Posts Tagged “Music Monday”
Queen’s 1986 A Kind Of Magic album is probably my favorite from the band. I was already a fan of the band, and had a vinyl copy of News Of The World, a cassettes of A Night At The Opera and one other. I had watched VHS tapes of a couple of concerts and was…
I grew up on Marvin Gaye. My mom had the What’s Going On album and played it rather frequently. Like many, it would be my introduction to the man who helped shape modern soul music. That album came at roughly the midway point of his career, something I didn’t really know until I was in…
When writing I try to listen to music I am somewhat familiar with, so as not to get caught up and distracted. The Ramones is probably my most used “go to” band for this. Usually I don’t use Devo because I wind up getting caught up in the music, but there is a playlist of…
The first Art Of Noise track I remember being aware of was “Close (To The Edit)” essentially a remix of “Close To The Edge”. Yeah, I don’t get the video either. It remains one of my favorite tracks from the band. Other than Trevor Horn, The Art Of Noise was a creation of studio musicians…
Easily one of, if not the best animated series “The Animaniacs” was syndicated from what I remember and broadcast in the afternoons Monday through Friday. While I could easily go on and on about how subversive the humor of the series was (and still is) I want to focus on one of the other aspects thee…
I was introduced to Blue Öyster Cult formally in 1982, though I am sure I had heard the band’s songs on the radio beforehand. 1982 is when we moved next door to who would be my best friend throughout high school and for several years afterward. David introduced me to several bands, Blue Öyster Cult being one…
Back in the early 90s when I had more time than responsibility, and a bit of spending money, I would hang out at an independent used record store a couple of blocks from where I lived after work. Yes, I was one of those guys. One day a woman walks in pushing a stroller, and…
This past Thursday was the record release party for Brian Saunders’ debut album. I wonder it it should be referred to as his solo debut as he did record with a band, way back when, but I am not sure how much of it was commercially available. Whatever. This album is his project, and I couldn’t…
I wouldn’t say The Cure are one of my favorite bands, but I do like them quite a bit. Alright, so it’s less a band these days in many ways and more of Robert Smith and some (long running) friends, but still, as the primary songwriter for the band’s career one can be forgiven to…
I became aware of Heart in 1983 through local television. During the 1983/84 television season local station KING channel 5 produced and aired “Rock Entertainment Videos” or REV, which was hosted, nominally, by John Keister. While many know Keister from his stint as the host of “Almost Live” (another program produced by KING) this is…