Keep hope alive - the Big Sale didn't happen right away last year, and it's only the 3rd. I'm still thinking about that Dino album though.......that's a good version of Baby, It's Cold Outside but I already have it.
Hey BT, I checked my 7dig playlist and it looks like the big sale didn't start until Dec. 9th last year. At least that's the date I started downloading a whole lot from there.
@ Bad Thoughts, i was 15 when Exile came out and wasn't particularly thrilled at first listen either; it wasn't until
after i had explored and developed tastes in blues and country that I returned to, and fell in love with, the album.
I first heard Exile on Main St in full when Exile in Guyville came out. Now it seems like a mistake to have listened to one in terms of the other, putting more emphasis on the songwriting than Main St can handle. Indeed, I feel that critics really haven't served the album right and still probably misdirect audiences. I can see now why you would jump from No. 2 to Exile. Critics, though, seem to present it as a challenging exploration of American music--as if no other pop band had been working with country, gospel, and blues (The Byrds? Creedence? Yarbirds? Ike and Tina Turner? Ray Charles?). Perhaps that was to be expected. The Rolling Stones presented themselves as talented songwriters making big statements.
Being more open--and more mature--I don't hear as much of the moody, claustrophobic musical travelogue. Instead, it's the perfect Sunday afternoon. With a different mix, it could sound like a back-porch session. It sounds relaxed, like the band in No. 2 finally figured out what it was doing. Rather than a few clever motifs being beaten to death, the jams develop organically (probably reflecting the changing line-up that recorded and the personalities of the guests). Almost two decades of listening to Yo La Tengo has probably done more to make me appreciate Main St than Liz Phair has.
If you don't have much Stones, Made In The Shade is a fantastic comp to start with. I picked up a ton of Stones stuff when they popped up the first time (agreed that Satanic Majesties is crazily underrated), and still find myself listening to Shade a lot: Brown Sugar, Happy, Tumbling Dice, I Know It's Only Rock n'Roll, Angie, Wild Horses, Bitch....it''s just a nice little box lunch to take on the road.
A few Elvis Costello albums on sale today - not much excitement since Day 1 - went back and got 2 more early-middle Stones yesterday. In spite of some overlap, at $3 it's OK. Never realized how messy their early discography was between the US/UK releases. The only vinyl, then CDs, I had from that period before Beggars Banquet were the High Tide and Through a Glass comps. Thanks to last years sale and this one I'm good enough now.
Dino was a better singer than he's given credit for, but I haven't cracked yet.
I have the Dino CD. It gets plenty of play at Christmas. I worked with a woman who loved him and just couldn't find a Christmas CD. I hunted it down and she had tears in her eyes when she opened it. Now that's love.
@Doofy, have you learned nothing from Wandy?! Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna and Maria Carey, you should be thankful. Nay you should build an alter of your most prized possessions and burn it in gratitude that the labels have deigned to sell you their work.
It's not even that I object to pop, lord knows...just the blandness of these MOR picks. They are just trying to drive traffic, I suppose. The iTunes crowd should indeed give 7dig a look...$7.77 is not a bad price for pop hits. Except for Kanye, their current top 20 is all Stones and other specials (incl Dino!)
I haven't bought anything since the Stones - Day 1. Yes, call me underwhelmed, too.
I did get the Santana at Amazon - it only got one half-hearted listen while I was multitasking, but I liked the bit I heard. I saw the CD + DVD at Target for %17.99. I have two or three CDs with DVDs purchased a year or two ago, and I have watched one of the DVDs one time. I generally don't buy the dual discs. Those just happened to be bargain prices.
Mariah Carey is a pretty gal, but I wouldn't be able to recognize her voice or songs -- don't listen to much music on the radio these days.
Today it's the debut from Nicki Minaj. I'm intrigued by her based on her work on the Kanye album, but based on the reviews, this is a pass for me. Seeing as I'm one of the bigger hip hop fans on the board, something tells me it'll be a pass for everyone.
I had plenty of time to get some Stones, so I shouldn't complain, but it's a little annoying that Beggars Banquet went up to 5 bucks while most of the rest stayed at 3. I have it on vinyl, so it's not a big deal. But why?
Seems like it is a popular one -- maybe they were selling many more of that one and decided to make hay while the sun shines, but not so much hay that it was too obvious.
What had caught my eye though is that on the $5 and below page is this Sam Cooke album Portrait Of A Legend which I have on CD and would recommend highly - probably the best single disc career comp for him.
However, before he changed his name to Elvis Costello, his birth name was Declan Foxy Brown McManus. When his tasty melange of R & B and Shetland Sea Chanteys didn't catch on, he reinvented himself as an angry young man, taking his moniker from Alt singer Elvis Perkins* and Porn actress Angelica Costello.
(There is some dispute on this point. Many EC scholars contend that he took his first name from the parish of St Elvis, Pembrokeshire. St Elvis is the patron saint of spittle and vitriol).
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after i had explored and developed tastes in blues and country that I returned to, and fell in love with, the album.
Being more open--and more mature--I don't hear as much of the moody, claustrophobic musical travelogue. Instead, it's the perfect Sunday afternoon. With a different mix, it could sound like a back-porch session. It sounds relaxed, like the band in No. 2 finally figured out what it was doing. Rather than a few clever motifs being beaten to death, the jams develop organically (probably reflecting the changing line-up that recorded and the personalities of the guests). Almost two decades of listening to Yo La Tengo has probably done more to make me appreciate Main St than Liz Phair has.
That Dean Martin Christmas album is looking better all the time.
Dino was a better singer than he's given credit for, but I haven't cracked yet.
Christmas tart, anyone?
Mommio, no disrespect intended to Dino...just a little underwhelmed by the advent sales!
/sarcasm
I did get the Santana at Amazon - it only got one half-hearted listen while I was multitasking, but I liked the bit I heard. I saw the CD + DVD at Target for %17.99. I have two or three CDs with DVDs purchased a year or two ago, and I have watched one of the DVDs one time. I generally don't buy the dual discs. Those just happened to be bargain prices.
Mariah Carey is a pretty gal, but I wouldn't be able to recognize her voice or songs -- don't listen to much music on the radio these days.
Craig
What had caught my eye though is that on the $5 and below page is this Sam Cooke album Portrait Of A Legend which I have on CD and would recommend highly - probably the best single disc career comp for him.
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However, before he changed his name to Elvis Costello, his birth name was Declan Foxy Brown McManus. When his tasty melange of R & B and Shetland Sea Chanteys didn't catch on, he reinvented himself as an angry young man, taking his moniker from Alt singer Elvis Perkins* and Porn actress Angelica Costello.
(There is some dispute on this point. Many EC scholars contend that he took his first name from the parish of St Elvis, Pembrokeshire. St Elvis is the patron saint of spittle and vitriol).