Poptimist Snapshot

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Pop World Cup: There will be NO PWC match this week, this is because of a number of things, partly me being really busy, partly some format fiddling. So next Monday we will have TWO matches, and the week afer we will have another TWO. This means that I need MP3s from julietk and cis by this weekend, and MP3s from atommickbrane, katstevens, stevem78 and juror8 by NEXT weekend. There!



So in lieu of other orgafun let's take a quick look at the state of the Poptimist nation, April 25th 2006. I was going to do these questions as a poll but actually, it makes much more sense to just list 'em and you can put yr answers in the comments.

1/ What was the last piece of music you bought?
2/ Was it any good?
3/ What was the first piece of music you ever bought?
4/ Is it still any good?
5/ What was the last gig/show you went to, and when?
6/ Tell us a record that people who know you would be surprised you like?
7/ Tell us a current record that you hate?
8/ If a casual acquaintance asks you what sort of music you listen to, what do you actually say?
9/ Tell us something you want to hear but haven't got around to yet?
10/ What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?

GOLEO SAYS TALK!

Comments

ANSWERS

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

1/ It was the 7" of "The Operator" by Barbara Morgenstern... a week before Jel posted the mp3 link on sukrat. Curses ;)
2/ I LOVE IT! IT GO BLEEP!
3/ The first thing I can remember buying was the 7" of "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora, from a neighbour who was selling it for like 10p or something... the first thing I remember buying in an actual SHOP was an A-Ha single, or perhaps a Kylie or Roxette album.
4/ All of the above are still ace, obv.
5/ The last gig I went to was the Fortuna Pop! all dayer at the Brixton Windmill last Monday; bands included The Loves, The Chemistry Experiment, Finlay, Fanfarlo and my very own lovely Silver Springs. I did rather enjoy it.
6/ "Dakota" by the Stereophonics is a Stereophonics song that doesn't make me turn off the radio when it comes on. It kind of reminds me of Tom Petty. I like some Tom Petty stuff too.
7/ Anything by the Arctic C0cking Monkeys.
8/ "Indie. Well, not chart indie, not like Coldplay and that... kind of louder stuff, like the Pixies. And bleepy electronic music. Have you heard of Orbital" etc etc etc...
9/ MORE by DJ Koze, after he cancelled at Fabric the other night.
10/ Rio (the album) by Duran Duran - am up to "Lonely In Your Nightmare"

[thenipper.livejournal.com]

Sorry if my fecklessness buggered up the PWC Tom!

1) Bought? I never buy records these days. Actually I did buy Bryan Ferry's 'These Foolish Things' from Fopp a few weeks ago, cos I needed change for the bus.
2) It is hilarious!
3) Nik Kershaw 'Wouldn't it be good?'
4) Not really, but I have a sentimental soft spot for it.
5) Double G and the traitorous 3 last night!
6) Dunno... Jeff Buckley's 'Grace'?!
7) Orson 'No Tomorrow'.
8) The same as everyone: "all sorts, really".
9) Soft Machine.
10) Office ambience. Most recently a David Axelrod compilation which I was sent ages ago and only just got around to listening to, and which has slightly blown my mind.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

1/ Three techno compilations and Ibiza Anthems 2.
2/ Yes! They are all wonderful. A pleasant surprise.
3/ I asked graciousviv to get me George Michael & Urethra Franklin's Knew You Were Waiting For Me on 7" when I were a nipper. Which she did. With my own money though, it was probably Now 25.
4. Oh yes.
5. Does Superpitcher @ Fabric on Saturday count as a gig?
6. Hahahah everyone knows I be an indie kid rly. I have an enormous soft spot for System Of A Down though - I don't really like much other heavy stuff these days.
7. I'm not CRAZY abt Gnarls Barkley GEDDIT
8. I say BOSH and start sparkling my hands at them and dancing about.
9. The entire Kompakt back catalogue.
10. Mimic - Some White Guy (Marco Lenzi Remix).

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

1/ "Out Of The Blue" by ELO in a drunken visit to the HMV sale last month.
2/ Surprisingly good, if a bit long.
3/ "Things Can Only Get Better" by Howard Jones on 7"
4/ I would like to like it, but no, it's a bit poor really. I can still remember the B Side!
5/ Unless anyone knows different, I've not been to one since Shimura Curves, last year sometime.
6/ I've been fairly public about all my tastes, maybe "Romeo And Juliet" by Dire Straits, except I've sang that one publically. Hmm.
7/ Boringly, the one on the playlists which bugs me most is probably "Wise Men" by James Blunt.
8/ "Pop, mostly."
9/ The new TI album, which thebopkids told me was very good.
10/ Eurythmics - "Beethoven", in which they invent electroclash.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

1/ The Souljazz 'Big Apple Rapping' CD.

2/ I have listened to the first half of the first CD and it is totally ace!

3/ Wish I could remember. Possibly Hits 5 on tape.

4/ Some of it must still be good. It had Red Box on it you know!

5/ Sunburned Hand of the Man, about six weeks ago.

6/ ? Depends how well they know me, I guess.

7/ Gnarls Berkley.

8/ k-lame 'All sorts'. Or I do the 'at the moment I'm listening to a lot of...' answer.

9/ Baltimore club music.

10/ Sounds of the world outside my window.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

I have been listening to that TI album also. It is good. The single 'What you Gonna Do about it' is a total monster, and prob. my single of the year.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

1/ What was the last piece of music you bought?
Girls Aloud, Chemistry

2/ Was it any good?
Yes! Initial disappointment was only relative to v high standard the Girls had set. Now the dust has settled, 'It's Magic' and 'Whole Lotta History' are my favourite songs.

3/ What was the first piece of music you ever bought?
Now Dance 91 or some such boshing compilation

4/ Is it still any good?
Yes! I can't remember what exactly was on it though, and sadly it got chewed up by my old tape player years ago.

5/ What was the last gig/show you went to, and when?
Shimura Curves at the Windmill, last night. They were Very Good. 'Noyfriend' was particularly storming.

6/ Tell us a record that people who know you would be surprised you like?
I am not sure what could possibly shock the Poptimist community any more about my taste.

7/ Tell us a current record that you hate?
New Streets single is one that I really actively hate, this is partly because I still don't understand how he went from so good to so bad so suddenly.

8/ If a casual acquaintance asks you what sort of music you listen to, what do you actually say?
Depends on context, whether they seem actively interested in music and so on in which case I might name specific artists, but usually "er electro er hip hop and r&b er house er pop er" and they look confused.

9/ Tell us something you want to hear but haven't got around to yet?
Ha, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, Anna-Marie burnt it for me but I haven't been in the right headspace for it yet. Also the new Roman Flügel album popped through the letterbox the other day, I meant to listen to it on the way to work today but was scuppered by an overwhelming need for Ellen Allien.

10/ What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
In my head is an imagined Jacques Lu Cont remix of the Pet Shop Boys' 'Flamboyant' which pisses all over the original.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

I have also been listening to Jedi Mind Tricks presents Army of the Pharoahs; the E40 album; the Ghostface album; some mixtape stuff (Clipse, DJ Khaled and somebody, somebody with Lil Wayne, I think); and classic albums from Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, NWA, Erik B and Rakim, EPMD, LL Cool J.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I am now listening to Mike Jones.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think I might quite like that Orson record.

Don't worry about the PWC, I think it's a better idea doing 2 games at a time anyway.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

1/ possibly the knife album - nothing since then i can recall
2/ are you kidding. is ace
3/ first album i can recall buying = Clannad's Legend. OH YEAH WANNA MAKE SOMETHING OF IT
4/ of course it is. in a very limited sense
5/ Ladytron at Koko last year i think.
6/ "surprised" is tricky. I have some prog/ambient stuff, Porcupine Tree and Ecstasy of st Theresa from the mid90s i don't talk about much
7/ i don't think i do - there's loads of indie-ish stuff around now that i like the sound of but haven't taken the time to find out what they are (see 9)
8/ "oh stuff, pop and some less well knows electronic bits and pieces"
9/ i'm in a musical interest slump to be honest, so loads
10/ nothing :-(

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I love that song, it is so REGAL and TAKES NO SHIT. If the album is good I will have to find it!

(my favourite TI performance is still his guest verse on the rmx of Amerie's 'Touch' - "with my hands like DAMN and my neck like WOW")

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, streets would count as the closest thing to something current i hate. wah! why has he gone to shit, bad dave streets

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

1/ Shostakovich Cello Concertos 1&2
2/ 1 = grebt; 2 = trying too hard
3/ Slapp Happy by Slapp Happy
4/ It is still good! "wardrobes flap in tatters -- you and i grow old"
5/ Shimura Curves for Kate's b'day
6/ "If Yr Feelin Sinister:" by BELLE AND SEBASTIAN!!!¡¡¡
7/ probably not
8/ but actually listening would damage my critical objectivity
9/ mia
10/ NOTHING!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I should have gotten over it now, really! Because I think the turnaround happened before the second album, the still-shitness of the new stuff should not surprise me and I should MOVE ON.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

then pity poor me who has had to go from grebt album (YM very obviously MV) to shit in one step

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

1/ What was the last piece of music you bought?
Luciano's Sci-Fi-Hi-Fi 2 mix on Soma.

2/ Was it any good?
Yes! Top quality fluffy microtech.

3/ What was the first piece of music you ever bought?
I honestly can't remember! First 'proper' album possibly Joshua Tree (I was a relatively late starter). Or maybe even Whitesnake's 1987 of all things. There were odd singles and Now comps and the like before then. Come to think of it, it might have been the original Do They Know It's Christmas.

4/ Is it still any good?
No, not really. Though I still like some U2.

5/ What was the last gig/show you went to, and when?
Last night, to see Double G and the Traitorous 3 (plus 2). It was ace, very much looking forward to the the new album.

6/ Tell us a record that people who know you would be surprised you like?
I dunno, I'm fairly public about my tastes. Maybe Pink Floyd's Meddle album?

7/ Tell us a current record that you hate?
The Fall Out Boy single I saw on Saturday telly was truly rotten.

8/ If a casual acquaintance asks you what sort of music you listen to, what do you actually say?
Lots of things, old indie, pop, house and techno, got back into metal recently, folky stuff, bits of hip hop.

9/ Tell us something you want to hear but haven't got around to yet?
The new Ellen Allien + Apparat Album.

10/ What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
New FADS - A Man Without Qualities

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

I can def. help you with a large part of 9, if you'd like.

update

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

10/Shostakovich Cello Concertos 1&2

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!

[miss-newham.livejournal.com]

1/ I bought the new Ladytron album and the new Morrissey album.
2/ The former is excellent. I am not sure that the latter is worth the fuss, even if he is all about the gay sex these days.
3/ 'I should be so lucky' by Kylie, on 12 inch (the shop was out of 7 inches).
4/ Yes, it's excellent.
5/ Chumbawamba at the Croydon Cartoon. Gig of the year!
6/ I like a lot of Cliff Richard, which surprises people who don't know me, and I rather like noisy drone music, which surprises people who DO.
7/ I have just studied the top 40 and Radio 1 playlist and can't see anything I hate on it, but admittedly I haven't heard most of it. No hating here!
8/ Erm, a lot of different stuff. Or "I like indie rock!", which is both fairly untrue and very embarrassing.
9/ I'd like to hear the new Nelly Furtado single. I hear it's ace.
10/ Operation Wolf!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

>Sunburned Hand of the Man

Ooooh! I like the one song of theirs I've heard v much indeed. It is SUNSHINE IN A BOTTLE.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

>Nelly Farts

STOMPIN'. Seriously, this is one of my singles of the year! I would YSI but I have no way of doing this.

[mostlyconnect.livejournal.com]

You can run but you can't hide, Nipper.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Both new Nelly F singles are SUPER-AWESOME! I can't decide which one I prefer.