Part four! This time: Songs Written Before You Were Born I started my life as one of those weird kids in high school wearing a Beatles t-shirt, etching the Who logo on her binder, drawing various members of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in art class. I still think that some of the best music was made between the years 1966 and 1972. Here's some of that music, recorded by some great acts of more recent years. Of special note is Gibbard's Monkees cover, noteworthy for the following reasons: 1 – Gibbard dedicates the [...]
This weeks hangover mix comes from independent Dublin band ESTEL. check out the read more for the tracklisting and download link 1 John Coltrane - 'Ole' 2 Monkees - 'Mister Webster' 3 Righteous Brothers - 'Unchained melody' 4 Goblin- 'Sighs' 5 Ronnettes- 'Be my baby' 6 Modern Lovers- 'Hospital' 7 Scott Walker- 'Montague terrace in blue' 8 Pink Floyd- 'Astronomy Domine' 9 Gordon Lightfoot-'Don Quixote' 10 John Coltrane- 'My favourite things' click here to go to download page estelrocks.com estel [...]
Noel Gallagher has pretty much damned the British mainstream music scene lock, stock and Mark Ronson guest appearances , apparently without realising how much he has done to create it: He described Scouting For Girls as "Scouting For Idiots" and compared Winehouse to a "destitute horse". Of Brit-winner Ronson, he said: "He wants to write his own tunes instead of ruining everyone else's. "Mark Ronson needs to learn three chords on the guitar and write a tune." Gallagher also had a pop at Kaiser Chiefs, he said: "The Monkees haven't split [...]
Aimee Mann's notable cover of Harry Nilsson's One from the Magnolia soundtrack distinctly kicks off with a voice uttering "OK, Mr. Mix." This snippet actually comes from the beginning of another Harry Nilsson song, Cuddly Toy . Every now and then I'll be reminded of Nilsson's genius, inevitably when I discover a song that I love was originally written by him. This began with the Magnolia soundtrack and Aimee Mann's cover of One , also famously covered by Three Dog Night. Later on another Paul Thomas Anderson film [...]
Forget the Hammond B3 and her clunky brethren, the organ of choice for the discerning (and touring) 60s rock band was bound to be colorful, compact, and a scorcher in sound. The suitcase style combo organs, revered for their "cheezy" timbre, defined a classic sound for many well-known outfits and devoured the churchy sound from the organs of yore, paving the way to the synthesizer age. Welcome to the wonderful reedy world of combo organs. The Vox Continental (1962) Lord and master of all things combo, this line [...]
I always thought that The Beatles would have had more of an edge if they'd written about lust , rather than love. Think of the title possibilities: "Lust Me Do" "She Lusts After You" "All You Need Is Lust" Lust is a tough nut to crack in my music collection, mainly because I never really got into the stuff where a lot of lust plays out: misogynist metal and rap. But that made the challenge even more complex, so I dove in head-first and here's [...]
AT LAST!!! The end of a hot, sunny and sticky week. I've been looking forward to the weekend for days now. Don't you just hate it when you can't wait for the weekend to arrive?....it just seems to make the week drag even more slowly!! Still, 2 days off now to sit and relax and do nothing......I WISH!!! I have a list of jobs as long as my arm to do around the house and garden. [...]
Written by Mickey Dolenz, "Randy Scout Git" was buried deep within The Monkees' Headquarters , their third album and supposedly the album when the band began playing their own instruments. This song, written in London the night after The Beatles' threw the band a party, makes mention of "the four kings of EMI," and the title refers to a "lecherous Liverpudlian idiot." When the album was released, it hit number one on the charts in the States only to be replaced by Sgt. Peppers. Some consider it to be the Monkees' finest album. [...]
Remember my post from a month ago about Who Invented Country Rock? (If you missed it, here's a mix of some of the highlights .) Well, it turned out to be the most popular post I've ever done, generating lots of comments and e-mails. So now its time to tie up some loose ends based on all the great feedback generated by the first one. EARLY PIONEERS: (1) Jimmie Rodgers Some readers voiced the opinion that elements of [...]
The Monkees: Last Train To Clarksville [ purchase ] When I was about 9 or 10 years old my favorite music in the world was The Beach Boys, The Grease Soundtrack (crush on Olivia), and—number one in my heart—The Monkees. Back then the old Monkees TV show was shown in reruns after school got out. Mickey was my favorite Monkee because of his wacky sense of humor. So, when I got my own personal record player, the first “record” I bought was this 45 rpm single. [...]
I don't know Jenn nearly as well as Matt does, so I decided to keep my list clearly focused on the Garden State. I tried to pick songs that have multiple, interesting, unexpected ties to Jersey, too - enjoy! and I hope you learn a little something on the way, too. The image? That's the actual Fountains of Wayne in Wayne, NJ - more on that below: The Monkees, "Pleasant Valley Sunday" When I think "The Monkees," I always think of sunny southern California, so I was pleasantly surprised by [...]
Life's funny. Sometimes you get cast in a TV show about a fake band, then wind up accidentally becoming a hit band. Sometimes your fake-but-actually-real band writes (or at least records) some of the most real music of a decade full of real music. Here's the delightfully psychedelic Monkees tune ...
The Monkees - Kicking Stones (Teeny Tiny Gnome) (from Missing Links , 1987) - A "lost" recording from the 1966-67 period, it was included on the Missing Links compilation under the erroneous title of "Teeny Tiny Gnome," then later appended (with the correct name) to the 2006 two-disc reissue of More of the Monkees.
On this biggest travel weekend of the year, people are driving, flying, walking, basically doing whatever it takes to get home. For some reason trains have always held a certain fascination for songwriters. Here's 5 odes to that traditional mode of transportation. Happy travels. 1 : The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville Buy Greatest Hits 2 : Neko Case - Train From Kansas City Buy The Tigers [...]
So here I go traipsing perilously into US Magazine territory, but bear with me, there's good music herewith. AOL Spinner blog posted a slideshow the other day of the 20+ musicians that Winona Ryder has been romantically linked to over the years . Quite unfathomable -- it reads like the most-played list on my iPod [er, no pun intended]. Amongst the mostly-vicious comments on the original post was this laughable one: " She dated MICHAEL NESMITH? UGH. If you're planning to date a Monkee, then choose Mickey Dolenz because at least he [...]
From: The Definitive Monkees (WEA, 2001) Download Learn Home Fan
Something utterly important to today's alchemy of popular music occured on September the 8th, 1965. That was the day when the classified ad ran in Variety Magazine to attract what would ultimately become the first musical group crafted specifically for a television audience, a ready-made pop phenomenon known as The Monkees. The ad read, "seeking four insane boys, age 17-21 for acting roles in a new series." Hundreds applied, and Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith and Davy Jones were selected to form a Beatles-lookalike group for a zany television show. The hits were penned by a team [...]
The "Days of the week" Theme Songs has reached its final post. It's Sunday, and I had no problems finding Sunday-songs at all. I guess musicians like the lazy Sundays, and we like the music they make. Here is the last of the "Days of the week" mixes: SUNDAY SONGS. Please comment if you like it, hate it or if you would like to add something. Thanks for listening. The songs will be online for one week only. The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday [...]
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