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Wednesday, Feb 14 2018, 6AM
According to musicologist Dave Whitehill, this song is characteristic of Hendrix's "gentler side", utilizing the E and A major pentatonic scales to create a "pastorale setting befitting the lyrical content". Exactly.
Ain't no sunshine in Seattle either. Scattered showers today.
watch an artist at the top of his game - here's the official video bit.ly
Sufjan Stevens’ song, “Mystery of Love”, which appears in 'Call Me By Your Name', has been nominated for Best Original Song at this year’s Academy Awards.
You wanna be adored? What about me? You never think about my needs! - Oops, sorry, pasted a text to my wife by mistake.
The inspiration of the song came when a fire broke out in Robert Smith's home. After that day, Smith was going through the remains and came across his wallet which had pictures of his wife, Mary. The cover of the single is one of the pictures.
From 2006, here's a live performance bit.ly
Pitchfork ranked this song #19 on their "Top 200 Tracks of the 90s"
Um, for you listeners texting "home", this ain't Pearl Jam. Don't make me come over there!
Desire is another Johnny Jewel project. You may be more familiar with his band The Chromatics which Mr. Richards plays now and then
admit it, you forgot just how sweeeeettttt this song is! c'mon, you know you wanna
How about a little over the top music video this morning? watch it with your sweetie and sing to each other. well, maybe not bit.ly
ladies and gentlemen, start your texting! Text "home" for a chance to win Pearl Jam tickets!
This is a duet between Jim Reid and Hope Sandoval.
Happiest song ever written about helping someone dig their grave. look it up
well if that's the case, you'll have to buy me a drink sailor.
Another song inspired by Robert Smith's wife and he wrote the lyrics after a trip to the sea shore with her
Here's the video. fun-eee! bit.ly
Whatever you're into it's all good. #nojudgement
Frontman John S Hall wrote the song and said "When I really, really feel very bad, what I want to do is make myself feel better, so I'll write something happier. 'My Heart Is a Flower' is really a funny song. I was very, very sad when I wrote that one and a lot of people find that surprising. But I felt really, really trampled on, like a flower that's been thrown down in the dirt, when I wrote that"
most moving love song with the word "pickaxe" ever written. look it up
All relationships have to begin somewhere, right?
Obviously a love song since it was featured on the 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master' soundtrack
During 1982 Kimble Rendall, their founding guitarist, left and was followed out of the band by fellow founder, Roddy Radalj. Dave Faulkner wrote the song and has said the song is actually about Radalj leaving the band. love song or not?
This is the song that broke up The Smiths - Johnny Marr hated the B-side, a cover of a Cilla Black song, "Work Is a Four-Letter Word" (and Morrissey insisted they release it as the B-side). Says Marr "That was the last straw, really. I didn't form a group to perform Cilla Black songs. That was it, really. I made a decision that I was going to get away on holiday. The only place I could think of was L.A. L.A. was the only place I knew where there'd be sunshine, so off I went. I never saw Morrissey again."
The song is about a night when lead singer Mikel Jollett met a former girlfriend while out at a bar, during which he discovered that he still loved her. The entire band was present during this event. been there, done that - except my band wasn't with me.
"Let Me Lie to You" - truer words have never been spoken
The video for "Quick!", explores the very Oscar the Grouch-esque relationship between two people who live in trash cans. bit.ly
It's your twofer Wednesday Valentine's Day edition
Holy Crap! It's our second threefer of the day!
If you don't know your Thompson Twins, this is a great album to start with. It also includes "Love On Your Side", "Tears", "Love Lies Bleeding", and "Lies".
Also featured in the movie "Pretty In Pink"
Cy Curnin from The Fixx, Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol were all asked to record this song for the movie 'The Breakfast Club' before Simple Minds agreed.
The music video, which was released in November 1986, was directed by American artist Robert Longo. watch it here bit.ly
Stereo Total is a Berlin-based duo comprising Françoise Cactus and Brezel ('pretzel') Göring. Any band with a band member named "Pretzel" is tops in my book
The title is an ironic reference to "Love Will Keep Us Together" and following Ian Curtis's suicide, his wife Deborah had the phrase "Love Will Tear Us Apart" inscribed on his headstone
The record has ironically become a popular radio dedication to loved ones, relying on a misinterpretation of its refrain, "This one goes out to the one I love." Michael Stipe has said that "It's very clear that it's about using people over and over again". Maybe it's me, but what's the diff? ;-)