Friday Playlist
It’s been a slow music week for me, so I’ll stick to some older tunes for today’s offerings. “Great Expectations” – The Gaslight Anthem One of the great Side One, Track Ones of the digital era. The kids today don’t even know what a Side One, Track One is. “Test Transmission” – Kasabian Kasabian had their moment right when I…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 43
Chart Week: May 10, 1986 Song: “Be Good To Yourself” – Journey Chart Positions: #20, 5th week on the chart. Peaked at #9 the week of May 31. Remember when it used to be a surprise when new music arrived? At least for kids. Before the internet, before I had cable TV, and before I could read music magazines regularly,…
Friday Playlist
Happy Memorial Day weekend! Some songs to fuel your holiday. “Peaceful Ambassador” – The Dead TonguesHiss Golden Messenger has been a connecting point for me to that sub-genre of music that balances indie rock, folk, and alt country. Ryan Gustafson has played with HGM over the years, but The Dead Tongues is his personal project. He works in that same…
Friday Vid
https://youtu.be/KRa8ZH_iOXo Prince and the Revolution, live, 3/30/85 This is my weekend assignment, so I’ll make it yours, too. For this weekend only this concert is streaming for free. Superfans insist it is one of the greatest Prince performances ever, and it came at the absolute height of his popularity. Find a way to spend two hours with it.
Friday Playlist
Happy Friday, y’all. It’s a WordPress/Spotify Fuck Up Week so here’s a link to the playlist. “Melancholy, MA” – The Sheila Divine I just discovered this week that TSD, a band I loved almost 20 years ago, put out a new album last year. I listened to it and was impressed with the first 4–5 songs before it lost steam…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 42
Chart Week: April 23, 1983 Song: “One On One” – Daryl Hall & John Oates Chart Position: #7, 13th week on the chart. Peaked at #7 for three weeks. Sometimes I come across anecdotes on AT40 that make me giddy. For example, I first heard this episode a few years back while in the car one Sunday morning. I heard…
Friday Playlist
It’s going to be a beautiful weekend here in Indianapolis. I hope wherever you are the weather will allow you to get outside and enjoy a nice day or three as well. Here is a soundtrack for your weekend activities. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2m70OjejtkxJ8EBtrMNp1q?si=OiwSDNEkT72u-q53Dqj-PQ “Sun Baby” – The High Violets I loved this band in the mid–00s and thought they had disappeared. I…
Let’s Go Crazy
Last Tuesday CBS aired a very important program. Officially titled Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince, the show as a tribute to the late Prince, who died exactly four years ago from its initial air date. The show got such a great reaction that CBS re-aired it Saturday night. I recorded the Tuesday broadcast and watched it Thursday…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ddMMjiHleKoYQxrbqYtS6?si=X92EEij0R8-j-eVxPIdeQg “Runaway Dog” – Retirement Party Seems like there have been several songs I’ve shared lately that have a strong, mid–90s vibe. Not sure if that means the grunge years are coming back. Add this one to the list. Especially in the rhythm section this has the feel of a Belly song. “Wash it Away” – Black Lab This wasn’t…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol 41
Chart Week: April 10, 1982 Song: “Genius of Love” – Tom Tom Club Chart Position: #37, 12th week on the chart. Peaked at #31 for two weeks. (Administrative note: this is the second RFTS entry from this chart week. The first is here.) This entry is both about the song and about the radio station on which I heard it…