What do you like to listen to?

[Caz]

Where I'm working there's a lot of different radio stations on the go. I can't pick up Planet Rock at work so listen to Virgin Absolute Radio. When I hear a different station, most of them are the work on Satan in my opinion, I say, "Here mate I think your radio's busted," they reply, "why what's wrong with it?" and I say, "there's a really bad sound coming out of it." 

What's with that Cure video. Were they really crap lip synchers or is the music about ten seconds behind the video?  

[notsoscarey]

Caterpiller....Love Cats....favorite is Pictures of You.  sigh....

[Ed]

Pictures of You reminds me so much of carefree times. Do you like The Smiths, too? I didn't at the time, except one or two, but I downloaded one of their albums a while back and listen to it quite a lot now. It reminds me of good times.

[jsorensen]

Wow--sounds like the Eighties are getting quite the rehash--the other day I heard Joy Division on the radio (an actual Joy Division song and not New Order).  And yes-Hatful of Hollow by the Smiths was agreat album...

[Ed]

Wow--sounds like the Eighties are getting quite the rehash--the other day I heard Joy Division on the radio (an actual Joy Division song and not New Order).  And yes-Hatful of Hollow by the Smiths was agreat album...

If you ever get the urge to watch a really depressing film, the one made about the Joy Division lead singer takes the biscuit. I watched it for the first time a few weeks back. It's hard to believe epilepsy treatments were as archaic as they were such a short time ago. I get the impression it's not a hell of a lot better now, but the choice of drugs has improved. Not that much, though, judging by the recent furore over babies damaged by Epelim when the drug was meant to be safe for use during pregnancy. I don't think any drug is truly safe to take during pregnancy.

[notsoscarey]

I never was one for the Smiths but my hubby digs them and Joy Division.  Today was a Depeche Mode "Black Celebration" kind of day. 

[Robert Essig]

I was listening to Black Celebration the other day in the car.

I must say I pretty much hate The Smiths on all accounts.  My wife likes some of the popular songs, but I tend to cringe.

[Ed]

http://www.youtube.com/v/pnT-MpEYPDY?fs=1&hl=en_GB

[jsorensen]

Loved the video--don't know how the press was with these guys in England, but here they were just about completely ignored--too bad, one of the best bands I've ever heard...

[Ed]

I can't remember, TBH. I'd imagine the NME probably featured them at some point, and I certainly remember hearing them on the radio. Love Will Tear Us Apart was their biggest hit before Ian's death and they changed the name of the group to New Order, then Blue Monday was huge. Their earlier stuff had loads of energy to it, though.

[JonP]

I believe they're usually known as Interpol these days ...

[jsorensen]

Know about New Order and all--but they never really hit the hieghts they did with Ian in the group (they're fine, don't get me wrong)...

[Rev. Austin]

I believe they're usually known as Interpol these days ...

BA DUM *tish!*

I thought The Editors took the JD crown?

Wah wah wwwwaaahhhhh

I love Joy Division.  A stoner (as in, whiskey and cigarettes style, not drugs) band I love to bits called Karma to Burn covered Twenty Four Hours on their eponymous album, brilliantly.  I like a fair amount of proto-punk, mind you.

As to what I'm currently listening to: a French mathrock (ie complicated rhythms and wonky time signatures) band called 37500 Yens is proper rocking my world.  Not really loud, and with quite a big jazz flavour [especially the sax-heavy Canard Boiteux, which can be heard on their site]: http://www.myspace.com/37500yens

[Rook]

I am currently (literally) listening to The Dead Weather's 'Horehound'. Great album; but what else would one expect from Jack White?

I've been on a Brandon Flowers, MGMT, and LaRoux kick lately. I don't think I've listened to much else in the last four months. Except the album of Gregorian chants the new neighbor lent my mom the other day.

He also gifted my mother Pink Floyd's 'More'-- she is still proud that in her lost youth it was the first album she ever bought, -- which I'd never heard before; Brilliant, of course. 

On a holiday note, I thought I'd warn everybody off Bob Dylan's Christmas CD... think the man's lost his mind... and not in a good way.... (shudder)

Bells of Dublin is my favorite Christmas album-- get that, and save yourself a nauseating hour...Unless you like a laugh. Dylan's would make a great gag gift.

A fact that horrifies my mother-- she says we should grieve for him... not laugh. Not Dylan.

[Robert Essig]

Speaking of good Chistmas music, there's Jethro Tull Christmas album that is very good.  Came out four or five years ago I think.  I don't know what it's called, but I'd like to get my hands on it.