before we do this, j0rdan did you get around to madonna yet?
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
this sounds like fun - J0rdan how familiar are you with mid-90s R&B and disco/garage/post-disco/90s pop-house?
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
2. Alexander O'Neal - Hearsay. All of it.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
in the original thread (I think it was a Katy Perry thread since we were talking about "California Gurls" sounding like "Holiday"?) J0rdan outlined what Madonna songs he knew, don't know if he's heard much since then
― some dude, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Alfred if you want to suggest a whole album, sign up w/ me to get a date to do the albums thing. or just pick one song from that album.
― some dude, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry -- it says songs. OK.
2. Alexander O'Neal - "Fake"
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
you can still pick that album or any album if you want, though, after lex's turn. just trying to keep things somewhat structured, no biggie.
― some dude, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
3. R.B. Greaves - Take A Letter Maria
― *gets the power* (deej), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
4. debbie deb - when i hear music
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
5. The Supremes (70s) - Bad Weather (produced by Stevie Wonder)
― Just Saw Bobby Brown perform Every Little Step. Life is Great! (lilsoulbrother), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
6. tricky - hell is round the corner
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
with "goon rock" in mind, i'd like to know what J0rdan thinks of any of the singles off Def Leppard's Pyromania or Hysteria
― goole, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
7. Civilles & Cole - Pride (A Deeper Love)
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
8. Mint Condition - Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
hell let's go with the power ballad:
def leppard - love bites
― goole, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
10. black ivory - mainline
― *gets the power* (deej), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
we should probably cap this at some number right
8. Rufus & Chaka Khan - Stay
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
11*
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
12. pj harvey - the sky lit up
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
13. Jones Girls - You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
14. Grace Jones - I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:32 (thirteen years ago) link
15. jackson sisters - i believe in miracles
― *gets the power* (deej), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
im gonna vote we stop at 20 for now
omfg yes grace jones, all of her shit
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean if jordan's up for more cool but we dont want to make this into some hours-long project either
― *gets the power* (deej), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
16. neneh cherry - buffalo stance
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
17. sisters love - give me your love
18. H-Town - Knockin' Da Boots
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:36 (thirteen years ago) link
haha i was about to suggest 'buffalo stance'!
19. jocelyn brown - 'somebody else's guy'
― rufus is a tity boi (donna rouge), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
20. Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop The Music
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
20. lipps inc - how long?
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:39 (thirteen years ago) link
21. Sylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Away
― Just Saw Bobby Brown perform Every Little Step. Life is Great! (lilsoulbrother), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:39 (thirteen years ago) link
xp dammit! but it's a GREAT SONG so i'm not taking it out
ok how about we stop at 30
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
22. I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
23. Aretha Franklin - Get It Right
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
24. Patti Labelle - If Only You Knew
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:41 (thirteen years ago) link
imo stop @ 25
― *gets the power* (deej), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:41 (thirteen years ago) link
whic we're at now
― *gets the power* (deej), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:42 (thirteen years ago) link
yes
― some dude, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:42 (thirteen years ago) link
misnumbered at 20
25. en vogue - my lovin' (you're never gonna get it)
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Smokey Robinson is the artist of course. I fucked up the artist-song order
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link
any more than this & it will become a chore instead of fun & he'll put off listening or will only give cursory listens on youtube or something (idk thats what id do anyway)
lex we're at 25 already -- j0rdan dont listen to that one lol
― *gets the power* (deej), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe when we start again we can focus on something other than R&B too tbh
― some dude, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
hey wait where's my turn
― ilxor, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
j/k
i look fwd to reading reactions, also i would like to be in the albums rotation but suppose i'd better get in line behind the goons
― ilxor, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:47 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i was gonna put some female-fronted alt stuff in, knowing that j0rdan loves yyys/be your own pet. only got round to pj harvey tho.
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:47 (thirteen years ago) link
make it a theme for each 25? next 25 could be synth pop or jazz or indie or some other genre?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
R.I.P. The J0rdan S. listening club
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
I wish markers would agree to a listening club.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
me too.
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
make him a spotify playlist he says that's where he's started listening to music
― fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
i would do a gr8080 listening club because there's shitloads of music i haven't heard but i dont think i have a clearly defined swath of music i'm unfamiliar with that would make a thread for me work
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
awesome thread. so many great things. millennials not getting tricky. deej policing the thread at the beginning. alfred being disappointed that j0rdan isn't into alexander o'neal. the lex suggesting pj harvey.
― jaymc, Thursday, 16 April 2015 05:45 (nine years ago) link
Lex listening to Roxy Music for the first time:
ugh no got a minute in, it's like a beach but a grey drizzly pebble one and his VOICE I CAN'T EVEN― lex pretend, Tuesday, February 22, 2011 4:16 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkgot that's why people like fucking destroyer though, isn't itVOMIT― lex pretend, Tuesday, February 22, 2011 4:34 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lex pretend, Tuesday, February 22, 2011 4:16 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
got that's why people like fucking destroyer though, isn't it
VOMIT
― lex pretend, Tuesday, February 22, 2011 4:34 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― jaymc, Thursday, 16 April 2015 06:09 (nine years ago) link
haha
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 April 2015 06:20 (nine years ago) link
completely forgot about this
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 April 2015 06:22 (nine years ago) link
this was my introduction to janet, i'm forever grateful
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 April 2015 06:43 (nine years ago) link
i actually haven't been inspired by any albums new or old for a few months if anyone still opening this thread wants to throw some suggestions out there
loved this thread.
self-servingly thinking of starting a Tim F. listening club.
― Tim F, Thursday, 16 April 2015 06:46 (nine years ago) link
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, January 20, 2011 5:34 PM (4 years ago)
If you never got around to this, it's a pretty goddamn fine idea.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 April 2015 06:47 (nine years ago) link
I would happily participate in a Tim F. listening club thread.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 April 2015 06:49 (nine years ago) link
Not 100% familiar with OG version of this thread, but if it's just "essential older albums", then:
Grace Jones - NightclubbingLizzy Mercier Descloux - Mambo NassauKate Bush - The DreamingEvelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose
some of these might be too weird idk
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Thursday, 16 April 2015 06:55 (nine years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, April 16, 2015 6:43 AM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I DID THIS
i feel honoured tbh
― lex pretend, Thursday, 16 April 2015 07:34 (nine years ago) link
why is jaymc surprised by me re: pj harvey or roxy music, fuck's sake
i'm so wary of getting into the blue nile
― lex pretend, Thursday, 16 April 2015 07:35 (nine years ago) link
i'm not surprised by either of those! i was amused in a posts v. much in character way.
― jaymc, Thursday, 16 April 2015 07:36 (nine years ago) link
it's also strange how many disparate exchanges i remember actually happened here (like the tricky discussion or the jungle one)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 16 April 2015 07:36 (nine years ago) link
xp admittedly, the "pj harvey" mention wasn't particularly interesting. but i'd only then read the first 100 posts or so of the thread and i just liked that it was going so well.
― jaymc, Thursday, 16 April 2015 07:37 (nine years ago) link
that's part of what i liked about reading this thread. so wide-ranging.
― jaymc, Thursday, 16 April 2015 07:38 (nine years ago) link
i heard the supremes on the radio this morning and was just thinking about how when you listen to Old Music, a lot of the time it feels very dutiful, even when you can appreciate it (actually that might feel even more awkward than just disliking it), but every so often is like an artist or a band's entire deal hits you completely at once and it feels a bit overwhelmingly joyful (this happened with me and the supremes about a decade ago i guess)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 16 April 2015 07:44 (nine years ago) link
when you listen to Old Music, a lot of the time it feels very dutiful,
I sort of feel this about all music where i know what it is before i actually hear it. Almost like i have already heard it with someone else's ears and am unable to hear it for itself. Hearing the name not the sound
― saer, Thursday, 16 April 2015 07:48 (nine years ago) link
a lot of the time it feels very dutiful
I'd probably say "sometimes" instead of "a lot of the time," because my day to day playlists ping pong between the last six decades pretty freely. But yeah, if I'm sitting down to listen to some long-form prog or psych something or other, it feels like fucking work.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 April 2015 07:49 (nine years ago) link
Caveat: It may be that i am still not fully recovered from the EOY listening poll and the spotify-at-work guy
― saer, Thursday, 16 April 2015 07:51 (nine years ago) link
Serious investigation into the works of Jam-Lewis very necessary imo
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 April 2015 13:31 (nine years ago) link
like what, alfred?
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 April 2015 14:15 (nine years ago) link
The SOS Band - Sands of TimeCherrelle - High PriorityAlexander O'Neal - HearsayRalph Tresvant - Sensitivity
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 April 2015 14:45 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCCgGzSTarY
― dylannn, Friday, 17 April 2015 00:53 (nine years ago) link
sometimes listening to new music feels dutiful
― flopson, Friday, 17 April 2015 01:04 (nine years ago) link
totally but it's worth the effort. i am STILL going methodically (and at least three times per song) through this ILX/critbait best of 2014 playlist, alphabetically by artisthttp://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/4j7EwRMpTBavNAWRJZuki2i'm about halfway through "i"
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 April 2015 02:01 (nine years ago) link
― Tim F, Thursday, April 16, 2015 2:46 AM (21 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, April 16, 2015 2:49 AM (20 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^^^
― Heez, Friday, 17 April 2015 03:56 (nine years ago) link
same though i think tim has already listened to most of the emo i'd earnestly introduce him to
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 17 April 2015 04:36 (nine years ago) link
tim, how deep is your knowledge of smokey robinson?
― Heez, Friday, 17 April 2015 04:49 (nine years ago) link
would love to do a TIm F thread
would be afraid he'd know everything already
― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 17 April 2015 05:08 (nine years ago) link
would prob go either hardcore rap or hardcore jazz or ... pulling away from pop without abandoning it entirely music
Tim, how do you like Huun Huur Tu?
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 April 2015 05:20 (nine years ago) link
I have not listened (or properly listened) to Smokey Robinson or Huun Huur Tu or most of Brad's earnestly introduced emo.
Imma start a thread.
― Tim F, Friday, 17 April 2015 10:37 (nine years ago) link
(or a lot of hardcore rap/jazz)
The Tim F listening club
― The Reverend, Friday, 17 April 2015 13:08 (nine years ago) link