This is a continuation of a previous music diary. At any rate, I wanted to add something to the thesis I set out in the first diary, which was that the popular music of today has important origins in the Sixties and Seventies given the convergence of technologies, drugs, politics, and the zeitgeist of those times.
All kinds of things -- most specifically telling the Muslims to go away:
Good morning, everybody!
My partner, Kate, was hospitalized again last week. She's home, and doing reasonably well, but that didn't happen till last night. It was a hell of a week. So today this is just an Open Thread. No essay.
Hey, it's songday. I pick a song that I believe warrants it and publish an assortment of the covers of that song by various persons and or groups. Pick a few that are new to you and have a listen. It is also, of course, an open thread to talk about anything you feel like.
Today's song is: King Bee
Slim Harpo
Hey, it's songday. Today I pick a song that I believe warrants it and publish an assortment of the covers of that song by various persons and or groups. Pick a few that are new to you and have a listen. It is also, of course, an open thread to talk about anything you feel like.
Today's song is: Stack O' Lee, Stack A Lee, Stagger Lee, etc.
Remember this R&R hit? The studio execs actually found it controversial & demanded some edits.
Lloyd Price
Hey, it's songday. Today I pick a song that I believe warrants it and publish an assortment of the covers of that song by various persons and or groups. Pick a few that are new to you and have a listen. It is also, of course, an open thread to talk about anything you feel like.
Today's song is: Little Red Rooster.
Willie Dixon
That's what bitter people did. Pointed the finger and blamed others. Obfuscation was a way of hiding from their own shortcomings and wounds.
~Rachel Hauck~
I spend most of my time at home. The days are busy caring for my PALS and maintaining the household. The isolation can be oppressive. Thank goodness for music.
