What Music Are You Listening to Now?

[IRISHDODGER]

Saw Whiskey Myers last Friday night. Great show. Lukas Nelson & the Promise of the Real opened for them. He definitely resembles his pops in his singing voice.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

I was at the '95 show too. PJ played on the Dead's stage set up from a couple of nights before, which was Jerry's last show. I had tickets for that show too but I gave them to my fiancee's friends cuz I wasn't a big Dead fan and had seen them enough. Gave away tickets to SRV's last gig too.

PJ's become my Dead or DMB. I've seen somewhere in the 30's. 40's if you include MLB, Mookie Blaylock and Temple of the Dog

For me, start to finish, Ten is on the level of Dark Side of the Moon. Absolute perfection. From the beginning of Once to the end of Release Me.... nothing has touched it IMO since.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

How do you feel about ‘The Crow’ soundtrack? Tell us more about your experience in the music world.
I know a guy who was/is guitar tech for Dokken and another guitar tech for Death Cab for Cutie. Man, do they have some stories…

Singles is so good. The Crow is great. Just learned that there is a Crow remake coming out with Bill Skaarsgard.

My favorite 1990s soundtrack will always be Judgement Night.

The culmination of my experience in music world was tripping balls at Lollapallooza 93 and fighting people with a giant turkey leg in the mosh pit. Although I could just as easily been laying on blanket staring at the sky and hallucinating all of it.
RATM
Tool
Front 242
Arrested Development
Dinosaur Jr,
Fishbone
Primus
Alice in Chains

 

[GowerND11]

Saturday night went to see Say Anything perform their album "Is a Real Boy" for a 20th anniversary tour of the album. As a 2000s teen, Emo isn't dead! Greet Death and AJJ opened, and they both were excellent.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Beyonce: Cowboy Carter

Taylor Swift: Tortured Poets Department

Pearl Jam: Dark Matter

Pet Shop Boys: Nonetheless

Mark Knopfler: One Deep River

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

How do you feel about ‘The Crow’ soundtrack?

That movie and soundtrack were absolute game changers for me. I was 16 years old when they came out.

My favorite track is Slip Slide Melting.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

 

[irishandy]

Pearl Jam: Dark Matter

How is the new Pearl Jam?

I picked up the newest Better Than Ezra release 'Super Magick' and Collective Soul 'Here to Eternity'

The new BTE album is real good (no pun intended with their song Good).

There's nothing like the 90's.

 

[BobbyMac]

I don't know if any of you Chicago guys or former Chicagolanders listen to Saturday Morning Flashback on XRT (WXRT 93.1 FM for non Chicagoans) but today is a great one. If you can tune in live, it's on now and featuring 1979 which was a huge year in what would become Alternative Rock. It changed me when I saw B-52's do Rock Lobster on SNL. I immediately started listening to XRT with all the trench coat kids and got turned onto The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division, Joe Jackson, the Cure, etc.

You can listen to it through Audacy in the tweet below.

 

[irishandy]

I don't know if any of you Chicago guys or former Chicagolanders listen to Saturday Morning Flashback on XRT (WXRT 93.1 FM for non Chicagoans) but today is a great one. If you can tune in live, it's on now and featuring 1979 which was a huge year in what would become Alternative Rock. It changed me when I saw B-52's do Rock Lobster on SNL. I immediately started listening to XRT with all the trench coat kids and got turned onto The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division, Joe Jackson, the Cure, etc.

You can listen to it through Audacy in the tweet below.

Chicago has had such a great music scene.

When I think of Chicago and 1979- Smashing Pumpkins and how great of an album Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness is.

 

[SeekNDestroy]

I don't know if any of you Chicago guys or former Chicagolanders listen to Saturday Morning Flashback on XRT (WXRT 93.1 FM for non Chicagoans) but today is a great one. If you can tune in live, it's on now and featuring 1979 which was a huge year in what would become Alternative Rock. It changed me when I saw B-52's do Rock Lobster on SNL. I immediately started listening to XRT with all the trench coat kids and got turned onto The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division, Joe Jackson, the Cure, etc.

You can listen to it through Audacy in the tweet below.

You forgot to mention the best band of that era, The Smiths.

 

[BobbyMac]

Chicago has had such a great music scene.

When I think of Chicago and 1979- Smashing Pumpkins and how great of an album Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness is.

While MCIS & Siamese Dream are perfectly (maybe uber?) produced technical masterpieces... Gish will always be what comes to my mind when I think of tSP's. I saw them for the first time when they were working on Gish right before the Nirvana bomb went off... they were fecking electric live.

 

[BobbyMac]

You forgot to mention the best band of that era, The Smiths.

They didn't come out for another 5 years. Them and TFF were my fav 80's bands. This was the song that got them on the radio in Chicago. Wore the first album out sitting at the beach at Stop 2 in Michigan City everyday drinking Hamm's before we all left for college. I'll see all of them for the first time in 40 years over Labor Day. Poof! Where did the time go?

 

[irishandy]

While MCIS & Siamese Dream are perfectly (maybe uber?) produced technical masterpieces... Gish will always be what comes to my mind when I think of tSP's. I saw them for the first time when they were working on Gish right before the Nirvana bomb went off... they were fecking electric live.

I love SP's first 5 albums and they are all different. Gish is their underrated grunge/alternative album, Siamese Dream/MCIS are both great; I think MCIS is better where Billy wrote his best, Adore is their beautiful F-U to rock n' roll album, and Machina had an artsy/dreamy rock sound.
Have you listened to any of their b-sides? They are one of my favorite b-sides bands.

A buddy and I saw them on their farewell tour in 2000, best concert I ever saw. The tour sold out in 30 min., we got tickets on Ebay for $25 and I paid more to get the concert on CD-R.

SP and Billy are still one of my favorite artists.

 

[Bluto]

I don't know if any of you Chicago guys or former Chicagolanders listen to Saturday Morning Flashback on XRT (WXRT 93.1 FM for non Chicagoans) but today is a great one. If you can tune in live, it's on now and featuring 1979 which was a huge year in what would become Alternative Rock. It changed me when I saw B-52's do Rock Lobster on SNL. I immediately started listening to XRT with all the trench coat kids and got turned onto The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division, Joe Jackson, the Cure, etc.

You can listen to it through Audacy in the tweet below.

Cool pre Joy Division song




Super bad ass cover by one of the best rock n roll bands of the 90’s

 

[Bluto]

Speaking of 90’s rock n roll bands. This band was the best thing to come out of NY City since the Ramones. The drummer on this, Mighty Joe is one of the best drummers I’ve ever seen play live.

 

[Rockin’Irish]

Speaking of 90’s rock n roll bands. This band was the best thing to come out of NY City since the Ramones. The drummer on this, Mighty Joe is one of the best drummers I’ve ever seen play live.

I’ve got this on CD…..pretty decent stuff 🤘🏼💀

 

[Bluto]

I’ve got this on CD…..pretty decent stuff 🤘🏼💀

Nice.

One of the most impressive things for me going back and listening to this again is that Based on my recording experience back then it was damn near impossible to punch in a drummer playing that fast, particularly on a recording with a lower budget. So all the drum tracks are a live, single take.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

 

[Irish#1]

Listening to SiriusXM driving and it hit me how much the violin is used in music. Given the clarity and quality of all facets Year of the Cat might be the best produced song ever, but the violins really caught my attention. The violins in Zepplin's Kashmir are well done. Of course ELO used strings all the time.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

I've gone down a Linger rabbit hole and in turn am now on a Cranberries binge.

Great cover. Particularly impressed how he was casually chewing gum.

 

[MKEagle]

Judah & the Lion... been to a couple of their shows. Saw them at Aragon Ballroom in 2019 for their Pep Talks album and it was one of the best shows I've witnessed.

This isn't the original song but for some reason, the Bluegrass melody makes it better

 

[BobbyMac]

Listening to SiriusXM driving and it hit me how much the violin is used in music. Given the clarity and quality of all facets Year of the Cat might be the best produced song ever, but the violins really caught my attention. The violins in Zepplin's Kashmir are well done. Of course ELO used strings all the time.

Top violinist in modern music based on sales (maybe #2 behind DMB’s guy) is from Indiana. Name the artist.

 

[BobbyMac]

Quit possibly an ND fan too!

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Been on a Luke Combs run. One of the few modern country singers I actually enjoy.

 

[PANDFAN]

Judah & the Lion... been to a couple of their shows. Saw them at Aragon Ballroom in 2019 for their Pep Talks album and it was one of the best shows I've witnessed.

This isn't the original song but for some reason, the Bluegrass melody makes it better

I've really changed my music taste over the years and they have a couple of ones I really like...caamp, noah kahan are my favorites at moment

 

[Fbolt]

Speaking of changing tastes, recalling some killer songs from when I was a young lad.... Still good.

 

[Irish#1]

Top violinist in modern music based on sales (maybe #2 behind DMB’s guy) is from Indiana. Name the artist.

Bell?

TBH, had to look it up.

 

[BobbyMac]

Bell?

TBH, had to look it up.

No, he transferred to Vandy.

 

[BobbyMac]

The answer is Lisa Germano from Mishawaka.

She was Mellancamp's fiddle player starting on Scarecrow through Dance Naked.