Heywood Banks: “Toast” (1998)
Heywood Banks is probably the premier toaster virtuoso among all comic songwriters. And he really likes toast.
Songs You May Have Missed #447
13 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: heywood banks, toast
Songs You May Have Missed #446
12 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: banho cheiroso, rita ribeiro
Rita Ribeiro: “Banho Cheiroso” (1999)
Brazilian singer Rita Ribeiro’s “Banho Cheiroso” (“Aromatic Bath”) simply extols the virtues of bathing “to get rid of this indolence”, with the use of various Brazilian aromatic plants, several of which she lists in the song. So, basically: You need an attitude adjustment–go take a bath.
The Top 50 Artists of the 1980’s
10 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
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We count down the top 50 hitmakers of the 80’s based on Billboard singles chart performance
50. The Police
49. The Rolling Stones
48. Bryan Adams
47. Foreigner
46. Donna Summer
45. Janet Jackson
44. Culture Club
43. Van Halen
42. Kim Carnes
41. Gloria Estefan
40. Steve Winwood
39. Tina Turner
38. Genesis
37. Heart
36. Survivor
35. Billy Ocean
34. REO Speedwagon
33. Cyndi Lauper
32. Pat Benatar
31. Bob Seger
30. Kenny Loggins
29. Air Supply
28. Paul McCartney
27. Starship
26. Bruce Springsteen
25. Olivia Newton-John
24. Bon Jovi
23. Rod Stewart
22. Rick Springfield
21. Chicago
20. Pointer Sisters
19. Sheena Easton
18. Journey
17. Duran Duran
16. Diana Ross
15. Stevie Wonder
14. Whitney Houston
13. Huey Lewis & The News
12. Kenny Rogers
11. Kool & The Gang
10. Elton John
9. John Cougar Mellencamp
8. Phil Collins
7. Lionel Richie
6. Billy Joel
5. George Michael
4. Daryl Hall & John Oates
3. Madonna
2. Prince
1. Michael Jackson
Songs You May Have Missed #445
10 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
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Wes Cunningham: “Good Good Feeling” (2001)
As you can hear at the link below, Wes Cunningham’s previous album was more of an angsty affair. His second, Pollyanna, is a mellower, blissed-out collection of songs by comparison. Clearly, two things are evident: 1) Love intervened, and 2) Wes writes from his real experience.
“Good Feeling” is a catchy little power pop mash note.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2012/05/01/songs-you-may-have-missed-93/
Songs You May Have Missed #444
10 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
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Jason Collett: “We All Lose One Another” (2005)
From the Toronto native and Broken Social Scene guitarist’s critically-acclaimed 2005 LP.
It is pure coincidence that I’m posting this song on the same day I signed divorce papers.
Recommended Albums #51
08 Jul 2013 1 Comment
in Recommended Albums Tags: catalogue of generous men, modern skirts
Modern Skirts: Catalogue of Generous Men (2005)
This is a little elegy for another band that deserved a little more love. Athens, Georgia’s Modern Skirts were built around the vocals of guitarist Jay Gulley and the keyboards of JoJo Glidewell, and for a couple albums their winning melodic indie pop formula showed great promise. The Skirts could muster two disparate moods effectively, and both the affecting melancholy and the rollicking feel-good piano driven vibe are represented in the attached songs.
The band’s third album, Gramahawk, however, was a pointed musical retrenchment. They weren’t the same gentle folk pop band they had been–it was like having a Pet Sounds dropped on fans waiting for another “Help Me, Rhonda”. Except I’m not sure it was good.
But Catalogue of Generous Men, their full-length debut, is heartbreakingly so, and deserved to break them on a wider scale. The frustrations of being a fan of such a band–seeing the CDs go out of print, watching in vain for a concert tour that brings them out of their own region to a nearby town–culminated for me today when I read they’d broken up just a couple months ago.
A song like “City Lights” is the perfect soundtrack for the moment of losing a band you love. Pardon my wallowing for a moment.
I invite you to share the high point in the career of one more talented group–and by all accounts a great bunch of guys too–who never grabbed the brass ring, but left us with a few golden moments.
Don’t miss: “N.Y. Song”
Listen to: “Seventeen Dirty Magazines”
Listen to: “City Lights”
Listen to: “My Lost Soprano”
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/01/02/songs-you-may-have-missed-272/
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/08/14/songs-you-may-have-missed-463/
Every Moment Has A Song 