Aaaahhh...Yes, of course...Silly me...Yes, the lounge... ...

Currently listening to the pleasant battle sounds of the boy's second fave cartoon..."Beyblade Metal Masters..."...*Sigh*... ...

Blondie - What I Heard...

Y'know when you don't hear a song for ages...And then you play it on repeat for ages...And I think I'm b*ggering be hearing up with it tbh ...

But Marillion - The Man From Planet Marzipan...Which really is a...Dodgy title...Is one of the best songs ever...For me anyways... ...

If Ever I Stray- Frank Turner

And also (with a sniffle and a wish for Godspeed)- At Last- Etta James

I'm back to The National

England

That felt like a slightly bizzare combination of New Order, Daniel Lanois, Peter Gabriel and Enya!... ...Nice one... ...

The Cocknbullkid - Yellow...

Cliff Richard - Carrie...

Silvia by Miike Snow

Return of the (I Know it's Not) Friday Random 10

Baby Please Don’t Go- Van Morrison

Darcy Farrow- Jimmie Dale Gilmore

I’m Talking about You- Chuck Berry

Once in a Lifetime- Talking Heads

Virginia Avenue- Tom Waits

Wilbury Twist- The Traveling Wilburys

What I Like About You- The Romantics

I am a Man of Constant Sorrow- The Soggy Bottom Boys

Take Me to the River- Talking Heads (because iTunes does not always seem to get the concept of "random")

It’s a Big Old Goofy World- John Prine

Sunday morning concert series from the den, courtesy of Mr. Grits and The Girl: The Killers, live somewhere with a ferris wheel. Yay, Palladia.

Yay!!!...Love the Wilburys!!...*Applauds*...

Freemasons - Uninvited...

Blimey...I'm trawling my Media Player library and stumbled accross a song I haven't heard in years...Years...

Status Quo - In Your Eyes...

Oh my God I have so many memories attatched to this song...And I haven't thought of her for sooo long...I wonder what she's doing now?...*Wonders*...

Wow...

Slade - Run Runaway...

oooooh Good One!!!

Mr Sandman....no I'm not really, but I wish I was. UGH

A new thing that I heard earlier on and I've got it on loop on Youtube...Soooo good...

Goyte - Somebody That I Used To Know...

Back to Mumford & Sons

The Cave

Charli XCX - Nuclear Seasons...

Charli XCX again... ...

And now for this Saturday's Random 10- with bonus free-association ramblings! Woo-Hoo!

I Get Around- The Beach Boys

There is great scene in the Robert McCammon novel, Boy’s Life, to do with this song and the fundamentalist preacher’s reaction to it. (Hint- he doesn’t care for it).

Think It Over One More Time- Robert Earl Keen

Saw him on Austin City Limits and just cracked up over Merry Christmas from the Family, which is from this same album

Green River- Creedence Clearwater Revival

It always amazed me that these San Francisco rockers had such an ear for the South. One of the first groups to capture my imagination.

Green Grass- Tom Waits

From the Glitter and Doom Tour, which we were fortunate enough to see. Somewhat reminiscent of his Kurt Weill period- but also featuring his trademark lyrical images-

Lay your head where my heart used to be
Hold the earth above me
Lay down in the green grass
Remember when you loved me

The General Specific- Band of Horses

First heard this one on the TV show Chuck- which ended its 5-year run just last night. I recommend both- the song and the program.

The Week of Living Dangerously- Steve Earle

Perhaps this song is a bit more autobiographical than Steve would like- but he does not flinch from his past, so maybe not. Favorite lyric-

Woke up in the county jail just across the line in Laredo
I had a headache and a deputy starin’ at me through the door
How you got across that river alive I don’t know
But your wife just made your bail so now you’re really dead for sure

Maybellene- Chuck Berry

If you love rock n roll, there is nothing more to be said.

It does remind me of a story of a friend who was challenged to a drag race by a good-looking young lady. When he agreed, she said she needed to stop at a 7-11. Once there, she began packing ice around her engine. My friend wisely begged off the race, at which point the girl showed him her trunk full of racing trophies.

Dizz Knee Land- Dada

The instrumental hook grabs me- and then the vocals carry me to… well, wherever it is they are going.

Walk Softly on this Heart of Mine- The Kentucky Headhunters

The mixture of country and guitar-driven rock- with a healthy dose of boogie-woogie makes this one a favorite.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon- Dave Edmunds

And speaking of rock-a-billy… as performed by a Welshman, no less! The train whistle part in this tune inevitably carries me back to the house where I grew up. It was a long stretch of river, with the Louisville and Nashville line about a mile away. At night, as I lay in my bed, I would hear those long, mournful whistles singing across the water…. And then there is the fact that it seems to tell the story of the Creature with a lot of sympathy for his... well "reasons."

Welshmen rock!!... ...

And Dave Edmunds recorded one of my favourite songs of all time - Girls Talk...Love that song...Surprising...

Not telling what I'm listening to...Oh, alright...Nuclear Seasons again... ...

Morgenstern by Rammstein


It's been a while since I've listened to that song.

Thanks Trey

Sailor - A Glass of Champagne...

Misere mani by Era.

Science is Fun, by the Arpeture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory from the album Portal 2: Songs to Test By.

SCIENCE!!!

Yes - Miracle of Life...

Nik Kershaw - The Riddle...Oh-ho-ho yes!!... ...

Oh, that's freaking neat.

I been playing Persona 1 psp allot, and since there are random battles every few steps you can say that I'm hearing the battle theme; Persona-A lone Prayer
I love the vocals!

well I know what they are saying! they are singing about urban winter sadness! And missing someone

I'm pretty good at swedish you know!

Levende by Deaf Center

I didn't know this when it started, but it's 45 mins long...

I listen to all kinds of music; rap, rock, classic, instrumentals, hip-hop. Just depends.

Right now I am listening to Zack Hemsey. The man does both rap and movie-style music. This is the instrumental version:

Favorite part:

Makes me happy/sad and just plain epic.

The new Game of Thrones "Shadow" teaser had one of his songs, that's how I came to find out about him. I don't watch GOT by the way.

Oh that's good. Not interested in the rap, but the instrumental you linked sounds great.

The rap version is pretty good. Very very sad, but pretty good. No profanity, no drugs...just three different stories that can be connected. Girl finds out she's pregnant due to rape, guy contemplates suicide while another(or the same guy) is shot at a club and is pronounced brain-dead to his desperate mother who cries uncontrollably.

Non-instrumental version.

It's tragic, but hey, it's better than guys with "grillz" and "chainz" bragging about money, women and drugs.

Someone mentioned Rammstein! I like his songs. Especially Mein Herz Brennt(My heart Burns).

Most rap just turns me off because of how immature it is. I might listen to the other version of that song later.

I'm a big Rammstein fan. Listening to Nebel right now.

Phil Collins - Hang In long Enough...

I always listened to his songs when I was a kid. Especially Tarzan.

Edit: Wait..not the same dude, is it?

Yep...Yes it is indeed he what done the Tarzan soundtrack...Brilliant soundtrack it was too... ...

Genesis - Turn It On Again...

I am having Phil-Phest... ...(You see what I did there? )...

Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - When The Train Comes...

I love Phil Collins...You can tell by his music whether he is having relationship issues or not, just look at the "phases" over the years.....

"I am having Phil-Phest... ...(You see what I did there? )..."
McB it is official, if there were any doubt what-so-ever that you deserved that promotion this removed ALL doubt...

He's also a tremendously underrated drummer.

Exhibit A
Exhibit B


On a Phil Collins-related note (Phil was a frequent collaborator with him during the 80s), I'm on something of a John Martyn jag right now, most recently One World.

Valentine's Day may be a little ways off, but here's a romantic little cut off that album to keep in mind when it does come around. If the day comes when I do get married, I do believe I would like that song to be played at the wedding.

He is absolutely one of the most underrated drummers of all time...

All of the drum duet things he did with Chester Thompson on the Genesis or solo tours were brilliant...Sooo brilliant...

I love Genesis...

Check out Duke's Travels and Duke's End for more Phil Drummy goodyness...

Cheers for the promotion Athynae... ...

Now if I can remember what it was for...*Scratches head*... ...

Of the post-Hackett Genesis albums, Duke is my favorite. I always end up air-drumming to "Behind the Lines." I'm also quite partial to the videos I've seen from the Trick of the Tail tour, when the touring drummer was Bill Bruford. It's a chance to see two of the greatest progressive rock drummers on the same stage.

Of course, Chester's a great drummer in his own right. Anyone good enough to play with Frank Zappa and the Mothers has to be.

Take this song here, f'rinstance.

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It was painful !!!





All day that day.


Today: Listening to Old Man Pie, Phil Thompson (Organized Chaos), Karen Stevers (Funeral Mute), and Souljourners (Mind Control)

Phil Thompson is from the southern end of McB's neck of the world.

Duke is my favourite album of all time...I love it!!...Brilliant album from start to finish...I truly believe that the three of them were at the height of their powers there...And then they...Were never quite as good for me...I do love the post Duke albums with differing degrees, but Duke is the absolute tops...

Cul-De-Sac...Ooof!!... ...

Never been a big Zappa fan...Sometimes seems like noodling for it's own sake...But I can definately see how he (Chester) wound up in Genesis...I know it was Phil's love of Weather Report really, but that song you linked was definately early Genesissy... ...Chester Thompson rocks!!!...

Always prefer Alan White in Yes to Bruford anyways... ...

Will check out Phil Thompson mALX...I think my step-dad likes him... ...I think...It may be someone else though... ...

Phil Thompson's music is Fractal, if that is what your step-dad likes.

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention? ROFL !! Brown Shoes Don't Make It !!!! ROFL !! He got into a gross-out concert with Ozzie and someone else - anyway, he crapped on the stage (his hairy butt was uglier than the turd, and almost uglier than his face) - and then proceeded to eat the turd. Needless to say, everyone was pretty grossed out.

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Um...Feel sick now...

Probably not with the fractal music...He's more folksy... ...

Everyone in the audience did too.


He might like Old Man Pie.

This story is actually apocryphal. To quote the man himself on the matter:

"I never took a s*** on stage, and the closest I ever came to eating s*** anywhere was at a Holiday Inn buffet in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1973."

While I'm not a complete fanatic (I find some of his stuff to be off-putting), I've liked Zappa ever since I listened to Roxy & Elsewhere. The musicianship on display there is just incredible. It doesn't really bother me, either, because I'm predisposed to like jazz fusiony-type stuff. I think the humor buoys it and prevents it from becoming bloated. And frankly, even if he did nothing in his entire career other than "Peaches en Regalia" (or "Watermelon in Easter Hay"), he'd still be worth remembering.

And as for Bill Bruford, Alan White is a great drummer, but I tend to prefer their stuff with Bruford. Though a case can be made that he was a better drummer for King Crimson than he was a drummer for Yes.

Aw heck! That story was the probably the reason my sisters bought his album! Next thing you know someone will debunk the story of Ozzie biting the head off a bat !! ROFL !!!

Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump (Freemasons Remix)...

Trying desperately to cheer meself up... ...