Question of the Week
What are you listening to right now?
I don’t mean right this second, unless you happen to be listening to something interesting as you read this. Right now, I happen to be listening to a playlist I created in iTunes. Playing now is a song called “Daydream in Blue,” by I Monster. I heard it on an episode of Hustle (an excellent BBC series starring Adrian Lester that’s been replayed on AMC), and I downloaded it from the Apple Music Store. And now it’s over, and I’m listening to “I’ll Take You There” by the Staple Singers.
So “right now” is a tricky term. But in general, what have you been listening to lately? Is it a new album by a familiar artist? Is it an old favorite you haven’t listened to in a while? An audiobook of the newest Harry Potter? The Black Eyed Peas? A podcast on the Byzantine Empire? The Beatles? Chopin? The New York Times? The Dixie Chicks?
What are you listening to right now?
March 5th, 2007 at 11:48 am
Okay, I want to see the whole playlist that you’re listening to . . .
This week, I’ve been obsessing on 4 albums (remember those, kids?):
Death Cab for Cutie: Plans
John Martyn and Danny Thompson: Live in Kendal, 1986
Elliott Smith: Elliott Smith
Brian Eno and David Byrne: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts [Remastered Edition w/ Bonus Tracks]
March 5th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Judge away, O arbiter of musical taste.
Thru The Wire 3:41 Kanye West
What A Shame About Me 5:17 Steely Dan
American Woman 5:10 Guess Who, The
I’m Not In Love 4:02 10cc
Cool For Cats 3:14 Squeeze
Procol Harum – Conquistador [Live]
Bebot 3:30 Black Eyed Peas
Knife Edge 5:07 Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Save The Last Dance For Me 2:29 Drifters, The
Life and Life Only 5:46 Al Stewart
The Things We Do for Love 3:32 10cc
Is She the Reason 4:47 Destiny’s Child
One Week 2:49 Barenaked Ladies
Enter Sandman 3:43 Apocalyptica
Don’t Know Why 3:06 Jones, Norah
Crazy In Love 4:02 Eminem
Richard Thompson – Crawl Back (Under My Stone) 3:58
My Old School 5:48 Steely Dan
Informer 4:27 Snow
Wind-Up 6:06 Jethro Tull
Emotion 3:56 Destiny’s Child
Don’t Fear the Reaper 5:09 Blue Oyster Cult
You Oughta Know 4:09 Alanis Morissette
Squeeze Box 2:42 Who, The
Fool In the Rain 6:13 Led Zeppelin
I Got A Name 3:11 Croce, Jim
Cream – Tales of Brave Ulysses 2:49
I’ll Take You There 3:17 Staple Singers, The
Crying 2:48 Orbison, Roy
Share The Land 3:56 Guess Who, The
Joe Jackson – Breaking Us in Two
Atomic Dog 4:18 Clinton, George
Daydream In Blue 3:40 I Monster
Hands Clean 4:27 Morissette, Alanis
Hey Mama 3:34 Black Eyed Peas
Change the World 3:55 Clapton, Eric
Take A Chance On Me 3:45 Erasure
Answer In The Sky 4:03 John, Elton
In Da Club 4:01 50 Cent
Rainy Days And Mondays 3:23 Carpenters
I Am the Walrus 4:37 Beatles
Santa Fe 3:27 Cast Of Rent