Song of the Day 11/8: John Prine, “Long Monday”
It's been a long week. Time for a little John Prine. From "Fair and Square," the 2005 album he released after his bout with cancer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NO2eI30Qhc
Song of the Day 11/4: Journey, “Don’t Stop Believin”
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David Chase, creator of "The Sopranos," has at last cleared up any confusion about the series' controversial final scene, which aired more than 14 years ago. Though he once sort…
Song of the Day 11/3: Five Man Electrical Band, “Signs”
Before I left America, I noticed that most stores, and virtually every restaurant, had a "help wanted" sign in the window. The situation is so dire, some internet wag noted,…
Song of the Day 11/2: The Reds, Pinks and Purples, “Last Summer in a Rented Room”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Glenn Donaldson works hard to craft the blend of guitar jangle and atmospheric dream pop that makes his band, the Reds, Pinks and Purples, sound…
Song of the Day 11/1: Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, “Mr. Blue Sky”
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h/t Jason330 When the latest performance by the Muppet house band debuted Oct. 23 in a YouTube streaming event called "Dear Earth," devoted to celebrating the only planet known to…
My Fave Tunes For October, 2021
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Fewer songs this month because, at this time of the year, I eliminate tunes that are on albums that won't be released until at least January. I've already heard four…
Song of the Day 10/31: The Strangeloves, “I Want Candy”
Happy Halloween. Were you expecting "Monster Mash"? There's a good reason this song is built around the "Bo Diddley beat" -- it started out as a cover of "Bo Diddley,"…
Song of the Day 10/30: Lorde, “Royals”
I'll wrap up my songs-inspired-by-photos week with a connection nobody saw coming. When Lorde's 2013 song made her the youngest person to ever have a No. 1 single, most people…
Song of the Day 10/29: Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit”
The photograph that inspired the song Time magazine named the No. 1 song of the 20th century was taken on Aug. 7, 1930. The lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram…
Song of the Day 10/28: The Beatles, “A Day in the Life”
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"A Day in the Life" wasn't directly inspired by this photograph of Tara Browne's Lotus, which appeared in London newspapers on Dec. 19, 1966, the day after the Guinness brewery…
Song of the Day 10/27: Lucinda Williams, “2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten”
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This is my favorite song on Lucinda Williams' masterpiece, 1998's "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road." When I learned that most of the lyrics were inspired by photos in a…
Song of the Day 10/26: Paul Simon, “René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War”
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Plenty of songs were inspired by photographs -- I might steal an idea from El Somnambulo and do a theme week of them -- but this one is special. It…
Song of the Day 10/24: Glen Campbell, “Wichita Lineman”
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This song contains a not-quite-rhyming couplet that many people consider, in the words of British author Dylan Jones, "one of the most exquisite romantic couplets in the history of song."…