Tunesday Tunage

[ForeverAutumn]

It's that time of the week again. The first week back after a vacation is always a killer and very busy, so there wasn't a lot of listening time for me. But I did manage to squeeze in....

The Tragically Hip - Yer Favourites - This is a two disk, best of set. I spun disk one this week. Typical "best of" fare.

Truimph - Just a Game - Prompted by a post on another board.
Truimph - Allied Forces
Yes - The Ladder
Hem - Rabbit Songs

[BarryL]

It's that time of the week again.

I've had these in rotation for about a week now, and they're out as of today. But they are currently still rotating, so here they are:

Rush: Caress of Steel (not much of interest here, but sets the stage for 2112)
Syd Barrett: Barrett (some nice tunes from the psychedlic floydian
Terry Draper: Light Years Later (some nice pop from a Klaatusian)
Chick Corea: The Ultimate Adventure (too much great playing for very little purpose)
David Gilmour: On An Island (a sentimental ode to love. I love it, but it's not r'n'r)
Galahad: Sleepers (sounds like Fish meets Pendragon. Not bad, but not in the A class)

[Kaboom]

i'm finally able to SIT DOWN and LISTEN to some music, for a couple of hours this afternoon, in fact.
dire Straits: Communiqué (i seem to remember liking this A LOT MORE...)
Brubeck: Time out (soooo good)
Gerswin: Rhapsody in blue (played by Michel Camillo. Personally, i think he isnt the one to play this, and slaughters it mercilessly, but the telarc recording is EXCELLENT)
Pearl Jam: Ten
Death Cab for Cutie: Plans
Pink Floyd: The final Cut.
Bowie: Hunky Dory
blink 182: Take off your pants and jacket (okay, this doesnt qualify as music, but its getting warmer down here in spain and my car has a fold-down roof, so it just BEGS for this kind of music)
i think that's it.

[3-LockBox]

I've listened to the following:

Triumvirat-Sparticus // kinda goofy lyrics at times, but the music is stellar. CD remaster is very good. This is one of those 'until recently' undiscovered gems for me, like Captain Beyond was a few years ago.

I've taken a second stab at Fish era Marillion (Script For A Jester's Tear, Fugazi) and I must say, I can do without it, classic or not, essential or otherwise.

Flower Kings-Adam & Eve // much better than anything I heard from this band a few years ago (Stardust We Are, Space Revolver); a keeper. Uses more than one vocalist, which is a good thing cuz Stolt's vox sux at times.

DCFC-Plans // this one has really grown on me. Deep, poetic stuff really. Even with a Grammy nod, its still underappreciated.

Cabaret Voltaire-Code // another blast from my closet techno past. A notch above many in the genre really; still fresh sounding. Kinda krautrock-ish.

Ozric Tentacles-The Hidden Step // speaking of techno...but rock oriented. I like this a lot.

[3-LockBox]

Yes - The Ladder

Copy cat


You know, I really liked The Hip back in the day. Kinda Canada's answer to REM

[ForeverAutumn]

Copy cat


You know, I really liked The Hip back in the day. Kinda Canada's answer to REM

You inspired me to spin The Ladder. Such a great disk!

Hubby used to be a huge Hip fan and turned me onto them. Road Apples is a classic that still gets a lot of play around our house. But it's been a long time since they've put out anything that either of us have really enjoyed. We started to lose interest in the late 90's when Phantom Power came out. They've gone downhill from there IMO.

[3-LockBox]

You inspired me to spin The Ladder. Such a great disk!

I kinda wished they'd stayed on that path, instead of trying to resurrect past glory with a symphonic album (Magnification). Not that the resulting tour wasn't great - hearing those old songs done to a full orchestra. But I really think that keyboardist (some Rooskie whose name escapes me at the moment) and Billy Sherwood pushed these guys creatively.

Oh and speaking of Triumph...you don't have the Stages live album do you? Some killer (as well as not so killer) stuff on that one.

Also, do know Enchant? If you like Cryptic Vision, then you'd have to like Enchant.

[ForeverAutumn]

I kinda wished they'd stayed on that path, instead of trying to resurrect past glory with a symphonic album (Magnification). Not that the resulting tour wasn't great - hearing those old songs done to a full orchestra. But I really think that keyboardist (some Rooskie whose name escapes me at the moment) and Billy Sherwood pushed these guys creatively.

Oh and speaking of Triumph...you don't have the Stages live album do you? Some killer (as well as not so killer) stuff on that one.

Also, do know Enchant? If you like Cryptic Vision, then you'd have to like Enchant.

Currently, I only have the two Triumph CDs listed in my first post. I'm reluctant to buy any more until they start remastering them (IF they remaster them). The two that I have are pretty poor when it comes to sound quality.

I've never heard of Enchant. But I'll have to look into them.

[BarryL]

I kinda wished they'd stayed on that path, instead of trying to resurrect past glory with a symphonic album (Magnification). Not that the resulting tour wasn't great - hearing those old songs done to a full orchestra. But I really think that keyboardist (some Rooskie whose name escapes me at the moment) and Billy Sherwood pushed these guys creatively.

I think (or I may be making this up) they recorded with an orchestra because the rooskie keyboardist, Igor Khoroshev, left or was kicked out of the band, and at that point Wakeman vowed that he would never play with Yes again. They had no keyboard player, and being the good marketers that they are, they went for the orchestra.

In my opinion, Sherwood did nothing good for the band. The stuff he wrote was awful. On the other hand, the rest of the band members didn't care enough about writing to do anything about it. They said that Open Your Eyes was the Sherwood album. Yuch!

If anyone should get credit for doing something good with the band, it's Trevor Rabin.

[3-LockBox]

I think (or I may be making this up) they recorded with an orchestra because the rooskie keyboardist, Igor Khoroshev, left or was kicked out of the band, and at that point Wakeman vowed that he would never play with Yes again. They had no keyboard player, and being the good marketers that they are, they went for the orchestra.

In my opinion, Sherwood did nothing good for the band. The stuff he wrote was awful. On the other hand, the rest of the band members didn't care enough about writing to do anything about it. They said that Open Your Eyes was the Sherwood album. Yuch!

If anyone should get credit for doing something good with the band, it's Trevor Rabin.

But isn't Anderson and Khoroshev making an album together, independant of Yes?

And I remember reading that Wakeman said he was remiss that Yes members couldn't accomodate his tour schedule so that he could be on that Magnification album. That might have been awesome.