Midnight Oil Photo: Oliver Eclipse When I saw Jim’s prompt for this week, the first environmental band I thought of was Pearl Jam and the song about the whale which makes me cry every time I listen to it. Next, I thought of Cake and the song about the long line of cars. But as…
Category: music
#SLS — So Much Potential!!! (previously Women Music March 2022 – Day 31 – Detroit’s Own: Karen Neal of Inside Out, Thrall, Queen Bee, and Beyond!)
I first heard Karen Neal when she was on myspace as part of the Queen Bee trio. I featured her and her musical journey as a kickass bass player, singer, and performer back in Women Music March in 2022. When I saw Jim’s prompt for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday, I immediately thought of her….
#FF — Road to Heaven
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Road to Heaven Susie and Derek met as young’ns. Susie’s dad was a preacher on the tent revival circuit, and Derek’s made sure the trucks kept a-going and the tent didn’t blow over in the OK winds. Every evening, before Papa Ted preached his fire and brimstone, Susie, Derek, and…
#SLS “One of These Things First” and “Pink Moon,” by Nick Drake (edited repost from 11/25/18 #SLS)
Nick Drake I searched around a bit for an album written entirely by a female artist and quickly became frustrated. My first thought was Joni Mitchell but I knew Jim was covering one of her tunes. Then I saw The Bee Gees and was going to pick one of theirs (I hope somebody else does!)…
#SLS — “No One Loves Me and Neither Do I” by Them Crooked Vultures (bonus concert video at the bottom)
Them Crooked Vulturesat the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in Wembley Stadium on Saturday, 3rd September 2022 As temperamental as musicians are when they form groups, they are blessed if they can stay together for the duration. Much of the time the band serves its purpose and dissolves to form other groups. It’s the alchemy of…
Monkey (and a few Ape) songs
source This post is all Max’ fault. Today he posted on The Beatles’ tune Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except me and My Monkey. I immediately thought of a couple more songs with monkey in the title and thought yes, I want to make a playlist. Thanks to Max, Jim, Liam, and Graham for their…
My very first song set to music — Take You In Push It Out
Thanks to Lesley, who invited me to “Suno: AI Music” I just took some lyrics I wrote awhile back and plugged them into the program and this is what it came up with. I had to create a free account in order to do it, but here it is. Very interested in hearing impressions. Please…
Tao-Talk 