en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal The Last.fm journal for missygp29. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2011/10/29/4wouoi_top_ten%3A__lcd_soundsystem Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:01:22 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2011/10/29/4wouoi_top_ten%3A__lcd_soundsystem Apropos of nothing - well, not nothing. I'm bored of work and would much rather distract myself by listmaking. So here it goes: Top 10 LCD Soundsystem tracks. Tricky, tricky, tricky. Because some of them I absolutely adore but mostly love live (hello, Yeah); some others don't sound great live (Get Innocuous) but are absolute faves. What to do?

10. Never as Tired as When I'm Waking Up / Us v. Them (for the live version)
9. Dance Yourself Clean
8. Great Release
7. Yeah (live, at least - fricking phenomenal)
6. Get Innocuous
5. Someone Great
4. Losing My Edge
3. Tribulations
2. Home
1. All My Friends

That was hard. I need a lie-down.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2011/07/03/4guwwq_crimes_and_misdemeanours Sun, 3 Jul 2011 17:22:06 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2011/07/03/4guwwq_crimes_and_misdemeanours Missy Elliott turned forty this week. ULP. Poor lady has been seriously suffering with Graves disease, and that's slowed down her output over the last couple of years.

The music business is forgetful, and so I'm not sure she's given her dues for how much of today's rnb and pop is based on the revolution she and Timbaland wrought on music. So here, in some semblance of order, are my favourite missy elliott tracks - so long as it's written by her, that's what counts...

10: Gossip Folks
9: One Minute Man
8: She's a Bitch
7: Dog in Heat
6: Pass That Dutch
5: Lick Shots
4: I Want You Back
3: If Your Girl Only Knew
2: Beep Me 911
1: Sock It 2 Me]]> http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2010/11/19/41ziii_the_genius_of_when_doves_cry Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:42:49 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2010/11/19/41ziii_the_genius_of_when_doves_cry There's been a big hullabaloo about Robyn covering When Doves Cry by Prince. Which reminded me - although I shouldn't have needed it - what an extraordinarily brilliant record it is. Which prompted me to see what genius on my nano would do with it. The result: wonders. No, really, this playlist is the bomb (and yes, the early 2000s called and want their slang back).

So I had to share:

Starting tune: When Doves Cry
1. Poison
2. Reminisce
3. Sweet Thing
4. Honey
5. Pony
6. If Your Girl Only Knew
7. Ex Factor
8. The Payback
9. Inner City Blues
10. Deep Inside
11. Work It
12. Use Me
13. Summer Breeze
14. You And I
15. I Can Change
16. Wait A Minute
17. Real Love
18. Are You That Somebody?
19. Nothing Really Matters
20. One Minute Man
21. Mercy Mercy Me
22. Trick Me
23. I Was Made To Love Her
24. Hard To Handle

bloody hell.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2010/07/06/3ralex_stroketastic Tue, 6 Jul 2010 21:04:36 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2010/07/06/3ralex_stroketastic I was very much aware of The Strokes when they came out, but I have to say, was a tad underwhelmed. Much like with The White Stripes, guitar music just did not do it for me at that point in time - overwhelmed by whiny stuff all trying to be Radiohead circa OK Computer, I ventured off into hip hop and electronic music, and it took a long while to come back to more rocky stuff - although my return was triggered by Elephant, which was much heavier than anything else I'd liked for years, and also Aha Shake Heartbreak.

But, tragically enough, it took Guitar Hero and blasting out Reptilia for me to remember that I owned three Strokes albums and I did indeed quite like a lot of the stuff on that. And now I find it bizarrely good to work to, unlike most rock music, and I adore Juicebox more than most tunes I own. I know, I know, I'm eight years too late, but better late than never, right?

ps I also know that I wrote "top ten" but only listed five albums in my previous post. But I don't really have five more - although I do very much like The Magician's Private Library. These half-year lists are better simply for spurring me into action and buying albums. Although having downloaded it, I'm somewhat underwhelmed thus far by The ArchAndroid.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2010/07/04/3r2wl5_best_of_2010_-_so_far Sun, 4 Jul 2010 02:03:09 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2010/07/04/3r2wl5_best_of_2010_-_so_far NPR put out a list of its listeners' favourite albums of 2010 thus far. It's always interesting to see what's there now, and then what will have the legs to go the distance and be the favourite at the end of the year. For what it's worth, here's my top ten:

1/ This Is Happening
2/ I'm New Here
3/ Swim
4/ Off The Hook (yes, a mix album, but unbelievably good
5/ Plastic Beach

But that's only because I don't yet have Janelle Monae, Erykah Badu, or some of these others to compare...]]> http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2010/04/28/3ljkc4_oh%2C_jamie Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:14:22 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2010/04/28/3ljkc4_oh%2C_jamie I went to see Jamie Lidell last night. He's been one of my favourites of the 2000s although, really, that's based entirely on his first album, Multiply, and subsequent gigs of his I went to in late 2006 that were, frankly, spectacular. Oh, and the great remixes/reworkings album we picked up in the Tower Records going out of business sale, called Multiply Additions, which had great live versions, remixes, and a glorious cover of Game of Fools by Mara Carlyle. The first time I saw him was also in Bowery Ballroom; he had a mac on, sang Game of Fools to a stuffed crow that the frankly scary warm up techno guy had been using as a prop, and messed around and twiddled with electronic thingamijigs to make amazing sounds, using only beats and his voice. We then ended up persuading about 16 people to go with us to see him at Webster and he was, frankly, fantastic yet again. Swirling beats, vocals, ad libs, and excellent use of samples (What's the Use over Guilty Conscience remains one of my favourite mash ups ever).

Then the second album, Jim, happened. Straight up soul. Fine. There are a couple of tunes I like, but really, what I had adored about him was his soulful stuff with electronic meshing, so that he sounded like no one else. And his live shows to support that album continued with the vague tinge of disappointment.

Last night, it was clear that it's going to be hard to meld those elements together. There were girls literally with their fingers in their ears during the weird, tougher stuff from the first album (particularly The City). They didn't like his beats and weirdness where he did a medley of When I Come Around and A Little Bit More (always my favourite). But they sang their hearts out to the cheesier soulful stuff from the second album. And the stuff off the third sounds like... a mashing of things that he's tried to put together, but I'm not sure how much it'll work. But I liked Telephone, or whatever it's called, for it's heavy bass and driving drumbeats. I just don't know if it's going to work going forward. Which makes me sad. When do you let an artist go? Answers on a postcard, please...]]> http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2010/04/09/3jvryl_i_was_there... Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:29:28 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2010/04/09/3jvryl_i_was_there... LCD @ MHoW

Yep, I was. In fact, if you look at the first shot with "people" (as opposed to "artistes"), I'm one of the folks milling around. And where you see a shocking pink top in the crowd shots, that's probably me.

It's hard to explain just how amazing LCD Soundsystem were last night. But they were spectacular. In top 3 of all time gigs, I reckon. Amazing. I don't really have anything much more to say, other than it's hard to think of another band making music today that have anywhere near the emotional impact on me. Tragic, but true.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2010/03/19/3i123c_spring%21 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:08:48 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2010/03/19/3i123c_spring%21 Actually, it was SO sunny today that I felt compelled to do a genius list based on "I Can See Clearly." Fabulous. Here are the results...

1/ I Can See Clearly
2/ Mirror In The Bathroom
3/ Pass The Dutchie
4/ It Must Be Love
5/ Night Nurse
6/ Tease Me
7/ No No No
8/ Roots, Rock, Reggae
9/ Like Glue
10/ Even After All
11/ Skylarking
12/ Ali Baba
13/ Ballistic Affair
14/ Can't Stop Now
15/ What I Got
16/ One Step Beyond
17/ Nite Klub
18/ Gimme The Light
19/ Heads High
20/ Nelson Mandela
21/ Welcome To Jamrock
22/ Hold The Line
23/ One In Ten
24/ It's Great When We're Together
25/ No Letting Go]]> http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2010/02/10/3eplvd_assorted_donuts Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:35:25 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2010/02/10/3eplvd_assorted_donuts In honour of the wonderful J Dilla, as it's the anniversary of his far too early death, here's my top five tunes from one of the most inventive, fun and phenomenal hip hop producers ever:

1/Runnin' - The Pharcyde
2/Forth and Back- Slum Village (feat. Kurupt)
3/ What's it all about- Slum Village (feat. Busta Rhymes)
4/ Vivrant Thing - Q-tip
5/ Drop - The Pharcyde

Slum Village's Fantastic, Vol. 2 is genuinely one of the best hip hop albums I own - funny, with slinky basslines and just brilliant collaborations. Thanks to Dj Risco for putting us onto it...]]> http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2008/12/19/2cf8ko_tentastic Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:27:33 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/missygp29/journal/2008/12/19/2cf8ko_tentastic Top ten albums of the year, in no particular order:

Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
Micah P. Hinson - Micah P. Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra
Santogold - Santogold
Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair (what is WITH the self-titling kids? Plus Vampire Weekend, Glasvegas...)
Portishead - Third
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus Dig!!
Neon Neon - Stainless Style
The Kills - Midnight Boom
Hurricane - Grace Jones
London Zoo - The Bug

Best gig of the year was probably the Friendly Fires one - despite Lemonade being horrible in support. I apparently am too old to appreciate deliberate singing out of tune. Still, it didn't ruin the main act, but threw them into relief. Much more bass heavy, less synthy live, I thought they were great - and finally, I've found a gig with people dancing in NY. Including the lead singer, who flung himself into the dancing business with abandon, even into the crowd. And that made for a much better gig to have someone who clearly was having such a good time - infectious. Which is not normally good on the Lower East Side.

Micah P. Hinson And The Red Empire Orchestra
Friendly Fires
Third
Stainless Style
Hercules And Love Affair
Dig, Lazarus Dig
Santogold
Midnight Boom
Hurricane
London Zoo
Friendly Fires
Lemonade]]>