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Addicted to a certain group or album?

SKELLERSKELLER Posts: 165
edited July 2009 in Other Music
I know... kind of silly question being this is a Pearl Jam site and, the fact that this is a PJ site, I hope the discussion of other bands isn't frowned upon. So, with that being said, I was wondering (and I'm sure many of you have found yourself dong this) if any of you have become consumed with a certain group/artist or album for over a length of time? Where it's the only thing you'll listen to.

Right now, and for the two weeks, I can’t stop listening to Otis Taylor. Not one particular album but everything.

You?
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  • benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,224
    I definitely go through phases with my music - though for the last four years or so, since I discovered PJ, they've been my focus. Have been through Nirvana, Phish, Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, and several others... I always come back to Pearl Jam though, and find it interesting that really, I don't get too tired of them too often.
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  • voodoopugvoodoopug Posts: 1,011
    I've been listening to Goats Head Soup by the Stones quite a bit lately.
    There's Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Robert Johnson......and then everybody else.
  • pjten77pjten77 Posts: 225
    I sometimes have to take a PJ break.....I've been listening to Lucero the American band from the south. I love Ben Nichols writing and singing. Also listening to Daniel Wesley and Vince Vacarro from BC.
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  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    It is physically impossible for me to NOT listen to Mark Lanegan. I have been listening to him at least once a day for well into a year now.

    I want to eat his vocal chords...oh, yeah...it's bad. his voice makes me blush.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Right now (since Horehound came out) I've been all about any of Jack White's projects.
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    Idlewild, The Weakerthans and Matt Mays are always all in heavy rotation at work and home.
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  • chris32482chris32482 Posts: 213
    Blind Melon's first record. I've been known to leave it in my player for weeks at a time.
  • Jokertt14Jokertt14 Posts: 2,566
    Chris32482 wrote:
    Blind Melon's first record. I've been known to leave it in my player for weeks at a time.

    very good LP .. i tend to do that with "Temple of the dog" alot !!
  • pleathermanpleatherman Posts: 472
    Pearl Jam does hold precedence as being the only band I am a fan of, with very few exceptions, their entire body of work. They are also the only group I listen to, on average, 353 days a year. That said, I certainly get into phases of immersing myself with other artists. I recommend this for anyone driving themselves sick with anticipation for Backspacer.
    The most recent addiction I've had is to Wilco. There is a treasure trove of material to discover with this band. 'Yankee Foxtrot Hotel' is in a class by itself. It is one of the all time greats, and becomes more rewarding with every listen. Even when they forego that experimental bent on their newest one, 'Wilco (the Album)', it loses none of the songwriting genius. Their live DVD, "Ashes of American Flags", confirms my assumption they are one of the best live acts around. The drummer and lead guitarist are maniacal. After pearl jam and Vedder solo, this is the band I would most likely kill to go see.
    Essential tracks by Wilco:
    "I am Trying to Break your Heart"
    "Bull Black Nova"
    "A Shot in the Arm"
    "Airline to Heaven"
    "Handshake Drugs"(Live version is the way to go)

    One of the best of the best albums ever is Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea". If you are one of those people who knows what's good for you, then you know owning this record is very, very good for you.

    Honorable Mentions:
    I was in a big R.E.M. phase last year. They have some mediocre albums. When they hit the mark, though, they’re untouchable. Say, for example, ‘New Adventures in Hi-Fi’.
    Essential Tracks by R.E.M.:
    “So Fast, So Numb”
    “Fall on me”
    “Circus Envy”
    “Living Well is the Best Revenge”
    “Country Feedback”

    Death Cab for Cutie’s most recent albums have some really good songs mixed with average ones. Two older albums of theirs, “Transatlanticism” and especially “We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes”, are ones I can never get enough of.

    Another fine addiction is “Good News for People Who Love Bad News” by Modest Mouse. Instead of explaining my unending devotion to that album, I will provide a sample lyric. “All those people that you know, all those people that you know, all those people that you know floating in the river are logs.”
  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    I'm pretty addicted to just about anything Les Claypool does... especially Primus & the Purple Onion album he put out w/ the Frog Brigade.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,522
    I would say I'm a little obsessive with:
    My Bloody Valentine
    My Morning Jacket
    Nine Inch Nails
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  • LiftedLifted Posts: 1,836
    i listen to a very wide variety of music, the artists that i usually go through phases with and listen to almost nothing else for weeks on end are wilco, pearl jam, my morning jacket, bob dylan and neko case. i try and get out of those phases quickly though, i learned from my pearl jam addiction a while back that you can easily overplay your favorite music. i've overplayed pearl jam to the point where i couldn't listen to them for 6 months or so at a time. i think i overplayed my morning jacket a little too much starting back in 2005 and i've barely listened to them since last summer. dylan never really gets old for me, although i don't think i've immersed myself in nothing more than dylan for more than a week at a time. i've been listening to wilco for about 7 years now and haven't quite overplayed them yet, but i would consider myself an addict. my addiction with them has grown a lot over the past couple years and i'm hoping i can keep in under control. same with neko case. when middle cyclone came out it was all i listened to for a good two months. just a perfect album (even better than the rest of her perfect albums), luckily i cut it off before i got completely sick of it. still thinks it's the best release of 09 so far.
  • SKELLERSKELLER Posts: 165
    Chris32482 wrote:
    Blind Melon's first record. I've been known to leave it in my player for weeks at a time.

    "Nico" an album I've listen to, non-stop, for more then a week by them.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    Oh yes of course. I actually don't listen to Pearl Jam too much.

    Neil Young and Wilco are the top bands other then pearl jam that i've allowed myself to be pulled into and listen to for extended period's of time.

    This year the band that did it the most was Mastodon. When Crack the Skye came out that is about all i listened to for a while.

    Neko Case, My Morning Jacket, Dinosaur Jr, they have all had their runs too. Earlier in the decade I was addicted to The Mars Volta.

    Lots of bands pull me in but the three that i have spent excessive amounts of time obssessing over are pj, wilco, and Neil.
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    My musical fanhood started with a 3 year Zeppelin addiction, followed by a 4 year PJ addiction.
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    I get this way ... more notably if I have a few live sets of the band in question ..

    I just got out of a stage where I was listening to a band from Boston called The Sheila Divine pretty much for a week straight ...

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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Probably NIN, I've listened to them loads lately.
  • bearfoot61bearfoot61 Posts: 119
    I also recently discovered Nico by Blind Melon after reading their life story on a website. Also listening to a lot of KOL, after getting tickets to see them in September. Dirty obsession is MCR.
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Stephen Flow wrote:
    I'm pretty addicted to just about anything Les Claypool does... especially Primus & the Purple Onion album he put out w/ the Frog Brigade.
    I, myself, have been on a big Primus kick lately......picked up Les's new album the other day too.
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  • evenflowevenflow Posts: 401
    Sigur Ros is the only other band besides PJ that I've really been into for the last five years or so. I do have to admit though, I'm not into them personally as I am to PJ. I don't have a good reason for that, but it's not like if i met them that day would forever be sealed as a day to remember, where as just having the opportunity to run into a PJ member makes me nervous for days. But Sigur Ros' music stays on my playlist as much as PJ, and depending upon my mood, sometimes maybe a little more.
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i've been obsessed with al four Hum albums lately, especially Electra 2000. awesome band.
  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    For me now its anything Jack White does.. seriously I think he is pretty much a genius. I don'y like every song(that would be mental) but I dig his style.


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  • PJBuckeyePJBuckeye Posts: 1,102
    i have been on quite the Phish kick lately.
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  • randallanddarcyrandallanddarcy Posts: 813
    I tend to go on three month kicks of most of my favourite bands. Soundgarden, Counting Crows, PJ, Shawn Smith, Led Zep, Ozzy, Sabbath, Maiden, Idlewild, Turn, The Frames...the list goes on...

    Just finished a Counting Crows, then an Idlewild kick. Was delaying a PJ kick coz of my 5 Euro shows (Shepard's Bush, Rotterdam, Berlin, Manchester, London O2), but I can't help myself. Listening to some 2003 shows that I was at.
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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    failedpersephone wrote:
    It is physically impossible for me to NOT listen to Mark Lanegan. I have been listening to him at least once a day for well into a year now.

    I want to eat his vocal chords...oh, yeah...it's bad. his voice makes me blush.

    Same here. I think I listen to Mark on a daily basis. I try not to b/c I don't want to get burned out on him but this has been going on for a long time now so I think I"m ok :)

    My new obsession, in addition to Lanegan, has become Nick Drake. I can't seem to get enough...
  • spnoonespnoone Posts: 633
    i'm that way with a lot of music, where i won't listen to anyone else for a week or 2. pearl jam, waits, mascis, westerberg, lanegan, truckers, farrar and dulli all do this. others who i like just as much... wilco, faith no more, stones... for some reason i can turn them off after a few songs. i can't figure out what the hell causes it.
  • ilockyerilockyer Posts: 2,271
    Currently having a bit of a Gaslight Anthem phase, seem to be playing the 59 Sound every couple of days at the moment, also got the re-issued single of the title track from the album 'cause it has their live cover of SOLAT on it. Also, Tom Waits has barely left the player either. Pearl Jam is coming soon though so it won't be long before I go back through the studio albums in order (though not playing every version of Ten).
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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,281
    i like to prime for live shows, so it depends on who's touring
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    Widespread Panic is constantly playing around me. 7/1/07, 7/11/09, 12/31/05...

    JJ Cale's Troubadour rarely comes out of the player.

    Wilco never gets to far away: AGIB, SBS.

    Neil's various albums cycle through.

    Dylan's Shot of Love, Oh Mercy, Nashville Skyline, Infedels...

    Jerry Garcia Band: Cat's Down Under the Stars.

    It has been a couple years since I didn't listen to most of these in a week.
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