Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
10 Mar 2017 2 Comments
in Video of the Week Tags: billy joel
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in General Posts Tags: jon anderson, yes
(via Prog Magazine)
Jon Anderson will take to the stage and perform with Yes at their induction ceremony into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame next month.
He’ll be honoured along with Steve Howe, Alan White, Rick Wakeman, Trevor Rabin, Tony Kaye and Bill Bruford on April 7 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York.
Billboard report that they’ll play Roundabout and are also contemplating I’ve Seen All Good People and Owner Of A Lonely Heart.
Read more: http://teamrock.com/news/2017-03-09/jon-anderson-to-play-with-yes-at-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame
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in Video of the Week Tags: tom lehrer, we will all go together when we go
Tom Lehrer, the wickedly smart (multiple math degrees from Harvard, teaching gigs at his alma mater as well as MIT and others) shows that his musical and lyrical talents are equally keen in this satirical ditty.
Considering his musical career was a secondary avocation, his abilities are astounding. He could devastatingly satirize with a lyric, and his command of key modulation was astonishing. Both traits are on display in “We Will All Go Together When We Go”.
If you think Weird Al is good, Lehrer will blow your mind.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2012/03/14/tom-lehrer-the-elements/
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/04/14/tom-lehrer-teaches-the-new-math/
03 Mar 2017 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: awkward heavy metal bands
(via the Daily Mail)
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4271886/Are-awkward-heavy-metal-bands-ever.html
03 Mar 2017 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: the babys
(via In the Studio with Redbeard)
Recalling my first introduction to British band The Babys across four decades is still vivid. Driving home late at night in a 1965 Ford Fairlane with an AM-only radio, a song came on that opened with a melancholy naked piano melody. Then a lush orchestra joined in as a male voice with just a hint of an English accent sang,”Falling in love was the last thing I had on my mind…”. Then a solo trumpet repeated the melody the singer had just sung, but mariachi-like. Then these female backup singers come in prominently on the bridge to this huge hooky chorus. But wait: the lead singer switched places with the girl singers, who then take over belting out the chorus. What??!
Listen here: http://www.inthestudio.net/online-only-interviews/babys-40th-anniversary-john-waitejonathan-cain/
Every Moment Has A Song 