The One & Only Official Music Geeks' Thread

[Kowalczyk]

Must admit, can't think of any other French band

I've always liked Noir Désir, especially as a live band.

My favourite French indie band from more recent years would be Tahiti 80. And a more 'veteran' indie band that I respect is Têtes Raides.

Very good, young French singer/songwriter: Barbara Carlotti.

Le Peuple De L'Herbe do a very nice dub meets techno type thingy.

French hiphop: I don't know too many names, but I used to like MC Solaar, although I have no idea what he's up to these days.

And then there's the French dance scene, of course: Daft Punk, Laurent Garnier, Air, Cassius, Superfunk, Demon... Quality party techno.

K.

[SE6Ajacied]

French hiphop: I don't know too many names,

K.

Well as far as I can see they only did two albums and only one of them was any good by Microphonorama (2001 Favor Records) by Triptik is an excellent album. I got it from the much lamented long since closed French Shop 'A Lot of Gaul' in Brighton. I also liked Il Etait Une Fois by La Brigade (2001 Universal) which I think I got in the same shop.

As for dance, I really liked the CD Super Discount by Etienne De Crecy (1997) but not sure he did anything else of note. Must admit, I didn't know Daft Punk were French.

[Cedric]

Yes, all right, but they hardly ever sing in French.

Cheers Phillipe , but yeah, you're right, I think French is the only language they don't sing in (Spanish/Portuguese/English......).

You're wrong, they also sang in French (and Arab it seems). The most famous french song is "Pas assez de toi". They're also "Santa Maradona", about football as you can guess, "Ronde de Nuit" and "Paris La Nuit". These are the songs I know, the're maybe some more.

[SE6Ajacied]

Yes, all right, but they hardly ever sing in French.

Cheers Phillipe , but yeah, you're right, I think French is the only language they don't sing in (Spanish/Portuguese/English......).

You're wrong, they also sang in French (and Arab it seems). The most famous french song is "Pas assez de toi". They're also "Santa Maradona", about football as you can guess, "Ronde de Nuit" and "Paris La Nuit". These are the songs I know, the're maybe some more.

Yeah, you're right of course. Reading my post again I think I'm missing an "about" between "is" and "the". I was just being flippant anyway that they sing in a whole lot of languages

Haven't played them in ages but I've got all their albums on CD (mostly from Fame in Amsterdam as it's difficult to find them in the UK)

[SPL]

Showing my age here but my local radio had a tribute night last night to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest musical talents ever to come out of America. Buddy Holly. His music still sounds timeless and magical and will live on for ever.

Considering he was only around for about 18 months , from his first hit to death, his influence is hugh and the amount of songs he wrote and recorded are unbelievable.

[aveslacker]

Showing my age here but my local radio had a tribute night last night to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest musical talents ever to come out of America. Buddy Holly. His music still sounds timeless and magical and will live on for ever.

Considering he was only around for about 18 months , from his first hit to death, his influence is hugh and the amount of songs he wrote and recorded are unbelievable.

Also killed on that flight were Richie Valens and JP "The Big Bopper" Richardson. Waylon Jennings was scheduled to be on that flight but gave his seat to Richardson.

[Kowalczyk]

The power of Buddy Holly's work is really amazing. It still is. And he was so unbelievably young...

"The day the music died", some say, but today's lovers of all music known as 'rock & roll', 'pop music' or the like, will say that the history of the whole thing roughly started (rather than stopped) around 1959. Buddy Holly deserves quite a lot of credit for that fact, along with a few others.

K.

[martinkohout]

The power of Buddy Holly's work is really amazing. It still is. And he was so unbelievably young...

Amen, Ko.

Shameless self-promotion dept. : Those who want a succinct account of his life can check out the entry on Holly in the Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/onli ... fhors.html), which I wrote several years ago, during my tenure with the Texas State Historical Association.

[SPL]

Thanks for the read Mako. Must be something about Texas singers as another of my favourite male singers is the one and only Marvin Lee Aday aka Meat Loaf.

[martinkohout]

Must be something about Texas singers as another of my favourite male singers is the one and only Marvin Lee Aday aka Meat Loaf.

I have to admit I've never been much of a Meat Loaf fan, SPL, but there sure are a lot of prominent Texas musicians. Maybe it's the water? Or the Mexican food? Others in the Handbook of Texas: Gene Autry, the Big Bopper, Albert Collins, King Curtis, Dale Evans, Lefty Frizzell, Bobby Fuller, Woody Guthrie, Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Waylon Jennings, Santiago Jimenez, Robert Johnson, Janis Joplin, Scott Joplin, Freddie King, Buddy Knox, Leadbelly, Mance Lipscomb, Roger Miller, Phil Ochs, Roy Orbison, Little Esther Phillips, Tex Ritter, Jimmie Rodgers, Doug Sahm, Selena, Jack Teagarden, Joe Tex, Big Mama Thornton, Ernest Tubb, Townes Van Zandt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, T-Bone Walker, Johnny (Guitar) Watson, and Bob Wills, among many others.

Not all of the above are actually Texans, but they all had some tie to the state (i.e., Robert Johnson recorded in Dallas). The other thing they have in common is that they're all dead--that's a major criterion for inclusion in the Handbook--so don't bother looking for your man Meat Loaf, SPL, or for Willie Nelson or Robert Earl Keen or Lyle Lovett or Rodney Crowell or....

Sorry for the length of this post--you know how puffed-up we Texans (even we non-native Texans) can get.

[SE6Ajacied]

New Morrissey Album out today, surely the highlight of everyone's musical year so far...

Got mine today (of course) and from what I've heard of it so far he's back on form, if not quite reaching Smithsesque proportions.

It got quite mixed reviews in the papers here with some people really liking it and others much less so (which I suppose is unsurprising really, especially given the artist who does tend to polarise opinion).

Anyway, I'm sold on it and if there are any fellow fans out there then there's a link here to a special live concert he gave last week to BBEC Radio 2 (but get in fast - apparently this is only online until 23.59 UK time on Thursday

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/radcl ... ssey.shtml

[aveslacker]

Must be something about Texas singers as another of my favourite male singers is the one and only Marvin Lee Aday aka Meat Loaf.

I have to admit I've never been much of a Meat Loaf fan, SPL, but there sure are a lot of prominent Texas musicians. Maybe it's the water? Or the Mexican food? Others in the Handbook of Texas: Gene Autry, the Big Bopper, Albert Collins, King Curtis, Dale Evans, Lefty Frizzell, Bobby Fuller, Woody Guthrie, Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Waylon Jennings, Santiago Jimenez, Robert Johnson, Janis Joplin, Scott Joplin, Freddie King, Buddy Knox, Leadbelly, Mance Lipscomb, Roger Miller, Phil Ochs, Roy Orbison, Little Esther Phillips, Tex Ritter, Jimmie Rodgers, Doug Sahm, Selena, Jack Teagarden, Joe Tex, Big Mama Thornton, Ernest Tubb, Townes Van Zandt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, T-Bone Walker, Johnny (Guitar) Watson, and Bob Wills, among many others.

Not all of the above are actually Texans, but they all had some tie to the state (i.e., Robert Johnson recorded in Dallas). The other thing they have in common is that they're all dead--that's a major criterion for inclusion in the Handbook--so don't bother looking for your man Meat Loaf, SPL, or for Willie Nelson or Robert Earl Keen or Lyle Lovett or Rodney Crowell or....

Sorry for the length of this post--you know how puffed-up we Texans (even we non-native Texans) can get.

IIRC Robert Johnson also recorded in San Antonio.

Great list, btw.

[martinkohout]

IIRC Robert Johnson also recorded in San Antonio.

Great list, btw.

Of course you're right. His first recording session was in the Alamo City in 1936; his second and final session took place in Dallas the following year. (The Handbook entry gets it right, by the way.)

[aveslacker]

IIRC Robert Johnson also recorded in San Antonio.

Great list, btw.

Of course you're right. His first recording session was in the Alamo City in 1936; his second and final session took place in Dallas the following year. (The Handbook entry gets it right, by the way.)

IIRC he recorded Love in Vain in San Antonio, yes? What a song that is.

Good town, San Antonio, btw. I went to college there.

[SE6Ajacied]

IIRC Robert Johnson also recorded in San Antonio.

Great list, btw.

Of course you're right. His first recording session was in the Alamo City in 1936; his second and final session took place in Dallas the following year. (The Handbook entry gets it right, by the way.)

IIRC he recorded Love in Vain in San Antonio, yes? What a song that is.

Good town, San Antonio, btw. I went to college there.

all this talk has inspired me and I'm listenng to Robert Johnson right now. I'm not normally into this type of music but I've heard a bit about him (I think there was an anniversary or something a year or so back) and I got hold of a 'Complete Collection' CD very cheap.

Great sound anyway, very mellow and another one who tied tragically young (and in his case in quite dubious circumstances....)

[martinkohout]

IIRC he recorded Love in Vain in San Antonio, yes? What a song that is.

I've found various online references to "Love in Vain" being recorded in Dallas, not San Antonio. Apparently the Alamo City sessions produced, among others, "Terraplane Blues," "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom," "Come On in My Kitchen," "Sweet Home Chicago," and "Kind Hearted Woman Blues," while "Love in Vain," "Hellhound on My Trail," "Me and the Devil Blues," and "Stop Breakin' Down Blues" were all recorded in Dallas. It's all pretty amazing stuff.

Good town, San Antonio, btw. I went to college there.

Trinity? UTSA? Our Lady of the Lake? My wife-to-be and I spent our first year out of college there - she was born in San Antonio, and got a job as a reporter with the late and unlamented S.A. Light after graduation - and while it was a difficult year in many ways (we were so young and stupid! now I'm, uh, much older), I'm still fond of the place. Little Hipp's and the Liberty Bar were our favorite hangouts. Now we're just up the road in Austin, which is a great town, except for the unbearably hot summers, which last about 10 months a year....

[aveslacker]

Thanks for straightening me out on the Love in Vain thing. Man, those are some good songs. I totally dig Hellhound on My Trail and Terraplane Blues as well. Funny that Robert Johnon is considered the epitome of the Delta blues sound, but he recorded in Texas.

Personally, my favorite bluesmen are another Texas legend (who mastered the Texas shuffle) - Stevie Ray Vaughan - and Mr. Chicago, Muddy Waters.
I could listen to Little Walter blow the harp all night long.

Incidentally, I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan in concert in Houston before he died. Talk about a hell of a show.

I went to Trinity. San Antonio is probably not a great town to be in when you're just out of college (certainly not compared to Austin), but when you get a little older, it's pretty nice.

[martinkohout]

Personally, my favorite bluesmen are another Texas legend (who mastered the Texas shuffle) - Stevie Ray Vaughan - and Mr. Chicago, Muddy Waters.
I could listen to Little Walter blow the harp all night long.

SRV, of course, is the patron saint of Austin musicians; a statue of him stands on Auditorium Shores, on the south side of Lady Bird Lake.

I fell for the mighty mighty Wolf before Muddy; "Smokestack Lightning," "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy," "I Asked for Water (And She Gave Me Gasoline)," et al. You're supposed to be in one camp or the other - sort of like "Beatles or Stones" - but isn't it wonderful to have both (Wolf and Muddy, and the Beatles and the Stones)?

And Little Walter is indeed a god.

San Antonio is probably not a great town to be in when you're just out of college (certainly not compared to Austin), but when you get a little older, it's pretty nice.

I'm guessing there's an excellent chance that I'm older than you - I'm hitting the big five-oh this year - but I am fond of S.A. Puffy tacos at Teka Molina - oh man!

[aveslacker]

Personally, my favorite bluesmen are another Texas legend (who mastered the Texas shuffle) - Stevie Ray Vaughan - and Mr. Chicago, Muddy Waters.
I could listen to Little Walter blow the harp all night long.

SRV, of course, is the patron saint of Austin musicians; a statue of him stands on Auditorium Shores, on the south side of Lady Bird Lake.

I fell for the mighty mighty Wolf before Muddy; "Smokestack Lightning," "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy," "I Asked for Water (And She Gave Me Gasoline)," et al. You're supposed to be in one camp or the other - sort of like "Beatles or Stones" - but isn't it wonderful to have both (Wolf and Muddy, and the Beatles and the Stones)?

And Little Walter is indeed a god.

San Antonio is probably not a great town to be in when you're just out of college (certainly not compared to Austin), but when you get a little older, it's pretty nice.

I'm guessing there's an excellent chance that I'm older than you - I'm hitting the big five-oh this year - but I am fond of S.A. Puffy tacos at Teka Molina - oh man!

I've probably tended more towards Muddy Waters than Howlin' Wolf, but I wouldn't complain about either one. Smokestack Lightnin' is a hell of a song, without doubt.

So I'm not quite at 50, but I've been out of college for more than a decade, so I'm definitely not a college kid anymore. Teka Molina is great, but my favorite joint is Panchito's. We used to go there two or three days/week for breakfast. Sigh...

[aveslacker]

I was driving from Swansea to Heathrow last week and caught this guy on Radio 2. Really liked the sound of it. His name is Jon Allen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kotP5t9qjo

[Blind3]

Just putting this out there: If anyone is going to be in Washington State ( my hand is raised) around May 22 thru May 25, THE MELVINS will be celebrating their 25th anniversary at Seattle's venerable Showbox. GREEN RIVER will open shows on May 22 and 23. Also, Sasquatch Festival...Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction, Kings of Leon, Decembrists, Ben Harper, Devotchka, Gogol Bordello, Monotonix, and many more bands over three days. Sasquatch is at the beautiful Gorge Amphitheatre on the 23rd thru 25th. Scheduling conflict on 23/5 , but it's the kind of conflict that has no negative side.

[Blind3]

June 8 to July 2, Eddie Vedder solo tour of the States....OH HAPPY DAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Jun 8 Albany, NY Palace Theatre
Jun 9* Albany, NY Palace Theatre
Jun 11 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre
Jun 12 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre
Jun 14 Baltimore, MD Lyric Opera House
Jun 15 Baltimore, MD Lyric Opera House
Jun 18 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
Jun 20 Memphis, TN Orpheum
Jun 21* Memphis, TN Orpheum
Jun 23 Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy Performing Arts Ctr
Jun 24* Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy Performing Arts Ctr
Jun 29** Maui, HI Arts & Cultural Ctr - Castle Theatre
Jul 1** Honolulu, HI Hawaii Theatre Ctr
Jul 2** Honolulu, HI Hawaii Theatre Ctr

[DanK]

Picked up the 're-release' of Pearl Jam's 'Ten' yesterday. Or as it is officially known 'Ten - Legacy Edition'. It comes with 2 albums, the first original release, and a remix by Brendan O'Brien.

I am a huge fan of PJ's early work, but Ten never really did much for me, I always thought it was over produced and drowned in sound, which almost created a mash of music. How happy I am now then that it has had a once over, and is re-released as the band originally intended (or so I have read) on the O'Brien version.

Its amazing how much clearer, more focused, less muffled this edition is. I can finally hear each instrument individually on some of the songs, and some of the classics like Alive, Even Flow just soar.

PJ may have become boring in recent years, but at their height they were some act (and they still rock live btw). Its amazing what a subtle change can do for a record.

[sgordo]

I don't post much here these days but I have to tell you guys about a great band coming to Netherlands and Belgium this month-Slim Cessna's Auto Club. I've seen them live a couple of times here in Chapel Hill, NC, including "Sleezefest" and they're amazing.

Here's a few of their dates coming up:

Wednesday, April 15
Merleyn
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Thursday, April 16
Paradiso
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Friday, April 17
4AD
Diksmuide, Belgium
Saturday, April 18
(AFTERNOON SHOW)
Vredenburg / Blue Highways Festival
Utrecht, Netherlands
Saturday, April 18
(EVENING SHOW)
De Spot Middelburg, Netherlands
Plus a bunch of other shows in Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. If you get the chance, check these guys out.
http://www.slimcessnasautoclub.com

Steve, (still recovering from celebrating our Tar Heels national championship) Chapel Hill, NC

[aveslacker]

Picked up the 're-release' of Pearl Jam's 'Ten' yesterday. Or as it is officially known 'Ten - Legacy Edition'. It comes with 2 albums, the first original release, and a remix by Brendan O'Brien.

I am a huge fan of PJ's early work, but Ten never really did much for me, I always thought it was over produced and drowned in sound, which almost created a mash of music. How happy I am now then that it has had a once over, and is re-released as the band originally intended (or so I have read) on the O'Brien version.

Its amazing how much clearer, more focused, less muffled this edition is. I can finally hear each instrument individually on some of the songs, and some of the classics like Alive, Even Flow just soar.

PJ may have become boring in recent years, but at their height they were some act (and they still rock live btw). Its amazing what a subtle change can do for a record.

I'd like to hear that. To be honest, Ten is my favorite of all Pearl Jam albums. I've often thought that they'd be much more highly regarded (not that they're poorly-regarded) if they'd released their albums in reverse order, i.e. releasd Ten last.