This song has been my earworm for the past two weeks. In fact, I cannot remember hearing this song, from 2006, ever, before two weeks ago. Before two weeks ago, I was not a fan of any Yeah Yeah Yeahs music.
However, this is not your typical Yeah Yeah Yeahs song. It's generally slower and more deliberate than their other material, with more acoustic guitar than you might be used to when thinking of their sound. Lyrically, it's simple - not all that many lyrics. It doesn't need them. It's musically compelling enough.
26 March 2015
25 March 2015
25 March 2015 - MØ - Walk This Way
How the hell am I supposed to pronounce an O with a line through it?
"mew"?
"moo"?
"moe"?
I think the first is most accurate, but it's not a letter we pronounce in English. Danish, yes. English, no.
It was hard enough to figure out how to type it! (Alt-0216 on a Windows keyboard, by the way).
That doesn't matter right now. What matters is that she is making smart music - electronic pop music with teeth. Best known in the US for singing on an Iggy Azalea tune, MØ is making good music on her own.
"mew"?
"moo"?
"moe"?
I think the first is most accurate, but it's not a letter we pronounce in English. Danish, yes. English, no.
It was hard enough to figure out how to type it! (Alt-0216 on a Windows keyboard, by the way).
That doesn't matter right now. What matters is that she is making smart music - electronic pop music with teeth. Best known in the US for singing on an Iggy Azalea tune, MØ is making good music on her own.
19 March 2015
19 March 2015 - Juliana Hatfield - I See You
I'm not going to tell The Story again.
I am going to post this very chipper and slightly sad song that she did not perform in 1995... probably because it sounded very Blake Babies-like. Which I would have been OK with.... except at the time, she was trying to distance herself from that period.
And if you haven't read her book, When I Grow Up, you should. Really good book.
Anyway, the song is still sweet, more than 20 years later. It remains an enduring favorite of mine. At the time of its release - around about 1992, when I was still mourning the end of the Blake Babies - I remember liking her whole Hey Babe album, because it gave me hope that the classic sound would live on. This song was a surprise (to me) single choice, but a solid one, and one that still endures for me, so many years later.
I am going to post this very chipper and slightly sad song that she did not perform in 1995... probably because it sounded very Blake Babies-like. Which I would have been OK with.... except at the time, she was trying to distance herself from that period.
And if you haven't read her book, When I Grow Up, you should. Really good book.
Anyway, the song is still sweet, more than 20 years later. It remains an enduring favorite of mine. At the time of its release - around about 1992, when I was still mourning the end of the Blake Babies - I remember liking her whole Hey Babe album, because it gave me hope that the classic sound would live on. This song was a surprise (to me) single choice, but a solid one, and one that still endures for me, so many years later.
17 March 2015
17 March 2015 - Denis Leary - Traditional Irish Folk Song.
This always made me laugh. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Have fun getting drunk, America.
16 March 2015
16 March 2015 - Letters To Cleo - Here And Now
I cannot believe I never posted this.
I mean, this song just OOZES mid-90's music. It's happy and angry at the same time. And, let's face it, Kay Hanley has an amazing and unique voice. And she can sing FAST.
I have to admit - I saw them live. Water Street Music Hall, Rochester, NY, September 1995. They were OK. I was happy I saw them. I wish I still had my Letters to Cleo t-shirt.
"The comfort of a knowledge of a rise above the sky above could never parallel the challenge of an acquisition in the here and now."
I mean, this song just OOZES mid-90's music. It's happy and angry at the same time. And, let's face it, Kay Hanley has an amazing and unique voice. And she can sing FAST.
I have to admit - I saw them live. Water Street Music Hall, Rochester, NY, September 1995. They were OK. I was happy I saw them. I wish I still had my Letters to Cleo t-shirt.
"The comfort of a knowledge of a rise above the sky above could never parallel the challenge of an acquisition in the here and now."
12 March 2015
12 March 2015 - Britney Spears - Toxic
I remember when I had a co-author.
He used to post a Britney Spears song every year on my birthday.
Which happens to be today.
So here, Scott. Doin' your work for you.
He used to post a Britney Spears song every year on my birthday.
Which happens to be today.
So here, Scott. Doin' your work for you.
10 March 2015
10 March 2015 - Journey - Lights
This post is by a band I thought I would never post. Ever. (And I still will never post THAT song.) This band (and THAT SONG particularly) is one that I have particularly disliked.
As many of you know, I worked at a Xerox call center, where I was both the IT Manager and a DJ.
As many of you know, I worked at a Xerox call center, where I was both the IT Manager and a DJ.
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