I did not do a lot of new music listening this week. So, to switch things up, I’m just going to play my Spotify Liked Songs on shuffle and see what it throws out for this week’s list. I’ll also make it extra-long, hopefully a good soundtrack as you wrap up your week.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/4Rvkn4I3rIkAD7Srr0pyyl?si=3b5304f08fbd427a<\/p>\n
“1234” – Feist
\nRemember when iPod commercials took songs that were niche hits and turned them into songs everyone knew?<\/p>\n
“Welcome to the Boomtown” – David & David
\nOne of the greatest songs to come out of the mid-80s, Dad Rock\/Miami Vice moment.<\/p>\n
“Do You Understand?” – En Attendant Ana
\nThis feels more like a spring song to me. But it made me happy on this bright, but crisp, fall morning.<\/p>\n
“It’s My Life” – Talk Talk
\nA straight-up classic.<\/p>\n
“Alabama Hammer” – Tenderloin
\nOh man, I had forgotten about these cats, probably the most notorious band to rise from the Lawrence, KS music scene in the 1990s. The lead singer, Ernie Locke was a true freak, a very large man prone to “losing” his clothes while performing. Once he nuded-up at a show at Worlds of Fun. Pretty sure he got a lifetime ban for that act. Like a lot of bands from that time and scene, they signed to a major label but their local popularity never translated to broader success. This song hits as hard as it did 25 years ago.<\/p>\n
“Reptile” – The Church “This Tornado Loves You” – Neko Case “Rain” – The Cult “Just Goes to Show” – Eliza Shaddad “Nighttrain” – Public Enemy
\nI’ve been feeling the urge to listen to The Church’s legendary Starfish<\/em> recently. This might finally get me to spin it again.<\/p>\n
\nI’m re-reading a classic book I last read nearly 30 years ago. I’ll share what it is in a week or so when I finish it. But last night I worked through a scene where two of the main characters have an encounter with a massive tornado. A coincidence this popped up this morning?<\/p>\n
\nOne of my brothers-in-music, Sir David, went to see The Cult last week. He said the band sounded good but Ian Astbury’s vocals were lacking a bit. Coincidentally I heard this song the day after he saw the show.<\/p>\n
\nStill think this sounds like a song made for placement in a 1980s teen romance movie.<\/p>\n
\nLet’s wrap this up with an absolute bomb. Chuck D turning his scorn on the Black community and the elements within it he felt was undermining the cause of equality.<\/p>\n