Having discovered interesting things answering “The last 10 things you bought” and similar threads I thought I would try this one.
For me:
10-10 - Paolo Nutini, the very young, obviously Scottish soon to be legend. Psychotic Girl - The Black Keys remembering an ex. I Can See the Pines are Dancing - AA Bondy no reason, just love his stuff. Love Me Like a River Does - Melody Gardot best female jazz singer since Ella, will prove to be God. Your Heart is as Black as Night - Melody Gardot see above and i could add a few more below…
The Better Half ™ and I are going to a Chopin concert next Tuesday so I’ve been listening to some of the songs that will be on the playlist (in order of most recent first):
Piano Sonata No 1 (Chopin)
Mazurka Op 33 (Chopin)
Nocturne Op 09
Down to My Last (Alter Bridge)
Killing in the Name (RATM)
I’ll play, but I am going to look like a psychopath. Before I type my list, I want to make it clear that I generally do not listen to a lot of music these days and I have been in a weird music mood, listening to songs I had heard in my childhood or liked in my youth to see if they still sound the same as I remember them. With that said, here are the most recent:
Read 'Em and Weep- Barry Manilow
Patches- Dickie Lee
'Round and 'Round- Ratt
Sweet Little Loving- White Lion
One Night in Bangkok- Murray Head
I’d just like to re-iterate that none of these songs represent my current usual musical tastes and that I am still under 40 years old.
Yes and no. I actually like (and am embarrassed to admit this) Barry Manilow’s songs better now than I did when my mom was playing them, but the Ratt and White Lion etc. that I adored as a tween sound very uninspired and derivative now. (I almost said “shallow and pedantic” but wasn’t sure if that joke would land. :))
Patches used to make me cry when I was a little girl- it was so sad; but now it is so over the top that it causes giggles, and I decided that I too love One Night in Bangkok, even if I get made fun of for it.
I just put away my guitar from a practice session.
Hotel California, Eagles
In The Shape Of A Heart, Jackson Browne
Poems, Prayers And Promises, John Denver
Breaking Us In Two, Joe Jackson
Lisa’s Song, me
Last five tracks heard on my iPod during the morning commute:
John Coltrane: Body and Soul
Tom Waits: Sins of My Father
Rolling Stones: Always Suffering
XTC: Rocket from a Bottle
Kinks: Animal Farm
These being on shuffle play, they weren’t really “conscious choices.” The last five tracks I listened to by choice would be the last five on Oregon’s self-titled album on ECM.
I loved Cindi Lauper since I was a child. She only got better with time, for me. When I was a child I just loved her as a pop star. I had no clue how genius she was until I listened to her as an adult. So, yeah, it is indeed interesting to compare childhood musical tastes with adult ones.
I play albums, so I’m going to list the last five albums, starting with the most recent. (Note: I have been going through my collection in alphabetical order by artist, which explains 2, 4, and 5.)
Bebey Black, Osi Bolone Dipita
Sandy Denny, Sandy
Panic! at the Disco, Pretty.Odd.
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, Motel Shot
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, On Tour with Eric Clapton
Well, the last album I listened to was Neal Morse’s One, and I’ve now started Transatlantic’s The Whirlwind. So:
Neal Morse - “Cradle To The Grave”
Neal Morse - “Help Me | The Spirit And The Flesh”
Neal Morse - “Father Of Forgiveness”
Neal Morse - “Reunion”
Transatlantic - “The Whirlwind”
“Stray Italian Greyhound” - Vienna Teng (video)
“Only the Good Die Young” - Billy Joel
“One Week” - Bare Naked Ladies
“Me Neither” - Brad Paisley (video)
“Sex and Candy” - Marcy Playground (video)
Tool - Lateralus
Jimmy Buffett - Come Monday
Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger in Paradise
Peter Schilling - Different Story (World of Lust and Crime)
