RobMCFC
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You don't have to post a top 10 on this thread - it's just a listen and comment affair.
Some people like to put up a post at the end of the two weeks summarising what they liked or you can just comment as you go along.
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Blue Moon Playlist Review Club - Season 2, Episode 18 - BM Openers - Out on blue 6 (pg 353)
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Some people like to put up a post at the end of the two weeks summarising what they liked or you can just comment as you go along.
RobMCFC
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Thanks to @Out on blue 6 for curating another great playlist.
Joint winners for me on this week - unsurprisingly as I already own the albums in each case.
"Roscoe" - Midlake - This, and perhaps "Head Home", are the standout tracks on the Trials of Van Occupanther album.
16 years ago, I heard this song being belted out of the speaker system before a Crowded House concert but it took me a year to happen across it again and find out who it was by. A really different atmosphere and a great song.
"Waiting For The Sun" - The Jayhawks. I think this band are both under the radar and under-appreciated - even by me who owns 4 of their albums. They tread the line between country, pop and rock very nicely and one of the best parts of their sound is the vocal harmonies by Gary Louris and Mark Olsen.
Others I enjoyed:-
"Sail On, Sailor" - The Beach Boys
"Leave Them All Behind" - Ride
"Kid Charlemagne" - Steely Dan
"Rosemary With A Bible and a Gun" - Drive-By Truckers
"Follow Me" - Rory Gallagher
"Goin' Down To Laurel" - Steve Forbert
Joint winners for me on this week - unsurprisingly as I already own the albums in each case.
"Roscoe" - Midlake - This, and perhaps "Head Home", are the standout tracks on the Trials of Van Occupanther album.
16 years ago, I heard this song being belted out of the speaker system before a Crowded House concert but it took me a year to happen across it again and find out who it was by. A really different atmosphere and a great song.
"Waiting For The Sun" - The Jayhawks. I think this band are both under the radar and under-appreciated - even by me who owns 4 of their albums. They tread the line between country, pop and rock very nicely and one of the best parts of their sound is the vocal harmonies by Gary Louris and Mark Olsen.
Others I enjoyed:-
"Sail On, Sailor" - The Beach Boys
"Leave Them All Behind" - Ride
"Kid Charlemagne" - Steely Dan
"Rosemary With A Bible and a Gun" - Drive-By Truckers
"Follow Me" - Rory Gallagher
"Goin' Down To Laurel" - Steve Forbert
mancity2012_eamo
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That Beach Boys one really surprised me.Thanks to @Out on blue 6 for curating another great playlist.
Joint winners for me on this week - unsurprisingly as I already own the albums in each case.
"Roscoe" - Midlake - This, and perhaps "Head Home", are the standout tracks on the Trials of Van Occupanther album.
16 years ago, I heard this song being belted out of the speaker system before a Crowded House concert but it took me a year to happen across it again and find out who it was by. A really different atmosphere and a great song.
"Waiting For The Sun" - The Jayhawks. I think this band are both under the radar and under-appreciated - even by me who owns 4 of their albums. They tread the line between country, pop and rock very nicely and one of the best parts of their sound is the vocal harmonies by Gary Louris and Mark Olsen.
Others I enjoyed:-
"Sail On, Sailor" - The Beach Boys
"Leave Them All Behind" - Ride
"Kid Charlemagne" - Steely Dan
"Rosemary With A Bible and a Gun" - Drive-By Truckers
"Follow Me" - Rory Gallagher
"Goin' Down To Laurel" - Steve Forbert
Like it more than their regular sound.
RobMCFC
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I'll do Out on Blue 6's promo work for him - in an earlier playlist, he nominated a song by Dennis Wilson - "River Song". Absolutely sublime, go and have a listen.That Beach Boys one really surprised me.
Like it more than their regular sound.
Out on blue 6
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Forget the greatest hits The Beach Boys like one of the other underrated US bands The Byrds wrote loads of great songs hardly anyone knows.That Beach Boys one really surprised me.
Like it more than their regular sound.
RobMCFC
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Yeah, but to be fair, I'll bet none of them are up to the level of "Good Vibrations" and "God Only Knows" (but happy to be shown otherwise!)Forget the greatest hits The Beach Boys like one of the other underrated US bands The Byrds wrote loads of great songs hardly anyone knows.
Out on blue 6
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I don't disagree but we are talking about 2 of the most sublime pieces of music ever. I'm talking more about the discovery of other great work in the catalogue. Most don't see past Pet SoundsYeah, but to be fair, I'll bet none of them are up to the level of "Good Vibrations" and "God Only Knows" (but happy to be shown otherwise!)
RobMCFC
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Yeah, fair point, I did think after pressing send that this would be an impossibly high bar for any artist. It's probably not good to use a band's best work as a stick to beat them with!I don't disagree but we are talking about 2 of the most sublime pieces of music ever. I'm talking more about the discovery of other great work in the catalogue. Most don't see past Pet Sounds
mancity2012_eamo
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I will do.I'll do Out on Blue 6's promo work for him - in an earlier playlist, he nominated a song by Dennis Wilson - "River Song". Absolutely sublime, go and have a listen.
At the moment I’m listening to one of my own playlists, to get away from the two music threads I’m contributing to in here.
It’s an Irish mixture from the 60’s up to the present.
Actually made me think a thread where we each share something from our own private playlists might have legs, if I thought it through enough.
Not necessarily for critique, but it could open debate as people pick and mix new stuff from others libraries, that they’ve never heard before.
Black&White&BlueMoon Town
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It could even be the next topic here as I don't believe that concept has been taken before.Actually made me think a thread where we each share something from our own private playlists might have legs, if I thought it through enough.
And it's making me think this evening while now nervously watching USA-Panama football 10 v 11.