What have you been listening to?

[crimsonwarlock]

Genesis no and Rush never in a million years .

Heresy I say, absolute heresy

Rush is my absolute number one, closely followed by Saga, also from Canada

[plaamook]

Dunno how many classical Indian fans are out there but this raga slams so had at the end...it's one of three that I know of that afterwards I can't listen to anything else for a few min because it's just too complete.

Side note...if you aren't familiar with ragas generally...don't just try to skip to the end because it won't make sense. They don't work like that.

[robussc]

Heresy I say, absolute heresy

Rush is my absolute number one, closely followed by Saga, also from Canada

Haha, I could listen to maybe 30 seconds of that and had to stop. Just not my thing at all. It would be fun to see some music mind maps for people here. I guess prog rock would be on the periphery for me.

[dvdrtldg]

Genesis no and Rush never in a million years .

Heresy I say, absolute heresy

It’s amazing how wildly prog swings between great and terrible. I sometimes listen to an internet radio station called Krautrock World, they play a lot of 70s prog (not just German) and it’s some of the the best & the worst music I’ve ever heard in my life. I can’t stand Genesis, but in recent years I’ve come around to Rush

[crimsonwarlock]

It’s amazing how wildly prog swings between great and terrible. I sometimes listen to an internet radio station called Krautrock World, they play a lot of 70s prog (not just German) and it’s some of the the best & the worst music I’ve ever heard in my life. I can’t stand Genesis, but in recent years I’ve come around to Rush

Rush is an acquired taste, I admit. I got introduced to them during the Power Windows album. It took a while for me, too, to warm to their earlier material. But I do have their full catalog on CD and it's one of my prize possessions

Most people know Genesis from their singles that got into the charts and got a lot of airplay. I don't have a problem with those songs, but it's definitely not progrock. Their older work, however, is up there with the best tmo. When Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett left the band, they took the prog with them.

[rorystorm]

went and got my hair cut today. Here's a life tip, if you have a beard, go to Middle Eastern barber. Seriously, the guy I saw today is the product of several millennia of beard trimming technique. I look fg great. When my ancestors were living in caves and getting all excited about the fact they put a handprint on the cave wall, his were building palaces and I dunno, inventing inventing taxes and cuneiform writing and irrigation and civilisation.

Anyway, he was also playing this absolutely wild Syrian pop music from, I think, the 60s? There was one track that had a pipe organ solo and a section stolen straight from I Danced All Night from My Fair Lady. I couldn't tell you what any of it was but a bit of a youtube search turned this up which is pretty representative although apparently from Lebanon.

[rorystorm]

and THEN I went to the supermarket and they were playing the Lemonheads. All in all a very strange day musically.

[dvdrtldg]

Most people know Genesis from their singles that got into the charts and got a lot of airplay. I don't have a problem with those songs, but it's definitely not progrock. Their older work, however, is up there with the best tmo. When Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett left the band, they took the prog with them.

Back in the day, the first one of my mates to get a car was a huge prog fan. So there was a period of time where if we went anywhere, it was in his car. And if we were in his car, we listened to his music. High rotation albums included Foxtrot and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. He was also heavily into Yes, as well as stuff like Jethro Tull’s A Passion Play. It was a difficult time

[crimsonwarlock]

He was also heavily into Yes...

My feelings about Yes should be clear from the info under my username

But I know that, as a rock-oriented musician, I'm in the minority here

[jappe]

Challism, you shock me! Such eclectic tastes and yet TD is a new discovery?! Tangram was a life changing album for me. Bought it at a record store around 1980 based on the cover alone (IIRC )

https://youtu.be/iQpAJUZeIAY


The intro sequence took me on a journey I’ve never returned from.

I've had plenty blind spots throughout the years too. It's fun to eventually find those gems hidden in plain sight.
I found TD in the 80's, stunned by the electronic soundscapes.
Tangram was one of my favorites since then.
I got to see them live a few times before Edgar Froese passed; Shepherds Bush Empire, Franziskanerkirche, Tempodrom, Tivoli.

They're still on tour:
https://www.tangerinedreammusic.com/en/ ... /index.asp

[selig]

Can we agree that this is the new Beck?

CTE - Local boys made good! My buddy recorded their first record (with No Rest for the Wicked) in his basement studio. I remember meeting them and loving the energy during that session (I was just a visitor on that project). This track is a classic IMO!

[dvdrtldg]

Can we agree that this is the new Beck?

Too soon. Didn't we only just get rid of the old Beck?

[rorystorm]

just listened to the new PJ Harvey album. The songs mostly don't have much of a melody and seems to start in the middle and finish before they're supposed to, her singing is, kindly, out of tune, a lot, you can't hear most of the lyrics and what you can hear is either about farm animals or quotes from old Elvis songs, there's a bunch of samples that don't make any sense in the context they're used in, and really it's a mess.

And also a completely heartbreaking work of genius and she is amazing.

[fullforce]

just listened to the new PJ Harvey album. The songs mostly don't have much of a melody and seems to start in the middle and finish before they're supposed to, her singing is, kindly, out of tune, a lot, you can't hear most of the lyrics and what you can hear is either about farm animals or quotes from old Elvis songs, there's a bunch of samples that don't make any sense in the context they're used in, and really it's a mess.

And also a completely heartbreaking work of genius and she is amazing.

That sounds interesting.

[Neo]

Human Tetris
https://www.facebook.com/humantetrismoscow

[crimsonwarlock]

[choomanching]

a lot of synthwave actually prism and wolf club i really like lately

[muckmclane]

[Aosta]

[robussc]

Just relistened to Blondie’s Eat to the Beat from 1979 (for the first time since the 80s!) and it seems like a real step backwards from the song writing and production excellence of Parallel Lines. The songs are weak (for the most part) and the production makes it sound like it was recorded in the studio bathroom, really hollow/boxy reverb.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI6k ... C7oBBMbj5p

[dvdrtldg]

Just relistened to Blondie’s Eat to the Beat from 1979 (for the first time since the 80s!) and it seems like a real step backwards from the song writing and production excellence of Parallel Lines. The songs are weak (for the most part) and the production makes it sound like it was recorded in the studio bathroom, really hollow/boxy reverb.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI6k ... C7oBBMbj5p

Yep, I love Blondie but have never really loved that album and the production is a big part of the problem. To my ears, it anticipates a really bad period in music production generally. People can be very nostalgic about the 80s and certain 80s sounds (gated reverb on the snare!) but I spent a good part of the 80s wondering what the fuck was happening in studios to make everything sound so weak and flat and tinny. There are quite a few 80s bands that I feel I should like, but can't get past their horrible-sounding recordings (e.g. The Smiths)

[rorystorm]

Playing a lovely dub techno record

[rorystorm]

And then this, a fantastic compilation of artists from my old home town of Dunedin in New Zealand. I'm quite honored to be on it.

http://www.otepotimusic.com/2023/08/dun ... 8L04As&m=1

[miyaru]

For the sake and love of 90ties music.....

[miyaru]

Genesis no and Rush never in a million years .

Heresy I say, absolute heresy

Rush is my absolute number one, closely followed by Saga, also from Canada
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For me, technally, the best band in the world is Rush too, seen them once in Rotterdam 2004 with the R30 tour, by far the best I have ever seen….