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themeletormusic is love, so music for yous: The Decemberists, Roxy Music, Lynsey De Paul, Dusty Springfield, Ziggy Stardust, The Beatles. in... not really in that order.
firstly, because I promised it:
The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
.mp3, .zip, 45.4 MB
secondly, an assortment I believe everyone should have, especially those of you who are among the 'phantom ladies' :)
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
"'You mean you don't like Ziggy?', Charlie said and curled her lip. 'You're out of your fucking mind!'" (Chapter Ten: A Dublin Interlude)
.mp3, .zip, 43 MB
IMO: oh, this is one of those must-haves. some have said it's an acquired taste, but what's completely essential is that Ziggy was a sparkling new turn in music. and also, god damn but it's fun. and David Bowie = sex.
Amazon says it better:After flirting with heavy guitar rock ("The Man Who Sold the World") and lighter pop ("Hunky Dory"), Bowie found middle ground on Ziggy Stardust. The creation of the Ziggy Stardust persona would live on well after Bowie shed the alien skin, marking the first rock concept album by a sexually ambiguous, artistically bent musician who confounded critics at every turn. A blend of dramatic strings, swaggering saxophones, jagged guitars, and theatrical arrangements, the album's darker rock numbers like "It Ain't Easy," "Moonage Daydream," "Ziggy Stardust," and the irresistible "Suffragette City," still serve as solid excursions into the future (then and now) of rock. The buoyant "Hang on to Yourself" and the dreamy "Star" offer hints of optimism in Ziggy's bleak world. The dramatic "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" and the image-heavy "Star Man" ("he'd like to come and meet us but thinks he'd blow our minds!") no doubt provided plenty of stage-worthy moments when Ziggy toured in the '70s, but years later they still thrill. Bowie blew our minds! --Lorry Fleming
The Beatles - Beatles 1
"...running back to the hut to put on the Beatles and go absolutely mad as we clicked our fingers and jived in and out among the sheep and cows, singing: 'Try to see it my way! Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on! We can work it out! We can work it out!'" (Chapter Five: Welcome to Juke Box Jury!)
.m4a, .zip, 73 MB
IMO: this is another one of those total essentials: all the best songs to get you started. there's a reason it's called Beatles 1.
Amazon says it better: Proving yet again their willingness to dice 'n' slice their burgeoning legacy into new--if not exactly fresh--product, the Fab Four Minus One have released this single-disc compendium of their No. 1 hits. Though obviously superfluous to the faithful (who may also find themselves quibbling over the precise definition of "No. 1 hit" and the exclusion of seeming contenders like "Please Please Me" and "Strawberry Fields"), newly arrived visitors from the Pleiades star cluster and other neophytes will find it a concise and generous (nearly 80 minutes) single-disc introduction to the band's career-spanning, unparalleled dominance of pop music in the 1960s. But beyond being a mere trophy case of commercial success (and it won't be hard to find critics who'll argue that these singles aren't even the band's best work), it's also a Cliff's Notes take on a remarkable seven-year run of musical evolution, one that stretches from the neo-skiffle of "Love Me Do" through a remarkable synthesis of R&B, rockabilly, Tin Pan Alley, gospel, country, and classical that still defies efforts to effectively deconstruct it. This is the pop monument equivalent of the '27 Yankees and '90s Bulls; it's every bit as obvious and dominating--and just as essential. --Jerry McCulley
Lynsey De Paul - Greatest Hits
"With her eyeshadow laden and hair again dyed: boy with the swirling, shiny hair--could it be Pussy? Methinks it is!--did she perhaps resemble Miss Lynsey de Paul? She certainly did, let there be no doubt!"
.mp3, .zip, 86 MB
IMO: yet another highlights album, this one has Lynsey's "Sugar Me" and anything else a girl could want! I adore it, truly. and I'm certain Kitten does too :) I'd give you more of a review, since Amazon doesn't have anything official, but for pete's sake I'm exhausted, so just trust me on this one, ok ladies?
Roxy Music - The Best of Roxy Music
.m4a, .zip, 68 MB
IMO: this is, of course, as a few of you already know because I rarely shut up about it, one of my favorite inside jokes of the Breakfast on Pluto movie. Bryan Ferry, lead vocals for Roxy Music, plays Mr. Silky String. but don't let that put you off! this is awesome music, again highly recommended and much adored. several of you might recognize one of the tracks from the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack!
Amazon says it better: Roxy Music appeared to have beamed in from another planet when they appeared in the early '70s. Impossibly alien and exotic, they bucked trends by being kitschy, avant-garde, and unashamedly pop. Bryan Ferry was the sensual frontman, Brian Eno threw his deconstructionist spanner into the works, and they played songs that sounded like demented, sexy logarithms. After Eno left in 1973, frustrated that Ferry was marginalizing his input, Roxy became a different beast entirely, developing a suave, sophisticated pop-soul sound and abandoning the art-rock niche to enlist a wider audience. This lush compilation, released to accompany their reunion tour (minus Eno), captures both sides of Roxy and, true to the subversive spirit that informed their early years, does so in reverse order. This anti-chronology means they open with the languid, supper-club croon of 1980s hits "Avalon" and "More Than This," plus the beauteous cover of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy," then peel back the years through midperiod gems such as "Dance Away" and "Love Is the Drug," before closing with the hyperventilating, superbly twisted bubblegum of "Pyjamarama" and "Virginia Plain." The sequencing may be bonkers, but this is an essential souvenir of a band in a million. --Ian Gittins
ALMOST DONE, LOVES! last one:
Dusty Springfield - Anthology (selections from discs 1 and 2)
"'Ladies and gentlemen! This morning I have a very special guest! All the way from the Emerald Isle--it's Miss Dusty Springfield!' As out I wiggled--truly over the top, I swear!"
.mp3, .zip, 103 MB
IMO: being a whole massive mess of Dusty, there are some hits and some misses, at least for me. however, I love it all, really, and always have the most fun imagining Pussy/Kitten performing. silly girl! unfortunately, the person who gave me these tracks didn't have her discs in the best of condition, so some of the songs are a little sketchy in quality, and some so dramatically that they aren't worth listening to. I tried to include as many songs as I could without subjecting you to the really scratched-up, skipping ones. I'm absolutely in love with a whole bunch of these songs!
Amazon says it better: Dusty Springfield is a pop singer in the sense that she's sung anything she wanted to, or that the market could grasp, over a 35-year-plus career. Unlike the often unconvincing genre hopping of a Cher, however, Springfield's shifts in style have always been of a piece: the apocalyptic balladry of "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me," the wistful Goffin-King "Goin' Back," the sultry soul of "Son of a Preacher Man," or the drama of her duet with the Pet Shop Boys, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"--these are all Springfield's songs. This three-CD box set surveys all her changes, with promises of more to come that were sadly never fulfilled. --Rickey Wright
THAT'S ALL!
enjoy the music, dearhearts! and let me know if anything goes down, or isn't working, so I can fix it! also let me know what you downloaded, how you like it... I do this for you, but I'm really quite selfish! I want to hear your comments! when I'm very happy I use a lot of exclamation points! :D
firstly, because I promised it:
The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
.mp3, .zip, 45.4 MB
secondly, an assortment I believe everyone should have, especially those of you who are among the 'phantom ladies' :)
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
"'You mean you don't like Ziggy?', Charlie said and curled her lip. 'You're out of your fucking mind!'" (Chapter Ten: A Dublin Interlude)
.mp3, .zip, 43 MB
IMO: oh, this is one of those must-haves. some have said it's an acquired taste, but what's completely essential is that Ziggy was a sparkling new turn in music. and also, god damn but it's fun. and David Bowie = sex.
Amazon says it better:After flirting with heavy guitar rock ("The Man Who Sold the World") and lighter pop ("Hunky Dory"), Bowie found middle ground on Ziggy Stardust. The creation of the Ziggy Stardust persona would live on well after Bowie shed the alien skin, marking the first rock concept album by a sexually ambiguous, artistically bent musician who confounded critics at every turn. A blend of dramatic strings, swaggering saxophones, jagged guitars, and theatrical arrangements, the album's darker rock numbers like "It Ain't Easy," "Moonage Daydream," "Ziggy Stardust," and the irresistible "Suffragette City," still serve as solid excursions into the future (then and now) of rock. The buoyant "Hang on to Yourself" and the dreamy "Star" offer hints of optimism in Ziggy's bleak world. The dramatic "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" and the image-heavy "Star Man" ("he'd like to come and meet us but thinks he'd blow our minds!") no doubt provided plenty of stage-worthy moments when Ziggy toured in the '70s, but years later they still thrill. Bowie blew our minds! --Lorry Fleming
The Beatles - Beatles 1
"...running back to the hut to put on the Beatles and go absolutely mad as we clicked our fingers and jived in and out among the sheep and cows, singing: 'Try to see it my way! Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on! We can work it out! We can work it out!'" (Chapter Five: Welcome to Juke Box Jury!)
.m4a, .zip, 73 MB
IMO: this is another one of those total essentials: all the best songs to get you started. there's a reason it's called Beatles 1.
Amazon says it better: Proving yet again their willingness to dice 'n' slice their burgeoning legacy into new--if not exactly fresh--product, the Fab Four Minus One have released this single-disc compendium of their No. 1 hits. Though obviously superfluous to the faithful (who may also find themselves quibbling over the precise definition of "No. 1 hit" and the exclusion of seeming contenders like "Please Please Me" and "Strawberry Fields"), newly arrived visitors from the Pleiades star cluster and other neophytes will find it a concise and generous (nearly 80 minutes) single-disc introduction to the band's career-spanning, unparalleled dominance of pop music in the 1960s. But beyond being a mere trophy case of commercial success (and it won't be hard to find critics who'll argue that these singles aren't even the band's best work), it's also a Cliff's Notes take on a remarkable seven-year run of musical evolution, one that stretches from the neo-skiffle of "Love Me Do" through a remarkable synthesis of R&B, rockabilly, Tin Pan Alley, gospel, country, and classical that still defies efforts to effectively deconstruct it. This is the pop monument equivalent of the '27 Yankees and '90s Bulls; it's every bit as obvious and dominating--and just as essential. --Jerry McCulley
Lynsey De Paul - Greatest Hits
"With her eyeshadow laden and hair again dyed: boy with the swirling, shiny hair--could it be Pussy? Methinks it is!--did she perhaps resemble Miss Lynsey de Paul? She certainly did, let there be no doubt!"
.mp3, .zip, 86 MB
IMO: yet another highlights album, this one has Lynsey's "Sugar Me" and anything else a girl could want! I adore it, truly. and I'm certain Kitten does too :) I'd give you more of a review, since Amazon doesn't have anything official, but for pete's sake I'm exhausted, so just trust me on this one, ok ladies?
Roxy Music - The Best of Roxy Music
.m4a, .zip, 68 MB
IMO: this is, of course, as a few of you already know because I rarely shut up about it, one of my favorite inside jokes of the Breakfast on Pluto movie. Bryan Ferry, lead vocals for Roxy Music, plays Mr. Silky String. but don't let that put you off! this is awesome music, again highly recommended and much adored. several of you might recognize one of the tracks from the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack!
Amazon says it better: Roxy Music appeared to have beamed in from another planet when they appeared in the early '70s. Impossibly alien and exotic, they bucked trends by being kitschy, avant-garde, and unashamedly pop. Bryan Ferry was the sensual frontman, Brian Eno threw his deconstructionist spanner into the works, and they played songs that sounded like demented, sexy logarithms. After Eno left in 1973, frustrated that Ferry was marginalizing his input, Roxy became a different beast entirely, developing a suave, sophisticated pop-soul sound and abandoning the art-rock niche to enlist a wider audience. This lush compilation, released to accompany their reunion tour (minus Eno), captures both sides of Roxy and, true to the subversive spirit that informed their early years, does so in reverse order. This anti-chronology means they open with the languid, supper-club croon of 1980s hits "Avalon" and "More Than This," plus the beauteous cover of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy," then peel back the years through midperiod gems such as "Dance Away" and "Love Is the Drug," before closing with the hyperventilating, superbly twisted bubblegum of "Pyjamarama" and "Virginia Plain." The sequencing may be bonkers, but this is an essential souvenir of a band in a million. --Ian Gittins
ALMOST DONE, LOVES! last one:
Dusty Springfield - Anthology (selections from discs 1 and 2)
"'Ladies and gentlemen! This morning I have a very special guest! All the way from the Emerald Isle--it's Miss Dusty Springfield!' As out I wiggled--truly over the top, I swear!"
.mp3, .zip, 103 MB
IMO: being a whole massive mess of Dusty, there are some hits and some misses, at least for me. however, I love it all, really, and always have the most fun imagining Pussy/Kitten performing. silly girl! unfortunately, the person who gave me these tracks didn't have her discs in the best of condition, so some of the songs are a little sketchy in quality, and some so dramatically that they aren't worth listening to. I tried to include as many songs as I could without subjecting you to the really scratched-up, skipping ones. I'm absolutely in love with a whole bunch of these songs!
Amazon says it better: Dusty Springfield is a pop singer in the sense that she's sung anything she wanted to, or that the market could grasp, over a 35-year-plus career. Unlike the often unconvincing genre hopping of a Cher, however, Springfield's shifts in style have always been of a piece: the apocalyptic balladry of "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me," the wistful Goffin-King "Goin' Back," the sultry soul of "Son of a Preacher Man," or the drama of her duet with the Pet Shop Boys, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"--these are all Springfield's songs. This three-CD box set surveys all her changes, with promises of more to come that were sadly never fulfilled. --Rickey Wright
THAT'S ALL!
enjoy the music, dearhearts! and let me know if anything goes down, or isn't working, so I can fix it! also let me know what you downloaded, how you like it... I do this for you, but I'm really quite selfish! I want to hear your comments! when I'm very happy I use a lot of exclamation points! :D
