# Bought any new music lately? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495 "2005-02-17T06:36:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/1 "2005-02-17T06:36:05Z")
I don’t mean all the stuff you’re downloading into your iPod. I mean real CDs. Feeling a dearth of new music in my home, I bought: Jimmy Eat World Keane-- Hopes and Fears Franz Ferdinand The Killers–Hot Fuss Muse–Absolution Kaiser Chiefs–I Predict A Riot (import single) Weezer–Pinkerton I like 'em all. (If you can recommend anything similar to the above, please post it here.) Oh, and anything you bought, and if you like it or not. ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/2 "2005-02-17T06:40:39Z")
I got the first **United States of America** record on vinyl from my sweetie for Valentine’s Day. They were a great 1960’s band who experimented with home-built synthesizers and electronic effects, and were sort of the prototype for later bands like **Portishead** and **Stereolab**. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/3 "2005-02-17T06:47:01Z")
I bought: Postal Service the Garden State soundtrack Nu Jazz Italia I love them all. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/4 "2005-02-17T06:53:23Z")
This “Jimmy Eat World” release you speak of: what’s the CD’s name? I hear they might get around to releasing an eponymous CD. Too bad they haven’t yet 😉 The most recently-released CD I got new, shrink wrapped, was “Give Up” by the Postal Service, about a year ago. I’ve gotten newer CDs since then, but they don’t really count since they were used CD’s (if that makes sense). The last new CD I got was a couple months ago, Flogging Molly’s “Drunken Lullabies”. If I could hear all of a CD before I bought it, I would be more likely to buy new CDs: at CD resellers, you can preview previously owned material but you cannot do the same for new material. As it is, when I do take the leap of faith and get a new CD, I am disappointed at least 1/3 of the time, and this is when I am careful to only purchase works I think I will like most of the songs to. In the past 2 years I have purchased maybe 4 shrink-wrapped CDs, and at least 40 used CDs. On preview, rock on Marge 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/5 "2005-02-17T07:03:50Z")
After a year or so of not buying any, I had a bit of a binge in the past month: **Alison Krauss** - Forget About It—A superb popular offering from one of my favorite musicians. The sounds are pristine and bell-like, and the songs heartfelt and truthful. **Alison Krauss and Union Station** - New Favorite—See above, with the addition that her band is a bastion of excellence. The Best of **Earl Klugh** —I enjoy the tone he gets in general; I find it calming yet edgy. **Donald Fagen** - Kamakiriad—More of the same from the great mind who did _The Nightfly_. **Vince Guaraldi Trio** - A Boy Named Charlie Brown—I frickin’ _love_ this music. It’s intelligent, yet mindful of innocence. **Django Reinhardt** - Jazz Masters 38—A nice funky jazz album. I was first exposed to this type of music by _The Three Stooges_, of all sources (on that one public domain episode where they’re in court). I love 'em all. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/6 "2005-02-17T07:15:38Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > This “Jimmy Eat World” release you speak of: what’s the CD’s name? I hear they might get around to releasing an eponymous CD. Too bad they haven’t yet 😉 > > The most recently-released CD I got new, shrink wrapped, was “Give Up” by the Postal Service, about a year ago. I’ve gotten newer CDs since then, but they don’t really count since they were used CD’s (if that makes sense). The last new CD I got was a couple months ago, Flogging Molly’s “Drunken Lullabies”. > > If I could hear all of a CD before I bought it, I would be more likely to buy new CDs: at CD resellers, you can preview previously owned material but you cannot do the same for new material. As it is, when I do take the leap of faith and get a new CD, I am disappointed at least 1/3 of the time, and this is when I am careful to only purchase works I think I will like most of the songs to. > > In the past 2 years I have purchased maybe 4 shrink-wrapped CDs, and at least 40 used CDs. > > On preview, rock on Marge 🙂 It’s just called Jimmy Eat World. It has “Bleed American,” “Get it faster,” and more. Possibly the original title was **Bleed American**. ? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/7 "2005-02-17T07:20:09Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > I don’t mean all the stuff you’re downloading into your iPod. I mean real CDs. What do you have against digital downloads? Especially since we now have the possibility of _legally_ buying music from markets that weren’t previously available (Universal has started to put their Chinese/Hong Kong/Taiwan Asian pop collection on iTunes for sale worldwide, to the delight of my wife and mom). But if you want to talk about store-bought plastic discs, then that’d be **The Incredibles** soundtrack CD. Though I _did_ order it from Amazon, so maybe it doesn’t count as “real”… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/8 "2005-02-17T07:27:41Z")
The last two CDs I bought were: Elliott Smith - Figure 8 and Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets ---
**Author:** ![recurriman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@recurriman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/recurriman)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/9 "2005-02-17T07:43:50Z")
I never bought music and I have no plans to change. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/10 "2005-02-17T09:27:00Z")
The only CD I’ve purchased so far this year is Eminem’s Encore. I think there are a few coming out in the near future that I’ll want to get, but I can’t remember what they might be. I’m a member at BMG Music Service and if they’re offering a good deal, I’ll usually find something. I have a lot of CDs. I don’t have an iPod. ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/11 "2005-02-17T09:33:54Z")
I mostly buy CDs used. I’ve gotten quite a few lately. The last time I bought a CD in a store was a few weeks ago; I remember because it was a collection from The Band and I thought ten bucks was a reasonable price for it; a bit unusual, maybe, but not unreasonable. So I bought it. ;j ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/12 "2005-02-17T11:30:46Z")
The last CD I bought was Pink Floyd’s The Wall (a double CD), which made me feel good since I had downloaded most of it already. Though I bought it here in Shanghai for only about 25 RMB (~3 dollars), so I’m not sure if it’s legit or not. It was a respectable-looking music store, though, and there are no typos as far as I can see. The last CD I bought stateside was Andrea Bocelli’s Sogno. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/13 "2005-02-17T13:34:22Z")
> [@recurriman](#): > > I never bought music and I have no plans to change. Boy that was pithy - thanks for contributing, guest. I thought **Jimmy Eat World** ’s last CD was Bleed American and just came out with a new one called Futures? I just got two new CDs: **Mastodon** - Leviathan - a metal concept album based on Moby Dick. I have listened to about 1/2 and so far very cool. Kinda Ride the Lightning-era Metallica. I rarely dip into the metal genre anymore but I am pleased with this acquisition. **The Wildhearts** - The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed. Supposed to be hard-edged rock with melodic hooks. Haven’t listened to it yet, but hope it is like The Darkness without the annoying falsetto… ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/14 "2005-02-17T16:12:58Z")
**Lacuna Coil** - Comalies. A **Beau Brummels** collection. Kind of an odd spread. I should find something even more out there to spread it out more, like bagpipes, or Tibetan chant. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/15 "2005-02-17T17:20:44Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Possibly the original title was **Bleed American**. ? Ayup. My copy is “Bleed American”, but it was hastily renamed after certain events. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/16 "2005-02-17T17:23:29Z")
Last night I bought a few CDs, including Cannonball Adderley’s _Somethin’ Else_, a collection of Johann Strauss’s waltzes, the Minutemen’s _Double Nickels on the Dime_, and Darkthrone’s _Under a Funeral Moon_. I think that wins the “most diverse” category. ---
**Author:** ![Cemetery\_Savior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/17 "2005-02-17T17:33:33Z")
My first post! Lurker for years. I recently went on a spree (for me), and bought: [ul] [li]Wilco -A Ghost is Born[/li][li]Modest Mouse -Good News…[/li][li]Bob Mould -Workbook (a replacement for me…drunken roomate + beer + BM CD = Coaster)[/li][li]Matthew Sweet -Living Things[/li][/ul] I think I’m getting old, since I don’t recognize a few of the more aggressively-named bands. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![FlippyFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/18 "2005-02-17T17:41:17Z")
well I got **bright eyes** yesturday. It’s okay so far. I got **Kasabian** last week… it’s excelent. I also got **the zutons** last week. also very good. A few weeks ago I picked up **snow patrol** very good. and I would recomend **hotel costes 7** to anyone. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/19 "2005-02-17T17:46:45Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > What do you have against digital downloads? Especially since we now have the possibility of _legally_ buying music from markets that weren’t previously available (Universal has started to put their Chinese/Hong Kong/Taiwan Asian pop collection on iTunes for sale worldwide, to the delight of my wife and mom). > > But if you want to talk about store-bought plastic discs, then that’d be **The Incredibles** soundtrack CD. Though I _did_ order it from Amazon, so maybe it doesn’t count as “real”… 😉 Nothing against them. I just felt like talkin’ CDs. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495/20 "2005-02-17T18:02:47Z")
It wasn’t a purchase, it was a gift, but I got the new \*\*Tom Waits \*\* a while back. And I’m still not sure if I like it or not. I like Tom Waits but I don’t think I could recommend this to anyone but the most hardcore fan. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-any-new-music-lately/290495.md?page=2)