Posts Tagged “I Hate Music”

Music Monday – Happy St. Patrick’s Day

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March 17. St. Patrick’s Day. When I started these Music Monday posts I didn’t realize St. Patrick’s Day would fall on a Monday. Then I started thinking about what I would do to commemorate the event. At first I was going to post a bunch of Pogues videos. Then I thought that was cliche and…

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Music Monday – The Presidents Of The United States Of America

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Music Monday – The Presidents Of The United States Of America

One of the greatest concerts I’ve ever attended, and I’ve been to a lot, was The Presidents Of The United States Of America. This “good time” rock band hails from the same city as me, so I’ve been fortunate to see them a few times. Now the band has released a new album Kudos To…

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Music Monday: Peter Gabriel & Randy Newman

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I have been a fan of Peter Gabriel’s work for quite a while and seen him live a couple of times. And yes, I was a fan before his 1986 breakout album So. While he has continued to make music it doesn’t get the attention he has in the past. A lot of his more…

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English Beat Live

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English Beat Live

  The English Beat played in Seattle Friday, and my experience was mixed. There were positives but also some negatives. I simply can’t say one way or the other as to my reaction, and that bothers me. Let me start at the beginning.   My wife found by chance a note the band would be…

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Goodbye Bob

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Well, that’s a bummer. Bob Casale, or Bob #2, guitar and keyboard player for Devo passed away yesterday. I don’t know all of the details, heart failure at the age of 61, so here’s a link to the Rolling Stone article and if there is anything new that comes to light I’m sure it will…

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Lots Of Noise About Nothing

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These are the types of posts I hate. Oh, it’s partly self-pity and complaining, partly a place-holder, partly just crap because I have nothing else to post. Well, it’s not that I don’t have anything else to post, actually, it’s that I can’t seen to get my ideas fully formed. I have a couple of…

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You Know My Name (Look Up My Number) (Beatles Week 2013 Day 8)

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“You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)” For me, this is one of those songs that typifies what a B-side is. It’s definitely not something you would necessarily find on an album (well, the White Album, yeah). This was the flip side to the “Let It Be” single, the penultimate 45 the band would…

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The Inner Light (Beatles Week 2013 Day 6)

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The Inner Light (Beatles Week 2013 Day 6)

“The Inner Light” Written by George Harrison it would be his first song released on a single – as the B-side to “Lady Madonna” in 1968. Poor George. Tell Me Why describes George as using “delicate imagery” while using session musicians re record the music in India while the others were in England working on other…

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What Goes On (Beatles Week 2013 Day 5)

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What Goes On (Beatles Week 2013 Day 5)

“What Goes On” This B-side to “Nowhere Man” could easily be mistaken for a Carl Perkins cover, but it’s not. Ringo sings this song and even got partial writing credit – his first with the group, according to BeatleSongs. Tell Me Why claims the “innocuous, out-of-tune delivery” by Ringo was part of the plan with presenting the…

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Day Tripper (Beatles Week 2013 Day 4)

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Day Tripper (Beatles Week 2013 Day 4)

“Day Tripper” It might not technically be a B-side, but it was the “flip side” to “We Can Work It Out” and recorded during the sessions that produced the Rubber Soul album. The single was released for Christmas and as a result may not have been given the full attention in writing, but even then…

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