New Music

If you liked Massive Attack, you might want to give Faithless a bash.

I have a few Fiona Apple CDs but don't listen to them much. She's a bit discordant for me, generally, so I have to be in the right mood.

 

I like Massive Attack. Especially Angel, everytime i hear it, i can't help but think about a burning caravan.

If you don't mind old music, one of my own favorites is Procol Harum, i believe it's an old British band. The lead singer amazes me. Songs like Salty Dog, Homburg and A Whiter Shade of Pale are all good.

Only other thing i listen to these days is TISM. It's a (somewhat) unknown Australian band.

 

TISM are fucking cool! They've got some of (if not the) funniest lyrics around. Plus, they've got this thing about wearing masks all the time...almost like latex bondage masks, but I don't think they go that far.

Time to go download some of their songs...

 

Fiona Apple
-Paper Bag
-First Taste

I like dem.

As for Norah Jones, I recommend
-Shoot the Moon
-One Flight Down
-I've Got to See You Again

The songs they always play on the radio ("Don't Know Why", "Come Away With Me") are so overplayed that they now make me cringe, but the ones I listed above are good.

If you like this style of music, look into Ella Fitzgerald and Etta James. Maybe even Aimee Mann - she's got a new CD with some good stuff on it.

 

Heh! I was thinking of mentioning Ella Fitzgerald and Etta James, but had figured if Milo knew of Nina and Billie, He's probably already heard of them, too - so I didn't mention them. Aimee Mann I really loved when I saw Magnolia, but never got around to buying any of her albums, although I always *almost* buy them, then buy something else instead!

I shall look into Aimee with more decisiveness this time around! Thanks Etalis!

 

Bet you can't guess what I listen to. Here's a hint: Sure as hell isn't the stuff any of you listen to.

 

3 guesses (Well, really more, but seperated by genre):

1) Backstreet Boys, New Kids on the Block, Britney Spears and Debbie Gibson

2) Lawrence Welk, Barry Manilow, Kenny G, and Yanni

3) Recordings of small Welsh children screaming in agony as their limbs are ripped off their torsos by a crazed insurance salesmen on PCP.*



*If I had to choose to listen to one of these options, I would choose 3

 

Hey, those Welsh kids are damn good screamers.
I'm guessing Insane Clown Posse. Sample lyrics: "Bitch you's a ho, ho you's a bitch, bitch ho skank ho bitch ho skank,"*

Windmills, try downloading some of Aimee Mann's songs before you drop money on her CD. I recommend "High On Sunday" and "Humpty Dumpty".

Whoever recommended "Mississippi Goddamn", thanks - I like it.

Tori Amos - is it just me, or are all of her hit songs covers?

Moving away from female artists...

SF, if you like Coldplay, try the Goo Goo Dolls ("Here Is Gone", "Don't Want the World to See") Ben Harper ("Forever", "Walk Away", don't get "Sexual Healing" because it's really bad), or Jack Johnson ("Bubble Toes", "Inaudible Melodies", "Maybe")

*actual lyrics

 

I've listened to the Goo Goo Dolls. They were kinda on the rise a few years back, and I liked some of what I heard.

That's pretty funny since I just dropped my rent check off at my landlord, John Jackson. When we asked if we'd be getting our plumbing fixed, so we can get hot water in the morning, he said "Maybe"

 

:roll: I'd laugh my ass off at that were I not so ashamed that I can actually believe it would be true.

I heard some of her stuff already off the Magnolia soundtrack. I liked that. I don't like downloading stuff not meant to be downloaded, but when I go to the record stores here, they let me listen to entire CD's at listening stations, and I'm at a music store almost every day, so no worries. I investigate before I buy.

Mississipi Goddamn - "is a show tune, but the show hasn't been written for it...yet." :lol:

Unfortunately, those are the ones that get the most radio/MTV play. Much like any decent artist, their best stuff is *not* their hit singles. You have to dig deeper into their albums for the real fun n' prizes.

More Tori suggestions: "Yes, Anastasia," "Precious Things," and "Bells for Her." The last one, played with blankets muffling the piano and spoons for piano hammers.

Necessity dictates I mention "Windmills," by Toad the Wet Sprocket. But if we're going to be whipping out the old TTWS, I'd be insane not to also mention "Silo Lullabye" in the process.

 

Wow, lots of replies.

Rat Keeng: THANK YOU. I was trying to remember where I heard the song "Angel" before. It was driving me nuts, because it was just on the tip of my tongue. I knew it sounded familiar, and I figured that I must have heard it on a movie because I don't listen to this kind of music.

I will check out some more Massive Attack. Like Windmills, I'm not a big fan of techno. To be honest, most of it sounds like recycled disco bullshit with a twist of e-tard thrown into the mix. I do like this song, though. It's hypnotic almost.

Thanks for all the other suggestions, too. I'll be sure to give them a try.

Regarding Ella Fitzgerald, I never could get into her music. She's a little too clean, too polished for me. I don't hate it, far from that, it's just not some of my favorite stuff. I like the jazz singers to have a really distinct voice; Early Billy Holiday was real sassy and she had this great lilt to her singing. Nina Simone is deep and almost mannish. She does the "yearning/melancholy" feel extremely well, any one of her versions of "I Love You Porgy" gets me right in the gut.

One that hasn't been mentioned so far is Sarah Vaughan. She has this great boozy quality that I love. She has maybe my favorite version of "Summertime" that I've heard so far. She's great. Sadly, it seems like alot of her classic tunes are getting used for TV commercials. I heard "Key Largo" on a luxury car ad, and "Whatever Lola Wants" on an underwear ad, of all things. Or maybe that was "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone. Bastards!

 

As strange as it may seem, I really like Janis Joplin's version of "Summertime."

I've been meaning to look into some more Sarah Vaughan. Thanks for reminding me.

"I Loves You Porgy" hits close to home (literally) because the musical took place here in Charleston. One of the coolest things about Charleston is how so much of the history and struggle that Nina, Billie, etc. talk about is so evident almost everywhere you look. (not in terms of the prejudice and hardship that much anymore, but in the historocity in the buildings, culture, manner of speech, etc.)

 

Oh, I love Janis Joplin's version of "Summertime" also; I put it right up there with "Ball and Chain (live at Winterland)" for gut-wrenchingness. I was a big fan of Janis. I still am, I just don't listen to her as much anymore. I tend to chew through music and listen to it over and over again until I get tired of it and move onto something else.

I listened to a lot of 60s music when I was younger, and I got really into Janis and Big Brother, The Doors, The Beatles, Hendrix. All that stuff. I even got to see a small (like less than 100 seats) performance of Richie Havens. He was beyond awesome. I'll make his stuff my recommendation in this post.

Check out "Motherless Child" and "Handsome Johnny" for a couple of his more well known tunes. His style is... how would you describe it? Power Folk? I don't want to call it that, because "folk" doesn't really describe it. It's basically him and his acoustic guitar along with a some percussion and a few background instruments. He gets really raw with his music. He treats his guitar almost as a percussion instrument. It's really powerful stuff.

 

One of the funniest songs ever is "I'm the only gay eskimo" by Corky and the Juice Pigs. Or something Pigs. Whatever it is, if you don't laugh when you listen to it, there's something wrong with you.

 

If it's the same song i'm thinking about (well how many gay eskimo songs can there be?), i've only heard it done by Tenacious D, and that was hilarious. Tenacious D has a few songs worth listening to as well.

Be sure to get !uoy sevol natas and the accompagning lyrics.

You're welcome. You should try listening to "Teardrop" by MA though, it's a beautiful song nonetheless.

 

WRONG AND WRONG! I told you it was nothing of that sort.

 

"And the seals they sink out..."
:lol:

More T.D. songs:
Jesus Ranch ("I fell in love with a baked potato/on jeeeeeeesus ranch")
Wonderboy D)

You might also like Tom Lehrer ("Masochism Tango", "National Brotherhood Week")

 

Windmills wrote

you gotta dig the fact that they covered KISS

 

...but what's more, they covered KISS with JAZZ!

Heh. Anybody checked them out yet?

The Kiss song was "Detroit Rock City" - which they changed to "Detroit Swing City" - for obvious reasons ;-) It's pretty impressive, but I still say their originals are far more wonderous to behold.

 

My brother tends to download punk/ska covers of old pop songs...pretty funny at times to hear punk bands sing old Olivia Newton John songs and things like that.

Yes, as I've already pointed out, Teardrop is great. Get it Milo!