[MUSIC]What Are You Listening To?

The other thread about covers got me thinking about this.

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Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost
Brandi Carlile - The Story
Brandi Carlile - Brandi Carlile

I saw Brandi Carlile a few weeks back, when she was a suprise opening act for Brett Dennen. I hand't heard of her before then, which is a crime because she's a local Seattle act. She came out with 3 acoustic guitars and a cello and performed a remarkable set. It was pretty much an uplugged set, but the highlight was when she went fully unplugged and played a song with no amplification. Keep in mind, this was at a venue that seats about 5000, and I talked to people in the back that could hear her quite clearly. We were fifth row and heard it crystal clear. It was one of the most beautiful live performances I've seen, and it was awesome to have that many people completely shut up and listen at a concert.

I also saw Grace Potter and the Nocturnals who completley rocked the house down with a timetrip back to the 70's (and I mean that in a very positive way).

Here's a clip of Brandi Carlile performing the same song in Utah a few months ago.

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ah....what a grand morning!

Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli : Le Quintette Du Hat Club De France
Lee Ritenour : Wes Bound
Jim Kimsey : PerXactly!
Al Dimeola : Best of

 

For the morning commute.
Wire - Pink Flag

 

Glowworm - The Coachlight Woods LP
Eimog - self titled EP

 

+1

Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnight

 

OK, so last Sunday, since I don't have a life and literally have nothing better to do, a thought popped into my head: what if I listened to the same CD, and nothing but that one CD, over and over again for an entire week? How soon would I get sick of it? How much could I take before I would have to stop? Could I make it through a week, or maybe just one day? To be honest, I'm in the car an average of 2.5 hours per day, and that's the only time now I can listen to music, so it would be like listening to the CD about 4 times per day. So, about 28 times in a week. So I stuck my hand into a box of scattered CDs and I pulled out Boston's Don't Look Back. Not my favorite, but definitely enjoy it.

So I started on Monday morning and made it through the next Monday. After the first several listenings, you're like, "OK, I'm kinda getting tired of it." But then, a funny thing happens. Every morning, you're driving to work, and you start really looking forward to hearing "Don't Look Back" first thing when you turn on the radio. Then, today, when I put something else in, I didn't want to hear it (one of my favorites, Who's Next)- I wanted to listen to that same CD I played about 24 times in a row. It's almost like you get attached to it and, as much as you've played it, you don't want to let it go. Very bizarre, huh? Just a weird experiment I tried and didn't expect the outcome.

So:

Boston- Don't Look Back

 

Yeasayer- Odd Blood (2010)

 

i am listening to thin lizzy, a criminally underrated band.

 

One of the best things about getting older is that I don't get caught up on what's cool or uncool to listen to. If I enjoy something, I listen to it regardless of how it's classified or how the popular the band is. I missed out on way too many bands when I was younger because I was a pretentious headbanger moron who turned up his nose at anything other than metal\hard rock.

Now, I listen to a pretty wide variety of stuff and have music I can pull up for almost any occasion.

Brandi Carlile is a good musician. If you don't like her, don't listen to her. But come up with something better than uncool. That's not the style I like listening to is a much better response.

I like this thread quite a bit. Some of the music isn't my taste, but I have picked up a wide variety of artists due to the eclectic tastes on the board. However, I never criticize someone for their personal music tastes.

Speaking of which, I might just have to listen to some Thin Lizzy today.

 

i was just kidding, i liked that song just fine. i think my sarcasm wasn't delivered well.

 

That's my bad. I've been sick, my kids have been sick, and I haven't been sleeping well. I didn't have my morning coffee either, so my sarcasm radar is not quite working up to par today. Which is ironic, because I'm quite sarcastic myself.

It's all good.

 

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