GNR
Metallica

I will admit it, I'm a Blue October addict.

Marilyn Manson's Antichrist Superstar, Reflecting God and Angel With The Scabbed Wings.

Just freaktastic.

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The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. If you've never listened to this album before, fix that. That is all.

Currently listening to Dimmu Borgir's newest album: ABRAHADABRA which was released just earlier this day as a matter of fact.

And by Azura this record is good, even someone who generally don't like Black Metal (a few of my friends) can't deny the underlying musical talent and artistry that has been put into the album, I'd definately recommend it to anyone who like metal

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis. Yeah, it's way too long, and the "plot" makes no sense, but it's got some nice songs on it. Y'know, like "The Carpet Crawlers." I like "The Carpet Crawlers."

4 stars out of 5, sez I, in case anybody was asking.

Metallica - The Unforgiven II, Nothing Else Matters, Enter Sandman, Turn The Page

Yngwie Malmsteen - Red Devil, Rising Force and Dream On.
Stryper - To Hell With The Devil, All For One, Soldiers Under Command

Tune Up, Raver's Fantasy

If you like techno give this one a try. Give it a few seconds I promise it picks up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8kLkMgdzy0

Bach's complete surviving oeuvre. My friend says it's as long as an entire Star Trek series. It's definitely going to take a while. There are 200+ cantatas. That sounds like a lot.

Currently listening to Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs", whilst I try to get some writing done. After that, back to their previous "Neon Bible". Inspiration music...

Solid Air by John Martyn. There aren't enough positive words I can use to describe this album. Folky, jazzy, warm, intimate, and idiosyncratic. Everything here just WORKS - from the title track (dedicated to his friend Nick Drake) to the echoey, frigged-out take on Skip James' "I'd Rather be the Devil" to the heartwarming "May You Never" (which I first encountered via Eric Clapton's cover); basically everything between the start of the album and the finish. This is one of those albums that just gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside whenever I put it on.

Just what I need to remind me that, while I may have two finals left, soon I'll be going home.

Burnt Sierra : Whoa, I love Arcade Fire! My fav is Tunnels.

I also like Radiohead and OneRepublic. Sunday Driver and Mumphord and Sons aren't half-bad either.

Right at this very moment I'm listening and relaxing to Gary More's 'Empty Rooms'

I am currently listening to Stink Fist-Tool

Classico- Tenacious D.

For the last week or so for me, it's been progressive rock. Lots and lots of progressive rock - mostly of the symphonic variety. It's a mood I get into from time to time - but I've been getting into it increasingly often lately.

Recently I have settled into a Jazz and New Grass (a jazzed up version of blue grass) sort of vibe. Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, David Grissman Quintet, Michael Mannring...

I'm listening to:


link for your convenience: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sby8rmrTxhY

I find it very relaxing. I listen to it on my walks.

Not exactly "listening to" yet- but I will be. Had a gift card from Christmas for music that I finally redeemed yesterday.

Picked up Tom Waits "Small Change" (which I previously only had on vinyl) and the live recording of the "Glitter and Doom" tour (includes 2 tracks recorded at the show we attended).

And also the Talking Heads "Greatest Hits." I know- it is kind of wimping out to go for a Greatest Hits disc- but it has everything I want with less chaff.

As for "Small Change," that was my introduction to Tom Waits. The quiet piano intro of "Tom Traubert's Blues" suddenly accompanied by that whiskey-soaked voice intoning:

"Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did, got what I paid for now"

Very much an acquired taste- but one that is worth acquiring in my blatantly biased opinion.

Reminded me of a comment that my nephew made when he saw a vinyl album, and I quote...

"I don't understand how this works."

He was a teenager at the time (about 4 years ago) and completely computer literate. All I could picture was him trying to figure out when computers had large enough slots to hold an LP.

That reminds me... Remember the good ol' days?

The days of the 8 inch floppy?

I've never come accross an 8", but I still have a 5 3/4 somewhere and use 3.5" ones. There's nothing like not having done work but claiming to have and bringing a floppy because no one will be able to access it and they're all too busy laughing to remember you were meant to do something...

Anyway vinyl is good. The cracks and hisses sort of add something, as does finding the track by looking at the disk.

As for what I'm listening to, well I'll go for the controversial option and say... the wireless. Radio 4 to be precise, on longwave (or online when I miss a program). For those who can get it online (ie in the UK or computer savvy enough to pretend to be in the UK) I recommend The Now Show for some very good, and brutal, topical comedy. Even better it won't be long before it's the cricket season. Test cricket on the radio is also an aquired taste, but once you get into it it's quite addictive.

Per un Amico by Premiata Forneria Marconi.



Yeah, that's right. ITALIAN PROG. You got a problem with it?


Seriously, though, they're awesome. (I think I like Banco a tiny bit better, though).

ive been listening to a lot of celldweller recently.

I had never heard of them a couple of months ago, but after hearing some of their songs in dead rising 2 ive been hooked. i reccomend listening to "kill the sound" and "own little world".

I'll keep them in mind for another time. I'm not in the mood for that style right now. That said, I do like their sound.

I've been listening to a lot of Miike Snow recently

Huh. I've been listening to a lot of my "norm" stuff, as well as some stuff that my sister is blasting through the house, such as

Matt and Kim
Clockwork Quartet
Sunday Driver
Elliot Smith
The Cog is Dead

and then the ones that I like are

Clockwork Quartet
Radiohead
ArcadeFire

And a few select Beatles songs, like Hey Bulldog.

Yeah, so I'm listening to those. And if you like Steampunk Music, than you should listen to the Clockwork Quartet and The Cog is Dead

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel



Or, as it's also known, "Melt." Peter's third self-titled album is his undisputed masterpiece as a solo artist - dark, atmospheric, and menacing. "Intruder" is as good an album opener as I've ever heard, and he never lets up.

Tago Mago by Can.



This is without a doubt the weirdest album that I own an actual physical copy of. You have to be in a certain mood to listen to Can - you certainly don't do it for fun (though I never fail to crack a smile at Damo Suzuki's psychotic ravings and other noises in "Peking O"). These guys were bold, experimental, and decades ahead of their time. Hell, Tago Mago might even STILL be ahead of its time if it were released today. Also, their lead singer is not singing in his native language (indeed, I often wonder if he's singing in any real language at all), and sings every word like he's in the process of eating a particularly sticky peanut butter sandwich.

But never mind that - these guys rule. This album is frigged out, funky, and almost danceable for occasional twenty second intervals. If you haven't listened to this, do so before you die. I certainly wouldn't put it in my top ten favorite albums (or twenty-five for that matter), but I might put it in my top ten most interesting ones. If nothing else, it's great for clearing out unwanted party guests.

I'm listening to Glitch Mob


One song in particular has me hooked. Fortune Days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HX74UhgMFA

Great instrumental

That's good, I might have to check them out.

Recently I've been listening to Electric Six. Remember their weird first album from way back, well they're still going and have improved vastly. I like the style and the satirical lyrics. It's fairly easy listening but that makes it good workout music. They're well worth seeing live if you get the chance (well both gigs I've been to were good).

I've also been listening to Acid Mothers Temple, New Geocentric World. I'm still not sure about the first track, Psycho Buddah, which is a twenty-something minute freakout (though oddly moreish), but the rest is good.

I lol'd when I read that because I just saw this few days ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD5tnb2RBYg

Good song, but the video... wtf lol.

Now I'm listening to Electric Light Orchestras album Time.
I like this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlILsxcp-hY, because it has one of my favorite ELO songs, and is made by one of my favorite Anime studios, Gainax (before they became Gainax).

OLA. Welcome back mate long time since I've seen you around here.

Meh I'm listening to some good and brutal Burzum songs from the 'Det Som Engang Var' (what once was) album...Norwegian Black Metal at its best and brutal.

Fozzy - Chasing the Grail.

Great stuff...

I'm listening to:


I never thought I would like a band that uses a banjo in their songs but I've really enjoyed Little Lion Man and The Cave

I've been listening to:


Evil Dub is definitely my favorite.

Currently listening to "Where is the Love?" by the Black-Eyed Peas.

While out and about, listening to the radio, some good songs came on:

Santana "Smooth" and The Corrs "Breathless." And some other songs I don't know the name of...

Probably my all-time favorite group, however, is Evanescence. I only have one of their cds, but I listen to it over and over again... I listen to other songs of theirs on youtube all the time, though.

Amy Lee has such an incredible voice, and I find tons of inspiration in their music (and all music, really) for my writing! Music sets the mood and helps my mind wander to the depths of creativity.



I LOVE Enya! She's been one of my top favorites for years! I have most of her cds, and I'll listen to them over and over again! lol Beautiful, soul stirring music. Uplifting yet with a touch of sorrow, reminiscent of an old soul.

Currently listenng to "Helplessness Blues" by Fleet Foxes. It's just struck me actually, I think this may only the second CD I've bought this year - which isn't normal for me...

Lots of Linkin Park right now. "With You," and

"In Between," are probably my favourites.

I've also found a couple more Celldweller songs that I love: "Eon," and "Switchback".

My all-time favorite Linkin Park song is "Numb". Best. song. ever.

Can't mention Linkin Park without mentioning my favorite: In the End

I only like Hybrid Theory of Linkin Park.

Since May 25, 1981 = 30 years of Metallica


Nothing Else Matters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyrWd_gfQNQ


Unforgiven II


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LihCeR-DoNs...feature=related

*cough* 20 years.

Still you missed this one:

The house that Jack built
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eNMKJ_DLSs

Good call on 'Nothing else matters' though

EDIT (after post below): yes I'm not sure why it thought 20 years and not '81... I blame a defective brain.

Typo, sorry. It was 1981, I got distracted by either a hyper dog, hyper teen, or hyper husband while typing that, lol.

This cover is pretty good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPaGE24vpio

I am addicted to the song England by The National.

Unorthodox Behaviour by Brand X. Debut album of the jazz fusion quartet, consisting of John Goodsall on guitar, Percy Jones on bass, Robin Lumley on keyboards, and Phil Collins (yes, THAT Phil Collins) on drums. In addition to showcasing the considerable talents of the other three gentlemen (especially Jones), it also serves as proof positive that, twenty years before Tarzan, he was a fantastic drummer.

And the songs they tear through are terrific. "Nuclear Burn" is fast and furious, yet light and nimble as a cat, belying its title until the last minute or so. It's also Collins' best performance on record. "Born Ugly" lays down a funky groove, while tracks like "Euthanasia Waltz" and "TouchWood" are more melodic.

Of course, they aren't quite as good (nor as choptastic) as the Mahavishnu Orchestra, but then again, who is? There's only one John McLaughlin, after all. Bottom line: they're very good musicians playing good songs very well. Worth buying if you aren't averse to fusion.

3.5 stars out of 4, sez I.

I've got my lovely little playlist going on at the moment.

It has all the "Ok Go" albums i've managed to get my hands on, all my RHCP, Sara Bareilles' "Kaleidoscopic Heart" album and a mixture of Daft Punk, Florence and the Machine and Biffy Clyro.