Songs You May Have Missed #617

Tir Na Nog: “The Gangway” (2017)

The warm, faintly antique-sounding folk sound of Sonny Condell and Leo O’Kelly is intact on 2017’s The Dark Dance LP, as if it hadn’t been forty-four years since their last album (1973’s Strong in the Sun, commemorated on a page linked below).

Over their brief, three-record major label stint, they evolved somewhat from the pure acoustic sound heard here to more of a full-fledged rock band configuration, albeit one fronted by two guys wielding acoustic guitars. But their songs seemed most comfortable in the most rustic of settings: mostly acoustic with spare ornamentation to distract or detract from the haunting melodies and the spell of two voices intertwining harmonies.

Timeless stuff.

See also: 

https://edcyphers.com/2013/04/21/songs-you-may-have-missed-395/

See also:

https://edcyphers.com/2012/11/27/recommended-albums-30/

Two Very Different Rankings of Steely Dan Albums

In the wake of the death of Walter Becker, we look at two websites who appraised and ranked Steely Dan’s albums, noting that the lists are very different from each other. It’s not surprising, perhaps, given the chameleonic nature of the work of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. Some of it leans heavily toward jazz and some is more straight-ahead rock. Some lyrics are maddeningly obtuse and some more coherent. These things come down to personal taste sometimes. Which list do you agree with? How would you rank the work of this great band?

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/steely-dan-albums-ranked/

Steely Dan Albums From Worst To Best

Songs You Never Realized Were About Real People

(via The Chive)

“(Dude) Looks Like a Lady” by Aerosmith

One night Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler went into a bar and saw a lovely woman with long, blond hair…from behind. He was about to go up and hit on her when the woman turned around and revealed her true identity: Vince Neil of Motley Crue.

“Uptown Girl” by Billy Joel

Yes, the video stars supermodel Christie Brinkley, who inexplicably married Billy Joel. But the song itself was inspired by Joel’s previous girlfriend: supermodel Elle MacPherson.

Read more: 

http://thechive.com/2017/08/05/songs-you-never-knew-were-about-real-people-13-photos/

Video of the Week: Hot Scots Teen Drum Line

Nigel, Dylan, Matt , Elias and Jordan (who are NOT Scottish) WIN the Talent Show at Lake Howell High School, 2011.

Video of the Week: How Steely Dan Composes a Song

Video of the Week: Interview with Alice Cooper on Late Musician Glen Campbell

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