Yesterday was one of those days, when nothing seems to get done, unless it is done wrong, and so forth. Ugh. A
true Monday. And so, in the wee small hours of the morning (or close enough), I'm going to lighten the mood a bit with one of my random, for-the-sake-of-the-song musical posts, consisting of three parts (or movements, I suppose):
Twenty Completely Randomly, Blindly Chosen Songs from Songs Added to My iTunes in 2009:
1. "Stand Up Comedy", by U2 from No Line On The Horizon
2. "Meet You In The Middle", by Joan Osborne, from Little Wild One
3. "Some Other Day", by Tina Dico, from A Beginning / A Detour / An Open Ending
4. "He's Always Been Faithful", by Sara Groves, from Conversations
5. "Dark Moon", by Chris Isaak, from B Sides, Rare & Bonus Songs
6. "We Ride", by Fiction Family, from Fiction Family
7. "Love Is Gone", by Peter Cincotti, from East Of Angel Town
8. "Pocket Of A Clown", by Raul Malo, from After Hours
9. "um samba (sofa mix)", by tempo rei, from Cafe Lounge (Rose Hip Tea)
10. "Learning How To Die", by Jon Foreman, from Limbs And Branches
11. "Space And Time", by The Verve, from Urban Hymns
12. "Abandoner", by Steven Wilson, from Insurgentes
13. "Fém (Etude No. 8)", by The Bad Plus, from For All I Care
14. "Ballade At Thirty-Five", by Carla Bruni, from No Promises
15. "Bright Lights (Losing Control)", by Rocco DeLuca & The Burden, from Mercy
16. "Rhapsody for Harp [Marcel Grandjany]", by Jon Gillock & Kathleen Bride, from 99 Perfectly Relaxing Songs
17. "Leucocyte: III. Ad Mortem", by Esbjörn Svensson Trio, from Leucocyte
18. "Fall Out", by Roland Kirk, from Talkin' Verve: Roots of Acid Jazz
19. "Weird Friendless Kid", by Emiliana Torrini, from To Be Free
20. "Friend Like You", by Joshua Radin, from Simple Times
Favorite Ten Albums from 2009 So Far:
1. Astral Weeks: Live At The Hollywood Bowl, by Van Morrison. He still has it. Beautiful.
2. Scream, by Chris Cornell. Widely reviled, wildly misunderstood, wonderfully insane.
3. Mercy, by Rocco DeLuca & The Burden. Haunting and gorgeous. Produced by Daniel Lanois.
4. Insurgentes, by Steven Wilson. A little masterpiece from Porcupine Tree mastermind.
5. A Beginning / A Detour / An Open Ending, by Tina Dico. More polished, mature pop from the Scandinavian chanteuse.
6. 99 Perfectly Relaxing Songs, by Various Artists. 99 classical and sacred songs for just .99 from amazon.com!
7. Compass, by Joshua Redman. Another top-notch disc from a fine reedman.
8. Lucky One, by Raul Malo. Country, lounge, pop, and Cuban rolled into one satisfying combination.
9. With Arrows, With Poise, by The Myriad. Adventuresome, thoughtful alt-rock, with a nod to Radiohead.
10. Midnight at the Movies, by Justin Townes Earle. Steve's son makes another fine album of trad country.
Funniest/Scariest Musical Anecdote for the First Quarter of 2009:
My four-year-old son and I were in Target last week picking up a few items. As we walked past a blaring television set, he stopped and said, "Daddy, that's ABBA!" Sure enough, an ABBA song was playing in a commercial for something or another. He looked at me very seriously and informed me, with a matter-of-fact tone: "That's 'Dancing Queen.' I really like that song." Satisfied, he started walking again, singing, "You can dance, you can jive..."
Needless to say, the current musical curriculum in our home is undergoing some changes...
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