Music to stare moodily out the window to

[charliesmum]

I got a Jeff Buckley CD. I liked his version of Hallelujah (not as much as Leonard Cohen's but still) and thought I might like some of his other stuff, so after dinner (three guesses where we ate and the first two don't count) we went next door to "Abbie Road" where this lovely aging rocker guy sells CDs and I got "Grace". So points to me for getting something actually made after 1989. Sad that he is dead though.

It is a nice album. (Album? CD? I still call them 'records' in my head. I can't help it.) Mellow, that's for sure, but pretty.

So do any of you young folk want to recommend to me some groups/singers you think I might like? Get me out of the 80s?

Oh, and in the 'I'm a total spazmo' category, Charlie and I are walking down the dark alley towards our car - Husband was still in the CD store, and I hear a noise. I turn to see what it was, thinking it was Husband, and there is nothing there. Before I can process this, however, I trip over this long cement step and fall flat on my face, scraping my thigh and ankle in the process. Most people who trip in dark alleys after hearing a mysterious noise tend to get brutally murdered by whatever serial killer/Zombie Clown/Vampire happens to be lurking there but fortunately I got away with a couple of bruises. My 'doggie bag' of chicken, however, didn't make it.

Comments

[drop-and-roll.livejournal.com]

I can't really help with new music, as all I'm listening to at the moment is The Cure. I even wanted to be Robert Smith for Halloween, but I'm poor and wigs are expensive. And it's not easy to find one that looks like his hair.

[cerisaye.livejournal.com]

I adore Jeff Buckley's Grace, play it ALL the time, one of my favourites of all my albums (me too!). His version of Hallelujah is my prefered version actually, even though I heard Leonard Cohen first. Tim Buckley his dad was good too.

I'm not much help on new music but I like Franz Ferdinand, a Scottish group making it big in the US right now, I believe.

[femaelstrom27.livejournal.com]

Ooh ooh! *waves hand in air* I bet you ate at the Pop Shop!

Abbie Road rocks, they have the best Frank Sinatra CDs there. Sorry to hear about your fall!

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Yep! You got it in one.

Are you going to the fall festival at all tomorrow, or the haunted hayride thing?

Oh - I wanted to comment on your earlier post about your friend Steven, but I honestly couldn't think of anything to say. Sometimes the best you can do is just be there for someone, which is what it sounds like you are doing.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Poor thing! I hate tripping over things.

Thank goodness the Zombie Clowns are on strike.

[cabenson.livejournal.com]

I like Rufus Wainwright's version of "Hallelujah" from the SHRECK soundtrack. Love Buckley...love him. Need to find Cohen's version.

[jessii-6.livejournal.com]

Grace is supposed to be Buckley's best - or at least the most famous one.
I'd help you with music, but I'm not certain we have the same taste. The first thing off the top of my head is Suede (Coming Up is the album I know and love but YMMV). They are British, if you know what I mean

[anngwish42.livejournal.com]

My hierarchy of preferred covers of "Hallelujah" goes:

-John Cale
-Jeff Buckley
-Rufus Wainwright

I wish I knew more about what kinds of music you like, but at random I recommend the Decemberists because I recommend them to everyone.