What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report

John Mayall, The Turning Point

nice to hear bill lloyd get a shoutout--his first solo lp, feeling the elephant, is a power pop classic--i just reheard it on spotify and some of the songs remained in my head from 25 years ago.

the robert forster mention inspired me to go back to the go-betweens "before hollywood," a fantastic example of that that mopey/melodic 80s thing (smiths/church, etc.). very poetic

also digging tv on the radio's newest, seeds. you can hear a little bit of lodger-era bowie and a little bit of prince, but they don't really sound like anyone else.

thanks all for the interesting picks.

Thanks, guys...got Feeling the Elephant cranking now. Great sounds and songs.

Do check out Freedy Johnston...not rocking quite as hard as Elephant but there is something similar to Bill L's. song writing (or so I think).

ALSO - if you have never before, give a listen to Smash Palace. I'm not a big fan of "greatest hits" most of the time but their "Best of '99 - '06" is worth checking out.

Smash Palace

ghost, i'm a big freedy johnston fan, though i wouldn't put him in the same genre as bill lloyd--fj's more the thoughtful folkie. "this perfect world" is essentially a perfect album, and sonically incredible (butch vig production). the title track is the saddest damn song ever written. his guitarist, kevin salem, also records in his own name and is well worth checking out. "never home" is also great.
haven't heard smash palace before, but got 'em cued up--looks from their influences that they're right up my alley.
check out the verlaines, "just too obscure" and lemme know what you think.

Loomis - Agreed. I wasn't attempting to put Freedy in the same music category as Bill Lloyd. BUT Lloyd's "Back to Even" did bring Freedy to mind for me. There's something about his chords and lyric style (some wry and self-deprecating humor there) that reminded me of FJ.

Hope you like Smash Palace. Wasn't that taken on first listen but hours and days later I'd have one of their tunes on auto-play in my head...and I don't mean in a bad ear-worm way. So gave 'em some additional time. A pretty strong collection, I think.