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Well, my dear, sweet, gentle blog readers, today is a milestone day for me. Or, so I’m told. Yep, it is my 40th birthday. Feel free to comment on how old I am or must feel. Candle jokes are always funny, and yes, I am actually typing this attired in black and with one foot in the grave.
I like to think that I have made my musical feelings abundantly clear over the last year or so in this blog. Songs are snapshots along our continuum that allow us to recall special times, people, and places. Music shades us in many ways, some so beautifully moving that we are overcome by emotion, others etched in our fabric like a familiar scent that recalls the halcyon days of our youth, while others are just simply attached to a moment in time.
In my forty years, I have lived and experienced more life than I probably deserve. I know I certainly lived more than my parents deserved. Through it all, music is the one constant that I have turned to regardless of the situation. Adolescent love, loss, birth of children, marriage, divorce, and death, and yes, much living in between, music has been my salvation. Music resonates within me at many different levels. The basic premise behind music is notes, keys, chords, rhythm, etc…. It is analogous to food in the fact that there is music for all occasions.
So today, is my musical look at 40! Below are 40 songs that have colored me indelibly. I will offer no explanation as to why these songs resonate with me nor will I debate their worthiness of inclusion. After all it is my birthday, my blog and my computer at which I type.
Below is this Bloggers Musical look at 40:
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- Blinded By the Light *note* Cause Mama that’s where the fun is!
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Bruce Springsteen |
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R.E.M. |
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Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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Elton John |
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U2 |
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Tom Petty |
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Metallica |
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Ben Harper |
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Bob Segar |
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Bob Dylan |
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Arc Angels |
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Brett Dennen |
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Rush |
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The Dave Matthews Band |
- It’s In the Way That You Use It
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Eric Clapton |
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Pearl Jam |
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Guns N’ Roses |
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Iron & Wine |
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The Jayhawks |
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Jimi Hendrix |
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The Highwaymen |
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The Rolling Stones |
- Chloe Dance/Crown of Thorns
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Mother Love Bone |
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Nickel Creek |
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Pat Green |
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Pink Floyd |
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Paul Simon |
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Citizen Cope |
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Journey |
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Prince |
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The Mavericks |
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Neil Diamond |
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John Mellencamp |
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Paul McCartney |
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Rage Against the Machine |
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Robert Earl Keen |
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Stevie Ray Vaughan |
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Stone Temple Pilots |
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Sublime |
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Van Morrison |
When I hear any of these songs, I vividly remember the moments, feelings, situations, and the friends I shared the moments with. I contend that these artists and their songs do or will stand the test of time and are just as relevant today as they were in the past or will be in the future. At least for me!
So there you go, me sharing a little of my birthday with you. Enjoy and come over later for some cake and ice cream.
Great music awaits!
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Another year has come and gone and we are in the early stages of a new year. Out with the old and in with the new! Today, I give you a sneak peak at some of the highly anticipated releases of 2011. So sit back and let your music pants go crazy as you peruse this fine list of music to come.
My Morning Jacket
Currently Untitled (Unscheduled 2011)
Let the love and reverb flow as Jim James and gang do their thing. Producing the set themselves the band used a converted gym as their recording space. The Louisville, Kentucky, rockers are keeping it real on their sixth record. I’m going out on a limb and stating that this album will be one of the best albums of 2011.
Beastie Boys
‘Hot Sauce Committee Part 2’ (Unscheduled 2011)
Now that Adam Yauch is on the road to recovery from throat cancer, the New York trio will release their first album in four years. I for one am glad to see the boys back in the studio mixing and mingling their distinctive sound.
Drive-By Truckers
Go-Go Boots (February 15)
The boys are back and I could not be happier. Cooley and Hood continue their southern styled rock with their topical lyrics and swagger. Expect plenty of guitars, stories steeped in deep southern experiences and the vocal contrast of Cooley’s drawl and Hoods howl.
R.E.M.
Collapse Into Now (March 8 )
Rumor has it that the 12-tracks are some of their strongest rock songs in years. It also finds front man Michael Stipe rocking old school R.E.M machine gun like phrases with the frantic cadence of classic tunes like “It’s The End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”. The boys have teamed with producer Garrett “Jacknife” Lee (U2, Weezer,) and laid down the tracks for their 15th album in locations within the contiguous 48 states and Europe. And as is the latest craze, the album has guest vocals from none other than Mr. Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam fame.
Kanye West & Jay-Z
Watch the Throne (Unscheduled 2011)
In keeping with the bigger than life style of hip/hop royalty these two juggernauts the laid down tracks all over the world, including the South of France and Australia. Their first single “H.A.M.,” hit the airwaves this month. Even before he released, his 2010 masterpiece, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye was already working on this collaboration with Jay-Z, The record was initially set as an EP but morphed into a full-length album.
The Kills
Blood Pressures (April 5)
For the duo’s fourth studio album, both Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart wrote separately, more out of necessity brought on by Mosshart’s involvement with Jack White’s musical love child The Dead Weather. In other Weather news, Jack Lawrence’s band The Greenhornes also recently released an album! Incidentally, Lawrence is also in White’s other musical venture The Raconteurs. Allow another side note: Jack White is musical genius!
U2
Songs of Ascent (Unscheduled 2011)
The veteran rockers are busy working on three albums, (talk about over achieving), and the first to arrive will be their collaboration with super producer Danger Mouse. So, how does the Broadway production of Spiderman fit into the mix? Danger Mouse has been on fire as of late. He contributed production value to the Black Keys major breakthrough Attack & Release and last year he teamed up with The Shins front man James Mercer and gave us Broken Bells.
Foo Fighters
Currently Untitled (Unscheduled 2011)
After the side project of Them Crooked Vultures, I am looking forward to this little rock’n’roll revival for the Foo Fighters’ first disc in five years. There are 11 songs on the album and the word on the street is that from start to finish, there’s not one ballad. This album finds Dave Grohl reuniting with Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and Butch Vig, who produced 1991’s Nevermind.
Lady Gaga
Born This Way (May 23)
Some might believe this to be the most anticipated pop record of the year. As for Lady Gaga, she won’t let you forget it. For months, she’s been teasing bits of info via the time suck of Twitter and at her shows about the 2011 release. The wait is almost up: Gaga will drop album’s first single, “Born This Way,” on February 13.
Fleet Foxes
Currently Untitled (Unscheduled 2011)
Washington State’s hirsute folk style band was close to wrapping the follow-up to their self-titled debut last fall. Ever the perfectionist, Robin Pecknold scrapped much of the material to “return to the cave,” as he called it, and start over. The record has since been mastered and is prepped for release. No new territory explored on the follow up; Folksy, sweetly layered vocals and harmonies that call to mind the early harmonious groups such as The Eagles and Crosby Stills, and Nash and sometimes Young!
Radiohead
Currently Untitled (Unscheduled 2011)
Their first album since 2007’s In Rainbows with the record, which will be produced by Nigel Godrich. Still, a rep for the band confirms a new record is due out sometime this year.
Jane’s Addiction
(Unscheduled 2011)
With the abrupt departure of, Perry and crew went way out on a limb and hired TV on the Radio guru/producer-instrumentalist Dave Sitek to handle the bass lines and possibly contribute ideas as well as a cool infusion of new life for their new LP, tentatively titled The Great Escape Artist
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Currently Untitled (Unscheduled 2011)
With the loss of guitarist John Frusciante, The Peppers have recruited touring guitarist Josh Klinghoffer for their latest LP. Some of the disc will include songs that were written by Flea on piano, as well as material inspired by Afro-beat music from Lagos, Nigeria.
Wilco
Currently Untitled (Unscheduled 2011)
After splitting from their longtime home Nonesuch last year Jeff Tweedy and the Wilco boys will release their latest effort on their own label. The band has been quiet about details of the new album but there has been confirmation, by a band rep, that the album is due out sometime in 2011.
Lil Wayne
Currently Untitled (Unscheduled 2011)
Since his release from the joint Weezy has been on lockdown in his Miami studio working on Tha Carter IV, his sequel to 2008’s Tha Carter III. Its first single, “6 Foot 7 Foot,” featuring Cory Gunz, was released on last month. The word is that Wayne, who started working on the album before his state sanctioned vacation, started over and will use rhymes from his time spent reflecting in the pokey. How many funny jail references can you work in one paragraph?
Outkast
Currently Untitled (Unscheduled 2011)
It’s been four years since the Atlanta duo dropped and we quickly forgot Idelwild, but there has been confirmation that they’re working on their long overdue follow-up, which is expected this year. Both Andre 3000 and Big Boi have been busy working on solo projects. Boi dropped his solo release (Sir Lucious Left Foot: in 2010 with much hype and was on several year best of lists, including mine. Dre’s efforts have yet to come to fruition but might also appear in 2011.
Dr. Dre
Detox (Unscheduled 2011)
Though there’s no official release date, and appears that this release might be Hip Hops version of “Chinese Democracy” but given Dre’s musical genius and many collaborations it just might be worth the wait.
Here is a cursory view of what is expected in 2011.
Monthly Breakdown of Releases
January 11
- Cage the Elephant, ‘Thank You, Happy Birthday’
- Cake, ‘Showroom of Compassion’
- Edie Brickell, ‘Edie Brickell‘
January 18
- Decemberists, ‘The King is Dead’
- Gregg Allman, ‘Low Country Blues’
- James Blunt, ‘Some Kind of Trouble’
- Social Distortion, ‘Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes’
January 25
- Amos Lee, ‘Mission Bell’
- Cold War Kids, ‘Mine is Yours’
- Corinne Bailey Rae, ‘Love‘
- Deerhoof, ‘Deerhoof vs. Evil’
- Iron & Wine, ‘Kiss Each Other Clean’
- Talib Kweli, ‘Gutter Rainbows’
- Wanda Jackson, ‘The Party Ain’t Over’
February 1
- The Go! Team, ‘Rolling Blackouts’
- Matisyahu, ‘Live at Stubb’s Vol II“
February 8
- …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, ‘Tao of the Dead’
- Alison Krauss, TBA
February 15
- Bright Eyes, ‘The People’s Key’
- The Dears, ‘Degeneration Street’
- Drive-By Truckers, ‘Go-Go Boots’
- Mogwai, ‘Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will’
- PJ Harvey, ‘Let England Shake’
February 22
- Harry Connick Jr., ‘Harry Connick Jr. in Concert on Broadway’
- INXS, ‘Original Sin’
- Jeff Beck, ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Party: Honoring Les Paul’
- John Waite, ‘Rough & Tumble’
- The Low Anthem, ‘Smart Flesh’
March 1
- Blessed Union of Souls, ‘The Mission Field’
- Dropkick Murphys, ‘Going out of Style’
- John Popper & the Duskray Troubadours, ‘John Popper & the Duskray Troubadours’
- Lucinda Williams, ‘Blessed‘
March 8
- Avril Lavigne, ‘Good Bye Lullaby’
- Lupe Fiasco, ‘Lasers‘
- R.E.M., ‘Collapse Into Now’
- Sara Evans, ‘Stronger‘
March 15
- Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi, ‘Rome’
- Green Day, ‘Awesome as F**k’
- New York Dolls, ‘Dancing Backward in High Heels’
March 22
- Edwyn Collins, ‘Losing Sleep’
- Pitbull, ‘Planet Pit’
- Raphael Saadiq, ‘Stone Rollin’
- Ray Davies, ‘See My Friends’
March 29
- Mountain Goats, ‘All Eternals Deck’
- Peter Bjorn and John, TBA
April 12
- Paul Simon, ‘So Beautiful or So What’
April 26
- Dirty Vegas, ‘Electric Love’
2011 Releases With No Date Etched In Granite:
- Aerosmith, TBA
- Andre 3000, TBA
- Fiona Apple, TBA
- Busta Rhymes, ‘The Chemo’
- Chingy, ‘1st Quarter’
- Coldplay, TBA
- Common, ‘The Believer’
- Death Cab for Cutie, TBA
- Eve, ‘Lip Lock’
- Wyclef Jean, ‘If I Were President: My Haitian Experience’
- Nickelback, TBA
- Britney Spears, TBA
- Justin Timberlake, TBA
- Ting Tings, TBA
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Well readers, I know it has been a while and I have the same excuse as last time. Home repairs! The lovely dwelling of mine had a leak in the upstairs bathroom that has required two plumbers, a general contractor, and an insurance adjuster. As a result, we have had to remove and replace of all of the upstairs plumbing. In order to do so, they had to rip up floors, ceilings, walls, etc…Insert a litany of foul, four, six, seven, and eight lettered words and various combinations of said words. And, at this point, insurance is not covering the damage. Again, insert more obscenities.
Of the folks mentioned, only two are currently in good standing with me. Jason McCord of B&B Contracting you, my good man, are a life saver. Chad and Kyle, from Flow Force Plumbing (www.flowforceplumbing.net ), you guys are the best.
Welcome to another, late, installment of Mixed Tape Monday.
Topic: House, Home, Room, Repair, anything you might find in a house or that can go wrong with a house, etc…
Song: She Came In Through the Bathroom Window
Artists: The Beatles
Album: Abbey Road
Song: Light Up My Room
Artists: Bare Naked Ladies
Album: Stunt
Song: Summer House
Artists: Better Than Ezra
Album: Deluxe
Song: Black Door
Artists: The Black Keys
Album: Magic Potion
Song: My Father’s House
Artists: Bruce Springsteen
Album: Nebraska
Song: Walnut Street (Just listen to the song and you will get it)
Artists: Walt Wilkins
Album: Rivertown
Song: Lost In the Backyard
Artists: James McMurtry
Album: Where’d You Hide the Body
Song: Mudhouse
Artists: Bob Schneider
Album: The Californian
Song: Back Against the Wall
Artists: Cage the Elephant
Album: Cage the Elephant
Song: Burn That Broken Bed
Artists: Calexico & Iron & Wine
Album: In the Reins (EP)
Song: Down the Drain
Artists: Chickenfoot
Album: Chickenfoot
Song: Beautiful Homes
Artists: Chris Isaak
Album: San Francisco Days
Song: Floorboards
Artists: Chris Mills
Album: The Silver Line
Song: Living Room
Artists: David Gray
Album: A Century Ends
Song: No Ceiling
Artists: Eddie Vedder
Album: Into the Wild
Song: Climbing Up the Walls
Artists: Erin Ivey (cover of Radiohead)
Album: Sweet Little EP
Song: Renovations
Artists: Helmet
Album: Aftertaste
Song: Dusty
Artists: Kings of Leon
Album: Youth & Young Manhood
Song: Another Brick in the Wall
Artists: Pink Floyd
Album: The Wall
Song: Big Crash
Artists: Less Than Jake
Album: Hello Rockview
Song: This Old Porch
Artists: Lyle Lovett
Album: Lyle Lovett
Song: House Carpenter
Artists: Nickel Creek
Album: This Side
Great music awaits!
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Welcome to another installment of Mixed Tape Monday and Happy Holidays to all of you celebrating our independence on this nationally recognized holiday. I hope this blog finds most, if not all, of you away from your offices and with friends and loved ones or at least people you kind of like.
So, my topic for today is, apropos with the feelings of many celebrating this past weekend and today, Freedom or Free!
Song: Freedom
Artist: Amos Lee
Album: Supply and Demand
Song: Freedom’s Road
Artist: John Mellencamp
Album: Freedom’s Road
Song: Free Coffee
Artist: Ben Folds
Album: Way Too Normal
Song: Freedom Fighter
Artist: Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Album: Riviera
Song: O Freedom
Artist: Billy Bragg
Album: Mr. Love & Justice
Song: Freedom Hangs Like Heaven
Artist: Iron & Wine
Album: Woman King
Song: Set Your Free
Artist: The Black Keys
Album: Thickfreakness
Song: I Shall Be Free
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: The Free Wheelin’ Bob Dylan
Song: The Running Free
Artist: Coheed & Cambria
Album: Good Apollo I’m Burning Vol. 2 No World for Tomorrow
Song: One Road for Freedom
Artist: Ben Harper
Album: Fight For Your Mind
Song: Rockin’ In the Free World
Artist: Neil Young
Album: Freedom
Song: Free To Decide
Artist: The Cranberries
Album: To the Faithful Departed
Song: Free
Artist: Donavon Frankenreiter
Album: Donavon Frankenreiter
Song: Chimes of Freedom
Artist: Bruce Springsteen (this is a cover of a Dylan song)
Album: Songs & Artists that Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11
Song: Free Radicals
Artist: The Flaming Lips
Album: At War with the Mystics
Song: Free At Last
Artist: G Love & Special Sauce
Album: The Electric Mile
Song: Free To Run
Artist: Gomez
Album: Bring It On
Song: Feel Free
Artist: Jay Farrar
Album: Sebastopol
Song: Freedom Time
Artist: Lauren Hill
Album: MTV Unplugged 2.0
Song: Free Me
Artist: Foo Fighters
Album: In Your Honor
Great music awaits!
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Well, dear, sweet, gentle reader, I apologize for my absence the last couple of days. I was on vacation and did not have much time to write. Before you go getting all jealous, I was not at some exotic locale sipping fruity beverages with crazy names and umbrellas impeding my drinking ability; nor was I finding myself in some serene, remote, mountainous setting.
I was, in fact, at home dealing with the issues of owning a home and in my case, a ninety five year old home. Yes, the home is indeed older than I. It is also a lovely home that needed a little repair. I use the term “little” loosely as I had to replace the upstairs AC and the hot water heater. And, to be fair, I did not have to do it myself but I did have to avail myself to the schedule of the valiant workers who brought tidings of cool air and hot water.
I’d like to give a gratuitous plug and a big shout out to Aire Serve Heating and Air Conditioning of Fort Worth and Benjamin Franklin Plumbing for their solid work and expertise.
With all of that being said, today’s Mixed Tape Monday theme is Home!
Enjoy and welcome back to the time waste that is my bog!
Song: Sweet Home Alabama (I’m sure you all saw that one coming)
Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Album: Second Helping
Song: Home
Artist: Alexi Murdoch
Album: Time Without Consequence
Song: On My Way Back Home
Artist: Band of Horses
Album: Infinite Arms
Song: Taking Your Home
Artist: Don Henley
Album: Inside Job
Song: My Father’s House
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Album: Nebraska
Song: Home
Artist: Foo Fighters
Album: Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Song: What Is Home
Artist: The Black Crowes
Album: Before the Frost…
Song: Heading Home
Artist: Donavon Frankenreiter
Album: Donavon Frankenreiter
Song: Long Way Home From Anywhere
Artist: Bruce Robison
Album: Long Way Home From Anywhere
Song: House of Valparaiso
Artist: Calexico
Album: Carried To Dust
Song: Goin Home
Artist: Dan Auerbach
Album: Keep It Hid
Song: Give a Man a Home
Artist: Ben Harper
Album: Fight For Your Mind
Song: Home
Artist: Eli Young Band
Album: Jet Black and Jealous
Song: This House Is a Circus
Artist: Arctic Monkeys
Album: Favourite Worst Nightmare
Song: Quiet Houses
Artist: Fleet Foxes
Album: Fleet Foxes
Song: My Lady’s House
Artist: Iron & Wine
Album: Woman King (EP)
Song: Charlemagne’s Home Town
Artist: James McMurtry
Album: Childish Things
Song: House of Stone
Artist: Mudcrutch
Album: Mudcrutch
Song: Life In a Glass House
Artist: Radiohead
Album: Amnesiac
Song: I’m Coming Home
Artist: Robert Earl Keen
Album: Gringo Honeymoon
Great music awaits!
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Happy Monday dear, sweet readers, I hope this installment of Mixed Tape Monday finds you doing well or ,at the very least, reasonably well. I would hate to think that any of you are just completely sucking right now. I know that in the past I have made reference to music being a soundtrack to my life. So, I thought today, I would tackle the topic of movie soundtracks in a Mixed Tape Monday kind of way.
Today’s blog is not about the quality, or lack thereof, of the movie but about the songs on the soundtrack. Many a bad movie has had an awesome soundtrack or at least a great song or cover on the soundtrack.
Movie Soundtracks:
Song: No Shelter
Artist: Rage Against the Machine
Soundtrack: Godzilla (See right from the get go, I give you a really bad movie)
Song: Dead Souls
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Soundtrack: The Crow
Song: A Girl Like You
Artist: Edwyn Collins
Soundtrack: Empire Records
Song: Sweet Child O’ Mine
Artist: Sheryl Crow
Soundtrack: Big Daddy
Song: Such Great Heights
Artist: Iron & Wine
Soundtrack: Garden State
Song: Walking After You
Artist: Foo Fighters
Soundtrack: X Files
Song: Cry, Little Sister (Them From The Lost Boys)
Artist: Gerard McMann
Soundtrack: The Lost Boys
Song: All I Want Is You
Artist: U2
Soundtrack: Reality Bites
Song: Elis Unit One
Artist: Steve Earle
Soundtrack: Dead Man Walking
Song: Paperweight
Artist: Joshua Radin & Schuyler Fisk
Soundtrack: The Last Kiss
Song: Sweet Suzanne
Artist: Buzzin’ Cousins
(John Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam, James McMurtry, Joe Ely, & John Prine)
Soundtrack: Falling From Grace
Song: Between the Bars
Artist: Elliott Smith
Soundtrack: Good Will Hunting
Song: Siren
Artist: Tori Amos
Soundtrack: Great Expectations
Song: Wither I’m a Flower
Artist: Whiskeytown
Soundtrack: Hope Floats
Song: You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
Artist: Eddie Vedder
Soundtrack: I Am Sam
Song: Hush
Artist: Kula Shaker
Soundtrack: I Know What You Did Last Summer
Song: Turn To Stone
Artist: Joe Walsh
Soundtrack: Lords of Dogtown
Song: I Disappear
Artist: Metallica
Soundtrack: Mission Impossible 2
Song: Tha Crossroads
Artist: Bones Thugs-N-Harmony
Soundtrack: Pineapple Express
Song: Help Myself
Artist: Dave Matthews Band
Soundtrack: Scream 2
Great music awaits!
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Greetings blog readers! Have you missed me? I’ve been away for a few days and am back in time for Mixed Tape Monday. Due to recent travels, today’s topic is States.
Note:
I tried to stay away from the low hanging fruit such as Sweet Home Alabama, Nebraska, and Hotel California, etc…
Song: Oklahoma Girl
Artist: Eli Young Band
Album: Level
Song: Georgia, Georgia
Artist: Elliott Smith
Album: New Moon
Song: California Justice
Artist: Five For Fighting
Album: Two Lights
Song: Texas Skies
Artist: The Freddy Jones Band
Album: The Freddy Jones Band
Song: Sodom, South Georgia
Artist: Iron & Wine
Album: Our Endless Numbered Days
Song: Dressed Up Like Nebraska
Artist: Josh Rouse
Album: Dressed Up Like Nebraska
Song: The Stars In Alabama
Artist: Jamey Johnson
Album: That Lonesome Song
Song: California
Artist: Jay Farrar
Album: Terrior Blues
Song: Crossing Mississippi
Artist: Jeffrey Foucault
Album: Miles from the Lightning
Song: Coast of Carolina
Artist: Jimmy Buffet (with love to Gwendolyn)
Album: License to Chill
Song: You Can Tell Georgia
Artist: Joe Purdy
Album: You Can Tell Georgia
Song: Idaho
Artist: Josh Ritter
Album: The Animal Years
Song: Arizona
Artist: Kings of Leon
Album: Because the Times
Song: Carolina Drama
Artist: The Raconteurs
Album: Consolers of the Lonely
Song: Tennessee Square
Artist: Whiskeytown
Album: Faithless Street
Song: Nashville to Kentucky
Artist: My Morning Jacket
Album: The Tennessee Fire
Song: Leaving New York
Artist: R.E.M.
Album: Around the Sun
Song: Songs About Texas
Artist: Pat Green
Album: George’s Bar
Song: Tennessee Sucks
Artist: Ryan Adams
Album: Demolition
Song: Long Way From Georgia
Artist: Ryan Bingham
Album: Mescalito
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Welcome to another installment of Mixed Tape Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend and remembered to call, visit, or at least think about your dear old mom.
Today’s topic is Colors:
Song: Orange Sky
Artist: Alexi Murdoch
Album: Time Without Consequence
Song: Back In Black
Artist: AC/DC
Album: Back In Black
Song: Blue Sky
Artist: The Allman Brothers Band
Album: Eat A Peach
Song: Black Tambourine
Artist: Beck
Album: Guero
Song: Brown Eyed Blues
Artist: Ben Harper
Album: Diamonds On the Inside
Song: Gary Indiana Blues
Artist: Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Album: Riviera
Song: Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye
Artist: The Black Crowes
Album: The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Song: Big Blue Sea
Artist: Bob Schneider
Album: Songs Sung and Played on Guitar at the Same Time
Song: Black Cowboys
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Album: Devils & Dust
Song: Red Dust
Artist: Calexico & Iron & Wine
Album: In the Reins
Song: YellowBlues
Artists: Charlie Robison
Album: Beautiful Day
Song: Soldier Blue
Artist: The Cult
Album: Sonic Temple
Song: Green Light Girl
Artist: Doyle Bramhall II & Smokestack
Album: Welcome
Song: The Deepest Blues Are Black
Artist: Foo Fighters
Album: In Your Honor
Song: Whitewash
Artist: Gin Blossoms
Album: Congratulations…I’m Sorry
Song: Mr. Brownstone
Artist: Guns ’N’ Roses
Album: Appetite for Destruction
Song: Dress Blues
Artist: Jason Isbell
Album: Sirens of the Ditch
Song: Yellow
Artist: Coldplay
Album: Parachutes
Song: Far Away Blues
Artist: Joe Purdy
Album: Julie Blue
Song: Pink House
Artist: John Mellencamp
Album: Uh Huh
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We hear a song, purchase/download some music; it raises our awareness of the band and then we become a fan. The concert is the culmination of our musical inclinations. It is the holy grail of the musical experience. At least, in our mind, it is.
The concert is the musical equivalent of craps (the game of chance, not Jack in the Box 2 for $1 greasy tacos passing through your bowels)
Some nights go like this:
You purchase your ticket with the expectation that it will be musical bliss and a night to remember. You get there, fight the crowd, listen to the mediocre, at best, opening act, and wait impatiently for the headlining show. After what seems like an eternity, out stumbles the drunk/high lead singer, forgets the words to your favorite song, becomes enraged at the crowds displeasure and walks of the stage giving you the double fisted one finger salute.
While other nights go like this:
You show up at some little dive barbeque joint and begin to think the show has been canceled because there are only four cars in the parking lot. You go in, order some food and a beer, take you pick of the abundantly available tables and notice two chairs on the stage and a couple of guitars. You take a seat, sip your bear and out strolls the singer and his buddy and the play for several hours, come sit down and thank you for coming to the show and take your request and play it before the night is over.
I’ve regaled you with some stories of concerts from my past and touted the greatness of Austin City Limits Music Festival but today, I’m going to chronologically list the concerts, to the best of my recollection, I’ve attended over the years.
| Year |
Band |
| 1983 |
Quiet Riot |
| Interesting Facts |
| 7th grade, first concert to attend and broke my ankle that afternoon after being chased by a large classmate who took off his belt and began swinging it at me. I left the hospital on crutches and planned on going to concert while my mother drove along beside me screaming at me to get in the car. Being 12 and disabled, mom won and I missed the concert. I did, however, get the t shirt as a consolation prize from my buddy who I gave the ticket to. |
| 1985 |
Def Leppard |
| Interesting Facts |
| My first official concert that I actually got to attend. Reunion Arena in Dallas, TX. Oddly enough, I do not remember much about the concert other than it kicked much 14 year old musical butt. |
| 1985-1989 |
Tom Petty
Stevie Nicks
Elton John
Don Henley
White Snake
Tesla
The Cult
Metallica |
| Interesting Facts |
This period was the high school years and while there are funny stories, time has blurred the lines a bit.
- One concert I went to with a group of girls and as soon as we got to Starplex Amphitheater, they all had to go to the rest room. So, they opened the passenger door and all took turns squatting in the parking lot under the shroud of secrecy that was the afore mentioned door. Don’t worry ladies; your identity is safe with me.
- Another concert had some of the above mentioned girls and on the way home we got lost and drove around through an amazing fog which we likened to the moors, a Sherlock Holmes reference at the time, and eventually made it home. Some of attendees were really upset with the turn of events.
- White Snake concert we bought tickets from scalpers and got totally ripped off but thought we were so cool because we were seeing White Snake.
- Metallica was an amazing show and the first time I had seen mosh pits and thoroughly enjoyed the frantic pace of the music. Some fans really enjoyed the show and started lighting the lawn on fire and once security came out, the fire just seemed to move to another location.
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| 1989-1992 |
Travis Tritt
Shenandoah
Various country acts at Billy Bobs |
| Interesting Facts |
| Some of my buddies were really in to country music and I would often tag along because I had nothing else to do and wanted to make some new female acquaintances. The Shenandoah concert was particularly memorable, not because the concert was good, in fact, I never actually saw them. I got kicked out of the bar because I was 18 and using a fake ID to buy beer. My buddies, of course, stayed and watched the show. The crushing event of the night was that the girl I took to the show also stayed inside and I sat alone in the back of my friend’s truck for several hours. The night was not a total loss, because I drank all of the beer in the cooler while sitting in the parking lot of Billy Bob’s. |
| 1993-1995 |
Lots of local acts in the musical mecca of Denton, TX
Rush |
| Interesting Facts |
| The Rush show stands out for two reasons:To procure the tickets for this concert, my buddy and I left Denton very, very early on a Saturday morning after a very, very, late Friday night to go to Lewisville Mall to get tickets. We arrived way too early and drove to Braums and got a double order of biscuits and gravy. While this might not read as funny as it was, we were way hung over and those biscuits and gravy were the magic elixir that restored our health. Night of the concert we pick up our dates, have dinner and head to Dallas. There is mild drinking, as colleges kids are known to do, and before you know it, we are on the floor of Reunion Arena basking in the glory of Rush. On the way home there is some conversation of the concert and the girl that I took begins to nod off a bit and then suddenly hurls into and on the door. We stop and ask if she is ok and she looks at us as if nothing happened and denies what is clearly on her chin, clothes, seat, floor, and of course door. We get home she gets out like nothing happened. |
| 1995-2005 |
The Dave Matthews BandMetallica
Linkin Park
Beastie Boys
Pat Green
Willie Nelson
Jack Johnson
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Beck
G. Love & Special Sauce
Merle Haggard
Tori Amos
Korn
Chevelle
Robert Earl Keen |
| Interesting Facts |
| All pretty good shows and some artist like Dave Matthews and Pat Green I’ve seen multiple times. The one stand out concert story is this:A group of folks went to see Willie Nelson at Lone Star Park which is an outdoor horse track. His stage was set back a bit and there were risers and bleachers that elevated the fans to better see the stage. I am walking up, wearing loose cargo shorts and minding my own business, when I feel something moving up my leg and heading north central. I look down and there is an older woman with her hand up my shorts grabbing my junk. I jump up and swat at her as if she is some form of annoying insect and she looks up, smiles with what teeth she has left and says “Oh, excuse me” as if she had accidently bumped into me as were passing on a sidewalk. She then turned and walked away as if nothing had happened. |
| 2006-Present |
Pearl JamBen Harper
Foo Fighters
Tom Petty
Beck
G. Love & Special Sauce
Wilco
Son Volt
Drive-By Truckers
State Radio
Brett Dennen
Bruce Springsteen
B-52’s
Robert Plant & Allison Krause
Joe Purdy
Cross Canadian Ragweed
The Killers
The Tragically Hip
The Eli Young Band
Pete Yorn
Bob Schneider
James McMurtry
Kris Kristofferson
Merle Haggard |
Damien RiceDonovan Frankenreiter
Arcade Fire
The Shins
Okkervil River
Mason Jennings
The Black Keys
Ray LaMontagne
Queens of the Stone Age
Bob Dylan
Willie Nelson
Van Morrison
The Toadies
The Killers
John Mayer
Steve Earle
Bjork
Iron & Wine
Walt Wilkins
The Dead Weather
The Raconteurs
Lucinda Williams
Erin Ivey
Amos Lee |
| Interesting Facts |
| The majority of these artists have been seen at the Austin City Limits Music Festival which is an annual pilgrimage for me. Some artist I have seen both at ACL and their own headlining tour. |
So, there you have it, a little stroll down concert memory lane. Let me know about some of your favorite or at least memorable concert experiences and who is a must see when they roll through town.
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Band of Horses is the indie rock band that was birthed in the fertile musical breeding ground of Seattle, Washington in 2004 and signed to the indigenous Sub Pop Records. Ben Bridwell and Mat Brooke formed the band after the demise of their former band Carissa’s Wierd and the band came to the attention of Sub Pop after opening for Iron & Wine during some Seattle area shows.
Brooke left the band shortly after the release of their debut album Everything All the Time and began his own band, Grand Archives, which is also signed to Sub Pop. Currently, Band of Horses, calls South Carolina home and recorded their second album Cease To Begin in the neighboring state of North Carolina.
Band of Horses Discography:
- Band of Horses (EP)
- Everything All the Time
- Cease To Begin
Band of Horses music has been used in a variety of T.V. shows such as:
Musically, they have a sound that is comparable to My Morning Jacket and Fleet Foxes. This is due, in part, to the use of reverb in their songs and to the hirsute fondness of the lead singers.
Top 5 Band of Horses Songs:
- The Funeral (Everything All the Time)
- Marry Song (Cease to Begin)
- Is There a Ghost (Cease to Begin)
- No One’s Gonna Love You (Cease to Begin)
- Window Blues (Cease to Begin)
Their new album Infinite Sadness is due to release in May 2010.
Check out Band of Horses at www.bandofhorses.com
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmoNyh8PPhc
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