What Are You Listening to... again!?

[Dave Tudor]

Just been watching the video to Radiohead's 'Jigsaw Falling Into Place' - do you think they get together at each other's houses and say "Ok, guys, how can we be weird today?"

[Paul Monk]

Is that the head cam one? I quite like it although it is a bit disconcerting.

[Pip Madeley]

Genesis - Man Of Our Times.... I'm about to dry my hair, so it sounds even more like the music for a a men's hair dye commerical than usual...

[MacNimon]

I'm listening to some solo Freddie Mercury stuff just now...to be honest though, with one or two exceptions, it's not a patch on his Queen stuff.

[Simon R]

Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone-Ritchie ft Justin Randall Timberlake and Timothy Z. Mosley - "4 Minutes".

Run for the hills!

[Si Hunt]

I'm listening to some solo Freddie Mercury stuff just now...to be honest though, with one or two exceptions, it's not a patch on his Queen stuff.

I couldn't disagree more! I love Freddie's solo stuff, and I think it shows much diversity and invention. At a time when Queen were peddling lame disco songs (though "Hot Space" also deceptively has some great rock moments on) Freddie seemed to take the genre and add great production and tunes. "Living On My Own" is a great scat-a-bout, "Born To Love" you is breathlessly energetic and "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" would be up there with the greatest Queen ballads. Then there's the majestic "Time", the camp cover of the Platters "The Great Pretender" and the wonderful "In My Defence". All this and I haven't even mentioned the equisite "Barcelona" album which I love to death. "How Can I Go On?" is one of the most gloriously camp songs I own, and then there's the gorgeous "Guide Me Home" and the epic "The Golden Boy" with its great gospel choir - it's the best Queen hit there never was.

Oh yes, Solo Freddie is a mass of hidden gems.

Si.

[Pip Madeley]

I have this CD:



And it's quite good. Living On My Own is a classic, some good cheesy synth work in there.

[Simon R]

We've been rocking to "Eurovision: Congratulations" a money can't buy, sex can't buy, P-Bal compiled one time exclusive album of the UK's entrants from down years. Sadly it was compiled last May so there's no Andy Abraham. What a shame.

[SiHart]

Goldfrapp! Cat Stevens! The Rolling Stones! Split Enz! That's been our soundtrack!

Si xx

[Paul Monk]

Goldfrapp again. Its a wonderful album.
And the Secret World of David Devant. Basically live tracks and oddities left over from the glory days of the band that no-one's every heard of.

[Paul Monk]

Blister in the Sun by Violent Femmes

[Si Hunt]

Dolly Parton "Backwoods Barbie" and R.E.M "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" today.

Si.

[Dave Tudor]

The Who - My Generation (Deluxe Edition)

[Pip Madeley]

Goldfrapp - Caravan Girl

Lovely stuff.

[Dave Tudor]

Curiously, the other day I was listening to a track by Caravan called 'Golf Girl'.

I'm now listening 'Great DJ' by The Ting Tings - it's cool, catchy, and it's NOW...

... and the woman Ting Ting is a bit of alright.

[Pip Madeley]

I'm now listening 'Great DJ' by The Ting Tings - it's cool, catchy, and it's NOW...

Aye it's a great song. She's really Manc when she speaks She's from Salford, I think.

[Simon R]

"Ray of Light".

Ten years young this very week.

It all seems like yesterday not far away...

[Si Hunt]

Lorraine Bowen's Vital Organs. Sublime!

Si.

[Stephen Morgan]

Kate Bush, Wuthering Heights.



I'm in heaven........

[Dave Tudor]

I'm listening to 'Footprints In The Sand' by Leona Lewis, the official Sport Relief single, which is on BBC One right now - it may be for a good cause, but it's just awful, awful, awful!

[Simon R]

Janet Damita Jo Jackson's new single "Rock With U".

A very pleasing trancey, dancey delight not unlike Mrs Ritchie's "Get Together" crossed with her brother's "Billie Jean".

[SiHart]

The new album from The Feeling. It's awesome!

Si xx

[Simon R]

"Never Say Never" by Dame Kim Wilde.

It's a little bit rocky, it's a little bit dancey. It's a lot wot Melanie C's next album could do worse than sound like.

[SiHart]

Blur: For Tomorrow. It's still good, even after all these years.

Si xx

[Simon R]

We travelled light years with an assortment of M.J. tracks.

Ow! Shamon!

Etc, etc.