Friday Music resumes it’s normal schedule — welcome to those new readers out there. Hope you like it.
First things first — I need to get this out of my brain. Since Heartland, it’s been impossible for me to hear this song without picturing
Speaking of
On the subject of new music — Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has a solo album coming out next month, and tracks from it have been leaked. I’ve always been a fan of his compositions and his haunting voice, and it looks like this solo album will be on my must-purchase list. Thom Yorke – “Black Swan.”
I can’t mention “haunting voice” without thinking of Rufus Wainwright. This is one of my favorite songs from him, from his 2001 album, Poses. Rufus Wainwright – “Grey Gardens.”
We’ll shift gears to something more upbeat — and a track specifically for
A little bit of second-wave Ska to get your ass moving on a Friday, by my favorite band of that era: The English Beat — “Mirror in the Bathroom.” “Can I take you to a restaurant that’s got glass tables — you can watch yourself while you are eating…”
“Engine, Engine Number Nine, On the New York Transit line. If my train falls off the track — pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!” One of my top-5 hip-hop tracks of all time, and one that is forever locked into a time and place: singing along to it as it played at a tattoo parlor in the East Village, where the Jaffe brothers (the owners of the game company I was working for at the time) were getting new ink. BlackSheep – “The Choice is Yours (This or That).”
There you have it. More next week. Enjoy.
You know. I’m never going to hear a pagan drum-beat the same way, ever again. ;)
What?
No Afternoon Delight? ::wink::
I just got the daughter hooked on “Mirror in the Bathroom” and you just happen to quote her favorite line.
(This is also the same daughter whose favorite song to date is “Coin Operated Boy”, and she’s only 5.)
I’m never going to hear a pagan drum-beat the same way, ever again
You mean you’ll actually hear a recognizable rhythm and it won’t degenerate into a washing machine thumpa-thumpa-thumpa? Say it ain’t so.
Thanks, interesting stuff as always, esp Thom Yorke solo and the Rufus W.
But if I hear “Mirror in the Bathroom” one more time I’ll put a spike through the headphones. Dunno why, but I’ve hit overload on that one.
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THANK YOU BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The best one I heard this weekend was from Phillipe (of Djembe Kahn): ((disgusted)) “It sounds like a fuckin’ stampede…”
This was a great find right after I completed watching the 2 hour finale. Makes me all nostalgic.
Granted, I did watch the entire series in under a year. So not too nostalgic.