What are you Listening to?

[Lexi Darling]

I'm digging around in the past as usual.

How do you guys feel about Michael McDonald? Is he good? Is he ridiculous?

For me, he's both 😄

Oh man, the 80s!

Great voice, classic vibes... but these days anytime anyone brings him up my mind immediately goes to this video.

[Guybrush]

Haha 😄 Thanks! Haven't seen that one before.

[costa_oscura]

Ok, I have to get in on the McDonald/Doobies love.  This legendary live show - The Doobies in SB - happened in my hometown in 1982.  I was only 13 at the time and wasn't there for it, although I knew who the Doobies were.  I was raised in a very controlling, conservative household, so going to concerts or any kind of gig was strictly forbidden.  I made up for it in my 20s and 30s, though.  ...But back in the '80s, I missed out on a lot of good shows.  This was one of them.

Oh, fyi... I almost forgot to add... McDonald wrote this song with Kenny Loggins.  In case you wanted to know.

[Buckeye Randy]

Lest we forget the unrelated Ian McDonald who was a founding member of King Crimson and Foreigner.

It's too early for King Crimson so I'll go with something by Foreigner.  I always liked the mix of guitars and horns on this one.

[Lisnaholic]

Lest we forget the unrelated Ian McDonald who was a founding member of King Crimson and Foreigner.

...and in between those two high-profile bands, he cranked out an underrated gem of an album.
(I can totally recommend this track as one to begin your day with, Buckeye; it starts gently, then livens up before concluding with a little, chugging, feel-good outro.)

[costa_oscura]

Since I can't seem to find a new music thread here, I'll just drop this clip here and see how it fares.  Since Miki Berenyi's post-Lush band Piroshka disbanded in 2022 when bassist Mick Conroy moved to the U.S., she and partner Moose have been working on a new project with Oliver Cherer from Aircooled, Miki Berenyi Trio (mb3).  They're about to release their debut album, Tripla, in April.  This is the first single from the album, "Vertigo."  I love it. 

[Lisnaholic]

^ That's a nice song, costa_o !

Since I can't seem to find a new music thread here, I'll just drop this clip here and see how it fares.

Well, that's an embarrassing gap in SCD's coverage of music ! You'd be more than welcome to open a thread that would plug the gap, but as you may have noticed, the music section of SCD can be slow-moving at times.

[Buckeye Randy]

Sparks just dropped the second song from their upcoming album, "MAD!".  I've been slightly more than a casual fan of the band since first hearing them in the mid '70's.   While not a hardcore supporter of every musical endeavor they've toyed with, I'm always interested to hear what the brothers Mael are doing.  I'm certainly looking forward to hearing their 27th studio effort that will be released on May 23rd.

[Saulaac]

Don't know about anyone else, but I'm at the stage where if a recent track I listen to on YT has just an album cover and is not live, then I can't be convinced that it's human.

That said I should probably give AI a small break coz I've been battering it on the head recently.

In the meantime, I massively enjoyed this funky track organised by Kinga Glyk. The sax player, Hailey Niswanger, lost her house in the recent LA fires.

Kinga Glyk - Fast Life

[Saulaac]

And the cherry on the cake is around 6:08 to 6:20 when Niswanger gives it some on the EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument). Fruity as hell.

[Buckeye Randy]

And the cherry on the cake is around 6:08 to 6:20 when Niswanger gives it some on the EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument). Fruity as hell.

Nice track and I like the use of the word fruity which is a criminally underutilized phrase.