From her 2015 album Sprinter. The fury and anger she feels about a failed relationship are palpable to say the least – intense.
Monthly Archives: August 2018
Song of the Day 8/6/18 Jeremy Messersmith – ‘It’s Only Dancing’
From his 2014 album Heart Murmurs – gorgeous melody in a power pop groove about unrequited love.
Song of the Day 8/6/18 Amos Lee “Windows are Rolled Down”
Some songs have an amazing ability to create an moment that indelibly gets into your head. This song for me is utter contentment.
Song of the day 8/5/18 wild feathers – “on my way”
Since Boone and I are on the The road on our way to the Outer Banks I thought a good road song was an order. Another one from one of my favorite bands.
‘Eye of the Tiger’ as played by an Orchestra of 80+ Double Basses
My son plays the double bass, and each year takes part in a really cool summer camp called BassWorks – a one week summer music camp of only double bass players. The camp includes students of all ages and levels of abilities, and the faculty includes some of the best double bass players in the country and world.
For their final concert, in addition to more classical pieces, they usually do one popular song. This year it was Survivor’s ‘Eye of the Tiger’. Check it out!
If you search for BassWorks on YouTube, you can also sample the entire 2.5 hour final concert which includes the different smaller ensembles and the full orchestra final concert. The faculty recital is also worth checking out to see that the double bass is much more than just a accompaniment instrument in an orchestra.
Song of the Day 8/5/18 John Hiatt – ‘Long Time Comin’
From his 2014 album Terms of My Surrender
Song of the Day 8/4/18 Moby “ The Perfect Life”
I’ll say it. I don’t understand Moby. Sometimes he sings. Sometimes some one else does. Some music sounds like EDM and some is kind of folky. I do know that I love this song and this live version is fantastic.
Song of the Day 8/4/18 Bully – ‘I Remember’
A little tune to get you going on a Saturday morning. From 2015’s Feels Like
Today in Music History August 4
Prince – Purple Rain
1984 Prince’s 6th album, Purple Rain begins a 24 week run at the top of the US album charts. Think about that for a second – from Aug 4, 1984 through January 12, 1985, Purple Rain was the #1 album in America. Kind of hard to believe in today’s world where if an album sells 100,000 its first week and then disappears, it’s considered a success. Of course there was no such thing as streaming in 1984, but still. Michael Jackson’s Thriller had held the top spot for 15 weeks from the beginning of the year (after being at #1 for 22 weeks in 1983), followed by the Footloose soundtrack for 10 weeks, Sport by Huey Lewis and the News for a week, Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen for 4 weeks, and then it was Prince the rest of the year in January 1985. As of 2008, it has sold over 25 million copies.
The album, the soundtrack to the film of the same name, and the first with his band The Revolution, spun off two #1 singles ‘When Doves Cry‘ and ‘Let’s Go Crazy‘, the #2 single ‘Purple Rain‘, and the top 10 single ‘I Would Die 4 U‘. While Prince was already a major star at this point, Purple Rain launched him into the stratosphere, just as Thriller and Born in the USA had done for Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen (and all in the span of the same year).
Before Purple Rain, Prince‘s work had mainly been centered in R&B and funk – Purple Rain pushed him more into a amalgam of pop, rock, R&B, dance, and psychedelia that blended together produced a classic set of songs and served as a preview of the wide stylistic directions he would take for the remainder of his career.
In 2012, the Library of Congress added Purple Rain to its National Recording Registry, which includes songs that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically important.”
Here are some videos to remember the album.
Sources: This Day in Music.com; Wikipedia’ Billboard; Library of Congress
Song of the Day 8/3/18 Haley Heynderickx – ‘Oom Sha La La’
Haley Heynderickx is a singer/songwriter from Portland, OR. This song sounds like me like if Courtney Barnett wrote some lyrics for the Velvet Underground.
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