Elvis Costello’s This Year’s Model is a 2-CD set, a total of 25 songs. That’s a lot of music. Pump It Up is one of those eminently danceable tunes that you can work up a sweat on. This Year’s Model is Elvis Costello’s second album and his first with the Attractions, released in 1978. This…
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#SLS — Don’t Go Back to Rockville — REM
Jim Adams is the welcoming and gracious host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: Today’s prompt is Boogie/Rock/Rolling Stone and there should be a plethora of songs for everyone to choose from. Pick your song, write your post and please be patient, and wait for me to approve your pingbacks, or you can just place…
Coloring Club Plus — 4/27/19
500 Miles to Memphis is an Americana punk band from Cincinnati, OH. Their music is a cross-genre blend of country, Americana, bluegrass, and punk rock. Ryan Malott formed the band in 2003. Since then they have released four studio albums, which have received international praise, won multiple awards, and been licensed to numerous movies, TV…
Coloring Club Plus — 4/26/19
I almost got through “The Essential Glen Campbell: The Capitol Years 1962-1979, Volume One” last night. It has 23 songs on it and I got through 20 of them. Hit after hit after hit. So many to choose from. The chosen one is, “Mary in the Morning.” There is something so pure about the melody…
Book Review — Songbook, by Nick Hornby (2003)
Nick Hornby has compiled a list of 31 or so songs that have impacted him in different ways, or the songs represent different aspects of music appreciation that Nick wants to share. He also has chapters at the end that cover albums, as well as one on boxed sets, and one on contemporary “pop” (as…
Coloring Club Plus — 4/25/19
The untitled fourth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV, was released on 8 November 1971. The album is one of the best-selling albums of all time with more than 37 million copies sold as of 2014. As of 2018 It is tied for third-highest-certified album in…
Coloring Club Plus — 4/24/19
I could have sworn I posted this this morning but I had to rush out for an appointment so may not have hit the right button. It’s late but still the same day. Listening to Steely Dan’s Pretzel Log while coloring. There were so many hits that came out of this album: Rikki Don’t Lose…
