Thursday, January 31, 2008
YouTube - Dave Brubeck - Take Five
You'd be hard pressed to find a more nerdly-looking bunch, but this tune, nearly 50 years old and with its iconic 5/4 time, still defines cool: YouTube - Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Fleetwood Mac - Oh, Well (Live at the Boston Tea Party)
The Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac shows off its stuff in this somewhat-hard-to-find recording from 1969.
Fred Neil- The Dolphins
Another old folkie gem - YouTube - The Dolphins. We mostly know Fred Neil from Everybody's Talkin', popularized by Harry Nilsson as a part of the soundtrack for Midnight Cowboy.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
The music in our heads
From time to time, we all have songs stuck in our heads. The folks in this story (NPR: Hearing Things: When Sounds Come Unbidden), however, get music delivered through their own, bored auditory systems.
Paul Butterfield - East-West
The title track of one of the most interesting albums that I've owned. (I bought the vinyl album about 40 years ago, replaced it with a CD in the 80s, and have listened to it on my iPod since 2004.) The album is a mix of blues standards with a pop/jazz tune (Cannonball Adderly's Work Song) and East-West, a stretched-out jam influenced by the raga rage of the 60s.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Emmylou Harris - The Maker
A fine cover of a Daniel Lanois tune.
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Sunday, January 27, 2008
Georgie Fame and his Blue Flames: Yeh Yeh (1965) / Co-authored by Pat Patrick
Deval Patrick's father, Pat Patrick, wasn't much of a father, but ran with a good crowd as a jazz musician:
Patrick shaped by father's absence - The Boston Globe.
Patrick shaped by father's absence - The Boston Globe.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
YouTube - Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
YouTube - Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
Or, if you'd like to have it shaken up a bit, here's Don't Give Up with Willie Nelson and Sinead O'Connor.
Or, if you'd like to have it shaken up a bit, here's Don't Give Up with Willie Nelson and Sinead O'Connor.
YouTube - Jefferson Starship -- Wooden Ships
How the hippies survived: Jefferson Starship -- Wooden Ships
Friday, January 25, 2008
YouTube - Phil Ochs - Power and Glory
Strength and wisdom side-by-side with a deep and relentless pain: Phil Ochs on Midnight Special, with an intro by Curtis Mayfield.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
YouTube - John Coltrane - My Favorite Things - 1961
YouTube - John Coltrane - My Favorite Things - 1961
As memorable as Coltrane's performance is, the rhythm section, particularly McCoy Tyner, is the Atlas to Coltrane's new world.
As memorable as Coltrane's performance is, the rhythm section, particularly McCoy Tyner, is the Atlas to Coltrane's new world.
Jennifer Warnes: First We Take Manhattan
Most folks know Jennifer Warnes from her duet with Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers) on I've Had The Time of My Life, a nice tune that's been seared into our prefrontal cortexes by those Sandals ads. You might also know her from her duet with Joe Cocker on Up Where We Belong. Excellent songs both. Nevertheless, imho, her talent is established on her album of Leonard Cohen songs, Famous Blue Raincoat, which include First We Take Manhattan.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Pete Seeger-Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
From the Smothers Brothers show: YouTube - Pete Seeger-Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
Friday, January 18, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Nils Lofgren - No Mercy
A sharp, little story about a boxer. It's also a keen reminder of the depth of the talent in the E Street Band.
YouTube - Randy Newman - Sail Away
American history retold from the deck of a slave ship: YouTube - Randy Newman - Sail Away
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
YouTube - The Rolling Stones - Love In Vain
YouTube - The Rolling Stones - Love In Vain
Listening to the Stones naturally leads to other artists, such as Chuck Berry and the Temptations. On this Chuck Berry clip, however, you'll need some ear bleach; the Bee Gees join in the chorus. Better to find something like this medley of Promised Land and Memphis.
The Stones included one Motown cover song on nearly all of their albums. This Temptations tune, Ain't Too Proud to Beg, which was It's Only Rock and Roll.
Listening to the Stones naturally leads to other artists, such as Chuck Berry and the Temptations. On this Chuck Berry clip, however, you'll need some ear bleach; the Bee Gees join in the chorus. Better to find something like this medley of Promised Land and Memphis.
The Stones included one Motown cover song on nearly all of their albums. This Temptations tune, Ain't Too Proud to Beg, which was It's Only Rock and Roll.
Monday, January 14, 2008
YouTube - The Velvet Underground - Heroin
Friend Ken, tall and lanky, looking like Cookie Monster, died a junkie's death in a burned-out van a number of years ago. Each time I hear this song, I remember him.
Even on the underground radio stations in the late 60s into the 70s, this song was banned because it told the story too well.
Even on the underground radio stations in the late 60s into the 70s, this song was banned because it told the story too well.
YouTube - The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane (Live)
PBS has been teasing its Jane Austen series with the Cowboy Junkies refrain of Lou Reed's Sweet Jane (Live with The Velvet Underground).
Thursday, January 10, 2008
James Brown - It's A Man's World
I'm never sure what to think or say about this song. From one side, it's arrogant, sexist, and demeaning to women. From another, its ache is like no other.
Add to Luciano Pavarotti and, well, I don't know what you get.
On that theme, though, of why men do what they do, here's Al Bundy's take.
Add to Luciano Pavarotti and, well, I don't know what you get.
On that theme, though, of why men do what they do, here's Al Bundy's take.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Old folkies
Today's Boston Globe has a review of a show at Passim's this past Sunday. The show included lots of performers from the Boston folk music scene of decades past. These people were an essential part of our sound track. It's not only impressive that these musicians are still performing, but also remembering that they were so damn good when they were so much younger.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
YouTube - elvis presley-hound dog-1956
Happy Birthday, Elvis: YouTube - elvis presley-hound dog-1956
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