So What Are You Listening To?

[Rushmoras]

Eight Roxette album "Charm School" (2011).

 

Edited April 28 by Rushmoras

[Rushmoras]

Ninth and penultimate Roxette album Travelling (2012)

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Hard to believe Gary Barlow wrote this song as a 16 year lad. Rick and Gary sound great on this!

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Rushmoras]

Final Roxette studio album "Good Karma" (2016).

As always, subjective assessments of each album:

1. Pearls of Passion (Extended Version) (1986) - 8/10. Best songs: Surrender; Never ending love; From one heart to another; So far away; It must have been love (Christmas for the broken hearted)

2. Look Sharp! (Extended Version) (1988) - 7.5/10. Best songs: Dressed for success; Paint; Dangerous; Half a woman, half a shadow; Shadow of a doubt; Listen to your heart; One is such a lonely number (demo); Don’t believe in accidents (demo)

3. Joyride (Extended Version) (1991) - 7.8/10. Best songs: Joyride; Fading like a flower (every time you leave); Spending my time; The big l.; (Do you) get excited?; Physical fascination; Things will never be the same; The sweet hello, the sad goodbye; Love spins (demo); Seduce me (demo)

4. Tourism (Extended Version) (1992) - 6.3/10. Best songs: How do you do; The rain; Keep me waiting; Come back (before you leave); Queen of rain; Fingertips ’93; 2, Cinnamon street

5. Crash! Boom! Bang! (Extended Version) (1994) - 7.8/10. Best songs: Harleys & Indians (riders in the sky); Crash, Boom, Bang!; Fireworks; Sleeping in my car; Place your love; What’s she like?; Lies; I’m sorry; Almost unreal; Crazy about you

6. Have a Nice Day (Extended Version) (1999) - 8.2/10. Best songs: Crush on you; Wish I could fly; Anyone; 7twenty7; Stars; Salvation; Cooper; Making love to you

7. Room Service (Extended Version) (2001) - 7.9/10. Best songs: Milk toast and honey; Fool; My world, my love, my life; Entering your heart; Bla, bla, bla (you broke my heart); Every day; Stupid

8. Charm School (Extended Version) (2011) - 7.5/10. Best songs: Way out; She’s got nothing on (but the radio); Speak to me; I’m glad you called; Only when I dream; Dream on

9. Travelling (2012) - 7.3/10. Best songs: Lover, lover, lover; Touched by the hand of god; Perfect excuse; Excuse me sir, do you want me to check on your wife?; Angel passing; The weight of the world – vocal mix up; See me – new version

10. Good Karma (2016) - 7.3/10. Best songs: This one; From a distance; Why don't you bring me flowers?; April clouds

Average album score: 7.6/10.

[BlueSkies]

 

[BlueSkies]

What this game of life is all about

 

 

[BlueSkies]

Maybe some day I'll do a deep @Rushmoras like dive into this groups albums.

 

They seemed kind of too intense/hard core for me as a teenager.  But maybe I've grown into a taste for them.  This song was pretty good

 

 

[Rushmoras]

18 hours ago, BlueSkies said:

Maybe some day I'll do a deep @Rushmoras like dive into this groups albums.

 

They seemed kind of too intense/hard core for me as a teenager.  But maybe I've grown into a taste for them.  This song was pretty good

 

 

Too bad that Spotify (on Internet) for me shows greyed out all popular rap artists for some reason (as if lost licenses), I may be inclined to listen to some of the artists I know in passing (though, on app, they are all accessible, but I'm using the app for local artists discog [yah, I'm strange that way]).

[Rushmoras]

After quite a deliberation in my mind was thinking to start Judas Priest, went a whole different route and chose Patricia Kaas.

 

[Rushmoras]

Second Kaas album "Scene de vie" (1991)

 

[BlueSkies]

 

[BlueSkies]

 

[Bastet]

I hate that song, and have from the moment it came out.  I don't really care for RHCP songs in general, but that's the only one I absolutely cannot listen to.

[Jaded]

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Wake up and dance!

[Rushmoras]

Third Patricia Kaas album "Je te dis vous" (1993):

 

[WritinMan]

Been listening to Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter. I've never been a fan of hers, but I'm liking a lot of this album. It's shocking how much more interesting, fun, and creative this is than Taylor's new release.

Not sure it's fair to compare them like this. Two different people; two different albums. But they're pretty much the two most powerful women in music right now, so it's kind of unavoidable.

Edited May 11 by WritinMan

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Rushmoras]

So, Sugababes - Too Lost in You was actually a remake of Patricia Kaas Quand j'ai peour de tout (from her fourth album "Dans ma chair" (1997)). The more you learn when you delve in to international sphere discog...

 

Edited May 12 by Rushmoras

[BlueSkies]

 

 

Edited May 12 by BlueSkies

[BlueSkies]

My teenage crush grown up performing this song recently

 

 

[Annber03]

Damn, that was a good medley. "You Don't Own Me" mixed in with that worked really well. I liked the darker take on "Genie in a Bottle", too. She sounded great. 

Also, her backup dancers are amazing. Wow. 

[Rushmoras]

Fifth Patricia Kaas album "Le mot de passe" (1999). This album is so far her best.

 

Edited May 15 by Rushmoras

[Rushmoras]

Sixth Patricia Kaas album "Piano Bar" (2002). It's a jazz/blues type slow song album, also entirely in English. Kinda eh in comparison to previous of her works. This song kinda reminds of Lana Delrey vibes (or vice versae considering that Lana came waaaaaaaay later)...

 

[Rushmoras]

Seventh Patricia Kaas album "Sexe fort" (2003). Almost perfect. EDIT, also noticed that my Spotify library of her songs is now at exact 69 tracks. That's in line with this albums' title lol 🤣

 

Edited May 19 by Rushmoras

[BlueSkies]

 

[BlueSkies]

 

[Rushmoras]

Eight Patricia Kaas album "Cabaret" (2008). Um, yeah, I don't particularly like this style of singing and playing.

 

[Anela]

This has been stuck in my head, since I heard it in the grocery store. I knew that I knew it from somewhere, but had totally forgotten it. I googled the lyrics, and my teen years came back to me. I need to get it out of my head, though.

 

And this was stuck in my head the week before:

 

[Annber03]

There's an online '90s station I like to throw on at work every so often and they've been playing that "All 4 Love" song a lot on there :D. I don't seem to remember hearing that one as much when I was a kid, but I know I heard a couple of their other songs a lot when I was younger.

And I like that Haim song. I first heard it in an episode of "Bates Motel", of all places :p. 

Edited May 22 by Annber03

[Rushmoras]

Ninth Patricia Kaas album "Kaas chante Piaf" (2012). From what little French I know (and I don't), I guess this album was either from some theatre play about Edit Piaf or she re-sung in her own fashion Piaf's songs. Anyway, another album that I do not particularly like.

 

Edited May 24 by Rushmoras

[Rushmoras]

And with Patricia Kaas (Bonus Tracks Version) (2016), self-titled album, I completed yet another discography. In comparison to her last two albums this was pretty good.

As always, subjective assessments of each album:

1. Madmoiselle chante (1988) - 7/10 [Best songs: Mon mec a moi; Venus Des Abribus; D‘Allemagne – Version Courte; Quand Jimmy dit; Mademoiseele chante le blues]

2. Scene de vie (1990) - 6.9/10 [Best songs: Les mannequins d‘osier; Les hommes qui passent; Bessie; Tropic Blues Bar; L‘enterrement de Sidney Bechet; Kennedy Rose; Un derniere semaine a New York; Patou blues]

3. Je te dis vous (1993) - 6.7/10 [Best songs: Hotel Normandy; Ceux qui n’ont rien; La liberte; Ganz und gar; Out of the rain; Entrer dans la lumiere]

4. Dans ma chair (1997) - 7.7/10 [Best songs: Quand j’ai peur de tout; Chanson simple; J’ai tout quitte pour toi; Je me souviens de rien; Les lignes de nos mains; Fais-moi l‘amitie; Je compte jusqu‘a‘toi; Sans toi]

5. Le mot de passe (1999) - 8.3/10 [Best songs: Ma liberte contra la tienne; Une fille de l‘est; Si tu reves; Les eternelles; La cle; Quand je t‘oublie; Une femme comme une autre; Les chansons commencent]

6. Piano Bar (2002) - 7.1/10 [Best songs: If you go away (Ne me quitte pas); What no my love (Et maintenant); The summer knows (Un ete 42); I wish you love (Que reste-il de nos amours?); Les moulins de mon coeur (The windmills of your mind); Autum leaves (Les feuilles mortes); Where do I begin (Love story); And now... ladies and gentlemen (Generique); If you go away (remix)]

7. Sexe fort (2003) - 8.1/10 [Best songs: Ou sont les hommes; Je ne veux plus te pardonner; C‘est les femmes qui menent la danse; On pourrait; Je t‘aime, je ne t‘aime plus; Je le garde pour toi; Ma blessure; Des regrets; Tu pourras dire; Peut etre que peut etre; Une question de temps]

8. Kabaret (2008) - 4.6/10 [Best songs: Kabaret; Wo sind die clowns; Falling in love again; Alone]

9. Kaas chante Piaf (2012) - 5/10 [Best songs: Milord; The 9th hour; Hymne a l‘amour; Song for the little sparrow – overture; La foule; Mon manage a moi; La vien en rose]

10. Patricia Kaas (Bonus Tracks Version) (2016) - 7.4/10 [Best songs: Cogne; Madame tout le monde; Lai maison en bord de mer; Marre de mon amant; Le jour et‘ l‘heure; Ma meteo personelle; Embrasse (Piano voix); La refuge (Acoustic version)]

Average album score: 6.9/10

Next stop - JUDAS PRIEST.

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

 

[Rushmoras]

First Judas Priest Album "Rocka Rolla" [Remastered] (1974). Disclaimer: I only know a couple of their songs (Breaking the law & Hellraiser, if Hellraiser was theirs and I'm not mistaking it with Ozzy). And, while listening to this seventies... I want to say rock, but I bet it was deemed as metal then... [edit, after checking wiki, nope, it is actually hard rock mixed with blues rock] all I'm thinking is, yep, that's exactly how the 70s music sound, can't wait to go to the 80s...

 

[BlueSkies]

Glad Yacht radio is back on Sirius.   Heard this one today

 

 

[Rushmoras]

Second Judas Priest album "Sad Wings of Destiny" (1976), which is metal through and through, however, most of it I find meh...

 

[Rushmoras]

Third Judas Priest album "Sin After Sin" (1977).

 

[Rushmoras]

Fourth Judas Priest album "Stained Glass" (1978). So far, this one is the best of theirs.

 

[Rushmoras]

Fifth Judas Priest album "The Killing Machine" (1979). Another good album, and it appears that I indeed have heard more of their songs in the past, just did not know who sung them (like Hell Bent for Leather or Before the Dawn)

 

[Rushmoras]

Sixth Judas Priest album "British Steel" (1980). Yep, the beginning of modern sound, and so far the best of their albums.

 

[Rushmoras]

Seventh Judas Priest album "Point of Entry" (1981). In comparison, I'd say meh. Neither bad, nor good. Didn't really enjoy it. Most stuff I could attribute to background noise...

 

[Rushmoras]

Eight Judas Priest album "Screaming for Vengeance" (1982). Might be their worst yet. Aside from You've got another thing coming and Fever, all songs are kinda bland and uninspired. But, I guess, that's a given, when they had released their albums annually up to this point...