We were talking about Colin Hay in rehearsal the other day so I was in the mood to listen to some of his tunes, here is one of my favourites:
The video that accompanies the song is inexplicable, but cute nonetheless.
Best,
SJ
Tag Archives: music I love
Soul-Cancer
I feel pretty connected to the world and tons of information through the Internet, but yet I’m still completely out of touch with popular culture. It’s 2:30PM the day after the Super Bowl and I don’t know who won (except of course I know the corporate advertisers won, as usual). I have no idea what Gangnam Style is. I have never heard Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber, at least not to my knowledge. I hate the word “nom” when people are talking about eating. I’ve never seen a Kardashian.
I’m not sure if I avoid all of those pop culture things because I’m contrarian or because I think they might give me soul-cancer.
But even thinking about them makes me reach for an extra dose of anti-oxidants:
Love,
SJ
God’s Comic
No matter how much appreciation Elvis Costello gets as a songwriter, it will never be enough:
And then once he (never) gets enough songwriting accolades, I think we’d have to spend some time praising his voice also.
This song is from my favourite Elvis Costello album, ‘Spike’, which will probably never get me any respect amongst most in the Elvis Costello fan club, but I know what I like.
Enjoy!
SJ
Magic Sam
My first band was a blues band, I was the guitarist, we covered some of this gentleman’s tunes, and he’s probably partially responsible for my weird strumming/picking accentuation:
I’ll post more Magic Sam later, he’s
one of the best.
SJ
Cooke-ing
The title is perhaps the worst pun ever, the crown is mine.
Listen to this live version of ‘Bring It On Home To Me’ by the master himself, Sam Cooke:
This song’s buildup/intro is by a man who knows the meaning of the word “foreplay”.
Best,
SJ
Call Me Back Again
This is so good, I’m not sure if I’m posting it here to share it with you or to save it here for myself so I can always come back to it:
When I was in high school I had Wings Over America (my friends were all in to later grunge music, so my choice was a little weird) and played the fekk out of it, and this was one of my favourite songs on it. Anyway, I hope you dig it.
Best,
SJ
An Itch I Needed Scratching
I got this song stuck in my head, it’s from an Elvis Costello album that I used to listen to all the time when I was a kid, ‘Spike’. Yes, I had really weird music tastes for a kid. But anyway, the song is called ‘Baby Plays Around’, and I was relieved to find it on YouTube so I could scratch this musical itch:
This live version is gorgeous. I’ve closed my eyes and listened to it three times while taking breaks from posting this. Ok, I’ll finally press “send”.
Love,
SJ