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What have you been listening to these five weeks?

It occurred to me today that New York City is quieter; since Sep. 11 the city has been noticeably and unquestionably quieter. It is a part of city living here to have various flavors of obnoxious, angry and often ridiculous rap music rammed down our ears on a somewhat regular basis. I don't refer to some of the more creative efforts of a handfull of talented hip hop artists; I mean the mindless, mechanical thud and obscenity that passes for music for some.

It seems that the seriousness of what has been going on here as of late has caused some of those who felt it was a right to force that kind tastelesness and anger on those around them, to be a bit more sensitive and respectfull.

This is clearly a time of difficult emotions, and speaking from personal experience and that of many around me, finding confort and solace in music is very important. I wondered what music or artists Audiogoners have been listening to lately and what reasons for making those choices there might be?

Regards
frogman
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glen
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I'd like to apologize to Kelly(a.k.a. cornfedboy) publicly. This is a very thoughtful and sincere thread. I think I may have went a little to far with my slap stick comedy this time.
mezmo
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I've been strangely obsessed with the Magnetic Fields and their 3-disk "69 Love Songs" set. It's wacky and strange stuff, to be sure, but it is also almost hauntingly intelligent when taken as a whole. If I weren't concerned about sounding like an idiot (which I'm clearly not, concerned, that is) I'd say it manages to portray a robust yet celebratory melancholia that is at once (or alternatively) both deeply sad and flippantly irreverent. Yea, whatever, but that's more or less been my mood and the imperfect reflection thereof in the CD player. I'd have to second the Getz/Gilberto collaboration as a fine idea as well.
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driver
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I too have been listening to a lot of contemporary Christian music. CFB, 'The Word' I'm familiar with is by Sara Groves on her Conversations CD. Great voice, well produced. Some other great voices are Rachael Lampa, Sara Jahn, Jaci Velasquez & Rebecca St. James. I heard Sara Groves in a small venue last month & it was excellent. I've also been listening to my old standby's like Supertramp, Jethro Tull, Timbuk 3, Pink Floyd & mix in some Art Tatum & Muddy Waters, etc. I guess whatever the mood is I try to intensify or modify with the (hopefully) right selection. Glen, I was told by a medical Dr. back in the 70's that I probably had brain damage from using drugs...but I thought your comment was humorous!
ljgj
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Jennifer Warnes' The Hunter - these songs and her voice are very emotional - the song Big Noise, New York really does it.
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marakanetz
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I did not discriminate any specific music for that tragic event, but not to be extreme I ran on my TT the day after Musorgski "Shakherezade" and some of Bethoven symphonies Pastoral and Ode to Joy.
Music as any kind of entertainment has to be a part of life. So after continuous watching TV and listening to the news, there has to be a time to bring yourself back the way you've been before. Ambient of Brian Eno certainly was my first choise of my listening hunger.
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