Album of the Evening

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5 hours ago, Allan F said:

50th Anniversary Edition

I still somehow remember purchasing this album the day it came out. Remarkable. 

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5 hours ago, Jud said:

Damn, that’s quite a list.

 

I was just at my nephew’s wedding, and thinking in 50 years maybe he and his friends will make a “best of” list of all the hip-hop they played and danced to.

 

But he went to the classics for the wedding itself: A string trio played “Thunder Road” for the processional and “Born to Run” for the recessional. 🙂

Jud,

Kudo's to your nephew, THOSE are classics. Nothing from the hip-hop world will ever be classified as "best", or even remotely meaningful  by anyone with an actual understanding of music. 

 

 

JC. 

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6 minutes ago, Jud said:

Heh, my wife’s parents told her The Beatles were a passing fad and that no one would be listening to them in 6 months’ time. 🙂

Understood, but a VERY different situation. I watched the Beatles on Ed Sullivan while my grandparents were babysitting me. They said they would never amount to anything too. 

 

But, despite my greatly extended appreciation and respect for "alternative music" both Rap and Hip Hop has never and will never be considered remotely seriously by qualified music historians and musical critics. I can easily admit that they are "entertainers", but they are neither capable of playing a musical instrument, or singing, which eliminates them from the conversation. And thus, do not even meet the criteria as musical artists. They most often sample existing music or repeat already established rhythms endlessly, or present things for shock value. 

 

In the end, they may not even have the long term staying power of bubblegum pop from the 60's. 

 

JC

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13 hours ago, AudioDoctor said:

Calming music before the chaos of the state fair. 
 

 

One of my top twenty albums ever. I still remember having bought this on the way to a church retreat for teens and we played it the entire weekend! 

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This artist is not only clearly a major talent, but the depth and range of music that he is able to convey here is gob smacking. 

 

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1 minute ago, AudioDoctor said:

Tonight, my wife and I tried a new artist and we both really liked her. She is very mellow, with beautiful melodies.

 

https://open.qobuz.com/album/5414939568176

 

 

 

I've been a fan for a while. She weaves her music slowly, meaningfully and ethereally. 

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And, as a follow-up:

 

 

 

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11 minutes ago, Jud said:

Very fine new album by Mitski, excellent recording.

 

Just literally listened to it earlier today. Agreed it's an excellent album. Her growth as a songwriter and performer continues to grow, and also, as noted, very well recorded! 

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53 minutes ago, Allan F said:

Bob Dylan's classic second album that really launched his career, and introduced us to "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right", "Blowin' In the Wind", and "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall".

Absolutely a classic, and a very important album in music history. 

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7 hours ago, zyberguran said:

You may want to check out this article

https://www.bobdylanisis.com/bob-dylan-remastered/

and especially the list at the end where the author present his listing of the best sound quality versions of Bob Dylan’s albums on CD.

It takes some time to check against your own collection on CD, SACD and NAS 😅

Excellent article on the various versions of Bob's work. Thanks! 

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22 hours ago, Goran said:

A friend mailed me today, writing "I usually don't care for covers of Dylan songs, but this is different"

 

Really wanted to listen to it, but its not yet available on Tidal or Qobuz. Well, to be completely accurate, you can pull up the album, but every song is still designated as "unavailable". 

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An incredible talent lost far too soon..........

 

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2 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Amazing track titles.

 

Really good stuff. But I'm still not sure if he has the same degree of talent as Andre 2000 did? 

 

JC

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41 minutes ago, copy_of_a said:

Porcupine Tree.

Live concert from Nov. 2022, released today.

AMAZING band!

Thanks for making me aware of the release. This will be on my system no later than tonight! 

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4 hours ago, Daccord said:

 

This one is very difficult to find for some reason. I have only an mp3 download, but I'd happily pay for a FLAC download if you know a source.

Wow. I do not recognize the people in this jazz trio, but if they are playing King Crimson, they must be extremely talented! 

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On 1/13/2024 at 3:03 PM, Daccord said:

 

Ian Wallace was the drummer on Islands. He died after CJ3 Volume 2 (also excellent, and available for purchase and on streaming services).

Well done. I should have caught the Ian Wallace reference from my early era Crimson fandom. 

 

JC

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Mark Knopfler is brilliant in every sense of the word! 

 

JC

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2 minutes ago, dericchan1 said:

From Qobuz

 

 

I'm not sure I would be listening to that piece of music at night, without at least some holy water, garlic and a few other things handy when I went to bed! 

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5 hours ago, WAM said:

Ok, how has she not previously been added to the harem of Audio Doctor? 

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1 minute ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Because Audiodoctor has a splitting headache and an ear that won't effin stop ringing for the last few days.

You are excused and any remnant of this comment will be expurged! 

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14 hours ago, AudioDoctor said:

my reply sounded much harsher without the context of how I gave it in my head. I apologize. 

no worries, my friend

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 a longtime favorite, brilliant, unique, and majestic:

 

 

 

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