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.
Hey pals. This is an oldie that started playing in my head Saturday night and carried over to Sunday morning. You likely know it maybe you don't know who sings it?
"The Look" was released as a single in 1989 by Swedish pop duo Roxette. It was the fourth single released in what would be an enormous hit album "Look Sharp!" Check this album out, there are tons of songs you'll recognize and it produced a couple of number one hits, including today's song.
Every once in awhile a song, or particular lyric finds its way into my head and comes as a total surprise. Luckily the lyric was interesting enough that it wasn't difficult to find the song- since I had NO idea who it was.
♫ A Redder Shade of Neck on a Whiter Shade of Trash ♪
It's such a funny and clever lyric- of the couple of times I heard it (years ago!) it's definitely stuck with me.
The lyric comes from 90's indie-rock band Pavement, which is a band that my brother played for me a few times. My taste in music differs quite dramatically from my brother, although there are many artists that we both like, so there are places where we can meet in the middle too. But the dood is the most musically passionate person I know, hands down and he has some rad music in his collection, which he has been listening to and collecting from pretty much the day he was born.
So- the song is called "Shady Lane" and comes from Pavement's 1997 album "Brighten the Corners" I wish he were here to help me with these lyrics but more or less this couple goes out to eat and he's poor and she's not, or at least she's better off than he is.
From there wackiness ensues. Listen to the song- find an interpretation. I'm glad it got stuck in my head because I was forced to listen to it closer and I like it!
When I was a Kindergartner, I attended Washington Elementary School in Pocatello, Idaho. My memory is garbage when it comes to what happened last week, but I have fairly vivid memories of my childhood, including these formative years for me in Pocatello before my family moved the following year to Utah.
Today's song is kind of fun, because it comes from that time in my life. Around that time there was a singer-songwriter named Peter Allsop who had released a children's album that my parents purchased for us. I LOVED these songs and between me and my brother & sister we practically wore the tape out on the cassette we owned. These songs are permanently tattooed to my brain.
Just now, I couldn't remember how we came across Peter Allsop's music. In my memory, there was a an event at my school, and he was there selling cassette tapes of his albums. The memory is pretty vivid to me, but I just asked my brother and he says that he doesn't remember this. The year was 1985 and I was 6 years old, so who knows. More than likely I only imagined meeting him, or I got him mixed up with someone else.
OK, I'm rambling. Today's song comes from Peter Allsop, from his 1983 album "Wha'D'Ya Wanna Do?" This is a great album for kids, I highly recommend it!
The song stuck in my head is called "Be Gentle, Robin!" have a listen little buddies....
Nobody misses his early 80's MTV watching days more than me! Here's an oldie that was stuck in my head on Sunday morning, that came quite as a surprise!
This is Carl Carlton, released the same year of MJ's "Thriller" from 1982.
I have some catching up to do. Maybe a sign that this blog will fall flat into the dust-- for now I still like sharing songs so here's the latest.
This comes from Sondheim's 1962 Musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"
It's the finale to Act I where meathead army captain Miles Gloriosus comes to claim his bride. Here's what the song sounds like y'alls.
4/22/18
Pleasantly surprised to find Oasis' 1995 hit "Wonderwall" stuck in my head. Here it is for nostalgia and cause it's a great song:
4/29/18
Here's another goodie, this is the opening track to The Stone Roses 1989 classic self-titled album. It's called "I Wanna Be Adored" Listen listen listen:
