Songs You May Have Missed #574

09 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

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Porcupine Tree: “Shesmovedon” (2005)

Originally released on the Lightbulb Sun album in 2000, the single version of “Shesmovedon” actually reached #4 on New Music Express‘ Independent chart across the pond that year.

The band later re-recorded the song during the sessions for 2005’s Deadwing LP and it is included as an unlisted bonus track on the American version of that record.

It’s this slightly punchier, guitars-to-the-fore version we present here, and it’s one more example (of the many throughout this blog) of Steven Wilson’s songwriting and production prowess.

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2014/08/10/songs-you-may-have-missed-513/

Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys – “Last Train To San Fernando” –

09 Mar 2016 1 Comment

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In a recent article titled 10 Records That Changed My Life, Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson named “Last Train to San Fernando” by Johnny Duncan & his Bluegrass Boys, saying:

“Around this time, I heard a song on the radio and I really liked it, and I convinced my parents to let me buy a copy with my pocket money. It was folky and it had something of a skiffle beat, which was becoming the rage in England. It was Last Train to San Fernando, by Johnny Duncan and his Bluegrass Boys. It was an incredible piece of Americana music, but interestingly, it’s really a calypso song but done in a skiffle kind of way.”

Video of the Week: Sir George Martin–In My Life

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Video of the Week: BBC Documentary–The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody

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What’s the Difference: Album, Record, and Song of the Year?

01 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

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(via mental floss) by Erika Berlin

There are four Grammy categories that carry the most prestige—Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist. The latter is self-explanatory, but what of the other three? For the distinctions between Album, Record, and Song, we have to look at the Grammy academy’s rules about who is eligible for each of those awards…

Read more: http://mentalfloss.com/article/75447/whats-difference-album-record-and-song-year

Songs You May Have Missed #573

27 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

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Asia: “Ready to Go Home” (2001)

A poignant reflection on the end of life. As I wrote elsewhere in this blog: This is the kind of song most rock bands wouldn’t touch; it takes balls, frankly, to sing about the surrender of earthly cares and the forgiveness of sins within the rock arena. This is the kind of song that makes Asia’s John Payne era matter. With none of the Wetton-Downes power harmony bluster Asia is known for, “Ready to Go Home” might actually be the boldest artistic statement in their catalog.

Co-written by Andrew (“Thank You for Being a Friend”) Gold and 10cc alum Graham Gouldman.

On the street below these walls
Where I used to walk
Now I can barely crawl
All this darkness rising tall
Lord, shine a light for me
I’m waiting to be called
 
I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive
Forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin
 
Take this river to the sea
Where the delta flows
The tide is washing over me
Guide this soul to heaven’s door
Show me where tomorrow lies
I’m waiting to be born
 

I’m ready to lay down
I’m ready now to sleep
A promise I must keep
I’m ready to go home

 
When the evening shadows fall
When the time has come
I’ll let defenses fall
To surrender’s to survive
I will give up everything
To those I leave behind
 

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/03/11/ten-great-asia-songs-that-never-hit-the-u-s-top-40/

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