What are you listening to?

painter · Subject: What are you listening to? Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:31 pm

I don't have an iPod but, then, I don't get out much. I do have over 7,500 songs in my iTunes music folder and they range all over the map. Of course a lot of it is stuff from my younger years (the 60s etc) but by no means all. I have classical (various eras), a LOT of rock (various eras), a lot of techno and industrial stuff (also of various eras), some hard core, some goth, a little bit of country, hardly any jazz, I'm fond of Indian music and some middle eastern music. I have airTunes so I listen to my music not only from my Rokit5 KRKs but transmit it to my based-out 5.1 surround sound that fills my whole studio.

Just wondering, what do you guys listen too? I'm always interested to try new things out.

As I was poking around in the iTunes store just this evening I came across this podCast from the "GayTrucker": http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=89554495 Very nice disco shit (IMO).

I've only recently started listening to Pink and The Queers (although this one is more typical of their sound).

A friend just pointed me to this group:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOmm7fq1NxM << a bit down tempo for my taste but I do like the lyrics:

All you great men of power,
you who boast of your feats,
politicians and entrepreneurs:
Can you safeguard your breath in the night while you sleep,
keep your heart beating steady and sure?
As you lie in your bed,
does the thought haunt your head,
that your really rather small?
If there's one thing I know in this life,
We are beggars all!

All you champions of science,
And rulers of men:
Can you summon the sun from its sleep?
And does the earth seek your council on how fast to spin?
Can you shut up the gates of the deep?
And don't you know that all things,
hang as if by string o'er the darkness,
poised to fall?
If there's one thing I know in this life,
We are beggars all!

All you big-shots do swagger,
and strive with conceit.
Did you devise that your fray would be fought?
If you've been raised in a palace,
or live about on the streets,
(did you) choose the place or the hour you'd be born?
Tell me what can you claim?
Not a thing!
Not your name!
Tell me if you can recall,
just one thing, not a gift, in this life?
Can you hear what's been said?
Can you see now that everything's graced?
After all,
if there's one thing I know in this life,
We are beggars all!

painservedcold · Posts: 295 Join date: 2008-11-07 Age: 19 Location: Canada

I've had a lot of Green Day, Nickelback, Hedley, Faber Drive, Three Doors Down and the Black Eyed Peas playing lately.
Not sure why, just in the mood for random music.

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Staile · Posts: 132 Join date: 2008-11-14 Age: 16 Location: Ohio

I like...a lot.

Check out my last.fm (which is becoming more accurate): http://last.fm/user/staile

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painter · Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:09 pm

Staile wrote:

I like...a lot.

Check out my last.fm (which is becoming more accurate): http://last.fm/user/staile

Wow! Thanks Stale -- that gives me a LOT to think look into.

Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyel15vWMzg

Ecii · Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:31 pm

Um...I am listening to Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin atm

painter · Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:52 pm

Ecii wrote:

Um...I am listening to Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin atm

Well, Bobby is a happy change of pace! Certainly more mellow than Shinedown's rages.

Have you guys ever listened to David Fray's interpretations of Bach?

I can hear you saying "boring!" WELL -- maybe. But DAVID IS CUTE (for one thing to catch your attention) and he has a particularly youthful interpretation of the musical thoughts of a brain that has been dust for almost 300 years: Check him out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2I0tQIA_AE

ems · Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Sun Aug 16, 2009 1:00 am

i've just started to listen to Poets of the Fall. Ijust fell in love with them when i watched the video of Carnival of Rust. WOW!!! they are AWESOME!!!

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painter · Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:24 am

ems wrote:

i've just started to listen to Poets of the Fall. Ijust fell in love with them when i watched the video of Carnival of Rust. WOW!!! they are AWESOME!!!

wow, that is AWESOME: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKk1u5RMTn4

Staile · Posts: 132 Join date: 2008-11-14 Age: 16 Location: Ohio

David Fray is really good. I think I've heard OF him before but didn't know who he was.

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ems · Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:07 am

mike: i'm glad that i have made another fan!!

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painter · Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:26 pm

recently played in my iTunes in alphabetical order:

(Don't Wana Be) An American Idiot • Green Day
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction • The Rolling Stones
21st Century Protest Song • me
Ain't That Her • The Remains
All I Really Want To Do • The Byrds
Alone • Moby
Another Girl • The Beatles
Antrozous • Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
Are We A Rock Band Or What? • Apollo 440
Artic World • Midnight Oil
Back Door Man • The Doors
Back In the Day (Paul Robb Roots Electro Mix) • Information Society
Bad Moon Rising • Creedence Clearwater Revival
Birth Of A Girl (Featuring Flea) • Rambient
Box Of Rain • Grateful Dead
Can't Find My Way Home • Blind Faith
Chain Of Fools • Aretha Franklin
Close Your Eyes • The Chemical Brothers
Come Clean • Twinemen
Cripple Creek • The Band
Dancing In The Street • The Mamas & The Papas
Death or Glory • The Clash
Deep Purple • Nino Tempo And April Stevens
Diddy Wah Diddy • The Remains
Dimes • A. J. Roach
Don't Look Back • Fine Young Cannibals
Don't You (Forget About Me) • New Found Glory
Don't You (Forget About Me) • Simple Minds
Don't You Forget About Me • Simple Minds
Dream Big • Ryan Shupe & The Rubber Band
Dream World • Midnight Oil
Drift Away • Dobie Gray
Dust in the Wind • Kansas
Enter Sandman • Apocalyptica
Existance/[untitled bonus track] • Front Line Assembly
Fade To Black • Apoptygma Berzerk
Fakey Fake • Earlimart
Far From Afraid • In Clined
Femme Fatale • The Velvet Underground
Fire • Jimi Hendrix
First Cool Hive • Moby
Flames • Vast
For The Dark • Red Flag
Forty Six & 2 • Tool
Girl With No Eyes • It's A Beautiful Day
Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder • Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Granddaddy • A. J. Roach
Greetings • Hamza El Din
Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy • Devo
Hallelujah • Jeff Buckley
Help! • The Beatles
High Roller • The Crystal Method
House Of The Rising Sun • The Animals
How Can I Be Sure • The Rascals
I Ain't Got No Heart • Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
I Need You • The Beatles
I Will Never Be Untrue • The Doors
I'll Be Your Mirror • The Velvet Underground
I'm Not the Man I Used to Be • Fine Young Cannibals
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida • Iron Butterfly
Induction • Gamma Ray
It's All Too Much • The Beatles
It's Only Life (Brian Malouf Mix) • Kate Voegele
Jimi Thing • Dave Matthews Band
Kicking Stones • Soul Shock Remedy
Laurel Canyon Blvd. • Van Dyke Parks
Learn to Fly • Twinemen
Let The Children Speak • Simple Minds
Let's Spend The Night Together • The Rolling Stones
Little Bit Brighter • A. J. Roach
Little Town Flirt • Del Shannon
Loaded Gun In The Closet • Drive-By Truckers
Lucky Star • Madonna
Magic Carpet Ride • Steppenwolf
Mickey • Toni Basil
Misconstruction • Apocalyptica
Molly's Lips • Nirvana
More Than This • Roxy Music
Mr. Jones • Soul Shock Remedy
Mr.Tambourine Man • The Byrds
Mrs. McKenzie • Janis Ian
Nothin' In The World Can Stop Me From Worryin' 'Bout That Girl • The Kinks
Outclined • In Clined
Paint It Black • The Mighty Lemon Drops
Paint It Black • The Waterdogs
Paradise • New Order
Pepperland • The Beatles
Public Domain • Van Dyke Parks
Put Down That Weapon • Midnight Oil
Raga Puriya-Kalyan • Ravi Shankar
Riders On The Storm • The Doors
Roundabout • Yes
Say a Little Prayer for You • Aritha Franklin
Shaking • The Mysteries Of Life
Shapes of Things • The Yardbirds & Steve Vai
Sometimes • Midnight Oil
Speculator • Assembly of Dust
Stepping Stone • The Monkees
Strain • 3 Penny Needle
Sugar Magnolia • Grateful Dead
Surf Nouveau • The Aqua Velvets
Surf Rider (Re-record) • The Ventures
Suzie Q • Creedence Clearwater Revival
Take On Me • a-ha
Teach Me • Kyle Riabko
Tears Of The Gods • Apollo 440
The Boy from New York City (Re-Recorded Version) • The Ad Libs
The Light • Philip Glass/Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Only Song • Sherwood
The Private Psychedelic Reel • The Chemical Brothers
The Saint • Orbital
Theologians • Wilco
Tomorrow Never Knows • Monsoon
Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer • Morphine
Touch Me • The Doors
Track 07 • Green Day
True Love Ways • Peter & Gordon
Tunnel Song • The Pulsars
Vite Perdite • Ensemble Unicorn
Walkin' Down the Line • Sean Hayes
What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (Efcee Mix) • Information Society
When The Levee Breaks • Led Zeppelin
Windy • The Association
Won't Get Fooled Again • The Who
Woodstock • Joni Mitchell
You Like Me Too Much • The Beatles
Young Offender • New Order
Younger Generation Blues • Janis Ian

ems · Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:29 pm

i didnt read the whole list but one thing caought my eye. "Risers on the Storm" is it the one with Kennedy or Sir George Solti playing the violin part?? anyways i love that piece!!

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painter · Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:43 pm

ems wrote:

i didnt read the whole list but one thing caought my eye. "Risers on the Storm" is it the one with Kennedy or Sir George Solti playing the violin part?? anyways i love that piece!!

Uh, violins?

I don't think so: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BvbwK84I40

painter · Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:24 pm

Thought I would take the opportunity on this beautiful nearly-end-of-summer evening to entertain you all with a few MP3s.

You know I listen to a lot of crazy stuff. Mostly I'm working when I have music going and I like music that is mostly up-beat to keep my energy up. When you're and old man like me, 'keeping your energy up', isn't quite the same as when you're young. Note I said "energy" -- I have no problems keeping other things up but that is probably more than you wanted to know.

Anyway, first of all, this one by Apoptygma Berzerk, entitled "Fade to Black." (not to be confused with the Metalica's version, also covered by several groups including Apocalyptica (which is not Apoptygma)).

This is a high-buzz techno-trance anthem that gets my heart pumpn' every time. It's probably over 10 years old, so the first time I heard it I was already around 50. But it instantly made me want to get out my glow sticks, glow in the dark pop beads and pacifier -- and get out on the dance floor with all the other horny, shirtless, and sweaty boys. All these are MP3 files you can download via the link.

Apoptygma Berzerk: Fade to Black
youtube version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5p7n9l5RM

OK, now that I have your attention, here is another "music for some crazy guy from another planet" that is somewhat in the same genre -- but not exactly. This is a live version of Underword's "Rez/Cowgirl". Talk about pumpn'. This is the kind of music I like to turn up so loud it makes my ears bleed. All my neighbors would complain to the building manager -- if I weren't the building manager. What REALLY gets me is how they start of singing "everything everything everything everything" but the more you get into the trance of it it begins to sound exactly like he's singing, "lsd lsd lsd lsd." If you listen to the lyrics and 'grock' them, then there can be no doubt this 'conflation' is DELIBERATE:

Underworld: Rez/Cowgirl
youtube version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10q96IPlm70

i'm invisible...
and a razor of love...
why don't you call me i feel like flying in too...
and a razor of love...
why don't you call me i feel like flying in too...
and a razor of love...
and a razor of love...

i scream! i scream! i scream! i scream!
i scream! i scream! i scream! i scream!
i scream i scream i scream so much
you know what i mean this electric stream
and my tears in league with the wires and energy
it's my machine, this is my beautiful dream

i'm hurting no one! hurting no one! hurting no one!
i'm hurting no one!

i want to give you everything
i want to give you energy
want to give a good thing
to give you everything

everythingeverythingeverythingeverything
everythingeverythingeverythingeverything
everythingeverything!

one final scream of love who couldn't climb this high
she looks beautiful like a child
a feel of tears and i want to scream
you know what i mean

this is hurting no one!
and a razor of love!

let go! let go!
ooh ooh
let go! let go!

yeah!
ooh ooh
ooh ooh
let go!
let go!

ooh ooh
ooh ooh
ooh ooh
let go! let go!
oh no no no no no no!

Oh yeah. Man if that don't get you're blood pumpn' your dead already. What I hear him saying is something completely different (all these things repeated): everything/lsd/ • im invisible • ive been dead before • and recently lord • why dont you cum and feel like i need you to • i was dream'n • etc.

Now for something completely different but then again not.

THIS, my fine young gentlemen, is my FIRST audio composition. It is entitled "SinQ" (if you're of an inquisitive mind, you can search around and see if you can figure out why). It isn't much, just mucking about with an audio track from a documentary, but I think it is worth the price of admission:

painter (aka mr mike 2 u): SinQ

Hope everyone is having a HOT and horny summer!!

jd · Posts: 261 Join date: 2008-11-18

lots of boyce avenue covers on youtube.