A recent plumbing repair (having our water heater replaced) has once again reminded me how much I hate anything to do with it. For a lot of years I tried to do my own repairs and usually just made things worse. In fact, I always said that I could make a leak worse just by thinking about working on it. That's why I finally gave up a long time ago and turned it all over to plumbers. So I hate plumbing problems, but in a feeble attempt to find something related that has a little redeeming [...]
A recent plumbing repair (having our water heater replaced) has once again reminded me how much I hate anything to do with it. For a lot of years I tried to do my own repairs and usually just made things worse. In fact, I always said that I could make a leak worse just by thinking about working on it. That's why I finally gave up a long time ago and turned it all over to plumbers. So I hate plumbing problems, but in a feeble attempt to find something related that has a little redeeming [...]
Buckle up, and thank you for flying Pan Am.
I've heard Fake Problems cover several songs over the past couple of years, including Katy Perry's "Firework" (which if I'm honest is a lot better than the original). Here they cover Bobby Darin's "Dream Lover," live from the Dickies showroom.
The second in a five-part series that features covers of every single Bob Dylan song, in alphabetical order. Today's installment goes from F through J, for a total of over 50 more covers.
Gimme a board, messieurs. Pour les grandes vagues et les surfer garcons (et filles), here's a twangy big-ninth-version of Charles Trenet's „La Mer" by Psycho Tiki entrepreneurs The Aquamarines , and the probably most liquid version of Serge's & Jane's „Je t'aime (moi non plus)" ever heard, performed by Berlin's number one surf guitarist and lounge expert Kahuna Kawentzmann – the German „Kawentzmann" translates as a rogue wave you shouldn't even try on a Big Wednesday, got my drift, kids? Wet name choice, and even your girlfriend may get instantly ... okay, forget about that. Both tracks [...]
Position 18:45 GMT 34 degrees, 12.822N 121 degrees, 06.922W Course: 335 degrees Total Cruise Distance: 245 nautical miles Present Air Temperature: 55F Present Air Pressure: 1017hPa Present Air Humidity: 66% Speed: 13Kts Current playlist, click here . MP3: Lost In The Sea by Leftover Cuties MP3: Beyond The Sea by Bobby Darin MP3: The Ocean by Led Zeppelin MP3: [...]
Charles Aznavour? Wasn't that the somewhat square old entertainer in the grey suit you saw on dozens of awful tv shows all those years ago? Maybe. Aznavour also was Charlie, the forlorn dude in Truffaut's Tirez sur le pianiste (see pic) who smoked all those cigarettes like nobody had it done before, shared the bed with Michèle Mercier and Nicole Berger, and murmered some of the coolest lines ever to be uttered between love and loneliness („Silence is amorous complicity"). Sadness was also one of the keywords in his chansons, as well in Que c'est triste Venise, [...]
Well this one of the places where you start if you really have an appreciation for music, this is the era that most kids forget/skip over. Hell everyone these days are so concerned with the next big track by Cudi, Skrillex etc. Which is great however it draws us away from some of the greatest hits of the past to a point where the next generation won't know who Kid Cudi is or even U2. For those who don't know about Bobby Darin, he was one of the biggest idols in the late 502s, as he was focused in singing [...]
While the norm is to cover Daniel Johnston songs, we compiled when he covers others like The Beatles, Schoolhouse Rock and more.
Regular visitors to the GMC know that I enjoy writing about crooners, and have also explored the definition of the term and whether it is even considered a compliment. (See From Sinatra To Rod Stewart – The Crooner Conundrum .) But not every singer is a crooner, and some guys are a little hard to classify - like Bobby Darin. Darin was just 37 when he died in 1973, so any discussion of his career starts with the fact that it was much shorter than most. But the guy who had become [...]
"What, the show for kids?" my colleague, the one with an extravagant collection of adidas tracksuit jackets, replied when I asked if she watched Glee . It's a regular prejudice to confuse Glee with High School Musical , and therefore to presume that the interpretations of the songs covered on Glee must be intrinsically inferior to their originals. The former presumption can be ascribed to benign ignorance; the latter claim can be made only by people who hate music. Fact is, in many cases the Glee versions are equal to their originals, [...]
Filed under: News , R.I.P. Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images Don Kirshner, the businessman and songwriter who created the Monkees and helped launch the careers of several iconic performers, died Monday in Florida. According to a press release, the 77-year-old passed away from heart failure. Known as "The Man With the Golden Ear," Kirshner was born in 1934 in New York City. He entered the music business in the late '50s as [...]
This next podcast made me bring together a collection of songs that made me think of the sea, more specifically, water , as well as enabling me to construct some kind of cohesive mix. It's probably a bit late for such a distinct theme, but hell, summer will always have a place in my heart y'all. We gotta keep it alive and pine for the hot weather next year. It's going to be relevant too, to all those in the world when this time of year is warmer for them, that happens right? PODCAST PLAYLIST [...]
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If you're unaware of what Music Monday is, it's a Twitter recommendation system where users of Twitter share their favourite music, artists, genres, etc in order to not only find new music themselves but help others find new music too. Using the hashtag (#) followed by "MusicMonday" you can easily find new music posted by the thousands of people making recommendations each week. Every #MusicMonday I upload a playlist of 20 songs that I've been listening to (new and old) over the past week [...]
On a regional audition round for the South African version of Idols , a hopeful entrant introduced his chosen song as "Ain't That A Kick In The Head by…Michael Bublé". As one would expect, the contestant's performance was thoroughly mediocre. The real ring-a-ding-ding thing: Today any crumb wants to be a Rat Packer. I have no particular beef with Michael Bublé — except that he personifies the banalisation of the rich legacy of what Rod Stewart (of late another offender) calls "The Great American [...]
The other day my wife and I had a discussion about why I haven't made her a mix in a long time. I figured, what better day than Valentines to put together some music to profess my undying love for the beautiful woman in my life. I hope she enjoys this as much as I enjoyed putting it together. C=T Valentine's Day Mix 2010 Patsy Cline-Thats How Much I Love You The Marvelettes-When You're Young And In Love Stevie Wonder-I Believe (When I Fall In Love) [...]
I love Bobby Darin's music, but I never thought he would ever get posted in my blues blog, not by me anyway. Well after I picked myself up off the floor, from the harmonica part (with shades of Sonny Terry no doubt), dude gets his mojo going on the marimbas. Sublime is an understatement, this clip attest to the great talent that Mr. Darnin truly was. Bobby Darin: Albums, CDs, & MP3s @Amazon.com
If you end up in knots, just channel Bobby Darin 's romanticism and love for life. He'll remind you that no matter how complicated things can get - what's most important, are things like having your hand held. Better yet, that special someone finding the pressure point in your hand - and massaging it. " Your magic hands … your lovin' eyes. Your kissable lips. Makes my heart realize... " MP3: " Irresistible You " by Bobby Darin
Filed under: News , Grammy Awards Leonard Cohen and Michael Jackson were awarded special Grammys honoring lifetime achievement in a separate ceremony at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles Saturday. The 75-year-old Canadian songwriter and the late pop star were named alongside country great Loretta Lynn , the late crooner Bobby Darin , jazz trumpeter Clark Terry, blues guitarist David "Honeyboy" Edwards and classical pianist Andre Previn. Several of the awards were accepted by others on behalf of [...]
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