Blogs are so passe and pretentious. Oh well, here's my blog about music that's stuck in my head when I wake up in the mornings along with adventures of the Cash family and wacky wacky crazy wacky shenanigans.
This is my 300th blog post. Incredible. If I put this much effort into anything useful, maybe I would be somebody important!
To commemorate my 300th post on this goofy site, I'm going to give you a mediocre post on an excellent song.
This gem comes from The Beatles' 1964 classic album "A Hard Days Night." It's the 6th track. It's called "Tell Me Why." You likely know the song, but here it is for your listening pleasure.
It's the opening track on his 1998 album, Tourism. It features vocals from Teena Marie. She's dead now. But this is what she looked like:
This one's pretty dang random on an already pretty dang random blog.
It's from American producer, DJ, remixer and (I think?) occasional songwriter, Danny Tenaglia.
The song, you may have surmised based on the blog title, is called "Baby, Do You Feel Me?"
It's the opening track on his 1998 album, Tourism. It features vocals from Teena Marie. She's dead now. But this is what she looked like:
And this is what Danny Tenaglia looks like, in case you wondered. Oh, he's still alive.
This particular song ended up in my head because I've been trying to branch out, listen to new genres and explore music which I wouldn't normally enjoy. I've decided as a music lover I owe it to myself to be a little better versed. This is dance music- definitely not that kind to which I normally listen.
Did any of you watch 'Peter and the Wolf' by Disney as a kid?
I loved this classic cartoon from 1946. The original cartoon is tough to find, but for some odd reason I found a version narrated by David Bowie. Who knows why, and who knows how long it will be up, so enjoy it while you can here. I'm sure Di$ney doesn't love this being up free to watch:
The music is what makes this short film so great. It's by Russian (Soviet?) composer Sergei Prokofiev and was commissioned in 1936 by the Soviet Union as a way to teach small children about various instruments in an orchestra.
Today' the menacing theme of The Wolf (composed of French Horns) was stuck in my head. Totally random and unexpected, but a great tune. Here it is if you're curious:
Another familiar place you may find this tune is in this classic scene from A Christmas Carol, featuring bully Scut Farkas (Farkas I learned means "Wolf" in Hungarian, thanks Wikipedia!!!)
I'm sure these videos I'm posting will not be here long due to copywriting. Enjoy them while you can!
