What are you listening to? January 2023

[axolotl]

Going through my Dearest to Dear CDs this evening:

Dearest, Crown ~ A Single Star, Bigger than the Universe (2002)




Dear Ephesus ~ The Consolation of Pianissimo (1997)



Next up: The Dears?

 

[axolotl]

Next up: The Dears?

Sure, why not?

The Dears ~ No Cities Left (2003) [2004, Enhanced CD]

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Ten Songs from Television

1) “See No Evil”
2) “Venus”
3) “Marquis Moon”
4) “Elevation”
5) “Prove It”
6) “Days”
7) “Glory”
8) “Little Johnny Jewel - Parts 1 & 2” (Live)
9) “1880 or So”
10) “Call Me Lee”

Sure, heavily weighted towards the classic Marquee Moon, but hey they only have three studio albums. The other five tracks - two from Adventure, one live from 1978, and two from their 1992 comeback album. RIP Tom Verlaine

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Ten Songs from...The Spinners

1) "I'll Always Love You"
2) "It's A Shame"
3) "I'll Be Around"
4) "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"
5) "How Could I Let You Get Away"
6) "Ghetto Child"
7) "Then Came You"
8) "Games People Play"
9) "The Rubberband Man"
10) "Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me Girl"

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Maya Angelou - Miss Calypso (1957)

First listen - had no idea about this interesting first act

 

[axolotl]

8) "Games People Plan"

It's the games people plan that produce the greatest havoc.

5) "The Rubberband Man" by The Spinners

9) "The Rubberband Man"

Try not to overplay this song, Zeebs, or it could come back and snap at you.

P. S. Did the actual Rubberband Man develop neurological issues?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

It's the games people plan that produce the greatest havoc.



Try not to overplay this song, Zeebs, or it could come back and snap at you.

P. S. Did the actual Rubberband Man develop neurological issues?

Only when he was planning games.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Only when he was planning games.

You should always plan your game nights - which game, snack selection, invitees…makes perfect sense

 

[axolotl]

Brooks Williams ~ Little Lion (2000)



Criminally*-overlooked acoustic guitar album, at least applying RYM's ratings.

Contemporary folk, jazz, and samba. Not (really) American primitivism.

*Allegedly

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Ten Songs From...Barrett Strong, Songwriter

1) "Money (That's What I Want)" by Barrett Strong
2) "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" by Marvin Gaye
3) "Stay in My Corner" by The Dells
4) "The End of Our Road" by Gladys Knight and the Pips
5) "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye
6) "I Can't Get Next to You" by The Temptations
7) "Smiling Faces Sometimes" by The Undisputed Truth
8) "Cloud Nine" by The Temptations
9) "War" by Edwin Starr
10) "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" by The Temptations

Only debated entry here is Strong's own "Money" - he has been on, off, on and now off the copyright. Strong always contested he was a songwriter. I lean, given what I've read about Berry Gordy (who is still listed), towards believing Strong
But otherwise all Strong as writer, cowriter - could have been all Tempts quite frankly as he also wrote great songs like "Just My Imagination", "I Wish it Would Rain" and "Ball of Confusion"

Note to @axolotl - "The Rubberband Man" is not on this list

 

[axolotl]

Note to @axolotl - "The Rubberband Man" is not on this list

Better not be. I've been known to snap when under extreme pressure.

By the way, that's a barrett strong list of songs.

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But, as for me and my captive household, I also listened to this last night.

Windham Hill Guitar Sampler (1988)