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     spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 957 Registered: 05-2005 |
I found a great CD which I have just burned to iTunes and am now bathing in all its sunny glory. Cosmic Rough Riders, 'Enjoy the melodic sunshine', it has really filled my day with joy man I can tell ye! Is there anything you guys and guyesses play all year round that let you smell the sunshine even when its gone away for a while?? Midlake do in places, but with them then its pretty soon Autumn again! | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1132 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Pernice Brothers normally do it for me Spence. Although that would only be musically, the lyrics can be a bit wintery! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 958 Registered: 05-2005 |
I need to get some stuff by them, what little I have heard I've liked very much. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 108 Registered: 08-2006 |
Here's a left-field pick for you, Spence: Husker Du, "New Day Rising." I can't explain why, because it's the opposite of what anyone would consider summery, although it does have "Celebrated Summer." I only play it when the weather's fine; at the first hint of autumn, back on the shelf it goes. If there are any psychologists on this board, I'm sure they could have a field day with this one. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 745 Registered: 03-2005 |
Hmmm. I seem to prefer autumn and wintery things. Aside from some of the more blatantly sunny Hollies things like "On a Carousel" or "Carrie-Ann" I'm drawing a blank. Duh, of course: "Heavenly Pop Hit." Play it loud. No clouds or cold can survive that. I'm begining to think that I should go back and explore Husker Du. I never bothered to originally, just assuming they were some form of metal which I pretty much loathe. But I love Grant Hart's two solo albums and people on here are always giving the Huskers a nod, so they go onto my to-Du list. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1146 Registered: 03-2006 |
Excellent question, Spence. Summer's my favorite season and I'm one of those people who walk around in denial when it's over: "let's go swimming - it's only the middle of October"...I also think I have SAD, seasonal affective disorder, the affliction that causes you to get depressed if you don't get enough sunlight in your day. It helps to live in So Cal, but we still feel it even here - the beach gets cold, seasonal rains start..in fact, it's raining here today. It's cornball and a bit cliche, but completely true - the Beach Boys, for me, equal instant summer. Also, Fleetwood Mac (the California mob) and Lindsey Buckingham inspire those kinds of feelings... | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 109 Registered: 08-2006 |
Hey, Randy, definitely give Husker Du another shot. Bob Mould's post-Husker band Sugar is a big thumbs up, as well. I'd recommend "New Day Rising" and everything after that, which is when the melodies came to fore a little more. If you like that stuff, head backwards, "Zen Arcade," "Land Speed Record" and so on... LK, ditto on the Beach Boys and the Mac. I was being a bit perverse with the Husker Du plug, but it's true. I also listen to a lot of reggae in the summer. Nuthin' like a little Augustus Pablo or Culture on a sweltering day. Oh, that those days were still around... | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 868 Registered: 04-2005 |
Randy, I agree with Rob--you really should check out Husker Du. Mould's style has gotten very formulaic since then and the songwriting well ran dry long ago (he's written very little but self-pitying relationship songs since the Huskers broke up), but the Huskers still sound as raw and exciting as ever. I have to admit that I can't listen to them much anymore though because the production values sear my ears, especially on the earlier albums. If you're new to them, I'm inclined to suggest you start with their catalog back to front. "Warehouse Songs and Stories" is their best recorded album and something of a preview of where Mould was going with his early solo albums and Sugar. "New Day Rising" and "Zen Arcade" are probably the definitive Huskers albums, but may be more punishing on the ears than you're looking for, Randy. Also, they're not metal-influenced at all. Their sheets of guitar sound and beats are pure punk/hardcore (mixed, of course, with their pop sensibility and intelligent lyrics). That's one of the reasons I like them--I hate metal-influenced punk. Musically, they always reminded me of a messier, angrier Buzzcocks. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1149 Registered: 03-2006 |
Rob, you live in Chicago, right? One of my favorite cities - clean, fun and friendly - but I've wondered about the cold there, since I've become a complete wuss about it. Can the winters there be pretty grueling? | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 111 Registered: 08-2006 |
Well said, Kurt. "Warehouse" is probably a good place to start, although I think I like the three albums prior - "New Day Rising," "Flip Your Wig" and "Candy Apple Grey" more. Just by a fraction, though. Husker Du was amazingly consistent. And NOT metal. Get beyond those buzzsaw guitars and you'll hear some surprisingly fetching, almost Byrds-esque melodies. Oh, hey, the Byrds are a nice summer band. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 112 Registered: 08-2006 |
LK, yeah, Chicago rocks. But man, the winters seem to go on forever. Not Minnesota long, but long enough. In the summer, everyone goes crazy. I hardly have a free weekend between June and September, and then the whole city seems to hibernate. Good for catching up on your reading... | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 870 Registered: 04-2005 |
Speaking of the Byrds and Husker Du--Randy, if nothing else, you MUST hear the Huskers' cover of "Eight Miles High." It's not a punk pisstake of the song; it's just a whole 'nother (and equally) valid way of approaching it. Although Husker Du was mostly about great original songs, if I had to play one song to introduce a newbie to the group, it would be "Eight Miles High." | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 861 Registered: 05-2005 |
Husker Du not metal Randy! Summer songs: Pet Sounds, a lot of Pernice Brothers songs, The Pursuit Of Happiness' Love Junk album, The Chills' Soft Bomb album... oh, there are tons of songs that can turn your winter to summer. But it's almost the REAL summer here in Oz now (still pretty cold though - well, cold for Sydney, which shouldn't really be cold at all for an Irishman such as myself but my blood has thinned out in the southern hemisphere). | ||
| Andy Robinson Member Username: Andyblue Post Number: 57 Registered: 03-2005 |
God, you Aussies and people in the Southern Hemisphere generally - though on a day to day basis and pound for pound it's a largely underpopulated area. I work with a few of you and IMHO they either moan about how cold it is here or gloat about how hot it is back home! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 747 Registered: 03-2005 |
Comments on the Huskers all duly noted. Padraig, I've always thought of "Pet Sounds" as a very autumnal or wintery record. Hardin, that's interesting that you suspect yourself of having SAD. I do too but it always seemed so outrageous given where I live. I find I have to work really hard to keep from sinking into total depression this time of the year. But three Januarys in a row have given me some of my best songs, so I guess it's not all bad. Wish I could skip down to Padraig's side of the planet right now and things aren't even bad here yet. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 865 Registered: 05-2005 |
An old girlfriend of mine used to start feeling down in winter but one November I mentioned SAD to her and - to my surprise - she had not heard of it. It really cheered her up actually, that there might be some explanation for this regular occurrence. Randy, I can buy Pet Sounds as a winter or autumn record too. I first heard it on a cold, wet Decemer day in Ireland and it instantly transported me to a sunnier clime in my head. It's an album for all seasons. My favourite Husker Du albums are: 1 Zen Arcade 2 Candy Apple Grey 3 New Day Rising 4 Warehouse Songs And Stories 5 Flip Your Wig Warehouse just has not stood the test of time as well as the first three for me. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 866 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kevin, I saw Cosmic Rough Riders (with the original singer) in a bar in Austin TX in March 2001. They were not so impressive. Maybe it was a bad night. It was certainly a crap crowd. So I never got any of their stuff. Is Enjoy the melodic sunshine the one to start with? Was that with the old singer? | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1154 Registered: 03-2006 |
Didn't mean to imply that I only suspected I have it, Randy. I know I have SAD, and it is all too is real. It's genetic - my brother has it, too. On that subject - wasn't the evil MF who came up with Daylight Savings Time the Devil? That's some heinous, evil shit - I love it being dark when you get off work, just so some self-righteous prick who rises early can have sunshine to go off to work to...I just don't get it... And yeah, there are no highs without lows...as my new favorite group, the Hold Steady, puts it, "massive highs and crushing lows"...and similarly, I think a lot of great art really does come from the depths. I can't imagine happiness has inspired much great artistic achievment. I give you Paul McCartney's solo career, after he married Linda, as exhibit A... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 867 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yeah, but if you believe Heather Mills it was all a sham. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1134 Registered: 05-2005 |
Padraig, regarding CRR it was Spence who started this thread. But I did buy their first album(which does have Daniel Wylie singing on it) when it came out. I found it to be ok, if a little bit Teenage Fanclub lite. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 967 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kev it was similar, but was still magical. Leanings towards REM Automatic period in places. DW voice was what made it too. Their lyrics remind me a bit of Microdisney. Happy infectious pop music but biting lyrical content. Where CCR are concerned, not all biting, a few nips here and there!! | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1159 Registered: 03-2006 |
Forgot to mention samba, bossa nova, Brazilian music in general, which has a lot of summer in it...in fact, I've been listening a lot lately to Marisa Monte's new album, which is excellent... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 973 Registered: 05-2005 |
LK Buena Vista Social Club too, similer eh? I love Ry Cooder and the guys from Cuba., |