So, what music are you listening to now?

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

I have had "John Barleycorn Must Die" sitting in my stacks for years - it was one of over a hundred albums I picked up when a record store shut down. I probably played it once and moved on to the rest of the harvest. Put it on tonight and wondered what I have been thinking all of these years. Wonderful album.

Thanks for the reminder, it's been a while since I spun that one.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

^^^ One of the true classics.

It is amazing to recall that there was a time when music of that creative and artistic level was widely popular.

Pick up Steven Wilson's Hand.Cannot.Erase.

[donquixote99]

Here is some new music I can recommend for some: 'Skeleton Tree,' from Nick Cave and the Bad Seed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEFibhs1UX4

If you're in a happy happy mood, this isn't what you want to hear right now. But if you know or have known darker times, this music may speak to you.

[Grumpy]

I just finished listening to this brand new release. Its out of this world !!

https://www.amazon.com/Jack-White-Ac...white+acoustic

[d-ray657]

I was doing a bit of driving around the state last week, which gave me plenty of listing time. I had to time to listen to Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier as a whole. I did not see any weak spots on the album. It is an original sound. I liked it very much.

I also returned to Astral Weeks - listening to it twice. It still does not move me. Part of the problem might be that I heard live versions of a few of the songs before I heard the original album. The live recordings were so dynamic that they left the originals sounding mundane. I love many of Van's albums and I have several versions of live recordings by him, so it is no rejection of Van to not be impressed by Astral Weeks. In fact, it is somewhat disappointing to not hear the same wonder heard by others. But it is not there for me.

[CarlV]

Kraftwerk - Die Mensch-Maschine

It sucks there is no SF show on this 3D tour. Makes no sense, they always sell out when they played here. Fire that booking agent!

Carl

[icenine]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

I was doing a bit of driving around the state last week, which gave me plenty of listing time. I had to time to listen to Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier as a whole. I did not see any weak spots on the album. It is an original sound. I liked it very much.

I also returned to Astral Weeks - listening to it twice. It still does not move me. Part of the problem might be that I heard live versions of a few of the songs before I heard the original album. The live recordings were so dynamic that they left the originals sounding mundane. I love many of Van's albums and I have several versions of live recordings by him, so it is no rejection of Van to not be impressed by Astral Weeks. In fact, it is somewhat disappointing to not hear the same wonder heard by others. But it is not there for me.

I bought Astral Weeks after I first heard Moondance in the early 1990s.
It is not the easiest album to get into. Astral Weeks Live At The Hollywood Bowl (2009) is in my opinion much better. Van's lower register voice gives it a world weariness and sadness not present on the album he made when he was younger. It may not reach the heights of It's Too Late To Stop Now but it comes pretty close. There is a yell from the audience that matches perfectly with the opening of Slim Slow Rider. Grab the CD before it becomes too $$.

[BlueStreak]

Lucky Chops---"World Tour 2016" and "NYC". CD.

Saw a video on youtube, then went to the concert Sunday night in Newport News.

Brass and Percussion only. Very, very high energy. Not for everyone, but I enjoyed it.

[Pio1980]

Last played. Hejira, Joni Mitchell. With Jaco Pastorius.

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[icenine]