Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 5 - #1's have been posted. Link in OP. (1 Viewer)

[simey]

Eric Clapton #29:

Derek and the Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues

I love this song, and last night I visited the The Clark Family Creative on YouTube, and the first song to pop up that they recently covered was Bell Bottom Blues!

@krista4 check out how much Bellamy has grown.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Lust to Love (The Go-Gos) -- Successful from a songwriting perspective and a music-that-grabs-your-attention perspective.

Great taste. That’s such a perfect pop rock song.

Careful there—some clown is going to read that while listening to it in beautiful weather and think, "well, gosh, that could the best album I could possibly imagine myself hearing! I might rank that as my favorite album ever!"

That's what you get for living in California.

 

[simey]

Eric Clapton #29:

Derek and the Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues

I love this song, and last night I visited the The Clark Family Creative on YouTube, and the first song to pop up that they recently covered was Bell Bottom Blues!

@krista4 check out how much Bellamy has grown.

and I forgot to give her props on her bass playing.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Three known-to-me favorites from #1:

I Don't Need No Doctor (Steve Marriott/Humble Pie) -- So much energy.
You Dropped a Bomb on Me (Charlie Wilson/The Gap Band) -- So much funk.
It's All in Your Mind (Beck) -- So much Sea Change.

It was hard to leave off We Got the Beat, V, Mirror in the Bathroom, Disarm, These Arms of Mine, You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth, Fade to Black, Listen to the Music, Vienna and Crossroads.

Three new-to-me favorites from #1:

23 Minutes in Brussels (Luna) -- If Dean Wareham is his generation's Lou Reed, this is his Sweet Jane.
St. Marie Under Canon (Cornershop) -- Has the controlled chaos that I love so much.
Soolaimon/Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (Live) (Neil Diamond) -- A tour de force of emotion, musicality and showmanship.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Soolaimon/Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (Live) (Neil Diamond) -- A tour de force of emotion, musicality and showmanship.

I’m surprised you’ve never heard it.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Soolaimon/Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (Live) (Neil Diamond) -- A tour de force of emotion, musicality and showmanship.

I’m surprised you’ve never heard it.

Not this version.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Soolaimon/Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (Live) (Neil Diamond) -- A tour de force of emotion, musicality and showmanship.

I’m surprised you’ve never heard it.

Not this version.

Oh, maybe I’m not remembering last playlist correctly.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Soolaimon/Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (Live) (Neil Diamond) -- A tour de force of emotion, musicality and showmanship.

I’m surprised you’ve never heard it.

Not this version.

Oh, maybe I’m not remembering last playlist correctly.

I've picked it before in various drafts. I have no idea how he missed it.

 

[Eephus]

Beck's set at the Outside Lands festival at Golden Gate Park is being streamed live on Prime Video tonight at 8:35 PDT. He's backed by a symphony orchestra as he's been throughout his tour this summer.

The weather here is a lot nicer than it was for Dead & Co last weekend.

 

[Eephus]

Soolaimon/Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (Live) (Neil Diamond) -- A tour de force of emotion, musicality and showmanship.

I’m surprised you’ve never heard it.

Not this version.

Oh, maybe I’m not remembering last playlist correctly.

I've picked it before in various drafts. I have no idea how he missed it.

Nobody reads your posts

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Soolaimon/Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (Live) (Neil Diamond) -- A tour de force of emotion, musicality and showmanship.

I’m surprised you’ve never heard it.

Not this version.

Oh, maybe I’m not remembering last playlist correctly.

I've picked it before in various drafts. I have no idea how he missed it.

If it's a draft, I might not have listened to every pick. Or even many of them.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Beck's set at the Outside Lands festival at Golden Gate Park is being streamed live on Prime Video tonight at 8:35 PDT. He's backed by a symphony orchestra as he's been throughout his tour this summer.

The weather here is a lot nicer than it was for Dead & Co last weekend.

Oh **** - thanks!

Dan might have to ve disappointed in a lack of metal reviews tonight.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Soolaimon/Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (Live) (Neil Diamond) -- A tour de force of emotion, musicality and showmanship.

I’m surprised you’ve never heard it.

Not this version.

Oh, maybe I’m not remembering last playlist correctly.

I've picked it before in various drafts. I have no idea how he missed it.

If it's a draft, I might not have listened to every pick. Or even many of them.

I'm just calling all the music thingies drafts. It's easier.

 

[Eephus]

MADs adjacent time again

Live Stax compilation recorded in 1965

Stax Revue: Live In '65!

Various Artists · Compilation · 2025 · 21 songs

open.spotify.com

BABYMETAL

METAL FORTH

BABYMETAL · Album · 2025 · 10 songs

open.spotify.com

New Hayes Carll @simey

We're Only Human

Hayes Carll · Album · 2025 · 10 songs

open.spotify.com

Live Peter Gabriel from 1982

Live at WOMAD 1982

Peter Gabriel · Album · 2025 · 9 songs

open.spotify.com

Four hours of unreleased demos from the legendary rock 'n roll songwriter Doc Pomus

The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos

Doc Pomus · Album · 2025 · 111 songs

open.spotify.com

Single lady of the week includes a collab w/ Charlie Wilson

BLACK STAR

Amaarae · Album · 2025 · 13 songs

open.spotify.com

A pair of live releases from John McLaughlin in miraculous form at age 84

Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2022

John McLaughlin · Album · 2025 · 12 songs

open.spotify.com

Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live)

Shakti · Album · 2025 · 6 songs

open.spotify.com

Yet another Charlie Crockett record

Dollar A Day

Charley Crockett · Album · 2025 · 15 songs

open.spotify.com

Recent John Cale rarities including a collab w/ Tony Allen

MiXology (volume 1)

John Cale · EP · 2025 · 7 songs

open.spotify.com

Plus new Black Keys, Osees, A Certain Ratio and The Jonas Brothers

 

[Eephus]

Ryan Adams is back again with two re-recordings of songs from his debut solo album. He's added strings sections but it's a poor tradeoff for Emmylou missing on "Oh My Sweet Carolina"

Oh My Sweet Carolina

Ryan Adams · Single · 2025 · 2 songs

open.spotify.com

 

[Don Quixote]

Single lady of the week includes a collab w/ Charlie Wilson

BLACK STAR

Amaarae · Album · 2025 · 13 songs

open.spotify.com

I was listening to this one yesterday even before I saw the collab with Charlie Wilson on it. Album description referred to it as drawing inspiration from Ghanaian highlife (if the album cover with the Ghana flag does not make that clear) and Brazilian baile funk. That will get my attention.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

How in the hell do you keep up with all this?

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Yet another Charlie Crockett record

He's becoming the new Ryan Adams - damn he's prolific.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

How in the hell do you keep up with all this?

Spotify shows you new releases each week that fit your preferences - they also create a weekly playlist of new releases you would like called "Release Radar".

 

[Eephus]

How in the hell do you keep up with all this?

Spotify shows you new releases each week that fit your preferences - they also create a weekly playlist of new releases you would like called "Release Radar".

Release Radar is dominated by singles so I rarely listen to what the algorithm picks for me.

I get most album release info from Allmusic.com, Albumoftheyear.org and Exystence.net. It's a good exercise for me because I can search the thread for "adjacent" when I want to find something recent to listen to.

 

[Eephus]

Not sure if @Mrs. Rannous in online but The Pointer Sisters are playing a free show at SF's beautiful Stern Grove. Here's the live stream

LIVE STREAM — Stern Grove Festival

www.sterngrove.org

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Not sure if @Mrs. Rannous in online but The Pointer Sisters are playing a free show at SF's beautiful Stern Grove. Here's the live stream

LIVE STREAM — Stern Grove Festival

www.sterngrove.org

Watching now. Thanks!

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

For you music lovers out there, I would recommend Sunday Best on Netflix about Ed Sullivan. We just finished it. Very interesting.

Ed SUllivan has a YouTube channel. Who knew?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

My friend who owns a record store is appearing on WXPN tomorrow at 2 PM Eastern as part of National Vinyl Record Day. Throughout the day, people will be spinning things from their vinyl record collections. Among the others appearing are Ted Leo at noon Eastern, Charlie Hall of The War on Drugs at 7 PM Eastern and Kurt Vile at 9 PM Eastern. The station streams all day at xpn.org.

Vinyl Day is coming: WXPN hosts team up with Ted Leo, Kurt Vile, Sadie Dupuis & more on August 12 - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart

WXPN is inviting one listener to join host Mike V. on August 12 for a special Vinyl Day hour, live from your own record collection.

xpn.org

 

[Uruk-Hai]

My friend who owns a record store is appearing on WXPN tomorrow at 2 PM Eastern as part of National Vinyl Record Day. Throughout the day, people will be spinning things from their vinyl record collections. Among the others appearing are Ted Leo at noon Eastern, Charlie Hall of The War on Drugs at 7 PM Eastern and Kurt Vile at 9 PM Eastern. The station streams all day at xpn.org.

Vinyl Day is coming: WXPN hosts team up with Ted Leo, Kurt Vile, Sadie Dupuis & more on August 12 - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart

WXPN is inviting one listener to join host Mike V. on August 12 for a special Vinyl Day hour, live from your own record collection.

xpn.org

I'll be listening. Thanks for the tip.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

My friend who owns a record store is appearing on WXPN tomorrow at 2 PM Eastern as part of National Vinyl Record Day. Throughout the day, people will be spinning things from their vinyl record collections. Among the others appearing are Ted Leo at noon Eastern, Charlie Hall of The War on Drugs at 7 PM Eastern and Kurt Vile at 9 PM Eastern. The station streams all day at xpn.org.

Vinyl Day is coming: WXPN hosts team up with Ted Leo, Kurt Vile, Sadie Dupuis & more on August 12 - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart

WXPN is inviting one listener to join host Mike V. on August 12 for a special Vinyl Day hour, live from your own record collection.

xpn.org

As the name of his store is Forever Changes, it's no surprise that he's playing a song from Forever Changes (You Set the Scene).

 

[Eephus]

MADs adjacent album releases are back after a week off in the North Woods,

The Who live in 1971

Live At The Oval 1971

The Who · Album · 2025 · 15 songs

open.spotify.com

25th anniversary edition of the Pumpkins' Machina. Most of the extra content is physical only, not streaming

Machina / The Machines Of God (25th Anniversary Edition)

The Smashing Pumpkins · Album · 2000 · 16 songs

open.spotify.com

New remasters of Miles' 1955 recordings for Prestige

Miles '55 (Remastered 2025)

Miles Davis · Album · 2025 · 16 songs

open.spotify.com

John Fogerty redoing his CCR catalog

Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years (John's Version)

John Fogerty · Album · 2025 · 20 songs

open.spotify.com

Deftones

private music

Deftones · Album · 2025 · 11 songs

open.spotify.com

Royel Otis

hickey

Royel Otis · Album · 2025 · 13 songs

open.spotify.com

Pete Droge

Fade Away Blue

Pete Droge · Album · 2025 · 10 songs

open.spotify.com

Single named lady of the week is also Mrs. Russell Wilson

CiCi

Ciara · Album · 2025 · 14 songs

open.spotify.com

Ghostface Killah

Supreme Clientele 2

Ghostface Killah · Album · 2025 · 22 songs

open.spotify.com

Kid Cudi

Free

Kid Cudi · Album · 2025 · 13 songs

open.spotify.com

Plus Superchunk, Mac DeMarco, Wolf Alice , Jon Batiste, Jesse Dayton and Maroon 5

 

[Eephus]

I don't know what to make of this Fogerty album. The songs are great obviously and his voice is incredible for an 80 year old. But the new versions are so close to the originals that I ended up playing spot the difference. Most of the time it comes down to modern Fogerty's increasingly eccentric pronunciation.

 

[Eephus]

I'm not going to recap last week's album releases but I was delighted to discover a new digital release of a longtime fave from Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club. He used to have a couple of songs on Spotify but those disappeared some time ago. But now English Garden is back in its entirety with a few bonus cuts from the US version.

Woolley is best known for writing "Video Killed the Radio Star" with Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes but he put out one glorious album of early English New Wave in 1979. My roommates and I played the #### out of this record back in college--my roommate Steve Lieske once declared it was better than This Year's Model. I don't know if I'd go that far but it still sounds great even independent of the personal nostalgia.

English Garden

Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club · Album · 1979 · 19 songs

open.spotify.com

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I don't know what to make of this Fogerty album. The songs are great obviously and his voice is incredible for an 80 year old. But the new versions are so close to the originals that I ended up playing spot the difference. Most of the time it comes down to modern Fogerty's increasingly eccentric pronunciation.

He was a bit obscure at the best of times. How mush odder is this?

 

[Eephus]

I don't know what to make of this Fogerty album. The songs are great obviously and his voice is incredible for an 80 year old. But the new versions are so close to the originals that I ended up playing spot the difference. Most of the time it comes down to modern Fogerty's increasingly eccentric pronunciation.

He was a bit obscure at the best of times. How mush odder is this?

Maybe it's because he's sung the songs thousands of times but he trails off before he can stick the dismount on a lot of words. But he's a legend and it's cool that he's finally owns the rights to his songs again

 

[KarmaPolice]

New Deftones is damn good

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I don't know what to make of this Fogerty album. The songs are great obviously and his voice is incredible for an 80 year old. But the new versions are so close to the originals that I ended up playing spot the difference. Most of the time it comes down to modern Fogerty's increasingly eccentric pronunciation.

He was a bit obscure at the best of times. How mush odder is this?

Maybe it's because he's sung the songs thousands of times but he trails off before he can stick the dismount on a lot of words. But he's a legend and it's cool that he's finally owns the rights to his songs again

And he can get it out of a sand trap like it’s nobody’s business.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

I don't know what to make of this Fogerty album. The songs are great obviously and his voice is incredible for an 80 year old. But the new versions are so close to the originals that I ended up playing spot the difference. Most of the time it comes down to modern Fogerty's increasingly eccentric pronunciation.

He was a bit obscure at the best of times. How mush odder is this?

Maybe it's because he's sung the songs thousands of times but he trails off before he can stick the dismount on a lot of words. But he's a legend and it's cool that he's finally owns the rights to his songs again

And he can get it out of a sand trap like it’s nobody’s business.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

I could listen to Norm/Artie stories about being with Bob Uecker over and over. I became a fan of Uecker from the early 70s on the Tonight Show as a young teenager, still very active in baseball. didn't know much about him even though I had a ton of his baseball cards (you didn't throw away dups...).

1971 Tonight Show appearance

 

[Eephus]

The live Who album is a real treat. Legend has it that the original live tapes were marred by technical glitches. I don't know what kind of studio wizardry was employed but the album sounds great without feeling overpolished. It's just the boys at their peak a month after the release of Who's Next.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I don't know what to make of this Fogerty album. The songs are great obviously and his voice is incredible for an 80 year old. But the new versions are so close to the originals that I ended up playing spot the difference. Most of the time it comes down to modern Fogerty's increasingly eccentric pronunciation.

He was a bit obscure at the best of times. How mush odder is this?

Maybe it's because he's sung the songs thousands of times but he trails off before he can stick the dismount on a lot of words. But he's a legend and it's cool that he's finally owns the rights to his songs again

And he can get it out of a sand trap like it’s nobody’s business.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

I could listen to Norm/Artie stories about being with Bob Uecker over and over. I became a fan of Uecker from the early 70s on the Tonight Show as a young teenager, still very active in baseball. didn't know much about him even though I had a ton of his baseball cards (you didn't throw away dups...).

1971 Tonight Show appearance

My mom had the same outfit.

 

[Eephus]

The holiday means a light Friday for MADs adjacent new album releases.

A new Funkadelic remaster

Funkadelic (2025 Remastered) - Album by Funkadelic | Spotify

Funkadelic · album · 2025 · 7 songs

open.spotify.com

Memorial concert for Gary Brooker of Procol Harum

Remembering Gary Brooker: The Concert (Live, G-Live, Guildford, 4 December 2023) - Compilation by Various Artists | Spotify

Various Artists · compilation · 2025 · 22 songs

open.spotify.com

New Clutch remasters

Blast Tyrant (2025 Remaster) - Album by Clutch | Spotify

Clutch · album · 2025 · 16 songs

open.spotify.com

Singer/songwriter #1

Airline Highway - Album by Rodney Crowell | Spotify

Rodney Crowell · album · 2025 · 10 songs

open.spotify.com

Singer/songwriter #2

Hangover Terrace - Album by Ron Sexsmith | Spotify

Ron Sexsmith · album · 2025 · 14 songs

open.spotify.com

Singer/songwriter #3

Hard Headed Woman - Album by Margo Price | Spotify

Margo Price · album · 2025 · 12 songs

open.spotify.com

Singer/songwriter #4

From The Hellhole - Album by Marshall Crenshaw | Spotify

Marshall Crenshaw · album · 2025 · 14 songs

open.spotify.com

Single named lady of the week might appeal to the folks who liked Caro Emerald this round

A Matter of Time (Standard Edition) - Album by Laufey | Spotify

Laufey · album · 2025 · 15 songs

open.spotify.com

Afrobeat of the week hails from Rwanda and sounds like Malian desert blues

Rwanda Sings With Strings - Album by The Good Ones | Spotify

The Good Ones · album · 2025 · 10 songs

open.spotify.com

Soundtrack to Eminem's documentary

STANS (The Official Soundtrack) - Album by Eminem | Spotify

Eminem · album · 2025 · 12 songs

open.spotify.com

Plus The Beths , more live Husker Du, The Hives, Blood Orange , Helloween ,Hayley Williams and Sabrina Carpenter

 

[Eephus]

My first listen of the week is the new one by Modern Nature, a band I've repped for years in the new music threads here. They're from the Velvet Underground/Galaxie 500 coaching tree but with a more spacey English pastoral feel. They've added a new second guitarist/singer that expands their sound but there's still a lot of space for their methodical psychedelic jams. I'm stoked because they're finally doing a US tour five years after their first one was cancelled by the pandemic.

The Heat Warps - Album by Modern Nature | Spotify

Modern Nature · album · 2025 · 9 songs

open.spotify.com

 

[rockaction]

The Hives

Had written them off since 2004 but that was apparently unwise. This is pretty good so far.

 

[Eephus]

Live Talking Heads from 1978. It was their last tour with just the core four featuring a setlist from their first two albums (except an early version of "Drugs" called "Electricity").

Live on Tour '78 - Album by Talking Heads | Spotify

Talking Heads · album · 2025 · 11 songs

open.spotify.com

 

[Eephus]

One more ***official MADs-adjacent for the week. The new one by pianist Brad Mehldau is a tribute to the music of Elliott Smith. Ten of the sixteen songs are Smith compositions with four Mehldau originals and covers of Nick Drake and Big Star.

Mehldau is a jazz player but the tracks are mostly short without many improvisational flights of fancy. The arrangements are a mix of trio and solo piano along with some orchestral arrangements that sound more like instrumental chamber pop. A few songs include vocals by Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear and Chris Thile of Nickel Creek.

It's a lovely record that spotlights Smith's gift for melody.

Ride into the Sun - Album by Brad Mehldau | Spotify

Brad Mehldau · album · 2025 · 16 songs

open.spotify.com

 

[rockaction]

One more ***official MADs-adjacent for the week. The new one by pianist Brad Mehldau is a tribute to the music of Elliott Smith. Ten of the sixteen songs are Smith compositions with four Mehldau originals and covers of Nick Drake and Big Star.

Mehldau is a jazz player but the tracks are mostly short without many improvisational flights of fancy. The arrangements are a mix of trio and solo piano along with some orchestral arrangements that sound more like instrumental chamber pop. A few songs include vocals by Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear and Chris Thile of Nickel Creek.

It's a lovely record that spotlights Smith's gift for melody.

Barely on My Mind

The Regrettes · Further Joy · Song · 2022

open.spotify.com

Think you got kupcho1's peanut butter in your chocolate there, Eephus.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Lambskin wanted me to listen to a Clutch album so I need to get around to doing that.

Is there a single-named lady album released every single week?

 

[Eephus]

Here's a new one for @Zegras11: a covers album of 60s and 70s tunes by Belinda Carlisle.

Once Upon a Time in California - Album by Belinda Carlisle | Spotify

Belinda Carlisle · album · 2025 · 10 songs

open.spotify.com

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Wasn't sure where to drop this.

Bohemian Rhapsody

Ndlovu Youth Choir · From Limpopo To The World · Song · 2025

open.spotify.com

The video is lovely.

 

[Eephus]

Lots of new Mads-adjacent new releases but a rare week without a single named lady or an Afrobeat release

New Big Thief for @Ilov80s

Double Infinity - Album by Big Thief | Spotify

Big Thief · album · 2025 · 9 songs

open.spotify.com

Music from the newlywed David Byrne

Who Is The Sky? - Album by David Byrne | Spotify

David Byrne · album · 2025 · 12 songs

open.spotify.com

Supposedly the final album by Saint Etienne

International - Album by Saint Etienne | Spotify

Saint Etienne · album · 2025 · 12 songs

open.spotify.com

A 61 song compilation from the jazzy side of Joni

Joni's Jazz - Album by Joni Mitchell | Spotify

Joni Mitchell · album · 2025 · 61 songs

open.spotify.com

Grant-Lee Phillips is still kicking

In the Hour of Dust - Album by Grant-Lee Phillips | Spotify

Grant-Lee Phillips · album · 2025 · 11 songs

open.spotify.com

New album from La Dispute for @rockaction

No One Was Driving The Car - Album by La Dispute | Spotify

La Dispute · album · 2025 · 14 songs

open.spotify.com

I think somebody here is friends with Robbie Fulks, @krista4 maybe?

Now Then - Album by Robbie Fulks | Spotify

Robbie Fulks · album · 2025 · 12 songs

open.spotify.com

Re-release of one of Adam Schlesinger's early bands

Traces of You - Album by Ivy | Spotify

Ivy · album · 2025 · 10 songs

open.spotify.com

Plus new albums from Curtis Harding, Cut Copy, Twenty One Pilots, Faithless , and Shame

 

[Eephus]

I'm going to dive into the Joni Mitchell compilation but first I listened to the new one from Suede. Even after 30 years, they're still The London Suede on these shores which probably didn't help their career over here.

They're one of the first and best of the Britpop bands and Brett Anderson is still a force of nature in concert.

Antidepressants - Album by The London Suede | Spotify

The London Suede · album · 2025 · 11 songs

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