Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
17 Oct 2012 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: jonathon coulton, re: your brains
Jonathan Coulton: “Re: Your Brains” (2006)
Getting with the Halloween spirit here. Coulton’s memo to Tom makes brain-eating seem like a sensible request:
We’re not unreasonable, I mean no one’s gonna eat your eyes
The sign language video was my favorite of the many on YouTube. Zombies just so seldom seem to make use of sign language, and they really should…
17 Oct 2012 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: extreme, tragic comic
Extreme: “Tragic Comic” (1992)
Extreme were a band born at the wrong time, arena rockers who seemed to want to be either the Beatles or an ambitious progressive rock band.
Everyone remembers, for better or worse, their megahit “More Than Words”, a song that (somewhat inaccurately) defined the band. Fewer may recall or realize the song came from a rather grandiose concept album with which the band attempted to stretch the parameters of the pop metal genre.
By the time of Extreme’s third release grunge prevailed. Songs like “Tragic Comic”, which leaned toward the Beatles end of the band’s sound spectrum, probably stood less than no chance at putting the band back on the radio. And that’s what makes this a song you may have missed.
15 Oct 2012 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: carmel, it's all in the game
Carmel: “It’s All in the Game” (1987)
After gold record certifications for the soundtracks he scored for John Hughes coming-of-age films The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink, Stewart Copeland made the less-than-obvious choice of assembling music by such British acts as Kate Bush, Kirsty MacColl, Everything But the Girl and Manchester jazz-soul act Carmel for the soundtrack to She’s Having a Baby, a tale about a suburban Chicago couple.
And it came off spectacularly.
Carmel’s cover of the Tommy Edwards standard “It’s All in the Game” plays over the opening credits of this overlooked and underrated film.
The soundtrack is a classic. Copeland had a knack for choosing some of the best work these artists had to offer, as is certainly the case with Carmel’s contribution; the track is a standout in their catalogue.
15 Oct 2012 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: lady danville, sophie roux
Lady Danville: “Sophie Roux” (2012)
The Los Angeles indie pop band Lady Danville don’t usually sing in French. “Sophie Roux” is a nice little one-off.
15 Oct 2012 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: strangers when we meet, the smithereens
The Smithereens: “Strangers When We Meet” (1986)
New Jersey’s Smithereens were on a short list of artists (Marshall Crenshaw, Dwight Twilley, Greg Kihn and a few others) who kept the power pop thread alive in pop music into the “skinny tie” 80’s. They never really saw much chart success. In fact, “Strangers When We Meet” never charted as a single. But it might be their best song.
10 Oct 2012 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: annie you save me, graffiti6
Graffiti6: “Annie You Save Me” (2012)
British duo Graffiti6, comprised of singer/songwriter Jamie Scott and DJ/producer TommyD, make unclassifiable classic soul/rock/funk/folk inflected melodic pop that’s great in turns for dancing, romancing and unpantsing. Or to cook breakfast to. It’s uplifting stuff.
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