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Another week, new songs…
First out is Memories, about creating new memories here and now… because that’s how it is, right? We need to live in the here and now? 🙂
Then a song that first made me think of the Norwegian Röyksopp but which wasn’t at all…
The next song is unfortunately always relevant… On the same theme as my book “En bok om en Bög”… Same love
Last out this week will be a Swedish song: Terapi
…and what would a post here be without a bonus? 😉
Enjoy!
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Today’s theme is “vinyl records I remember”… and we’re talking about when my interest in music took off around 1988 when, as an 8-year-old, I started to develop my own taste in music, first with cassette tapes recorded from the radio or from my kind brother who supplied me with various mixtapes.
Pretty soon I started buying my own records, and then it was vinyl records that were the thing. My weekly allowance was probably on par with most others at the time, 10 kronor to begin with (you know, the actual ten-kronor bills) and a trip to the nearby B&W at our big shopping centre could mean that I found cheap sale records, mostly singles, but also the occasional LP… and how does an 8-10 year old buy their music? Well, of course mostly based on the album cover, but also, now and then, based on some artist I had heard a song by on the radio…
So with this long introduction to today’s songs, here comes:
Swing the mood – Jive Bunny and the mastermixers
Do the Bartman – from Simpsons
Yes, and then some kind of bonus on this… hmm… so that it won’t just be a nostalgia trip back to the late 80s, today’s bonus will be an entire album… one that I bought newly pressed on a yellow vinyl record around 2005.
Enjoy!
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Oh, oh, oh, time flies, already 11 weeks into 2021… maybe it’s me who’s slow, but I’m really not keeping up…
Anyway, that’s not why you’re here, to get a grip on the fact that I think time is rushing by, you’re here to get a grip on some nice music that you might not have found otherwise…
First up today:
The one to love you – Howard Jones
I like synths, and the above song has really nice sounds and a tight mix… short but full sounds that together with reverb and delay create a completely wonderful soundscape… gotta love it! 🙂
Next up is:
Another thing I like is nice 808 bass lines… it gives me goosebumps to hear the depth and rumble, and yet melodic… sweet!
Third for the day will be:
A fellow redhead who really knows the art of constantly reinventing himself and developing music… This minimally produced song makes my goosebumps go off on all the gears there are… super nice! And very impressive to build so much dynamics and energy in the song, all the way through, without using drums!
Today’s fourth:
A nice (and modern) remix of Simply Red, an artist who has definitely been on the map for as long as I can remember, but it wasn’t until this (and some other remixes) came out that I really got my eyes up for Mr. Red and understood the greatness…
…and so maybe a bonus could be in order…
Ah… voices only… is also a good recipe for my goosebumps…
Enjoy!
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This week’s post might also be a bit nostalgic, as my entry into the music world as a youngster included a lot of rap and hip hop…
So, here’s some Wu-Tang Clan, a little KRS-One, another KRS-One (I could not choose), a little Busta Rhymes (among others), Jurassic 5, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Blackstreet.
A compact week without a bonus session, but then again, 8 tracks instead.
Enjoy!
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Well, last week was totally focused on good old music videos… and after that I got stuck (like so many times before) on YouTube looking around at all the wonderful things that were suggested… I then found these cool live/semi-live performances.
First up is a guru who I’ve had the privilege of seeing live:
Sting – Englishman in New York
Today’s second song is a version of Free Fallin’ that I know as a Tom Petty song:
Third out is none other than Tracy Chapman – Fast Car.
Last out, before today’s bonus, will be the song I see as semi-live… because it feels like it starts in the recording studio and ends on the live stage:
Manchester Orchestra – The Silence
So, how do you end such a nice live session?
Well, of course with Simon and Garfunkel, but still not… I hand over to Nick & Simon.
Enjoy!
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School break, at least for the school kids… and in my day, when I was young, school break could mean having time to watch TV… but come on, daytime TV back then was nothing to watch… luckily there was both MTV and ZTV broadcasting music videos…
Here are some music videos that I remember often hoping would show up…
First up is Peter Gabriel – Sledge Hammer, which was one of the first music videos I remember seeing, and being very impressed with… had never seen anything like it before… (and not since either, it turned out)
Then there was a group and song that I never managed to remember, only that there were two of them jumping forward through the video and some strange person doing some kind of somersaults with a bunch of pillows on them… that was of course Fine Young Cannibals med lÃ¥ten She drives me crazy.
Another video that I also hoped would come on, because of their super silly, yet classic dance, was Genesis – I can’t dance.
The last one among today’s regulars was probably among the coolest music videos back in the day… as much colour, speed and excitement as you could get: MC Hammer – Can’t touch this.
So… after four lovely nostalgic music videos… today’s bonus will be a little more modern… a music video that impressed me a lot when it came out… a single take (it seems) and yet it can’t reasonably be. Eagle Eye Cherry – Save tonight.
Enjoy!
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Okay, the most important week of the year… I’m not saying why, but it is! 🙂
For various reasons, I’ve had cause to be a little nostalgic, so both this week’s post and next week’s post will be taken and inspired from my childhood.
If you had stood outside my boyhood room in the mid-nineties, it wouldn’t have been impossible for you to have heard the following four songs (maybe even one after the other):
…and if there’s going to be a bonus today, I can’t really choose, Kris Kross or East 17?
…okay then, one of each… 🙂
Those of you who are observant will notice that there’s not a single YouTube clip in today’s post… that’s simply because next week it will be all videos! 🙂
Enjoy!
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This week’s theme is the 80s… but I felt that was way too broad, so I had to narrow it down, but then the indecision kicked in… movie music or TV music… eh – screw it – let’s do both!
The first song is a classic for me, both for the era it came out in and for the sounds and production…
Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer, from the movie Beverly Hills Cop with Eddie Murphy.
…and maybe you’re one of those who, just like me, parked themselves in front of the TV when any of the following TV series aired?
…and a little more film perhaps, it was after all film and TV… 🙂
Maybe this, from Rocky IV?
…or this, one of several Queen-songs from Highlander?
The ending will be a movie that has been around for many years, and which has also followed me as a book… Never Ending Story….
Man, the 80s, so many cool synths… <3
Enjoy!
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So this time of year, it usually starts to gear up for Mello*… *sigh* I’m not a big Mello fan… but I still have to admit that it is, after all, a big part of the music industry… and over the years there have been a few songs that have stuck with me…
Then I drift a bit from Mello, at least musically, even though the next artist has actually been in Mello… and as a kind of “compatriot” with Pontare, he gets the honour of following up in this week’s music tips:
Daniel’s Joik – Jon Henrik Fjällgren
What comes next then? Well, away from the Mello track but still associating further along the thread that has now begun to spin in my mind…
…and the step to the next song is not far either:
So… and a bonus on this, what could that be? No idea, the common thread has fallen away… and what does every proper Swede do when the conversation topics run out? Well, resort to the weather of course… so today’s bonus:
Snow (hey oh) – Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Enjoy!
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*Mello is the Swedish music competition “Melodifestivalen” that decides what song that gets to represent Sweden in the Eurovision competition.
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Let’s try a second week with a theme. This week it will be one of the household gods, Michael Jackson.
First up is a song that is his, but performed by someone completely different:
With Jackson, this giant, it’s difficult to find songs that aren’t overplayed, but two that I definitely don’t think are overplayed are (yes, I know, a little repetition from the Christmas calendar, but I’m thinking that not everyone has checked it out (yet)):
A place with no name – Michael Jackson
…and what should we end the regular section with? Maybe one of all the mighty power ballads Mr. Jackson has offered? Absolutely, but again maybe in a version by someone else:
…or if you’re feeling a little more… hmm… relaxed…
I had to think a lot about what would be this week’s bonus… but in the end the penny dropped, a man with humour, a man who is not like everyone else or does like everyone else, who has paved his own way through the world stars to shine at least as brightly and do his own thing, even though he has borrowed freely from others…
Enjoy!
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