I admit it, I was up late last night watching movies. The first one was a mindbender, one giant spaced-out metaphor; a Memento-esque marathon that every person who has flirted with existentialism should see, called, “Under the Silver Lake.” The other one was a series of romantic romp vignettes through Berlin, Germany, called, “Love in…
Category: music
“Old King” by Neil Young and “Damned Old Dog” by k.d. lang — SLS — Double Feature
Jim is the ever-inventive host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: Zodiac animals being Rat/Ox/Tiger/Rabbit/Dragon/Snake/Horse/Sheep/Monkey/ Rooster/Dog/Pig is our Song Lyric Sunday theme this week. Here are the “rules”: Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. Please try to include the songwriter(s) – it’s a good idea to give credit…
Coloring Club Plus — 7/6/19
This cut is from disc 2 of Brit Box: UK Indie Shoegaze & Brit Pop Gems, which was released on November 20, 2007, by Rhino Records. I posted on it yesterday here. The song I chose from disc 2 is track 12 (Thought I’d Died) And Gone to Heaven by The Family Cat, which is…
Coloring Club Plus — 7/5/19
From Amazon: Brit Box: UK Indie Shoegaze & Brit Pop Gems was released on November 20, 2007, by Rhino Records. The description at amazon says: Incredible four CD box set filled with influential and diverse U.K.-based Indie Pop and Rock acts that emerged from Great Britain in the broad wake of ’80s Post-Punk. The Brit…
Coloring Club Plus — 7/4/19
Happy 4th of July to All (who celebrate it) When I think of music that represents the real American people, the first person who comes to mind is Bruce Springsteen. The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle is the second studio album by American rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. It was recorded by Springsteen…
Coloring Club Plus — 7/3/19
Nilsson Schmilsson is the seventh album by American singer Harry Nilsson, released by RCA Records in November 1971. It was Nilsson’s most commercially successful work, producing three of his best-known songs. Among these was the number 1 hit “Without You”, written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of the group Badfinger. “Gotta Get Up” is…
Coloring Club Plus — 7/2/19
Last night I listened to, “Nilsson – Greatest Hits” which was released in 1978. There are a plethora of awesome tracks on this, which is to be expected. So many I forgot were his. At least a few (Without Her and One) sounded different by Harry as I was used to the cover version. Excellent…
