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RE: What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 07-02-2025

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P!NK  "try this"  cd, 2003

a revisit
another random P!nk pick because i enjoyed the other one
her third
a good rock album, yes, rock
my least favourite of hers
although there is nothing inherently wrong with the album it does lack spark
i guess that comes from the fact that she was under pressure from her label at this time to buckle to their will
she didnt buckle but it shows on the overall sound of the recording
album still rates a decent 2.2 from me which is an excellent score for the weakest album in anyones discography IMO
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

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RE: What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 16-02-2025

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INXS  "listen like thieves"  vinyl 1985

my sister gave me her small vinyl collection a couple of years ago
she has a lot of forgettable music in it, Skatt Bros, Leif Garrett, Bucks Fizz, Kids From Fame, you get the picture...
anyway,
she had this album also,
i own "the swing" and "kick" and do not really like them
always thought of them as a good singles' band and a good live act (when Hutchence was sober) but not much else
so i thought i would give this a spin since MH played it a few days ago in his "my album collection" and gave it an "A" rating.
plus the fact there is a lot of hype surrounding the 40th anniversary release with Giles Martin's new mix of it out later this year.
four big hits on this one, all of which i love, six more tracks not far behind those four in quality and a dumbass instrumental..
a solid album that hits a peak immediately and does not really let up
a surprisingly good album from a band i am not fond of, album rates 2.3 from me or a "B" on MH's latest rating scale
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

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RE: What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 19-02-2025

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NEIL YOUNG  "freedom"  cd,  1989

a revisit
his nineteenth studio album (not counting Stills/Young, CSNY and Buffalo Springfield)
its been a pleasure randomly pick some of his albums this year after having a Neil free Zone the last year and a half
so, 
i put this on in the car and the acoustic version of "rockin in the free world" started and Lynne said "i cant stand his whiney voice"
i guess you either love or loathe him for that reason alone,
anyway, back to the record. a thoroughly enjoyable listen as i excepted it would be because i always loved this album and still do.
love the way he effortlessly flits between, country, pre-grunge grunge, rock and acoustic tracks.
easy on the ears for me (not Lynne LOL), i guess she will determine what gets put in the car later today...
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

blistering live version from SNL before they became all woke and political





RE: What Are You Listening To? - JeromeD - 19-02-2025

This does not really fit in this category but then again it does not really fit in any category. Diana Krall's moving tribute to Neil Armstrong at his funeral service. Excellent choice of music.

https://youtu.be/UITwhy5-Vas?si=WmWAK-r9l9WHByaq

RE: What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 24-02-2025

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THE JAM  "setting sons"  cd/vinyl 1979

a revist
their fourth of six, i obviously own them all
played as a tribute to drummer Rick Buckler's death earlier in the week
a solid rock album here
album was supposed to be a concept album about three school friends who to war and how it changed them upon their return.
however studio and contractual time restraints put an end to that, there are however half a dozen songs from that concept that did make the album.
nothing bad on here and would rate pretty close to a love score ie: 2.2-2.3
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

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such mature lyrics about life from a 20 year old.

Closer than close
You see yourself
A mirrored image
Of what you wanted to be
As each day goes by
A little more
You can't remember
What it was you wanted, anyway
The fingers feel the lines
They prod the space
Your ageing face
The face that once was so beautiful
Is still there, but unrecognisable
Private Hell
Private Hell.

The man that you once loved
Is bald and fat
And seldom in
Working late as usual
Your interest has waned
You feel the strain
The bed springs snap
On the occasions he lies upon you
Close your eyes and think of nothing but
Private Hell
Private Hell.

Think of Emma
Wonder what she's doing
Her husband, Terry
And your grandchildren
Think of Edward
Still at college
You send him letters
Which he doesn't acknowledge
'Cause he don't care
They don't care
'Cause they're all going through their own
Private Hell
Private Hell.

The morning slips away
In a Valium haze
And catalogues
And numerous cups of coffee
In the afternoon
The weekly food
Is put in bags
As you float off down the High Street
The shop windows reflect
Play a nameless host
To a closet ghost
A picture of your fantasy
A victim of your misery and
Private Hell
Private Hell.

Think of Emma
Wonder what she's doing
Her husband, Terry
And your grandchildren
Think of Edward
Still at college
You send him letters
Which he doesn't acknowledge
'Cause he don't care
They don't care
'Cause they're all going through their own
Private Hell
Private Hell.

Alone at 6 o'clock
You drop a cup
You see it smash
Inside you crack
You can't go on
But you sweep it up
Safe at last inside your
Private Hell

RE: What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 25-02-2025

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STEPHEN STILLS  "stills"  vinyl 1975

his fifth solo album
picked up in a second hand vinyl store a couple of weeks ago and finally gave it a couple of spins
not a bad album, obviously not in the same league as his debut solo album .
nothing bad on it and a couple of tracks i love
loved his cover of Neil Young's "new mama" and the one i will link
album would rank 2.1 for me
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

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RE: What Are You Listening To? - JeromeD - 03-03-2025

Some of these tribute bands are becoming really, really good. Hell, they are even starting to LOOK like the original members.

A fantastic take on 'Sara', which incidentally Stevie Nicks once claimed that the lyrics were inspired by doing ballet in a mirrored room, with a Russian teacher, while listening to Jean Michel Jarre's 'Oxygene'. (according to Wiki anyway).

https://youtu.be/TeLC48nFc3Q?si=NB_mEPb5Mo-4UtKr

I can listen to this song all day and never get tired of it.

RE: What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 09-03-2025

(15-10-2016, 04:28)Jerome Wrote: I never really got that album cover??? A nice picture but as a choice for an album cover?

^^
this was in reference to the cover of Paul McCartney's debut solo album titled "McCartney"

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so i have found the answer to a possible meaning behind the cover art Jerome...

while it maybe not a definitive answer Jerome but one i found quite interesting and highly plausible with McCartney's cryptic nature:

so the cover depicts cherries and a bowl, 
"life is a bowl of cherries" is a common phrase in the North of England meaning 'life is dandy',
with the cherries spilled out and juice in the bowl it means that "the life has been squeezed out of them".

i suspect this is how McCartney probably felt around that time with the implosion that was the break up of the Beatles with the negativity he received from the media at the time and looming legal processes between himself and the other three Beatles.

RE: What Are You Listening To? - JeromeD - 09-03-2025

Thx for that Crazy. I never could figure it out. But maybe your description is correct. You have a far better understanding of his music than I do. Did McCartney have anything to say about the cover at all? Just a thought.

RE: What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 09-03-2025

as far as i am aware, no.