Posts Tagged “Music Monday”

Music Monday: Something To Believe In (Ramones Part 5)

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Music Monday: Something To Believe In (Ramones Part 5)

While this isn’t one of the best Ramones songs, it is arguably their best video. Released as a single in 1986 the video, and to a lesser extent the song itself, pokes fun at the plethora of various musical charity singles and concerts of the era. While it is amusing today, back then “Something To…

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Music Monday: Guilty Pleasures

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Music Monday: Guilty Pleasures

I was thinking about this a while ago. I am not necessarily ashamed of any of the music in my collection, but I can feel a bit sheepish. I know the difference between “good” music and “enjoyable” and this isn’t meant to be a list of “good” (or “bad”) music but instead these are one…

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Music Monday: The Magic Whip (Blur Part 1)

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Music Monday: The Magic Whip (Blur Part 1)

The opening riff “Lonesome Street” is like a declaration. First the sirens, then the guitar blast hits you and suddenly it is 1994 again. Well, not exactly, but this is as close to a statement that we are going to get from the band that it has embraced its past sound while still moving forward….

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Music Monday: Tim Still Needed

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Music Monday: Tim Still Needed

There is one Replacements album I still need to get. I can’t find it anywhere as it is apparently out of print to the point that even Amazon and other online retailers do not have it. Finding it used is a challenge to say the least. I am referring to Tim, the band’s major label…

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Music Monday: Top 10 Influential Albums

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Music Monday: Top 10 Influential Albums

Last week I presented a list of 10 albums that are great for intruducing younger listeners to rock and roll, a sort of gateway to broader musical horizons. Now I present a list of the greatest albums that have shaped rock and roll over the last 60 or so years. 1. The Beatles Please Please…

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Music Monday: Top 10 Albums To Introduce Your Kids To

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Music Monday: Top 10 Albums To Introduce Your Kids To

I am stealing this idea from another blog. The idea, at least according to the title, is “Top 10 Albums To Introduce Your Kids To” – and looking at that list I thought it was lacking. Heck, all the albums were from the same decade, and the variety was negligible. Further down in the comments…

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Music Monday: The Replacements & Young Fresh Fellows.

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Music Monday: The Replacements & Young Fresh Fellows.

Thursday night was one of my dream concerts. The Young Fresh Fellows opening up for The Replacements. A near perfect pairing, at least idealy. Both bands are capable to doing great songs and then messing up complete sets in equal measure. My view wasn’t as good as I would have liked – nothing like the…

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Music Monday: Opening Day

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Music Monday: Opening Day

It’s the first day of baseball season. Well, there were a couple of games yesterday but they don’t count because today is the opening day of my Seattle Mariners. Everybody seems to know “Centerfield” by John Fogerty (known perhaps better by the tagline in the chorus “Put me in coach!”) but there are many more…

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Music Monday: Rock And Roll High School (soundtrack) (The Ramones Part 4)

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Music Monday: Rock And Roll High School (soundtrack) (The Ramones Part 4)

It took me long enough to pick up the soundtrack to Rock And Roll High School on CD. I had the cassette which has since been lost (most likely stolen by a roommate years ago) and still have a copy of the album on vinyl (which is tucked away in a special place for a different…

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Music Monday: Too Tough To Die (Ramones Part 3)

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Music Monday: Too Tough To Die (Ramones Part 3)

Too Tough To Die is my favorite Ramones album, but I know it is not the band’s best. Many could argue Road To Ruin or Ramones but on most lists Rocket To Russia is considered the best album by The Ramones – an assessment I agree with. But that is an objective view, and subjectively,…

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