What Are You Listening to Now 7.0

[Actingup]

I loved that for decades and still do. Then I attended the Indigo Girls-fronted remake on the Pier in one of only three venues they played it, and was blown away by how much better (I thought) it was. Amy as Jesus(!), Emily as Mary Magdalene. I bought the double CD from the merch table, of course, plus a T-shirt I wore to the hospital later when my son was born in a bathtub and I caught him before he could land in the draining water. I rarely buy concert t-shirts, but I bought that one.

As much as I like the original Broadway cast recording, which I have on vinyl and CD, I think the Indigo Girls-fronted version is better in every way, excepting the Overture, the "Superstar" that came near the end (it's still good, but different), and ... I call the Emily vs Yvonne Elliman comparison a draw; both were so great. The Indigo Girls-fronted version rocks harder. Brava Kelly Hogan and the Girls and Bravo Michael Lorant and Gerard McHugh among many others. It was organized chaos onstage. I hope to experience something like it again, but doubt that I ever will.

Feel free to click the link if you like the online music, and buy a double CD for $10. I would skip the Overture (like I just did) in previewing it if you love the original as much as I do. The page states: "All of the proceeds have continued to fund gun violence education projects."

Not tryna be a shill here, just sharing love.

I love this version - thanks so much for the link! The arrangements and the recording are excellent and it's so good to hear Amy and Emily in this context.

 

[PennyThompson]

A long, winding, prog-rock song from one of my favorite bands

 

[kathyisgr65]

 

[kathyisgr65]

 

[kathyisgr65]

 

[stickygirl]

 

[AwkwardMD]

 

[Actingup]

Skunkhour were a ska/funk Sydney band in the 90s/00s - this was their first hit and it's aged very well IMHO. Although it's not necessarily cheerful...

...He cries to me, he is tired
Where does he send his message?
To what, to whom, to why, to where does he send it?
What force is going to mend it?
If we wished we could help this man and our backs would not break
But hypocrisy only leaves us constantly bended
He wishes to end it
… The progress that eats the soul of the past
Demolished, lost and rebuilt
Dehumanized, regimented
When nine-to-five's the doctrine
Give me the sky red behind the grey
Buildings framed in a sunset
I'm sliding, holding
… We're up to our necks in it
We're up to our necks in it

 

[MetaBob]

Brad Mehldau -- Songs: The Art of the Trio, Vol. 3

I was drawn in by a random play because I'd been listening to Pat Metheny. With Lyle gone, he needs an accompanist. Pat and Brad made an album together. Then "Exit Music" from this album came on. I recognized it immediately, as it's a favorite Radiohead tune that I've linked here before.

What I didn't expect was how pretty some of the other songs were, especially Nick Drake's "River Man", and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" & "Young at Heart" (which brought to mind the wordless emotional scene with Ellie and Carl from Pixar's "Up"), neither of which I remember hearing before. These are instrumental covers, so of course I had to search out the originals or other juicy covers, such as from Sinéad O'Connor, and Tony Bennett with Shawn Colvin:

I'm not usually a vocal jazz kinda guy, but I'm also not one to limit myself.

 

[grey228]

My divorced and suicidal three song challenge with a loaded chamber and two dozen shots of Hennessey ready to go:

• Cumbersome - Seven Mary Three
• It's Been Awhile - Staind
• Hurt - Johnny Cash

LFG!

 

[Belegon]

Vienna Teng... I love her voice!

Edited to add: She also gave me a signature moment in my retail career. I spent a combined 33 year in retail management between Foot Locker and Best Buy: she came into Best buy the day after I had seen her in Pittsburgh and bought a camcorder. At the time, I was the asset protection manager. I was covering the front door for one of my employees lunch break, and at the time policy was we asked for receipts on high dollar items if they were paid for in the dept. I had visited with her the night before after her set. She came up with the camcorder, and obviously recognized me, though I'm not sure she knew from where. I asked if I could see her receipt. as I was supposed to. she gave me a steamy look and Said, "YOU can see anything you want." Damn! Might be the closest I ever came to breaking the professional demeanor and saying something "inappropriate" to a customer.

Not my most famous customer though. Once, while running the FL in La Jolla, CA, I sold socks to Elton John. Nice dude.

 

[XerXesXu]

Wow! Hwa Sa. Who'd've thought?

 

[MetaBob]

I e-stumbled across a Millennial playlist and thought it might be fun to listen to what those crazy no-longer kids remember fondly from their youth. There were a few tracks that I thought were okay. Then I went digging into my own playlists from about the same time and after a few false starts I rediscovered Death Cab For Cutie, which was a few years older. I'm listening to my favorite of their albums now. I also found some other artists' stuff from later that I also preferred.

Not tryna brew intergenerational antipathy here -- I was genuinely curious. Maybe y'all have suggestions?

Back to Death Cab, a Canadian telecom (of all things) used one of their songs in an ad that I thought one of the most effective I've seen, though maybe that's just because I like the song so much:

Then I found a Six Feet Under tribute video that I thought also used the song to great effect:

The original album (YT):

 

[Melody_Lightdraft2]

Half horse, half man. By October.

 

[Bramblethorn]

The vocals feel a bit flat at the start, but it picks up as it goes along.

 

[YmaOHyd]

I've been writing a chapter that takes place over the course of a work-week. A bunch of the action happens in the characters' cars as they carpool to and from work. As I write each section I've been listening to the music that each driver would have on.

Dafydd likes his poncy prog-rock and folk:

Emily prefers drum and bass, especially liquid funk:

So I've been bouncing back and forth with two music players open, hitting the Play/Pause button on my keyboard to start one playlist and stop the other as I hit the section breaks.

 

[WordsIntheWyld]

Within Temptation. I love symphonic metal.

 

[XerXesXu]

Signage in English; singing in Mando.

No signage; singing in English.

 

[Actingup]

Politics alert. After a comment on a story, I'm again listening to Steve Taylor's fabulous takedown of violent anti-abortionists.

 

[YmaOHyd]

Really enjoying this Mandarin version of "Country Roads."

 

[Actingup]

Got into Supertramp many years ago and had a worn LP copy of their great live album 'Paris'. It's still just as good years later - so tightly rehearsed with wonderful muscianship. Now, many of these performances can also be seen on video and so we get the extra dimension of seeing how this complex music was all performed with them scurrying between their instruments.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfGibfZATlGpUSqIy1WkWourf0RYHGgXD

 

[rainbowbite]

 

[Ched21]

 

[ChloeTzang]

Listening to some Polynesian music.....

 

[Ched21]

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=RD_Mzklb9nkXM&playnext=1&si=qtpRhM9bgXYudz6J