What Are You Listening to Now 7.0

[Haulover]

Heathen... Brave is the best Hogarth era release. but I do like Holidays in Eden, not nearly a bleak (or as good) as Brave.

ok, not a fan of Misplaced Childhood.... runs away now.

I'd urge you to listen to Marbles.

Oh, wait-

Marillion - Marbles (album)

Yay for the soaring guitars and louder moments. "Ocean Cloud" and "Neverland", some parts in ""The Invisible Man".

Not a fan of all the slow, brooding stuff.

And Hogarth pisses me off like few people have in recent memory. He sings like I play darts. Aim, pray and hope for the best. He mumbles way too much and the screaming at the end of "Invisible Man" made me sit up and nearly drop my tea cup. There's "emotional" and then there's "you gotta be joking".

After enduring this record twice in a row, I'm utterly depressed. I think I'll limit myself to pre-"Brave"-Marillion from now on.

LOL

Amy, listen to it anyway - see what you think

 

[LadyGreyFortress]

Run Through the Jungle - Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

[Haulover]

Baie dankie, Neil.

Suikerbosse - Radio Kalahari Orkes

Bloedrivier Gelofte - Adam Tas, Appel, Chris Chameleon, Juan Boucher, Ghapi

Stef Bos: Lied van Ruth - My Land Is Jou Land (Ruth's Song - My land is your land)
(Afrikaner interpretation of Ruth's Song.)

Strange that Afrikaans would pop up here! I'm fluent in the language, though I don't care for it much and haven't spoken it actively for a few decades. It was the lingua franca when I was in the military and saw action fighting a "border war" in a far away African country, back in the '70s.

"Suikerbosse" (should actualy be "suikerbossie", I think) is a family of southern African flowering bushes. The bush is usually pretty scraggly, but the flowers are pretty cool. There's a childrens' folk song "Suikerbos ek wil jou he" ... meaning sugar bush, I want you...

"Bloedrivier Gelofte" means Blood River promises. There was a famous skirmish called the "battle of blood river" in which a very small number of boers was attacked by tens of thousands of Zulus. The Zulus were led by Dingaan, father of the famous Shaka Zulu.

The boers prayed like mad and made all sorts of promises to God if He would let them survive. They circled their wagons and actually drove off the Zulus.

Among those promises was a public holiday on the date of the skirmish - December 16th. After the ANC took power, though, the holiday was deemed to be racist as it celebrated white victory over blacks, so the holiday was renamed "the day of reconciliation".

Hence ... "Bloedrivier Gelofte", or Blood River promises.



Ancient history.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming...

 

[Blind_Justice]

I'd urge you to listen to Marbles.

Oh, wait-


LOL

Amy, listen to it anyway - see what you think

Absolutely. The critical distinction is between saying "That music is bad", an absolute, yet impossible statement (since there are fantastic virtuosos at play here), and me saying "I didn't like it", which is highly subjective. I'm aware how well received "Marbles" and "Happiness is the Road" have been. Doesn't change how my gut reacted. I want less shoegaze and meandering in my Marillion. And much, much less broken vocal cords Hogarth.

Enough moaning. Now playing, thanks to dear Bramblethorn:
Null Positiv - Deine Haut
https://youtu.be/oruwsixf6L4

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Foreplay/Longtime - Boston (7:47)

 

[Haulover]

Rabbit Rabbit Radio : Volume 1


I saw them live in Boston several years ago.Just a couple, playing slightly off-the-wall music.

I FAR preferred it when these 2 were still with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, who I loved.

 

[Haulover]

Roger Waters : Amused to Death

 

[Bramblethorn]

Roger Waters : Amused to Death

Ah yes, the album Waters made for those days when 'The Wall' feels too cheerful.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Free Fallin' - Tom Petty (RIP)

 

[jaF0]

Ashokan Farewell

 

[Haulover]

Roine Stolt : The Flower King

 

[jaF0]

Don and Dewey, catchey little jazzy ditty from It's a A Beautiful Day. (Of White Bird fame)

 

[jaF0]

A ballad written by a Canadian about a big ship that sank in a big lake.

 

[jaF0]

Biker -- The Pretenders

 

[Haulover]

Roine Stolt : The Flower King

Odd that I've never listened to this one before.

IMHO - and after a first-listen while working - it's better than anything he ever did with The Flower Kings.

After a closer listen I might change that view - but I my usual critiques of The Flower Kings did not apply here...

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Late Nights and Street Fights - Steve Smith

 

[Handley_Page]

Isao Tomita: Snowflakes are Dancing

 

[Haulover]

Steven Wilson : The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)

 

[Haulover]

Transatlantic : SMPT-e

 

[Handley_Page]

Eric Clapton + Steve Winwood: Can't find my way home.

Two gifted and experienced musicians working together.

 

[TadOverdon]

The soundtrack to "Once More With Feeling..."

Life's a show, and we all play our parts,
And when the music starts, we open up our hearts...
It's all right, if some things come out wrong,
We'll sing a happy song,
And you can sing along...

 

[Handley_Page]

Li'l Red Riding Hood: Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs

 

[GuyandDoll]

Goose, "Arcadia"

MF Doom, "All Caps"

 

[MetaBob]

Tulare Dust: A Songwriters' Tribute to Merle Haggard
Lonesome, On'ry & Mean: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings
Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash
+ Raul Malo's version of I Guess Things Happen That Way from Dressed in Black

 

[ChloeTzang]

Strange that Afrikaans would pop up here! I'm fluent in the language, though I don't care for it much and haven't spoken it actively for a few decades. It was the lingua franca when I was in the military and saw action fighting a "border war" in a far away African country, back in the '70s.....

A couple more then, Neil,which just abut exhaust my Afrikaans playlist

Afrikanerhart - Bok van Blerk

Die Kaplyn (The Cutline) - Bok van Blerk

So Waai Die Wind - Bok van Blerk

De la Rey - Bok Van Blerk