Random Music Thread XXXIII: Laz Goes Tubing, Gets Run Over By Tugboat

[joyfulgirl]

It is a general admission ticket for a band I will be seeing for the first time.

Praise Jesus. I hope you get the best rail spot in the stadium.

And don't wear a U2 t-shirt.

 

[LemonMelon]

And don't wear a U2 t-shirt.

Not even the one I bought while the opening band was on? That won't make me look old school?

 

[BoMac]

Praise Jesus. I hope you get the best rail spot in the stadium.

And don't wear a U2 t-shirt.

I never, ever understood this concept. Isn't the "rule" not to wear a T-shirt of another band. Why not wear a shirt of the band you're going to see?

 

[Imperor]

It's just kind of an unwritten rule. Like not wearing white after Labor Day or not exposing yourself to the mayor no matter how many drinks I had.

 

[iron yuppie]

I wish I had more consistent work... I want to buy so many TV shows on DVD. Fresh Prince of Bel Air is the latest.

That's a great show - a classic, really. I was just talking with a girl the other day who claimed that she was at a bar in LA with Carlton, Zack Morris, and Charles in Charge - all at the same table.

 

[No spoken words]

I wore a U2 shirt to the 2nd Anaheim show and had to punch a few people in the face because of it. So it all worked out in the end.

 

[iron yuppie]

How about this: a once wore a Led Zeppelin III shirt to a Robert Plant concert. Fair or foul?

 

[No spoken words]

Fair.

 

[Imperor]

I'm really glad I got to see Plant tour Mighty Rearranger. Very underrated album and a great show.

 

[No spoken words]

I saw Plant & Page, which was VERY cool....and I saw Plant & Krauss, which was also cool but in a different way.

 

[Imperor]

Those both would've been good gets, and I've heard positive things about his Band of Joy shows (and the album, incidentally). I'm excited to finally see Krauss and Union Station at ACL this year.

 

[No spoken words]

I never talk about Krauss in here cos I assume I'm the only one that likes her.....

I'm sort of in love with her voice.

 

[LemonMelon]

So, Marry Me is just as good as Actor, if not better. Lower peaks (Laughing With A Mouth of Blood and Black Rainbow are my favorite St. Vincent songs), but overall higher in quality. I'm so fucking excited for Annie's new album. 3 more months...

 

[Imperor]

Uncle T-Bag, it's getting high time for your first half roundup thread, no?

I never talk about Krauss in here cos I assume I'm the only one that likes her.....

I'm sort of in love with her voice.

Yeah, hers is one of my favorite female voices for sure. My old man is a big fan, so I heard a ton of her stuff growing up in the 90s and it's always kind of stuck with me. Sort of the same deal with my Emmylou adoration. It's not the sort of music I'd really expect myself to be into, but I've got a soft spot for it.

 

[LemonMelon]

You like Lucinda Williams, Deputy? I feel she's a little more Neil Young than Emmylou Harris, but it's still great modern country, which I'm always pleasantly surprised to hear. She has a new album, Blessed, that I keep putting off. Hear it's good though.

 

[iron yuppie]

I'm really glad I got to see Plant tour Mighty Rearranger. Very underrated album and a great show.

Yes and yes. He was magnificent on that tour.

I saw Plant & Page, which was VERY cool....and I saw Plant & Krauss, which was also cool but in a different way.

Raising Sand would probably rank among my top five albums of the 2000s - just beautiful throughout. I wanted so badly to see them on that tour, but, if I remember correctly, they did not play anywhere north of Dixie. I did, however, see the show at which they first performed together - a Ledbelly tribute in Cleveland. I think that was 2004. Apparently they decided after the show to record an album together.

 

[Imperor]

You like Lucinda Williams, Deputy?

Not familiar enough with her to have much of an opinion.

 

[LemonMelon]

Not familiar enough with her to have much of an opinion.

Just throw on Car Wheels On A Gravel Road sometime and see what you think. It's dusty, depressing, and more than a little fucked up, but it rocks, and the amount of palpable emotion to be heard there is astounding. You feel every word she sings, and that's what I love in a country album.

Raising Sand would probably rank among my top five albums of the 2000s - just beautiful throughout.

Wow, alright. On your recommendation, I will finally hear this. I guess I was put off by how many covers are on it. Well, that and I just can't picture Robert Plant not rocking. Then again, I suppose it's for the best. Led Zeppelin will never be what the Who became.

 

[corianderstem]

I really wished I was standing by you guys so we could all freak out together.

There would have been a lot of hugging, probably from people you didn't even know. You might have exploded.

I have to say....it was kind of extra special getting to watch with so many interlanders....we all post in so many different threads that I sometimes forget the core thing most of us have in common.....a love of the band. Like, a pack of die-hards, not casual fans. It made for a unique and special environment that I'll not soon forget.

I have nothing I can add that can add to the simple beauty of that statement, so I'll just

We'll be driving from Clarendon, Texas, to Liberal, Kansas that day.

I have spent the night in Liberal, Kansas. All I remember about it is that I was staying at a hotel in Liberal, Kansas.

I wore a U2 shirt to the 2nd Anaheim show and had to punch a few people in the face because of it. So it all worked out in the end.

You know, I thought there was something vastly uncool about you on Saturday. I just couldn't quite put my finger on it.

Just throw on Car Wheels On A Gravel Road sometime and see what you think. It's dusty, depressing, and more than a little fucked up, but it rocks, and the amount of palpable emotion to be heard there is astounding. You feel every word she sings, and that's what I love in a country album.

I like that album a lot. I have a few other CDs of hers, and I find myself growing way too weary of her voice about halfway through. But not Car Wheels.

 

[LemonMelon]

Lately, I've had fun just searching through the rateyourmusic psychedelic pop charts and picking out whatever is rated highest. I've come across some great shit.

First, this Swedish band, Dungen, that sounds a little like Super Furry Animals, but much heavier:

YouTube - ‪Dungen - Gjort Bort Sig (Live Roskilde 2005)‬‏

YouTube - ‪Dungen - Festival‬‏

And, lighter but no less exciting, I'm really liking this Italian pysch-pop musician Lucio Battisti. His music has a flamenco thing happening, mixing in some Tropicalia (a genre I am coming to love quite dearly) as well, but much spacier. This track has an epic, danceable climax that takes the shit to another level:

YouTube - ‪Lucio Battisti - Anima Latina‬‏

 

[No spoken words]

Yes and yes. He was magnificent on that tour.



Raising Sand would probably rank among my top five albums of the 2000s - just beautiful throughout. I wanted so badly to see them on that tour, but, if I remember correctly, they did not play anywhere north of Dixie. I did, however, see the show at which they first performed together - a Ledbelly tribute in Cleveland. I think that was 2004. Apparently they decided after the show to record an album together.

I saw them just outside of Chicago in the Summer. It was great. I love that album very much.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Not even the one I bought while the opening band was on? That won't make me look old school?

I'll allow it because then it's obvious you just bought it and don't want to hold it during the show. But if it was a t-shirt from an earlier leg of the tour which is no longer available, or from a previous tour, that would not be allowed.

I never talk about Krauss in here cos I assume I'm the only one that likes her.....

I'm sort of in love with her voice.

Hard not to like her.

 

[Imperor]

Has anyone ever told the folks in the Now Playing thread about last.fm?

 

[Danny Boy]

The what now?

 

[Reggo]

I never talk about Krauss in here cos I assume I'm the only one that likes her.....

I'm sort of in love with her voice.

definitely not alone, NSW. I love her voice.

 

[martha]

I have spent the night in Liberal, Kansas. All I remember about it is that I was staying at a hotel in Liberal, Kansas.

Airplane museum there. That's all you need to know.

First, this Swedish band, Dungen, that sounds a little like Super Furry Animals, but much heavier

I fucking LOVE Dungen. Maybe the best concert I saw last year. In my top five bands most of the time.

 

[LemonMelon]

I fucking LOVE Dungen. Maybe the best concert I saw last year. In my top five bands most of the time.

Let me guess...Shouter band too? Because they seem to be right in his wheelhouse. Great band, definitely.

 

[If you shout...]

Honestly, I've been trying to get into Dungen since they first started putting out music. But I just can't. The effort has led to my discovering any number of great Swedish and Scandinavian acts, over the years, and for that I'm very grateful. It's been worth it, ultimately. But I really don't get it. Either way, Subliminal Sounds is a GREAT fucking label.

 

[martha]

Let me guess...Shouter band too? Because they seem to be right in his wheelhouse. Great band, definitely.

No! (See above)

I was at Fingerprints one day and Tio Bitar was playing. That's all it took.

 

[martha]

But I really don't get it.