The Non-Classical 'I'm Currently Listening To...' Topic

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maestro267

Discussion Starter · Jul 25, 2009

I thought this forum deserved a 'Currently Listening To...' topic, so here it is!

Now Playing: Octavarium by Dream Theater (24 minutes of sheer genius!)

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pianozach

· #28,001 · 3 mo ago

senza sordino said:
Another month and another year of albums, all of these from 1974. I'm slowly making my way through the 70s. Some of these albums I've listened to many many times, and if you can believe it, this was the first time I had listened to the two Queen albums from that year: Queen II and Shear Heart Attack. Impressive. I was also impressed with my first listening to Red Queen to Gryphon Three by Gryphon, The Good Earth by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Diamond Dogs by Bowie, and Heroes Are Hard to Find by Fleetwood Mac. Twenty-three albums. I had to relisten to Queen, Gryphon, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Gong, and Fleetwood Mac.

Mirage Camel
Mar-74
Eldorado Electric Light Orchestra
Sep-74
Red Queen to Gryphon Three Gryphon
Dec-74
War Child Jethro Tull
Oct-74
The Power and the Glory Gentle Giant
Sep-74
Crime of the Century Supertramp
Sep-74
Midnight Mushrumps Gryphon
Jan-74
Hergest Ridge Mike Oldfield
Sep-74
Ashes are Burning Renaissance
Jul-74
Queen II Queen
Mar-74
Starless and Bible Black King Crimson
Mar-74
The Good Earth Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Oct-74
Relayer Yes
Nov-74
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Genesis
Nov-74
You Gong
Oct-74
Shear Heart Attack Queen
Nov-74
Hall of the Mountain Grill Hawkwind
Sep-74
Phaedra Tangerine Dream
Feb-74
Autobahn Kraftwerk
Nov-74
Journey to the Centre of the Earth Rick Wakeman
May-74
Red King Crimson
Oct-74
Diamond Dogs David Bowie
May-74
Heroes Are Hard To Find Fleetwood Mac
Sep-74

Next up, 1975.

That's a pretty good list of albums. 1974 was a good year for pop music.

I'd say that right around 1976 things started to go badly in popular music. Sure, there were still some great albums, simply less per year than the years 1964-1975. And there was more unremarkable albums.

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senza sordino

· #28,002 · 3 mo ago

pianozach said:
That's a pretty good list of albums. 1974 was a good year for pop music.

I'd say that right around 1976 things started to go badly in popular music. Sure, there were still some great albums, simply less per year than the years 1964-1975. And there was more unremarkable albums.

Let's see how far I get going year by year. I started this listening challenge/experiment by listening to albums from 1970, then moved on to 1971. Going forward in time, I can find over twenty albums per year I want to listen to. That number will decrease as I go forward in time.

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pmsummer

· #28,003 · 3 mo ago

RY COODER
Ry Cooder

Reprise

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Red Terror

· #28,004 · 3 mo ago

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FrankE

· #28,005 · 3 mo ago

Dead Can Dance - Anastasis

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aligreto

· #28,006 · 3 mo ago

ABBA: Voulez-Vous

Classic ABBA!

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aligreto

· #28,007 · 3 mo ago

FrankE said:
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis

I was only relatively recently introduced to Dead Can Dance. I need to investigate further.

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Ulalume!Ulalume!

· #28,008 · 3 mo ago

John Roberts sings Rudyard Kipling's Oak, Ash and Thorn
(the preview makes it seem as if the video is unavailable but it is, give it a click!)

FrankE

· #28,009 · 3 mo ago

aligreto said:
I was only relatively recently introduced to Dead Can Dance. I need to investigate further.

I remember them from the late 1980s but I didn't follow music for a long time from 1989 and totally forgot about them.

aligreto

· #28,010 · 3 mo ago

FrankE said:
I remember them from the late 1980s but I didn't follow music for a long time from 1989 and totally forgot about them.

Cheers. One to follow up for me for sure.

elgar's ghost

· #28,011 · 3 mo ago

pianozach said:
That's a pretty good list of albums. 1974 was a good year for pop music.

I'd say that right around 1976 things started to go badly in popular music. Sure, there were still some great albums, simply less per year than the years 1964-1975. And there was more unremarkable albums.

My favourite album year was 1978. I'm not saying that any of my favourite albums were actually from that year, but it was a real pennant year at least in terms of variety. The Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye, The Stranglers, UFO, David Bowie, P-Funk, Genesis, Kraftwerk, Chic, Devo, Talking Heads, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Van Halen and Wire - all rubbing often incongruous shoulders, but every one of them released albums which ranged from very good to stunning. Some of the (unmentioned) older guard were by this time running on fumes but there was enough new and/or interesting stuff to take up the slack.

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janwillemvanaalst

· #28,012 · 3 mo ago (Edited)

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Leonard Cohen (1934-2016): Old Ideas (2012)

When, already feeling old age creeping in, his financial manager had embezzled his life's savings, Leonard Cohen found himself 'forced' to start touring again, and write new albums. "Old ideas" was a great success: it topped the charts in many countries. He would go on to write two more highly acclaimed albums with original material.

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aligreto

· #28,013 · 3 mo ago

ABBA: The Movie

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janwillemvanaalst

· #28,014 · 3 mo ago

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Supertramp - Classics vol. 9

A greatest hits collection from 1974 to 1985 (approx., I believe), with a.o. "School", "The logical song", "Breakfast in America", "Goodbye stranger", "Take the long way home", "Dreamer", "Hide in your shell", "Give a little bit", "It's raining again", and "Cannonball".

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Malx

· #28,015 · 3 mo ago

Horslips - The Book of Invasions.

Some Celtic rock perhaps a little late for St Patrick's day but it sounds good at any time of the year. Maybe not the most radical album to have been released in 1976 but one that got a lot of plays on my Thorens TD 150 back in the day. I'm now streaming these classic rock albums as the shelf space is taken up with classical albums.
I always thought of this as being the Irish 'Argus'.

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Malx

· #28,016 · 3 mo ago

Following on from the post above;
Wishbone Ash - Live Dates.

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elgar's ghost

· #28,017 · 3 mo ago

Malx said:
Following on from the post above;
Wishbone Ash - Live Dates.

Fine band at their peak, but I always thought they could have done with a little more heft in the vocal department.

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pianozach

· #28,018 · 3 mo ago

3-Song Playlist for a Sunday Night

U2 - With Or Without You (1987)
U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (1987)
U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name (1987)

U2 - With Or Without You (1987)

With or Without You is U2s first Number One single in the US (staying at the top for three weeks), released in advance of the album The Joshua Tree, where it’s the third track.

Probably most notable for The Edge’s use of a prototype of an “infinite guitar”.

U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (1987)

The second track from The Joshua Tree was the second single released from the album, and stayed at the Number One spot for two weeks in the US.

U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name (1987)

The first track from The Joshua Tree, and the third single released from the album. This one only reached the Top 20 in the US, but reached Number Four in the UK (and Number One in Ireland, as did the previous two). Brian Eno joins the band on synthesizers.

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elgar's ghost

· #28,019 · 3 mo ago

A little earlier it was Big Fun, compiled of recordings from 1969, 1970 and 1972 which didn't see the light on Bitches Brew, Live-Evil, Jack Johnson or On the Corner. I loved it when Miles crossed over to the dark side but I still come out in a rash when I hear that bloody annoying cuica drum squeaking by Airto Moreira.

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pmsummer

· #28,020 · 3 mo ago

SOUVENANCE
Music for Oud, Quartet, and String Orchestra
Anouar Brahem - oud
François Coutyrier - piano
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet
Björn Meyer - bass
Orchestra Delia Svizzera Italiana
Pietro Mianiti - conductor

ECM

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