Friday, February 26, 2021
Even If -- Mercy Me
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Breaking Find -- Way Less Sad -- AJR
I like how this works for the last year and for COVID-19: No, I'm not quite happy yet, but I'm way less sad. I like that expression. I've had days like that this last year, and I think that's my goal for 2021: if I can't be happy on any specific day, I can at least be Way Less Sad.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Kokomo - The Beach Boys
As much as Brian Wilson tried to give the Beach Boys depth, most of their hits are light, airy compositions with minimal depth. This one is a flashback to those early hits. (It's appropriate, as Brian Wilson wasn't able to participate in the recording because of health issues.). It's a neat song that appears on both Best Of and Worst Of lists.
Monday, February 15, 2021
Breaking Find -- No Hole In My Head -- Tom Jones
Second, this song is as appropriate as ever. It seems the world is rejecting truth and wanting to substitute their own reality, and we need to resist that push.
Friday, February 12, 2021
Your Woman -- White Town
This is one of the first techno songs I ever liked, and I was intrigued by the androdynous nature of the person singing. Ends up that it's a guy singing, but he's not directly trying to play a gay man. (It's really a panache of lots of women singing a song where the lead character is clearly a man. In this case, it's a man singing a woman's song.)
Fair warning, the video's weirder than the song. I'm not even going to try on that one.
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Overland - I'm With Her
Overland is a neat "newgrass" folk song about a person who's decided to leave Chicago to try their fortune in San Francisco. It's an excellent song.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
One and One - Robert Miles
Even so, I always loved this song. One and One still is One. It is an incredibly romantic example of "dream house" techno/dance music of the 90s. It features Robert Miles on the music, with Maria Nayler on vocals.
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Butterfly -- Christa Wells
Here's the song:
And here's Christa' own description of her ideas for the song (and it is about your kids growing up):
Monday, February 8, 2021
Power Windows - Billy Falcon
Friday, February 5, 2021
Harvest Moon -- Neil Young
This song was written and recorded in 1992 for Neil's wife "Pegi", and is an incredible song. I can't believe I had forgotten about it of late. I am correcting that mistake of course, having added it into the Favorites playlist for replay.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Still Not Dead -- Willie Nelson
2021 hit, and this song sumarizes my mood exactly: I woke up Still Not Dead Again today. Good enough.
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
I Got You Babe -- Sonny and Cher
The association with February Second is from the movie Groundhog Day with Bill Murray. He woke up throughout the movie (every 2/2) to the same song, I Got You Babe.
(Don't go to YouTube or the Internets to find out how many days Bill Murray's character probably lived through. That'll make about the whole day disappear...)
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
I Got You Babe -- Sonny and Cher
The association with February Second is from the movie Groundhog Day with Bill Murray. He woke up throughout the movie (every 2/2) to the same song, I Got You Babe.
(Don't go to YouTube or the Internets to find out how many days Bill Murray's character probably lived through. That'll make about the whole day disappear...)
Monday, February 1, 2021
It's All Going To Pot -- Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
Of course, one could accuse Willie and Merle of talking about something else than the end of the world. I can't imagine why one would think that....