Song of the Day 11/17: The Kinks, “You Really Got Me”
Record producer Shel Talmy died last week at age 87, and if the name is unfamiliar to you, the music he crafted isn't. The earliest hits by the Kinks and…
Song of the Day 11/15: Weezer, “Say It Ain’t So”
I'm not sure why this 30-year-old song popped into my head yesterday – maybe because it's been such a common response from various quarters to various Trump cabinet picks. Weezer…
Song of the Day 11/14: Willi Williams, “Armagedeon Time”
Prophesies of doom are pretty common in Jamaican music, but they don't necessarily get all minor-key gloomy about it. Willi Williams' "Armagedeon Time" talks about people going hungry and needing…
Song of the Day 11/13: The Hooters, “All You Zombies”
As yesterday's Graham Parker song illustrated, something about minor chords and a reggae beat seemed to put '70s and '80s rockers in an apocalyptic mood. When Eric Bazilian and Rob…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024
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Despite all the post-election finger-pointing, everyone has overlooked what might have turned the tide in Trump's favor: P'Nut the squirrel. For those too busy paying attention to important matters like…
Song of the Day 11/12: Graham Parker & the Rumour, “Don’t Ask Me Questions”
There ain't no answers in me. This was one of Graham Parker's signature tunes when he burst onto the British music scene in the brief period in 1976 between the…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024
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Song of the Day 11/11: Squeeze, “Gone to the Dogs”
The idiom is so old its origins are uncertain, but for centuries now going to the dogs has meant going downhill, if not to outright ruin. Now it's America's turn.…
DL Open Thread Monday, Nov. 11, 2024
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You can find lots of analysis anywhere you look about how and why Democrats lost the election, but you're going to have to find it without any help from me,…
Song of the Day 11/10: FEX, “Subways of Your Mind”
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Back in March, Song of the Day featured a tune dubbed the Most Mysterious Song on the Internet. Known only from a tape made from a radio broadcast back in…
Song of the Day 11/8: Quincy Jones, “Soul Bossa Nova”
Quincy Jones scored almost three dozen films, including "In the Heat of the Night," "The Italian Job" and "The Color Purple." The first of them came years after he wrote…
Song of the Day 11/7: Lesley Gore, “It’s My Party”
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The late, great Quincy Jones was arguably overqualified to produce this No. 1 hit for 16-year-old Lesley Gore in 1963. He had already led his own 18-piece jazz band on…
Song of the Day 11/6: Frédéric Chopin, “Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Third Movement (Marche funèbre)”
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Something that fits the mood of the day, because the middle section contains hope as well as grief. Chopin composed the funeral march two years before the rest of his…