August 2003: Your Favourites.

[Cylob]

What are your favourites this month??? 4 days in and already in the deep end.

Egoexpress - Weiter (With Dirk Lotzow)
W.I.T. - Just What I Needed
Water Lilly & St Plomb - Shake a Leg
DMX Krew - Cats on Mars (Remix)
W.I.T. - Boys Club
2Khz - Bad Girls Go to Hell
Legowelt - Haywire
Ellen Allien - Berlinette (album)
Slam (Feat Dot Allison) - Vision
Tok Tok Vs Soffy O - Sid

[ShyShy]

Maroon 5: Harder to Breathe
Lumidee: Break Away
Train: Calling All Angels

and i need to check out Dave Gahan's new solo stuff, caught part of a new video today. anyone else heard it yet???

[Cylob]

Dave Gahan's done solo work??? It'd be interesting to hear.

[ShyShy]

i actually read an article about his up-coming solo album at MTV.com. and like i said i only caught part of his new video on MTV2, and surprise of all surprises, when videos or commercial weren't on, they would show an interview done with him. and from what i heard during the video, it sounds promising.

[taylormemer]

Well mines a bit the same as last months but anyway.
SlipKnoT - Iowa
SlipKnoT - Purity
Tool - Sober
Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Black Sabbath - Tomorrows Dream
SlipKnoT - Gently
Thats about it.

[Mr Jones]

Originally posted by ShyShy


and i need to check out Dave Gahan's new solo stuff, caught part of a new video today. anyone else heard it yet???

I downloaded "Paper Monsters" a few weeks back, some of it is ok, some of it is not quite as good, it try to not sound like Depeche Mode, but it just can't help it in some places.

The single that was released was ok, but don't be decieved, the single is a different sound to the rest of the album

All in all, not bad for a first solo effort, but nothing stella.


The only thing I've been catching up on this last week..

Got back into the Pixies, havn't listend to them for a long long time, and been listening to a lot of Johnny Cash, in particular his last release, "American IV:the man comes around", stella stuff, a part cover/part original tracks album, magical, his voice is still so powerful after all these years.

Highlights, the title track, just outstanding and Hurt , a cover of the Nine Inch Nails track (check out the video if you get a chance)

Also while talking abotu DM, check out Johnnys cover of Personal Jesus off American IV, the song could have been written for him.

[OutlawJim]

Bon Jovi -- 99 In The Shade (New Jersey)
Bon Jovi -- Living In Sin (New Jersey)
Alanis Morissette -- Unsent (Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie)
Michelle Branch -- Are You Happy Now? (Hotel Paper)
Sting -- Mad About You (All This Time)

[dylman]

Chemical Brothers - The Golden Path - A large departure for them, but it's a grower.

Death In Vegas - Girls - Makes me dance about like a loon.

Underworld - Cowgirl (Bedrock mix) - See above.

Syntax - Pray - Imagine if Chris Rea discovered techno. Ace.

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah - One of the greatest covers of all time. This will be played at my funeral. And my wedding. And many points inbetween.

[Namelessv1]

Staind - Price to Play
Our Lady Peace - Sorry
Rage Against the Machine - Mic Check
Static X - Black and White
Korn - Did My Time

[ShyShy]

Originally posted by Mr Jones
The single that was released was ok, but don't be decieved, the single is a different sound to the rest of the album

All in all, not bad for a first solo effort, but nothing stella.

Also while talking abotu DM, check out Johnnys cover of Personal Jesus off American IV, the song could have been written for him.

damn, so what is good on Dave's album? and who's Johnny???? ooooo... wait, it would help if i read all of your last sentence...:rolleyes:

[Merlin]

Van Halen - Van Halen (especially the track Runnin' With The Devil, which I utterly adore)
Originally posted by Cylob
Dave Gahan's done solo work??? It'd be interesting to hear.
Yeah, but it's mediocre. Mr Depeche Mode is lost without the others. Better than John Squire's solo efforts though (why doesn't he just reform the Stone Roses and be done with it? :p).

[Cylob]

Dave Gahan's at the bottom of the ream anyway.

I can't see the Roses reforming Merlin, they'd just kill each other. Picture it - Mani's hands would be round Squire's throat, Squires hands around Brown's throat, Brown's hands around Mani's throat. Their idea of a group hug.

[ShyShy]

hmmm, who and what are the Stone Roses??? damn, i always seem to miss out.

[randman]

I'm just discovering Grandaddy. (Late as usual.) I like their sound.

[Cylob]

Slaps for you ShyShy. You must've heard of the Stone Roses (circa 89-94) - they helped usher in Madchester. Their debut is considered (in Britain) as THE greatest record of the 80's.

[ShyShy]

well the years explain everything... i got stuck in texas during that time. i went thru a musical drought during most of that time.

[Pixelcraft]

otherworld - hurry (that song is pumped!)

p.o.d - youth of the nation

staind - outside

alice in chains - rooster

linkin park - faint

godsmack - I stand alone

p.o.d - sleeping awake

linkin park - session

rob dougan - furious angels

[Mr Jones]

Originally posted by Cylob
You must've heard of the Stone Roses (circa 89-94) - they helped usher in Madchester.

I lived in Manchester at the time, what an era to live in , loads of floppy haired, baggy trousered, hat wearing, spliffed out loons wandering the streets like some kind of "care in the community" rejects.

The music was sound, the following that sprang out of it, left much to be desired.

You can still see the occasional roses fan still wandering the streets, trying to recapture the past :p

[ripe]

Originally posted by Cylob
I can't see the Roses reforming Merlin, they'd just kill each other. Picture it - Mani's hands would be round Squire's throat, Squires hands around Brown's throat, Brown's hands around Mani's throat. Their idea of a group hug.
Never gonna happen. Besides, chances are it would be a disaster.

Mani pretty much holds no grudges against the other members, but he's in the Scream, he doesn't need to reform the Stone Roses.

Brown and Squire, regardless of whether they could put there old differences behind them, are musically miles apart now. Difficult to imagine them meeting in the middle. I really like Brownies solo stuff, saw two gigs last year. Squires solo album I'm not so keen on.

Reni is totally out of the picture. He has a new band 'The Rub' and he plays lead guitar. He don't play drums anymore, (which is perhaps the saddest part of all this) :(

[Cylob]

Originally posted by Mr Jones
You can still see the occasional roses fan still wandering the streets, trying to recapture the past :p

That would be me.:cry:

[ripe]

heh, me also :D

Originally posted by Mr Jones
floppy haired, baggy trousered, hat wearing, spliffed out loons that'll be me too. But you say that like it's a bad thing :confused: ;)


/goes off to listen to Stone Roses' Stand Still (Tokyo 1989 Live)

[Merlin]

Originally posted by ripe
Never gonna happen. Besides, chances are it would be a disaster
Don't make me post the dictionary.com definition of 'joke' ;)

[ripe]

Why not??
I'm always up for learning new words...
:weird: :D

but, I was responding more to Cylob's joke that they'd all be at each other's throats.
Anyway, we all know it won't happen, but it's still interesting in a 'what if?' kinda way...

[Mattress]

Isn't it a bit early for august favorites?
This is what I've listened to in the past 5 days:
Cafe Del Mar volume 1
Cafe Del Mar volume 2
BT - Rare and Remixed disc 1
Paul van Dyk - Global

[Shenlong]

Metallica - King Nothing
Metallica - My World
Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days
Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade
KoRn - Did My Time
Tool - H.
Linkin Park - Hit The Floor
Linkin Park - Faint

[Cylob]

Originally posted by Mattress
Isn't it a bit early for august favorites?


It depends on the volume of music you consume - I'm a music-consumption machine (floppy haired, baggy trousered, hat wearing, spliffed out). Besides, you can add to the thread whenever, observe....

Miss Kittin - Radio Caroline (album)
Juliana Hatfield - Choose Drugs
Dan Hartman - Relight My Fire
Scratch Massive - Seeing Is Believing (David Carretta Remix)

[Mattress]

I guess your definition of favourites and mine are a bit different.

[taylormemer]

Adding one to my list.
SlipknoT - Disasterpiece, i listen to that alot now.

[Cylob]

Adding:

Siouxsie & the Banshees - Little Sister
Skinny - Failure
Skinny - On a Beautiful Day
Prance - Sexy Mind
Cosmo Vitelli - Party Day
Sampler - The Greatest Hit
Soviet - Circuit Love
Donna Regina - Why
Akufen - Psychometry

[Mr_007]

My like all!

[Mattress]

BT - Emotional Technology, hasn't left my cd player since I got it on Friday.

[Cylob]

Adding:

Sven Vath - Design Music
The Shamen - Phorever People
Richard Cheese - Insane in the Brain (cheers to zootm for that)

[Cylob]

The list continues.........
BT - Emotional Technology (album). Cheers Mattress. Maybe trance has finally evolved! It had to happen one day (it was long long long overdue).

[Merlin]

Hell yeah, it certainly was. Five years of the same, I make it. I might have to look in to that album.

[Mattress]

Seriously it is awesome. :up:

[ShyShy]

Originally posted by Cylob
The list continues.........
BT - Emotional Technology (album). Cheers Mattress. Maybe trance has finally evolved! It had to happen one day (it was long long long overdue).


hmmm, since Cylob and i have about the same feelings regarding trance, i'll just have to check this one out. good job Mattress on reeling us in!:D

[Cylob]

Originally posted by ShyShy
hmmm, since Cylob and i have about the same feelings regarding trance, i'll just have to check this one out.

We do?:weird: Alright then. Adding:

Placebo - Special Needs
Longwave - The Strangest Things (album)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf700/f799/f79913eef61.jpg

Atmospheric guitars to offset all that trance/electroclash. All I need now is something retro. Ummmmmmmmmmmmm, tap tap.

[Cylob]

3 more albums:

Broadcast - Haha Sound
Miss Universum - Selfelected
Lydia Lunch - Queen of Siam

That's about half a dozen good albums this month. Not bad.:)

[oNaMiSsIo]

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture

HA! I'm probably the first person to post classical music :D ;)

[taylormemer]

Recently I have been listening to alot od SlipKnoT and I have no idea why. I have managed to add some Nirvana, Murderdolls and System Of A Down to my favourites. Linkin Park is also in there.

Albums for SlipKnoT
Iowa
People = Shit*
Disasterpiece*
My Plague*
The Heretic Anthem*
Gently*
The Shape*
Skin Ticket*
Iowa*
SlipKnoT S/T
(sic)*
Purity*
Scissors*
Prosthetics*
Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat.
SlipKnoT*
Gently*

System
ADD,Toxicity,Mr. Jack,Chop Suey.
Nirvana
InBloom, Smells Like Teen Spirit(I think everyone likes that one) and Dumb.
Murderdolls
197666, Die My Bride, Dawn Of The Dead, Twist My Sister and Slit My Wrists.
I have also been listening to some Linkin Park, the only one of any significance to me would be Somewhere I Belong. I dont like LP that much simply because they have this rap sense in there singing which i dont like.
Last but not least, Atmo's songs. I downloaded some of Atmo's songs which you can find in his "Give Your Subwoofer A Work Out" thread here in Music 'O' Rama.
Sadness and Ether, I listen to on a regular basis. Those are definitly some of my favs.

Thats it for now, I might add more later.

[Cylob]

I've seen Xerxes post classical (however, not in the favourites of the month thread). I didn't know Tchaikovsky's middle name was Ilyich - you learn something every day! Did you know there's no star birth in eliptical galaxies - there's no loose matter floating around (no nebulas). This is because the actual space in elipticals can be white hot, smashing dust particals before they get a chance to gather. The stars are mostley between 10-14 billion years old.

[taylormemer]

Well there you go, I thought I had a good understanding of eliptical galexies. you learn something everyday.

[Cylob]

Last week I manned our Queen Street office, it's just one desk and a PC (no one to talk to). The PC was down, so I ended up reading a book on the universe (left by the book club). FOR 4 FUCKING HOURS!!!!!!

There's nothing I don't know about galaxies.

[taylormemer]

Fair enough. lol.

[ShyShy]

adding on to my list

Single: Lumidee's "Break Away"
Album: Silverchair's "Frogstomp" btw... one of the cd's stolen, so, by cough*downloading*cough the album, it's like hearing for the first time again.

[Cylob]

I have Frogstomp but I haven't had time to air it yet (embarrassment of riches and all that). Maybe one day I'll click on it (probably by accident - 'Silverchair' is next to 'Silverfish'.

[taylormemer]

Silverchair i think is one of the greatest bands, for some reason they remind me of Nirvana.

[Cylob]

Yeah, I'd put them in the grunge camp as well. Aren't they from down under Taylor? I'm into grunge circa 91-92, but albums after that seem to have passed me by.

[taylormemer]

Yes they are from Australia Cylob.

[Cylob]

Blank & Jones - Future Trance, Vol 2. Not party music, more like 'getting ready to party'. Funny how you can discover a trance act via The Cure.

[ShyShy]

i'm very impressed with how Blank & Jones did "Forest", so i'll definitely be checking out your latest recommendation :)

[Cylob]

I didn't find their remdition of Forest A+, more like C+. But it's hard to remix any track that's total class in the first place (I'm sure you agree).

Have you heard their remix of Pet Shop Boys/Home and Dry? More like A+.

[ShyShy]

well, i found it hard to believe that anyone could remix any Cure song with a trance flavor, so, with what they had i was impressed.

gawd... what would i ever do without you, Cylob??? no i haven't seen that remix of "Home and Dry" yet, must take a looksie!

[Cylob]

Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong
Pet Shop Boys - Rent (Francois K Mix)
Markus Nicolai - Bushes
Placebo - Speacial Needs
Ladytron - Seventeen (Droyd Mix)

[Twilightseer]

Fave album for this month is "Happy Songs For Happy People" by Mogwai. This band is awesome.

[Twilightseer]

Originally posted by ShyShy
well, i found it hard to believe that anyone could remix any Cure song with a trance flavor, so, with what they had i was impressed.

Well, most remixes suck when it comes to Cure songs, according to me, it's quite hard to remix rock songs but it definitely shows with the Cure. Hell, look at what William Orbit (whom I like, though) did to Inbetween Days on the Mixed Up album. So yes, the Blank and Jones version seems even better than it is because of that :)

[Cylob]

Originally posted by Twilightseer
Fave album for this month is "Happy Songs For Happy People" by Mogwai. This band is awesome.

I almost bought a Mogwai CD in ’98, but I was put off by their name and appearance (ugly bastards). Never made it as far as the music. WHat does Mogwai mean anyway?

[Twilightseer]

"Mogwai" I think is an entirely made-up name. It was used in the "Gremlins" movie : it's the name of that plush-like animal that turns into a gremlin if fed after midnight...

If you are to get Mogwai stuff, I strongly recommend the latest two albums "Rock Action" and "Happy Songs For Happy People" : wonderful instrumental (sometimes sung) rock with strings and guitars.
I'm not to fond of "Come On Die Young", considered as their masterpiece (kind of heavy instrumental rock anthems)

:)

[Cylob]

Originally posted by Twilightseer
"Mogwai" I think is an entirely made-up name. It was used in the "Gremlins" movie : it's the name of that plush-like animal that turns into a gremlin if fed after midnight...


Figures, as they resemble gremlins. Anyway thanks for the tip, first albums can be critical.

[Cylob]

Adding to my (now) lengthy list:
The Kills - Keep on Your Mean Side
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf800/f823/f82311y72ox.jpg

Nice. Similar in style to BRMC, Raveonettes, Jesus & Mary Chain.

[Twilightseer]

Read some very good reviews about the Kills, will check the out :)

[Cylob]

Good to hear it. I'm checking out Mogwai (sampling phase).