Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Fallen angels
Pete Townsend wrote it and Roger Daltrey sang it and I’m sure both of them are glad they didn’t get their wish: “Hope I die before I get old.” Creepy and callous talk about the “27 Club” followed last week’s tragic death of the substance-addicted 27-year-old British singer Amy Winehouse at age 27. She joined [...]
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Tags: 27 Club, Amy Winehouse, Basquiat, Brian Jones, Buddy Holly, Dennis Wilson, Duane Allman, Elvis, Gram Parsons, Janis Joplin, Jim Hendrix, Jim Morrison, John Lennon, Johnny Ace, Keith Moon, Kurt Cobain, Mama Cass, Marvin Gaye, Mike Blookfield, Nick Drake, Pete Townsend, pop stars who died young, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Ritchie Valens, Robert Johnson, rock stars who died young, Roger Daltrey, Sam Cooke, Sandy Denny, singers who died young, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tupac Shakur
Watching the river flow
I warmed up for the celebration of Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday by attending a great show — Blondes on “Blonde on Blonde” — presented last Saturday as part of the Concerts at the Crossing series held in Titusville, N.J., near Washington Crossing, where, yes indeed, Washington crossed the Delaware and invaded Trenton. I know…we should [...]
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Tags: "Blonde on Blonde, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Dylan, Dylan's 70th birtrhday, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, New Jersey, Raritan River, Sloan Wainwright, Washington's crossing
Who ever would have imagined? Somehow you find yourself in, of all places, Indiana, in a town called Richmond, just over the Ohio line, about midway between Indianapolis and Louisville. You’re heading to breakfast at a downtown cafe and notice a large mural, about two stories high, of a 1920s-vintage blues musician carrying his guitar [...]
Filed under: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, death, Indiana, Music, Three chords and the truth, Travels | Leave a Comment
Tags: "Cradle of Recorded Jazz", "Lawnmower Capital of the World", Alberta Hunter, Bill Bill Broonzy, Bix Beiderbecke, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bloomington, blues, Charley Patton, early country music, Gene Autry, Gennett Records, Hoagy Carmichael, Hoosier State, Indiana, Ku Klux Klan, Lawrence Welk, Music, Starr Piano Company, Uncle Dave Macon
Laurel and Hardy and Iggy
Yes. Of course. Laurel and Hardy meet Iggy Pop. Iggy sings “The Passenger.” And Stan and Ollie dance!
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Tags: "The Passenger" video with Laurel and Hardy, Iggy Pop, Laurel and Hardy
Claire de lune
We’re talking about apogees and perigees. We’re talking about a taunting headline. We’re talking about Nat King Cole. We’re talking about Kurt Vonnegut (just for the heck of it….because his “Sirens of Titan” is underated and overlooked…and because Titan is one of the moons of Saturn). And, yes, we’re talking about the moon, which means [...]
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Tags: "Fly Me to the Moon", "Moon River", "Sirens of Titan", apogee, Full moon, Henry Mancini, love, love songs about the moon, Nat King Cole, perigree, Vonnegut
Leonard Cohen confirms that the scientists and the doctors still haven’t found a cure for love…not that it’s an ailment that necessarily demands a remedy…Trivia fans take note: the church he refers to is way down at the south end of Main Street in a small town in the western Massachusetts Berkshires..
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Tags: "There Aint't No Cure for Love", Leonard Cohen, love
The early bird gets the girl
Just got an email from a flower shop where I’ve purchased blooms before — for a birthday, for Valentine’s Day, for Christmas, for no special reason. The email is an ad for Valentine’s Day bouquets. It advises (or warns) that “The Early Bird Gets the Girl” and suggests I order red roses right away. The [...]
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Tags: Steve Earle, Valentine's Day
Embers
Whiteout. Blizzards of regret. Drifting thoughts. Snowed in by sorrow. Thin ice. No need for any more wintry words…they won’t stoke the warming fire…they won’t quell the howling wind…. See that she has a coat so warm….Dylan and Cash…eloquently…sounds that come from deep within a heart where persistent embers flicker with the remnant spark of [...]
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Tags: Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash
You’re wide awake at 3 a.m. and still you’re all alone. Still the same old heavy heart, still heavy as a stone. Then that song begins to play, soundtrack of your night, your sad and hopeless serenade, your not-a-lullaby:
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Tags: "I Can't Make You Love Me", Bonnie Raitt
Taking the pledge
It’s hopeful, heartfelt, plaintive and sad. It’s late at night, and he’s all alone, and the late, great Johnny Ace is down on his knees, pleading and praying…and pledging his love.
Filed under: Doo-wop music, love, Music | 1 Comment
Tags: "Pledging My Love", 1950s pop music, Johnny Ace
