OK, I went to Best Buy to purchase Cyndi Lauper's "At Last" cd & they were Sold Out. The Best Buy Help Boy said people have been asking for this cd and they underestimated it's popularity. It's also #6 on Amazon's top sellers. I just hope this record sells well for her. She deserves to have a best selling cd...she's just so damn talented.

I'm happy to hear that. She certainly has been doing a lot of publicity for the CD. I'm not a huge Cyndi Lauper fan (or Rod Stewart), but ever since 1983, when Linda Ronstadt released "What's New," her first album of standards, I love it when this type of music sells well and gets the attention it deserves.

I'm up early and don't feel like starting homework, so ...

Nina Simone Anthology, Julia Fordham's Concrete Love, Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges, Billie Holiday's Lady in Satin, and Barbra's Movie Album.

Its just dug the Villa Elaine album out of my closet and it hasnt left my cd player since.

I'm listening to Masterbeat's Winter Party 2001 and Party Grooves from Centaur. Great music to listen to while you are trying to wake up here in the frozen tundra!!

THANK GOD! I was beginning to think I'm the only one on here who also bought this awesome CD!

Remy Zero is good, aren't they? Save Me is my anthem. I saw them open for Travis and they were fantastic; Travis came out and the combined bands did Bowie's Heroes, dedicated to the NYFD and NYPD for 9/11. Not a dry eye in the house.

Astral Projection's new one, great Goa trance.
Beethoven piano sonata's played by Claudio Arrau. Sublime.
Tons of live Phish.
Strawbs, an early 70's prog-folk band; great songs

I have purchased the new Mona Lisa Smile soundtrack...It is a great soundtrack with 40s and 50s songs (jazzy) that have been redone by modern singers...It is great! Seal, Tori Amos, Celine Dion, Elton John, Macy Gray, Chris Isaak, Mandy Moore, Alison Krauss, Kelly Rowland, Lisa Stansfield, Barbara Streisand, and Rachel Portman, along with The Trevor Horn Orchestra. Go get this CD, it is really good, I don't even care for this type of music, but it has been on continuous rotation in my stereo since Saturday. The movie is going to be really good as far as I can tell, Tori Amos plays the Wedding Singer. Julia Roberts is a professor at Wellsley. Google it and see what you find! Mona Lisa Smile

Does it have the song of the same title by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole?

It's not on the "Mona Lisa Smiles" cd. You should purchase "Alone In IZ World". This cd contains "Mona Lisa", "Over The Rainbow", "In This Life", and the beautiful "Ahi Wela/Twinkle Twinkle".

Remy Zero AND Travis on stage together? Geez, I'd have been in heaven like I was the night I saw U2 here in Austin two years ago this month.

Travis. I never really paid attention to them, but since they were mentioned on this board, I took another listen and I do enjoy their music. I think I like "The Invisible Band" cd the best. Not really my cup of tea, but rather enjoyable.

What I am really stoked about it the new Pet Shop Boys DVD. PSB is probably one of my all time favorite duo. Their new greatest hits cd is called "Pop Art" and has 35 songs + a bonus disc of remixes (at least on the import version). I have all of their singles except for the two new tracks "Miracles" and "Flamboyant" so I may skip the cd. The DVD of "Pop Art", however is something I have been waiting for for a LONG time. The European version contains 41! of their videos on a 2 disc set. Hopefully, the US version keeps the same 41 songs. I have seen many of their earlier vid's because they were included on the Discography VHS, but I have not seen most of their later videos. I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am about this DVD being released!

[ November 25, 2003, 09:44 AM: Message edited by: Mariner Duck Boy ]

The CD The Very Best Of Cher.

Am playing it at work on my pc

I think I might be lynched by some of my staff, but I'll dance all the way.

(way to much caffiene this morning)

It's not a CD, per se, but one of these days Andre 3000 from Outkast's Hey Ya is going to leave my head and quit buzzing around. What an insanely catchy song. Anyone have the whole double album?

[ November 26, 2003, 08:39 AM: Message edited by: Jim Allen ]

I know what you mean. Have you seen the video? It sticks in your head just like the song. I have yet to see an Outkast video that wasnt interesting.

Mike

Thank you. I had Christmas music stuck in my head and it was driving me insane. Now I feel better. Shake it like a Polaroid picture!! wink

Local staion 106.9 started playing Xmas music all day. I am sad to report that the Duckboy has succumbed to listening to Christmas music before Thanksgiving. I confess.

I didn't stopped there. I dragged out my Christmas cd's and tapes and have been playing them in my car. Bad Duckboy, bad.

In Disc location #4, I am playing Cyndi Lauper's "Merry Christmas...Have A Nice Life!" which is an awesome cd. Her "Christmas Conga" song is totally addicting. Bonga Bonga Bonga, Do the Christmas Conga.

I am sooo bad. I have resorted to torturing my co-worker by calling her voicemail early in the morning & leaving a message, in my best radio voice, for the Duckboy Top 30 Christmas Songs. I started yesterday, and today is song #29... "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" by Johnny Mathis. I would then play a snippet of the song. It's so worth it to hear her come in the morning and listen to her voicemails and then hear "Aaaaaaaaargh...you are an evil, evil man!!"

We've got two stations that have played non-stop Christmas music since just after Veterans Day. It's absolutely sickening.

I have a feeling that it's going to be a grumpy holiday season for me this year. But that's another story...

Yeah, I'm not feeling the holidays either. I'm hoping that will change. Bah Humbug is what I have to say right now.

Of course, I don't have cool officemates who leave me the Christmas countdown on my voicemail.

...I have "Hey Ya" stuck in my head now.

Leave me your voicemail number, sweetie, and I can fix that!!!

Just picked up Ryan Adams' "Rock'n'Roll" last week. Strictly for fans of straight-ahead, guitar-driven rock (G_vf, this means you wink ). Kinda U2-ey, kinda Pete Yorn-ey. No big messages songs here, just sex, drugs and, ummm, rock'n'roll.

The Strokes' "Room On Fire" is just plain terrible. There's nothing here that they didn't do already (and better) on "Is This It?" Anybody wanna buy a slightly-used metal coaster?

The White Stripes catalogue. No single great album in the lot, but some real good bluesy riffin' and squeelin' going on. Saw them live two weeks ago. Ass-kickin' show! Jack is a fantastic guitar player, often playing both rhythm and lead parts simultaneously, while singing (!). And Li'l Meg can really whack them skins. Fun, fun, fun.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Fever to Tell" is a pretty good retro-wave garage album, but not nearly as good as Hot Hot Heat's "Makeup the Breakdown."

I'd almost given up on him after "Human Beings," but Seal's "IV" is a much better album. Heartfelt, uplifting songs, great production, much more soulful than in the past. Good comeback.

And, for those quieter moments, Elvis Costello's "North." He's penned some pretty jazz ballads for Diana K., recorded them with just a piano accompaniment or small combo, and toned down the harshness in his voice. Very different, but still very Elvis. Real nice.

David Bowie's "Reality" is still making the rotation. Love this album. Can't wait for the show on Dec. 13th. (Yes, J.A., I hear you tapping... wink )

Other up-coming concerts: The Buzzcocks (!!) and Hot Hot Heat. Sweet. :cool:

Has anybody heard the late Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros' new album? I hear it's excellent, but haven't picked it up yet. Should I? :confused:

Just got the No Doubt 'The singles 1992-2003' great CD I love their cover of 'It's my life' it is way better than the original by Talk Talk from the 80's

I broke out the Christmas music yesterday and was listening to the Linda Eder X-mas CD one of my all time faves!

Yeah, Seph, still waiting........

Home player:
1. Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Remaster) (1980/2003) Nick Rhodes wanted to be David Sylvian so bad it must have hurt.
2. Bowie - Reality (2003) Heathen was no fluke!
3. Kraftwerk - Tour De France Soundtracks (2003) Yes, a new album. Just 17 years later....
4. Rosanne Cash - Rules of Travel (2003) worth it just to hear dad Johnny singing about dying in September. Which he did. Eerie.
5. Loreena McKennitt - The Mask and Mirror (1995) If you haven't heard Loreena's music, you're missing out on some wonderfully rich, haunting music. Exquisite.

Car:
Pet Shop Boys - Various I've made about a dozen discs of the Pet's music, mostly remixes and they all make my 45 min commute zip by.

Links:
David Sylvian/Japan
Bowie
Kraftwerk
Rosanne Cash
Loreena McKennitt
Pet Shop Boys


I LOVE MUSIC

[ December 02, 2003, 02:43 PM: Message edited by: gayhawk ]

The new No Doubt album is great! I love it!

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I'm also enjoying the World Idol CD my friend made for me. It's pretty damn cool!!

[ December 02, 2003, 02:59 PM: Message edited by: Allen ]

I have Michael Buble's CD. Phenomenal!!

Here's a story about him ... in case you haven't heard of him.

Got the new compilation of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" as recorded by other artists.

Fer example:
*Rufus Wainwright records "Origin of Love"
**Bob Mould does a dance cover of "Nailed".
Yes. Bob Mould. Of Husker Du.
***Yoko Ono and Yo La Tengo cover "Hedwig's Lament/Exquisite Corpse"

It's all good.
Check it out.

Now that it's December no one CD dominates my scape. Every year since 2000, I have made a Best of ____ CD set (in response to my friends bitching about not being able to find/get the cool stuff we hear when we go out) as a Christmas gift. So I pretty much rotate most of the songs I've collected over the year to come up. It's a nice way to reminisce on the year, as each of the songs I have some memory of (the first time I heard it, reminding me of people, places and the like).

If you even slightly like Al Green, his new CD I Can't Stop is worth getting- I've just listened once so far and liked it a lot.

PHILISTINE! Their version is a lazy, wretched, lumpen mess! eek! :mad: wink

More money for Mark Hollis, at least.

Del amitri's _Change Everything_ (work)

Nickel Creek's self-titled debut (car)

Alan Jackson's greatest hits (home)

chikev

No Doubt's version is hot! I love it!!

I must confess a big part of the appeal for this remake is the cool video! :cool:

Like Marinerfan, I also love the cool video to this song. I actually like both teh original & this remade versions of the song. Think of it as the dude version & the chick version.

[ December 08, 2003, 12:50 PM: Message edited by: Mariner Duck Boy ]

At last! Another Del fan! We're not alone!

Me too! Actually, that string of three albums (Winter Hours, Change Everything, and Twisted) is just amazing! And who else could write songs like "The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere" and "It's Never Too Late to Be Alone" without sounding mopey? :cool:

It's like what a college friend of mine said: "I've been in love, and I've been out of love. Being in love is more fun, but being out of love makes better poetry." wink

[ December 08, 2003, 05:56 PM: Message edited by: danimal ]

Luis Miguel's "33". It's great, tragic and romantic like all of his stuff.

someone wrote:
"The 5 in rotation are: The Verve Remixed CD, The Eagles latest Greatest Hits CD, "Closer" by Josh Groban, Alan Jackson's Greatest Hits cd, and a used cd that I finally found Bette Midler's "No Frills" cd"

This collection is just about leaving "diverse" and entering "schizophrenia". Alan Jackson and Bette Midler. Whoa!!!! Be careful. You might end up with musical whiplash if you're on random.

chikve.

That someone is me :cool: And so far, no whiplash.

Although since that post, my rotation now consists of Christmas music with the only non Xmas cd being Cyndi Lauper's "At Last" album.

Ducky,

How is that CD? I was thinking about purchasing it....

Just got a new Christmas CD called Operatica - an interesting mix of operatic styel vocal performed to Christmas classics with a twist of electronica thrown in. Very unusual I love it. Plus it features the blue opera lady from the movie The Fifth element.

TOonka, I love the Cyndi CD. She really pours her emotions into her singing. I like all the tracks, but I think my favorite is "If You Go Away", "At Last" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". "Stay and "On The SUnny Side of the Street" are the up-tempo tunes. Sunnyside has a SKA type of beat. A lot of the songs are stripped bare with minimal orchestration and a piano. It's a nice cd for a rainy Northwest evening.

Marinerfan, I bought an Operatica "O" cd because I really loved the song "Melancholy Rose". I heard the song on the first season of Queer As Folk and I searched everywhere for the artist and cd. I saw their Xmas cd and wondered what it sounded like...maybe I'll give it a listen.

Outkast's double CD "Speakerboxxx/Love Below" is absolutely AMAZING. Trust me, we will still be talking about this 20 years from now. It will be a classic.

I bought the new Alicia Keys "Diary of Alicia Keys" a couple of weeks ago. I am very impressed with her second effort. She definitely has avoided the dreaded "Sophomore Jinx".

It's been a little over a year now and I am STILL spinning Christina Argulera's "Stripped" in my CD changer. This has to be one of the most UNDERRATED CD's of 2003.

Wow oh wow. I just heard the Pet Shop Boys' new single "Miracles". Fabulous! It's vintage PSB. They sort of went away from their trademakrk sound on their last cd, but this song is totally PSB. There's something about Neil Tennant's voice that just make me love them. Go to their website & you can listen to the song. I ordered their PopArt DVD as a Xmas present to myself. I can't wait for it to arrive.

The song that's stuck in my head now is a dance mix of "Nothing Fails" from Madonna's "American Life" album. The CD single is in the stores. Definitely the best remix of any song from that album.

Duckboy, have you heard their cover of My Robot Friend's "We're the Pet Shop Boys" yet?
I've only heard "Miracles" on the website, not the best sound quality there, but I did like what I heard. "Flamboyant," the other new track on PopArt has been getting some good chatter, too.

naturally the dance mixes put another fun dimiension to songs, and speaking of Madonna and remixes, I'm loving one remix of Madonna & Britney's "Me Against The Music"

MDB,

Bought the Cyndi Lauper CD this weekend. I like it. Perfect for those rainy afternoons!

Thanks for the recommendation.

Tonka, no problem! Glad you are enjoying La Lauper's cd.

JIP: I really like the "Love Profusion" remix.

Gayhawk: I haven't heard "We're the Pet Shop Boys" but I've read good things about the song. I haven't heard the original version wither. I know the song is the flip side of one the import versions of "Miracles". I thought about buying the Pop Art cd, but considering I have all of the songs except the new ones, I may not buy it. I may opt to buying only the single of Miracles/We're The Pet Shop Boys.

I haven't heard a remix of Love Profusion. That song got stuck in my head after I saw the TV commercial it was used in (Estee Lauder or something). I didn't see it in the store. I'll have to check on it.