What Are You Listening To?

Scott Walker - "And Who Shall Go To The Ball ? And What Shall Go To The Ball ?"

Elliott Smith - "Angeles"

Toy Love - "Squeeze"

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Originally Posted by Derek

Yeah, the video is hilarious. Zooropa is a criminally underrated album.

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I find the video successfully straddles the line between self-aware pretension-mockery and genuine pathos. And yes, as far as I'm concerned, Zooropa and Pop are two of their more interesting albums, so it's a shame that their fanbase reacted so negatively to both, forcing U2 back to making pap like ATYCLB. Have you listened to their side-project album Passengers? It's as much an Eno album as it is U2.

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Originally Posted by Rowland

I find the video successfully straddles the line between self-aware pretension-mockery and genuine pathos. And yes, as far as I'm concerned, Zooropa and Pop are two of their more interesting albums, so it's a shame that their fanbase reacted so negatively to both, forcing U2 back to making pap like ATYCLB. Have you listened to their side-project album Passengers? It's as much an Eno album as it is U2.

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Yup, a very smart move to feature only Edge. I'm not as big on Pop, but it has a few interesting songs and certainly shouldn't have taken the beating it did since U2 might still be an interesting band if they kept following that path. Haven't heard the Passengers album, but I'll be sure to check it out knowing Eno's involvement.
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Jim Noir - "Happy Day Today"

I can't get enough of this song...love the way those wonky Wendy Carlosesque keyboards, Beach Boys harmonising and tight guitar play intertwine.

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Originally Posted by Derek

Yup, a very smart move to feature only Edge.

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Only Edge? Bono sings most of the material on Zooropa.

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Originally Posted by Rowland

Only Edge? Bono sings most of the material on Zooropa.

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I meant in the video, not the album. Problem is I was thinking of the "Numb" video (which doesn't have much genuine pathos, but is still funny :)), not "Lemon".

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Originally Posted by Derek

I meant in the video, not the album. Problem is I was thinking of the "Numb" video (which doesn't have much genuine pathos, but is still funny :)), not "Lemon".

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Ahh yes, well that explains a lot. That video is funny enough, and certainly idiosyncratic, but I prefer the video for Lemon.

Ratatat - "Falcon Jab"

Gang Starr - "Discipline"

ELO - "Boy Blue"

Garbage - "The Trick is to Keep Breathing"

Dosh - "Don't Wait for the Needle to Drop"

John Cage - "In a Landscape"

Mahmoud Ahmed - "Antchiyé"

Mistakenly picked up Ethiopiques 6 instead of the supposedly superior 5. This is still awesome, though.

Dead Can Dance -- "The Ubiquitious Mr. Lovegrove"

Paul Giger - "Seven Scenes from Labyrinthos"

Time Trap, Built to Spill

Liquid Liquid - "Lock Groove (In)"

Ween - "It's Gonna Be (Alright)"

Huh, wow.

Lil' Wayne - Playing With Fire

Carter III is pretty strange and incredibly entertaining.

Jacques Brel - Pourquoi faut-il que les hommes s'ennuient

Nat "King" Cole - "On the Street Where You Live"

Birchville Cat Motel - "Gunpowder Temple of Heaven"

This is awesome. Thanks to Derek for reminding me to check it out; I also d/l'ed Astro Catastrophes (amazing 3-disc collection) and I'm officially back into BCM after a long hiatus.

Belle and Sebastian - "Belle and Sebastian"