so I've gotten all the cd's...
The Flaming Lips cd is good. There's only one track I didn't like on it. For some reason it wasn't quite what I was expecting. I've heard so much about the band and this is the first I've heard of their stuff. I'm not sure what kind of sound I was expecting, but I enjoyed the cd.I already talked about the P86 cd.
K-os was great. Even better than I had expected. I'd seen a couple of his videos on Subterranean. This was his first cd that I bought and I'll probably buy the second as well. Very talented individual, a la Lauryn Hill. Many different styles on the cd. I would have liked to hear more straight forward hip hop from him though.
Salif Keita, of course, was great. Only drawback to the cd is that it's a retrospective, so most of the tracks have alot of 80's synthesized instrumentation on it. But if you can get past that, the infectiousness of the melodies and rhythms are there to be savored. I've got Moffou as well, and he's got another version of Ignadjidje on this cd. I didn't like it as much as the one on Moffou, which is acoustic and slower.
Ohio was just beautiful. The whole cd is laid back, wonderfully textured, and flows together well. It'll probably take a while to completely digest all the lyrics and stuff, it's that good. I saw them live last year at Cornerstone FL and loved it. Hopefully they'll come back this way again this year.
posted by gtdmouse @ 12/26/2004 09:17:00 PM
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