I have finished the first two CDs, arrival music (Bossa and latin jazz), and dinner music (lush pop harmonies: Byrds, Beach Boys, Cosmic Rough Riders, Jellyfish, Posies).
I'm working on the dance music. I've given up trying to figure out what the kids dance to anymore, so it's mostly old soul and funk, with smatterings of new wave/punk, Prince, swing and novelties. I know it's stuff that I'll dance to. And JZ will dance to anything with a beat.
I gotta say, the music was fab. Plus, everybody got a copy of one of the CDs as a favor. I have the dinner one, all harmonies as Hec noted. The dance tracks were great, too.
See, I think of Sarah McLachlan and Dido in the same vein as well.
Yeah. I have both Dido CDs, but I haven't heard a lot of Sarah McLachlan beyond the singles. I think my favorite is "Sweet Surrender."
I gots to buy it there because I'm saving up reward points to get Buffy S6 half price.
Hey, I want one of those!
Have you tried Jem? The CD is great. And only ten bucks.
All I've heard by Jem is "Just a Ride'. Which was on the tape at the store I work in, which loops every 3 hours. So I need a break from that song.
Sweet Surrender is probably the most like Dido/Frou Frou's style- a little more electric and ethereal than the rest of her stuff. But overall, she is my queen of all things.
Also, my music store is very cool. They'll tell you at the register if they have something used in stock so you can get it cheaper, and with the rewards card you earn points to get things half off. I'm up to about 29 bucks, so I've got a bit to go before I get Buffy cheap.
All I've heard by Jem is "Just a Ride'. Which was on the tape at the store I work in, which loops every 3 hours. So I need a break from that song.
Yeah, that's the song that's everywhere. It was in Wonderfalls, and it was on The O.C. twice. But I recommend the CD, and you can skip over that song for a while.
Good News for SA and Steph L: CD's are (finally) on the way!
Well, Polter-Cow, I've successfully traded for Frou Frou. And had a good hard laugh at myself while listening to it and realizing that
three
of their songs have been on our store tapes. I guess that Bath and Body Works has good taste in music.
I did recognize 'Just a Ride' on Wonderfalls, though. Now I have more material for my "Music from and Inspired by Wonderfalls" cd. What I had before fell mostly under the "Inspired by" category.
I have to come in and highly recommend Snow Patrol's Final Straw again. It's such a lovely CD. And cheap, too.
Anybody know Modest Mouse? I heard some of their stuff this weekend and liked it, I think. Thoughts?
Anybody know Modest Mouse? I heard some of their stuff this weekend and liked it, I think. Thoughts?
I really didn't like Modest Mouse, at first. But then I heard their album "This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About" and I've been hooked ever since. Which album did you hear?
