What CDs are on heavy rotation in your car?

That's easy. The rotation has not changed for, like, 4 months -- but now I realize I don't know some of the titles haha. I will have to go look later.

Pete Townsend, Empty Glass
Franz Ferdinand, forget the title
XTC, forget the title
Ting Tings, forget the title (but they just have one, right?)
Best of ELO
Best of Cure
Rush, 2112
Lou Reed, New York (very under-rated)
Beatles, Sgt. Pepper
Rod Stewart, Every Picture Tells a Story

Quoted from DarrenJamesSeeley

Jars of Clay

I like that pick -- great album, except for the last 2~3 tracks, where it gets kind of weird.

I might have to dig that one out and put it into rotation.

Quoted from ajr

Zebra (yes, Zebra) - debut

Tell me what you want! I've got this on vinyl, if you can believe it.

Bert,

Love the choices of 2112 and Every Picture - have you ever heard Rod's first solo effort? Killer version of "Street Fighting Man" on it, as well as other really good cuts.

As for Zebra - I have "Tell Me What You Want" in GA, and let's just say I've been in touch with the publisher and performer and it looks good as far as use goes.

Anthony

I love these and keep them handy in my car...

Muddy Waters, Hard Again
John Coltrane, Early works
Head East, Flat as a pancake
Casting Crowns, Best of...
Tool, Tool
Black Sabbath, Neon Knights
Frank Zappa, Zoot Alures
Allan Parsons Project, Turn of a friendly card
Canned Heat, Boogie With Canned Heat
Rush, All the world's a stage

Bert, Loe Reed, New York is hands down one of my Favs of all time. Just saw Rush again a few weeks ago in Austin. Better than ever and I have seen them many times, but man are they on their game.

I'm a huge Trane fan too, Led - "Crescent" is the best jazz CD I've ever heard next to "Kind of Blue"...

Both are deadly my man. A couple of my Favs are "A Love Supreme" and "Africa Brass".

Mispelled Coltrane eariler, sorry to all. Bit of a buzz tonight.

Shawn.....><

I don't own a single CD. I do have my iPod hooked up though. Pretty much only listen to audiobooks and podcasts. Somehow Bob Dylan seem to show in between though...

"Love Supreme" is great as well - don't know "Africa Brass", I'll have to check that out.

So I had forgotten that I ordered a Coltrane DVD and I found it unopened one day. Popped it in, and Trane is just playing, calm as can be, but wailing - and who walks out on stage and starts to duet with him? Stan Getz. Almost fell on the floor and genuflected.

Stan Getz, Lean and clean..

Let's take this out of the car and into the listening room.

Vinyl, (tonight)

Isaac Hayes' , Hot Buttered Soul
Billy Holiday, Strange Fruit
Percy Sledge,
Ottis Redding...

A fifth of 40 creek, a chess board, and a cool clean buzz...

I like tonight. It's good...

Shawn.....><

Although I appreciate the authenticity and ownership that comes with a CD (and giving something back to a group or artist whose output you value) I can't say I buy the fraction of what I used to. Like internet porn, its just too easy nowadays to share the sh?t out of it with friends and get all your music for free.

I got an almost full 80GB iPod dock in my auto so the rotation is pretty wide and varied. I'm going through my library at the moment from A-Z and deleting stuff I don't want. I'm currently on the letters M & N:

- The Mars Volta (De-Loused at the Comatorium & Frances The Mute)

- Mad Season - (Above)

- Midfield General (Generalisation)

- Miles Davis (Kind of Blue)

- Modest Mouse (Everything bar their first album & EPs)

- Mogwai (Everything)

- Morphine (Cure For Pain)

- Mr. Lif (Mo' Mega)

- Muse (Showbiz & Origin of Symmetry)

- Mylo (Destroy Rock & Roll)

- Nico (Various)

- Nick Cave & Bad Seeds (All his studio albums & some live stuff)

- Nina Simone (Compilation)

- Nine Inch Nails (The Downwards Spiral & With Teeth)

Needless to say, none of the above are getting the chop.

I also listen to a lot of podcasts and the occasional audiobook.

Queen + Paul Rodgers - The Cosmos Rocks
Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Terminal Romance
Sam Roberts - Love At The End of the World
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Muse - The Resistance

How is Cosmos Rocks MacDuff?

I have Return of the Champions on DVD but I have to say that Queen is extremely limited with Rodgers on vocals - they have to cut any song where Freddie was out front on piano, like "Spread Your Wings" or "Play the Game", from their repertoire.

Oh, and I have to add one to my list - been wearing out "Real Live Roadrunnin'" by Mark Knopfler (with Emmylou Harris) in the car...

I've been on a big Belle & Sebastian kick since the new album came out.

Music is a big part of my creative thingamabob.
So, I suspect that Russian folk music will be making its way into the queue soonish.

E.D.

Alter Bridge - ABIII
Chevelle - This Type Of Thinking Could Do Us In
Mammal - Majority
Buckcherry - All Night Long
Neon Trees - Habits
Trapt - No Apologies

Forgot one.....

Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

If you havent listened to this album, do it....

Shawn.....><

beatles

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Quoted from ajr

It's quite good. Not Queen in essence, more like Queen backing up Paul.

Some good tunes, some not-so good tunes. The weakest part of the album are the lyrics. They don't stack up against any of Queen's back catalogue.

I was fortunate to see them 3 times and they definitely improved as the tour went on. These songs fit Paul's vocals much better than Queen songs... I think that's why it feels more like a Paul album than a full blown-out Queen one.

Stew

Thanks Duff, I may check it out...

And if these guys ever come to your area, make sure you go check them out:

http://www.almostqueen.com/

It is an experience not to be believed. Joe Russo IS Freddie - it's uncanny almost. The guy doing Taylor is spot on as well. I think they changed Brians since I last saw them though. The only limitation this band has is trying to recreate Brian's "double" sound on his guitar, since his guitars are all specially made. Other than that, these guys can play anything, including going off the charts deep like "Stone Cold Crazy" or "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy".

Anthony

Quoted from ajr

Excellent. Will definitely keep an eye on them. We do get some Queen cover bands make their way through Vancouver once and a while. I think the last one was A Kind of Magic or something.

I'm having a Beatles month for some reason, but sounding good.

Volbeat's "Beyond Hell Above Heaven" is pretty much just on repeat in my car.

After watching "Blue Valentine" I made it my business to...ahem...we'll say "acquire" Grizzly Bear's discography.

Really liking them so far.

Quoted from Colkurtz8

After watching "Blue Valentine" I made it my business to...ahem...we'll say "acquire" Grizzly Bear's discography.

Really liking them so far.

Check out their sister band, Department of Eagles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Eagles

E.D.

Embarrassed but I don't have one cd in my car :)

Currently listening to the following in the car...

Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus
Edguy - Age of the Joker
H.E.A.T. - S/T
H.E.A.T. - Freedom Rock
Sebastien - Tears of White Roses
Helloween - Unarmed

BUT...

I've got 2 new Rhapsody of Fire CD's (The Cold Embrace of Fear and From Chaos to Eternity) arriving any day now, so the Edguy CD's will be coming out.

I tend to listen to new CD's in the car for a few weeks, and all but the Edguy CD's just arrived in the last 3 weeks.

I don't drive but if I did I imagine I'd listen to the same CDs in my car as I do when I write...

Arcade Fire - Funeral
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs - Fever To Tell
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

If I could find my System Of A Down albums they would be on the list too, but I can't, so they're not.

For about two pages of this thread I haven't heard of a single artist. You making them up to appear cool or something? Two can play that game! Oh well, I'm getting old and boring.

Now, in my car I have handful of CD's and I like to think they are varied but clearly not "different" enough. I have;

Brahms requiem - fan of requiems. Second movement - if you ever want to hear menace, that's it.
Eminen - last album, rather like that. Will post a separate chat question on one song.
Professor green
Cold Play - a cold rush
Depeche mode 101 live tour
I won't mention the others 'cos they are really dull and mainstream

Oh, and....Kids like to party hits for Girl's..... Who said I can't get Jiggy with it!

Have to agree with ya, Reefer, I don't have a clue who the vast majority of these bands/artists are either. I'm far from mainstream, and will always be.

Collective Soul - Seven Year Itch
Stone Temple Pilots - home made CD mix
Foo Fighters - the new one

January was very Grungey.

I think I'll do some British Invasion next month.
Beatles, Stones, the Who, Zeppelin...

Quoted from Reef Dreamer

For about two pages of this thread I haven't heard of a single artist. You making them up to appear cool or something?

Haha, maybe we should add a YouTube clip (or link) so we can get an idea of what everybody's listening to in their cars. Hell, we might even hear something we like.

I'll go first.

Or maybe not, based on those 2 stinkers from our Dutch friend, Mr. Sniper.

If I listened to either of those songs in my car, I think I'd purposely smash into something.

;D ;D ;D ;D

Quoted from Dreamscale

Dutch friend

Dutch? WTF? Try Danish, my friend.

Sorry, Rob. My bad, but my other comments still stand.

;D ;D

The first one is great when you're driving real fast. Trust me.

Quoted from Electric Dreamer

Check out their sister band, Department of Eagles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Eagles

E.D.

Ya, they got a track on the soundtrack to said film too, I'll check em out.

I've been pretty boring lately -

- Zeppelin I and III (if III is not one of your favorite Zep albums, then I can't talk to you)
- Deep Purple's "Burn" (love Coverdale's vocals on it and its bluesy-metal fusion)
- Billy's "Piano Man" (did you know you can't abbreviate Billy Joel just by using his initals? I just found that out.)
- Queen's debut (I was missing Brian's solo on "Great King Rat")

- and the proposed soundtrack to Grand Avenue. Yeah, I know it's a shameless plug, but I burned all the songs we want and I keep it in my car CD player...

Electric Wizard's Black Masses played at full volume with the bass all the way up. Best band drugs ever happened to, hands down. Last time I checked, The Rolling Stones didn't have a song called Satanic Rites of Drugula.

That and a ton of unlistenable death metal. Keep it rock n' roll!

Ive been traveling so much, that I have been listening to audio books to pass the time.

Completed:

Einstiens Dreams
How to win friends and influence people (still VERY relevent stuff in there)

And the music jammed in that thing is:

Mercy Me - Best of

By the way. It's been a while when I was last here. I hope everyone is doing well. When things settle down with my new position, I will get back to reads/reviews.

I owe one person out there a read, I know it and I promice to get to it. It's just that I have been living in hotels for the last month and will be for 2 more months. This position better be fucking well worth it. LOL.

Shawn.....><

Stuck on:

Coldplay  new one
Radiohead  the king of limbs

and Ill throw Nirvana on every now and again.

I go through phases...

Im just waiting for the Tony Orlando   Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree  phase...Is that a mid-life crisis? :)

Mark

Mark, that's way beyond a midlife crisis. Let's hope that phase doesn't hit... ;D ;D ;D

- Foo fighters - One By One
- Muse - Absolution
- AC/DC - Back in Black
- Bob Marley - Legend (greatest hits)

And just added the Drive movie soundtrack. I'll give a special mention to the song "Nightcall" from this album, Great song!

Steve

Quoted Text

Mark, that's way beyond a midlife crisis. Let's hope that phase doesn't hit..

Is that from experience Jeff :)

Mark

No, I can't take ownership of that, although I've had many midlife crisis's.

My Tony Orlando and Dawn stage was whatever year they had their variety show on TV, and I was a wee one at the time.

Nightwish, one of the best symphonic metal bands in the world, if not the best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myse6nPdKJQ

Ghostie

Quoted from stevie

beatles

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

No way!

All I listen to, when I do, is one of the Best of Madness CDs. It's not on this album, but check out the greatest madness song ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1J2-_u9DOM&feature=related

Quoted from ghost and_ghostie gal

Nightwish, one of the best symphonic metal bands in the world, if not the best.Ghostie

Ghostie...nice! I had no idea.  Good music for sure, but I just don't like the growling stuff and because of that, I don't own any Nightwish - but, yeah, they are quite good.

I really like Within Temptation.  Their latest, The Unforgivng, is their best, IMO.  Really good stuff and shockingly catchy...and quite a cool little concept album with great vids as well.

Also, have you heard Delain?  Another Euro Symph female fronted group.  Not really symph, but IMO, very, very good and underrated.

Quoted from MacDuff

Just checked what I was listening too before and what I'm listening to now. Tastes haven't changed much:

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack (2011 Remaster)
Queen - The Game (2011 Remaster)
Sam Roberts - Collider
Foxy Shazam - The Church of Rock and Roll
Young the Giant - self titled
Fun. - Some Nights

Good times.

Stew

here's where i'm diggin on lately

Foo Fighters - Nothing Left To Lose / One By One
Testament - Souls of Black / Practice What You Preach
The Ramones - anything from first 4 albums
Corrosion of Conformity - Wiseblood / Deliverence
Chevelle - Vena Sera / Sci Fi Crimes / Hats off
Machine Head - Unto The Locust / the Blackening
Metallica - And Justice For All
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Suicidal Tendencies - Still Cyco After All These Years
Mastodon - The Hunter
Nirvana - In Utero / Nevermind

I'll play along.  Got my tax refunds so decided to buy some CD's I've been after.

Just pulled the last 3 Queensryche efforts out of the CD changer - Take Cover, American Soldier, and Dedicated to Chaos - all not bad, but not great, either - better than the horrendous reviews they've received, though..

Also purchased all the 2010/2011 Digipack Remasters of all 11 of Savatage's studio releases.  Wow, so good to remember why they're 1 of my top 5 favorites of all time, and also not so good to remember why Fight for the Rock was such a disaster and really derailed their early "success".

But now, I just loaded in the following...

1)  Axel Rudi Pell - The Crest (2010)
2)  Axel Rudi Pell - Circle of the Oath (2012)
3)  Jack Blades - Rock 'N' Roll Ride (2012)
4)  H.E.A.T. - Address the Nation (2012)
5)  Unisonic - S/T (2012) - UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE!!!!!!
6)  Flying Colors - S/T (2012)

And I have this strange feeling that probably literally no one has a clue who any of these peeps are.

I usually have pretty wide range of CD's in the car to cater for my differing moods, some old, some new. Here's what I have in there at the moment:

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
Pitchshifter - http://www.pitchshifter.com
Dead Man's Bones - self titled
AFI - Sing for Sorrow
Hundred Reasons - Idea's above our Station
Biffy Clyro - Live Wembley Album
Cyclefly - Generation Sap
A - A V's Monkey Kong
Blink 182 - Neighborhoods
Frightened Rabbit - Winter of Mixed Drinks

As you can see, a real mixed bag. The Pitchshifter Album has become a link lol

Quoted from Dreamscale

Also, have you heard Delain? Another Euro Symph female fronted group. Not really symph, but IMO, very, very good and underrated.

No never heard of Delain, but I'll go check them out for sure.

Ghostie

Quoted from Dreamscale

decided to buy some CD's I've been after.

buy cds?

you need someone to show you how to use Bit Torrents

Quoted from Penoyer79

buy cds?

you need someone to show you how to use Bit Torrents

No, I believe in buying CD's and supporting the artists that create the music on the CD's.  I am completely against pirating music and continually bitch at friends who do this.

I also really like having the actual CD, especially DigiPacks and DigiBooks.  I frequently spend an extra $10 or more to get the special limited edition Digi's.

The bands I listen to don't have a huge following. You don't find their music in Wallmart or wherever.  They need every dime they can make and I for 1 will support them anyway I can, and right now, that comes down to plunking down $15-$30 for their releases.

Quoted from Dreamscale

where's that Like button??

I'm always amazed when writers especially freak out when someone uses their script without permission, but brag about how they can easily get music, movies, software and whatever for free.

why does it have to be one or the other?

you know you can download music and STILL buy it right?

thanks to bit torrent i have been able to listen to and discover music that normally i would never just out-right buy. i simply cant afford to do it.

ive been turned onto more artists and have a much greater musical vocabulary through bittorrents then i ever would have had - being forced to selectively buy music only from the artists that i trust are going to make quality music. who wants to take a 15$ chance on what is probably one-hit-wonder after one-hit-wonder.

sorry those days are over for me.

you want me to buy your CD? i'm going to make sure i'm getting my money's worth first.

Young people especially share your views. IMHO, don't register your next script. Let everyone enjoy it and use it whichever way they want. Especially those who can't pay you to use your script. They deserve a break. :)

Quoted from Penoyer79

who wants to take a 15$ chance on what is probably one-hit-wonder after one-hit-wonder.

sorry those days are over for me.

you want me to buy your CD? i'm going to make sure i'm getting my money's worth first.

iTunes? Amazon? Each song is about a buck each.

Quoted from Penoyer79

you want me to buy your CD? i'm going to make sure i'm getting my money's worth first.

Just listen to it on youtube if you're unsure. That's free and that's cool.

The point is...at least my point is, that many just download music they know they want, based on already knowing they like it and want it.

It's killed the recording industry in so many ways, and is also the MAJOR reason that so many talented, lifelong musicians struggle to get by, let alone live the life of a rock star, like they did back in the day.

Quoted from Grandma Bear

really it depends on whats more important to you - getting paid or getting known? if you get known - you'll get paid... if you are good.
there's more money in touring - always has been and always will be.

btw...i am a musician/artist as well.

Quoted from Dreamscale

is Youtube really all that better than downloading music?

i mean if your primary listening station is the computer... then essentially youre just as guilty as those who download

there will always be many struggling and uber talented musicians. because making it big as a "rockstar" if you will - is about as easy as winning the lottery.

if you are good...if you have the work ethic... EDIT* you can still make money....reguardless of record sales.

This discussion has been here many times. It always divides people. To me, I believe creators of anything deserve to get paid for creating something out of nothing.

That's it for my comments here. Just stating my position is all. Not looking for an argument or anything. :)

Quoted from Grandma Bear

hey a great debate is a great debate. its a debate because there are two sides to it... and there are positives to both sides when it comes to "pirating music"

as a up and coming musician... getting heard should be your #1 priority.... and the internet is a FANTASTIC OUTLET to that.

I'm too tired to be in this debate. Been there, done that. I am making a short pirate film though. ;D

Quoted from Grandma Bear

IMHO, don't register your next script. Let everyone enjoy it and use it whichever way they want.

last bit....

thats a little different. you have to register as a writer because people can steal your work... literally - steal it - and call it their own...or change what you wrote.

you cant modify an artists music... you cant change notes and call it your own.

Quoted from Penoyer79

No, no, and no.

I don't listen to my music on my computer and never will.  I said, if you are in doubt as to whether or not to buy a Cd of whatever music by whatever recording act, you can most likely check it out on youtube.  Then, if you do think it's what you're after, go ahead and plunk down the dough and let the recording act reap their $.015 or so for their efforts.

Pennoyer (sorry, I forgot your actual name), you are incorrect about if you're good and if you have the proper work ethic, you will make money - at least in terms of making real money.

case in point, 1 of the very best and most talented hard rock/metal/progressive recording artists of all time - Savatage.  These guys have been in the game since the early 80's and have put out 12 studio releases, along with a number of compilations and live recordings.  Critics and fans alike who are "in the know" will tell you they are a classic and easily 1 of the best and most influential bands of this era.

But you know what?  They've never had a platinum release and I'm not eve sure they've eve had a gold release.  When they toured on their last studio release, Poets and Madmen, in 2001, I saw them a dive bar in Tempe, AZ, and there weren't more than 75 peeps in the audience (hey, cool for me, actually!).

I know/knew their web designer and I know what kind of money they made, and I'll tell you it wasn't dick.

Now, to be clear and honest, many don't know this, but Trans Siberian orchestra (TSO) was born of Savatage, and is and has been thriving wildly since their inception, but, it's a different story, and they guys who struggled throughout the years in Sava, didn't get the recognition, star power, or lifestyle they should have.

Now, I can't and won't blame piracy on their situation, but my point is that talent and ethic and drive do not guarantee success in any way, shape, or form.

The music industry, much like the movie industry is driven by marketing, and what's marketed, is what sells, and what makes money and super stars.

If you think Nicki Manaj and Justin Beiber is talent and deserving of mutli million dollar success, more power to you all.

isnt the internet a great source for marketing? youtube sensations? having your product available to world at the click of a button?

and yes music is about marketing... and luck...trust me - i know. we're arguing a little bit of semantics here though.....and it was my mistake to use the word "good" to make money....music liek all art is subjective.

i was thinking of a little band called metallica who got their start without any help from the music industry... they got their start because their demo was copied to death and spread around like wildfire. word of mouth and relentless touring lead their their big break..... obviouslly they sued Napster... but since losing that public relations nightmare they have even since changed their tune about illegal downloading.

fyi i too once shared yoru opinions on this matter.

What I'm curious about is if you opinion in this matter transfers to your own screenplay writing? If not, then why is screenplay writing different than music "writing"?

I just noticed my avatar is a pirate!!!

OK, Chris...it's Chris, right?

I'm not 100% clear on the Metallica situation, but I'm pretty sure I know what I'm saying, and if I'm wrong, you or or someone else can correct me.

Metallica was a successful recording and touring band...until they hit it HUGE and went to mega star status.  It was at this time that Lars and the boys made their stand against Napster, not before.

But either way, Metallica made it BIG...VERY BIG in a relatively short time frame, which isn't what I'm talking about.  But as you say and know, music like everything else that is subjective lives and does with what the public wants...at that time, for whatever reason.

Pirating music is not good in any way, shape or form and I can't believe you, being a writer and musician could or would ever say it is.  What am I possibly missing here?

I think what Chris was getting at with the Metallica thing was the fact that Metallica owes a lot of its success to the tape trading movement back in the 80s and 90s, where their demo got recorded on blank tapes and passed around by hungry metalheads, thus leading to the word of mouth that put them in the spotlight. One could argue that downloading is the tape trading of today. Not that I agree (I don't) but again, one could argue that.

Anyway, I'd rather not get caught up in this ancient argument other than saying I like to buy CDs. I just dug through a box of old ones from college and have since transferred a few to the car. Last I was driving, I was spinning Darkthrone's Transylvanian Hunger.

Downloading/Stealing music is what made music what it is today -- Shit.  The music industry knew Rap, POP and Hip-Hop dance shit isn't worth listening too... They knew that if they marketed it, no one would download it -- let alone buy it.  So they marketed these "artisit" in a way where they could still make money, even if the artist(s) albums bombed at retail.

The core make up of the industry is built on a foundation of a few idiots who knew a little... they're dying off, the young lions are taking over and they don't know anything because the idiots who did know a thing or two tried to teach them, but they were too busy with their ADD, their games, their phone aps and other diversions that they said "Ta-fuck with it".

Now we're on the threshold of a big ol' ball of amalgamated shit -- And you know who's leading the way?

Katy Perry
Jay-Z
Gwen Stefani
Kanye West

Lady Gaga, surprisingly, is the only one who knows how little she means to the industry (AKA no talent)-- but also knows how incredibly stupid people are and how much money she can make off those very people.  I love her to death, by the way.

See, to be a musician, a successful one, today means nothing... You don't have to know how to play an instrument or sing.  You just have to know how to market yourself via reality Tv show or endorsement of a product or start up a perfume or clothing line.

Back in the day, bands weren't corporations.  They are every bit that and more now.  U2, not a band.  A corporation.  Kiss, not a band.  A corporation.  Aerosmith, not a band... a corporation.  The list goes on and on.

That is why even "good" bands, and I use that term loosely with the above mentioned, are sell outs today.  As a musician myself, played for over 17 years and counting now -- There is no hope for anyone who doesn't fall in line with the above.

Disney, Nick and Sony control it all.

Now, let's not diss Rap! ;D ;D

I have say that I'm in total agreement with Jeff and Balt on this one.

Quoted from Baltis.

Downloading/Stealing music is what made music what it is today -- Shit.

Wrong. American Idol made music shit.

and downloading music is just a by-product of the Internet... once Music became a digital format.... it was Game Over for the Music Industry as we know it.

time to get with the time kids, cause its not going back.

One could argue AI is a product of the failing industry. It is another way to market artist while still having disastrous album sales.

Quoted from Penoyer79

time to get with the time kids, cause its not going back.

I'm happy being behind the times on some things.

Quoted from Baltis.

One could argue AI is a product of the failing industry. It is another way to market artist while still having disastrous album sales.

i''ll concede to a "chicken or the egg" theory

we do agree on one thing though... music today is - for the most part - total shit.

I agree music has turned to total shit. There are still a couple things that excite me here and there, but they are very few and very far between.

True, it sucks I don't get excited as I used to whenever I sit down to listen to new music anymore, but at least I still get excited when I sit down and pick up my guitar to write something new. I'll be really sad if that ever stops happening.

A few thing to respond to.  I'm sure a few will draw some ire.  We'll see.

Mo, rap isn't even music.  C'mon, man.  Get real.   ;D ;D

Chris, the deal and difference in recording albums onto cassettes, like "we" did back in the day and going online and downloading any and all the music you want is night and day, bro...night and day.  Back in the day, a group of friends would go out and take turns buying every new album from group's they loved and each person in the group got to make a recording if they so desired.  Money was spent and a product was purchased.  That same group would also go see those groups in concert every time they came to their city, as well as buy concert T Shirts at those concerts.  Nowadays, people aren't buying anything - they're just illegally downloading songs/albums, meaning the recording act get absolutely nothing.  Are kids going to concerts like back in the day?  I highly doubt it, as most can't afford it even.

On top of all that, understand that someone like myself has also purchased pretty much every CD of every album/cassette ever purchased and/or recorded, meaning, I've double dipped and the recording acts have gotten more from me than just 1 purchase.  Hell, I've even (recently) purchased remastered CD's of CD's I already own, and already bought albums of back in the day.

But I'm a rarity.  Music has gone digital for the most part.  Kids today don't give a shit about how cool a Digipack CD may be - they just want music blaring out of their earbuds wherever they may be.  I understand that, but it doesn't mean it's a good thing.

Finally, I actually enjoy American Idol and its offshoots quite a bit, and have watched every season dating back to its premiere.  I haven't purchased any music by any of the contestants or winners, but shows like these certainly do a Hell of a marketing job and obviously many have gone onto super stardom, which is amazing...and a good thing, not a bad thing.

If you don't like the show, don't watch it.  If you don't like the music, don't listen to it...and definitely don't buy it.

But, if you don't pay for what you do like, you're sure not helping that act continue their journey forward.  To survive, any and all recording acts need support. Without it, they can't continue on.  No way around it.

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i love late 80s and early 90s gangster rap...NWA, Dre, old skool Cube and Snoop, tupac, Notorious.... that stuff had bite, had hooks, and had substance. i stand by that.

and what i mean by bootlegging and copying tapes.... was marketing and word of mouth.... getting your music out to the world. that was the way back then. now its all about the internet.... and like it or not.... filesharing and downloading is the way it is.

i will agree to disagree on the principles of it.

Agree with Chris on the rap, he's got some good taste. ;D ;D

It's just it's gotten a bad name since all these pussies like Lil Wayne rapping about how many bitches they fuck . Etc. Etc.

Old School Rap is really good, Tupac, Biggie, NWA and even Ice Cube. But then you still have some great new school rap as well, like Lupe, Junoflo or even Kanye West (his earlier stuff at least). I just don't understand the hate for it.

I still blame Lil Wayne though. ;D ;D

And while I am here ;D ;D -

I don't listen to CDs any more but I do sync them with my iTunes library.

Junoflo - Steady Soul
Jamie T - Panic Prevention
Ready to Die - Notorious BIG
The Cool - Lupe Fiasco
Man on the Moon - Kid Cudi
Labor Days - Aesop Rock
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory - 2pac

eh....Kanye's a buffoon.

Loved Ghetto Boys/Geto Boys and some early 90's rap -- sounded like music. This new junk, no way. Absolute trash. It all sounds the same. Scarface, Bushwick bill, E-40 -- Those guys all had a very good, distinct sound. All to themselves. I can't tell one rapper from another today.

i'm a metalhead at heart though... late 70's, 80's, and early 90's.
loved the Seattle Grunge Scene as well.

that stuff was my lifes blood going through Junior High and High School '92-'98

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i'm a metalhead at heart though... late 70's, 80's, and early 90's.
loved the Seattle Grunge Scene as well.

that stuff was my lifes blood going through Junior High and High School '92-'98

Bless you, my son...bless you!!!

Metal will never die.

Music today hasn't turned to shit.  It's just so easy to get shit music out there that the market is flooded with it.

I listen to just about anything as long as it's good:

BT - These Hopeful Machines - Electronic
Glen Miller - Best of - Big Band
Metallica - Ride the lightning - Metal
Pink Floyd - (every album) - Awesome
Danny Elfman - Misc. - Movie scores
"Airwolf" theme song.  I love driving to that.  If only my car had some missiles.

I even like some country and rap.  But not much.

We all have Cher to thank for that damned auto tune voice shit though.  I think it's funny that all these rappers are following Cher.

For me right now, its a lot of the following:

-Regina Spektor
-Fun.
-The Soundtrack from the Chronicles of Narnia
-The Sountrack to Inception
-The Soundtrack to Star Wars (all of them)
-The Soundtrack to Lost
-Johnny Cash
-"Drop the World" by Lil Wayne
-"The Little Drummer Boy" (there are multiple versions that I like)

(and these would all be through my ipod, and not CDs. LOL)

All Celtic and Fairy music :)
One Secondhand Serenade

New Shakra
New Mob Rules
New Hess
New Vision Divine
New Circle II Circle

Not very impressed with Zack's vocals on the CIIC...disappointing, actually.

The new Shakra CD is awesome, though! Very, very impressed.

Blink - Enema
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Conor Oberst - Self titled
Unwritten law - Self titled
Weezer - Pinkerton

Mumford and Sons - both albums

Pogues - fall from the grace of god

Update - since a few have provided their recent playlists.

No change, but I have to say that Vision Divine's Mermaids from Their Moons is one fuck of a GREAT SONG!!!! Incredibly catchy and something that rarely leaves my pee brain.

Can't wait for the new Avantasia - The Mystery of Time. Tobi's done it again and the initial feedback is incredible. Coming out 3/29 - don't miss out on the special edition Digi + 2.

Quoted from Dreamscale

...my pee brain.

Haha...most excellent typo, dude.

Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil & Avenged Sevenfold

The Best of The Doors

Quoted from bert

Haha...most excellent typo, dude.

Damn...that is funny, huh? ;D ;D ;D ;D Good eye, Bert, you old goat! How's it going?

At this point, I think I've found the ultimate driving music, which is the album, Dopesmoker, by Sleep, one song that runs just a few minutes over an hour. I usually listen to it when I'm playing video games but naturally, it's a hard one to sit through in regular circumstances so if you're traveling at length and have to sit in the driver's seat for hours on end, this is the way to go. Simultaneously chill/meditative and heavy as fuck, plus hands down the best song about marijuana use in history. If you have a different opinion, I'm sorry; it's wrong. I'd change the rules if I could.

Click if you dare...

Well, James my friend, all I can say about that "song" is that the first 48 seconds are not my cup of tea for sure. Like 1 chord being poorly played over and over. And, I am baked right now!!

Obviously, the wrong response. But...

As it happens, Sleep have "normal" songs as well...

James...

Oh man...all 3 of those songs are very similar with no tune and chord over and over.

OK, check this out and realize that the tune will change many times.. You may hate it, but I'm digging it for the last month or so.

Hmm... not bad. Not my thing but as a lover of Maiden, I'd be wrong to disparage them completely. Surely, we can all agree on that (seriously, if you don't like Maiden, you can fuck off forever...) ...I know you do so we're cool!

In all seriousness, not sure why the music boards don't get enough attention. Love or hate, we can all benefit from sharing some tunes...

Up the irons, mate! Maiden is truly one of my top all time bands..easily!

I agree...not alot of chatter on the music themed posts or threads.

Take care, bro.

Quoted from Dreamscale

Lol, I actually thought this was a Weird Al Yankovic pisstake in the opening few seconds!

Then I realized it was serious. Oh well, each to his own I guess....

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Up the irons, mate! Maiden is truly one of my top all time bands..easily!

MAIDEN!!!!

The Trooper is the first record I ever bought

Mark

The Trooper kicks major ass.

Stevie sucks major ass.

OK, peeps, Tobi and company are back with the amazing new Mystery of Time CD. Truly incredible.

Surprisingly, the first single and video is what they call their version of "pop". Call it whatever you want...I call it kickass new Avantasia!!

YES!!!! Enjoy and become enlightened.

Anthrax - Among The Living
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Helmet - Aftertaste
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
System of a Down - Mezmerize/Hypnotize
Iron Maiden - Selftitled

Quoted from Penoyer79

Faith No More - The Real Thing
Judas Priest - Painkiller

Yes.

Quoted from Dreamscale

God, screenwriters in general have a great taste in music... Or maybe it's just you, Jeff ;D

Seriously cool song.

Good to hear, Dan. Very few share my taste for Eastern European Operatic Symphonic Melodic Power Metal...but more should! ;D ;D

Quoted from Dreamscale

Very apt title. I walked to my bedroom and went to sleep about a minute in... ;D

Quoted from stevie

Very apt title. I walked to my bedroom and went to sleep about a minute in... ;D

Dude...that's funny. You fucker! You gave up too quickly. Nice guitar solo in there.

What are you listening to? The Cheetles?

Quoted from Dreamscale

Dude...that's funny. You fucker! You gave up too quickly. Nice guitar solo in there.

What are you listening to? The Cheetles?

Lol, bro! Actually that song could work in the BG of Fort Hell!

Deftones - Around the Fur
Deftones - Selftitled
Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
Deftones - White Pony

Miss you Chi Cheng! R.I.P. and thanks for all the great music over the years.

Quoted from RegularJohn

Deftones - Around the Fur
Deftones - Selftitled
Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
Deftones - White Pony

Miss you Chi Cheng! R.I.P. and thanks for all the great music over the years.

R.I.P. Very sad indeed but the guy undoubtably passed very much loved and supported by family, friends, and fans all over the world. Just check Facebook.

Around the Fur was one of the first albums I ever bought and I think it's one of the only albums of its style that's held up over the years. Deftones have continued to expand and mature over time and will continue to do so with Chi's legacy more than secured.

Amazing how much my taste has changed since I started this thread. Nowadays I pretty much listen exclusively to blues - Joe Bonamassa, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule, SRV, Clapton, Walter Trout, Johnny Winter, Tinsley Ellis, Screaming Cheetah Wheelies, of course the Allman Brothers, add in some Van Morrison on occasion, and I'm just starting to get into Phish.

If I'm in a Pink Floyd kind of mood I'll listen to Blackfield, Riverside, Steven Wilson, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, or Marillion or Peter Gabriel era Genesis.

New Paul Simon album gettin some heavy spins.

What's up with the Wheelies? I love them but lost track a little?

Wow, someone else who knows the SCW?

They put out 3 studio albums and 2 live ones and then were done. Mike Farris found religion and is doing exclusively gospel music now - I think he won a Grammy for it recently.

The self-titled debut and Magnolia are two of the best albums I've ever heard, and rarely does a week go by where I don't pop one of them in.

There's video on Youtube of a SCW in NY about 4 days before 9/11 - and a young Joe Bonamassa joins them on two songs.

Live - Throwing Copper

Better than Ezra - Best of

Sublime - Best of

Counting Crows - August and Everything After

Nirvana - Nevermind

Crash Test Dummies - God Shuffled His Feet

God bless the 90's!!!

AJR - Yes, I am a Wheelies fan! Love Magnolia, and Big Wheel especially!

Warren -- have most everything by Crash Test Dummies, but God Shuffled His Feet stands as their best, IMO. And Throwing Copper rocks.

Wow, another Wheelies fan! Can we move in together?

(actually my wife likes them too, so you're safe.)

Check out these performances with a young Joe Bonamassa. It's like discovering the Holy Grail...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bomaGmvY4M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0brqSyBn60A

Wow. That's some cool shit. Actually, if it wasn't for the BMG music club I would've never got to know them. 10 CD's for a penny, I think, and Magnolia was one of em.

I only have one lousy CD with all kinds of different songs. I don't have a CD burner anymore, so I'll have to settle for this CD until I get my next car (currently no support for bluetooth audio streaming so I can't use spotify). Sucks...

I know this thread is really old, but I was curious if anyone else does something like this.

My entire collection of CDs is ripped to iTunes, and their store is where I get new songs usually an album at a time. The playlists for commuting are the same ones I use for writing, so they're full of instrumental and choral music with little or no English lyrics.

Let's see what's in there... stuff from

Audiomachine - Chronicles, Existence
Boston Pops Orchestra - The Celtic Album
Clannad - Landmarks
Classical Thunder I-III (ordered that a long time ago from one of those late-night TV commercials)
Enya - The Celts, Paint the Sky with Stars, Shepherd Moons
Taliesin Orchestra - Orinoco Flow (effectively instrumental versions of Enya's songs)
Thomas Bergensen - Illusions, Sun
Two Steps from Hell - Archangel, Battlecry, Classics Vol. 2, Invincible, Miracles, SkyWorld

plus one song from Conan: the Barbarian ("Anvil of Crom"), plus some background music taken from the videogames "The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion" and "Warcraft II."

Right now...

1. Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes
2. The Button-Down Mind Of Bob Newhart - Bob Newhart
3. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
4. The Elder - Kiss
5. Throwing Copper - Live
6. Magnification - Yes

All of these selections severely date me.

For some reason, RUSH Hemispheres has been getting alot of play lately.

Not sure my entire collection would fit on I-Tunes, or how long that would even take...?

I have somewhere near 1,000 CDs. Plus I get them for free from the library and rip them onto my computer, then drop them onto my phone.

For me, I've been wearing out Free lately. Fire and Water especially. Mr. Big and Don't Say You Love Me are my two new favorite songs. Both of them definitely need to go in a script somewhere.

AJR

And yes, I started this thread - proof that I was around in 2009. Not sure how I only have 1,151 posts...

Quoted from ajr

That's what I meant by ripping it to iTunes, except you're probably using a different tool. The audio gets compressed, so my entire collection only takes up about 7GB on my phone.

I too have around 1,000 CD's, but I use Amazon Prime and most are available, so basically all are loaded into my phone, which I play through Alexa wherever I am.

Love the Peter Gabriel version of Genesis.

Anyone familiar with Marillion? Their first 4 albums sound exactly like old Genesis.

I know who Marillion is, never listened to them. Any recommendations? I�ll have to take a listen. But I�m just discovering early Genesis now. Foxtrot and Suppers Ready are all brand new to me. Loving it.

I would get your fill of old Genesis first. Then the fact of how Marillion sounds exactly the same will be more of a shock to you....

Script From a Jester's Tear and Clutching at Straws are my favorite two Marillion albums. Sugar Mice, Heart of Lothian - some amazing stuff.

Brian Eno's first three solo albums are brilliant. They're on heavy rotation at the moment, especially Another Green World.

Lately, I can't stop asking Alexa to play "Let it Go" (Theme from the movie Frozen)...but...by Trick or Treat.

What an awesome take on this great song, done in a metal way, but with simply beautiful voices and a cool as frick tune and time.

Check it out. Would love to hear what peeps think.

Just got a new copy of Yes��Talk. Seriously one of their most underrated albums, featuring the Trevor Rabin era band. Endless Dream is a modern progressive masterpiece!

Lately I haven't been able to stop listening to the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack. I've never considered myself a big Western/country guy, but the music in that game is flat out amazing with a eclectic collection of talent. New music by Ennio Morricone and Willie Nelson? Yes please. Johnny Cash is also featured. Also, there's some rap music by Nas and D'Angelo, but it bizarrely fits perfectly well. Last but not least is the rest of the orchestral OST which is nothing short of amazing.

For other releases, being a fan of 90s rock music I recently discovered a relatively obscure grunge band named Pet. It was co-founded by Tyler Bates with vocals by Lisa Papineau and Tori Amos as producer. Cool as hell; I'm loving it.

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For other releases, being a fan of 90s rock music I recently discovered a relatively obscure grunge band named Pet. It was co-founded by Tyler Bates with vocals by Lisa Papineau and Tori Amos as producer. Cool as hell; I'm loving it.

Yes, yes, and yes! 90s rock is my happy place. The greatest decade of music ever.

Currently grooving to Dan Baird & Homeade Sin�s new offering, Screamer. If any old peeps remember the Georgia Satellites back in the 80�s - that�s the guy. Guy can rock. Saw them live a couple years ago in NYC and they blew the doors off the joint!

Quoted from SAC

I'll have to check that out. I know the Satellites well, that's a great debut album, and their follow up was pretty good too. I know the guy who produced the first one, he's the guy who produced all of Kansas' big albums.

I know I'm 10 years late to the party on her, but I've been binging on Alison Krauss and Union Station. It should be illegal to be as talented as she is. Voice of an angel.

Been wearing out Van Morrison and Bonnie Raitt too lately...

And maybe we can jumpstart the discussion about whether it's a good or bad thing that Greta Van Fleet sounds so much like Led Zep? Personally, I like it...

AJR

The novelty of GVF wears off pretty quickly although I haven�t listened to them since last year. The songs need to be more varied in the backing music to sound more �original� or else it�s just Zep karaoke lol

Quoted from ajr

The name didn�t come to me right away but you�re thinking Jeff Glixman as the producer? That took me a while, but I was a huge fan of the Satellites too!

Quoted from SAC

The name didn�t come to me right away but you�re thinking Jeff Glixman as the producer? That took me a while, but I was a huge fan of the Satellites too!

Yeah, Jeff's a great guy, he lives in my town. Or he used to, I believe he spends most of the year down south now.

He also produced Paul Stanley's solo album, which I think still stands up today as really good rhythm and lead rock 'n' roll and radio worthy power ballads...

Paul Stanley, as a friend once told me - one of the most underrated lead singers! At any rate, I got My tickets to the End of the Road tour in August. Going with my nine year old so it should be pretty special.

By the way, the Satellites third and last album - In The Land Of Salvation and Sin - is a bonafide Classic!!! It�s tremendous, IMO.

Quoted from SAC

By the way, the Satellites third and last album - In The Land Of Salvation and Sin - is a bonafide Classic!!! It�s tremendous, IMO.

We seem to have the same taste, so I'll definitely check that out.

Jeff told me a story once about when Kansas toured with Queen, and how they were all bored one day waiting to go on that night - and I have the details hazy because my jaw was dropped throughout the story because I'm a HUGE Queen fan - but he said Freddie wanted to go see a movie (I forget which one) and no one else wanted to go, so Jeff said he'd go.

And they could have walked to the theater, but Freddie called for a car (or a limo, I forget). And then there weren't enough people outside the theater, so Freddie made the car circle the block a few times until a crowd formed.

And when inside - I seem to remember the movie either being a documentary or a biopic - Freddie leaned over to Jeff and said 'they should make a movie about my life, darling.'

And so they did.

AJR

It's a good day to celebrate. Not only is it President's Day (and a Holiday for me), but also, we have the latest release from the greatest band in the land, Avantasia.

Tobias Sammet is back with another All Star cast, and on the title track, we have Toby and Candice Night (Ritchie Blackmore's wife, and the voice of Blackmore's Night) in a rather tame duo that will have you singing the tune in your head over and over, after a single listen.

For the past few months I've been listening to:
Vince Staples - FM!
Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs

Favourite recent release:
Tyler, The Creator - IGOR

I avoid commercial music altogether now. I either listen to Trap FM or Classic FM. I also listen to LBC in the morning where I have a love/hate relationship with Nick Ferrari.

Quoted from Hank

Tyler, The Creator - IGOR

What?! How did this one get by me? Gotta listen stat!

I try to check new music (new as in current and/or music I�ve never heard before) as much as I can. There are five albums released just today that I�d like to make a point of listening to over the next week. Of course, I have my favorites (usually Electric Wizard), which take up the majority of my music-listening time.

Favorite album this year has been Asterismal by 11 Paranoias, a UK doom metal/psych rock band with a Hawkwind vibe. Trippy and crushing in equal measure, not to mention varied and well paced. Feels like a proper album.

Baroness - Purple
Misfits - Walk Among Us
Chevelle - Vena Sera
Metallica - And Justice For All

Always have to answer this one...

Dan Baird and Homemade Sin�Screamer

Currently getting back into some older freak folk/weird stuff from my early 20's (obviously not actually CDs).

In particular, Oh Vanille/Ovah Nil by Diane Cluck and all of Crywank's catalogue (they just released a new mixtape).

I particularly recommend Diane Cluck to anyone who is/was a big Joni Mitchell fan.

Quoted from Hank

Tyler, The Creator - IGOR

Oh boy. This was kinda wack. I mean, I respect Tyler for branching out, taking a chance, and doing what he wanted. Much support to the dude. But def not for me. Better luck next time, I suppose.

This thread should be called 'What are you Listening to?'

I was so glad the day I could get rid of all those CDs.

Quoted from DustinBowcot

This thread should be called 'What are you Listening to?'

I was so glad the day I could get rid of all those CDs.

Well, I did start this thread 10 years ago...

Proof I've been around a long, long time... I think something might have happened to my post total when I changed screen names - oh well...

The library still has free CDs - and you can then upload them for free. Same as buying music in electronic form and then downloading it.

And CDs in thrift stores are $1. Same as the price for downloads. Again, just the reverse process - buy the CD as the hard material and upload it, rather than buying the electronic version and downloading it.

And you can buy a CD with an entire album of music for less money than it would take you to download each song individually... but, I'm a dinosaur, and I digress...

I'm still listening to the music from my original post in 2009. I listen to a lot more blues and jazz and jam bands now though. Rock 'n' roll, despite the Who song, is truly dead. As is the music business. Rock 'n' roll is now Country, Blues, and Jam.

So to that end I'm listening to -

Samatha Fish
Joe Bonamassa, as always
Walter Trout
Phish
Gov't Mule
Tedeschi-Trucks
Screaming Cheetah Wheelies - best band that no one knows.

Some classic rock too...

Free
Wishbone Ash
Frampton (has a new blues album)

Old country / blues
Bonnie Raitt
Emmylou Harris

Oh and Greta Van Fleet might save Rock 'n' Roll...

And I just saw a new band with less than 200 FB likes at a festival. They're called Dr. Watermelon and they have some originals that are awesome, and they cover Stevie Wonder, the Dead, the Yardbirds, and Clapton, among others. Trying to figure out how to make them famous. My company owns a music venue in a major city, and I know a couple of people in the music business. But the music business is dead... so how do you get a recording contract these days? Don't know, but I'm going to try to find out...

AJR

I don't really listen to songs in the traditional sense. I prefer my music remixed... and mostly without lyrics. The music business isn't dead... we just don't get large companies controlling what we listen to anymore. Now artists can do it for themselves. Which is way, way better.

Been listening to mostly jazz lately, namely Vince Guaraldi, as per my avatar. But in the car right now...

Neil Diamond - Hot August Night

IMO, it's THE best live album ever made. It captures ND at a particular time in his career (1972) where he was just tasting some real success as an artist, but wasn't big enough to lap up all the acclaim and entertain solely off his name. His brand. No. Each track drips with passion, sung by an artist with something to prove - that he could deliver familiar choruses and catchy melodies on a different emotional level. On a level that deeply touched each person lucky enough to be there for the shows, and for each listener playing this all these years later. It's a masterpiece.

I don�t really own any CD�s anymore, I pretty much just use the Shazam-thingy app to detect a song I like and then download it from Apple Music or, whatever. Truthfully, I don�t really listen to music in my car anymore either, or really even drive my car for that matter� actually, I don�t really go outside much anymore either �cause I�m scared of Meth-heads, and they�ve made me a fuckin� hermit.

But, I do have shitload of people over as of late - what else to do over the holidays but get rotten drunk and dance like everyone�s watching - and of course, we always dance under the neon kitchen lights to my fav Canadian band: �Metric�

Quoted from SAC

Glad to see that almost 11 years after this post was started, the dialogue continues...

It's of course morphed into a 'what are you listening to now?' discussion. Fyi - I still do buy CDs. If you download music, you still have to upload it to source in order to save it, and a CD is a portable source that can then be saved in to a digital platform.

StevenClark, I agree with you about Neil Diamond. Not sure it's the best live album ever, but it's an amazing piece of work. I've seen Neil 2x live, and the crowd reaction when he breaks into 'America'? I've only seen an explosion like that one other time - when The Who went into 'Baba O'Reilly'...

I'm listening to jazz as well, but mostly blues, which I feel is the new rock 'n' roll. Sure, AC/DC, Rush, etal. are making new music, but it's largely ignored. Even the Stones made a blues album recently.

Joe Bonamassa, Tedeschi / Trucks, Walter Trout, Samantha Fish, Keb Mo, Eric Gales, Mike Zito, Quinn Sullivan, Gov't Mule, Phish, along with classic artists like Free / Bad Company and Bonnie Raitt.

Quoted from ajr

Yeah, this is like the thread that never dies. It pops up twice a year then hibernates.

I'm partial to Neil Diamond. My dad got me into him when I was little and it never left, which I'm thankful for. I've seen him several times as well.

But other than that, not much else except Jazz on Pandora. Good writing music. And as far as blues goes SRV is king as far as I'm concerned. Though I did just get tickets to see Cheap Trick in February up near me so I'm stoked about that. To this day CT is by far the loudest concert I've ever attended.

Quoted from SAC

Though I did just get tickets to see Cheap Trick in February up near me so I'm stoked about that. To this day CT is by far the loudest concert I've ever attended.

Saw these guys way back in the day, way back� they were touring with KIZZ on the Love Gun tour in �78, and I�ll agree with you on how loud these guys are; I was only 9 at the time (and, of course� in the KIZZ Army, lol) to this day I think I suffer most of my hearing loss from that one concert, seriously.

This was the same year they recorded �Live at the Budokan�, probably their most iconic album. It was an amazing show to say the least, but then again, that was at a time when you were allowed to smoke in arenas, and everyone was smoking copious amounts of primo ganja. We (Mom, brother, and I) were so stoned from second-hand smoke, that to this day, whenever I hear "I Want You to Want Me�, I literally feel like I�m floating.

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