Tin ' Duffy but the music was pure eighties electro-pop. Brought out a brill album too....in a box!.
Ahhh nostalgia!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D
And for all you Cocteau trainspotters out there..... the Pink Opaque cd is an American compilation which covers everything from the first album up to the Akea Guinea single AND it has Millemillemary on it which you cant get anywhere......
unless you have the CD singles box set.......
which i have.
Anybody want to buy all the 12" singles? Much cheapness??
themoodfits
17-12-2003, 15:55
i already have them all. diamente might like them, though. anyway, i'm listening to francoise hardy, right now. "voila". such a cool song. she has the most sad, inconsolable voice ever.
Josh Groban-to where you are
diamente
17-12-2003, 18:55
Candleland is a great song, I agree Durham: two fantastic singers on one song, very nice...
Cheers for the recommendations, medzel, though I've already got Brilliant Trees and Provision, bought them a few months ago on vinyl. I haven't given BT a chance yet as there's so much stuff I've bought that I haven't got round to listening yet. Will give it a listen tonight! You're right, Provision is underrated: I don't like it as much as Cupid, but there's not much else in the whoel music universe that I love as much as Cupid! I love the production on it, really crisp and catchy. I heard Oh Patti ages ago, and that's still my favourite on the album, and Lovesick and Boom There She Was are absolutely brilliant. By the way, one time i was listening to it and I accidentally switched the speed of the record from 33 to 45 during All That We Are, and Green's voice sounds absolutely hilarious when sped up, like a chipmunk on speed or something.
I read here that you're getting rid of your Cocteau Twins 12" singles? I would love to purchase them from you, but I wouldn't be able to do so until after Christmas, as I'm pretty poor at the mo! I will get back to you about this in just over a weeks' time if you've got any left by then!
Softy, the extended versions at the end of Cupid are sweeeet. Absolute sounds amazing in its longer version, and the 12" version of Hypnotize sounds better than the original album version! It's quite odd though, i've got both the cd and vinyl versions of Cupid and both have different versions of Perfect Way on them. The one on the vinyl version is a little shorter and sounds more radio-friendly, both are great!
themoodfits
17-12-2003, 19:16
this is the off-topic section, so i gues it's ok that i'm going off-topic here, but has anyone seen the movie "zentropa"? the old lars von trier movie from the early nineties. i've seen it several times, but it's on the independent film channel right now and i'm watching it while i type. it's such an incredible film. black and white, really claustrophobic feeling. i gues this isn't off topic, because i'm sitting here listening to the movie rather than watching it. so that counts as what i'm listening to right now.
themoodfits
17-12-2003, 19:20
you hear that (...snooze away...), too? have you heard the song "sugar hiccup"? in the chorus, it sounds like she's saying "sugar hiccup from cheerios". i love that.
themoodfits
17-12-2003, 19:21
um, how did my post get pushed up before yours, diamente? that was a response to your post about "wolf in the breast". weird.
diamente
17-12-2003, 19:23
I'm listening to Heaven or Las Vegas AGAIN at the mo, and the chorus to 'Wolf in the Breast' does indeed sound just like 'I pretend that I snooze away'! The way the music just flutters and glides through that bit just beggars belief. SO lovely.
diamente
17-12-2003, 19:27
No, I haven't seen it, themoodfits. I have only seen The Idiots and Dancer in the Dark by Von Trier. DITD absolutely tore me apart when I watched it, it's so sad I was on the verge of tears by the end of it. Beautiful Bjork soundtrack too.
themoodfits
17-12-2003, 19:32
i cried like a baby when i watched that movie. i saw it in the theaters, and afterward, i walked home in the rain, and with the mood of the film still lingering added to the rain, i just cried the whole walk home. sooooo sad. anyway, zentropa is more of a psychological thriller, and kind of a stab at noir. my personal favorite of all his movies. it's about this american soldier sent to postwar germany, and this underground nazi woman seduces him. well, it's more involved than that. that's kind of a reductive synopsis. i haven't seen dogville yet, but a friend of mine is in it and i did her makeup for the new york premiere a while back and hoped i'd be able to see it then, but didn't get to. i'll probably have to wait until it's on video or dvd. has anyone here seen that?
diamente
17-12-2003, 19:32
Eeek... the posts are acting up and going in the wrong order again! Which album is Sugar Hiccup from? Don't think I've heard that one.
themoodfits
17-12-2003, 19:37
sugar hiccup is on the "sunburst and snowblind" ep. you can also get it in a live version on the cocteau twins bbc sessions set. that's probably a little easier to find.
themoodfits
17-12-2003, 19:40
mezdel probably has it. oh, and have you ever heard the cocteau twins christmas cd single "snow"? it's extremely rare. it only has two song on it. "walking in a winter wonderland" and "frosty the snowman". considering the time of year, it would make a novel gift for a big cocteau fan. i own it already, though. so no need to track one down for me. LOL
diamente
17-12-2003, 19:40
Dogville hasn't come out in the UK yet, dunno when it's coming out, but I do want to see it. I hope my local cinema plays it, that is if they're not preoccupied with devoting 15 of it's 12 screens to the new Lord of the Rings film (not that I hate those films or anything like that). Sometimes my local plays some cool indie/world cinema films, like Amelie, Battle Royale, Y Tu Mama Tambien and stuff like that, but I don't want to have to go into London to see it as their prices are nasty. I do film reviews for my local paper but we hardly get to do smaller films as the local cinemas rarely screen them and it would be kinda pointless reviewing films that the readers can't get to see. A shame, especially considering some of the shite I have to go and see instead! Saying that, I saw Out of Time with Denzel Washington today and was very pleasantly surprised by how good it was. Really tense in places, I thought.
diamente
17-12-2003, 19:44
I haven't heard Snow, the prospect of the cocteaus covering Christmas songs sounds really lovely!
Oh, by the way, that last post of mine almost makes it sounds like me and Denzel Washington went to the screening of Out of Time together, but that wasn't the case. I would have appreciated it if Denzel had come along, though. Seems like a decent enough bloke.
themoodfits
17-12-2003, 19:55
they really are lovely. i'm not a fan of christmas music. but they manage to take these songs that you've heard a million times, and make them brand new. really serene and lovely. "winter wonderland" is truly a beautiful song after they've touched it. oh and by the way, don't worry about the denzel implication. i just read my dogville post and it was worse. i went so far as to almost drop a name and then didn't. trying to be discreet just made me seem pretentious. LOL. oh well.
diamente
17-12-2003, 21:46
He-he-he, I don't think you're pretentious!
Right now, I'm listening to From Langley Park to Memphis by Prefab Sprout. I love the way Paddy sings 'pretty streamers' in Cars and Girls. Sounds just like The Boss himself.
themoodfits
17-12-2003, 21:56
i just read an article, actually in praise of pretention. there was a really great quote from oscar wilde in it...."only the shallow do not judge appearances. the mystery of the world is in the visible, not the invisible." i thought that was brilliant. not that i'm pretentious, though. i can be a bit of an aesthetics snob. for instance, if i'm at a friend's house and see that they have a celine dion cd in their stacks, i immediately lose respect for them. anyway, i'm listening to scott walker "the old man's back again". i'd kind of forgotten about him until i read that article with alison talking about him. now i've put on "round and round" by new order.
themoodfits
17-12-2003, 22:00
.....and now onto "i love music" by the o'jays. gorgeous soulful disco. i'm sick today, hence the sitting around posting incessantly and listening to music and watching movies. strep throat. fuck! hurts like a bitch, even though i'm hopped up on pain meds.
i have black eyed peas' shut up on a music channel in the background
i think i kinda like it
well maybe its just very catchy
diamente
17-12-2003, 22:27
The Black Eyed Peas have a lot of making up to do after Where is the Love.... that song really got on my nerves! I haven't heard 'Shut Up' yet, though.
I love Round and Round by New Order. I cooked up a compilation of New Order songs for a mate of mine who wants to hear more of them. Here's the listing for it...
1. The Perfect Kiss (long version)
2. True Faith
3. Everything's Gone Green
4. Touched by the Hand of God
5. This Time of Night
6. Thieves Like Us
7. 1963
8. Fine Time
9. Sub-Culture (Substance version)
10. All Day Long
11. Shellshock
12. Round and Round
13. Regret
14. Bizarre Love Triangle (long version)
Didn't put Blue Monday cos he already knows it, but there was loads I wanted to put on there that I had to leave out. Should have really made it a double cd, to be honest.
Conjure One - Tears From The Moon
That's a storming New Order list, Diamente! True Faith is one of my all-time favourite songs by anybody.
diamente
17-12-2003, 22:38
Cheers for that, Duncan! Yeah, True faith is indeed an amazing song, the first New order song I ever loved, and that was long before i got into the rest of their stuff. I used to be really indifferent to their music for a long while for some reason and then one day I borrowed Substance from a mate and I just fell for it completely. They're a great albums band, but i think they're an even better singles band, which is why Substance is my fave New Order cd.
themoodfits
17-12-2003, 23:14
technique is my favorite album by new order. i'd probably say that "round and round" and "world" are tied for my favorite songs by them. "regret" is great, too. oh hell, all their stuff is good. "here to stay", "touched by the hand of god", etc etc........have really been loving bernards stuff with neil tenant when they were in that band electronic. "getting away with it" is such a clever song.
Originally posted by Danni
i have black eyed peas' shut up on a music channel in the background
i think i kinda like it
well maybe its just very catchy
Spot on, Danni. A truly excellent song. Like the vid, too.
Originally posted by diamente
... and the 12" version of Hypnotize sounds better than the original album version....
Our English teacher (class of '85) once got us to take in our favourite record to play to the class - mine at the time was the Hypnotize 12''. There was me thinking I was on the cutting edge - they just thought it was sh*te.
I've also got a tape version of the Perfect Way 12''. The packaging is like a B&H fag packet, all covered in shiny gold stuff.
Nice.
Originally posted by diamente
He-he-he, I don't think you're pretentious!
Right now, I'm listening to From Langley Park to Memphis by Prefab Sprout. I love the way Paddy sings 'pretty streamers' in Cars and Girls. Sounds just like The Boss himself.
I'm thinking you should start streaming your playlist as a form of musical education for the masses. Your taste is almost as good as mine!
themoodfits
18-12-2003, 18:40
"camping jazz" by chateau flight. elegant and trippy.
themoodfits
18-12-2003, 18:54
"ghost trains" by erland oye and morgan geist
themoodfits
18-12-2003, 20:34
"hey ya" by outkast.
Phew! for a moment there i thought you lot were going to start analysing Liz's lyrics in depth!!!. Dont go there. If you do - start yer own website!!. The threads would be about 100 pages long knowing you lot and we would be getting thread alerts every minute!!!.
Treasure ,however, is the perfect xmas cd from les Coctoz. Along with xmas trees and Drambuie, it really sets the mood. Frosty the snowman does not however.
"Frostee tha snaw-mah has a big'n'appled slay!!!"
Oh dear.;)
themoodfits
18-12-2003, 21:18
i don't really analyze her lyrics. i get a kick out of what i think she's saying, though. i agree, treasure is their best album, by far.
Noooo... Heaven or las vegas is their best overall.... Treasure is the ultimate xmas album!. Let me whisk you all back to December'84........
Went to Virgin records in Renfield Street in Glasgow to do my xmas shopping (for me!). On the new releases rack, 3 new albums - Treasure, Hatfull of hollow(Smiths) and Exorcising Ghosts by Japan. How good was that!?!. Bought all three!. And i was poor in them days (but happy).
Treasure was the one for me though because of its xmas vibe. Happy times............
Dont get them anymore( Sob-sob:()
themoodfits
18-12-2003, 22:22
i don't get a christmas vibe from treasure. i get a slightly hawain feel from the song 'pandora", though. all those echoey slide guitar sounding bits.
diamente
18-12-2003, 22:27
The second track from Treasure reminds me of Christmas. I haven't been listening to much Christmassy stuff lately, mostly summery stuff, cos I miss the lovely hot weather and sunny days that we had earlier this year. Alternately, I remember listening to Seventeen Seconds by the Cure a lot during August. And that's not a summery album!
I'm listening to Melody A.M by Royksopp at the mo, which reminds me of a couple of summers ago, especially Eple and Sparks.
diamente
18-12-2003, 22:39
Originally posted by durham
I'm thinking you should start streaming your playlist as a form of musical education for the masses. Your taste is almost as good as mine!
He-he-he! Cheers, Durham.
Oh, and 'Hey Ya!' is an amazing song, easily my favourite song to have done really well in the charts this year. I just love that keyboard bit during the 'heyyyyy yaaaaa' choruses, can't get it out of my head. The Love Below is an utterly amazing album.
themoodfits
18-12-2003, 23:24
yeah, i love that little keyboard riff in the chorus in 'hey ya". soooo catchy and quirky. speakerbox is one of my favorite albums this year. right now i'm listening to "televised green smoke" by carl craig.
themoodfits
19-12-2003, 01:20
"let the music play" by shannon. one of the best 80's dance records ever ever ever! if goldfrapp did a cover of this song, i would simply die.
80's dance record for Goldfrapp coverage? Sexomatic by Bar-Kays.
Sexomatic with a strict machine. :D
themoodfits
19-12-2003, 02:08
i love that song sexomatic. i have it. i have a great remix of it, too. i think i'm going to go put it on right now.
themoodfits
19-12-2003, 02:10
a cover of "fascinated" by company b would be great, if you ask me. i think that has to be the gayest song ever.
im listening to Harry-Follow me...
anyone like her?
themoodfits
19-12-2003, 17:12
getting ready for work, and have "the model" by kraftwerk on. only it's the german version.
Ulrich Schnauss - Far Away Trains Passing By
themoodfits
20-12-2003, 00:10
oooooh, i love ulrich schnauss! right now i'm listening to grace jones "la vie en rose".
tattmaylor
20-12-2003, 00:37
I,ve got dreadful flu and in bed with ny computer :eek:
Strangley I'm giving the Massive Attack - 100th Window a second chance and it's kind of fitting my mood , definately a flu album. Although both Sigur Ros albums got me past the feverish stage!!
themoodfits
20-12-2003, 00:47
poor thing. i'm sick, too. strep throat. very painful. now i'm listening to the cure "close to me" the remix.
themoodfits
20-12-2003, 04:58
gilbert o'sullivan "alone again, naturally". kind of cheesy, but really good and one of the saddest songs ever.
ponygurl
20-12-2003, 09:42
Right now i'm listening to Loopy by Shenanigans---some may find this track stupendous others may find it horrifying---let me assure you it's neither---it's really sincere and sensitive if you truly listen to it---sure the title suggests it's like some crazy ass broken record---but it's an absolute original---expressing itself in the moment.........Superb (not daft at all)
diamente
20-12-2003, 13:23
Blue Bell Knoll by the Cocteau Twins. A ray of loveliness on a, as I look outside at the weather, one exceptionally rotten looking day!
themoodfits
20-12-2003, 17:01
air "le soleil et pres de moi" and 10cc "i'm not in love" really good songs to listen to while having some tea in the morning.
tattmaylor
20-12-2003, 17:53
Goldfrapp!!! ...everything!!:D :D
4Hero - the 'Two Pages' one I think along with a bunch of other similar jazzy, mellow d&b gear.......
themoodfits
21-12-2003, 17:57
"get into the groovey" by sonic youth. their cover of the madonna classic.
themoodfits
21-12-2003, 22:05
the doors "riders on the storm"
diamente
22-12-2003, 16:46
'think tank' by blur. such a great album.
Originally posted by themoodfits
getting ready for work, and have "the model" by kraftwerk on. only it's the german version.
I know a wee story about that version vis-a vis "Korrect!!!"
Wanna hear?;)
And i would like to add on a personal note that Lemon Jelly are shakin me tree at the moment!:D
themoodfits
22-12-2003, 23:55
Originally posted by mezdel
I know a wee story about that version vis-a vis "Korrect!!!"
Wanna hear?;)
of course i want to hear the story. please...tell me already, i'm dying! LOL
themoodfits
23-12-2003, 04:38
listening to the orb "little fluffy clouds" (cumulonimbus mix). and suzanne vega "tom's diner" (dance mix) at the moment. an old mixtape i've had since high school (ten years ago). how time flies.
Originally posted by themoodfits
of course i want to hear the story. please...tell me already, i'm dying! LOL
Right...... The lads were fond of this nightclub in Dusseldorf where they went for a wee drinky and a dance. This club had a kind of Head Waiter cum maitre d who went round the clubbers asking them what they wanted to drink. Sorry, telling them what they wanted...which was the house champers..... so he would say(in a german accent) "Vot do you vant?.... Champaigne??....KORRECT!!!". The lads were so taken by this guy and his decadent ways, they gave him a cameo on the track 'Das Model'.
True story folks!!.
(not very exiting though!! :D )
Originally posted by mezdel
Right...... The lads were fond of this nightclub in Dusseldorf where they went for a wee drinky and a dance. This club had a kind of Head Waiter cum maitre d who went round the clubbers asking them what they wanted to drink. Sorry, telling them what they wanted...which was the house champers..... so he would say(in a german accent) "Vot do you vant?.... Champaigne??....KORRECT!!!". The lads were so taken by this guy and his decadent ways, they gave him a cameo on the track 'Das Model'.
True story folks!!.
(not very exiting though!! :D )
Heheh - I like that. I'd have no excuse then... "the waiter made me do it!"
ponygurl
24-12-2003, 17:50
Pop the cork! (Although I prefer Warsteiner...hee,hee,hee...as long as I don't spill it!):p
themoodfits
24-12-2003, 20:05
speaking of champagne, i'm having a mimosa with my mom whilst taking a break from preparing dinner for my family. we're listening to everything but the girl "walking wounded" right now. my mom's a big dido fan, and has been playing her stuff all day, so i kind of hid the cd's on her and dug out her ebtg stuff. much better.
Yngel_el
26-12-2003, 09:18
Right now, I'm litsening to "Sokkar" by Tappi Tíkarass, it's so good.
Ahh, now "Deer stop" came on...shivers...shivers here they come.
:rolleyes:
diamente
27-12-2003, 21:05
New Gold Dream by Simple Minds. More specifically, 'Somebody Up There Likes You', which is soooooo gorgeous! Really peaceful and beautiful. This is one of my favourite ever albums.
cthulhuchris
29-12-2003, 00:27
best cd ever:
massive attack - mezzanine
themoodfits
29-12-2003, 02:49
right now my friend is playing "ribbon for my hair" by bent over the phone. lovely song.
Jibrelle
29-12-2003, 08:11
I just finished listening to "Hawk" by Broadcast, now I'm gonna change the CD. Next will be "True Mathematics" by Ladytron...
Bonnie and Clyde - Serge Gainsbourg et Brigitte Bardot, one of my favourite songs in the world although I really have no idea what they really are saying since I don't know any French!
diamente
29-12-2003, 20:10
Slave to the Rhythm by Grace Jones.
themoodfits
29-12-2003, 21:37
"try again" by aliyaah. right up there with goldfrapp when it comes to sexy, cooing vocals over filthy, dirty synths and rough rhythm tracks.
( ) by Sigur Ros - intense in places, but strangely beautiful.
diamente
30-12-2003, 17:00
( ) by Sigur Ros: a fantastic album. The second track is my favourite from that, it's amazing.
Right now I'm listening to Nothing Changes Under the Sun by Blue States. I can't recommend this album enough, it's so beautiful. It's got slight hints of Felt Mountain about it, but there's touches of Ennio Morricone and John Barry too. Very cinematic, very chilled, very wonderful. Makes me want summer to arrive right now!
The first five tracks in particular are AMAZING. Has anyone else here heard this album? Or the follow-up, Man Mountain (which I've been meaning to buy for ages)? They also did a song for the film 28 Days Later called 'Season Song' which I haven't heard yet.
themoodfits
30-12-2003, 17:18
that blue states album is amazing. my favorite on it is "heroe's elegy", but everything on it is pure class. as far as 'season song", it's a great song, too. a female vocal with a children's choir singing back up. fantastic stuff. it has a really epic, anthemic feel to it.
themoodfits
30-12-2003, 17:19
is the song from that album where you got your screen name from? i had always wondered that? if so, very clever.
diamente
30-12-2003, 17:27
I did name myself after the song on that album. I was listening to it while registering and I just love that song so much, it was the first thing I'd heard by Blue States and I just fell for it immediately, it's just so seductive and romantic.
themoodfits
30-12-2003, 17:32
yeah, it's a great song. really moody and beautiful. right now i'm listening to fifty fifty clown by cocteau twins. i'm not listening the heaven or las vegas version, though. this is a live version i downloaded. much cooler and a bit more electronic sounding than the original.
diamente
30-12-2003, 17:48
Mmmm, Fifty Fifty Clown is a lovely song. Did you ever see them live, themoodfits? I can't remember if you've ever mentioned if you have or not.
Listening to Around the World in a Day by Prince and the Revolution. The first three or so minutes of 'Condition of the Heart' are something else... the rest of the song's pretty damn good as well. And 'Pop Life'? Classic.
Eden Star
30-12-2003, 17:55
Originally posted by diamente
Blue Bell Knoll by the Cocteau Twins. A ray of loveliness on a, as I look outside at the weather, one exceptionally rotten looking day!
I listened to that album loads last week through some really good head-phones...Liz fraser...headphones...heaven
Right Now: Oh yeah, Oh no by Add N to (X)
With Miss Goldfrapp on vocals....
its like lovely sad, dirty-tragic robot porn... in a really good way....
:confused: I know what I mean.
diamente
30-12-2003, 17:58
Haven't heard the Alison/Add N to (X) collaboration. Will have to check it out! Yeah, Blue Bell Knoll is a lovely album, the first and last tracks are my faves off of that, so good.
Eden Star
30-12-2003, 18:33
I love some of the titles from BBK- 'Ella Megalast Burls Forever' and 'A Kissed Out Red Floatboat' are just beautiful...
If you do look up Add N to (X) , try:
Revenge Of The Black Regent
Fyuz
Oh Yeah, Oh No
All amazing stuff with Alison vocals...
On 'Total All Out Water' from about 2:00 onwards Alison is doing loads of super sexy noises that would'nt be out of place on Black Cherry, topped of with some crazy screaming...great stuff!
The Avant Hard album is deffinately worth getting, IMO.
themoodfits
31-12-2003, 06:56
since we're all on a prince kick right about now, i had to go there with you all, too. i'm listening to "theives in the temple", right now. an old favorite of mine. next, i might put on some sexy, nasty, pervy, funked out ass shit like "darling nikki" in a minute.
themoodfits
31-12-2003, 07:00
she used to date one of the guys from add n to x, did anyone know that? i think he might be the guy that some of the more "personal" songs on black cherry are about. anyway, the album is incredible. a bit of an orchestra of noise. gorgeous, though. oh yeah, diamente.....head over heels is a MASTERPIECE of an album. you can hear so many bands hearing this and being influenced. you can hear this album in so many other albums that came out a decade or more later. this album and "garlands" which is another early cocteau twins work. both are beyond words and beyond labels.
tattmaylor
31-12-2003, 10:54
Strangley some guy at work has just bought The Cure - Mixed Up which I thought would be awful but it ain't bad ( most mixes aren't too dated!)
'Lullaby' is such a great song thought!!!
Apparently the Yanks and French still love The Cure!!
questions & answers - biffy clyro
themoodfits
31-12-2003, 15:09
yeah, mixed up is actually quite good. i like the paul oakenfold remix of "close to me" the best. right now i'm listening to the metro area album. kind of like early 80's light electro funk. good stuff. anyway, happy new year everyone.
Mon the Biffy!
I'm listening to The Coyote Shivers' Sugar high on the Empire Records soundtrack
Originally posted by themoodfits
right now i'm listening to the metro area album...
Oooh, Metro Area, eh? I quite liked Orange Alert (until it started to appear everywhere... :rolleyes:) Is the album worth buying?
Originally posted by Kavokei
Originally posted by tattmaylor
In an effort to try and find some cool music from New Zealand (for my sister who going out with a kiwi) I've just discovered RIC BUNGA ...
... and her new album 'beautiful collision' is beautiful in a 'chilled out female vocal way'.
Honestly i'd recomened it. It's like a cross between Stina Nordestram and Dido!
:eek: :eek: :D Bit of a surprise to read that here, well anywhere in fact - she doesn't seem very well known outside NZ. Bic Runga is one of my favourites - her first album 'Drive' is fantastic, I've had a copy in my car for the last 3 years! And I didn't even realise she's released another album :rolleyes:
Well, I finally got a copy of 'Beautiful Collision' (for Christmas) and I must say, it is pretty damn good! I've only listened to it a few times, but it's got a pretty instant appeal. Definitely recommended.
There are a couple of songs on there that I'm sure I've heard elsewhere without realising they were by Bic Runga. One of them is 'Good Morning Baby' which is by her and Dan Wilson - does anyone know if it's been used in a film or anything?
themoodfits
31-12-2003, 20:08
Originally posted by Kavokei
Oooh, Metro Area, eh? I quite liked Orange Alert (until it started to appear everywhere... :rolleyes:) Is the album worth buying?
yeah, the whole album is amazing. not a bad song on the whole thing. i recommend it.
themoodfits
01-01-2004, 00:34
listening to deee-lite "world clique" getting ready to go out and party.
Lacuna Coil-The Ghost woman and the hunter
anyone else a fan?