Reblogged » Stuff Running ‘Round My Head: 95 More Songs of Summer – “Classical Gas”
Stuff Running ‘Round My Head: 95 More Songs of Summer – “Classical Gas”. My Northern California colleague, Jeff Vaca, is at it once again on his…
A Friday Shout-out & Song: Missing You by Dan Fogelberg
It was one of the two new songs assembled onto his Dan Fogelberg – Greatest Hits LP out that year. BTW, that’d be one of the very few platinum albums ever with a cover originally printed on the diagonal. The song has made every compilation, ‘best of’ album released since, and remains a favorite of mine (even over those already mentioned).
Reprise – Friday Forgotten Song: Stoned Love by The Supremes
Way back when, I had friends who’d argue endlessly about the quality and achievements of their favorite music groups in comparison with others. None more so than with those groups that transitioned with new members over the years. The music labels were not about to let go of a popular (read money-making) group name just because the lead singer would head out on a solo career (which they also managed).
Best Album Covers: Santana
This is the next entry in Best Album Covers, a series begun right here. The first successful long-playing microgroove record for the phonograph was introduced by Columbia Records back in June of…
Best Album Covers: There’s a Riot Going On
This is the next entry in Best Album Covers, a series begun right here. The first successful long-playing microgroove record for the phonograph was introduced by Columbia Records back in June of…
Friday Song: No Mystery by Return to Forever
I’ve written of my Jazz Fusion experience during the ’70s of late. To an extent, that’s ignored other genres explored during that same decade. I’ll leave…
Friday Song: Time and Love by Tom Scott
I’ve already stated the 70s was a period of transition with my music listening habits. Covered here as it pertained to an influential work that got me into…
Liebster’d Never Gets Old
A week and day ago Aurora, of the fine Once upon a screen… site, bestowed on moi my third installment of the Liebster Award. My first and…
Best Album Covers: A Hard Day’s Night
This is the next entry in Best Album Covers, a series begun right here. As has been referred to, the first successful long-playing microgroove record for the phonograph…
Best Album Covers: Brain Salad Surgery
This is the next entry in Best Album Covers, a series begun right here. As has been noted, the first successful long-playing microgroove record for the phonograph was…
Reblogged: Oscars 2013 – James Bond’s not-so-secret life on the charts
Randy Lewis, writing for the L.A. Times, in prep for “… the motion picture academy’s salute to James Bond coming up at the Oscars on Sunday“,…
Best Album Covers: A Start
A couple of years ago writer Rob O’Connor, penning a column for Yahoo Music, posted a dead-on article that related on a subject I have a…
You Know How to Love Me: An Appreciation of Phyllis Hyman
Like anyone else, I’m tied to the era that spawn me. This readily applies to the music I listen to, as well. My wife more than once…
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
As a fan of Jazz Fusion, and Dave Grusin and Tom Scott in particular, from long ago, I’m including one of my favorite cuts from the…
Seasonal Cheer via Art & Song
Some in-laws sent a link our way and we enjoyed it so much I thought to share. All care of cartoonist Joshua Held, it redeployed The Drifters‘ absolutely…
Rolling Stone’s Top 10 James Bond Theme Songs
I promise just because Peter Travers went and ranked every Bond film, which I reacted to it, I’m not planning on making a Versus Rolling Stone article a…
Versus AFI: Top 10 of 100 Years… 100 Songs
Last month I completed the series I began back in January that examined and remarked on The American Film Institute and its recent proclivity to create lists. Specifically, the Top 10…
X Songs for X People
I’ve followed one Patricia (Patti) Abbott on the web through her blog for more than a couple of years now. The Detroit-based Patti also hangs out…
Friday Song: Only The Lonely by The Motels
Sometimes, you run into an infectious song that immediately clicks with you and your ear. You play it, and play it. Over and over again till…
Friday Song: Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
It seemed the natural thing to do. Culminate my Exorcist week with the iconic instrumental so thoroughly associated with the film. A non-vocal tune that would equally impact the Top 40 pop chart like only a handful from the surrounding decades. No one seems to produce this art form in this day and age. Sure, I’ve highlight one from way back, and the 80s were more loaded than usual (Top Gun, St. Elmo’s Fire, Chariot’s of Fire). Still, none of those came from a horror film or carried the weight of a movie like Mike Oldfield’s did. To this very day, in point of fact.
