Category Archives: Music

Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 23

Moving through the letter L. 1. Ant In Alaska – Liz Phair 2. Take It Back – Liza Anne 3. Ill Wind – Lonette McKee 4. Royals – Lorde 5. Cowardly Lion – Loreena McKennitt 6. Stay With Me – … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: Mrs Robinson

Let’s all sing along with Simon and Garfunkel: Here’s a video of the song playing over scenes from the movie with which it is closely identified, The Graduate. The audio is a little weird or I’d have used it instead, … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 22

Happy Leftovers Day, y’all. 1. Hotel Pool – Lily & Madeleine 2. Womanizer – Lily Allen 3. Hypnotized – Linda Jones 4. Tumbling Dice – Linda Rondstadt 5. 1917 – Linda Rondstadt and Emmylou Harris 6. Funkytown – Lipps Inc. … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving video break: Comfort music

In times like these, we turn to old favorites for joy and solace: Thanks for being there for us, Arlo. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

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Saturday video break: Mr Blue Sky

Here’s Lily Allen covering a classic rocker: I kind of love this version. She has the perfect voice for a song that always makes me happy to hear. Now here’s the Electric light Orchestra original: It’s good, and you have … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 21

I took last week off from my two regularly scheduled music-themed posts because I just didn’t have it in me. They’re back this week, not because I feel better per se, but because there’s comfort to be found in both … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: Money

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Miss Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings: I found a couple of live versions of this, but they were all apparently done by audience members, and Sharon Jones has too good a voice for … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 20

This is the part of me that’s glad the election is almost over. 1. Part Of Me – Katy Perry 2. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson 3. Peter Pan – Kelsei Ballerini 4. Dancing In The Dark … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: Mockingbird

Peter, Paul & Mary sing a well-known lullaby: That’s from an album of children’s songs called “Peter, Paul & Mommy”. iTunes calls it “Mockingbird”, YouTube calls it “Hush, Little Baby”. I embed, you decide. Eminem borrows from that song for … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 19

I knew this Songs By Women thing would take me past the election, but it’s beginning to feel to me like it has some meaning, you know? 1. Un Dia – Juana Molina 2. It’s A Heartache – Juice Newton … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: Minnie The Moocher

From the movie The Cotton Club, it’s Cab Calloway’s greatest hit: I saw that movie in the theater back in the day – it was kind of mediocre, but the soundtrack is killer. I’ve owned it on vinyl and on … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 18

I too am working on my masterpiece. I don’t think it will be a random ten list, but you never know. 1. Here With Me – Jennifer O’Connor 2. Keeping Time – Jenny Dee and The Deelinquents 3. Masterpiece – … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: Mine

How about a little old school Taylor Swift? We were so young and innocent then, weren’t we? I confess, I like Taylor Swift (*), and I doubt I’d have ever listened to any of her music if it weren’t for … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 17

I’m so fancy. You can see it on my list. 1. Diga Diga Do – Hot Club of Cowtown (Elana James) 2. (Keep Feeling) Fascination – The Human League (Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley) 3. The Body Electric – … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: Mighty Mouse

Did you watch “Mighty Mouse” cartoons when you were a kid? If you did, and you’re around my age, you probably remember this opening sequence and theme song: And if you are around my age, you may not have realized … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 16

I’m not embarrassed. 1. Time (The Revelator) – Gillian Welch 2. I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor 3. Wild At Heart – Gloriana (Cheyenne Kimball) 4. Automatic Rainy Day – The Go-Gos 5. The Cruel Sister – Gordian Knot (Cidnie … Continue reading

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Saturday video break – Merry Christmas, Baby

The Boss and friends bring you greetings of the season: This was recorded in 2002. Seeing Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici again – it’s all the feels, you know? Here’s a much shorter version of this song from Otis Redding: … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 15

And on we go… 1. Criminal – Fiona Apple 2. Tusk – Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie) 3. Kiss With A Fist – Florence And The Machine (Florence Welch) 4. Prisoners Of Their Hairdos – Four Bitchin’ Babes (Patty … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: Mele Kalikimaka

We’re going to have a little Christmas in September these next couple of weeks, starting with this oldie from Bing Crosby: I believe that’s the Andrews Sisters joining him as well. This is one of those songs, which were fairly … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 14

Girl groups of old and of new this week. 1. Didn’t Leave Nobody But The Baby – Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch 2. Pony (It’s OK) – Erin McCarley 3. I’d Rather Go Blind – Etta James 4. … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: Meant To Be

Remember the Squirrel Nut Zippers? I remember them well, and I wish they had made more CDs. I’ve been a fan of various forms of swing/jazz/ragtime music since my earliest exposure to jazz band in school. Of the bands that … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 13

Turns out there are a lot of girl names that begin with the letter E. 1. Oklahoma Home – Elana James 2. Sweet Child O’ Mine – Eliza Lumley 3. Freight Train – Elizabeth Cotton 4. A Little Luck – … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: Me and Bobby McGee

I have an acoustic Kris Kristofferson version of this classic that breaks my heart every time I hear it, and a version by the Modern barbershop Quartet that I can’t find on YouTube, so I’m just going to put a … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 12

Feels appropriate to have a Donna Summer song in this first post-Labor Day post. Summer may be psychologically over, but Donna Summer is forever. 1. Mad About The Boy – Dinah Washington 2. I Touch Myself – Divinyls (Chrissy Amphlett) … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: The Man In Me

Yet another Bob Dylan song to be covered: Pretty good song, but that’s just like, my opinion, man. Now here are The Persuasions: It’s not just my opinion but solid, objective fact that Jerry Lawson has an excellent voice.

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 11

Some lesser known names this week, plus a song with “Thou” in the title 1. Be Thou My Vision – David Arkenstone & Kathleen Fisher 2. Sleep – Debi Smith 3. Faded Red Car – Deborah Holland 4. Mashed Potato … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: Mah Na Mah Na

There are many ways to spell that, but we all know the words. Sing along with the Asylum Street Spankers: Very sad there’s no live video recording of that, it was always a blast to watch them perform it. With … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 10

Several iconic acts, plus some great covers. 1. I Can’t Stand The Rain – The Commitments (Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle, Bronagh Gallagher) 2. Everybody Knows – Concrete Blonde (Johnette Napolitano) 3. Like A Star – Corinne Bailey Rae 4. Too … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: Magic Bus

Get on the bus with The Who, y’all. And as I threatened promised last week, here’s Pete Townshend doing this solo, at The Deep End: Who needs backup vocalists when the whole audience sings along? Also, too: windmilling. I swear, … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 9

Musicals! Silly folk songs! 1. Got To Be Real – Cheryl Lynn 2. Potato – Cheryl Wheeler 3. The Foggy Dew – The Chieftains & Sinéad O’Connor 4. Something Real – China Anne McClain & Kelli Berglund 5. Any Moment … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: Love On The Air

I’m going to indulge my Pete Townshend fixation for the next two weeks. First, here’s former Pink Floyd guitarist and friend of Townshend David Gilmour with a single from his 1984 CD “About Face”: And here he is performing the … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 8

Folk songs and disco. What more could you want? 1. Doctor’s Orders – Carol Douglas 2. I Feel The Earth Move – Carole King 3. Snowden’s Jig – Carolina Chocolate Drops (Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla) 4. Momma Don’t Like My … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: The Long Black Veil

Here’s Dave Matthews and Emmylou Harris paying tribute to Johnny Cash with a cover of a classic country tune: You’d be forgiven if you thought that was an old folk song, but it’s actually a 1959 Lefty Frizzell song, covered … Continue reading

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Friday random ten: Ladies’ night, part 7

We’ve made it to the letter C. 1. Fresh Pair Of Eyes – Brooke Waggoner 2. California Christmas – Brooke White 3. Flat On My Back – The Buddhacrush (Amy Price) 4. Ellis County – Buddy and Julie Miller 5. … Continue reading

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