Goodbye Richie Havens
Folk singer Richie Havens died today at age 72. Here he is performing “Freedom” at the Woodstock Festival in 1969:
Mon, April 22 2013 » Main Page, Minutiae, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
I feel loss
Disco diva Donna Summer has died of cancer at age 63. She provided the voice, with Giorgio Moroder producing, for this landmark song:
Thu, May 17 2012 » Main Page, Minutiae, Music Monday et al, multimedia » Comments Off
Oh, that fertile New York music scene of 1973-78
Got a Chapters gift card for Christmas and used it to pick up Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five years in New York that changed music forever, by Will Hermes. Think about it: Punk, salsa, hip hop, new wave, new minimalist classical music from Philip Glass … all were born in New York in [...]
Fri, January 6 2012 » Main Page, Minutiae, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Pictures of Matchstick Men
First recorded in 1968 by Status Quo, this Wikipedia entry classifies Pictures of Matchstick Men as “bubblegum psychedelia.” That may be true, but I like it anyways. In any event, to catalogue them for my purposes, here is Status Quo performing the song on Tops of the Pops. I will follow will some favourite cover [...]
Sun, September 25 2011 » Music Monday et al, multimedia » Comments Off
Saying goodbye to one of the voices of Philly soul
From NPR on Tuesday: Bernard Wilson, 64, who helped define the sound of Philadelphia soul in the 1970s, died Sunday at a hospital in New Jersey after suffering a stroke and a heart attack. Wilson’s velvet baritone backed up the hits he performed with Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, including “If You Don’t Know [...]
Wed, December 29 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
All for the love of a certain guitar sound
I tweeted thusly: Because I’m a fan of shimmering guitar sounds, Nancy Sinatra, ‘Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)’ - http://tinysong.com/k8uo Tommy James & The Shondells, ‘Crimson and Clover’ -http://tinysong.com/yuZj The Raveonettes, ‘Love In A Trashcan’ - http://tinysong.com/CnND The Poppy Family, ‘Where Evil Grows’ - http://tinysong.com/CnNF Tommy James & The Shondells, ‘Draggin’ the Line’ -http://tinysong.com/CnNL
Mon, December 20 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Three versions of ‘My favourite things’
On Wednesday night, I tweeted the following: Beautiful, fluffy snow falling at Bloor/Bathurst. Had I been feeling more literary, I might have written, “Beautiful, fluffy snow softly parachuting down at Bloor/Bathurst.” In any event, snowfalls such as that make me think of My Favourite Things, made famous by Julie Andrews but also recorded by artists [...]
Thu, December 16 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Bass!
I first encountered British house music producer Simon Harris through his 1989 album Bass. In the digital era, I tried finding his tunes on Blip.fm and Grooveshark, but had no luck. However, YouTube delivered this evening! First posted to Twitter: Simon Harris, ‘Bass (How low can you go?) [Bomb The House mix]‘ -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Nk7aP9o18 Simon Harris [...]
Wed, December 1 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Speedy J – ‘Ping Pong’
A nice bit of trance posted by Matt M over on Facebook. I liked it so much, I’m archiving it here:
Wed, November 24 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al, multimedia » Comments Off
Was introduced to some new/old garage rock
I love garage rock from the mid-1960s. Heard a band tonight that sounds like that era, but actually recorded in the 1980s. That band would be Thee Headcoats. Here’s a few songs I pulled together: Thee Headcoats, ‘Comanche’ - http://tinysong.com/dQph Thee Headcoats, ‘Something Went Wrong Again’ – http://tinysong.com/uN6C Rain Parade, ‘This Can’t Be Today’ - http://tinysong.com/f66n United [...]
Tue, November 23 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off