What are you listening to right now?

[Peter]

I'm currently listening to "Kick Out The Jams" by the MC5.

[Kevis]

On realone my playlist is:

YHA: hot wired
YHA: radioland hit squad
YHA: over and over
Talking Heads: Once in a lifetime :-->
Talking Heads: Psycho Killer
REM: Man on the moon
REM: Shiny Happy people
REM: Losing my religion
Hawkwind: Hurry on sundown
Boomtown Rats: I don't like mondays
Sex pistols: God save the queen (live)
AC/DC: Highway to hell
Joey Ramone: Wonderful world
Metallica: sad but true
Metallica: Nothing else matters
Whitesnake: Once bitten twice shy

Well that's all folks

[rockzilla]

Besides listening to Young Heart Attack i'm in a 70s revival kick
with bands mixing garage punk and hard rock....

The Datsuns
The Hellacopters
Gluecifer
The Riverboat Gamblers
Bible of The Devil
Thight Bros From Way Back When
Sweatmaster
Ten Benson

By the way, i'm also a huge Sludgefeast fan

[Peter]

Blondie - Parallel Lines
Television - Marquee Moon

[Kevis]

At the moment I have the sex pistols jubilee album in.
Previously I was listening to iron maiden's edward the great and YHA mouthful of love.

[Erised]

I have my Media Player playing 'All Music'...so right now it is the lovely Tegan & Sara with a live version of When I Get Up, and now Junkies & Whores by Easyworld...I think it's in a mood for pretty songs...

[Dras]

Currently playing the Flying Burrito Brothers but on my "to play" shelf for the week is:

Anthrax "Vol. 8"
Icarus Line "Mono"
Trouble "Green Plastic Head"
Nebula "Atomic Ritual"
The Bottle Rockets "The Brooklyn Side"
Pride & Glory S/T
Metallica "Master of Puppets"

... and all my YHA

Kevis, that edit frightened me, shit, man ... Take it easy on us!

[Erised]

Well, I've just listened to:

Britney Spears - Showdown
Kings of Leon - Wasted Time
Op:l Bastards - Don't Bring Me Down [from the 2 Many DJs' album As Heard on Radio Soulwax]
The Customers - When It Comes

Oh, the wacky ride of the Media Player...

[Peter]

A few songs...

Patti Smith - Horses
Ramones - Poison Heart
Girlschool - Yeah Right
Anthrax - What Doesn't Die

[Erised]

Poison Heart is definitely one of my favourite Ramones songs ever... ...seeing as what I'm listening to has to remain a mystery, we will just have to discuss everyone else's posts...

[Ten Dollar Man]

I love rock music, I live, eat and breathe it, and have done for as long as I can remember. I like it as loud as possible, so I prefer it live and in concert.

I go to the gym most days, and work out to music in headphones. The music really improves my performance and how fast I can run / row / how much weight I can lift etc. It has to be the right music though, and by trial and error I have found out which music works best for me. I started by making tapes of favourite songs, but noticed that some songs didn’t do anything, whilst others would give me huge bursts of energy. I gradually removed the less inspiring ones and so now have a tape of optimum performance, maximum blood vessel bursting rock and roll. This is it:

Optimum

Love Song - The Damned
Bullet With Butterfly Wings – Smashing Pumpkins
Just Like Buddy Holly – Weezer
Get Ready – Hellacopters and Flaming Sideburns
Let’s Talk About It – Dweezil Zappa
Bang – The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Shout Bama Lama – Detroit Cobras
Smash It Up – The Damned
Let It Rock – Rolling Stones
United States Of Whatever – Liam Lynch
Remedy – Black Crowes
Mystery Girl – The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Over and Over – Young Heart Attack
Move Over – Mensun
Hey Sha Lo Nay – Mickey Lee Lane
Tearing – Rollins Band
I Believe In A Thing Called Love – The Darkness
Every Breath You Take – Julianna Hatfield
Shield For Your Eyes, A Beast In The Well In Your Hand – Melt Banana
Roadrunner Twice – Jonathon Richman and the Modern Lovers
A Dreamer Who Is Too Weak To Face Up To – Melt Banana
Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin
Have You Seen My Baby – Flamin’ Groovies
A Political Son For Michael Jackson To Sing – The Minutemen
Keep Your Hands To Yourself – Georgia Satellites
Nobody But Me – Human Beinz

By the end of that lot, I feel like I can fly. I’m working on the next tape, which so far stands at:

Bonzo Goes To Bitburg – Ramones
Misty Rowe – Young Heart Attack
Gloria / Satisfaction (live at the Marquee) – Eddie and the Hot Rods
You Must Be A Witch – The Damned
Commit A Crime – Mr.Airplane Man
Do It – Rollins Band
Sick and Tired – The Searchers
Looking At You - MC5
Sweet Soul Music – Arthur Conley
At The Hop – Danny and the Juniors
Twist and Shout – The Beatles
Ten Dollar Man – ZZ Top
Raspberry Beret – Hindu Love Gods
Hey Girl – Small Faces
You Must Be A Witch – Lollipop Shop
No Voices In The Sky – Motorhead.


Mega !!!!!!!!

[Peter]

Ten Dollar Man - I see a lot of songs there that are on constant play in Windows Media Player here!

Can I just ask about Dweezil Zappa? Are his albums any good? I've only heard him and Ahmet covering "Baby One More Time" by Britney, which was very cool. Does his music sounds anything like the musical wonder that was his father?

I'm currently playing "Easter" by Patti Smith, and "Marquee Moon" by Television.

[Dras]

Ten Dollar Man - some cool tracks in there! Hellacopters (joint best band in the world with YHA!), Detroit Cobras, Flamin' Groovies, Black Crowes, Georgia Satellites - some of my own faves in there. And End Of Silence-era Hank too.

But Melt Banana? Hats off to you sir, you're made of sterner stuff than I! Are you into stuff like Spazz and all that Slap-A-Ham lot as well then?

[.:Misty Rowe:.]

some GNR
Fastball - the way
tokyo Dragons - Teenage screamers

[Dras]

The Quill "American Powder" - fantastic Swedish heavy rock, retro sounding but reminds me strongly of Soundgarden too ...

[Peter]

Dras, The Quill are indeed superb. I saw them opening for Monster Magnet back in February. I was, for most of their set, the only person at the barier. They ROCKED. The only song I knew was "Voodoo Caravan". I also like their cover of "Where Eagles Dare".

And you're right, there IS some Soundgarden in there!

[Ten Dollar Man]

Peter - re. Dweezil Zappa: don't know much about him sorry, and certainly haven't heard any of his albums. I've heard him play guitar on Frank Zappa albums (where he is introduced as 'The Dweez') and he is excellent. His guitar solo on 'Let's Talk About It' is really superb. It's his sister Moon Unit who sings on it. Fave FZ track = Willie The Pimp

Dras - sorry I've not heard of Spazz and Slap-A-Ham. Melt Banana are excellent, saw them a couple of times last year, and would see them again without a doubt, it's awe-inspiring to stand in front of that ! I recommend also their single 'Monkey Man'.

[Erised]

Oooh, I can post:

No Doubt - Open The Gate
David Bowie - Day-in, Day-out
Santana/Rob Thomas - Smooth

I bought the whole album for Smooth...it's really very bad. That'll teach me not to download.

[Dras]

Ten Dollar Man - Slap-A-Ham is a record label. They might have folded in the last year or so, can't remember. But it's all that kind of manic, spazzed out hardcore, totally 200mph and nuts. I think it was run by the guy who used to be in Spazz, who were considered kings of the genre ...

[Peter]

Every Anthrax song I can find. Going to see them tonight. I think Stampin Ground are the support...them or Soil.

ANTHRAX