What are you listening to?

[BigAl]

6 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

I listen to loads of music on a daily basis, mainly through the radio, but got a fairly large collection of my own that I like to give a blast too.

 

I'm off to see The Skids on Saturday night and then have Squeeze/Madness on Sunday night, so been blasting a bit of their albums the past few days, to get in the mood for the concerts.

I like Madness a lot, but only going this time around, to see Squeeze.

I saw Madness for the first time as part of the Two Tone tour many many years ago, think it might have been 1979 or possibly 1980

Saw Squeeze at Summer Nights In The Park back in August 2024

Bizarrely we are off to see Jools Holland this Friday

[Don Julio]

1 hour ago, Ajjadeen said:

I’m continuing to destroy my ear drums with repeat listens of Loveless by My Bloody Valentine after last weeks gig at Hydro

Possibly the greatest remix of all time:

 

[TheDonbytheDee]

26 minutes ago, BigAl said:

I saw Madness for the first time as part of the Two Tone tour many many years ago, think it might have been 1979 or possibly 1980

 

Wow, that I would have loved to have seen that tour. I would have been about 6 at the time.

Very jealous of that claim. I bet it cost you about a couple of quid for a ticket too.

 

 

[BigAl]

38 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

Wow, that I would have loved to have seen that tour. I would have been about 6 at the time.

Very jealous of that claim. I bet it cost you about a couple of quid for a ticket too.

 

 

To be honest I couldn't remember how much we paid for tickets, would probably have said a fiver as I had just started my first full time job and was on £50 per week 

Set me thinking though and found this poster, would appear as if tickets were £2.50 which in the context of what I was earning as a seventeen year old was brilliant value.

Really wish I kept all my ticket stubs from all the gigs over near fifty years 

 

[TheDonbytheDee]

7 hours ago, BigAl said:

To be honest I couldn't remember how much we paid for tickets, would probably have said a fiver as I had just started my first full time job and was on £50 per week 

Set me thinking though and found this poster, would appear as if tickets were £2.50 which in the context of what I was earning as a seventeen year old was brilliant value.

Really wish I kept all my ticket stubs from all the gigs over near fifty years 

 

I thought the tickets were relatively cheap, as although too young to go, I've read about all there is to read about the bands and the Two Tone scene and I can remember the cheapness of the tickets for what you were getting to see. 

I think that £2.50, is about £12 today. Mental the value of tickets now.

 

I actually saw The Selecter in Aberdeen, the night before the cup final. They were very good and Pauline Black was amazing.

Set me up nicely for the best weekend ever.

[CurlsLikeTattie]

I tend to find myself stuck in a world of 80s and 90s indie, alt-rock and metal, but have pretty varied taste all round - taking in all but f****n jazz.

There are a lot of the new shouty (to use the awful pigeonholing term) post-punk bands that I am enjoying. 

I am currently blasting out SPRINTS' Letter to Self. It's a great album and fair gets the blood pumping of a morning at the desk.

https://youtu.be/RAVgqbsw5NE?si=-NEmMGbP-Ov2Abv7

[CurlsLikeTattie]

4 hours ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

I can remember the cheapness of the tickets for what you were getting to see. 

I think that £2.50, is about £12 today. Mental the value of tickets now.

Nuts innit. I have a box of old tickets (yeah, I'm a saddo) with the likes of Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden for around £4-5.

 

[BigAl]

49 minutes ago, CurlsLikeTattie said:

Nuts innit. I have a box of old tickets (yeah, I'm a saddo) with the likes of Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden for around £4-5.

 

I don't think it is remotely sad mate.

When I think back over the artists/bands I've seen over the past near fifty years, it's like a who's who of modern day (70's onwards) music and I really regret the fact I didn't do similar as the memories it would bring flooding back.

Anyway first up this morning, is an artist that is a favourite of mine and also the late MBT(RIP) a long term contributor to this board.

Amazing vocals as ever from Beth Hart (Usher Hall, Edinburgh 16th May 2026) 

The second track is so beautiful I'll admit it near moves me to tears every time I play it.

 

[Ajjadeen]

59 minutes ago, CurlsLikeTattie said:

Nuts innit. I have a box of old tickets (yeah, I'm a saddo) with the likes of Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden for around £4-5.

 

I’m gutted I threw all mine out years ago. My daughters are all fully indoctrinated into my scene and are obsessed with everything from 13th Floor Elevators, Nick Drake through to the full 90s Indie wave. They still don’t believe half the gigs I’ve been to and I’ve lost all the evidence. I’m resigned  to pointing at grainy videos of Reading 92 and me at the the front of the Nirvana throng with muddy boots and long hair

Edited 8 hours ago by Ajjadeen

[Don Julio]

I tend to find something new and then listen to it obsessively over a period of time, which drives my wife nuts. Anyway, the last few weeks it's been Tyler Childers, thanks to a road trip on the west coast with my son. We listened to Childers on a day spent on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula and I liked it a lot. Generally I'm not a country person, though I do like some of the alt country/bluegrass/americana stuff. I feel like a lot of his output is more in that style, although he fiercely defends it as being country. Anyway, have a listen to this. 

 

[BigAl]

As one of advanced years now, I can say this from experience, you'll find that your musical tastes change as you age.

That's not to say that you stop liking what you did when you were younger but invariably you'll find things a little bit more mellow find their way into your musical collection.

Until circa three or four years ago I'd probably never have listened to the likes of Ray Charles or Nine Simone but I reckon in the intervening years I've probably listened to most of what these two greats ever recorded.

Whilst not necessarily your stereo typical Ray Charles recording, this album from 2004 featuring duets with other well known artists is perfect for listening to via quality headphones and a drink or two. 

 

[Mason89]

I set myself the target of listening to everything released by Joy Division, right through to the end of New Order 

It was some shift. Plenty of ups and downs 

[TheDonbytheDee]

2 hours ago, Mason89 said:

I set myself the target of listening to everything released by Joy Division, right through to the end of New Order 

It was some shift. Plenty of ups and downs 

I'm assuming that this includes all side projects and collaborations from the individual members of New Order?

If just straight JD or New Order music, it wouldn't amount to that big a catalogue, unless you go down the rabbit hole of remixes and re-issued albums.

[TheDonbytheDee]

3 hours ago, BigAl said:

As one of advanced years now, I can say this from experience, you'll find that your musical tastes change as you age.

That's not to say that you stop liking what you did when you were younger but invariably you'll find things a little bit more mellow find their way into your musical collection.

Until circa three or four years ago I'd probably never have listened to the likes of Ray Charles or Nine Simone but I reckon in the intervening years I've probably listened to most of what these two greats ever recorded.

Whilst not necessarily your stereo typical Ray Charles recording, this album from 2004 featuring duets with other well known artists is perfect for listening to via quality headphones and a drink or two. 

 

You are onto something.

I have bought and listened to music that I would have battered myself for owning a few years back.

I have an Elton John album in my collection now and even some Emerson Lake and Palmer.

[CurlsLikeTattie]

14 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

You are onto something.

I have bought and listened to music that I would have battered myself for owning a few years back.

I have an Elton John album in my collection now and even some Emerson Lake and Palmer.

It's vital to have as diverse a taste in music as possible. Makes you a more rounded person. But I sincerely hope you draw the line at Michael Buble and Starship.

We all have our guilty pleasures. Mine are Girls Aloud and Bat Out of Hell

Edited 4 hours ago by CurlsLikeTattie

[CurlsLikeTattie]

3 hours ago, Mason89 said:

I set myself the target of listening to everything released by Joy Division, right through to the end of New Order 

It was some shift. Plenty of ups and downs 

It's a good thing to do. I have done this with a few bands whilst working. Log on, plug myself in, and get through an entire back catalogue whilst working away. Great rediscovering stuff you have forgotten, or finding tunes you may have overlooked in the past.

[Ajjadeen]

6 minutes ago, CurlsLikeTattie said:

It's vital to have as diverse a taste in music as possible. Makes you a more rounded person. But I sincerely hope you draw the line at Michael Buble and Starship.

We all have our guilty pleasures. Mine are Girls Aloud and Bat Out of Hell

Very early iteration of Starship (Jefferson Airplane) are excellent. Surrealistic Pillow is worthy of any vinyl collection. 

[Ajjadeen]

3 hours ago, Mason89 said:

I set myself the target of listening to everything released by Joy Division, right through to the end of New Order 

It was some shift. Plenty of ups and downs 

Sounds like Jute and I on the train home to Edinburgh after pumping the Jambos. Although it was a ‘limited’ version of their back catalogue. High grade windups. 

[BigAl]

6 minutes ago, Ajjadeen said:

Very early iteration of Starship (Jefferson Airplane) are excellent. Surrealistic Pillow is worthy of any vinyl collection. 

Bizarrely "Comin' Back To Me Now" from that very album is on my playlist for tonight's show 

[BigAl]

29 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

You are onto something.

I have bought and listened to music that I would have battered myself for owning a few years back.

I have an Elton John album in my collection now and even some Emerson Lake and Palmer.

Elton John is acceptable, but only if it is early stuff as some of those albums are outstanding.

Anything however, from about '78 onwards should be piled up and set on fire in my humble opinion 

[Ajjadeen]

Not much time for EJ stuff but Tiny Dancer is a guilty pleasure of mine. Usually gets played after the drink has seen me off and I’ve listened to Moon Safari on repeat. 

[CurlsLikeTattie]

2 minutes ago, Ajjadeen said:

Not much time for EJ stuff but Tiny Dancer is a guilty pleasure of mine. Usually gets played after the drink has seen me off and I’ve listened to Moon Safari on repeat. 

I don't mind Tiny Dancer. Yard Act covered it. I like Yard Act. I can't stand that cover version!

[CurlsLikeTattie]

18 minutes ago, Ajjadeen said:

Very early iteration of Starship (Jefferson Airplane) are excellent. Surrealistic Pillow is worthy of any vinyl collection. 

The connection is very minimal between the two itterations, with Grace Slick being the only common factor. But the link is there, via Jefferson Starship.....no matter how much I try to ignore it. How she could associate herself with that after such a great Jefferson Airplane back catalogue.

I had Surrealistic Pillow on just yesterday. Great album

[BigAl]

Regarding changes in your musical taste as you get older, for me Bob Dylan is a classic point in case.

I literally had never been a fan of his until my Spotify feed suggested that I listen to an album where various artists were covering his songs and it was outstanding. Must be the only instance where that is the route I've taken to start listening to an artist.

In terms of lyrical composition he is absolutely right up there in my eyes now. 

Also reckon he must be one of the worlds most covered artists 

[CurlsLikeTattie]

6 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Regarding changes in your musical taste as you get older, for me Bob Dylan is a classic point in case.

I literally had never been a fan of his until my Spotify feed suggested that I listen to an album where various artists were covering his songs and it was outstanding. Must be the only instance where that is the route I've taken to start listening to an artist.

In terms of lyrical composition he is absolutely right up there in my eyes now. 

Also reckon he must be one of the worlds most covered artists 

That's an interesting route in. I have always thought I should like Dylan more than I do but just don't. I might try that approach