What Are You Listening to Now 7.0

[litfan10]

I have all of those on LP.

Nice! None of those get old or dated - classic one and all.

 

[litfan10]

I have all of those on LP.

Zeb probably has them all on eight-track.

I had them all on vinyl. Now I have them digitally.

I miss my vinyl. A flooded basement ruined my entire collection.

 

[jaF0]

I digtized a lot of my vinyl, but then my system took a piss.

My try to get one of those USB turntables some day.

 

[litfan10]

I digtized a lot of my vinyl, but then my system took a piss.

My try to get one of those USB turntables some day.

After losing my entire collection I became very paranoid. I digitalized all my CDs and bought digital going forward. My entire collection is on an external harddrive, and I have a back up of everything on a second external harddrive kept in my fireproof safe.I

I'm contemplating having another backup of everything on the cloud, but weighing the costs which would be substantial.

 

[Blind_Justice]

After losing my entire collection I became very paranoid. I digitalized all my CDs and bought digital going forward. My entire collection is on an external harddrive, and I have a back up of everything on a second external harddrive kept in my fireproof safe.I

I'm contemplating having another backup of everything on the cloud, but weighing the costs which would be substantial.

So glad I didn't store my vinyls in the basement - it got flooded in that shock torrent Germany got hit with a few weeks ago. Dodged a nasty bullet. We "only" lost a box full of old PC peripherals and driver discs I was too lazy to sort and recycle.

@litfan: managed to listen to the new songs yet?

@progheads: Leprous are releasing new stuff as well - not feeling it though. Sounds too much like LEGO-style songwriting, plus the vocals go way past the pain threshold now.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Here's one I don't have on 8 track...

Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles

The last 8 track I ever bought was...

Paul Revere and the Raiders - Hard and Heavy with Marshmallow.

click

Don't Look Back - Boston

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Zeb probably has them all on eight-track.

I had them all on vinyl. Now I have them digitally.

I miss my vinyl. A flooded basement ruined my entire collection.

Not every song is on 8 track... but I had a lot of them. Back in the 7th decade of the 20th century, I had a 1970 Road Runner. I put 60,000 miles on it in the first year. Riding with my girl and listening to 8 tracks. Fun times.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

The Late Late Show Theme w/Craig Ferguson

 

[CiaoSteve]

In the End by Linkin Park

It's a bit like my Summer Lovin' entry . . . I tried so hard and got so far . . . which is just where I feel I am at over 13k words and still only half way there? Not sure if I'll get to the end or chicken out somewhere along the way.

 

[Haulover]

Whoah - I'm away for 2 or 3 days, and miss all the good posts!

Originally Posted by Haulover View Post
I'm beginning to think that all of Neal Morse's albums all sound the same. But I'll give the new one a try.

Neal Morse definitely has a fixed style;however, that being said this album is different. For the first time the band came together in Morse's studio in Tennessee and Morse had nothing prepared. He always comes in with demos, full songs and snippets enough for five or six albums. Not this time. For the music keyboardist Bill Haubner and bassist Randy George provided the lion's share of the composition. To acknowledge this the band changed its name from the Neal Morse Band to NMB. They wanted a total name change but their label (Inside Out) had a hissy so they settled on NMB. The album is a double with the first being Innocence and filled with shorter songs while the second being Danger and made up of two long epics.

I've never been excited by Styx. How does the the DeYoung solo differ from Styx's usual output?

DeYoung is a bit more complex and ballady. Styx post DeYoung is firmly led by Tommy Shaw and much more of a rock band (think Night Ranger.). The new album is the closest they have come to the old pop/prog sound of the DeYoung Styx.

DeYoung's final album as he has publicly retired ( "I'm seventy - I'm old and lazy - I'm done, this is too much work." ) is very much old style Styx, to the point he uses parts of the old songs or references lyrics in his new compositions and it sounds great. He even has Tony Morello play guitar on a song. He clearly wanted to go out with a bang and did it.

Many thanks for the info! I'll certainly try the DeYoung.

I'll be interested to hear the "NMB" thing! I don't know the keyboardist (Neal has often done his own keys) - but Randy George has been with Neal ever since the Spock's Beard split.

Of course this is all my opinion.

Which I respect

Flown - Dim Gray

new prog trio out of Oslo, Norway. Reminds me in a very good way of a very produced Pineapple Thief.

Will research that, too.

Sometime!

After losing my entire collection I became very paranoid. I digitalized all my CDs and bought digital going forward. My entire collection is on an external harddrive, and I have a back up of everything on a second external harddrive kept in my fireproof safe.I

I'm contemplating having another backup of everything on the cloud, but weighing the costs which would be substantial.

I haven't had any catastrophic losses, but my collection (about 5,500) is also digitized. I have it on 3 external drives, and need to get a 4th - to keep in a remote location. My CDs are stashed into a number of waterproof plastic storage boxes, ind stuffed away in a climate-controlled storage facility. I need to unload them somehow, sometime. Pretty stoopid paying $65/month to store music that I can pull off my hard drive with 3 mouse clicks.

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@progheads: Leprous are releasing new stuff as well - not feeling it though. Sounds too much like LEGO-style songwriting, plus the vocals go way past the pain threshold now.

I'll see if I can hear it on Youtube - to avoid investing $$ in what might be beyond the pain threshold

 

[litfan10]

The Alien

Dream Theater

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V462IsOV3js

First single off the new album coming out in October.

Nope. First drummer Mangini is back to hitting the drums as hard and fast as he can.
Hate that style. Bonham (Led Zeppelin) and Phil Collins (Genesis) are both hard hitting power boys. Play me any of their drum tracks and I'll name the song. Mangini? I got nothing, it all sounds the same to me. He's just bashing away.
Next, Labrie's vocals, I feel bad, he badly injured his vocal chords years ago and can't hit the highs or sustains anymore. That sucks, but stop trying to hit or hold those notes now. Happily, on this track he stays in his range and doesn't push. Still not great though. Meh.
Petrucci and Rudess - technically as strong and fast as ever but seriously becoming more and more samey. This is far from original sadly.
Could easily have fit on all sorts of past albums.
I will say Myung's bass is as quiet but full as ever but for once he really stands out during Petrucci's solo which was refreshing. I
Ultimately it's not bad except for Mangini, but still not Dream Theater level for me.

 

[litfan10]

Violet

Ross Jennings

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1PCqsu7mMyE

First single by Haken's
lead vocalist's first solo album out in November. Jennings plays all the guitars as well as vocals . Very cool song.

 

[Handley_Page]

Beethoven; 3rd Symphony.
This is the one that caused a near-riot when first played, I believe.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Any Way You Want It - Journey

 

[litfan10]

Memories of Water

Airbridge

not Canterbury, not folk, more mellow prog - the slow Marillion songs. This is a three piece rising out of the ashes of an early eighties band.
Singer reminds me of Chris Squire (Fish Out of Water.) I
Nice

 

[MillieDynamite]

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman

I Can't Drive 55 by Sammy Hagar

I Drove All Night by Cindi Lauper

Tonight She Comes by the Jars

Touch and Go by the Cars

Yes, I'm stuck on a theme right now.

 

[Haulover]

Beethoven; 3rd Symphony.
This is the one that caused a near-riot when first played, I believe.

Eroica..?

Not sure I've heard that story - what could possibly be wrong with it, to cause a near-riot?




...Fires up Google...

 

[Haulover]

...Fires up Google...

Ah - the Napoleon thing!

It's one of my favorite pieces regardless of Napoleon, heroics, or other drama...

 

[Handley_Page]

Ah - the Napoleon thing!

It's one of my favorite pieces regardless of Napoleon, heroics, or other drama...

Take a look at this (on U-Tube).
As i recall the comments, it is based on the facts of the first performance;
it was a 'Revolution'

 

[litfan10]

First Days of Summer

Kalevi Hamalaien Group

very, very nice cool jazz from Finland. The musicians are top notch and the production is crystal clear

 

[ElectricBlue]

First Days of Summer

Kalevi Hamalaien Group

very, very nice cool jazz from Finland. The musicians are top notch and the production is crystal clear

Indeed nice. Thanks for the spot.

 

[MetaBob]

WhoMadeWho

Danish band. Took their name from an AC/DC song inspired by (and collaborated with) a film based on a Stephen King story.

Story was named "Trucks."

The film based on it was named "Maximum Overdrive."

It's fun. SK has a cameo.

Both he and Emilio Estevez were nominated for Golden Raspberries award for their roles. Neither won, bless 'em.

Random intrusion: WhoMadeWho does a version of a song titled "Below the Cherry Moon", a collab with Mark Lanegan. A riff on Prince's "Under the Cherry Moon," which won Five Golden Raspberries the same year that SK and Emilio didn't? Well, one was tied with "Howard the Duck."

Dunno. Haven't seen "Under the Cherry Moon."

I have several WhoMadeWho favorites, including:

Heads Above
Ember
Hi & Low
I Don't Know
Dynasty

All have been remixed, some of which I prefer to the originals.

 

[Haulover]

Take a look at this (on U-Tube).
As i recall the comments, it is based on the facts of the first performance;
it was a 'Revolution'

Thanks for the link. I watched it. Excellent insights into the music, IMO.

It will help my appreciation of the piece in future listens, knowing more about the theme.

A bit like the 6th, which always evokes images of his 'pastoral' walks through the woods.

 

[Bramblethorn]

The Snake Charmer - Wellerman Sea Shanty - Bagpipe Remix

For all your bagpipe/EBM/sea shanty crossover needs.

 

[NotWise]

Take a look at this (on U-Tube).
As i recall the comments, it is based on the facts of the first performance;
it was a 'Revolution'

Thanks for that, HP. I may have heard Eroica a thousand times, but I couldn't imagine what it might have been like to hear the first performance. I understand that the tumult over the horn's early entrance in the first movement actually did happen. I wonder if the comments attributed to Hayden were real.

I loved the little quip where Beethoven called Ries an idiot, and Hayden said that was traditional. Beethoven moved to Vienna to study under Mozart, but Mozart died while he was traveling, so he was briefly Hayden's student.