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What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 18-12-2012
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AMERICA "homecoming" cd,1973.
yes guys i do own several of America's albums...its just that overall i think they are an over-rated group...
and radio absolutely overkills them down this way which is why the opening track 'ventura highway' gets a dislike score from me here...i swear if i hear that track again im going on a shooting spree somewhere!
apart from that track on this one, i love just about everything else....very CSNY in places, which is why they are in the folk section and not classic rock(they are generally 'folk-rock' IMO)...
great harmonies and melodies here(up with CSNY's 'deja vu' album).
also did a bit of background research on this album and was surprised to find that of three singles to be released off this one that the highest US position was for "dont cross the river" and that peaked at #35 over there...also strange to note that 'ventura highway' failed to make the US charts at all...very strange indeed???, it did however hit the top 10 here in Australia and did make the UK charts peaking at #43...one of only three singles by these guys to touch the UK market.
that aside i do love this album, it is by far my favourite of theirs.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
worst track: ventura highway
best track: only in your heart
tracks:
1. ventura highway *
2. to each his own **
3. dont cross the river ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g5ZEPI50yw live
4. moon song **
5. only in your heart ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mD59g9oycI live
6. till the sun comes up again ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP_jM_CXtHk live
7. cornwall blank ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbxnbe_xnD0 audio
8. head and heart *
9. california revisited ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhd3xm-rKV8 audio
10.saturn nights ***
3s=6
2s=2
1s=2
rating: 2.4 or 8/10
What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 20-12-2012
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BREAD "bread" cd,1969.
folk-rock debut from David Gates and Company....
i own five of their albums(bought them in a 5cd boxset),
probably the worst of the five IMO, guess they hadnt honed their skills at this stage, but it does contain the clssic "it dont matter to me" which only charted in the US, coming in at a peak of #10, the album however, faired much worse by only peaking at #127, strange how an artist can have a major top10 hit that doesnt generate album sales, but whatever, not a bad collection of tracks overall...
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: could i
best track: it dont matter to me
tracks:
1. dismal day *
2. london bridge **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xCWVnICVl4 audio
3. could i *
4. look at me *
5. the last time **
6. anyway you want me *
7. move over ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFKB8Cdgq4w audio
8. dont shut me out **
9. you cant measure the cost *
10.family doctor ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvPARUoCQtk audio
11.it dont matter to me ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLAznJsLDIk audio
12.friends and lovers **
3s=3
2s=4
1s=5
rating: 1.8 or 6/10
What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 20-12-2012
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SLIM DUSTY "cattle camp crooner" cd,1969.
will the real slim dusty please stand up.....
not sure how many albums he had released by 1969 but he went on to record over hundred by time he died in 2003, and was already a twenty-four year veteran of recording by time this one came out....
Aussie country guy, but not the "oh lonesome me", "tear in my beer" type artist....
slim usually wrote little dittys about the life he led,the life he saw others lead in the great outback of australia and re told the stories he heard on those travels...often slightly humourous in nature, and more than often with a twist of irony, but never blue and depressed.
Slim was to Aussie country what Hank Snr and Jimmy rogers were to US country....pioneering architects of the genre.
not a bad album by any means from a veteran of the industry...
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: dry weather land
best track: cattle camp crooner
tracks:
1. arcadia valley **
2. dry weather land **
3. getting away from it all **
4. casey's luck ***
5. old tiboob'ra **
6. somewhere up in queensland **
7. cattle camp crooner ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLnU0d-sKCc audio
8. relics of the past **
9. ribs cooked on the coals **
10.paddy gramp ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5DHgPbj5xc audio
11.horse and hobble days **
12.the wave hill track **
3s=3
2s=9
1s=0
rating: 2.2 or 7/10
What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 20-12-2012
Bread - only have a best of set
Have a David Gates solo which wasn't bad
Still pissed about losing half of my Slim Dusty to a friggin' cd player
What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 20-12-2012
^^
i dont have any Gates solo, but looking at it at some point
What Are You Listening To? - SteveO - 21-12-2012
I have been listening to Afro beat and cuban jazz lately !!!!..very upbeat and inspiring music ...and I'm dancing to it, well sort of !!!!! lol..I need upbeat music this time of year!!!!!:wink:
ANTIBALAS - an excellent Afro beat orchestra from Brooklyn, New York..I love these guys
mile:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5ILkcJDL4
CAT EMPIRE - I've always loved this band from Melbourne, Australia !!!! They specialise in ska and jazz and a few other genres thrown in for good measure!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJU79dmVgZY
OMAR SOSA - Red hot Afro Cuban jazz!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_8gEmrhQsw
FELA KUTI - From Nigeria the incomparable African music legend at his best !!!!..I love it !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU39XGxS9MY
What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 28-12-2012
from my library (vinyl)
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Only have two Seeger albums I can recall. An essential set plus this one that I think I picked
up from a library sale. It was well played before my aquisition. This is from the Folkways
label so you know it's real folk music. Stripped bare, just Pete and either his banjo or
guitar. Bummer that only three tracks here are Seeger originals. Best for me is Get Up And Go,
a bit of the humorous side. Probably the only well known song here is We Shall Overcome which
became a civil rites anthem of the 60's. Much better as a live sing along, as are most of Petes
songs. These songs are mostly about peace and love and stuff, when what the world needs is some
good war songs.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
Worst Track - To My Old Brown Earth
Best Track - Get Up And Go
1) The Dove ***
2) The Flowers Of Peace **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1lnvhI0uxI
3) Mack The Bomb **
4) From Way Up Here **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVuvoVttBTY
5) Tomorrow's Children **
6) Get Up And Go ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=015y2MY_oSg
7) The New York JD Blues **
8) Coyote, My Little Brother *
9) We Shall Overcome **
10) To My Old Brown Earth *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VHVY8KOzuw
Grade - 2.0
allmusic - 2.4
What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 29-12-2012
from my library (cd)
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One from the new stack which shall soon be replenished. Most know Buck from Hee Haw. Yes I
watched it, but just for the music. Come on man, I wouldn't lie about that. This is volume 1 of
a 2 volume set. Now I'm out on a limb as to whether to go for volume 2, which of course
includes one of my favs with Cryin' Time. Other good ones on that one but I think this one has
more of the hits. Buck along with Merle Haggard cornered the California country market. After
Buck found success, he refused to cave and relocate to Nashville. He did it his way. The man
passed in 2006 but lives on in my house.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
Worst Track - Tall Dark Stranger
Best Track - Together Again
1) Under Your Spell Again ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_d58eqp_jU
2) Excuse Me **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9yDlCC6SG0
3) Act Naturally ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDmDwvZSlPw
4) Together Again ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hp1niLsTgU
5) I Don't Care **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjNTVMv_WwA
6) I've Got A Tiger By The Tail ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBeOddejiGw
7) Only You **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhqKU6Djhe8
8) Waitin' In Your Welfare Line ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxIq_gj8fjg
9) Open Up Your Heart ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATkOnCZPVqc
10) Sam's Place **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWO44eOUDoY
11) It Takes People Like You **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I578Zy51LWo
12) Sweet Rosie Jones **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj9L_GAK3VU
13) Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7oFTkzqQS4
14) Tall Dark Stranger **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnaOYW-Qhik
15) The Kansas City Song **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3VLjA6hRus
16) Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaEuxkbtYd4
Grade - 2.4
allmusic - 3.0
What Are You Listening To? - Jerome - 29-12-2012
Music Head Wrote:from my library (vinyl)
Only have two Seeger albums I can recall. An essential set plus this one that I think I picked
up from a library sale. It was well played before my aquisition. This is from the Folkways
label so you know it's real folk music. Stripped bare, just Pete and either his banjo or
guitar. Bummer that only three tracks here are Seeger originals. Best for me is Get Up And Go,
a bit of the humorous side. Probably the only well known song here is We Shall Overcome which
became a civil rites anthem of the 60's. Much better as a live sing along, as are most of Petes
songs. These songs are mostly about peace and love and stuff, when what the world needs is some
good war songs.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
Worst Track - To My Old Brown Earth
Best Track - Get Up And Go
1) The Dove ***
2) The Flowers Of Peace **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1lnvhI0uxI
3) Mack The Bomb **
4) From Way Up Here **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVuvoVttBTY
5) Tomorrow's Children **
6) Get Up And Go ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=015y2MY_oSg
7) The New York JD Blues **
8) Coyote, My Little Brother *
9) We Shall Overcome **
10) To My Old Brown Earth *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VHVY8KOzuw
Grade - 2.0
allmusic - 2.4
One War song coming up soon.
What Are You Listening To? - Waylonfan - 29-12-2012
'Luckenbach, Texas,' by the late great Waylon Jennings & anything connected with him! I've seen his YouTube concert videos a trillion times! Heaven didn't know what hit them when the last outlaw got there!