That was a flukey list of songs
It all started with this tweet: Twitter doesn’t know me very well if it’s suggesting I follow Lady Gaga.
Thu, November 18 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
An ‘Apocalypse Now Redux’-inspired mini-set
Here’s what I tweeted: Because I just finished watching ‘Apocalypse Now Redux,’ some tunes from the era – CCR, ‘Run through the Jungle’ -http://tinysong.com/iu9E Jefferson Airplane, ‘Volunteers’ - http://tinysong.com/B4NX Rolling Stones, ‘Midnight Rambler’ - http://tinysong.com/80SE The Doors, ‘The End’ - http://tinysong.com/klWE One more: Rolling Stones, ‘Paint It Black’ - http://tinysong.com/1Txe The Doors song is the only one on the sound [...]
Mon, November 15 2010 » Film, Main Page, Music Monday et al, multimedia » 3 Comments
Hard rock to end a hard day
Posted to Twitter early Thursday: In the mood for a few servings of vintage meathead rock: Deep Purple, “Highway Star” - http://tinysong.com/k4CL Black Sabbath, “Children of the Grave” - http://tinysong.com/rMYW Motorhead, “Rock Out” - http://tinysong.com/jpAF Iron Maiden, “Run to the Hills” - http://tinysong.com/Aw48 By the way, here’s the YouTube video of Highway Star. More than 6.1 million views. Not [...]
Thu, November 4 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
A nostalgic blast of Canuckistani punk rawk
The Forgotten Rebels out of Hamilton were a great Canadian punk band (saw them perform at Edmonton’s Ambassador Hotel circa 1985. Probably still have the gig pictures somewheres). Here they are performing one of their classic tunes, Surfin’ on Heroin: Here’s the studio version, taken from the band’s MySpace page. I think I like the [...]
Mon, October 25 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al, multimedia » Comments Off
A few Sunday night tunes
On no particular theme: The White Stripes, “Offend in Every Way” -http://tinysong.com/hXo7 Muse, “City of Delusion” - http://tinysong.com/7zRA Luna, “Friendly Advice” -http://tinysong.com/gY7H
Sun, October 24 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Devil’s songs
While driving from the Niagara region back to Toronto tonight, I was listening to Randy Bachman’s Vinyl Tap on CBC Radio 2. It was an encore presentation of an episode on the theme of angels and devils in song. He played Beck’s great song Devil’s Haircut, which started playlist wheels turning in my mind: Heard [...]
Sun, October 17 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Casting about for appropriate late-night listening
Don’t think I got the mix right, but here goes nothing: St. Germain, “Soul Salsa Soul” - http://tinysong.com/zffW Ranier Truby Trio, “Donaueschingen” - http://tinysong.com/zGHS Aretha Franklin, “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)” -http://tinysong.com/fgB7
Wed, October 6 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Some great ’60s female pop singers … and a mystery tune
Some Music Monday tweets: Three great ’60s female pop singers: Dusty Springfield, “The Look of Love” - http://tinysong.com/kiX Dionne Warwick, “Walk on By” - http://tinysong.com/6RXe Petula Clark, “Downtown” - http://tinysong.com/olsj … And one unrelated mystery tune that’s good-natured, goofy … & would be sinister in a Tarantino movie – http://tinysong.com/uOzO
Tue, October 5 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
The restorative power of music
Had a shitty commute both to and from work today (see this, this, this and this for deets). Stopped for a beer on the way home. Was inspired to tweet this: Turns out a local pastry shop worker by day likes spinning rare disco gold by night. Cool! Among the rarities I’d like to hear again [...]
Tue, September 28 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Gunfighter songs
I posted these to Twitter. The first is the theme song for Sergio Leone’s For A Few Dollars More. I love the film’s set-up lines: “Where life had no value, death, sometimes, had its price. That is why the bounty killers appeared.” Gunfighter songs: Ennio Morricone, “For a Few Dollars More” -http://tinysong.com/yHu1 Johnny Cash, “Don’t take [...]
Sun, September 26 2010 » Film, Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off