Tag: music
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California Soul
I have spent this morning listening to a few different versions of the Nic Ashford & Valerie Simpson written soul classic ‘California Soul’ and have come up with the ranking of my favorites.
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Top Five Favorite Heatwave Songs
Always and Forever The Star of the Story Boogie Nights The Groove Line Mind Blowing Decisions
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Google Music Finished
After about a week and a half (maybe even two weeks, I’m not really sure), Google Music has finally finished importing my iTunes collection. According to Music Manager, 5,649 songs were added and 25,540 songs were skipped. According to the Music Player on the website, 8647 songs were added. I wish I could have had…
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My Top Five Favorite Sonic Youth Songs
1. Kool Thing – I have always liked this song because of the connection to the rap world (Chuck D’s vocals and the fact the song was originally written about LL Cool J), but it’s appearance in Hal Hartley’s ‘Simple Men’ put it over the top for me. 2. 100 Percent – I’ve never been…
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Not So Random Picture of a Bassist
This is Kristen Pfaff, former bassist for Hole. This picture was stolen from Fuck Yeah Hole. Check out their cool site for details on Kristen Pfaff and a bunch of other stuff.
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Random Picture of Sly Stone
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Just an Observation
If anyone says they like either Amy Winehouse or Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, but not the other obviously hasn’t listened to the other one.
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Stuck In My Head – 9/2/10
I have a small stack of CDs on the night table next to my bed. I haven’t heard any of them in a while, but for some reason this morning, I looked over, saw the soundtrack to Romeo+Juliet and immediately got this song stuck in my head. This video is from the album version…
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Soul Train Playlist 1
In the Music section of Comcast On Demand, there is a selection called Soul Train Playlist #1. Here is the description: A medley of great performances including The Staple Singers, Freda Payne, The Chi-Lites, Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett, War, Ike & Tina Turner, Joe Simon, The Stylistics and Lou Rawls. I put my thoughts about…
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The Song That Made Me A Johnny Cash Fan
Most people who know me know that I am a big Johnny Cash fan. I prefer his older more rockabilly stuff but it is all good to me. However, the song that made me a Johnny Cash fan is NOT one of his songs, but rather a song by a band from New York called…