One Last Time Before the Lights Go Out - Rave Recs 2015 Compilation

[ForeverAutumn]

Hey Swisharoo, you could make your own "Best of RR" comp and share it.

Since this is still a thing, I should really change my song to something a little less commercial. Davey, do I have time to come up with something else?

[dean_martin]

Hey Swisharoo, you could make your own "Best of RR" comp and share it.

Since this is still a thing, I should really change my song to something a little less commercial. Davey, do I have time to come up with something else?

Yeah, I'm thinking I need to change mine to something with more rave recs "flavor", but to avoid duplication from a prior comp, I'd have to study the list provided by Davey. To avoid that extra work, I'm just gonna throw some out and let Davey exercise his unbridled discretion. (You're welcome.)

Sparklehorse - "Sea of Teeth"
Wilco - "Poor Places"
Beck - "Volcano"
Palace Music - "Cat's Blues"

A couple of side notes:
The line "Can you taste the ghosts who shed their creaking hosts?" got my attention right away. Most of It's a Wonderful Life conveys a deep sadness to me, even the rockers. Probably wouldn't have tried it if not mentioned here.

It took me awhile to settle into "Poor Places" from YHF, but these days when my listening sessions need a shot of Wilco, this is a go-to track.

After seeing Beck live back in May, I re-visited Modern Guilt and discovered I was attempting to listen to it all wrong. Now I start with side 2, skip one track, flip to side 1 and skip a couple of tracks. Just makes more sense to me that way. Anyhow, "Paper Tiger" from Sea Change would be a great/obvious Beck selection, but I finally really listened to Volcano after the recent HBO doc on Scientology and well, it seems to me that Beck is saying something about it. Plus, I started to listen to Rome about the same time I re-visited Modern Guilt. I'm a sucker for foreign film music and have a decent collection of German, Italian and Hollywood film scores so Rome is right up my alley. It really does have the same feel as some of those Italian Giallo and spaghetti western soundtracks. So, what does Rome have to do with Modern Guilt? Both are produced by Danger Mouse. It becomes apparent after a few listens to both.

Davey waxed poetic about Viva Last Blues so I picked it up. Started studying it during HBO's first season of True Detective. Man, "Cat's Blues" should have been used in that first season.

[Davey]

Davey waxed poetic about Viva Last Blues so I picked it up. Started studying it during HBO's first season of True Detective. Man, "Cat's Blues" should have been used in that first season.

There ya go, hopefully True Detective rebounds a bit next year after the not so special second season, and man you're right, some Will Oldham woulda been the right place and the right time during that great first season. Some really good shows on TV now, just finished the last episode of Jessica Jones last night, good show but glad she finally killed off Kilgrave and that storyline that went on all season, looking forward to something a bit fresher. Loved Mr. Robot, full package, great music and video, brilliant show, really looking forward to the next season.

Keep posting the songs you want on the comp, I'll collect the latest ones from everyone this weekend, or whenever I say that's enough. I think we have about enough stuff to fill a comp.

[Swish]

There ya go, hopefully True Detective rebounds a bit next year after the not so special second season, and man you're right, some Will Oldham woulda been the right place and the right time during that great first season. Some really good shows on TV now, just finished the last episode of Jessica Jones last night, good show but glad she finally killed off Kilgrave and that storyline that went on all season, looking forward to something a bit fresher. Loved Mr. Robot, full package, great music and video, brilliant show, really looking forward to the next season.

Keep posting the songs you want on the comp, I'll collect the latest ones from everyone this weekend, or whenever I say that's enough. I think we have about enough stuff to fill a comp.

We did enjoy Mr. Robot but haven't seen Jessica Jones as yet. Too busy with Amazon Prime and Netflix of late. Really liked Broadchurch and just caught the second season. Top of the Lake was good, and a bit quirky to boot, and who hasn't seen Damages and The Killing? I really wish another season of Sherlock was coming, but I think it may be the end of this stellar series after 3 awesome seasons. May try Black Mirror or Bloodline tonight, along with a fine IPA.

[Davey]

We did enjoy Mr. Robot but haven't seen Jessica Jones as yet.

The second season of The Leftovers has been amazing too, another show with great music. The jump in quality from season 1 to season 2 is staggering, I wasn't even going to bother, but caught the buzz and glad I'm hooked in, really strong story telling this year, has you impatiently waiting for the next episode, the actresses are especially good, Carrie Coon is fantastic, should definitely be some awards. I still have a couple eps to go, but what a season.

Best record of the year is shaping up to be The Miraculous by Anna von Hausswolff. Love this one ...

https://youtu.be/Hepsvsx6H70