wanna go see an awesome live show..... Los Lobos or Gov't Mule.
Also, Ben Harper's album was excellent.
First of all, I've seen DMB 14 times, and loved the live show every time. I love the live stuff, but I do agree with you that sometimes a studio recording would be better. It's not that they do too much live stuff, but not enough studio stuff. I was at the show that is now Live In Chicago, 12.19.1998 I think. That was my first show :-)
You want to see the greatest live show you will ever see in your life though, go see Phish (If you can get tix, it's very hard) or the all time best, Belá Fleck and the Flecktones. Hands down the best live show in the world, it's amazing. If you've never heard of the Flecktones, check them out, they are unbelievable.
First of all, I've seen DMB 14 times, and loved the live show every time. I love the live stuff, but I do agree with you that sometimes a studio recording would be better. It's not that they do too much live stuff, but not enough studio stuff. I was at the show that is now Live In Chicago, 12.19.1998 I think. That was my first show :-)
You want to see the greatest live show you will ever see in your life though, go see Phish (If you can get tix, it's very hard) or the all time best, Belá Fleck and the Flecktones. Hands down the best live show in the world, it's amazing. If you've never heard of the Flecktones, check them out, they are unbelievable.
seen both, and have been a flecktones fan for years now
Gov't Mule blows both of them away and makes them look like preschoolers.
I can't think of anything that's come out this year and I've bought a ton of stuff. Hmm...was dissapointed in the black rebel motorcycle club and I don't know what the rat's been smoking but that Dandy Warhols record sucked.
The Blur record is good, but what else. Oh, my cd of the moment is definitely The Little Killers self titled debut. Record of the year is definitely Gogol Bordello's Multi Kontra Culti Vs. Irony. It may have come out last year, but if that's the case then it just means it was the album of the last two years. If you go to this page http://www.gogolbordello.com/muzon/multi/ you can click on the first song, When The Trickster Startsa Poking and check it out. The only other things I can think of is that I like the Northern State cd and also the Fannypack disk and the Outkast song is definitely single of the year.
Muse has consistently been winning awards in the UK. Best Innovation (Q Awards),
I don't really see how producing a perfect copy of the Radiohead sound (including the tortured singing) would be considered innovation. Might be me though.
Yeah, but the easy availability of the ganj brings Phish shows up a few levels. But I doubt that Applenut, being the Clean American Boy of the decade has tried the Phish & Veggies platter.
Whenever the new year starts coming to a close, I start to get excited about wxpn's (Public Radio from University of Pennsylvania) to 50 albums of the year. They are listener-selected, but from what I've found, they tend to be a good represtentation of what each year is like, with an astounding variety (well, it's almost precisely the variety of music that I like). You can look for their 2003 countdown here: http://www.xpn.org/top50_2003_calendar.php
I can't seem to find the previous years, but I know they are there somewhere...
This year had a few things going for me in music appreciation; Broadband at work, P to P software and iTunes.
Finding and listening to music before purchase? Yes, though much of the new music out there really sucks. So, I stuck with finding and burning my favorite "oldies" and some new stuff.
I waited three years for Iggy Pop's new CD and was totally disapointed...
I'd have to give White Stripe a pat on the back for revitalizing the rock and roll scene. Mr. White will be a force himself with his own studio and label.
Heard he's producing Loretta Lynn's new album...yeah, "Coal Miner's Daughter" Loretta Lynn...that should be interesting.
Many deaths in the music/rock world...I'll miss:
Johnny & June Carter Cash...need I say more?
Mickie Most, MAJOR record producer...discovered The Animals
Nina Simone, Jazz singer
Earl King, Blues guitarist
Eva Boyd, who sang "The Loco-Motion" as Little Eva
Johnny Paycheck "Take This Job and Shove It!"
Edwin Starr "WAR, huh! What is it good for!"
Barry White "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe"
Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records and arguably the founder of Rock & Roll
Warren Zevon "Lawyers, Guns and Money"
Robert Palmer "Addicted to Love"
Paul Burlison, Rock and roll pioneer as a member of the Rock 'n' Roll Trio
And of course the losers of the year:
Phil Spector
Michael Jackson
Courtney Love
Let's hope that 2004 will bring some new and vital music to the ears and not the endless succession of soon to be has-beens for VH1's "Where are They Now?".
Notable mention: New Pornographers, The Strokes, British Sea Power, Enon
Best album: Chutes Too Narrow. I have grown to like the album even better than when I reviewed it for my school paper. Different, but better, than Oh Inverted World. (Also, why did the Shins get bumped from Letterman? That would have been an actual reason to watch his lame show)
2004 prediction: Dizzy Rascal crosses the pond and surpasses all the hype.
Comments
dave douglas - freak in
keith jarrett - always let me go
dave holland quintet - live at birdland
wayne shorter - alegrÃ*a
ryan kisor - awakening
pop
ry cooder/manuel galboán - mambo sinuendo
aimee mann - lost in space
tori amos - scarlett's walk
neil young - greendale
emmylou harris - stumble into grace
jewel - 0304 (but i'd like that kept on the Q.T.)
Pretty Girls Make Graves - The New Romance
New Pornographers - Electric Version
Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
Stephen Malkmus - Pig Lib
Constantines - Shine a Light
Honorable Mention because it was released in 2002 but I didn't hear it until this year.....
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
Originally posted by applenut
[snip]
wanna go see an awesome live show..... Los Lobos or Gov't Mule.
Also, Ben Harper's album was excellent.
First of all, I've seen DMB 14 times, and loved the live show every time. I love the live stuff, but I do agree with you that sometimes a studio recording would be better. It's not that they do too much live stuff, but not enough studio stuff. I was at the show that is now Live In Chicago, 12.19.1998 I think. That was my first show :-)
You want to see the greatest live show you will ever see in your life though, go see Phish (If you can get tix, it's very hard) or the all time best, Belá Fleck and the Flecktones. Hands down the best live show in the world, it's amazing. If you've never heard of the Flecktones, check them out, they are unbelievable.
Originally posted by superkarate monkeydeathcar
tori amos - scarlett's walk
That was last year. Good nomination, though.
for example, the new al green just came out and i like it a lot. but by january or february i might think it sucks. same with the new alicia keys.
so my cutoff date has always been the first tuesday in october.
i'm like the supreme court that way*.
*hip legal humor.
Originally posted by DMBand0026
First of all, I've seen DMB 14 times, and loved the live show every time. I love the live stuff, but I do agree with you that sometimes a studio recording would be better. It's not that they do too much live stuff, but not enough studio stuff. I was at the show that is now Live In Chicago, 12.19.1998 I think. That was my first show :-)
You want to see the greatest live show you will ever see in your life though, go see Phish (If you can get tix, it's very hard) or the all time best, Belá Fleck and the Flecktones. Hands down the best live show in the world, it's amazing. If you've never heard of the Flecktones, check them out, they are unbelievable.
seen both, and have been a flecktones fan for years now
Gov't Mule blows both of them away and makes them look like preschoolers.
Originally posted by applenut
seen both, and have been a flecktones fan for years now
Gov't Mule blows both of them away and makes them look like preschoolers.
Heck...Phil Lesh and Friends blows Phish away as well.
Originally posted by groverat
Because I hated the album.
Third strike's the charm. I tried, but I hated it.
I'm curious that groverat hasn't commented on my AAS pick. Locals don't cut it?
The Blur record is good, but what else. Oh, my cd of the moment is definitely The Little Killers self titled debut. Record of the year is definitely Gogol Bordello's Multi Kontra Culti Vs. Irony. It may have come out last year, but if that's the case then it just means it was the album of the last two years. If you go to this page http://www.gogolbordello.com/muzon/multi/ you can click on the first song, When The Trickster Startsa Poking and check it out. The only other things I can think of is that I like the Northern State cd and also the Fannypack disk and the Outkast song is definitely single of the year.
I don't disagree with a single selection. All solid stuff.
Not a huge AAS fan, but they are good.
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trick:
Lay off the Dandy Warhols. It's a personal thing.
Originally posted by tonton
Muse has consistently been winning awards in the UK. Best Innovation (Q Awards),
I don't really see how producing a perfect copy of the Radiohead sound (including the tortured singing) would be considered innovation. Might be me though.
Originally posted by tonton
Yeah, but the easy availability of the ganj brings Phish shows up a few levels. But I doubt that Applenut, being the Clean American Boy of the decade has tried the Phish & Veggies platter.
um...never been to a Lesh or Dead show huh
I can't seem to find the previous years, but I know they are there somewhere...
It's a great station!
Finding and listening to music before purchase? Yes, though much of the new music out there really sucks. So, I stuck with finding and burning my favorite "oldies" and some new stuff.
I waited three years for Iggy Pop's new CD and was totally disapointed...
I'd have to give White Stripe a pat on the back for revitalizing the rock and roll scene. Mr. White will be a force himself with his own studio and label.
Heard he's producing Loretta Lynn's new album...yeah, "Coal Miner's Daughter" Loretta Lynn...that should be interesting.
Many deaths in the music/rock world...I'll miss:
Johnny & June Carter Cash...need I say more?
Mickie Most, MAJOR record producer...discovered The Animals
Nina Simone, Jazz singer
Earl King, Blues guitarist
Eva Boyd, who sang "The Loco-Motion" as Little Eva
Johnny Paycheck "Take This Job and Shove It!"
Edwin Starr "WAR, huh! What is it good for!"
Barry White "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe"
Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records and arguably the founder of Rock & Roll
Warren Zevon "Lawyers, Guns and Money"
Robert Palmer "Addicted to Love"
Paul Burlison, Rock and roll pioneer as a member of the Rock 'n' Roll Trio
And of course the losers of the year:
Phil Spector
Michael Jackson
Courtney Love
Let's hope that 2004 will bring some new and vital music to the ears and not the endless succession of soon to be has-beens for VH1's "Where are They Now?".
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Menomena - I am the Fun Blame Monster
I Can't Stop - Al Green
Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Belle & Sebastian
Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie
Boy In Da Corner - Dizzee Rascal
Earthquake Glue - Guided By Voices
Rainy Day Music - The Jayhawks
Atlas - Kinky
The Love Below - Outkast
Hot Shit - Quasi
Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins
Reconstruction Site - The Weakerthans
Meadowlands - Wrens
Date With the Night Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Elephant - White Stripes
Lovers - The Sleepy Jackson
Give Up - The Postal Service
In almost alphabetical order.
Notable mention: New Pornographers, The Strokes, British Sea Power, Enon
Best album: Chutes Too Narrow. I have grown to like the album even better than when I reviewed it for my school paper. Different, but better, than Oh Inverted World. (Also, why did the Shins get bumped from Letterman? That would have been an actual reason to watch his lame show)
2004 prediction: Dizzy Rascal crosses the pond and surpasses all the hype.