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Blur: Tender Tender on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a19ZdtPgnSc&list=OLAK5uy_lGVp8AWncp9aSJ1peIB-3tnjuEf0UUlWM&index=1 https://open.spotify.com/track/42cxPm9jgbaxIVN77XA1m6?si=71583b39cd824177 Continuing my focus on the music of 1999, today's selection is from the album 13 by Blur. Whenever you make a top 10 list, there are always albums that don't make the cut even though you love them. This is that kind of album. It is … Continue reading Song of the Day: July 11, 2024
Ben Folds Five: Army Army on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh30qfzi0fY&list=OLAK5uy_nebYsKcOgubBmnfWqFptpnxAmlhgJ3Uv4&index=6 https://open.spotify.com/track/3vxqxKLhQDG8BOu65tXi8g?si=69bc498660634cd3 Continuing my list of the Top 10 albums of 1999, coming in at #6 is The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner by Ben Folds Five. Ben Folds was born 20 years too late to be a pop star, but he would have had a … Continue reading Song of the Day: July 6, 2024
Bruce Springsteen: 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiGfB0QBTV4&list=OLAK5uy_kVpI9n-dmnHW7df2Iloxk8nXaya4yEzEw&index=2 https://open.spotify.com/track/4ssCwrG2WRHV7QxLH91Xk8?si=30f364d7165e4c72 It's the 4th of July. This is my favorite 4th of July song. Enjoy. To learn more about Bruce Springsteen, check out his Wikipedia page. To listen to all of the songs of the day, … Continue reading Song of the Day: July 4, 2024
Fiona Apple: Fast As You Can Fast As You Can on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbxqtbqyoRk https://open.spotify.com/track/1UmmSKPdCtBuJsmbZG9G3u?si=8033ac244f824472 Continuing my list of the Top 10 albums of 1999, coming in at #8 is When the pawn... by Fiona Apple. Half of the albums on my list are records I listened to in 1999 and half are records … Continue reading Song of the Day: July 1, 2024
Mogwai: Cody Cody on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZhqFSlRODQ&list=OLAK5uy_ntUCDqHiMeA2ty5fFgrCRnYd3M9coXlXs&index=2 https://open.spotify.com/track/7vZpIKB35l7tyECTA02L0f?si=a69db86b175e480b I have reviewed a lot of albums over the last few years while writing this blog. Most of them have been part of my Year In Review series. This series has focused on albums celebrating their 50th, 25th, and 10th anniversaries. I recently completed a list … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 27, 2024
Hollywood Argyles: Hully Gully Hully Gully on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUZy-3BQ7nQ&list=OLAK5uy_lFWa71JEjNmLIBn6PtAbAFxuo56Di5cnc&index=7 https://open.spotify.com/track/7iQPkJQJOPocZf8lzTwXip?si=d5e22fac47b641cf This post is a mash-up of two seemingly unrelated artists, so bear with me. I just watched the documentary Bad Reputation. It tells the story of Joan Jett from acquiring her first guitar at the age of 10 (a gift from her parents) … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 15, 2024
Yard Act: We Make Hits We Make Hits on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vct334H6m-w&list=OLAK5uy_naH9538rq65GyFoj3JlWr3JxsdyOt2NEM&index=2 https://open.spotify.com/track/3iktPD7WlCTe6mJCRgh7ku?si=c0144dea29544ce4 Yard Act's debut album was #1 on my Top 20 list of 2022 albums. The band recently released their sophomore effort, Where's My Utopia?, and it follows nicely in their debut's footsteps. The band certainly has a formula, and they aren't … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 12, 2024
Ty Segall: Feel Feel on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGRU5ui6IcI&list=OLAK5uy_nv_RQFUfH_U4buKSu6_LH7P9VoEdbiSl4&index=5 https://open.spotify.com/track/15twZc5JNNAvg7Y49tuY0w?si=ca7f812fa9d94502 Garage/psych-rock master Ty Segall is a multi-instrumentalist who has released 15 solo albums in 16 years, along with 3 albums as the drummer for the band Fuzz. He does not shy away from his signature garage-rock sound. "Feel" is from his breakthrough 2014 album Manipulator. … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 11, 2024
The Guess Who: Hand Me Down World Hand Me Down World on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PKpxebwbe0&list=OLAK5uy_klaJyfJru4Z2hnGkTWg_BkwzALZfJsv1I&index=3 https://open.spotify.com/track/51krF0CyHT5AEuh81K0t0z?si=ec7b46145e9c489a Everyone knows the song "American Woman" and I have always liked some of the other hits by The Guess Who, such as "No Sugar Tonight" and "No Time," but I hadn't ever listened to a complete album until … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 10, 2024
The Restless Age: Don't Forget About Me Don't Forget About Me on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbyJfUvaWQEu0026amp;list=OLAK5uy_lYmW6N9_PaSFe4ridFvu-ucE4POiJ-3tUu0026amp;index=6 https://open.spotify.com/track/7p78LtBNxXm0nfvhy6GpIr?si=582ee7e7b86a4bfb Ms. Faux is a K-Drama fan, so I hear a lot of music from the shows. Usually, the music is either written expressly for the show by Korean studio artists or is pulled from the shelves of hundreds … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 4, 2024
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