I came across the Nick Cave song Stagger Lee a few years ago on Google Play Music (now YouTube Music.) I was probably listening to a PJ Harvey radio station which is heavy with late 90s alternative music you probably didnt hear on your local Clear Channel hits radio station. Well, we just recorded an episode of "Is This Song Good" all about it.…
I first heard the song Hooting & Howling somewhere online and was really taken aback at how simple and emotionally effective it was. The falsetto singing elevated it to a higher level. It begs the question: "Who can sing that high with so much presence?" Also, "What happened to that guy's balls?" LOL, JK. Sorry, not sorry. Upon listening to the rest of Two…
Johnny Cash is one of the greatest song writers of the last century. So, this week, we have a list of songs he didnt write. These are true covers. They arent just rerecordings with Cash singing and playing guitar. He makes them his own. This is just a sample of the many songs that the man in black recorded, in his own style. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRtEdQHS6eQAEoieVqwvaE58wDJRcZ78Z&feature=share
Here we are one last time. The final album of the Convocations series. Once again, Sufjan Stevens delivers the soothing sounds of reverberated and delayed synthesizers. The sweet warmth of synth pads and plinky dinky of the arpeggiated melodies. There isn't as much atmospheric tension present in this one as some of the others, but it's a nice bookend to the other pieces. Sometimes…
Here we are again. This time it's the penultimate Convocations album called Celebrations. At times, it reminds a bit of Radiohead's Kid A album. Other times, it sounds like a Brian Eno ambient record. There is a calmness about the smooth synth pads employed. Occasionally, you get some tinky winky sounds with delay like on track V. Back in 2006, Sufjan released a 5-disc…
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I am sure you have heard the song One Thing Leads to Another by The Fixx. Who hasn't? And maybe you've heard the other single called Saved By Zero, but probably not. On the surface, The Fixx seems a lot like a one hit wonder band that doesn't require anything more than an occasional spin of the well known track(s). You'd be mistaken to…
