I heard this on Pandora and liked it enough to make a note to share it with you! We'll overlook the ignominy of being featured on the Jersey Shore soundtrack. Probably.
I love the New York Voices. So talented. And they're a great in-person show too! I like this track, although I'm not sure it's the best from this album. They're all good though.
I don't know what made me think of this tune, but it's one of those songs that's hard for me to get out of my head once I hear it. And anyway I've been neglecting the big-hair genres!
I was thinking of this tune the other day. It's one of those cinematic tracks where the energy just keeps building throughout, until by the end you're practically floating!
Pandora led me to this tune from some of the other dancy (is that even a word?) tunes I'd been enjoying. I offer Hot Chelle Rae my most sincere contrafibularities.
Thursdays are the hardest day for me to come up with new posts. I said I'd post jazz, swing, and/or standards on Thursday. But I haven't yet come up with many new ways of staying current with the jazz world. Any ideas?
Anyway, I was astonished when I realized I'd never posted anything from Tord Gustavsen. I guess we'd call this Icelandic space jazz. It's ultra-cool, ultra-mellow. I think the cover art evokes the feeling nicely. I often listen to this great album when I'm writing or studying. I hope you like it as much as I do.
I love this track. I remember a local TV network used this as the background for a commercial for Star Trek re-runs when I was in a kid. I'm not sure it's such a good fit, but it is a good tune.
Here it is. Starbucks' new Flufficino-brand Coffee Drink
[Tuesday posts feature classic/vintage rock, alternative, or pop]
I thought it might be fun to take a look at the blog's history to see what readers' favorite posts have been since the blog began. I suppose because it's a historical snapshot going all the way back, it tends to favor older posts, but it's still interesting. The good news is blog readers have eclectic tastes in music. That makes sense, because so does the blog!
I was surprised that some of the cinematic ambient tracks were so popular. You really liked tracks from both Migratory Patterns and The American Dollar. They're all fine tracks, so I hope you listen to them again!
When I originally set out to write this post, I thought it'd be fun to post a cover of this tune, but I didn't particularly like any of the cover versions. So I decided to just post the original, but in researching the original release date, I found out an interesting piece of trivia on Wikipedia's discussion of this song. Apparently, the band borrowed the beat from Simple Minds' tune called Waterfalls, which was being recorded in the studio next door. Waterfalls is a nice track too, so here's both so here you can enjoy both and compare the beat.
I remember buying this CD back in the early 2000s just for this song. I was reminded of it when NPR's music blog recommended another track (Take California) from this album as a cornerstone of the "Big Beat Revolution." I listened to Take California, and I thought it was fine, but I like this one better. Enjoy.
I first heard this track from Dance Central 2. While I can be fairly accused of liking DC2 a bit too much, I still think this is a great tune. It's even better if you dance to it though.
Pandora found this track for me. It looks like Gym Class Heroes has been around for a while, but they're new to me. It just goes to prove that there's so much music around it's almost impossible to hear everything! I listened to a few other tracks from this album, and I liked those too, so I imagine I'll be posting more from Gym Class Heroes soon.