So what music is getting you through these days?

[klook]

At the moment I'm listening to Officium by Norwegian alto saxophonist Jan Garbarek with the Hilliard Ensemble (ECM, Sept. 1993). It's like Gregorian chant with long gentle tones. Very soothing, which is a help right now.

[MsFlorida]

1. no music

it has been the day the music died

[Connie_Corleone]

2. The Doors

"The End"

"Strange Days"

"When the Music's Over"

[arcane1]

3. Paris "Sonic Jihad"

does amazing things

[On the Road]

4. "The Nightfly" by Donald Fagan

[klook]

7. From the foot of Mt. Belzoni!

That's a great album. Won a Grand Prix du Disque, as I recall.

[On the Road]

34. Really? I Didn't Know

Do you have "Everything Must Go," their latest? I like it -- most of it is more along the lines of Fagan's solo work than older Steely Dan.

[klook]

38. Gloomy day... --> help?

No, haven't heard the new one. I'll have to check it out.

Have you seen the video for "New Frontier"? The one with the teenagers partying in the fallout shelter after the prom? I always liked that, especially the groovy Gene Deitch-style animation.

Oddly enough, when I was trying to find something about that video in Google, one of the links yielded a page containing this apropos rhetorical query:

[On the Road]

46. Wow -- Gloomy Day -- That's Odd

No, I never saw the video -- didn't know there was one. I have all of Fagan and Becker's music, and have seen them a couple of times live. They're great, in spite of the fact that their first garage band records are some of the worst crap I've ever heard. Somehow Donald picked up jazz progressions and was able to grow by working with really top people like Wayne Shorter and the Breckers.

Their comeback album, "Two Against Nature," was very uneven, and should never have been awarded best album. "Everything Must Go" is much stronger IMO.

[AngryOldDem]

55. Great album!

I've been listening to a Steely Dan collection myself -- somehow their music lifts my mood.

"The things that pass for knowledge, I can't understand..."

[ropi]

5. Gansta rap

the Chronic!

[bowens43]

6. the Dead 'Box of Rain'

over and over and over agin.....

***

Look out of any window, any morning, any evening, any day.
Maybe the sun is shining, birds are singing,
No rain is falling from a heavy sky.
What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
For this is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago.

Walk out of any doorway, feel your way, feel your way like the day before.
Maybe you'll find direction,
Around some corner where it's been waiting to meet you.
What do you want me to do, to watch for you while you are sleeping?
The please don't be surprised when you find me dreaming too.

Look into any eyes you find by you, you can see clear to another day,
Maybe been seen before, through other eyes on other days while going home.
What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
It's all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago.

Walk into splintered sunlight,
Inch your way through dead dreams to another land.
Maybe you're tired and broken,
Your tongue is twisted with words half spoken and thoughts unclear

What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
A box of rain will ease the pain, and love will see you through.

Just a box of rain, wind and water,
Sun and shower, wind and rain,
In and out the window like a moth before a flame.

And it's just a box of rain, I don't know who put it there,
Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you dare.

And it's just a box of rain, or a ribbon for your hair;
Such a long long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.

[Zenaholic]

29. Jerry song that is most appropriate (IMHO)

Went to see the captain
strangest I could find
Laid my proposition down
laid it on the line.

I won't slave for beggar's pay
likewise gold and jewels
but I would slave to learn the way
to sink your ship of fools.

[bbernardini]

8. The Residents, Joe Jackson, Todd Rundgren, Moxy Fruvous, Steven Wilson, FZ

Specifically:

Residents - CD reissue of the 13th Anniversary Show
Joe Jackson/Todd Rundgren - show they did together in Central Park this summer
Moxy Fruvous - 7/25/99 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
Steven Wilson - Bass Communion InteractiveDJ Mix
Frank Zappa - 5/5/88 Dortmund, GER

[flakey_foont]

9. Jefferson Airplane

Volunteers album,,, and some live Dead

[WindRavenX]

10. U2, Moby, Springsteen

And some Beck when I want to bawl.

[JimmyJazz]

11. I've spent the last two days getting completely

Clashified. Nobody does anger better. Okay, so you can't actually understand Joe Strummer, but you can tell he's pissed off and that's all that matters!

[klook]

17. London Calling

Feel like smashing a guitar? Me too. Into a fascist's face.

[JimmyJazz]

19. London Calling isn't obnoxious enough for me at the moment

AND



NOW that's some noise...but I do agree with the smashing of the bass!

[Squeech]

12. Richard Thompson

Also Quicksilver Messenger Service ("Pride of Man" et al.) and I've promised myself a Doors marathon.

Said this on a couple other threads too.

[Chichiri]

13. Rush.

Anything Rush is good.

[OhioArtist]

14. Eminem, Public Enemy, Alice in Chains, Cake, Nirvana

Mosh
Son of a Bush
Sludge Factory
Comfort Eagle
You Know You're Right

respectively

[Wickerman]

15. Camper Van Beethoven - New Roman Times

A concept CD - life in Amerika, before, during and after revolution.

CHORUS:
Hey brother, we're on our way
Hey sister, we're on our way
Hey brother, don't be afraid
Hey sister, we're on our way

Cos if we stay true to our course
And have faith, keep out of court
We shall be rewarded very soon

For when we spite them with our swords
In the name of our just lord
We do bring glory a-to his name

REPEAT CHORUS

Cos from this fire I am reborn
Like the phoenix of ancient Rome
I will be cleansed of all my sins

And on a spiral I will rise
As the flames reach to the sky
To sit forever, on the right hand of the lord.

REPEAT CHORUS

[mahina]

16. Sweet Honey in the Rock! And Ani!

Give your Hands to Struggle

If you see me crying
don't stand back and look on
lay down, lay down,
give your hands to struggle.

Give your voice to struggle.


Ani DiFranco
"Your Next Bold Move"
coming of age during the plague
of reagan and bush
watching capitalism gun down democracy
it had this funny effect on me
i guess

and the mighty multinationals
have monopolized the oxygen
so it's as easy as breathing
for us all to participate

yes they're buying and selling
off shares of air
and you know it's all around you
but it's hard to point and say "there"
so you just sit on your hands
and quietly contemplate

your next bold move
the next thing you're gonna need to prove
to yourself
yes, the left wing was broken long ago
by the slingshot of cointelpro
and now it's so hard to have faith in
anything

especially your next bold move
or the next thing you're gonna need to prove
to yourself

you want to track each trickle
back to its source
and then scream up the faucet
'til your face is hoarse
cuz you're surrounded by a world's worth
of things you just can't excuse

but you've got the hard cough of a chain smoker
and you're at the arctic circle playing strip poker
and it's getting colder and colder
everytime you lose

so go ahead
make your next bold move
tell us
what's the next thing you're gonna need to prove
to yourself

[democracy eh]

18. R.E.M.

Automatic for the People

[catzies]

65. R.E.M.'s new album Around the Sun. Love it more and more every day.

If you like Automatic you'll love Around the Sun.

[NRaleighLiberal]

67. Great remark - Automatic has set the standard for me, but....

the latest one is really holding up well to repeated listens - in fact gets better and better.

[Chichiri]

20. What else?

I certainly do need some good cheering-up music today.

[helnwhls]

21. black eyed peas and frazier chorus

let's get retarded

[NoSheep]

22. Jim Lauderdale and Donna the Buffalo

[Feathered Fish]

23. Oooh, oooh

Aside from the regular lefty radio...

JOY DIVISION -

Leaders of Men will make you mad!!

[Hubert Flottz]

24. I've been listening to...

"Grab the Claw Hammer Mamma, There's a Fly On The Baby's Head" on 78 speed and backwards! Trying to find Jayyyzuz!

[sub.theory]

25. Mentallo & the Fixer

Yeah....the fucking world's ending. Strange days.

[sans qualia]

26. The Flaming Lips - Waitin' for a Superman

Asked you a question
I didn't need you to reply
Is it gettin' heavy?
But they'll realize
Is it gettin' heavy?
Well I thought it was already as heavy
As can be

Is it overwhelming
To use a crane to crush a fly?
It's a good time for Superman
To lift the sun into the sky

'Cause it's gettin' heavy
Well I thought it was already as heavy
As can be

Tell everybody
Waitin' for Superman
That they should try to hold on
Best they can
He hasn't dropped them
Forgot them
Or anything
It's just too heavy for Superman to lift

Is it gettin' heavy?
Well I thought it was already as heavy as can be.

Tell everybody
Waitin' for Superman
That they should try to hold on
Best they can
He hasn't dropped them
Forgot them
Or anything
It's just too heavy for Superman to lift

:cry: Such a beautifully sad song.

[Chichiri]

27. What about classical music? Any suggestions?

[klook]

33. "Quartet for the End of Time" by Olivier Messiaen

Written while he was a prisoner in a Nazi POW camp. It's on the dissonant side, but ultimately very uplifting.

A few other suggestions--

I also like "The Planets" by Gustav Holst a lot, although "Mars: The Bringer of War" might be a little much right now.

"Concerto for Orchestra" and "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta" by Bela Bartok. No real reason, except that since my teens I've enjoyed both of these. They express a range of emotions, from the playful to the deep and serious, that somehow resonate with me. Your mileage may vary, of course.

"Appalachian Spring" by Copland if you're in dire need of something hopeful. Also Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" (particularly the Leonard Bernstein/NY Philharmonic recording with Henry Fonda reading Lincoln's words) for a reminder of what the right wing is trying to destroy.

Dmitri Shostakovich's 10th Symphony is alternately poignant and powerful. Kind of somber, but sometimes that suits the mood.

"Le Sacre du Printemps" (The Rite of Spring) by Igor Stravinsky is one of my all-time favorites. I especially like the driving rhythmic sections. Those shifting accents are very intense. It's incredible to realize that this was first performed in 1913! It still sounds futuristic to me.

[Stuartpidd]

36. Holst -- "The Planets"

In fact, "Mars" is a very angry piece.

[jjanpundt]

44. I'm so bummed and need soothing music

I'm alternating between Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
and Chant - Gregorian Chants
I'm not the least bit religious but love Gregorian Chant

[NRaleighLiberal]

69. Mahler or Shostakovich.....if you want to mirror the impact of the ..

election, the perfect soundtracks would be Mahler 6th or Shostakovich 4th symphonies.....captures the incredibly crushing defeat perfectly. Warning - do not listen to either if you are not in a mood that can handle it!

Otherwise, for something uplifting and moving, the final movement of Mahler's 2nd or 8th symphony or the 3rd movement of Mahler's 4th symphony are perfect.....some of the most beautiful music I've heard. (I listen to Rock, jazz or classical - loads of all of them - so this isn't just a classical-only nerd view!)

[Zenaholic]

28. Garth Brooks

Just kidding, actually I've been listening to a lot of moe. I'm going to see them tomorrow at the Tower theater and I am so psyched (4th row!!!). Anybody else going look for me, I'll be the oldest one there ;)

[klook]

40. Lee Greenwood

NOT!

Slightly amusing stuff found on his pathetic web site:

[billyskank]

30. Last night I lifted my mood

with "Sweet Home Chicago" from The Blues Brothers soundtrack.

[Willy Lee]

31. Greg Brown, especially "Worrisome Years"

I think about leaving, but where would I go?
How would I get there? I don't know
I took my stand here, I don't want to roam
This old town ain't much but its all I know of home

[Willy Lee]

32. Damn I need to start doing spell checks

[Stuartpidd]

35. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Gil Scott Heron. Here's an excerpt if you've never heard it:

The revolution will not be right back after a message
bbout a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your
bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.
The revolution will not go better with Coke.
The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.
The revolution will put you in the driver's seat.

The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised.

[BiggJawn]

37. Enya and ABBA...

Yeah, I might be bi-polar.....

[necso]

39. "Just another Day", "End of the World as We know it". n/t

[rbnyc]

41. The Grotto - Kristen Hersh (nt)

[billyskank]

42. The Incredible Jimmy Smith !! n/t

[graywarrior]

43. Normally, I listen to Dylan as I sketch dashes across my wrists for the

razor blade. But, I'm too depressed to listen to his whining. I have total silence in my house. It's like a funeral parlor without the smell of flowers.

Ain't I cheerful to have around?

[semillama]

45. Devin Townsend

Infinity. I picked it up a couple weeks ago and can't stop listening to it. Best vocalist in heavy music period.

Also the new Tom Waits, the new Mastodon, Dead Kennedys "Plastic Surgey Disasters" and the new Prong album.

Metal is empowering, I find.

As far as classical goes, Copland is appropriate right now I think.

[klook]

47. David Crosby - "If I Could Only Remember My Name"

Crosby's first solo album after the breakup of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1971) is a great collection of atmospheric beautiful tunes prominently featuring his overdubbed voice and guitar. Layers of gorgeous harmonies. Other musicians on the album include Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Neil Young, Jorma Kaukonen, Joni Mitchell, Grace Slick, Graham Nash, Laura Allan, Greg Rollie, Michael Shrieve, and Jack Casady. This page - http://www.alpha.nl/CSN/ificould.html - has descriptions of how the tracks were recorded by producer Stephen Barncard.

The track that makes me return to this album is the lush "Orleans," but right now it's "Traction in the Rain" that resonates:

Traction in the Rain

It's hard enough, I know
To find the strength to go
Back to where it all began
It's hard to enough to gain
Any traction in the rain
You know it's hard for me to understand

CHORUS #1:
Hard to find a way
To get through another city day
Without thinking about
Gettin' out

Now the strangest thing I've seen
Was a t-shirt turning green
In envy of turtle dove
The dove's lady was the cause
Or maybe it was the olive branch she held in her claws
Or maybe he could see they were in love

CHORUS #2:
You know it's hard for me to find a way
To get through another city day
Without thinking about
Gettin' out

(© Guerrilla Music/BMI)

[Redneck Socialist]

48. Lots of bluegrass

and a little Grateful Dead for a change of pace. I was listening to Jerry Douglas and Peter Rowan last night and a variety of Dead shows.

[sundog]

49. Tori Amos - "Scarlet's Walk"

"Can't someone help me I think that I'm lost here, lost in a place called America"

"We may be on this road, but we're just imposters in this country now"

[captain disgruntled]

50. Oingo Boingo's "1984",

& "Grey Matter"; Bruce Cockburn's "Trouble with Normal" (which could have been written YESTERDAY); World Party's "Ship of Fools":

"We're setting sail to a place on the map
From which no-one has ever returned
Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool
By the light of the crosses that burned
Drawn by the promise of the wormen and lace
And the gold and the cotton and pearls
It's the place where they keep all the darkness you need
You sail away from the light of the world on this trip, baby

You will pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow

Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools, no, no
Oh, you've got to save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools
I want to run and hide
Right now

Avarice and greed are gonna drive you over the endless sea
They will leave you drifting in the shallows
Drowning in the oceans of history
Traveling the world, you're in search of no good
But I'm sure you'll build your Sodom like you knew you would
Using all the good people for your galley slaves
As your little boat struggles through the warning waves
But you don't pay

You will pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow

Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools
Oh, you've got to save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with no Ship of Fools

Oh, where's it coming from
Where's it going now
It's just a, it's just a Ship of Fools"


But also Patti Smith's version of "People Have the Power", dammit

[klook]

54. "If I Had a Rocket Launcher"

If I Had a Rocket Launcher
Bruce Cockburn

.....here comes the helicopter -- second time today
everybody scatters and hopes it goes away
how many kids they've murdered only god can say
if i had a rocket launcher...i'd make somebody pay.

i don't believe in guarded borders and i don't believe in hate
i don't believe in generals or their stinking torture states
and when i talk with the survivors of things too sickening to relate
if i had a rocket launcher...i would retaliate

on the rio lacantun one hundred thousand wait
to fall down from starvation -- or some less humane fate.
cry for guatemala, with a corpse in every gate
if i had a rocket launcher...i would not hesitate

i want to raise every voice -- at least i've got to try.
every time i think about it water rises to my eyes.
situation desperate echoes of the victims cry
if i had a rocket launcher...some sonofabitch would die

From "Stealing Fire" (Chiapas, Mexico and Toronto -- February and April 1983)

[Tyrone Slothrop]

51. Modest Mouse

The appropriate titled and themed "Good News For People Who Love Bad News".

A collection of great songs about remaining hopeful and resolute in the face of adversity.

What could be better?

[FDRrocks]

52. "Hello Nasty" by the Beasties and "The End is Here" by Five Iron Frenzy nt

[RetroLounge]

53. I'm angry and feeding that anger

Ministry
NIN
Jesus Lizard
et. al.

RL

[FunBobbyMucha]

56. Bruce Cockburn: "If I had a rocket launcher...

...some son of a bitch would die!"

[trogdor]

57. Classical music.

Mostly Beethoven.

[CO Liberal]

58. Oldies

I've moved the radio in my office permanently off the AM dial and back to FM. Oldies from the '50s and '60s remind me of a time when America was a better place to live...

[warrens]

59. John Cale - HoboSapiens and

Por Vida, the tribute to and fundraiser for Alejandro Escoveda and 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong.

[TX-RAT]

60. Willie Nelson ( Whiskey River )

[ceile]

61. Franz Ferdinand and Ministry n/t

[LaPera]

62. Blues!

[jackelope72]

63. Mostly the relaxing or upbeat stuff

Enya, ABBA, B-52's, Go-Go's, the Fame Soundtrack, classical music.

Plus, when I'm not plotting the overthrow of our evil government, I'm immersing myself in fantasy novels. Currently reading the Recluce series by E.L. Modessitt, Jr. (sp?)

[Goathead]

64. Jerry, lot's of Jerry! And the rest of the boys

I find solace in Robert Hunter's lyrics.

[NRaleighLiberal]

66. I have a good bit of the ECM catalog on either vinyl or CD......

Check out anything by Eberhard Weber, esp. Colors of Chloe, Silent Feet, Yellow Fields or The Following Morning....Watercolors by Pat Metheny....or dozens and dozens of others! Garbarek has loads of great CDs.

[klook]

71. Yeah, "Colors of Chloe" is fantastic

ECM has put out some good stuff. Terje Rypdal, Jack deJohnette, John Surman, Charlie Haden, Egberto Gismonti, Dave Holland ("Conference of the Birds" is amazing), Charles Lloyd (how about "The Water is Wide"? Wow!), Carla Bley ("I Hate To Sing" sounds like a good mood-lifter right about now), Michael Mantler, Steve Swallow ("Carla" is one of my favorite albums), George Adams, etc. etc.

[Heyo]

68. Eminem's "Encore" album...

...has been permanently fixed in my CD player since I procured it yesterday morning...best rap album of the year, hands down.

:headbang:

Heyo

[muchacho]

70. Drive By Truckers

Ass kicking and raucous

[ElaineinIN]

72. Rage against the Machine

Heard guerrilla radio on the radio this morning...

it has to start somewhere
it has to start sometime
what better place than here?
what better time than now?