Another fabulous new artist. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The best music is not on the radio. Does anyone even listen to the radio anymore???
Tiny Desk Concert 2021 Entry - Neffy
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Song of the Day: Allison Mahal - Superego
Some days are sadder than others. This is one of those days. And this is the perfect song for that mood.
Allison Mahal "Superego" NPR Tiny Desk Contest Submission 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYvNLiujI3UOn this day I think back to the time I was told:
"Everything is important to me."
"I never forget anything."
"Everything is important to me."
"I never forget anything."
Everything is important to me, too.
Nor do I.
I am reminded of a Sören Kierkegaard quote:
"Life must be understood backwards; but…it must be lived forwards."
Perhaps a little forgetting wouldn't be such a bad thing.
Such is life.
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Song of the Day: Dery - Fine
Love the vibe in this song. I love finding new music.
fine - dery (2021 npr tiny desk contest submission)
Sorry, as of publishing time I didn't find the song lyrics. :(
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Song of the Day: H.E.R. - Damage
Another song with a great vibe. You know how it is when you meet someone who can do real damage...
Song lyrics, from AZLyrics.com:
H.E.R. - Damage (Official Video)
Careful what you take for granted, yeah'Cause with me know you could do damage
Song lyrics, from AZLyrics.com:
H.E.R. Lyrics
"Damage"
If you got it, it ain't a question
Oh, it ain't no room for guessin'
No more than emotionally invested (No, no)
Showin' you all my imperfections, oh
If I let you, you'll take me for granted, yeah (You, you, you, you)
If I'm worth more than you could manage, manage, yeah
Open with me, oh we could be honest
Closer to me, oh giving me solace
Promise that you won't let me fall
Holding me tight
Loving me right
Giving me life
All night
You could be (You could be)
Telling me lies
Making me cry
Wasting my time
The whole time
So just be
Careful what you take for granted, yeah
'Cause with me know you could do damage
You, you could do damage
You, you could do damage, yeah
Worried about it I'm putting pressure (You know)
You'll only cut me if I let you
No, we ain't doing this just for pleasure
Either learn me or I'm a lesson gone oh
If you want me don't take me for granted, yeah, yeah
If I'm worth more than you could manage, baby
Oh you're falling for me, oh baby I've caught it
Ooh we could be whatever you wanna call it
Promise that you won't let me fall
Holding me tight
Loving me right
Giving me life
All night
You could be
Telling me lies
Making me cry
Wasting my time
The whole time
So just be
Careful what you take for granted, yeah
'Cause with me know you could do damage
You, you could do damage
You, you could do damage
Oh, you could do damage
Know you could do damage, yeah
Oh, you could do damage, yeah, yeah, oh, oh
Oh, you could do damage, oh with me
Friday, June 11, 2021
Why We Ride
I ran across this great article recently. Not much to say about it, other than I agree with every word. Thank you, Kevin Cameron.
Why We Ride Motorcycles
Skill, passion, talent, danger, identity: Why do you ride a motorcycle?
By Kevin Cameron
June 9, 2021
Selected quotes:
"For some, the wind and the 360-degree view of the world provided by motorcycles remind us that life is not a video game. For others, it’s the practice of skills in an unforgiving environment. For still others, it’s the rush of acceleration and cornering."
"What happens to us during our first six months on a motorcycle? We either learn the alert vigilance of squirrels, mountain climbers, and combat soldiers, or we quit. ... There is no right of way for the motorcyclist. We alone can assure our own security. So many motorists just don’t see motorcycles at all, and others are barely conscious, texting. Constant alert vigilance is the only security. Just as the horse takes delight in running up and down, so we are refreshed by exercising this high state of awareness that is so underused in our daily lives."
I completely relate to this next quote, that riding clears the mind like nothing else precisely because you need full attention. It's counter-intuitive, in a way, but being forced to concentrate on something can actually clear and refresh the mind.
"Riding a motorcycle can drain life’s pond of distractions, revealing with clarity the bare bones. A BMW rider I knew was a chemist. When confronted with a problem he wasn’t able to solve in his office chair or by awakening at 4 a.m. in where-am-I confusion, he would just get on his bike and ride, heading out of town and onto some go-anywhere rural roads. Over a period of three hours, the concentration riding required would gradually push aside the mess in his mind and shake the problem down to essentials. A solution would appear. And it worked over and over."
"More of the clarifying power of the motorcycle was revealed by a friend who is a published poet. His written words said to me that when his mind was distressed and stopped by the problem of finding sense in life, he rode his motorcycle. It combed the nonessentials, the do-loops from his mind, streamlining his thought process. It left him in alert vigilance, aware of everything around him, safe, clear-headed, and alive. That, and more, is why we ride."
Saturday, May 29, 2021
Song of the Day: Lowland Hum - Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel cover)
Following up from two days ago, here is the second of two Lowland Hum songs from their "So Low" album, honoring the 35th anniversary of Peter Gabriel's "So" album.
Don't Give Up
Lyrics, from AZLyrics.com:
"Don't Give Up"
in this proud land we grew up strong
we were wanted all along
I was taught to fight, taught to win
I never thought I could fail
no fight left or so it seems
I am a man whose dreams have all deserted
I've changed my face, I've changed my name
but no one wants you when you lose
don't give up
'cos you have friends
don't give up
you're not beaten yet
don't give up
I know you can make it good
though I saw it all around
never thought I could be affected
thought that we'd be the last to go
it is so strange the way things turn
drove the night toward my home
the place that I was born, on the lakeside
as daylight broke, I saw the earth
the trees had burned down to the ground
don't give up
you still have us
don't give up
we don't need much of anything
don't give up
'cause somewhere there's a place
where we belong
rest your head
you worry too much
it's going to be alright
when times get rough
you can fall back on us
don't give up
please don't give up
'got to walk out of here
I can't take anymore
going to stand on that bridge
keep my eyes down below
whatever may come
and whatever may go
that river's flowing
that river's flowing
moved on to another town
tried hard to settle down
for every job, so many men
so many men no-one needs
don't give up
'cause you have friends
don't give up
you're not the only one
don't give up
no reason to be ashamed
don't give up
you still have us
don't give up now
we're proud of who you are
don't give up
you know it's never been easy
don't give up
'cause I believe there's a place
there's a place where we belong
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Song of the Day: Lowland Hum - In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel cover)
So it's been 35 years since Peter Gabriel released "So." Fabulous album, start to end.
In honor of that, Lowland Hum has released "So Low," an album covering the whole Peter Gabriel album. I'll post two of the songs here on my blog, two of the songs I love the most.
I love how they capture the essence of the songs, without duplicating what Gabriel did.
Here is the first of the two Lowland Hum songs I'll post.
Lyrics, from AZLyrics.com:
"In Your Eyes"
(from "Say Anything..." soundtrack)
Love I get so lost, sometimes
Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
When I want to run away
I drive off in my car
But whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are
All my instincts, they return
And the grand facade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside
In your eyes
The light the heat
In your eyes
I am complete
In your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
In your eyes
The resolution of all the fruitless searches
In your eyes
I see the light and the heat
In your eyes
Oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
The heat I see in your eyes
Love, I don't like to see so much pain
So much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive
And all my instincts, they return
And the grand facade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside
In your eyes
The light the heat
In your eyes
I am complete
In your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
In your eyes
The resolution of all the fruitless searches
In your eyes
I see the light and the heat
In your eyes
Oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light,
The heat I see in your eyes
In your eyes in your eyes
In your eyes in your eyes
In your eyes in your eyes
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