13 hours of Mahler? Gol, no wonder it took so long to download (for Amazon, that is). Had to explain to my other half that she couldn't go on HSN just yet (rolling of the eyes, accompanied by that tender You're Just So Weird look) until it was done. I left out the part about Willie Nelson being before that - that would have been pushing the bounds of understanding.
There is seriously a mega-crap-ton of good music for $2.99, $3.99 and $4.99. Thank goodness I already own a number of them or I'd probably drop a hundred bucks right now...
@thom. I know, I went a bit nuts, though someone asked on Amazon's MP3 page when the $2.99 rock/alternative sale would end and they said Aug 10, so while I did grab the M83 and The Head and the Heart, I'm going to wait on some of the others.
Does anyone see anything that could be described as "gypsy punk" amongst the sale items (other than Devtochka, that is)? Gogol Bordello has hooked my wife, and she's looking for something more.
The new $2.99 albums include the brand new Frank Ocean. The first two tracks I've heard of this are amazing, and the album as a hole is getting ridiculous reviews.
Anyone who even thinks about Sam Cooke should have this - Portrait Of A Legend - the best single disc comp of one of the world's greatest singers, and that even before they put it up for $2.99.
Today's deal is Phill Collins greatest hits for only 99 cents. Not my thing at all, but if it's yours - enjoy!
If it's not your thing either, you might enjoy reading a couple of the brutal but funny one-star reviews, including this nugget:
"Phil Colins makes Britney Spears look like Nietzsche, and if you don't know who Nietzsche is, then his music has apparently already took hold and there's no hope for your soul."
No Jacket Required was one of my first cassette albums as a kid. It all now though has been absorbed by Musak. I used to hear at least one Phil Collins song an hour when I worked at a Meijer in NW Ohio. One co worker noticed this too and yelled up towards the speakers "Phil Collins, why must you haunt me so?"
There's a bunch of cheapish Phish here, and since I'll admit to being somewhat tempted to get some Phish, I might as well admit I'm somewhat tempted by Phil too. I blame Rolling Stone.
Also, on the indie sale page, there's an amazon indie picks page where everything is $5 or less.
Well, I'm going to stand up for Phil Collins! Some of the music he has played on was, in its time, progressive and contemporary, particularly early Genesis albums, such as Selling England by the Pound. See this 1976 version of I know What I Like or the original album version with Peter Gabriel on lead vocals.
@amclark - I'm not a big jam band or Phish guy, but that hoist album is really great (and only $2.99 right now) and I'd highly recommend it - solid songwriting, catchy tunes (I particularly like Down With Disease). It's probably a little more accessible/mainstream than other stuff I've heard by them (which is not everything!). I'll defer to any Phish-heads on this board that may have a different opinion.
Another big box but first, Mozart's Best Operas, $1.99 for 9 hours of The Magic Flute, Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi Fan Tutte - ALTHOUGH a reviewer warns some 23 minutes seems to be missing from the end of Magic Flute. I already have all these operas in these performances from the glorious days of Past Classics operas for a couple of download days and would recommend them. The Magic Flute in question is this version so I guess you could spend another $0.99 for Act II and still come out with four Mozart operas for a total of $2.98. On to the box of the day, the Bach Guild's latest Big Summer Box, another tiresome 4 1/2 hours of classical music for $0.99. Nice roster of artists, so I think I'm just going to have to clog up the hard drive further.
Agree completely with Rudie's assessment of Phish's "Hoist".
It's been a long while since I listened to anything new from Phish, so my acquaintance with their discography has a huge hole in it, but... their best three albums, in this order:
1. Junta (a little more of a folkish sound)
2. Rift (a little more of a straight rock sound)
3. Picture of Nectar (straight on jam band)
Though, really, they're all heavy jam band albums.
My cd burner is shot and my iPod won't dock on my laptop anymore, so I have no way of transferring those albums over to a physical device. But if I could, I would buy up "Junta" and "Rift" at $3 each in a heartbeat. Both make great driving albums. I have Picture of Nectar, which I found at a garage sale for a buck recently. I used to own all three back in the day, and loved them all. "Hoist" and "Lawnboy" were both acceptable, with the latter being my favorite of the two.
I could probably do a time traveling thread on Phish if I sat down with a bunch of their albums and just daydreamed. I bet the memories would come back hard. Phish is totally associated with a period of massive change and renewed innocence in my life.
I got Junta, and am really enjoying it. I have some Phish memories but they mostly boil down to five songs on a Mixtape. 3 of those were from Junta; 2 from Lawn Boy, so Junta won. Hoist was still a few years off at that point.
Rift is the only Phish album I own. Listened to it a ton in college (even though I never partook). So many great songs on that one - I even remember joking with my friends about that "and when she's away I sleep diagonally" one. Unfortunately I also got A Live One around that time and realized I would never be able to get into jam bands.
I went through a stretch when I was enjoying music by several of them. The aforementioned Phish albums, "Everyday" by Widespread Panic, Aquarium Rescue Unit's self-titled (I think it was self-titled), Dave Matthew's "Under the Table & Dreaming," and probably several others that I just can't remember anymore. Of them all, Phish is the only group I still listen to from time to time (and that, just barely), but I recall all of them fondly. I might have to track down a cheap copy of that Widespread Panic album... I don't know that I've listened to it for over ten years.
I'll have to think of some of the other jam bands I enjoyed during that phase.
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Craig
Hee hee. I'm a child, sorry.
The album as a-hole - could be I suppose, but seems like a very harsh criticism
Craig
If it's not your thing either, you might enjoy reading a couple of the brutal but funny one-star reviews, including this nugget:
"Phil Colins makes Britney Spears look like Nietzsche, and if you don't know who Nietzsche is, then his music has apparently already took hold and there's no hope for your soul."
Also, on the indie sale page, there's an amazon indie picks page where everything is $5 or less.
It's been a long while since I listened to anything new from Phish, so my acquaintance with their discography has a huge hole in it, but... their best three albums, in this order:
1. Junta (a little more of a folkish sound)
2. Rift (a little more of a straight rock sound)
3. Picture of Nectar (straight on jam band)
Though, really, they're all heavy jam band albums.
My cd burner is shot and my iPod won't dock on my laptop anymore, so I have no way of transferring those albums over to a physical device. But if I could, I would buy up "Junta" and "Rift" at $3 each in a heartbeat. Both make great driving albums. I have Picture of Nectar, which I found at a garage sale for a buck recently. I used to own all three back in the day, and loved them all. "Hoist" and "Lawnboy" were both acceptable, with the latter being my favorite of the two.
I could probably do a time traveling thread on Phish if I sat down with a bunch of their albums and just daydreamed. I bet the memories would come back hard. Phish is totally associated with a period of massive change and renewed innocence in my life.
I'll have to think of some of the other jam bands I enjoyed during that phase.
I think you also have to pat your head and rub your belly at the same time.
Craig
Johnny Cash at Folsom is 2.99 today.