Music: What Are You Listening To Part lV

[ItsFineImFine]

Really good shoegaze/alternative. Thought I'd struck gold with Diiv earlier this year but this album is better

 

[plank]

 

[plank]

 

[DNE3]

GER risque art

 

[DNE3]

u.k.

 

[plank]

I've got a feeling '21
Is going to be a good year
Especially if you and me
See it in together

 

[plank]

I know you've got a lot of good things happening up ahead
The past is gone, it's all been said
So here's to what the future brings
I know tomorrow you'll find better things

 

[chaos4]

Great minds think alike.

 

[chaos4]

 

[Gold Standard]

I'd do 17 shots with Christia.

 

[GordieGallant]

 

[Intermission]

The album art is a rush too

 

[GordieGallant]

 

[TNT87]

 

[spintheblackcircle]

I love Clapton and Badge is one of his best songs, but for me it also is a prime example of what I dislike about his solo live performances. For 9 out of 10 great artists I find there are live versions that are better and more powerful than the records but that isn't the case for him. His arrangements are always way too big (backup singers and all) and he loses the subtleties of the recorded songs in favor of longer solos. With Badge he speeds it up and does a long dramatic pause before the coda and make it bigger. The song itself is sad in some sense, but that gets lost in the wankage when played live. It's like every (solo) show he plays sounds like he is closing an awards show. .

I don't know, man. Here's another live version I found recently which I love with George Terry again with solo #1. (I think)

To me, seeing him live is all about 1:30-4:30 and then when Clapton drops back in at 5:35-to the end

He throws in a phrase that sounds right out of Strange Brew around 6:45.....seeing this live would be the highlight of any Clapton show to me.

It may be a sad song as written, but that can change. Eddie Vedder wrote "Alive" as an angry song, but he said the crowd reaction to it live turned it into song of inspiration and changed the meaning of the song to him.

 

[kook10]

I don't know, man. Here's another live version I found recently which I love with George Terry again with solo #1. (I think)

To me, seeing him live is all about 1:30-4:30 and then when Clapton drops back in at 5:35-to the end

He throws in a phrase that sounds right out of Strange Brew around 6:45.....seeing this live would be the highlight of any Clapton show to me.

It may be a sad song as written, but that can change. Eddie Vedder wrote "Alive" as an angry song, but he said the crowd reaction to it live turned it into song of inspiration and changed the meaning of the song to him.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess. I am a big fan, but for whatever reason I think he goes to the well way too often in concert when it comes to having a big (backup singers,percussion etc) sped-up guitar solo coda. He's got White Room, I Shot The Sheriff, Presence of the Lord, Let It Rain etc etc.

He is without a doubt one of the best lyrical players of all time, but the nuance of his phrasing and the dynamics of the show get lost when so much of the concert is shouted, buried in a wall of notes, and most songs get the same treatment. It would seem he thinks people just want to see a guitar exposition (which may be mostly true), but I think he undercuts his overall musicianship and sophistication in favor of that. When playing with Cream or Winwood though he seems to appreciate the picture as a whole though.

That said all said, taken individually the results can be spectacular

 

[TNT87]

 

[Desdichado93]

 

[plank]

The "winter" albums are setting in to the rotation.

 

[Hammettf2b]

Never thought I'd say this, but Miley Cyrus' newest album. Has a rock feel to it. I've always enjoyed her rock covers so I figure I give it a try. Surprisingly good imo.

 

[plank]

 

[ItsFineImFine]

One of the breakthrough UK bands from last year, just listening to their album now. Good song, monotonous but memorable

 

[peate]

Never thought I'd say this, but Miley Cyrus' newest album. Has a rock feel to it. I've always enjoyed her rock covers so I figure I give it a try. Surprisingly good imo.

I've still got Midnight sky stuck in my head, it's been over a month now. Have seen all the video versions, around 6 or 7 , this is my favorite.

 

[cupcrazyman]

I could listen to this every day.

 

[ItsFineImFine]

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