What Music Are You Listening To - April, 2023
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The Stranglers - Black and White 1978
The Stranglers - Raven 1979
I've read how great this band is. How some people feel their albums to be some of the best ever made, regardless of punk or rock. How they're a world unto themselves. You know, some of the highest praise you can throw at a band. Rattus Norvegicus 1977 and No More Heroes 1977 are generally recommended to start. I didn't understand. They hit me like the name pub rock implies; you could walk into any bar on a weekend and hear something like them. And even with Black and White, which is thought to be their best by many, I wasn't getting it, but I at least liked the sounds and sound. The cover does that album no favors either. But yeah, the sounds. This is probably some sort of ridiculous earshot nearly 50 years out, but I hear Lou Reed and Kraftwerk. Then, on Raven, you have the twin bass guitar power on "Baroque Bordello", and that reminded me of The Cure's Robert Smith picking up the bass on "Primary". I love me a twin bass attack. Both of these albums finally clicked. I mean, REALLY clicked. I'm hearing them in my sleep. I'll have to see if I hear the first two albums differently now.
The Stranglers - Raven 1979
I've read how great this band is. How some people feel their albums to be some of the best ever made, regardless of punk or rock. How they're a world unto themselves. You know, some of the highest praise you can throw at a band. Rattus Norvegicus 1977 and No More Heroes 1977 are generally recommended to start. I didn't understand. They hit me like the name pub rock implies; you could walk into any bar on a weekend and hear something like them. And even with Black and White, which is thought to be their best by many, I wasn't getting it, but I at least liked the sounds and sound. The cover does that album no favors either. But yeah, the sounds. This is probably some sort of ridiculous earshot nearly 50 years out, but I hear Lou Reed and Kraftwerk. Then, on Raven, you have the twin bass guitar power on "Baroque Bordello", and that reminded me of The Cure's Robert Smith picking up the bass on "Primary". I love me a twin bass attack. Both of these albums finally clicked. I mean, REALLY clicked. I'm hearing them in my sleep. I'll have to see if I hear the first two albums differently now.
Well, it’s way past midnight and there are people all around
Some on their way up, some on their way down
I’m waist deep, waist deep in the mist
It’s almost like, almost like I don’t exist
There’s too many people, too many to recall
I thought some of ’em were friends of mine, I was wrong about ’em all
Some on their way up, some on their way down
I’m waist deep, waist deep in the mist
It’s almost like, almost like I don’t exist
There’s too many people, too many to recall
I thought some of ’em were friends of mine, I was wrong about ’em all
In the corner of dark bar room
Sat an old cowboy singin' western tunes
Singin' songs he learned as a child
All about the West back when it was wild
Sat an old cowboy singin' western tunes
Singin' songs he learned as a child
All about the West back when it was wild
Currently listening to Luscious Jackson ~ Natural Ingredients. R.I.P. Vivian Trimble.
Listening to Roger Waters’ 2017 album Is This the Life We Really Want?
Watching the kids and spinning the dance tunes.
J.J. Cale's Okie
My best friend -- and fellow pipesmoker -- featured the song "Cajun Moon" on an "easy rock" (I call it "Dad-rock") playlist, and I was immediately captivated. Should be good for lazy, summer days smoking a pipe in the shade of the backyard.
My best friend -- and fellow pipesmoker -- featured the song "Cajun Moon" on an "easy rock" (I call it "Dad-rock") playlist, and I was immediately captivated. Should be good for lazy, summer days smoking a pipe in the shade of the backyard.
I never owned any of their albums, but their songs take me back to the early/mid 80s staying up late playing ATARI or Pong and hearing them come over the radio.
