In the cool of the evening when everything is getting kind of groovy

"Spooky" by Dusty Springfield

Song similarities

The sort of synth ominous 4-6 or so note chord progression (totally making up the term) from Bishop Briggs' Hallowed Ground reminds me of Simon Says by Pharoahe Monch.

Another post on Fiona Apple

A great quote - and also there is an artist who is weaving FA lyrics into rugs - article at Huffpost here - this is one of those rugs

One i particularly related to 

I just love this quote - it's always made me laugh but resonated at the same time.

Serge Gainsbourg

Said broody in a french way...

Recorder King

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Some sort of magic.

Phase 1

Spoken at the beginning of Two of Us by the Beatles: 

"Phase One: In which Doris gets her oats."

Meaning???
Purpose???
Amusing? Yes.

Claxons Album Covers

Good stuff.

I'm a rebel just for kicks now

I haven’t quite made up my mind whether I want to buy this song yet, so I have just been listening to it on YouTube… still, rather catchy. “Feel it still” by Portugal the Man.

Image: Judd Nelson in The Breakfast Club – A Rebel just for kicks now – not quite 1986 – that would have been too poetic, TBC was made in 1985, darn it.*

*If you’re wondering what that train of thought was about, the lyrics from the song are:

Ooh woo, I’m a rebel just for kicks, now
Let me kick it like it’s 1986,

Musical similarities are following me... through the streets

This time, the stalker is:
Coming Home - Leon Bridges
and
Be Your Man - Moses Jordan

See - or rather, hear:

Point made. Over and out.

Even more musical similarities

The song Sunny by Boney M was featured in the series River. The tune seemed so familiar. Where from? I knew the similar song was featured in the film Hitch so that was the spark for finding this similarity.

In the first 30 seconds of Sunny, (the first 45 or so in this clip) the tune which we also find prominently in Ooh Wee appears.

Breugel's Triumph of Death & Cat Power's Cherokee

I was listening to music while writing about Pieter Breugel the Elders' The Triumph of Death. They seemed to contrast well together. Here they are - some details annotated with Cherokee lyrics.

The masses being driven into a coffin: "Never knew pain like this, everything die, then die... bury me."

"Bury me, marry me to the sky" 

"The wind, moon the earth, the sky, Sky so high. Never knew pain like this, everything die" 

Lovers oblivious in the corner "Never knew love like this... Feels like time is on my time... Cherokee, kissing me, When I'm on my way down"

"Bury me upside down"

Delusions involving The Cure

I might be delusional, but I noticed some similarities between songs by The Cure and other artists! For the second time in the last hour. Don't blame me, blame iTunes Genius who made the playlist! Although, they didn't put "Guilty as charged" in the playlist - probably because I didn't have a copy in my library...

The first 15 seconds of "In Between Days" by The Cure sounds like the theme(starting at 08 seconds) in "Modern Man by Arcade Fire.
Funy enough the particular part of "In Between days" is at 08 seconds!
Also they just have a simliar undertone.

15 seconds of The Cure

I write this post merely for interest's sake, not to make any comparison or copyright claim or anything like that.

The opening 15 seconds of The Lovecats by the Cure made me think of another song... I soon realised it was (the opening of) Guilty as Charged by the Gym Class Heroes & Estelle. I enjoy both these songs so here they are! 

Playlist: Tristesse Vol. 1

You can listen to this playlist on youtube here.

Father John Misty

Formerly of Fleet Floxes, Josh Tillman broke away and is now solo under the stage name Father John Misty.

I've been enjoying his songs:

Real Love Baby

The Ballad of a Dying Man

His cover art is also great:

I know that feeling

You're in love with a psycho - Kasabian

Violet

Bounce

Clueless

Ah, what a classic! Which cannot be mentioned today without mention of the fabulous tribute, Iggy Azalea's video for "Fancy."

Major Key

I don't know anything about the person behind the music that I haven't heard, but this album cover caught my eye on iTunes. Also the rationale behind the cover is also a mystery to me, so if I'm missing something, don't blame me!