Typophile - Archive through May 04, 2004 - Comments

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boomer — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:59:29 -0700

jfp — Tue, 4 May 2004 06:03:46 -0700

Last CDs bought during a recent trip in Montr

magnus_gaarde — Tue, 4 May 2004 01:53:02 -0700

I woke up today with this song in my head:
"The KKK Took My Baby Away"
So I will definitely listen to that one.
1 2 3 4 The Ramones!!!

And then because the sun is shining today I think I will put on some surf music. The Ventures.

kris — Mon, 3 May 2004 18:06:04 -0700

>No John, Paul, George or Ringo?
>No Sir Elton? No Mr. Clapton?
>No Neil? No Joni?

Ahh, but some were mentioned by me earlier.
What I would like to share is that I think every
country has their own equivalent to these wonderful
musicians. In our case, it is the Mutton Birds, Split
Enz, Mr Dobbyn, Ms Runga and many others. Well,
that's what I reckon anyway. The songs these people
write are infinitely more meanginful to me because
I can feel the ingrained culture in it, it speaks to me
in languages I innately understand. I suspect that
loads of people here feel the same about music
coming from their own culture!

Frank- Don't Fear the Reaper is also an excellent
song by the afformentioned Mutton Birds.

kris.

Frank Jonen — Mon, 3 May 2004 15:46:15 -0700

Crickey! Guess my stuff's little different ;)

Starting with these:
Diana Krall - The Girl in the Other Room
Norah Jones - Come away with me

It goes on with that stuff:
Edguy - Hellfire Club
Doro - Calling the Wild
Nightwish - Century Child

Old stuff, new stuff... ohh I don't really care when music was published

All time favorites would be:
Don't fear The Reaper, by H.I.M.
( If you go away) Ne Me Quitte Pas, by Patricia Kaas

hope that wasn't too shocking to those who met me,
Frank

Stephen Coles — Mon, 3 May 2004 11:03:37 -0700

Kent - Don't worry. Police is still plenty hip.

alyce — Sun, 2 May 2004 12:03:26 -0700

Hey Kent, Well take me to the river and burn down the house! One of the problems I have with music is putting the artist with the music. I've listened to David, Jerry, Tina and Chris without realizing I was listening to David, Jerry, Tina and Chris. (Google is just wonderful for solving a question like this. Search David, Jerry, Tina, Chris and Rock 'N' Roll and you've got your answer.)

Oh, and BTW, Cat definitely belongs on the list too. Good call. Sting too.

And somehow I just forgot all about Motown. Some of them too.

Re Paul and Art: saw the concert in Central Park somewhat recently on PBS and went around with the lyrics to "America" and "I am a Rock" in my head for days.

kentlew — Sun, 2 May 2004 10:12:42 -0700

>No Paul or Art? No James? No Carley?

Alyce, I'm glad to know that I'm not the only dinosaur around. Most of these youngsters are too hip for me.

I must confess that my popular music development was effectively arrested in the late 80s when I lived in an ashram. When I listen to anything with lyrics, it's most likely to be nostalgic. Plenty of James. Cat. Paul & Art.

Or Elvis (C, not P). Sometimes Sting Andy & Stewart. Or even David Jerry Tina & Chris (anyone remember them?).

More often than not, however, it'll be purely instrumental -- Wolfgang, Joseph, Ludwig. Or Antonin, Camille, Sergei.

In the afternoons, maybe Benny, Duke, Dizzy, Monk, Miles, Metheny. Or possibly Weather Report.

What can I say? Hopelessly anachronistic.

-- K.

Eduardo Omine — Sat, 1 May 2004 13:31:14 -0700

Yeah, Wilson.

(nevermind, edited)

alyce — Sat, 1 May 2004 13:06:21 -0700

The Beach Boys remind me of my first date with my college boyfriend. Yes, add Brian to the list. (You do mean Wilson, right?)

Oh, and add Carlos and Phil to the list too. :-)

Eduardo Omine — Sat, 1 May 2004 12:46:40 -0700

What about Brian, Alyce? ;-)

Speaking of music 'dinosaurs', I've been listening to some Rush lately (specially 'Moving Pictures'). And a few weeks ago I finally discovered PIL's 'Second Issue'. The 'Swan Lake' song is just great.

alyce — Sat, 1 May 2004 12:15:02 -0700

Yeah, you know, at the risk of getting myself in more trouble, never a huge Elvis fan. Ditto Bob Dylan. They were huge -- mega-important -- but not my cup of tea.

I am being exposed to some different (newer) music (as well as massive doses of NPR) by my new office mates so perhaps there's hope for me yet.

kennmunk — Sat, 1 May 2004 11:55:58 -0700

You forgot Elvis!
Don't be sorry, it's way better than people saying 'I like all music' .

alyce — Sat, 1 May 2004 11:50:26 -0700

"M. Alyce Barker are you saying that we are 'wrong' for listening to something new(er)?"

Kenn, No. Sorry it read that way. I was teasing -- bashing anyone was not my intent. The happy face and quote marks around rant are supposed to mean I'm not serious; I fully expected to be teased back about being a music dinosaur, which I am.

kennmunk — Sat, 1 May 2004 11:32:37 -0700

M. Alyce Barker are you saying that we are 'wrong' for listening to something new(er)?
I don't have a problem with bashing people's tastes, I do have a problem with bashing people's time.

It's like the earlier thread about the way language is destroyed/deteriorating, language has always been destroyed, the previous generation will always hate the way youngsters use language. And the music they listen to. And the way they dress. And the amount of metal they choose to ram through their bodies.

BTW. I'm listening to 2Raumwohnung 'Kommt zusammen' now.

Archive through May 04, 2004

kennmunk — Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:07:30 -0700

We haven't had one of these in a while...

So what's on your mp3, record or cd-player at the moment?

At my place it's Beck's Odelay while I'm waiting for the new 'The Streets' album.