STEWART COPELAND

OK, I mean no disrespect to Stewart or any of our other Policemen, but I figure you guys may own a few other CDs besides those by our guys. What else is in your CD changer?

Mine right now:

* Nick Lowe, "Party of One"
* Paul Kelly, "So Much Water, So Close to Home" (This is a real gem by an Australian artist often compared to Bob Dylan...)
* Rodney Crowell, "Fates Right Hand"
* James Hunter, "People Gonna Talk"
* Flaming Lips, "At War With the Mystics"
* Neko Case, "The Tigers Have Spoken"

Few of my Favorites (scratch related)

Bands
-Pink Floyd
-Genesis
-Cream
-John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
-The Beatles

Artists
-Eric Clapton
-Bob Dylan
-Gary Moore
-Bryan Adams
-John Mayer

I play my ipod through my stereo, so nothing's in the cd changer.

I like this one for example

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksoW96Sp4c0

considering the fact I change the records I play (mainly in my car) almost every week, right now I'm getting crazy for CARS soundtrack, the movie from Pixar about cars. There is a great song from Sheryl Crow, but the rest of the soundtrack is really great with mainly rock and country tracks.

I also got the 'new' REM collection from IRS years (the best era for my tastes), and ...let me see...I got a couple of classical cd's....of course Police cd's.....I got Marilyn Manson greatest hits....and something else I don't remember right now.

Currently on high rotation:

Ryan Star: Songs from the Eye of an Elephant
Taylor Hawkins & the Coattail Riders
David Gilmour: On an Island
System of a Down: Hypnotize
Foo Fighters: In Your Honor
Christopher O'Riley: truelovewaits

But I have lots of other stuff on my ipod, old and new. I'm a new wave junkie as much as also a classic rock/prog rock-head.

Waiting eagerly for the new Elton John album, which is supposed to be a sequel to one of my all-time favorites, Captain Fantastic.

Melvins, Shellac, Fugazi, Jesus Lizard, Oxes, Nomeansno, Don Caballero, Uzeda, Bellini, June Of 44, Unsane, PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Blur, Kraftwerk, Magma, King Crimson, Robert Fripp, Jean Michel Jarre, Serge Gainsbourg, Philippe Katerine, a lot of indie french bands........

Bob Dylan "Modern Times"; OutKast "Idlewild"; Tom Waits; Rolling Stones "A Bigger Bang"; Loretta Lynn "Van Lear Rose"; Beastie Boys "Paul's Boutique"; Elvis 1972 live bootleg; Prince "3121"

I burn compilation CDs for myself that are all over the map as far as genre and time period.

70s: Buckingham Nicks, Walter Egan, Chilliwack, Ian Matthews

80s: Martin Briley, Planet P Project, PhD, Missing Persons

90s: Ugly Wanda

00's: Goldfrapp, Helen Stellar, Evanescence

I like many but know I am hearing some material from Steely Dan.

i don't listen to that many artists, but the ones i do i usually geek out about and get everything they've ever done. a big exception is guided by voices, whose output was so overwhelming that i'm waiting a while before i pick up any more. i'm under the impression i already have the best ones anyway.

right now, i'm kind of obsessed with bob marley. for years i was content to mostly just listen to the box set, but for some reason this year it sunk in just how... GREAT he was. i've picked up ten discs from his catalog so far this year, with another fourteen or so to go in the near (as near as i can afford!) future. i'm even starting to check out his kids' stuff.

in a similar vein, this year i picked up on an artist who seems to be following in bob's footsteps: matisyahu! he should be of interest to police fans, too, as he has a cover of one of their tunes available for free download on yahoo and references them in a song on his new studio album. sucks that his self-released debut is impossible to find now...

genesis stays at or near the top of the rotation. pink floyd is kind of a new favorite, as it took me a long while to finally appreciate them. helmet has a new album out. i'm hoping it doesn't suck like the last two pretty much have.

beck, public enemy, primus/claypool, john williams, traffic, U2, james brown, NIN, led zeppelin, and some DHR bands round out most of my listening.

[quote="georgygirl"]I like many but know I am hearing some material from Steely Dan.[/quote]

What a coincidence,actually I'm hearing some stuff from Donald Fagen.Really cool jazzy pop.

I have bought very few newly released CDs so far this year, so I've been mainly listening to stuff on my iPod in shuffle mode. Among my favorites are some of the Bellydance CD's that Barbara recommended when the Bellydance Superstars came here in the spring (I can't wait for them to come back in November so I can purchase more). I'm always looking to discover hidden, lost gems. It's not people downloading mp3s that is the bane of the music industry, but the lack of outstanding talent in a sea of mediocrity.

Aha! It's as I suspected...other good recommendations...

PB, I'd love to get my hands on a copy of one of your comps. Walter Egan lives here in Nashville, I ran into him in Target not that long ago.

I have an enormous 1970s collection. Not sure why, since I've also got plenty of Brazilian techno, tons of alternarap and funk, and various rock compilations. A good friend of hub's and mine runs a record store, so we're usually stocked up on new releases, too.

My husband is the hugest Guided by Voices fan you'll ever find, so let me know if you need me to find out anything about their releases. Bob Pollard came in my friend's record store here a couple months back and I thought he and my husband would drool on themselves...I'll grant you, it's a pretty damn good band.

I keep thinking Wilco will put out a new release sometime soon. They're about due.

OK, maybe this now: What were the best records out this year? I really like that James Hunter record. It sounds like 1960s soul music but it's a new release. I guess I keep babbling about Neko Case, but I really love her. Oh, and that new Les Claypool is a gift that keeps on giving...

i should have mentioned mr. bungle, secret chiefs and squarepusher above, as they're some of my seminal influences. i inserted my head into a dark, blinding crevice some years back when i began creating my own music. that, coupled with a huge disdain for the music industry at large has caused me to really just not pay attention for the last few years. i had been reduced to just getting new stuff from old favorites, or picking up old stuff i'd avoided before. so it was a breath of fresh air a few months ago when i actually purchased and enjoyed matisyahu's "youth", which i guess gets my vote for best release of the year. i have the new claypool album, but it's taking its time growing on me. i still need to get the frog brigade stuff. whamola!!

Clash-From here to eternity...