"There's a time in life for Hoagy Carmichael. There's a time in life for Claude Debussy. There's a time in life for Jerry Lee Lewis. There's a time in life for Destiny's Child. All these things have their moment." ~Elvis Costello
18 Jan 2013 Leave a comment
in On a Lighter Note, Songs You May Have Missed Tags: i had me the flu, jim krenn, scott paulsen, WDVE Morning Show
WDVE Morning Show: “I Had Me the Flu” (1990)
From a bygone era of FM morning comedy in Pittsburgh, the WDVE morning team of Scott Paulsen and Jim Krenn.
I thought it was appropriate given our annual observance, following the Christmas season, of flu season.
18 Jan 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: helium hearts, super furry animals
Super Furry Animals: “Helium Hearts” (2009)
From the Cardiff, Wales band’s ninth album. The further from that country, the more their following is described with the word “cult”. But they can always be counted on for interesting arrangements, clever humor, and interesting song titles (“Juxtaposed With U”, “Hometown Unicorn”, “The Very Best of Neil Diamond” and “The International Language of Screaming” for example).
18 Jan 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: curiosity, k.d. lang
k.d. lang: “Curiosity” (2000)
To my ears, 1992’s Ingénue is k.d. lang’s masterwork. She moved away from the cowpoke country toward a sophisticated adult contemporary sound that suited both her voice and songwriting abilities.
I continued to follow her subsequent albums mainly to hear the songs that harkened back to the Ingénue sound, just as I followed Ben Folds’ hit-and-miss records after Reinhold Messner to hear the occasions in which he revisited the sad, beautiful melodies of his best album.
“Curiosity”, from 2000’s Invincible Summer, is one of those sumptuous, harmony-dripped melodies that would have fit right in on the 1992 album. I know lang has gotten a lot of praise for her covers of others’ songs, and she’s devoted whole albums to doing that.
But personally I wouldn’t care if she sang another cover song–it’s her gift for inspired melody that I love most.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2015/07/01/songs-you-may-have-missed-539/
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/10/29/recommended-albums-56/
Every Moment Has A Song 
