Author Topic: OT: What's your playlist? (Read 7919 times)

Francois · « **on:** July 18, 2010, 10:40:38 PM »

For something new now... I'm wondering about what you're listening to these days. You may wonder why I wrote this post in the first place? Well, it's not entirely pure curiosity.
Thing is I recently, on a 40°C day, decided to stay cool inside and go through a bit over a terabyte of music to find tracks relating to pictures, cameras and light. And I made a sort of compilation which I think fits 2 CD's... I must admit choosing the tracks was a bit more work than I thought. And I was expecting to find more than I did. So here is the list I came up with:

Compilation\CD1

01 - Huey Lewis & The News - Hip To Be Square (Extended Mix).mp3
02 - Def Leppard - Photograph.mp3
03 - DEVO - Post Post-Modern Man (Album Version).mp3
04 - Depeche Mode - Photographic.mp3
05 - Cabaret Voltaire - Theme from Technacolour.mp3
06 - DEVO - The Big Picture.mp3
07 - Duran Duran - Girls On Film.mp3
08 - Blondie - Picture This.mp3
09 - The B-52's - Strobe Light.mp3
10 - Peter Gabriel - Exposure.mp3
11 - David Bowie - Andy Warhol.mp3
12 - Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story.mp3
13 - The Hollies - Musical Pictures.mp3
14 - Sheryl Crow - Picture ( Kid Rock Featuring Sheryl Crow ).mp3
15 - The Velvet Underground - Beginning to See the Light [Alternate Closet Mix].mp3
16 - Siouxsie & The Banshees - Red Light.mp3
17 - The Georgia Satellites - Every Picture Tells a Story.mp3
18 - The J. Geils Band - Freeze-Frame.mp3
19 - Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi.mp3
20 - Depeche Mode - Photographic [Some Bizarre Version].mp3

Compilation\CD2

01 - Backseat Goodbye - Technicolor Eyes.mp3
02 - Paul Simon - Kodachrome.mp3
03 - Bread - Picture in Your Mind.mp3
04 - Eagles - Frail Grasp On The Big Picture.mp3
05 - James Brown - Shoot Your Shot.mp3
06 - The Velvet Underground - White Light-White Heat.mp3
07 - Peter Gabriel - Family Snapshot.mp3
08 - Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light.mp3
09 - U2 - Red Light.mp3
10 - Blondie - Rapture.mp3
11 - P.I.L. - Public Image.mp3
12 - The Georgia Satellites - Golden Light.mp3
13 - DEVO - Blow Up.mp3
14 - Kraftwerk - The Model.mp3
15 - Depeche Mode - A Photograph of You.mp3
16 - Siouxsie & The Banshees - Metal Postcard.mp3
17 - The Vapors - Turning Japanese.mp3
18 - Goo Goo Dolls - Slide [1999].mp3
19 - The Cure - Pictures Of You.mp3
20 - The B-52's - Follow Your Bliss.mp3

The list is probably far from exhaustive. The last track on CD2 is mostly for my own listening pleasure.

So, what songs make you tick these days?

vicky slater · « **Reply #1 on:** July 18, 2010, 10:49:52 PM »

Nice list

I love Bishop Allen's, "take another picture with your CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK camera"

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #2 on:** July 18, 2010, 11:01:03 PM »

Anything by Aztec Camera

and also the recent song which featured the 'shake it like a Polaroid' line in the chorus.

'Pictures of Lily' by The Who.
There's a band called The Blow-Up....and if I may step fully into the cheese there's a GREAT song called 'Mendocino County Line' on a pretty bad recent Willie Nelson album.

"I have these pictures and I keep these photographs
To remind me of a time.
These pictures and these photographs
Let me know I'm doing fine"

...there will be more on this from me. You can be sure of that.

Andrea. · « **Reply #3 on:** July 18, 2010, 11:02:26 PM »

Billy liar.
http://www.myspace.com/billyliarmusic

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #4 on:** July 18, 2010, 11:08:34 PM »

Always good to see Cabaret Voltaire turn up in anything!

sapata · « **Reply #5 on:** July 19, 2010, 12:01:01 AM »

Ah... the wonders of the "mix tape"... though nowadays it's pretty easy to do an mp3mix !

Anyways... such a coincidence I was talking to my wife few days ago about how funny when the bands discovered the sound of the automatic cameras motordrive and incorporated their sounds in the late 70s early 80s... you've got a few in your list Francois !

One of my favourites is the French New Wave band called Ruth... check Polaroid/Roman/Photo track !

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #6 on:** July 19, 2010, 12:06:16 AM »

Nice one Sapata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OCGgODzpDc

sapata · « **Reply #7 on:** July 19, 2010, 12:41:50 AM »

Thre's also a Jean Michel Jarre track with a sound of an automatic camera in the background which is stuck in my mind since i was a teenager... can't remember the name of the track $:-\$

sapata · « **Reply #8 on:** July 19, 2010, 12:42:36 AM »

Quote from: Phil Bebbington on July 19, 2010, 12:06:16 AM

Nice one Sapata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OCGgODzpDc

Ha !
I love someone wrote "it's not a drill, it's a polaroid camera" !!

LT · « **Reply #9 on:** July 19, 2010, 08:56:22 AM »

another song with camera sound effects - I think that's what they are anyway:

Mr Bungle - None Of Them Knew They Were Robots - (at about 3:50 ish)

I've done a quick iTunes search on my macbook library and I'm surprised at how many songs come up:

Afro Celt Sound System: Lovers of Light
The Black Keys: When the Lights Go Out
Dreadzone: Light, Love and Unity
Drever, McCusker & Woomble: Out of Light
Nickel Creek: The Lighthouses Tale
Pentangle: Light Flight
Rocco DeLuca: Bright Lights (losing Control)

Film:
Radiohead: Exit Music (For a Film)

Colour:
Pink Floyd: Any Colour You Like
Pink Floyd: Green is the Colour
David Gilmour: the Blue

eyes (tenuous, I know):
Wolfmother: Minds Eye
Scott Matthews: Eyes Wider than Before
Robert Plant: Hurting Kind (I've got my eyes on you)
Karine Polwart: Behind our Eyes
The Incredible String Band: the eyes of fate
Dead can Dance: In the Kingdom of the Blind, the One-Eyed are Kings
BRMC: Red Eyes and Tears

Random:
Queens of the Stone Age: Six Shooter
Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman
Ben Folds - Supersunnyspeedgraphic
Massive Attack: Small time Shot Away
Martin Simpson: The LAst Shot Got Him
Black Keys: Stack Shot Billy

As for my own non-photo related listening, It's Mumford and Sons and Them Crooked Vultures that are permanently on my iPod at the moment.

Photo_Utopia · « **Reply #10 on:** July 19, 2010, 01:12:15 PM »

Mine is The Flaming Lips – What Is the Light?

What is the light
That you have
Shining all around you?
Is it chemically derived?

Mark

eric rose · « **Reply #11 on:** July 24, 2010, 06:38:49 PM »

Well I have been into Hank Williams Sr. for awhile now. He does "I saw the light". Does that count?

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #12 on:** July 24, 2010, 07:42:16 PM »

Eric, anything with Hank counts!

Karl · « **Reply #13 on:** July 26, 2010, 11:42:18 PM »

Lots, seein' as I run a music venue an'all. We had Natalie Merchant in recently, rather wonderful. She co-wrote a song called Photograph with the Michael Stipe which is a great track. She didn't play it on the night and even when she asked for requests I was the one shouting Don't Talk.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #14 on:** July 26, 2010, 11:53:29 PM »

Karl, I love Natalie Merchant. Saw 10,000 Maniacs supporting (the similarly wonderful) X in London in around 1987. I really enjoy her solo stuff too.

On a general note, I think Francois' original scope was too wide as it's opened the door for too many dubious inclusions based simply on the word 'light'

(oh yes, 'Bah humbug!' that's me to a tee). It's more of a challenge to come up with stuff that's more closely tied to photography....a bit too hard perhaps.

$:-\$

No, wait. I've got one

Mission of Burma, "This Is Not a Photograph"

And then you can cheat and search Last.fm for the word 'photograph' and get this lot:

Photograph
Weezer

Photograph
Nickelback

Photograph: Double Exposure
Melanie

Photograph
Jamie Cullum

Photograph Smile
Julian Lennon

A Drawing of a Memory of a Photograph of You
Space Mtn

Lost Photograph
Rob Burger

Local Boy in the Photograph
Stereophonics

Photograph
Anna Sahlene

The Photograph books
Swallowing Stones

Photograph
Eagle*Seagull

The Suit and the Photograph
Michael Nyman

Photograph
Def Leppard

Photograph
Ringo Starr

Old Photograph
Randy Kohrs

The Definition of a Photograph
A Sense of Belonging

Photograph Burns
V-3

Damn! Remind me never to write a song called, 'Photograph'!!

sapata · « **Reply #15 on:** July 27, 2010, 01:15:58 AM »

... and what about this:

"The thing that you would see if you would play the part
Is even if I'm out of tune I have a gentle heart
I took your picture with my trusty Rolleiflex
And now all I have developed is complex"

Tom Jobin wrote "Desafinado", or in English "Out of Key" in the early 60's and had many versions since then, Frank Sinatra is the only one I know that sung the part above which is the closest translation to the original.

Unfortunately Ella Fitzgerald does not mention the "magic world" Rolleiflex... but what a performance !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V0k0MOWt6g&feature=related

moominsean · « **Reply #16 on:** July 27, 2010, 07:10:23 AM »

you lost me at huey lewis...

Francois · « **Reply #17 on:** July 27, 2010, 04:20:36 PM »

That's a really rare remix I got... and since it really is hip to shoot square format, I put it in

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #18 on:** July 27, 2010, 08:52:40 PM »

Damn! It's 2010 and I'm hanging online with a bunch of camera geeks discussing 'rare' Huey Lewis remixes. Never in my wildest dreams etc.

I refer you to the Mission Of Burma track in a desperate attempt to get my life back on track.

Pete_R · « **Reply #19 on:** July 27, 2010, 09:05:52 PM »

Nowt to do with photography but I feel I have to add a vote for Natalie Merchant. And I would have been shouting for anything off her Ophelia album which is her best solo one (IMHO).

Edit: Jet Propelled Photograph - Soft Machine

Another edit: Just found this which is interesting: "There Is No Eye: Music For Photographs"

The description from Amazon is:
"The concept behind this collection of American Roots music is musicians photographed by John Cohen. This seems an odd excuse for a compilation CD but the music certainly works. A rare Dylan cut, "Roll On John", from 1962, will probably attract many people to the CD who will then be treated to real gems like Carter Stanley's reading of "Come All You Tender Hearted", Alice and Hazel's rendition of "TB Blues" (not the Jimmie Rodgers title), and stunning cuts from Muddy Waters, Gary Davis, Bill Monroe and others, including Woody Guthrie, Doc Watson, Elizabeth Cotton and even legendary fiddle player Eck Robertson. There are enough rare cuts to appeal to the collector, and enough good music to appeal to most. Well-programmed and just as varied a musical church as the Rounder set, Roots Music: An American Journey. --John Atkins"

And you can see some of the photographs here: http://www.johncohenworks.com/photo/gallery.html

Francois · « **Reply #20 on:** July 27, 2010, 10:23:06 PM »

Quote from: ed.wenn on July 27, 2010, 08:52:40 PM

Damn! It's 2010 and I'm hanging online with a bunch of camera geeks discussing 'rare' Huey Lewis remixes. Never in my wildest dreams etc.

I refer you to the Mission Of Burma track in a desperate attempt to get my life back on track.

Don't worry Ed!
I do appreciate somewhat more punk oriented music... proof is I included some PIL in the mix

I wonder if there's anything heavy metal that would fit the category... I doubt it

euge... · « **Reply #21 on:** July 28, 2010, 03:33:41 PM »

Quote from: ed.wenn on July 26, 2010, 11:53:29 PM

No, wait. I've got one

Mission of Burma, "This Is Not a Photograph"

Same here Ed although Im suprised that you dont have 'Lights Out',The Angry Samoans homage to the darkroom

somewhere.

Not Much Love for A Flock of Seagulls 'Wishing(If I had a photograph of you) on the forum then

euge... · « **Reply #22 on:** July 28, 2010, 05:09:29 PM »

...and while I'm at it ..Anything on the 'Blanco y Negro' label,Anything off the 'Black and White ' album by

The Stranglers or Anything by The Photos.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #23 on:** July 28, 2010, 05:50:40 PM »

Aaaargh!

How did I miss The Photos?! Wendy Wu we love you.

Well remembered, Eugene.

Francois: I was only being silly. I know you appreciate a broad range of music and not just Huey Lewis & The News. I'm the same. I like both kinds of music, country and western.

sapata · « **Reply #24 on:** July 28, 2010, 05:59:21 PM »

What about the Scottish band "Camera Obscura" ?

LT · « **Reply #25 on:** July 28, 2010, 06:05:52 PM »

Quote from: sapata on July 28, 2010, 05:59:21 PM

What about the Scottish band "Camera Obscura" ?

pf course, I like them and I forgot too!

Francois · « **Reply #26 on:** July 28, 2010, 08:29:35 PM »

Quote from: ed.wenn on July 28, 2010, 05:50:40 PM

Aaaargh! How did I miss The Photos?! Wendy Wu we love you.

Well remembered, Eugene.

Francois: I was only being silly. I know you appreciate a broad range of music and not just Huey Lewis & The News. I'm the same. I like both kinds of music, country and western.

I know Ed

Last week-end, there was a Heavy Metal festival on the islands. Even if I live a few kilometers from there, we could still hear the kickdrum and some of the lower riffs

Volume like that, that commands respect!
(http://www.heavymtl.com/)

Francois · « **Reply #27 on:** August 27, 2010, 10:32:26 PM »

OK, I thought I'd give an update on my current playlist just for fun

I've gone to less photographic stuff and strangely discovered the Blues.

These days, it's mostly some Clapton (Unplugged), the Blues Power album (with some John Lee Hooker, BB King and others) and for a lightly less bluesy tone, some Sick of it all (for some kick butt sound)

Strange mix I know but it makes for some variety!

So, what are you into these days?

Late Developer · « **Reply #28 on:** August 27, 2010, 11:47:27 PM »

Well, on Flickr, I am known as Rushfan2112 :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rushfan2112/

but this is where I post mostly (but not exclusively) d*g*t*l images.

Rush, for those not familiar, is a Canadian three piece rock band who have had the third largest number of Gold and Platinum albums ever. They are, in my opinion, THE greatest rock band the world has ever produced.

That said, I have a very broad spectrum of taste. I have a music collection that spans Bach to Black Sabbath and Metallica to Mozart.

The only music I cannot abide is Cliff Richard, Daniel O'Donnell and Meatloaf or anything where the artist(e) feels it is appropriate to wear a Stetson and/or cowboy boots. Otherwise, I can get my head round almost anything else.

My particular favourite at the moment is a very dark album called "The Incident" by Porcupine Tree.

sapata · « **Reply #29 on:** August 28, 2010, 12:11:01 AM »

Quote from: Francois on August 27, 2010, 10:32:26 PM

OK, I thought I'd give an update on my current playlist just for fun
I've gone to less photographic stuff and strangely discovered the Blues.

These days, it's mostly some Clapton (Unplugged), the Blues Power album (with some John Lee Hooker, BB King and others) and for a lightly less bluesy tone, some Sick of it all (for some kick butt sound)

Strange mix I know but it makes for some variety!

So, what are you into these days?

Cold Cave, Crystal Castles, Health and Kraftwerk for the past few days here ...

LT · « **Reply #30 on:** August 28, 2010, 07:56:31 AM »

Rush? Oh no. Prog at it's most self-indulgent.

(fighting talk)

Current iPod faves are:

The Imagined Village- Wisdom & Love
Seth Lakeman- Hearts and Minds
Scott Matthews- Elsewhere
Cara Dillon- Hill of Thieves

Late Developer · « **Reply #31 on:** August 28, 2010, 08:29:20 AM »

Rush? Oh no. Prog at it's most self-indulgent. (fighting talk)

Hi Leon.

I had to laugh when I saw your response as that is how Rush is perceived by those who don't really know them - and I suspect you do know them a bit better than that...!!

If you get chance to see a copy of their most recently produced film "Beyond the lighted stage" you (or anyone else) will see a bunch of extraordinary musicians who are just very ordinary blokes. My first experience of them was as a teenager in the mid-70's and I saw them at their second gig in the UK (Manchester Free Trade Hall) in 1977. I've seen them probably 15 times since.

I do love Seth Wakeman, Eliza Carthy, Dave Carthy, Tull, Fairports, Kate Rusby and The Imagined Village. In fact, I was listening to 'Ouses, ouses, ouses' on the commute home last night.

LT · « **Reply #32 on:** August 28, 2010, 10:02:56 AM »

Quote from: Late Developer on August 28, 2010, 08:29:20 AM

I had to laugh when I saw your response as that is how Rush is perceived by those who don't really know them - and I suspect you do know them a bit better than that...!!

why stick with one time signature when you can have 10 different ones in one song?

they are a bit like the rock-equivalent of HDR. All a bit smug and clever for me.

I am only bantering with you though Paul - I did own some of the early LPs (cant believe I'm admitting to that). Had a brief Rush phase when I was 17, but it didn't last long.

Mike (happyforest) · « **Reply #33 on:** August 28, 2010, 02:39:04 PM »

Several tunes by Max Geldray & Ray Ellington.
About 22 Journey of the Sorcerer by the eagles.

Well actually several goon show radio shows featuring Max Geldray and Ray Ellington

The complete HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy Radio Shows.

Oh and the odd podcast from filmwasters.

Mike

edthened · « **Reply #34 on:** August 28, 2010, 09:34:01 PM »

Och am listenin tae sum woomun an 'er name is, eh........................... Patti Smith, an shees singin songs frae an album colled "Horses" ................GRAND Stuff

Francois · « **Reply #35 on:** October 02, 2010, 10:56:39 PM »

I just thought I'd share with you a recent vinyl find:
I never knew that the band Japan had an album titled: Gentlemen take Polaroids

I'll have to take a listen some time and talk about it a bit here...

Late Developer · « **Reply #36 on:** October 03, 2010, 12:40:40 AM »

Currently:

1. Imagined Village - Wisdom and Love
2. Suzanne Vega - 9 Objects of Desire
3. Porcupine Tree - The Incident
4. Santana - Borboletta
5. Beethoven - 9th Symphony (Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker)
6. Metallica - Black Album
7. Carpenters - Greatest Hits
8. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (digitally remastered edition)
9. James Taylor - Greatest Hits
10. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

fwank · « **Reply #37 on:** October 03, 2010, 08:36:53 PM »

Quote from: sapata on July 28, 2010, 05:59:21 PM

What about the Scottish band "Camera Obscura" ?

what about the other Camera Obscura? they play shoegazer style. i believe the album is "To Change the Shape of an Envelope."

i find myself back listening to genres of music i've been long fond of. shoegazer, and space rock.

i'm really enjoying mazzy star, and their singers (whos name i can't remember) other projects.

sapata · « **Reply #38 on:** October 05, 2010, 01:33:42 PM »

Quote from: Francois on October 02, 2010, 10:56:39 PM

I just thought I'd share with you a recent vinyl find:
I never knew that the band Japan had an album titled: Gentlemen take Polaroids

I'll have to take a listen some time and talk about it a bit here...

I had a listen before but wasn't really impressed, much prefer "Quiet Life".
Not to mention the very badly done cover sleeve!

sapata · « **Reply #39 on:** October 05, 2010, 01:36:10 PM »

Quote from: fwank on October 03, 2010, 08:36:53 PM

Quote from: sapata on July 28, 2010, 05:59:21 PM
i'm really enjoying mazzy star, and their singers (whos name i can't remember) other projects.

You might be talking about "Hope Sandoval", Mazzy's lead singer. She's got 2 solo albums that I highly recommend !