OT: Whatcha Listening To?

[Bluenote13]

You want to hear some REALLY deep Toto cuts? Check out the album "Outside Inside" by The Tubes. The record company lost patience with The Tubes not having a hit and basically hired Toto to write and record the record. The only members of The Tubes playing on that record are the drummer and lead singer. The rest of it is Toto.

Love the Tubes !

I became a big fan after seeing Fee Waybill's over the top but awesomely funny take in "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains !". This was actress Diane Lane's first starring role and a great, although campy at times look at the early punk scene in the US. The White Stripes also stole their whole red and white thing from this flick.

The Toto guys also played on the album before that too, though not as extensively, and both were produced by Earth Wind and Fires David Foster.

 

[Matt Rentfree]

Love the Tubes !

I became a big fan after seeing Fee Waybill's over the top but awesomely funny take in "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains !". This was actress Diane Lane's first starring role and a great, although campy at times look at the early punk scene in the US. The White Stripes also stole their whole red and white thing from this flick.

The Toto guys also played on the album before that too, though not as extensively, and both were produced by Earth Wind and Fires David Foster.

Amazing how times have changed. The early Tubes live shows were labelled X rated. Today those shows wouldn't even be a blip on the radar.

 

[Bluenote13]

Unfortunately, I was just listening to this.....

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

In the Kanye mood

Spinning (well, streaming) some Yeezus and 808s

 

[Jauffre]

Do we trade Kreids? Make up your minds.

 

[chosen]

Love the Tubes !

I became a big fan after seeing Fee Waybill's over the top but awesomely funny take in "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains !". This was actress Diane Lane's first starring role and a great, although campy at times look at the early punk scene in the US. The White Stripes also stole their whole red and white thing from this flick.

The Toto guys also played on the album before that too, though not as extensively, and both were produced by Earth Wind and Fires David Foster.

Or a baby's arm holding an apple.

 

[MyLoveIsBlue]

 

[rangers1314]

Anyone else pumped for the new Hold Steady album?

 

[Bluenote13]

 

[Unusual Suspect]

Best band in America right now.
One of the very best songwriters EVER.
IMHO.
I'm 60, I don't listen to ANY mainstream country, and I don't obsess over music anymore. Except maybe for Jason Isbell.

 

[eco's bones]

delete.

 

[aufheben]

Probably not mentioned as often as other Talking Heads albums (I guess because of Stop Making Sense...) I don't usually enjoy live albums a ton, I guess I consider the recording process and production part of the music, but anyway, the double live album The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads is one of my favorites*. f***in' love this song.



*struggling to even think of many others at the moment

 

[MyLoveIsBlue]

 

[chosen]

Probably not mentioned as often as other Talking Heads albums (I guess because of Stop Making Sense...) I don't usually enjoy live albums a ton, I guess I consider the recording process and production part of the music, but anyway, the double live album The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads is one of my favorites*. ****in' love this song.



*struggling to even think of many others at the moment

My favorite album by them remains More Songs About Buildings and Food.

 

[MyLoveIsBlue]

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Binging early Springsteen. Pre-Darkness. Incident on 57 Street is a fav.

 

[aufheben]

My favorite album by them remains More Songs About Buildings and Food.

I think it absolutely has more charm, right from the title, than Fear of Music and Remain in Light put together. Fear of Music is a mission... wild, manic, end-of-the-world dance music. Crazy. Everything about it is just f***ing crazy. I'm imaging people dancing in a club to "Life During Wartime," without really processing the lyrics, haha, although there's a ton of Talking Heads songs like that. Remain in Light... I mean Remain in Light is one of those albums your ears command you to turn on solely because it sounds so amazing.

I get it though (as best as a Millennial can, anyway.) More Songs About Buildings and Food has several of my favorite songs by the band (see above.) Favorite? Maybe. It is definitely the one I've listened to the most, so yeah I guess by default it is my favorite. Personally, having grown up during the late-1990s/early-2000s, the fact that you can say to me "Take me to the river..." and my first thought is "...Talking Heads," and not "...Big Mouth f***in' Billy Bass," is astoundingly impressive.

Honestly I feel kind of lame giving my opinions on such classic albums that were recorded and released a decade before I was even born. I don't know how you guys who lived through it wrapped your heads around bands like this at the time.

Other than Talking Heads, this summer has been the Fall, Deafheaven, the Kinks, and Jawbreaker. There is definitely enough material and loose-screws between the Kinks/Fall/Talking Heads to keep one occupied for months at a time. Deafheaven is basically how I wish all metal bands sounded. They're one of the only bands tied even loosely to the metal genre that makes any sense to me at all. I saw them on Halloween and they just tore the place down.

Edit: just accidentally put on Bandwagonesque, so the bands above are gonna have to squeeze together for the time being.

 

[Good Intentions]

 

[chosen]

I think it absolutely has more charm, right from the title, than Fear of Music and Remain in Light put together. Fear of Music is a mission... wild, manic, end-of-the-world dance music. Crazy. Everything about it is just ****ing crazy. I'm imaging people dancing in a club to "Life During Wartime," without really processing the lyrics, haha, although there's a ton of Talking Heads songs like that. Remain in Light... I mean Remain in Light is one of those albums your ears command you to turn on solely because it sounds so amazing.

I get it though (as best as a Millennial can, anyway.) More Songs About Buildings and Food has several of my favorite songs by the band (see above.) Favorite? Maybe. It is definitely the one I've listened to the most, so yeah I guess by default it is my favorite. Personally, having grown up during the late-1990s/early-2000s, the fact that you can say to me "Take me to the river..." and my first thought is "...Talking Heads," and not "...Big Mouth ****in' Billy Bass," is astoundingly impressive.

Honestly I feel kind of lame giving my opinions on such classic albums that were recorded and released a decade before I was even born. I don't know how you guys who lived through it wrapped your heads around bands like this at the time.

Other than Talking Heads, this summer has been the Fall, Deafheaven, the Kinks, and Jawbreaker. There is definitely enough material and loose-screws between the Kinks/Fall/Talking Heads to keep one occupied for months at a time. Deafheaven is basically how I wish all metal bands sounded. They're one of the only bands tied even loosely to the metal genre that makes any sense to me at all. I saw them on Halloween and they just tore the place down.

Edit: just accidentally put on Bandwagonesque, so the bands above are gonna have to squeeze together for the time being.

 

[CaptTennille]

A buddy of mine asked me the other day: "Who do you think is the better band, The Cars or Cheap Trick?"

I said it was a tough choice, but I'd have to ultimately go with Cheap Trick.

He looked at me like I had six heads and proceeded to explain how I was wrong, and how Elliot Easton is a way better guitar player than Rick Nielsen and how they basically laid the ground work for new wave yadda yadda etc.

So I'll ask here,

Who is the better band: The Cars or Cheap Trick?

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

A buddy of mine asked me the other day: "Who do you think is the better band, The Cars or Cheap Trick?"

I said it was a tough choice, but I'd have to ultimately go with Cheap Trick.

He looked at me like I had six heads and proceeded to explain how I was wrong, and how Elliot Easton is a way better guitar player than Rick Nielsen and how they basically laid the ground work for new wave yadda yadda etc.

So I'll ask here,

Who is the better band: The Cars or Cheap Trick?

Big Cars fan. So I say The Cars.

 

[Bluenote13]

I'm a fan of both of those bands, and when I was in a band we covered a cheap trick song but I'd have to go with the cars I think they were a little ahead of their time.

 

[aufheben]

Watching some Talking Heads videos on YouTube, came across this in the comments. One of the funniest things I've ever heard.

“He (David Byrne)’s a genuine eccentric. He’s always been exactly like that, and I’ve seen him remain like that in quite extreme situations. For instance, we were mugged together once in New York. It was quite frightening; we were mugged by 14 people. My enduring memory is of David being dragged off into the bushes, saying ‘Uh-oh!’ That’s absolutely true; it was like a cartoon scene.” — Brian Eno

 

[egelband]

Binging early Springsteen. Pre-Darkness. Incident on 57 Street is a fav.

That Asbury Park album. I can and do listen to it frequently. It never disappoints.

 

[egelband]

A buddy of mine asked me the other day: "Who do you think is the better band, The Cars or Cheap Trick?"

I said it was a tough choice, but I'd have to ultimately go with Cheap Trick.

He looked at me like I had six heads and proceeded to explain how I was wrong, and how Elliot Easton is a way better guitar player than Rick Nielsen and how they basically laid the ground work for new wave yadda yadda etc.

So I'll ask here,

Who is the better band: The Cars or Cheap Trick?

I don't see those two bands as particularly comparable. Aside from being contemporary and pop.
I can't even think of a comparable for the Cars. They're unique. Cheap Trick - I'm not a huge fan - but their well-known stuff sounds to me like...budget Weezer. I appreciate that I'm probably missing out on their value though.