Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get as much done as I had hoped this week. With the recent floods that have happened in my area and some other obligations I just haven't been down in my office listening to music as much as I would like to be.
I have to admit, the few times I was able to listen to some music this week, I pulled some real gems out of my record crates. It all started with the soundtrack to Urban Cowboy. I have owned this one for a while, but I don't think I have actually listened to it.
It is quite a fantastic record. A bit more pop than actual country if you are concerned about over exposure to "twang".
I highly recommend it to anyone for a good listening session.
Continuing the whole country/cowboy vibe, I threw on some Willie Nelson. I am a pretty big fan of Willie Nelson. He has such a unique voice. Plus on top of that he is just a pure workhorse. I am not sure what he does more, smoke weed or put out albums. He has so many to his credit it is mind boggling.
Looking for a change of pace from the country sound, I couldn't have moved much farther to the other spectrum than Flogging Molly. I picked this album up at Hot Topic many years ago. Mostly because of the song "If I ever leave this world alive". The whole album is really good though and I again would recommend it. Especially if you are in the mood to get a little drunk and rowdy!
These next two albums probably rank in the top ten albums that I own. They are just absolute gold and they sound so awesome on vinyl.
Diana Ross and the Supremes had so many great songs. I dare you to read the track list on the first side and not find yourself singing along to pretty much every title you read. Unless you are too young to even know who they are, then shame on you! Get educated, like right now!
Van Morrison: Moondance easily has a space in my top five favorite records that I own. Right up there with Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run and the self titled Boston album. There isn't a single bad song on this thing and Van Morrison has a voice that I could (and have) listen to all day.
In fact, I would probably rank him in at least my top ten list of favorite artists of all time. That's just how good he is.
So there you have it, another week of what I have been listening to. I'd love to read about what you are listening to during the stay at home order. Leave me a comment or write your own post using the #whoareyoulisteningtotag!
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That's a good variety of tunes. I'm listening to a varied playlist on Spotify. Soft Machine, Primus, Hendrix, Stephen Wilson. I may get some vinyl out soon for a listen.
That would be awesome! Make sure you share it in a post!
Those are some seriously good choices. Willie Nelson and Flogging Molly in the same list? My kind of list.
I'm trying to think if Van Morrison qualifies for my top 10. Probably not quite, and possibly because of that one turd album he put out in the mid 70s. There's a whole lot of bands and acts that have put out a real stinker of an album but for some reason I can't forgive a few. Sounds like a personal problem...
I like your choices.
Haha, that is pretty funny about Van Morrison. I am glad you approve of my selections. Spinning some Doors right now... I was just thinking to myself the other day I really need to pick up some Stones.
You have a very wide selection there! I really miss the sound of records, there was something so much more authentic about them. I travel around so much though it's nice to have my collection on the phone. I've been listening to a lot of old 1970's music on Pandora lately. My mom always used to have a transistor radio on when we were growing up and it kind of reminds me of the old days.
70's and 80's is probably my decades of choice if I had to choose. It's like a sweet spot I think. Sandwiched by the 90's and 60's which had some good stuff too. I do have quite the collection. A few seconds ago I was trying to decide if I wanted to throw on the "My Fair Lady" original cast recording.
If I had to choose a "sweet spot" it would be the classic jazz/swing era. If there's anything to the idea of reincarnation I must've been around during those decades, I just feel such a connection with it. I still remember the first time I was in Amsterdam in 2016. The wife and I were sitting in Little Collins, a little cafe near the city center, and Django Reinhardt started playing on the speakers. I'd never heard the particular song before but it seemed so familiar. Music is magical that way.
I am sort of with you on that. Did you see my post a while ago about my ten most influential albums? Glenn Miller was on that list. I really love the crooners too. Such good stuff!
I think I must've missed the top ten post! I play jazz clarinet so I really like Glenn Miller. My first date with my wife was a Harry Connick Jr. concert when he was touring with his big band. That brief resurgence of jazz/swing from the mid-90's to early 2000's was a fun time. A friend and I used to go to Chicago and visit a lot of the jazz clubs there during that era. We had such a blast. Most of those clubs are gone now except for the Green Mill.
I'd love to go to a proper jazz club someday. The closest I have ever been was a blues bar in Nashville one year. I also went to the mob museum in Vegas and hung out for a little bit at the speak easy they have in the basement. That is pretty awesome about the jazz clarinet thing. I dig Connick too.
Blues bars can have a cool vibe too. The Green Mill in Chicago is definitely one I'd recommend experiencing if you ever find yourself in Chicago. Al Capone used to hang out there and I don't think it's changed too much since then TBH. It's as authentic as it gets. We used to get all dressed up and ride the train from downtown up to the Green Mill and (very naively) would ride the train back during the wee hours of the morning. Those HCJ concerts, when he toured with the big band, were some of the best live shows I've seen.
Ah! Many familiar tunes that you have here.
My vinyl's are also a big mix, mostly late 60s and 70s.
I have a few earlier like Conway Twitty and Mario Lanza, oh and one by Slim Whitman.
The Stones, T-Rex, The Flames, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Clapton, Alvin Lee, Hendrix, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep and many others. Remember The Pretenders, Shadows, John Lennon, Jim Reeves and oh I can go on and on!
nice set of records you got there. Flogging Molly seems a bit out of place compared to the others!
Thanks! I like a little bit of everything!