so my girlfriend gave me this mix cd of female singers from the 60s and 70s which was pretty good, but when carly simon's "you're so vain" came on it absolutely killed me. what a song. it had me maxing out my car stereo. it's like the platonic ideal of a "pop/rock" song to me right now in that it rocks just as hard as it pops without really being a proper rock n roll song. i've had it on non-stop repeat for the past few days. i listen to it first thing on my way to work. i listen to it at work. i listen to it when i get home. this song rules.
Full Version: song(s) you are currently obsessing over
Maybe for a month know - just can't stop listening to this song... Easily my favorite on Combat Rock
Elvis Presley and America, from U2's Unforgettable Fire remaster. You'd think it would at least be a track I hadn't heard before, but this one just keeps playing in my head. I know it's always in the running for "U2's worst song", but really, the half melodies and lyrical snippets are practically genius.
Seeing the lyrics actually printed out in the booklet was kind of revelatory.
Seeing the lyrics actually printed out in the booklet was kind of revelatory.
XTC - "We're All Light" - it's just so goddam catchy. every time I play it I want to hear it again
Julie Miller - "I Still Cry" - just beautiful, love love love it
Julie Miller - "I Still Cry" - just beautiful, love love love it
Lately I have been gushing over "Lorelei" by the Cocteau Twins. I definitely think it's the best song off "Treasure," and maybe the best song in the entire Cocteau's disco.
I saw the Light - Todd Rundgren
(If you're wondering if I want you to) I want you to - Weezer
23 - Blonde Redhead
Heartbeat - Annie
(If you're wondering if I want you to) I want you to - Weezer
23 - Blonde Redhead
Heartbeat - Annie
QUOTE (Duff. @ Nov 3 2009, 11:52 AM) 
too bad i haven't seen a person post an individual song in that thread like ever.
Neither have I. I don't read that thread.
so why use it as a rebuttal?
duff, that is poor boarding.
QUOTE (plaid is rad @ Nov 3 2009, 11:06 AM)
so why use it as a rebuttal?
Seems identical in concept. I dunno, I'm sure you had a particular vision for this thread but I wouldn't give it long before they fulfill the exact same function.
QUOTE (elcorazon @ Nov 3 2009, 10:23 AM)
Julie Miller - "I Still Cry" - just beautiful, love love love it
Love that tune and now I am going to end up listening to it non-stop for the rest of the week.
QUOTE (Duff. @ Nov 3 2009, 12:10 PM)
QUOTE (plaid is rad @ Nov 3 2009, 11:06 AM)
so why use it as a rebuttal?
Seems identical in concept. I dunno, I'm sure you had a particular vision for this thread but I wouldn't give it long before they fulfill the exact same function.
only if you think albums and songs are the same thing
Elvis Costello / Dave Edmunds ~ Girls Talk (all of the versions i've heard: Elvis' 2 different versions off of the Get Happy 2-disc set and Dave Edmunds performance of it (is it with Rockpile?))
the Ronettes ~ Walking In The Rain
the Ronettes ~ Walking In The Rain
QUOTE (Duff. @ Nov 3 2009, 11:10 AM)
QUOTE (plaid is rad @ Nov 3 2009, 11:06 AM)
so why use it as a rebuttal?
Seems identical in concept. I dunno, I'm sure you had a particular vision for this thread but I wouldn't give it long before they fulfill the exact same function.
maybe the whole music side should just be one thread since it's all about listening to music...
seriously threads are nothing alike AT ALL. One thread involves posting pictures of albums one is listening to, regardless of how much one is enjoying it. The other involves specific songs one is OBSESSED over. Should be a short list frankly. Shouldn't even always have a song at the ready for this thread, just happens on occasion.
This is no ground breaking thread or anything and it wouldn't surprise me if it's been done before, but not Now Playing - that's a whole other concept.
QUOTE (elcorazon @ Nov 3 2009, 12:31 PM)
QUOTE (Duff. @ Nov 3 2009, 11:10 AM)
QUOTE (plaid is rad @ Nov 3 2009, 11:06 AM)
so why use it as a rebuttal?
Seems identical in concept. I dunno, I'm sure you had a particular vision for this thread but I wouldn't give it long before they fulfill the exact same function.
maybe the whole music side should just be one thread since it's all about listening to music...
seriously threads are nothing alike AT ALL. One thread involves posting pictures of albums one is listening to, regardless of how much one is enjoying it. The other involves specific songs one is OBSESSED over. Should be a short list frankly. Shouldn't even always have a song at the ready for this thread, just happens on occasion.
This is no ground breaking thread or anything and it wouldn't surprise me if it's been done before, but not Now Playing - that's a whole other concept.
thank you
QUOTE (elcorazon @ Nov 3 2009, 11:31 AM)
maybe the whole music side should just be one thread since it's all about listening to music...
Actually, that's my point.
Don't care to make a big thing out of it (too late), but I find either thread on a board devoted to music to be kinda redundant.
listened to this song consistently weekly over the past month or so
not quite obsessed
not quite obsessed
Been listening to a shit ton of new music as I start to think about my AOY list. And I can't stop listening to this. Great piece of song writing, love the orchestration, and the melodies and vocals are fantastic.
Lately, I cannot get enough of
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man: Something about that part in the opening with the *thump-thump-thump* gets me going every time.
Kanye West - Street Lights: Like Kanye doing sad new-wave. It's the perfect soundtrack for walking in the city at night.
Sigur Ros - Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur: Man, was that last Sigur Ros album not the disappointment I had it pegged as last year.
From Autumn to Ashes - Short Stories With Tragic Endings: I could literally not pick another From Autumn to Ashes song out of a hardcore police lineup, but this song is phenomenal: Almost nine and a half minutes that veer from hardcore to gorgeous female vocals and back and back again with splashes of loud drumming and violin. So good.
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man: Something about that part in the opening with the *thump-thump-thump* gets me going every time.
Kanye West - Street Lights: Like Kanye doing sad new-wave. It's the perfect soundtrack for walking in the city at night.
Sigur Ros - Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur: Man, was that last Sigur Ros album not the disappointment I had it pegged as last year.
From Autumn to Ashes - Short Stories With Tragic Endings: I could literally not pick another From Autumn to Ashes song out of a hardcore police lineup, but this song is phenomenal: Almost nine and a half minutes that veer from hardcore to gorgeous female vocals and back and back again with splashes of loud drumming and violin. So good.
The Beatles - "Don't Let Me Down"
The Beatles - "I've Got A Feeling"
Weezer - all the new ones
The Beatles - "I've Got A Feeling"
Weezer - all the new ones
QUOTE (bobsatwork @ Nov 3 2009, 12:28 PM)
Dave Edmunds performance of it (is it with Rockpile?))
It appeared on Edmunds' album Repeat When Necessary, but he was backed by Rockpile, as most of his and Nick Lowe's work from that period was.
right now, it's all about Annie
"My Love Is Better," "I Don't Like Your Band" and "Songs Remind Me of You" are all super fun.
El Perro Del Mar's "Change of Heart" as well.
So basically all the Swedish ladies. Or, no, Annie's Norwegian. So, a broader Scandinavian theme, then.
"My Love Is Better," "I Don't Like Your Band" and "Songs Remind Me of You" are all super fun.
El Perro Del Mar's "Change of Heart" as well.
So basically all the Swedish ladies. Or, no, Annie's Norwegian. So, a broader Scandinavian theme, then.
for the past week its been this.
2 mercury rev songs: "tonite it shows" and "goddess on a hiway"
QUOTE (Cotton Eye Joe @ Nov 3 2009, 12:39 PM)
listened to this song consistently weekly over the past month or so
not quite obsessed
not quite obsessed
dude gets serious props for his use of quarter note triplets!
go tyondai braxton.
what's a quarter note triplet? i'm curious
best part in that track for me is 2:30 when it goes into that really colorful, awesome sounding rhythm out of nowhere. great. makes me wonder how much tyondai had to do with tracks like "rainbow" on mirrored. that track is another one that's been getting played consistently. wonderful melodies during the mid section in weird rhythms - clearly orchestrated. i think central market is but one insignificant release in what tyondai will eventually prove to be an incredible output (i predict).
best part in that track for me is 2:30 when it goes into that really colorful, awesome sounding rhythm out of nowhere. great. makes me wonder how much tyondai had to do with tracks like "rainbow" on mirrored. that track is another one that's been getting played consistently. wonderful melodies during the mid section in weird rhythms - clearly orchestrated. i think central market is but one insignificant release in what tyondai will eventually prove to be an incredible output (i predict).
Converge-Cruel Bloom, the chorus is so great.
QUOTE (Cotton Eye Joe @ Nov 3 2009, 03:35 PM)
what's a quarter note triplet? i'm curious
um. quarter note triplet are triplets that are played at the speed of a quarter note. a triplet is when you subdivide a beat into 3. quarter note triplets are weird because if you are counting at a quarter note pulse, say 120 bpm on a metronome, your triplets will come out as 8th notes. you'd count them one-and-a, two-and-a, three-and-a, four-and-a, back to one-and-a, etc. so a quarter note triplet is basically what happens when you cut this in half and play triplets that have a quarter note value instead of an eighth note value. so it's still one-and-a, two-and-a but the feel is slowed down. to do this you would slow the metronome down to 60 bpm and count triplets. now if you played that count over a tempo at 120 bpm, you'd have quarter triplets. this is kind of a weird thing to explain over the internet, so i'm not sure if that was very helpful.
tyondai uses this throughout the entire song and ironically enough, he is playing the quarter note triplets on a metronome or something that sounds an awful lot like a metronome. the quarter note triplets are those off beat clicks that you hear coming in and out for the entire song. if you listen to them and count along one-and-a, two-and-a, three-and-a, etc. you can hear the triplet feel which is a total mindfuck when combined with the feel of the rest of the song. that is basically why quarter triplets are awesome, because they are a total mindfuck. meshuggah uses them a lot.
basically, the thing is that eight note triplets feel very natural, and quarter note triplets feel very unnatural.
"You Are Not Needed Now" by Townes Van Zandt. Can't get it out of my head. God-like melody:
I prefer the studio version on "High Low and In between" which seems to have a bit more swing to the melody. Here's the studio version:
http://lala.com/zWRc
The lyrics? Typical Townes greatness:
Well, the birds were talking all at once
and the old man mowing down his lawn
he didn't look like much too bad a guy
And I was thinkin' Hang on, man, something's wrong
your blues they do seem to be gone
heaven ain't bad but you don't get nothing done.
Lay down your head a while
you are not needed now
you are not needed now
Well, Allison laid a hex on me
and every time I turn around
it's swimming through the air above my bed
I told Miss Higgs and she said fine
as long as you're back in your room on time
I keep you clean and the girls will keep you fed
Lay down your head with mine
you are not needed now
and we got things to do
Between the blankets made of wool
the trains roll by every half an hour
and the body can get no restin' done, that's true
so I do my best, as best I can
thinkin' big and making plans
and wondering where them trains are rolling to
Lay down your head poor boy
and feel how the ground does move
and hear how them drivers sing
Well, goodbye friends, it's time to close
everybody knows that's the way it goes
where was it you lived in case I'm ever there
Well, three doors down and two behind
oh it gets a little bit out of hand sometimes
don't let it fool you into thinkin you don't care
Lay down your head and fly
I'll quietly pass you by
you won't even see me go
If I thought about it long enough
I just might make some kind of move
watchful eyes are too hard on the soul
With the smoke house just across the way
and it's fog upon the light of day
I'd be hard put comin' up with where to go
Lay down your head poor boy
feel how the ground does move
hear how them drivers sing
What now, my darling one
go find a little fun
you are not needed now
I prefer the studio version on "High Low and In between" which seems to have a bit more swing to the melody. Here's the studio version:
http://lala.com/zWRc
The lyrics? Typical Townes greatness:
Well, the birds were talking all at once
and the old man mowing down his lawn
he didn't look like much too bad a guy
And I was thinkin' Hang on, man, something's wrong
your blues they do seem to be gone
heaven ain't bad but you don't get nothing done.
Lay down your head a while
you are not needed now
you are not needed now
Well, Allison laid a hex on me
and every time I turn around
it's swimming through the air above my bed
I told Miss Higgs and she said fine
as long as you're back in your room on time
I keep you clean and the girls will keep you fed
Lay down your head with mine
you are not needed now
and we got things to do
Between the blankets made of wool
the trains roll by every half an hour
and the body can get no restin' done, that's true
so I do my best, as best I can
thinkin' big and making plans
and wondering where them trains are rolling to
Lay down your head poor boy
and feel how the ground does move
and hear how them drivers sing
Well, goodbye friends, it's time to close
everybody knows that's the way it goes
where was it you lived in case I'm ever there
Well, three doors down and two behind
oh it gets a little bit out of hand sometimes
don't let it fool you into thinkin you don't care
Lay down your head and fly
I'll quietly pass you by
you won't even see me go
If I thought about it long enough
I just might make some kind of move
watchful eyes are too hard on the soul
With the smoke house just across the way
and it's fog upon the light of day
I'd be hard put comin' up with where to go
Lay down your head poor boy
feel how the ground does move
hear how them drivers sing
What now, my darling one
go find a little fun
you are not needed now
QUOTE (plaid is rad @ Nov 3 2009, 04:47 PM)
QUOTE (Cotton Eye Joe @ Nov 3 2009, 03:35 PM)
what's a quarter note triplet? i'm curious
um. quarter note triplet are triplets that are played at the speed of a quarter note. a triplet is when you subdivide a beat into 3. quarter note triplets are weird because if you are counting at a quarter note pulse, say 120 bpm on a metronome, your triplets will come out as 8th notes. you'd count them one-and-a, two-and-a, three-and-a, four-and-a, back to one-and-a, etc. so a quarter note triplet is basically what happens when you cut this in half and play triplets that have a quarter note value instead of an eighth note value. so it's still one-and-a, two-and-a but the feel is slowed down. to do this you would slow the metronome down to 60 bpm and count triplets. now if you played that count over a tempo at 120 bpm, you'd have quarter triplets. this is kind of a weird thing to explain over the internet, so i'm not sure if that was very helpful.
tyondai uses this throughout the entire song and ironically enough, he is playing the quarter note triplets on a metronome or something that sounds an awful lot like a metronome. the quarter note triplets are those off beat clicks that you hear coming in and out for the entire song. if you listen to them and count along one-and-a, two-and-a, three-and-a, etc. you can hear the triplet feel which is a total mindfuck when combined with the feel of the rest of the song. that is basically why quarter triplets are awesome, because they are a total mindfuck. meshuggah uses them a lot.
basically, the thing is that eight note triplets feel very natural, and quarter note triplets feel very unnatural.
now that you point out the metronome thing i think i get it. it's kind of like the hi hat in the opening of "race in" maybe? totally a mindfuck
QUOTE (plaid is rad @ Nov 3 2009, 12:47 PM)
QUOTE (Cotton Eye Joe @ Nov 3 2009, 03:35 PM)
what's a quarter note triplet? i'm curious
um. quarter note triplet are triplets that are played at the speed of a quarter note. a triplet is when you subdivide a beat into 3. quarter note triplets are weird because if you are counting at a quarter note pulse, say 120 bpm on a metronome, your triplets will come out as 8th notes. you'd count them one-and-a, two-and-a, three-and-a, four-and-a, back to one-and-a, etc. so a quarter note triplet is basically what happens when you cut this in half and play triplets that have a quarter note value instead of an eighth note value. so it's still one-and-a, two-and-a but the feel is slowed down. to do this you would slow the metronome down to 60 bpm and count triplets. now if you played that count over a tempo at 120 bpm, you'd have quarter triplets. this is kind of a weird thing to explain over the internet, so i'm not sure if that was very helpful.
tyondai uses this throughout the entire song and ironically enough, he is playing the quarter note triplets on a metronome or something that sounds an awful lot like a metronome. the quarter note triplets are those off beat clicks that you hear coming in and out for the entire song. if you listen to them and count along one-and-a, two-and-a, three-and-a, etc. you can hear the triplet feel which is a total mindfuck when combined with the feel of the rest of the song. that is basically why quarter triplets are awesome, because they are a total mindfuck. meshuggah uses them a lot.
basically, the thing is that eight note triplets feel very natural, and quarter note triplets feel very unnatural.
Cool, thanks for the explanation. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum uses these too I think.
Re: obsession, I keep coming back to last year's "She Pulled Machete" by Black Elk. It builds steadily from quiet & creepy to balls-out, with a chorus that recalls "She's So Heavy" and some delightful timekeeping on the edge of a snare maybe, throughout. Totally different for them, too.
in chronological order of obsession over the past two-weeks
Oxford Collapse - "Quiet Man" - bummed that Oxford Collapse broke up. Have been seeking out all their rarities, b-sides, and records. Came across "Quiet Man" from the Daytrotter sessions and have had it on repeat since.
This Charming Man - "There Is A Thunder (Out In The Distance) - was listening to Gaslight Anthem radio on last.fm to prepare for the House of Blues show and this song came up and I thought it sounded just like Gaslight, turns out it's the lead singers first band. Good song here. Too bad I blew all my last.fm listens on it the first day and haven't had chance to seek it out yet.
Gaslight Anthem - "Blue Jeans and White T-shirts" - we had a drinking contest at the HOB for everytime Gaslight said Virginia or Maria in their songs. We got pretty drunk.
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Jules Lost His Jules" - somehow got a hold of this on last.fm recommendations, which led to my current obsessions with R. Stevie Moore's "I Wish I Could Sing" and Woods "Night Creature".
April March - "Chick Habit" - cool song that somehow doesn't get old for me.
Billie Holiday - "Farewell To Storyville" - watched the movie New Orleans with Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong and the song has stuck with me since. This is my "We'll meet again" song, as one of my good friends moved back to New Orleans. "Blue Skies follow rain."
Yim Yames - "All Things Must Pass"
Oxford Collapse - "Quiet Man" - bummed that Oxford Collapse broke up. Have been seeking out all their rarities, b-sides, and records. Came across "Quiet Man" from the Daytrotter sessions and have had it on repeat since.
This Charming Man - "There Is A Thunder (Out In The Distance) - was listening to Gaslight Anthem radio on last.fm to prepare for the House of Blues show and this song came up and I thought it sounded just like Gaslight, turns out it's the lead singers first band. Good song here. Too bad I blew all my last.fm listens on it the first day and haven't had chance to seek it out yet.
Gaslight Anthem - "Blue Jeans and White T-shirts" - we had a drinking contest at the HOB for everytime Gaslight said Virginia or Maria in their songs. We got pretty drunk.
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Jules Lost His Jules" - somehow got a hold of this on last.fm recommendations, which led to my current obsessions with R. Stevie Moore's "I Wish I Could Sing" and Woods "Night Creature".
April March - "Chick Habit" - cool song that somehow doesn't get old for me.
Billie Holiday - "Farewell To Storyville" - watched the movie New Orleans with Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong and the song has stuck with me since. This is my "We'll meet again" song, as one of my good friends moved back to New Orleans. "Blue Skies follow rain."
Yim Yames - "All Things Must Pass"
Black Crowes - Descending (Live @Fillmore West) Velocity gave me this boot; this is one of the tracks I can't resist. Church-y piano and slide guitar combined always make me happy.
Dinosaur Jr. - Thumb. Gotta love that recorder solo.
Weezer - Let It All Hang Out. A real speaker-shredder.
Dinosaur Jr. - Thumb. Gotta love that recorder solo.
Weezer - Let It All Hang Out. A real speaker-shredder.
Morrissey - My Dearest Love
Empire of The Sun - We are the People
Violent Femmes - Add it Up
The Ramones - Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
The Cure - Fascination Street
I've been pretty much starting every morning off with these 5 songs.
Morrissey - My Dearest Love
What a remarkably fantastic song. Should have been on the last LP.
Empire of the Sun - We are the People.
Violent Femmes - Add It Up
The Ramones - Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
The Cure - Fascination Street
Empire of The Sun - We are the People
Violent Femmes - Add it Up
The Ramones - Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
The Cure - Fascination Street
I've been pretty much starting every morning off with these 5 songs.
Morrissey - My Dearest Love
What a remarkably fantastic song. Should have been on the last LP.
Empire of the Sun - We are the People.
Violent Femmes - Add It Up
The Ramones - Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
The Cure - Fascination Street
King Khan & BBQ - "Animal Party"
Numerous daily listens, reminds me how great it is to be alive.
Numerous daily listens, reminds me how great it is to be alive.
Sun Kil Moon: "Tonight The Sky".
The Beatles: "Wait".
The xx remix of Florence and the Machine: "You've Got the Love".
Washington: "How to Tame Lions".
The Beatles: "Wait".
The xx remix of Florence and the Machine: "You've Got the Love".
Washington: "How to Tame Lions".
QUOTE (andystripes @ Nov 3 2009, 07:52 PM)
Washington: "How to Tame Lions".
Awful.
- The Beatles' version of "Anna (Go To Him)"
- The Beatles "I Will"
- basically anything off of the new Weezer and Converge records
- The Beatles "I Will"
- basically anything off of the new Weezer and Converge records
^
The greatest post that ever lived.
The greatest post that ever lived.
QUOTE (UselessRocker @ Nov 3 2009, 06:55 PM)
- The Beatles' version of "Anna (Go To Him)"
What a gem.
QUOTE (Nowhere Fast @ Nov 3 2009, 06:15 PM)
QUOTE (UselessRocker @ Nov 3 2009, 06:55 PM)
- The Beatles' version of "Anna (Go To Him)"
What a gem.
I only recently heard the original (thanks to the excellent Night Train To Nashville comp). It is great, but Lennon really brought something special to this. One of his best vocals ever.
Some of the best stuff I recently discovered.
Boat Club - Warmes Climes
Boat Club - Nowhere
Boat Club - Warmes Climes
Boat Club - Nowhere
QUOTE (Sid Hartha @ Nov 3 2009, 08:21 PM)
QUOTE (Nowhere Fast @ Nov 3 2009, 06:15 PM)
QUOTE (UselessRocker @ Nov 3 2009, 06:55 PM)
- The Beatles' version of "Anna (Go To Him)"
What a gem.
I only recently heard the original (thanks to the excellent Night Train To Nashville comp). It is great, but Lennon really brought something special to this. One of his best vocals ever.
Yeah, I always liked this song and John's vocal on it. Maybe it's just because I haven't heard it in a while, but it seems so much clearer on the mono remaster. I prefer it to the original by miles. There's an urgency and a melancholy to John's vocal that just isn't there on the Arthur Alexander version. Maybe having a cold helped, I don't know.
QUOTE (Montana @ Nov 4 2009, 10:54 AM)
QUOTE (andystripes @ Nov 3 2009, 07:52 PM)
Washington: "How to Tame Lions".
Awful.
You can't have even listened to the whole song, Montana. You posted two minutes after I did.
Besides, I know the clip is horrendously drenched in that whole "precious indie" vibe, but the song is pretty harmless..."awful" is a tad OTT.
Also, "Anna Go To Him", another great song which I have "discovered" post-09/09/09.
QUOTE (andystripes @ Nov 3 2009, 07:54 PM)
QUOTE (Montana @ Nov 4 2009, 10:54 AM)
QUOTE (andystripes @ Nov 3 2009, 07:52 PM)
Washington: "How to Tame Lions".
Awful.
You can't have even listened to the whole song, Montana. You posted two minutes after I did.
Besides, I know the clip is horrendously drenched in that whole "precious indie" vibe, but the song is pretty harmless..."awful" is a tad OTT.
Also, "Anna Go To Him", another great song which I have "discovered" post-09/09/09.
The precious indie vibe is OK as long as it doesn't smear into an Apple commercial, and then into late period Sting.
Several of the songs off the album "Memory Span" by The Lines. My favorite is actually a song called "Don't Need Surgery" but I can't find a vid of that to share, so here's the song "White Night"
QUOTE (n.k @ Nov 3 2009, 01:40 PM)
Been listening to a shit ton of new music as I start to think about my AOY list. And I can't stop listening to this. Great piece of song writing, love the orchestration, and the melodies and vocals are fantastic.
gah.
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