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
29 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: brendan benson, cold hands (warm heart)
Brendan Benson: “Cold Hands (Warm Heart)” (2005)
Hooks and melodies, the things that distinguish power pop, are the forte of Brendan Benson. If you like music with roots reaching back to the best pop of past decades, you’ll find Benson’s tunes instantly likeable.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/12/21/songs-you-may-have-missed-507/
29 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: lp lost on you
This blog recently recognized a most remarkable song and performance, that of Laura Pergolizzi’s “Lost on You”. In this video a vocal coach reacts with delight on her first listen.
See also: Songs You May Have Missed #630 | Every Moment Has A Song (edcyphers.com)
15 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: master tapes destroyed, universal music fire
(Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times)
(via Los Angeles Daily News Business) by City News Service
SANTA MONICA — The Universal Music Group is pushing back on a New York Times Magazine report that, contrary to official statements made more than a decade ago, a 2008 fire at Universal Studios Hollywood destroyed a staggering number of original master recordings stored there.
The devastation, which company executives downplayed or dismissed outright after the fire was extinguished 11 years ago this month, is breathtaking in scope, amounting to what the new report describes as “the biggest disaster in the history of the music industry.”
(AP Photo/Ric Francis, file)
11 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: jay graydon, peg, steely dan
08 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: beatles, bob dylan
(via Quora) Written by Tony Sienzent
While I agree that Dylan was a restless artist following his own muse, there is no denying that he was totally captivated by The Beatles breakthrough hits in America, listening attentively to “I Want To Hold Your Hand” & “She Loves You (Yeah Yeah Yeah).”
Even though most of his purist folkie friends at Gerde’s Folk City club & The Gaslight & similar locations held their noses at this seemingly meaningless teenie-pop, with the exception of Roger McGuinn who went on to form the ‘American Beatles’ band The Byrds, Dylan privately said that The Beatles harmonies were outrageous & their chords made it all valid. He was very attentive & interested in the Beatlemania phenomena & resisted meeting them until Time Magazine gave him a cover, as they did The Beatles previously, so he would be accepted as an equal (and/or better)…
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08 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: beatles, bob dylan
(via Quora) Written by Todd Lowry
Yes, Dylan was jealous of the Beatles.
Paul McCartney discovered Bob Dylan’s 1963 “Freewheelin’” album in 1964. All the Beatles had listened to it and it had inspired John and Paul to try writing deeper, more meaningful lyrics. John began by working on a new song called “I’m a Loser.”
In 1964, Dylan met the Beatles at the Delmonico Hotel in New York City. Within minutes of meeting each other, Dylan proceeded to get the Fab Four stoned for the first time on pot.
Dylan’s lyrics had inspired Lennon and McCartney to begin writing “deeper” songs such as “Norwegian Wood” and “Eleanor Rigby.”
Read more: https://www.quora.com/Was-Bob-Dylan-jealous-of-the-mass-appeal-of-the-Beatles
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