# what are you listening to **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221 "2007-03-23T18:12:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/21 "2007-03-24T03:57:26Z")
Recently, I’ve been listening to a boatload of old Canadian records from the late '60s - late '70s. I’ve been sharing them with a friend, so we are both taking the same trip down memory lane. Mainly, they’re records you can’t get on CD, that I fixed up on the computer. They were on the radio, and popular, but these days, many of them are totally unavailable in digital form. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/22 "2007-03-24T05:01:52Z")
Right now? Puddle of Mudd - Control last.fm tells me the ten songs immediately preceding that were: Regina Spektor – Your Honord Kate Bush – How to Be Invisible Tegan and Sara – The First Wolfsheim – Touch Depeche Mode – Love in Itself Modern English – I Melt With You Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson Bishop Allen – Click Click Click Click The Beatles – Let It Be Bad Religion – Infected ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/23 "2007-03-24T05:06:03Z")
[QUOTE=Drake Tungsten] I’ve had **Tori Amos** ’s cover of “Time” by **Tom Waits** stuck in my head for quite some time now and I like it there. Well she said she’d stick around until the bandages came off But these mama’s boys just don’t know when to quit And Mathilda asks the sailors “Are those dreams or are those prayers?” So close your eyes, son, and this won’t hurt a bit Beautifully odd. [/QUOTE] Wow, I would really love to hear this. I love how Tom’s songs sound when covered by girl singers, like Neko Case’s “Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis” and Holly Cole’s entire Tom Waits tribute album, _Temptation_. As for me, I’ve been on a Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers kick. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/24 "2007-03-24T05:07:06Z")
Right now, “Girls” by Death In Vegas, on the Lost in Translation Soundtrack. Such a beautiful song. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/25 "2007-03-24T05:07:38Z")
Via my computer’s drive, Ray Lamontagne’s **Trouble**. In my head, the theme from **Jeeves & Wooster**. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/26 "2007-03-24T05:17:10Z")
I know that it’s somewhat vain, but I’m listening to a CD of various arrangements of the Australian national anthem, several of which [were recorded by my choir](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=372250&highlight=advance+australia+girt). I picked up free copies of the CD and DVD from my local member yesterday. And I think we sound pretty good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/27 "2007-03-24T07:25:05Z")
_**¡[Ay](http://www.amazon.com/Ay-Astrid-Hadad/dp/B0000003AC)!**_ by [Astrid Hadad](http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&q=%22astrid+hadad%22&btnG=Search+Images). ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/28 "2007-03-24T07:26:48Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] “Dat’s my Part” by DJ Shadow. [/QUOTE] Yo–You know DJKrush? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/29 "2007-03-24T07:33:15Z")
Various J-pop. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/30 "2007-03-24T07:53:20Z")
A few hours ago I was not listening to music but playing it. Specifically, laying down a pseudo-Turkish bass groove on a sinister, drum-heavy improvised jam. I’d say it was sort of like “Anonymous Skulls” by Medeski, Martin and Wood mixed with the music from “The Jungle” level of _Turok: Dinosaur Hunter_ for N64. But more manic. Currently on my iTunes playlist: Pavement, Smashing Pumpkins, Kings of Leon, Destroyer (side project of Daniel Bejar of the New Pornographers,) Carbon Leaf, Mark Knopfler and The Zombies. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/31 "2007-03-24T08:19:29Z")
Tool, “Ticks and Leeches”, while posting Winamp went to K.D. Lang “So it shall be” ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/32 "2007-03-24T08:29:53Z")
[LuxuriaMusic.com](http://LuxuriaMusic.com) Not many other stations would play Mongo Santamaria, Frank Sinatra and the theme from Jonny Quest in a row. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/33 "2007-03-24T13:37:41Z")
At this very moment, the sound of the TV in another room. I think it’s the DVR replay of the latest _Boston Legal_. Otherwise, just the sound of my typing. The latest music I would have been hearing (not on the same TV in the same room) would have been some streaming audio associated with a talk show yesterday afternoon. What they call “bumper music” I believe. The latest music that I was actually paying any attention to would have been a couple of days ago, again on streaming audio, from the WMOT website. FWIW, I keep the music at a low level when I’m at the Dope, so I can concentrate more easily on the content. I mostly listen to music when I’m working puzzles of various kinds, or when I’m otherwise not focused on other things. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/34 "2007-03-24T13:41:31Z")
[QUOTE=Jonathan Chance] Right now? “C’est La Vie (And now the Waltz)” by Slade In the last five songs? “This Could Be The Start of Something Big” by Steve and Eydie [/QUOTE] Wow. I haven’t heard this song in…hmmmm…35 years? It was a frequent highlight on the 'rent’s rotation. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/35 "2007-03-24T14:51:35Z")
Right now I’m slowly working my way through Minor Threat’s _Complete Discography_. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/36 "2007-03-24T14:57:23Z")
From last.fm: Easy Star All-Stars – Any Dub You Like Easy Star All-Stars – Step It on the Rastaman Scene (feat. Ranking Joe) Easy Star All-Stars – Great Dub in the Sky Easy Star All-Stars – Time (Alternate Version) Easy Star All-Stars – Eclipse (feat. The Meditations) Easy Star All-Stars – Brain Damage (feat. Dr. Israel) Easy Star All-Stars – Any Colour You Like Easy Star All-Stars – Us and Them (feat. Frankie Paul) Easy Star All-Stars – Us and Them (feat. Frankie Paul) Easy Star All-Stars – Money (Feat. Gary “Nesta” Pine) So it’s fair to say I’m playing Dub Side of the Moon a lot. It’s really really good. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/37 "2007-03-24T14:57:45Z")
Pink Floyd _Have a Cigar_. Mmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Drake\_Tungsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@Drake\_Tungsten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drake_Tungsten)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/38 "2007-03-25T03:59:11Z")
**Big Bad Voodoo Lou** , Tori’s cover of Time is on _Little Girls_, a fantastic album. Buy the CD; it has great photographs and small stories by Neil Gaiman. ---
**Author:** ![Drake\_Tungsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@Drake\_Tungsten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drake_Tungsten)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/39 "2007-03-25T04:15:38Z")
Nuts. The album in question is _Strange Little Girls_. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221/40 "2007-03-25T04:20:25Z")
_“Out of State Plates”_, the **Fountains of Wayne** B-side compilation. The new CD comes out April 3rd, and I can’t wait. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/397221.md?page=3)