The Best Last Ten Songs You've Been Exposed To...

[Rausch]

This isn't a top 10 thread or a popularity thread. It's about the last ten songs that really impressed you, starting from today and moving backward.

They don't have to be in order. In short it's about recognizing new music that doesn't suck...

[watermock]

I really liked Dishwalla's album, particuliarly Counting Blue Cars.

I know it's ancient, I've been out of the loop, on purpose. Most recent music is so horrific it's an insult.

[Priest Dante]

Originally Posted by watermock

I really liked Dishwalla's album, particuliarly Counting Blue Cars.

I know it's ancient, I've been out of the loop, on purpose. Most recent music is so horrific it's an insult.

True, today's rock in particular is simply horrible.

Good tunes as of late...
Walk Around The World by Adrian Belew
The Widow by The Mars Volta
To Bid You Farewell by Opeth
Kill Devil Hill by Bruce Dickinson
Mad World by Gary Jules (I sawthe movie Donnie Darko for the first time about 2 months ago.)
Green Grass Tunnel by MuM
L'Vial Viaquez by The Mars Volta
A Letter to Albino Fly by Albino Fly
Matchless Man by Adrian Belew
What Your Soul Sings by Massive Attack

[watermock]

I kinda liked the soundtrack to Kill Bill.

Who was that?

Besides the 6789's on the Yavoon commercial. That is about to drive me crazy.

[watermock]

I liked the original Matrix soundtrack.

[watermock]

I grew up with Dark Side of the Moon, Quadrephenia, Journey to the Center of the Earth.

The crap they are putting in boom boxes in the trunk is literally nothing more than something to rattle skulls.

[Priest Dante]

Originally Posted by watermock

I liked the original Matrix soundtrack.

If you haven't bought Massive Attack's Mezzanine album you should go grab it tomorrow. I think they have a couple songs on The Matrix soundtrack but their album is a masterpiece.

[watermock]

My budget is fully committed to porn.

I'll check it out tho.

[Ray Finkle]

off the top of my head...

10-System of a Down-Cigaro
9-Life of Agony-Let you down
8-NIN-Only
7-American Head Charge-You should know
6-Clutch-A shogun named marcus
5-Beastie Boys-Watcha want
4-Nirvana-On a plain
3-Chilli Peppers-Higher Ground
2-Faith no More-Digging the grave
1-Guns and Roses-Paradise City

[SouthStndJunkie]

I dig The White Stripes.

Blue Orchid is a new song of theirs that rocks.

SSJ

[bendog]

I got Brian Wilson's Smile for my anniversary. I'm not sure what to make of it, yet. Parks' lyrics are abstract, and I'm still trying to work through some of them. However, the overall concept of the album, with songs playing seemlessly with no time between tracks, and with harmonic and lyrical connections between songs, is really interesting. Wilson was aiming for Gershwin when he had his breakdown and fell into psychosis.

[Nuggets4]

Originally Posted by SouthStndJunkie

I dig The White Stripes.

Blue Orchid is a new song of theirs that rocks.

SSJ

I was really pleasently surprised by that album. I'm not a Jack White fan, but there's some damn good stuff on that album. Plus, it features the marimba which is one of my favorite instruments.

Originally Posted by bendog

I got Brian Wilson's Smile for my anniversary. I'm not sure what to make of it, yet. Parks' lyrics are abstract, and I'm still trying to work through some of them. However, the overall concept of the album, with songs playing seemlessly with no time between tracks, and with harmonic and lyrical connections between songs, is really interesting. Wilson was aiming for Gershwin when he had his breakdown and fell into psychosis.

Ben, if you're a Brian Wilson fan, you have to pick up the Pet Sounds box set. Has a lot of the tapes from the sessions....vocals only, instrumentals only. Not to mention you can hear Wilson telling people like Hal Blane EXACTLY what he wants. It's fascinating.

[jonny1]

Originally Posted by Nuggets4

Ben, if you're a Brian Wilson fan, you have to pick up the Pet Sounds box set. Has a lot of the tapes from the sessions....vocals only, instrumentals only. Not to mention you can hear Wilson telling people like Hal Blane EXACTLY what he wants. It's fascinating.

When I got that set, I told a friend of mine that if I'd had a chance to sit down and ask for what I wanted concerning one of my favorite albums, it would have been this. Great listening, particularly if you are a musician or in recording, to hear how those sounds were put together.

Now if they would only do it for Sgt. Pepper . . .

[bendog]

Originally Posted by jonny1

When I got that set, I told a friend of mine that if I'd had a chance to sit down and ask for what I wanted concerning one of my favorite albums, it would have been this. Great listening, particularly if you are a musician or in recording, to hear how those sounds were put together.

Now if they would only do it for Sgt. Pepper . . .

I'd like to pick up the Pet Sounds Set.

I got the beach boys 4 box set. There's a 5th disk with much the same outtakes, and different "layers" and differenty harmonic and lyric takes on various songs, esp for Hang onto your Ego a/k/a I know there's an Answer. For the Beach Boy's box set, Brian pulled out the tapes from the Smile sessions that he had not burned. It turned out that he had kept tapes in his personal possession. He remixed what he had, and turned out versions of "most" of the Smile songs.

With Pet Sounds, Brian essentially left the band in terms of being a performer, though he wasn't officially kicked out - of his own band - for years. But, we know Mike Love didn't even want to do the Pet Sound album. Brian and the assembled studio muscians would lay down the instrumental tracks, and when the Beach Boy's came into the studio, from the touring, they'd lay down the vocals. The irony was that they were recording much like the Beatles in the end, with no band member actually seeing another.

I read years ago Van Dyke Park's saying what ended Smile was "Brian couldn't get the Boys to sign the lyrics." I thought that was just egotistical and self-serving, since Mike Love's antipathy towards him, and Brian's father's antipathy to virutally every other lyricist Brian worked with, was well known, so I figured Park's was essentially trying to shift 'the blame' from Brian.

However, now I'm not so sure. Brian had virtually completed Our Prayer, Heros and Villians, Cabinesence, Wonderful, Windchines, Vegetables and Surf's Up. He had parts of some other stuff: Do You Like Worms and I love to say Da Da, that is very odd, and not on the Smile album he finally completed, nor were they in the live perfomances he did in England and that I didn't get to see. But, the completed tracks are all of the less abstract lyrics of Parks. The 'new' stuff is literally surrealistic poetry of the late 60s, including puns on the lyrics themselves.

Mike Love would've hated that. Dennis was starting his own downward spiral, and not really influential in the band, though he was the most consistent in his support of Brian. Al Jardyne has had legal battles with Love, eventually being forced out of touring even with Brian's and Carl's kids. Carl was caught in a push-pull between Love and Brian's competiveness.

Anyway, I think the Parks was being literal (for once (- and the Boys just wouldn't sing the stuff that didn't fit the standard Beach Boy AM radio standard fare.

What I'm sort of left pondering of Smile is just what is it? The vocals and the composition of the surviving Beach Boy tracks is consistent with Smile. But, there was much more instrumental depth in the older stuff. So, Smile isn't what Brian was aiming for. Still, what's still there is something that I don't think current popular muscians are doing. It's actually closer to the jazz that spun off of Miles with harmonic consistency and virtuall seamlessness, and frankly it's even more seamless that stuff like Heavy Weather or even Corea's and Mcglauthin's stuff of the 70s.

Brian said for years that Smile was "inappropriate music." Ok the guy's is certifiably nuts, and hears frigging voices, not to mention all the chimes and bells and beeps. He also said it was 'ahead of it's time." But, when asked why he finally "finished" it, he said "because there's nothing but **** on the radio." I agree with him. What's new is not pretty and depressing, or it's just a rehash musically.

Brian's not "back." And McCartney was just fooling around with Wings.

[bronco militia]

Corrosion of Conformity's new album 'In the Arms of God'

[scorpio]

Originally Posted by bronco militia

Corrosion of Conformity's new album 'In the Arms of God'

CoC has a new album? sweet.

[bronco militia]

Originally Posted by scorpiosnow

CoC has a new album? sweet.

since April

http://coc.com/discs.htm

[Nuggets4]

Originally Posted by jonny1

When I got that set, I told a friend of mine that if I'd had a chance to sit down and ask for what I wanted concerning one of my favorite albums, it would have been this. Great listening, particularly if you are a musician or in recording, to hear how those sounds were put together.

Now if they would only do it for Sgt. Pepper . . .

Amen (although I'd prefer "Abbey Road"). There are so many albums that I wish would do this. That's why I think the DVD set "Classic Albums" is great. Sure, some of the albums they feature aren't my thing, but it's fascinating. If you have a chance check these out. I've only seen two so far (Nirvana's "Nevermind" and Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland"), but they're incredible. They show you the technical stuff behind the scenes on the albums. It's like a "Behind The Music" for only one album and dealing with technical stuff that nerds like me enjoy.

Originally Posted by bendog

Mike Love would've hated that. Dennis was starting his own downward spiral, and not really influential in the band, though he was the most consistent in his support of Brian. Al Jardyne has had legal battles with Love, eventually being forced out of touring even with Brian's and Carl's kids. Carl was caught in a push-pull between Love and Brian's competiveness.

Mike Love is a prick. I'm biased as hell because, except for the criminally insane part, Brian Wilson is my hero. That said, Love has to be one of the biggest ego-maniacs in the world. I love the intro he wrote to the book that comes with the Pet Sounds box set. Talking about how the album title was all his idea, how he felt he really helped Brian reach new levels of creativity. BS bro. You wanted nothing to do with the album until you realized that it could make you even more rich and famous.

Bendoggy, have you read Wilson's autobiography? Incredibly screwed up, but a great read.

[toad]

Every track off 'Cold Roses' by Ryan Adams & The Cardinals.

"Duck and Cover" and "Thankful" by Glenn Phillips (from the album 'Winter Pays for Summer').

Heard a sneak-peek of some of the new Hootie and The Blowfish stuff and, believe it or not, its great. They've got a new album coming out soon called 'Looking for Lucky.'

[Symons26]

Michael Bolton:Yeah, well at least your name isn't Michael Bolton.

Samir: You know there's nothing wrong with that name.

Michael Bolton: There was nothing wrong with it... until I was about 12 years old and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys.

Samir: Hmm... well why don't you just go by Mike instead of Michael?

Michael Bolton: No way. Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.

[Rock Chalk]

My newest thing is Enya. Not sure why, but her music just soothes the savage beast within.

[GSRelyea]

The Killers- Hot Fuss- Great Disc

Hey Adam, who doesn't like enya

[Rohirrim]

Dave Matthews from the Stand Up CD: Old Dirt Hill. I just love the groove of that song. There's some other really good ones on there as well, but that's my fave.

[Rock Chalk]

Originally Posted by GSRelyea

The Killers- Hot Fuss- Great Disc

Hey Adam, who doesn't like enya

Well, I have found lately that people I ask, even guys, admit it but not very loudly.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by AlecRaenos

Well, I have found lately that people I ask, even guys, admit it but not very loudly.

Real confident guys there.

I like Annie Lennox as well but I can only take so much at a time. I wouldn't want to see her in concert or anything because she ****ing wierd's me out.

As far as slower/mellow stuff I've been listening to a lot of Snow Patrol ("Run" is the theme song to "Empire Falls" on HBO), Damien Rice (Theme song to "Closer" and does a sweet cover of "I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For"), Iron and Wine, Jeremy Enigk, and The Fire Theft...

As for the harder stuff I love pretty much anything by Tool and A Perfect Circle (other than eMOTIVe, which has about 3 good songs and the rest is $#it.) I've got a lot of Rammstein and Disturbed as well...