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What Are You Listening To? - mtthwibrahim - 15-08-2011

Mr Tambourine Man

Sometimes I just keep playing this song on repeat endlessly with no sense

What Are You Listening To? - Tiggi - 15-08-2011

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i-Pod listening in the garden yesterday PM.

Their fifth album, from 1976.

Not the critic's choice of their output, but I've always liked this one. Finely crafted Jazzified soft Rock songs, as you'd expect from this duo (there's another duo for Steve's thread...).

Good album.


AllMusic 3+/5 stars.

What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 15-08-2011

havent hard this one Tiggi...but like everything ive heard by these 'underrated' guys!

What Are You Listening To? - SteveO - 15-08-2011

IMO, Walter and Donald never got their just rewards ! Downbeat Magazine of jazz always reviewed their albums because they knew they were very music worthy. The mag specialised in jazz but reviewed albums by artists in other genres that they felt were great musicians!

I don't buy any music magazines at all now that I have MD !

What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 17-08-2011

from my library (vinyl)

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Always feel like I'm watching Monk when I listen to Randy. This is the mans third studio album with some gems as usual. Four of them stand out for me, starting with the title track and including He Gives Us All His Love, Political Science (fav) and Dayton Ohio 1903. Album just shy of the love mark. Full of Randy's spot on satire which a lot of people lack the appreciation of. Made Rolling Stones 500 greatest albums list at #321. Guest appearance by the superb Ry Cooder. Orchestral use throughout which highlights the beauty of Randy's compositions. Overall the album has to rank up there with his finest work. Not much appreciated by the masses, with a weak #163 peak on the Billboard charts.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Burn On

Best Track - Political Science

No one likes us-I don't know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens

We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us-so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them

Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us

We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin', too

Boom goes London and boom Paris
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono babe
And there'll be Italian shoes for me

They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now

1) Sail Away ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwwhHI_IMog
2) Lonely At The Top **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlmGJQq3AlM
3) He Gives Us All His Love ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc5CW9wgj1Q
4) Last Night I Had A Dream **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0MkzooASGg
5) Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8hc9XjUe6s
6) Old Man **
7) Political Science ***live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du3WhHrrNgs
8) Burn On **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SKGIwsXuA0
9) Memo To My Son **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMI93ev1dJw
10) Dayton Ohio 1903 ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrTdiNkhnOc
11) You Can Leave Your Hat On **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfZdbzfWE1k
12) Gods Song (That's Why I Love Mankind) **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEKuGcmW70I

3's - 4
2's - 8
1's - 0

Grade - 2.3

What Are You Listening To? - SteveO - 17-08-2011

Another underrated American Music Icon !

What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 17-08-2011

hip hip hooray!

MH has his routine back!!!!!!

What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 20-08-2011

from my library (cd)

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One of those recent $5 purchases. Billy's tribute to doo-wop on some tracks here with his ninth album, and a fine job it is. Produced by Phil Ramone and guest spots by some fine modern jazz legends, Richard Tee, Eric Gale, David Sanborn and Michael Brecker. Other than the lead off track of Easy Money, which I find terrible, not a bad track here. Five standout tracks, An Innocent Man, The Longest Time, Uptown Girl, Leave A Tender Moment Alone and Keeping The Faith. Studio albums with that many great tracks are rare for me. A total of seven singles were released from here with Tell Her About It faring the best at #1, not even one of my top tracks. The album made it to #2 in the U.K. and #4 stateside. Nominated for an Album Of The Year grammy, but when up against Thriller, what can you do? A new love affair can do strange things, like make a great album. A song for Christie Lee is included to highlight that. Maybe most of these tunes are about that love.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Easy Money

Best Track - An Innocent Man

Some people stay far away from the door
If there's a chance of it opening up
They hear a voice in the hall outside
And hope that it just passes by

Some people live with the fear of a touch
And the anger of having been a fool
They will not listen to anyone
So nobody tells them a lie

I know you're only protecting yourself
I know you're thinking of somebody else
Someone who hurt you
But I'm not above
Making up for the love
You've been denying you could ever feel
I'm not above doing anything
To restore your faith if I can
Some people see through the eyes of the old
Before they ever get a look at the young
I'm only willing to hear you cry
Because I am an innocent man
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am

Some people say they will never believe
Another promise they hear in the dark
Because they only remember too well
They heard somebody tell them before

Some people sleep all alone every night
Instead of taking a lover to bed
Some people find that it's easier to hate
Than to wait anymore

I know you don't want to hear what I say
I know you're gonna keep turning away
But I've been there and if I can survive
I can keep you alive
I'm not above going through it again
I'm not above being cool for a while
If you're cruel to me I'll understand

Some people run from a possible fight
Some people figure they can never win
And although this is a fight I can lose
The accused is an innocent man
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man

You know you only hurt yourself out of spite
I guess you'd rather be a martyr tonight
That's your decision
But I'm not below
Anybody I know
If there's a chance of resurrecting a love
I'm not above going back to the start
To find out where the heartache began

Some people hope for a miracle cure
Some people just accept the world as it is
But I'm not willing to lay down and die
Because I am an innocent man

I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man

1) Easy Money *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6xp54Y39uM
2) An Innocent Man ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbWDq86H8VY
3) The Longest Time ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_XgQhMPeEQ&ob=av2e
4) This Night **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnn_Tv5KebQ
5) Tell Her About It **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0pM5dm--yQ&ob=av2n
6) Uptown Girl ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCuMWrfXG4E&ob=av2e
7) Careless Talk **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eHqlx0BxOU
8) Christee Lee **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_lniN4L1-w
9) Leave A Tender Moment Alone ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bAKX2DIooA
10) Keeping The Faith ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IJ3sYVU72c

3's - 5
2's - 4
1's - 1

Grade - 2.4

What Are You Listening To? - Lachesis - 20-08-2011

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground from iTunes.

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What Are You Listening To? - Tiggi - 21-08-2011

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On the laptop.

1974 solo debut from deceased ex-Hawkwind front man.

Calvert and Hawkwind - in Hawklords mode - were the first live band I ever saw, so there'll always be a place in my heart for them.

This is a Hawkwind album in everything but name, featuring the then-current band members, with assistance from the likes of Brian Eno, Viv Stanshall, Arthur Brown, and a couple of members of cult UK band the Pink Fairies.

It's a stoner concept album concerning the unfortunate safety record of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter military jet, which became known as The Widowmaker because there were so many unexplained crashes of the aircraft.

Calvert interlaces the songs with brief spoken sections which move the narrative thread forward, and the album comes across as a tragi-comic cold war satire along the lines of Dr Strangelove.

Not essential, as I probably have as much Hawkwind material as I need, so this is booted into touch, with no Buy List place.


AllMusic 3/5 stars.