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.
I went to see a production of 'My Fair Lady' at the local community theater. Our friend was playing the lead male, Professor Henry Higgins, who is one of the most horrible, chauvinistic, and deplorable character in stage history.
I don't have the patience to say much more. Form your own opinions about this show.
Here's the song "The Rain in Spain" from MY FAIR LADY. This is the moment where Eliza Doolittle learns how to talk. Most people are familiar with this scene and song. So was my subconscious on Sunday morning.
Glen Campbell made "Wichita Lineman" a song about the solidarity of working power lines alone, into a hit back in 1968. It's Jimmy Webb's song- and he finally recorded it himself in 1996.
Here's Jimmy Webb doing it:
And here's the one you may have heard that Campbell immortalized. Its's a goodun'
Finishing off the month of June is one of my favorite singer-songwriters: Rufus Wainwright.
This one is from his 2004 album Want 2. It's the fourth track. It's called Little Sister.
It seems like when I saw Rufus Wainwright it concert, right around the time this album had been released, that he said this particular song was dedicated to all women, not just his own little sister.
This song demonstrated Wainwright's nearly perfect ability to combine pop music with classical. He's a master at the merging of the two genres.
As a kid we had a record called "Mini Pops" which essentially was a recording of children singing many of the current chart-topping hits. We loved the record. I bet I can find a picture of the record with the girl I had a crush on on the cover by way of the internet. Please hold......
Dear internet, thank you for being so reliable. 9 to 5 girl, 8 year old Brady says hello.
Anyway, see that picture bottom right? It's actually the song that got stuck in my head, Madness' 1981 classic "Baggy Trousers" Such a great song!
We used to turn this record on and lip sync a concert. It was tons of fun and had a lot of great songs on it. Interwebs, find me a list of the songs on this record.... please hold.....
But I love her, Amanda Palmer is one of the most passionate artists I've yet seen. I really love what she does. She would be completely capable of writing some of the most gorgeous music (much of it is already!) but why do that when you can be completely honest and powerful in your message.
This song is about mental illness running in your family. Have you ever heard a song like this? I'd love to know what it is, because this song is so very Amanda Palmer, and there's only one of her. She's great.
Here's "Runs in the Family" which is the second track on Palmer's 2008 album, "Who Killed Amanda Palmer" It's worth a listen, great album.
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