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Archive for February, 2010
The Sandpit (Music composed by Human)
The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.
One of my fellow Facebook friends posted this video on her profile page, and I thought it worthy enough to share with you all here. “The Sandpit” – A day in the life of New York City in minature is a short film by Aéro Director Sam O’Hare. [...]
Boo Radleys: Wake up Boo!
Whilst shoveling a thick heavy blanket of snow from the driveway this morning I got this song stuck in my head. Why!?! Because snow shoveling is so …. much … fun, isn’t it!? Especially when you know that the main road or sidewalks haven’t been plowed yet, which means by the time I [...]
Louis Jordan: Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
And so it continues. I started out on Monday with the Beach Boys having “Fun, Fun, Fun“, which led me on to Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode“, and today here I am with Louis Jordan, a famed pioneer of Jazz, Rock & Roll and Rhythm & Blues music. The connection between the [...]
Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode
Yesterday, I wrote about The Beach Boy’s sunshine-filled track “Fun, Fun, Fun” and how the introduction mirrored that of “Johnny B. Goode”, not only a Chuck Berry classic, but a classic in the whole genre of Rock & Roll. Whilst the Beach Boys introduction was more akin to their twangy Californian Pop sound, [...]
The Beach Boys: Fun, Fun, Fun
“Fun, Fun, Fun” was a 1964 hit single written by two of the The Beach Boys band members, Brian Wilson and Mike Love. It is a true story. The band, visiting the KNAK radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah, overhead a complaint from the daughter of the owner of the station, [...]
Muse: Knights of Cydonia/ The Tornados: Telstar/ Ridin’ The Wind
Would you like to know where Muse got the inspiration for their unique brand of gravity defying space-rock – of course you do, so read on. if you’ve been keeping pace with my blog this week you will recall I have entries for “Plug in Baby” and “Sunburn“… is there a bad Muse song [...]
Muse: Plug in Baby
Muse are well known for their visually pleasing and dynamic live performances. This performance from a 2007 show at Wembley Stadium in London is no exception. In fact, the band won the award “Best Live Act” at the 2005 and 2007 BRIT Awards, so it would have been a misrepresentation not to show [...]
