Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
03 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: dimed out, titus andronicus
Titus Andronicus: “Dimed Out” (2015)
From the upcoming third album–a double CD/triple LP conceptual rock opera, no less–by the punk-ish Jersey indie rockers.
The album and its artwork are inspired by the 1594 Shakespeare play of the same name. The song’s title is slang for turning the knob on an amp or instrument up to the max, or ten (unless you’re Spinal Tap). And the lyric is one fuel-injected, rapturous ejaculation of punk-pop glory.
Check it out on YouTube:
02 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: bee gees
02 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: all your favorite bands, dawes
27 May 2015 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: billy joel
(via New York Times Magazine)
Billy Joel hasn’t put out an album of new songs in decades, but the last few years have brought about a burnishing of his musical legacy. Most recently, he stole the show at the 12-12-12 Sandy relief concert, no trifling feat considering he shared the stage with the Who, the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney. His set, characterized by remarkably robust vocals and a tight backing band, allowed songs like “Only the Good Die Young” and “You May Be Right” to be considered anew; the passage of time has cleansed the songs of any of the annoyance-factor wrought by FM overplay. A generation who never appreciated him, who judged him uncool, are now at the age at which they might actually suffer one of those heart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack-acks of “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song).” Even the haters, grown up now, would have a hard time continuing to begrudge Joel his mastery of songwriting…
24 May 2015 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: axis of awesome, four chords
22 May 2015 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: ain't no love in the heart of the city, bobby bland
Bobby Bland: “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City” (1974)
If ever an artist should have been forcefully prevented from sampling a song of a previous era, that artist would be Jay-Z, whose unholy appropriation of Bobby Bland’s soulful ’74 ballad checks most every box on the offensive lyric checklist.
The real crime here, in addition to that of artistically spinning silk thread somehow into a burlap dress, is that young fans of the Kanye Wests and Jay-Z’s of the world are typically uninformed as to the true source of inspiration, and come away with the impression that their favorite rap artist has created, when he has merely synthesized.
It is not true to say that all the best music was created in decades past. But the rap genre seems to be making the most convincing arguments that it was.
Every Moment Has A Song 