Broken
It’s a new year, and in true cynical fatalistic style, let’s have a shout out to those already broken New Year’s Resolutions! Remember, there’s always next year. 🙂
1979!
Was listening to the radio and on came Nick Lowe’s song “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding”. It’s a great song of his, but I prefer Elvis Costello’s cover on his 1979 album Armed Forces. That got me thinking about what I was listening to in 1979, 40 …
Home
The concept of “home” can be quite varied: where you were born & grew up, where you first lived on your own or as a couple, where you now live. It can be any combination of those. In thinking of home, many memories are brought up, some good, melancholic, sad. …
Jethro Tull – Benefit
Jethro Tull certainly has a large & diverse catalogue, with most people familiar with the Aqualung album and singles like “Aqualung”, “Locomotive Breath”, “Living in the Past” & “Bungle in the Jungle” continuing to get airplay on classic rock stations. While I really like the Aqualung album, the first three …
Best of Drums
The best songs are comprised of excellence from all components of the band. Often the leads (vocals, guitarists, keyboards) get more attention from fans and the media, so I’d like to put the spotlight on those sections that perhaps spend less time in the spotlight. I’ll focus on bass, drums …
Jekyll & Hyde
This came out of a get together we had a couple of years ago, where we were playing songs and trying to stump each other with songs we hadn’t heard, or hadn’t heard for a long time. We ended up playing songs from the same artist that were radically different …
A Much Afternoon
In the ’80’s, Saturdays were a time of recovery from the antics of a Friday night. Sudden & sustained movements were not encouraged and were rewarded with great pain. Often the best remedy was lying motionless on the couch, with MuchMusic providing the soundtrack to getting prepared for Saturday night. …
Feel Good Pop – 1960’s to early ’70’s
I don’t know that there’s a golden age of pop music, but this era is special for me. Perhaps it’s because I was growing up in this time, and music accompanied many important moments. Perhaps it’s because this was occurring in parallel with & influenced by the psychedelic, progressive and …
Tribute to Mick Ronson
Like a lot of people, my favourite instrument in a band was the guitar. The more guitars, solos, riffs in a song the better! Of course, I had favourite guitarists, including Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton to name a few (and I think I’ll get into that …
Everybody Loves Raymond
I was flipping through the TV channels the other day, passing one of those channels that exists solely to show older shows, and I saw “Everybody Loves Raymond”. Then, in keeping with the quirky manner in which I sometimes create playlists, I thought a playlist made exclusively of bands or …