Lots of new albums coming out lately. What's been your recent favorite? I'll be lame and go with Blonde.
Category Archives: Friday Music Day
Friday Music Day: The Purple One
Do you know how much Prince I've been listening to in the past month, you guys?
Also, anyone happen to catch The Revolution show last night?
Friday Music Day: Schedule
Here's what I had back in April:
Zack: 8/19 through 9/9
Can of Corn: 9/16 through 10/21
Philosopher: 10/28 through 12/2
I think Zack may have been thrown off by the site's vacation last weekend. I'm taking today; I can give you two weeks in December if you want them, Z.
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I've been reading bits of Freaky Trigger's essays about every British Number 1. (They just finished 2001!) I've mostly 1990-forward about those about songs I'm familiar with. One of the most recent ones had this passage I really like:
What pop does better than anything else does is to take feelings and situations, and crush and simplify them, making them immediate and thrilling and useful. It applies no moral filter. People feel self-righteous and wrathful, and so ultimately pop will product songs that are diamonds of self-righteousness and wrath.
("Pop" sensu lato here.) I think I've tried to express similar thoughts (but much less succinctly) about pop and emotions (though not necessarily those emotions).
From the same review, I love this line, which is more particularly about the song in question: "a church-inspired song that celebrates the dark joy of excommunication."
FMB: Hey, That’s Our Idea
Pretty solid mix from the POTUS, I've got to say.
- LoveHate Thing - Wale
- Smooth Sailin' - Leon Bridges
- Elevator Operator - Courtney Barnett
- Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- Many the Miles - Sara Bareilles
- Tightrope - Janelle Monáe
- Classic Man - Jidenna
- So Ambitious - Jay Z feat. Pharrell
- Me Gustas Tu - Manu Chao
- Forever Begins - Common
- The Man - Aloe Blacc
- As We Enter - Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
- Sinnerman - Nina Simone
- U Got the Look - Prince
- Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
- Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
- Don't Owe You A Thang - Gary Clark Jr.
- Man Like That - Gin Wigmore
- II B.S. (edit) - Charles Mingus
- If I Have My Way - Chrisette Michele
- Espera - Esperanza Spalding
- Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
- Alright - Ledisi
- Trapped By A Thing Called Love - Denise LaSalle
- Lady - D'Angelo
- So Very Hard to Go - Tower of Power
- Midnight Sun - Carmen McCrae
- Cucurrucucú Paloma - Caetano Veloso
- Green Aphrodisiac - Corinne Bailey Rae
- I'll Be There for You / You're All I Need - Mary J. Blige / Method Man
- Lover Man - Billie Holiday
- Criminal - Fiona Apple
- Acid Rain - Chance the Rapper
- My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis
- Do You Feel Me - Anthony Hamilton
- I Get Lonely - Janet Jackson
- Lean In - Lizz Wright
- All Day Music - War
- Say Yes - Floetry
Drop some lists.
Friday Music Day
I'm sorry I'm doing really lazy ones this year.
FMD: Magoo has left the building
Have you guys been enjoying my DJ week fortnight?
FMD: Soo…..
I have had no new music in a long time.
But Dr. Dog at Surly is tomorrow! Hopefully the PR doesn't get sick this time.
I swear, I'll try to remember next week better.
FMD: Summer Mix Favorite?
Not sure who's supposed to go, so here's this.
Out of curiosity, what was your favorite song (not nominated by yourself) from the Summer Mix? Mine might actually be Horse Lords. "Sister Cities" is probably my actual favorite, but it's not like I was actually a convert.
FMD — Live Albums
NME has your typical internet trope -- a list! This time best live albums. Actually it's pretty decent, although I'm shocked it didn't include Cheap Trick Live at Budokan. I would also add Built to Spill Live and of course Guided by Voices Live at the Wheelchair Races. Otis Redding Live on the Sunset Strip would be another. Oh and I would have gone with The Name of this Band is Talking Heads over Stop Making Sense, but that's just me.
What other great live albums do you swear by?
FMD — Van Halen
I think it’s a indisputable fact that Van Halen is one of the greatest rock albums ever. Eddie’s guitar work, lyrics about getting with the ladies, David Lee Roth’s bravado. It’s all here wrapped up in leather, barbed wire, and a whiff of Axe body spray. Unfortunately since they first hit the scene back in 1977-78, there’s not a lot of video of their original shows. Below isn’t exactly a video but you can listen to a great early version of Feel Your Love Tonight. It’s definitely faster than the studio version -- almost punk like. Not as polished as the album but damn is it exciting, To this day I still get goosebumps listening to this song.