It's been too long since I've posted a simple list of what I'm listening to now. So here we go:
- Howard Jones. I haven't listened to this guy in a while. Found his "The Very Best Of"
album on iTunes and am really glad I did — I'd forgotten how good "The Prisoner" is. I remember being
desperate for radio stations to play it while waiting to strike my stereo's cassette Record and Play buttons
like a cobra. The little guitar hook is still catchy.
- Beck - "Devils Haircut". I heard this on the radio the other night and really liked it. It's
got a really dirty electric guitar hook complimented by a very clean 60's accompaniment. Plus all those weird
free-association lyrics Beck does. It's got an Ocean's 13 feel, just weirder.
- Supertramp. I never stray far from the oldies but goodies, I guess. "Bloody Well Right"
is my fave of theirs, followed by "The Logical Song." Extra credit: I have one of those Mattel Football games
that you can hear on that track.
- Soundgarden. Started rocking out to "Fell on Black Days", "Blow Up the Outside World"
and others with the news of Chris Cornell's passing.
- Stone Temple Pilots' "All in the Suit that You Wear". And speaking of late artists,
I really like Scott Weiland's apprach to this song in particular. STP sounds fantastic on this track. You can
find it on their Thank You release from 2003. The whole album is good — it's a compilation of their
earlier must-haves, but this track was a lovely bonus.
- Ozzy Osbourne - Speak of the Devil. I remember listening to this album in the ninth grade.
My friend Dave let me borrow it. I was very much into Ozzy's Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman.
But I couldn't hide my disappointment at hearing live performances of songs I did not recognize — Ozzy's
third release was all Sabbath stuff. Now that I'm older, I have to say I can't lay off "Fairies Wear Boots" and
the opening track, "Symptoms of the Universe."
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