What are you listening to?

[Norgy]

No, I am not depressed. At all. 

[mongers]

Plastic Bertrand - 'Ca Plane Pour Moi'

 

[mongers]

Is this the only music video to feature a cinema organ?

[mongers]

'Achillies' Last Stand' off of 'Prescence' - I thought this was the bee's knees as a teenager. 

[The Minsky Moment]

Just learned that Sonos Radio has a station sponsored by Impulse Records (best known for recording the Coltranes, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones; more recently for the Sons of Kemet's quirky "Your Queen is a Reptile").

Kareem Abdul Jabbar curates and provides the commentary.  May have to move him up a slot in the NBA GOAT rankings.

[Josquius]

Pulp are releasing a new album

Sounds alright.

[mongers]

Watched it as a kid.
...

Duque, I randomly came across this Top of the Pops from 1981, which amongst the usual pop stuff, had performance from:
Saxon
Graham Bonnet
Public Image ltd
Gillan
Hazel O'Connor.

I think some of those are 'up your street'?   

programme link here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b071gx24

[Duque de Bragança]

Interesting, though Saxon has always had that retro vibe. Maybe not in 1981, but then I was really too young. 

[mongers]

Interesting, though Saxon has always had that retro vibe. Maybe not in 1981, but then I was really too young. 

Yeah I was only slightly too young to see them in they hay day, but by the mid/late 80s there was a shedload of bands to follow instead. 

[Savonarola]

Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)

Clapton's first studio album in four years (since Layla and Other Love Songs) and the first since getting clean.  I think the problem with the album, and much of the problem with Clapton's blues career is summed up by his positively upbeat version of "Motherless Children."  Clapton is a phenomenal guitarist, one of the greatest of his generation, but he really wasn't a blues man.  I know he loves the blues, but he doesn't have the voice for it and maybe not the vibe? attitude?  something just doesn't gel.  I think his rock or psychedelia phases were much better.

I prefer the Wailers version, but "I Shot the Sheriff" is a fine remake.

[Savonarola]

The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)

Their earlier instrumental albums aren't bad, but they do seem like a waste of talent given what great singers they were.  This is much funkier and has a much harder sound than their previous work, and it all sounds great.  It was produced by Allen Toussaint; not really the sort of music that I would associate with him (other than the Meters are from New Orleans as well) but he did a good job with this.

[Savonarola]

Neil Young - On the Beach (1974)

Downer of an album, even for Neil Young.  He seems to have had problems dealing with the success of "Harvest" and released a series of less polished albums called his "Ditch Trilogy" (and, like in any good episode of "Behind the Music" the drugs and alcohol were starting to take their toll on Young and his bandmates.)  The songs are good, and filled with sarcastic lyrics, (among other things about fantasizing killing Laurel Canyon celebrities.)

[Savonarola]

Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987)

This was Pitchfork's classic album review of the week.  The reviewer kept drawing extended comparisons between the album and professional wrestling.  I thought that was apt, if you needed the perfect example of "Arena sound" this album would be a good place to start.  I can see why the critics were lukewarm on it at the time, it's a bit trite, but boy did it spawn a lot of hits.  I never owned the album and I recognized all the songs.

Calling the first song "Women" on an album called "Hysteria" is clever.

[Josephus]

Hysteria was huge when I was in Grade 10. Everyone, and I mean everyone wore Def Leppard shirts.
Except me. I was the lone holdout wearing Pink Floyd shirts.

[Savonarola]

Hysteria was huge when I was in Grade 10. Everyone, and I mean everyone wore Def Leppard shirts.
Except me. I was the lone holdout wearing Pink Floyd shirts.

I didn't realize we were the same age; due to your love of Prog I assumed you were a few years older than I was.

That's my memory of Grade 10 as well; Pink Floyd would have really stood out.