Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
31 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: la india, seduceme
La India: “Seduceme” (2002)
Puerto Rican salsa singer Linda Bell Viera Caballero (La India) had her first number one hit on the Latin charts with this romantic salsa/ballad (it was released in two versions).
The ballad is included below for comparison. I do prefer the uptempo arrangement myself.
My only gripe is that, released as it was at the height of music’s compression-mad “loudness wars”, there’s not a lot of subtlety in the dynamic mix.
But La India’s vocals are perfection.
30 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: frank zappa, john lennon
19 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: baby on her mind, roger klug
Roger Klug: “Baby On Her Mind” (1997)
When we last looked in on jocular power pop songwriter Roger Klug he was regaling us on the topic of his easily-distracted daughter.
This time it’s the wife who seems preoccupied. Domestic tranquility may elude Klug. But not a tuneful yarn.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/02/11/songs-you-may-have-missed-327/
18 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: dentures out, the proclaimers
The Proclaimers: “Dentures Out” (2022)
Scottish duo the Proclaimers will seemingly never lose the knack for punchy, pointed, succinct, quasi-political musical manifestos like “Dentures Out”.
From 2022’s LP of the same name, which the Reid brothers describe as an “anti-nostalgia album”, a reflection on the terminal decline of Britain. Says brother Craig, “I don’t think anybody could seriously argue that Britain is a stronger, better or happier society now than it was 10 years ago. The decline seems to be accelerating, which is part of the feeling behind.”
Still, strictly from a musical point of view, it’s like listening to ABBA sing about their own marital disintegration in addictively catchy numbers like “SOS” and “Knowing Me, Knowing You”. No one made the demise of a relationship sound so sublime.
The Proclaimers are the political equivalent. No one makes cultural malaise sound so miraculously joyous.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2016/11/26/songs-you-may-have-missed-600/
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2022/03/13/ten-great-proclaimers-songs-that-arent-im-gonna-be-500-miles/
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