Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
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in Video of the Week Tags: i feel so good, richard thompson
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in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: i don't know what i can save you from, kings of convenience
Kings of Convenience: “I Don’t Know What I Can Save You From” (2001)
From Kevin Maidment’s Amazon.com album review:
Although Kings of Convenience are keen to play down any blatantly self-evident similarities to Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkel, and Belle and Sebastian, the winsome and placidity-favoring Norwegian duo of Erlend Oye and Eirik Glambek Boe have probably already got the subway buskers of tomorrow lining up to lend an ear. Studentlike in appearance (one of them has a duffel coat and John Major specs) and unashamed to softly impart such nonrock lyrics as “put the kettle on” and “using The Guardian as a shield to cover my thighs against the rain,” the weightless and airy acoustic guitar muse of Quiet Is the New Loud isn’t a million miles from Radiohead’s “Nice Dream” or Pink Floyd’s “If” with a subliminal swish of bossa-nova rhythm. A contentedly purring cello, a plaintive touch of piano, and the muffled sound of a trumpet add necessary sonic depth, and the results are as pleasant and civilized as a little light conversation over tea in the drawing room. But what a shame they chose to name themselves after a lavatory.
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in General Posts Tags: beatles, george harrison, ringo starr
(via Quora) Answered by Shawn M. Winterich
George had an affair with Ringo’s wife, Maureen. It went on for months. Apple exec Peter Brown first wrote about it in “The Love You Make” in the 1980s, and band members and associates who commented dismissed his work as sensationalistic trash. It wasn’t: truth was a defense. Then Pattie Harrison wrote about the affair in her book about 20 years later (“Wonderful Tonight”), after speaking with Ringo first…
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in General Posts, On a Lighter Note Tags: guy on a buffalo
Austin-based sardonic honkytonk band Jomo & the Possum Posse have created a new art form: songs written to accompany movie clips.
About a guy on a buffalo. From the 1978 film Buffalo Rider.
You’ve never seen it. It doesn’t matter.
The ‘Guy on a Buffalo’ music clips have been viewed about 30 million times more than the movie.
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in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: modest midget, troubles in heaven
Modest Midget: “Troubles in Heaven” (2010)
From the Dutch progressive/pop fusion band Modest Midget’s 2010 debut, The Great Prophecy of a Small Man.
“Troubles in Heaven” is mostly built around a single infectious motif, but with enough key modulations to keep it fresh and enough stylistic pivots to make you wish you could have a look at songwriter/vocalist Lionel Ziblet’s record collection.
The instrumental break is a swerving musical rollercoaster ride: Zappa-esque for a moment…timpani fills…then country fiddle. Then synth. Then a bit of straight-ahead rock and roll guitar. Then a second, middle eastern-sounding breakdown–klezmer music? (Ziblet grew up in Israel).
I guarantee you’ve heard nothing like it.
Decide for yourself if it’s Gentle Giant or XTC or something else this band brings to mind over the course of a frolicsome 3-minute ride.
Modest Midget is a little eccentric, a little schizophrenic, and a lot of fun.
Every Moment Has A Song 