Keepers:
Bip Bop
Some People Never Know
Mary Had a Little Lamb (bonus)
Wings-Wild Life
February 8th, 2010
Fave Non-Jackson Super Bowl Halftime Moments
February 7th, 2010Are we going to hear the retirement-age Who sing new meaning into the words “hope I die before I get old” tonight? Here’s hoping! In the meantime, these are my favorite Halftime moments from recent years:
1. Bruce Springsteen almost killing a camera man and causing thousands of cases of hi-def wall-mounted whiplash.
2. Prince (nudge-nudge-wink-wink)
3. Bono revealing that his armpit had provided sweaty cover for an American flag throughout his performance.
Got any you’d like to add?
Family-A Song For Me
February 7th, 2010
On Bruce Springsteen
February 6th, 2010Curty Ray of Power Pop Overdose comments:
- Am I the only one in the world that thinks Springsteen is WAY overrated?
Now that’s a tough one. I’ve never understood Bruce Springsteen’s uber-appeal… he’s good, but why and how did he become BRUUUUCE?
His first couple of albums were full of wordy shuffles that inexplicably got him branded as the next Dylan, and a few years later we got a couple of thin sounding synth-y things that were huge commercially, but pretty hard to listen to if you were on the fence to begin with. Fact is though, there were some really good records mixed in there as well and it all worked out: his mediocre records made him more popular and his good records made him more popular, and intermittent suckiness just didn’t make an ounce of difference. Everything the guy did seemed to enhance the icon factor. Think about it – the guy writes a melodically simplistic song about a Vietnam vet living a dead end life (Born In The USA), and it becomes misinterpreted into some sort of fist-pumping patriotic anthem that gets played at every fireworks display in America. Good work if you can get it.
My theory? Hard, hard work, a great live show, enough intelligence to pull back and deconstruct every so often (Nebraska) and a sneaky ability to create music (and a persona to match) that can be misunderstood in surprisingly beneficial ways. Overrated? maybe. Undeserving, no.
Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run
February 6th, 2010
Brian Eno-Another Green World
February 5th, 2010
Keepers:
Golden Hours
St Elmo’s Fire
Sky Saw
The Big Ship
Another Green World
Everything Merges with the Night
I’ll Come Running
David Bowie-The Man Who Sold The World
February 4th, 2010
Keepers:
The Width Of A Circle
All The Madmen
After All
The Man Who Sold The World
Lightning Frightening (bonus)
Michael Fennelly Heaven
February 3rd, 2010Michael Fennelly himself posts a video on YouTube: a demo version of one of my all-time favorite songs.
Michael Fennelly – To Claudia On Thursday
Colossus Gold
February 3rd, 2010
Both Shocking Blue songs on this comp are great, and I promise they’ll show up here when I listen to the albums they originally appeared on.
Keepers:
Shannon – Abergavenny
Bill Deal – May I
George Baker – Little Green Bag
Showstoppers – Ain’t Nothin But a Party
Tee Set – Ma Belle Amie
Mink DeVille-Le Chat Bleu
February 2nd, 2010
Keepers:
This Must Be The Night
Savoir Faire
That World Outside
Slow Drain
You Just Keep Holding On
Lipstick Traces
Heaven Stood Still
Turn You Every Way But Loose
10CC-The Original Soundtrack
February 1st, 2010
Public Image Limited-Metal Box
January 31st, 2010
Aimee Mann-I’m With Stupid
January 30th, 2010
Sparks-Kimono My House
January 29th, 2010
Keepers:
Here In Heaven
This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us
Amateur Hour
Talent Is an Asset
In My Family
Badfinger-Straight Up
January 28th, 2010
Poor bastards. Ham and Evans already have a deer-in-the-headlights look about them on the cover, don’t they?
Played this thing to death on 8-track, then bought the lp, then bought the CD with extra tracks, now feel guilty for having not paid for the mp3s. Something’s screwed up somewhere, and three of these guys aren’t with us to not get the money they wouldn’t have gotten from the 4th format of this album that I have or have not owned for 38 years.
Keepers:
Baby Blue
I’d Die Babe
Name Of The Game
Sweet Tuesday Morning
Day After Day
Sometimes
Perfection
Ringo Starr-Ringo
January 27th, 2010
Keepers:
Photograph
Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond)
You’re Sixteen (You’re Beautiful and You’re Mine)
Oh, My My
You and Me (Babe)
It Don’t Come Easy [bonus track)
Roxy Music-Stranded
January 26th, 2010
Emmylou Harris-Pieces Of The Sky
January 25th, 2010
Keepers:
Bluebird Wine
Too Far Gone
Boulder to Birmingham
Before Believing
Bottle Let Me Down
Sleepless Nights
Coat of Many Colors
For No One
Queen of the Silver Dollar
iLink uClick
January 24th, 2010RedTelephone66 – OMG it’s The Goldebriars! Curt Boettcher/Becher/Betcher/Youbetcha fans go, go, go! Now!
Twilightzone! – Mono Stones (no Beatle Bones) and enough Rebel Rockabilly Rock to keep you moving for a while.
Power Pop Criminals has an Advent best-of, Houba Houba footage and Part 1 of a John Wicks/Paul Collins performance.
Power Pop Overdose – Part 2 of the John Wicks/Paul Collins performance (see above).
And by all means… scroll.
Portishead
January 24th, 2010
Keepers:
Cowboys
Undenied
Half Day Closing
Over
Humming
Seven Months
Elysium
Western Eyes
