What albums did you listen to today?...continued - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Finnforest wrote:

The Motels - Little Robbers
Kim Wilde
Thompson Twins - Into the Gap
Emeraude - Geoffrey
Blackmill - Miracle (really enjoyed this relaxing music)
Dionaea - Still (this is so cool. crazy stuff yet accessible to me. thanks Dave for adding this band)

Still Corners - Slow Air

Had a friend back in the day who used to enjoy trying to talk female musicians into a kiss. It was kind of like a game to him, but he was always courteous about it and only asked once. Sounds insane in today's climate but things were a bit different back then. Anyway, as you can imagine, he was "shot down in flames" about 97.3 percent of the time and his friends enjoyed him making an arse of himself. One lady who called his bluff was Martha Davis of the Motels. She walked up to him, bent him over backwards and planted a monster full-mouth kiss on him. When she was done he looked like he'd been clubbed in the head a few times and seeing stars.

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Finnforest wrote:

I'm not super knowledgeable about metal, esp modern metal, although I've dipped my toes many times through the years. Growling is certainly not my favorite thing and I prefer clean vox, but it's not a deal-breaker either. If the music is good and the growling only intermittent, I'm usually fine. Trees strikes me as absolutely accessible for anyone really. It's just great material and I think the tragedy surrounding it probably added to the care that the participants put into it.

My biggest problem with modern Metal is the lenght of the albums, even with this one, it lost my attention on the last 2 or 3 tracks. I'd prefer 40 intense minutes rather than a 60+ minutes album.

progbethyname wrote:

Meltdowner wrote:

Locanda Delle Fate - Forse le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più

Love this album. Wink

Sheer RPI beauty . This one is right up there with the greats.

Yes, indeed! I took me a while to warm up to it but it won me over eventually Smile

Last albums of the year:

Girón - Clouds

Oren Ambarchi - Hubris

The Doors - Other Voices

Miles Davis - Miles in the Sky

Colour Haze - In Her Garden

Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel

Malady - Toinen Toista

Node - Node Live

Gong - Gazeuse!

Kraftwerk - Computer World

Aaron Copland - The Tender Land Suite

IZZ Crush of Night

Recommended for me, pretty complex, well played music.

"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp

Aesthesys ~ Achromata

Heard "Marea," on Drew Fisher's radio show this weekend and thought I'd check out more of it...Glad I listened, really enjoyed this recording.

"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp

Lovely choices, AEProgman...and I love Marvin the Martian! Smile

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Slayer - Hell Awaits
The Sundays - Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
The Sundays - Blind
Overkill - Taking Over

...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"

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I work at home now, but when I commuted, I used to love using thrash or hard rock to wake myself up in the car on the early-morning drive to the office. Nothing like it to get the blood moving.

...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"

Just saw that Wayside has a new affordably priced 3 disc set in stock containing the complete works of Finnforest. Such a cool group, I’m tempted. Since it’s also Jim’s name, I thought I’d post that news here.

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Exodus - Bonded by Blood
Amorphis - Under the Red Cloud
Pascal Pinon - Sundur
Al Jolson - mix

...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"

Prog Sothoth wrote:

Finnforest wrote:

Slayer - Hell Awaits
The Sundays - Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
The Sundays - Blind
Overkill - Taking Over

Wow, Hell Awaits and Reading, Writing and Arithmetic...together at last!

Soccer Mommy - Clean: Hmm..a meticulous, shiny lo-fi production. I'd love to be a fly on the wall for the recording sessions. "Okay soccer girl, that was flawless. Let's try this again, and this time can you flub the chord before the second chorus? Loose hands babe, maybe a shot of whisky."

Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet: Similar indie vocals that are all the rage, but the music has a real dream-pop quality I really like. I'll be going back to this one.

Given the state of the world these days, I find those red pill/blue pill transitions easier than ever. One minute, I wanna -- figuratively speaking -- put my fist through the sheetrock, the next minute...need to veg out with wildflowers and tea LOL

You pretty much nailed my thoughts on both of those. Pleasant enough with Japanese Breakfast being more intriguing. Snail Mail was another band that is similar to these two experiences somewhat. But I need further listens too.

I enjoyed that Amorphis also. I'm getting into the Scandinavian softer/atmospheric metal on one hand, but craving the early thrash on the other.

Thanks for the tip about Fixx.

...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"