Today, I have mostly been listening to ...

dindude · January 2015

I don't musically trust anyone who doesn't appreciate at least some Velvet Underground.

dogload · January 2015

I have to agree- it's easy to rubbish Lou Reed's solo work (certainly post-Coney Island Baby) but The Velvet Underground shouldn't be written off.

Even some of the later, Doug Yule stuff was OK, but the first albums (with John Cale) are brilliant.

thumpingrug · January 2015

dogload said:

I have to agree- it's easy to rubbish Lou Reed's solo work (certainly post-Coney Island Baby) but The Velvet Underground shouldn't be written off.

Even some of the later, Doug Yule stuff was OK, but the first albums (with John Cale) are brilliant.

Woooo! there. Im not dissing the VU work, just saying I can't get into it. Its been a while since i gave any of it a serious listen and perhaps now is the time to go back and have another look.

DulcetJones · January 2015

"Best of Muddy Waters" (no relation.....to Roger) Bargain bin CD I picked up for cheap years ago of some of his early stuff. A breath of fresh air in these tech heavy busy days.

Budgie · January 2015

Quite a bit of Pharaoh Overlord - this is ace (by Circle) -

dogload · January 2015

Cool. I like a bit of Pharaoh Overlord, although I have to say I preferred Circle. All that trancy Krautrock stuff. Great video here. I think I'm gonna have to dig out a bit more. Well done @Budgie!

Edit:

Just been checking it out, and it appears that Circle are back as the metal version of Pharaoh Overlord... or have Pharaoh Overlord just given over the metal duties to Circle? Awfully confusing.

JAYJO · January 2015

Octahedron said:

TTony said:

thumpingrug said:

Lou Reed - New York. Great tunes.

Best thing he'd done since .... errmmmmm ..... ummmmmmm .....

Ok.

Best thing he'd done. Apart from Street Hassle (track, not album).

Lou Reed... Sigh. I'm going to open up the floor. Here's your chance to prove to me that Lou Reed has done something worth hearing. I'd heard of Lou Reed before. I'd avoided Lou Reed before because my father told me he was "shit". Fair enough, each to their own. I was young then. Then I heard the Metallica + Lou Reed album and that was shit. It really was. They don't even have copies of it in shops here anymore that's how truly diabolical and abysmal it was. So. Come on. Let's try and turn this thing around?

Transformer iis a Great album imo .
Satellite of love
Vicious
Hangin Round
Wagon Wheel
Make up is ace!
NYC MAN isnt bad either.
I wanna be black
Sweet Jane
Rock n Roll
White light white heat
Caroline says
Ill be your Mirror
Shooting star.
Im waiting for the man.
(Some of these may be velvet underground tunes its a mix album and has live stuff on it) Takes a few listens but worth it imo.

Octahedron · January 2015

"Graffiti on the Train" - Stereophonics.

Not a bad little album. Really liking the (few) rockier numbers on it. Catacomb and In a Moment are great. But some of the slower airy songs are nice too like Indian Summer.

Budgie · January 2015

dogload said:

Cool. I like a bit of Pharaoh Overlord, although I have to say I preferred Circle. All that trancy Krautrock stuff. Great video here. I think I'm gonna have to dig out a bit more. Well done @Budgie!

Edit:
Just been checking it out, and it appears that Circle are back as the metal version of Pharaoh Overlord... or have Pharaoh Overlord just given over the metal duties to Circle? Awfully confusing.

Haha, cheers - I think Pharaoh Overlord are a side project of Circle. Somewhat less heavy and more hypnotic stoner rock. Although, there doesn't seem a massive difference at times. That video is pretty cool despite the sound being a bit rubbish.

dogload · January 2015

Well that's the confusing thing isn't it, haha!

Circle used to do all the trancey Kosmische stuff in 5/4 and that, with the occasional metallic thing thrown in, and then Pharaoh Overlord (who were a side-project of Circle) came along as a more metal alter-ego. Then Pharaoh Overlorddid loads of the trancey stuff and Circle seemed to disappear, but now Circle are describing themselves as NWOFHM and the stuff I've seen is a lot more metal than Pharaoh Overlord.

Or perhaps I'm just over-thinking this on the back of too much coffee.

d8m · January 2015

Just learnt this(again) on guitar so been playing along all evening.

Paul_C · January 2015

lots of The Decemberists

xSkarloey · January 2015

@Octahedron I don't really like Lou Reed much either, but I listened to the Blue Mask because I like Robert Quine the guitarist, and I think it's a very strong album.

I grabbed Robert Plant's "Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar" to listen to in the car the other day, and I can't understand why i only listened to it once when I bough it in November and then forgot it. Such a lovely record.

Lixarto · January 2015

Skarloey said:

@Octahedron I don't really like Lou Reed much either, but I listened to the Blue Mask because I like Robert Quine the guitarist, and I think it's a very strong album.

Yes, BM is a great "EllPee".