So What Are You Listening To?

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Electric Light Orchestra:

I especially like the people dancing in period costume.

Edited August 11, 2017 by Cobalt Stargazer

[Cherry Bomb]

Kat Dahlia- Manipulator

 

Edited August 18, 2017 by Cherry Bomb

[Jac]

 

Harry Styles - Two Ghosts. I have accepted that I like this album, a lot and I really like this song. It has serious britpop vibes and I love britpop.

[Zola]

Björk - All is Full of Love

Can't believe this is 20 years old!

Nice song, but the computer animation was way ahead of its time; even today it looks pretty impressive.

Edited August 14, 2017 by Zola

[Cherry Bomb]

Lorde- Green Light

I love Lorde, she is such a great talent.

[cpcathy]

She was robbed of an Oscar nomination for Yellow Flicker Beat.

[Silver Raven]

My favorite new song right now.

"Wish I Knew You" by The Revivalists

[Cherry Bomb]

Lindsey Stirling featuring Andrew McMahon from Pete's Dragon- Something Wild

 

 

Edited August 17, 2017 by Cherry Bomb

[Silver Raven]

3 minutes ago, Cherry Bomb said:

Lindsey Stirling featuring Andrew McMahon from Pete's Dragon

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytMqO-WQpQ4

I adore Lindsey Stirling.

[Cherry Bomb]

37 minutes ago, Silver Raven said:

I adore Lindsey Stirling.

She is fantastic. One of my favorites. 

Edited August 17, 2017 by Cherry Bomb

[Zola]

 

Slipknot - Before I forget

It's been awhile since i last got round to listening to these guys: bit long in the tooth now, but were pretty awesome back in the day; and this particular track was always a fave.

Edited August 17, 2017 by Zola

[Cherry Bomb]

Shatter Me- Lindsey Stirling with Lzzy Hale

 

[Cobalt Stargazer]

3 hours ago, Zola said:

Slipknot - Before I forget

On a related note:
 

[Annber03]

"Peek-A-Boo"-Siouxsie and the Banshees. I love this song. 

[Cherry Bomb]

On My Way Home- Pentatonix

 

[Watermelon]

On 8/14/2017 at 7:05 AM, Jac said:

 

 

Harry Styles - Two Ghosts. I have accepted that I like this album, a lot and I really like this song. It has serious britpop vibes and I love britpop.

I love this album. And because of it I decided to go see what One Direction was all about. I'm such a fan of them live, I'm more than a little shocked with myself.

[Cherry Bomb]

Lorde- Still Sane

 

Edited August 18, 2017 by Cherry Bomb

[cpcathy]

Various soundtracks from Thomas Newman. He's brilliant and I'm still shocked that he does not have an Academy Award

Road to Perdition is my favorite.

[Cherry Bomb]

2Cellos: Welcome To The Jungle(GNR)

Edited August 20, 2017 by Cherry Bomb

[Zola]

 

Way before my time, but one of my dad's favourites (plus he had/has a secret crush on singer Stevie Nicks!)

It's a nice album that typified their calamitous private lives at the time. But "The Chain" remains my favourite, not least for the excellent guitar solos near the end. 

[Cherry Bomb]

2Cellos- Smooth Criminal 

[Silver Raven]

5 hours ago, Zola said:

plus he had/has a secret crush on singer Stevie Nicks!

Oh, me, too!

And probably an unpopular opinion, but I like Buckingham Nicks better than Fleetwood Mac.

[Cherry Bomb]

2Cellos rock AC/DC's Thunderstruck

 

[LeafontheWind]

On 8/17/2017 at 3:10 PM, Cherry Bomb said:

Lindsey Stirling featuring Andrew McMahon from Pete's Dragon- Something Wild

 

 

 

I love Andrew McMahon! I am also a fan of Lindsey Stirling and her collaborations with other artists.

[Cherry Bomb]

15 minutes ago, LeafontheWind said:

I love Andrew McMahon! I am also a fan of Lindsey Stirling and her collaborations with other artists.

They are both amazing artist. This particular song is one of my favorites.

[Silver Raven]

This is "Makeba" by Jain.  I first heard it this afternoon while seeing a Levi's ad that uses it, and had to look for the whole thing.  I love it.

[Cherry Bomb]

Changing it up this evening to a song that makes me cry every time I listen to it because I lost both of my parents when I was 17 in a tragic auto accident. This beautiful song comes from Lady Maisery and it is called A Father's Lullaby.

 

[cpcathy]

My mother died when I was 17 as well. I leaned on music to get through it. Very eclectic pieces, from all of Phil Collins' stuff with Genesis, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, and Linda Ronstadt's standards album.

Edited August 20, 2017 by cpcathy

[Cherry Bomb]

7 hours ago, cpcathy said:

My mother died when I was 17 as well. I leaned on music to get through it. Very eclectic pieces, from all of Phil Collins' stuff with Genesis, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, and Linda Ronstadt's standards album.

Music definitely does soothe the soul and it hasn't even been 6 years yet since that tragic day in my life. I can sit there and listen to something brand new and many times something can relate to my Mom or Dad.

[cpcathy]

It sounds funny, but any Barry Manilowe song reminds me of her, we had his greatest hits on eight track!

[Cherry Bomb]

2 hours ago, cpcathy said:

It sounds funny, but any Barry Manilowe song reminds me of her, we had his greatest hits on eight track!

Here is a song by Fleetwood Mac sung by Christine McVie called "Oh Daddy" that really reminds me of me as a young teen looking up to my dad and I could never measure up, but he loved me for me. The song came out way before I was even born, but when I heard it for the first time it instantly reminded me of him.

 

Edited August 21, 2017 by Cherry Bomb

[WendyCR72]

In honor of what would have been Layne Staley's 50th birthday today (August 22nd), I have been listening to some old-school Alice In Chains tonight. Including this tune with none other than Ann Wilson on backing vocals:

[Jac]

On 18/08/2017 at 2:04 PM, Watermelon said:

I love this album. And because of it I decided to go see what One Direction was all about. I'm such a fan of them live, I'm more than a little shocked with myself.

I have totally reassessed One Direction since Harry's solo album came out, I thought that my really liking Zyan Malik's Pillow Talk last year was a fluke but no, I just like One Direction. I am seriously considering seeing Harry in concert next year even though tickets for my city have sold out. My parents might be getting a surprise visit around the end of April and to clarify, I am a 35 y/o woman with no children.

As for what I am listening to right now, I have been on a Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks kick for the last two weeks now (I have tickets to see Stevie solo in November and if Fleetwood Mac make it down this way (Australia) again, I am going, hideously expensive ticket prices be damned) and they are pretty much all I have listened to other than the new singles from Neil Finn's upcoming album. Right now this version of Big Love from The Dance is a favourite, you can really hear what an excellent guitarist Lindsey is here:

[Cherry Bomb]

One of the most beautiful voices in my opinion is Alison Krauss. Here she is accompanied by The Chieftains singing Molly Ban

 

[Silver Raven]

13 hours ago, Jac said:

I thought that my really liking Zyan Malik's Pillow Talk last year was a fluke but no, I just like One Direction

I actually like Niall Horan the best of the lot.

 

[Smurf]

My favorite singer Ariana Grande-Into You

 

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Rob Zombie:
 

I know he's an acquired taste, but I enjoy the mixture of movie dialogue and hard rock, and the violins or whatever at the beginning of this are an interesting addition.

[WendyCR72]

Rob Zombie sort of reminds me of a (relatively) sane Marilyn Manson, who freaks me out. At least Rob Zombie doesn't do that, at least to me.  :-)

[Annber03]

I don't mind the few songs I've heard by Rob Zombie. I particularly like "Living Dead Girl", and the video that goes with it.

Nostalgia time right now-listening to one of my favorite songs from my teen years, Sixpence None The Richer's "Kiss Me":

[MyAimIsTrue]

Now that Prince's music is back on YouTube I've been having a field day.  This was one of my favorite dance songs back in the day and pretty much the only time I thought Sheena Easton's vocals were any good.

[aradia22]

When I haven't been listening to playlists on shuffle, I've been checking out the new albums from artists whose work I've loved in the past.

Lorde Melodrama- Didn't really do it for me. I wasn't expecting the first album but I would have been OK with something along the lines of Yellow Flicker Beat. It just didn't evoke anything for me. In this lane, I'd rather listen to Halsey.

Mary Lambert Bold- Shorter album. I found her other album thoughtful and emotional. I don't think she got to the same place here and the spoken word portions didn't hold any weight. Not everyone is Jill Scott. I listened to the album to see if I wanted to see her in concert. I don't. I did like the pop song singles.

Lana Del Rey Lust For Life- Dull. I mean, there's always a sleepy quality to her music but I feel like it's been getting worse. Born to Die and Paradise started off strong with some filler. It took me a while to warm to Ultraviolence but there are a few tracks I like. Honeymoon has more strong tracks than Ultraviolence. I didn't really like anything on Lust For Life. And the rap felt like it was really out of place. 

Halsey hopeless fountain kingdom- Also dull.

Little Mix Glory Days- The first album is OK. I don't think they totally deserved their X Factor win as they were when they were competing on the show. Album 1 gave them time to figure things out. Salute is fantastic. I pretty much love that whole album. Get Weird wasn't as strong but it's got a solid pop sound. Glory Days should have been a return to the strength of Salute. Instead, it's like knockoff Fifth Harmony. It sounds bland compared to their other stuff because it doesn't play to their vocal strengths as much and instead tries to blend with the rest of the current radio landscape. It feels like background music when their other songs demanded to be noticed. Also, the content of the songs is so disappointingly weak and/or wishy washy. I want my awesome girl power group back. So much of this album whether it's the sexy stuff or the love/breakup songs feels like its being pitched to an imagined male listener. 

In new artists, I've checked out all of Sizzy Rocket's stuff on Spotify. There's no clear comparison. I hear a little bit of Kesha. A little bit of Pink. But she's also just herself. And there are little shifts from song to song. If you like pop with a touch of aggression (not quite brat pop/party girl pop/punk but with a touch of those things) I'd check her out. 

[Watermelon]

On 8/23/2017 at 1:17 AM, Jac said:

I have totally reassessed One Direction since Harry's solo album came out, I thought that my really liking Zyan Malik's Pillow Talk last year was a fluke but no, I just like One Direction. I am seriously considering seeing Harry in concert next year even though tickets for my city have sold out. My parents might be getting a surprise visit around the end of April and to clarify, I am a 35 y/o woman with no children.

As for what I am listening to right now, I have been on a Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks kick for the last two weeks now (I have tickets to see Stevie solo in November and if Fleetwood Mac make it down this way (Australia) again, I am going, hideously expensive ticket prices be damned) and they are pretty much all I have listened to other than the new singles from Neil Finn's upcoming album. Right now this version of Big Love from The Dance is a favourite, you can really hear what an excellent guitarist Lindsey is here:

 

I meant to tell you. Harry is apparently obsessed with fleetwood mac and friends with Stevie. There's video of her performing with him on YouTube. She also said sweet things about him and made him cry lol

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Cake, just because I love the juxtaposition:
 

[Silver Raven]

Portugal. The Man, "Feel it Still".

[Zola]

Oasis "Wonderwall"

I was about 2 years old when this was released in 1995, and only came across it a few years ago when I went to see Oasis in concert with a couple of Oasis die-hards.

Quite decent albums, but their "Wonderwall" single is probably my favourite. 

[aradia22]

Just got through Fifth Harmony's new self-titled album. There really is a very thin line between this and Little Mix Glory Days. I find them both a bit dull but Fifth Harmony's works much better because it fits into their already established brand better. There's a weird desperation to Little Mix Glory Days. Fifth Harmony's new album is different from their earlier sweet love/breakup song days but not too different from "Work From Home." It's just more sexual and kind of sleepy/dreary. Maybe people who like the newer genres of hip hop and sing-songy rap will get more out of it than I did but the new Fifth Harmony album is just too mush-mouthed for me without strong beats/melodies. "Make You Mad" was the closest to an upbeat song in the vein of "Work From Home." "Deliver" felt like a Beyonce or Tinashe rip off. I genuinely liked "Lonely Night." "Angel" sounded good but God only knows where that song was going lyrically. There were too many ideas there. Not a terrible album and I'm sure some of these will grow on me but it feels a bit like they rushed something out instead of waiting for stronger material. I wonder if it was just to have a statement after Camilla left. 

[Annber03]

"Bernadette"-Four Tops.

Such a great song.

[Silver Raven]

2 hours ago, Annber03 said:

"Bernadette"-Four Tops.

Such a great song.

 

The Four Tops were always my favorite Motown group.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Flogging Molly, spiritual cousins of The Dropkick Murphys:
 

[Silver Raven]

I just watched the video for "1-800-273-8255" by Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, and I frankly, cried

Warning, there is one slightly NSFW bit in this video.