Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
30 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: frank zappa, john lennon
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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/
18 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: dan le sac, letter from god, scroobius pip
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in General Posts Tags: disco
(via npr, wamu, 1A)
When you think of “disco,” what comes to mind? Is it the music? Is it the lit-up dance floor? The outfits? Does the word “Revolution” ever come to mind?
For many, disco music transcended the dance floors of trendy clubs and became the genre of self-expression. But what goes up, must come down. The backlash to the barrage of disco from the music industry forced the genre to evolve. But decades later, new audiences are still reaching to disco for inspiration.
The new PBS docuseries, “Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution,” airs tomorrow. It dives into the history of the genre and explores the legacy still felt decades later.
Why is the disco era so often dismissed as hedonistic and frivolous, when the genre was embraced by so many?
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