Here's hoping Phillies fans aren't singing this next season:
Facts about Jimmy is track 3 on A Few Small Repairs. I learned about it from the same mix that introduced Morphine to this blog.
I used to say I didn't like country music. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band forced me to reconsider. And, as of about a week ago, Ryan Adams has convinced me to learn to play a little. Convinced me by singing a song about rain.
Thanks to my cousin Zach for the intro. In My Time of Need is track 12 on The Anniversary, Zach's mix club mix about loves won and lost. It's also track 14 on Heartbreaker.
Sean Hayes made some music in LA last night. He said goodnight with "a song about a fortune telling chicken." Earlier, he played this:
Flowering Spade is track 13 on Flowering Spade.
Proof that strange but simple musical ideas can work pretty damn well:
The Great Gig in the Sky is track 5 on The Dark Side of the Moon (an album that is, curiously, not on sale on the band's official website).
Stevie Wonder played just as much Sam Cooke last night as he did Stevie Wonder, and, in doing so, he reminded me that Wonderful World is one of the two songs that I regard as my first musical loves.
The other is (Who Wrote) The Book of Love.
I remember both songs spinning quietly in Mom's record player, under the shelf, next to the refrigerator.Perseverance songs are always useful, regardless of how long ago we graduated high school.
This Year is track 3 on The Sunset Tree.
The Mountain Goats are in LA tonight. I expect it to be the first of many animals with suicidal pride concerts for me. Huge thanks to Wiley for the introduction.
Original Air Blue Gown is track 15 on Full Force Galesburg.
