The Hippie Chick

St. Patrick's Day Playlist

2011-03-17T08:37:00.002-04:00

Listen to The Anti Valentines Day Playlist!

2011-02-13T13:19:00.001-05:00

Teen angel, can you hear me?

2010-10-02T11:46:00.001-04:00

I was listening to and appreciating the art of the "teenage death song" (or, thank you, Wikipedia, the "splatter platter"). I broadcast a couple on Blip.FM just a few minutes ago in fact and might go back and play more again later. I guess because once October rolls around I start thinking Hallowe'en and I think more macabre thoughts. Haha!

You know the songs. They were very popular in the 1950s and 1960s. There were even a few after that time. The bliss of young love, cut short by the spectre of Death. The mourning lead singer and the angelic sounding choruses. Why teens? Probably because at that age, you feel invincible. And what's more tragic than dying young?

You had motorcycle crashes!
"Leader of the Pack" by the Shangri-Las
"Terry" by Twinkle

You had car crashes!
"Last Kiss" by The Cavaliers (covered later by Pearl Jam)

Deaths involving the water!
"Endless Sleep" by Jody Reynolds

There was murder!
"Run, Joey, Run" by David Geddes

There was suicide!
"Patches" by Dickie Lee
"Ode to Billy Joe" by Bobbie Gentry

Teens and rings didn't always seem to end well did it?
"Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ray Peterson. Also car death. He entered a race to win money to buy his girlfriend a ring and it ended very badly.

These got so prevalent that the inevitable parodies came out:
"Leader of the Laundromat" by The Detergents
"I Want My Baby Back" by Jimmy Cross

And various and sundry others. There are of course also "death songs" in general not necessarily involving teens, but that's a whole 'nother thing.

If anyone is interested, let me know and I can put together a "Teen Death Songs!" playlist and possibly try and help you if you want any downloads. Just leave a comment.

Just sweet sixteen, and now you're gone,
they've taken you away.
I'll never kiss your lips again,
they buried you today.

Cinco De Mayo Playlist

2010-05-05T08:08:00.002-04:00

Songs for the Zombie Apocalypse

2010-04-29T14:58:00.001-04:00

Okay so yeah. Zombies are attacking. It's a full on Zombie Apocalypse. What are you playing while you kick some zombie-fied ass? These are just a few that might be on my playlist. So grab your machete, gun and flame thrower and let's GO!

St Patrick's Day Playlist

2010-03-17T06:55:00.000-04:00

Stupid Cupid.

2010-02-12T08:01:00.002-05:00

As I do each year I counteract all the love songs and flowers by posting and listening to my own little Anti Valentines Day Playlist.

Upcoming musical events:

2010-01-22T10:57:00.004-05:00

Jimmy Buffett Feb 27 Bank Atlantic Center Hollywood Fl
Get Back! The Cast of Beatlemania Apr 10 Coral Springs Center For The Arts
Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band Jul 15 Hard Rock Live Ft. Lauderdale FL

Halloween Playlist

2009-10-31T08:19:00.001-04:00

4th Of July Playlist!

2009-06-30T10:50:00.004-04:00

Enjoy!

Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

2009-05-05T13:00:00.001-04:00

I've done a little play list to get you in the spirit.

Alice Cooper - Department of Youth

2009-04-28T19:02:00.001-04:00

I am already always amused at the end of this song, from his album "Welcome To My Nightmare", at the shout out to Donny:

"We're the Department of Youth!
We've got the power!
We're the Department of Youth!
And who gave it to you?
DONNY OSMOND!
What?!"

With that, was Cooper acknowledging the actual power of the record buying / radio listening masses of the teenybopper set back then?

I almost forgot about the video of it until I stumbled across it:

Alice Cooper - Department of Youth

More Donny to be had here! Note the "teen magazine" at the very beginning that Alice crawls out from under. Brett Does It! Donny Won't! Os-Hudson Hush-Hush Battle!

Oh! And speaking of Alice and Donny, teen mags ahoy:

Click over to my Photobucket to view larger and read. It's my Donny Photobucket where I put stuff for my website and etc.,
so it might need a password. It's "donny".

Just had to include it, it's such a hoot.

For Good Friday.

2009-04-10T12:11:00.000-04:00

John 19:41
"Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid."

I will be watching this movie a bit later for SURE. See this same user on YouTube for a bunch more JCS.

Erin Go Bragh!

2009-03-17T13:45:00.002-04:00

Enjoy me wee playlist.

Slainte!

Stupid cupid.

2009-02-14T11:15:00.000-05:00

Happy Valentine's day, Singles Awareness Day, Commercial Expression of Love Day, whatever you choose to call it. As I do every year I counteract the love songs, hearts and flowers with my own little playlist of Anti Valentine's Day songs!

No "Stairway"? DENIED.

2009-01-31T09:21:00.001-05:00

In surfing through Flickr, I ran across this picture:

The sign says "Under no circumstance at all are customers allowed to play 'Stairway to Heaven', 'Sweet Child of Mine' or 'Smoke on the Water' while trying out guitars. Thank you."

No "Stairway"? DENIED.

Gotta love it. And it reminds me to not forget to take pictures of the amusing things I might run into in the course of a day.

Cover me.

2009-01-24T07:50:00.000-05:00

The New York Post's 100 Greatest Covers

Here is the NY POST list of greatest cover songs. Interesting list though there are some omissions. I won't get into that right now though.

I put together a playlist as well if you want to listen, it's here.

Playlist is missing about eight songs I think... sorry, couldn't locate them. I'll add them should I find them.

Here's the list:

1. "Stairway to Heaven," Dolly Parton (Led Zeppelin)

2. "Baby Got Back," Jonathan Coulton (Sir Mix-A-Lot)

3. "Hazy Shade of Winter," the Bangles (Simon and Garfunkel)

4. "Nothing Compares 2 U," Sinead O'Connor (Prince)

5. "Showroom Dummies," Senor Coconut & His Orchestra (Kraftwerk)

6. "Smooth Criminal," Alien Ant Farm (Michael Jackson)

7. "Personal Jesus," Johnny Cash (Depeche Mode)

8. "Against All Odds," the Postal Service (Phil Collins)

9. "Easy (Like Sunday Morning)," Faith No More (the Commodores)

10. "Tainted Love," Soft Cell (Gloria Jones)

11. "Tainted Love," Marilyn Manson (Gloria Jones)

Two versions of "Tainted Love"? Soft Cell rules this song, sorry. I do like MM's version but Soft Cell? Was my jam.

12. "Under Pressure," My Chemical Romance and the Used (Queen and David Bowie)

13. "Mah Na Mah Na," Cake (Piero Umiliani)

14. "Wicked Game," H.I.M. (Chris Isaak)

15. "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want," Muse (the Smiths)

16. "Blue Monday," Orgy (New Order)

17. "Satisfaction," Devo (the Rolling Stones)

18. "I Want Candy," Good Charlotte (the Strangeloves)

19. "How Soon Is Now," Love Spit Love (the Smiths)

20. "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Paul Anka (Nirvana)

Huh? I had NO idea Anka covered this... OMG I FOUND IT! LOL!

21. "Walk," Avenged Sevenfold (Pantera)

22. "Let Down," Radiodread (Radiohead)

23. "Crazy Train," Bullet for My Valentine (Ozzy Osbourne)

24. "All Along the Watchtower," Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan)

25. "Helpless," k.d. lang (Neil Young)

26. "Louie Louie," the Kingsmen (Richard Berry)

27. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)," The Doors (Weill/Brecht)

28. "Wonderwall," Ryan Adams (Oasis)

29. "Take Me to the River," Talking Heads (Al Green)

30. "Walk This Way," Run DMC (Aerosmith)

31. "Me and Bobby McGee," Janis Joplin (Kris Kristofferson)

32. "Gloria," Patti Smith (Van Morrison's Them)

33. "I Fought the Law," the Clash (Bobby Fuller Four)

34. "Star-Spangled Banner," Jimi Hendrix (Francis Scott Key)

35. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart," Saint Etienne (Neil Young)

36. "Bring Tha Noize," Anthrax (Public Enemy)

37. "Satisfaction," Cat Power (Rolling Stones)

38. "You're No Good," Linda Ronstadt (Betty Everett)

39. "Another Brick in the Wall Parts 1, 2, 3," Korn (Pink Floyd)

40. "Hallelujah," Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)

41. "My Way," Sid Vicious (Frank Sinatra)

42. "Always on My Mind," Pet Shop Boys (Brenda Lee)

43. "Oh, Pretty Woman," Van Halen (Roy Orbison)

44. ". . . Baby One More Time," Travis (Britney Spears)

45. "Boys of Summer," the Ataris (Don Henley)

46. "Eight Miles High," Roxy Music (the Byrds)

47. "Superstar," Sonic Youth (the Carpenters)

48. "John the Revelator," Depeche Mode (spiritual)

49. "My Favorite Things," John Coltrane (Mary Martin)

50. "If You Leave," Nada Surf (OMD)

51. "Everybody's Talking," Harry Nilsson (Fred Neil)

52. "Respect," Aretha Franklin (Otis Redding)

53. "Crazy Mary," Pearl Jam (Victoria Williams)

54. "Working Class Hero," Green Day (John Lennon)

55. "Comfortably Numb," Scissor Sisters (Pink Floyd)

56. "Jolene," the White Stripes (Dolly Parton)

57. "Darling Nikki," Foo Fighters (Prince)

58. "Spider-Man," the Ramones (for 1967 TV cartoon series)

59. "I Will Always Love You," Whitney Houston (Dolly Parton)

60. "It Was A Very Good Year," William Shatner (Frank Sinatra)

61. "Sweet Child O' Mine," Luna (Guns N' Roses)

Thank GOD they didn't pick Sheryl Crow's cover. This is the better one definitely.

62. "Landslide," Dixie Chicks (Fleetwood Mac)

63. "King of the Road," R.E.M. (Roger Miller)

64. "Nobody Does It Better," Radiohead (Carly Simon)

65. "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding," Elvis Costello and the Attractions (Nick Lowe)

66. "Stop Your Sobbing," the Pretenders (the Kinks)

67. "I Shall Be Released," The Band (Bob Dylan)

68 . "Chelsea Hotel," Lloyd Cole (Leonard Cohen)

69. "Proud Mary," Ike and Tina Turner (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

70. "Just," Mark Ronson with Alex Greenwald (Radiohead)

71. "Jimmy Loves MaryAnn," Josie Cotton (Looking Glass)

72. "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," Elton John (The Beatles)

73. "Venus," Bananarama (Shocking Blue)

74. "Jackie Blue," Smashing Pumpkins (Ozark Mountain Daredevils)

75. "Love Hurts," Nazareth (the Everly Brothers)

76. "Blinded by the Light," Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Bruce Springsteen)

77. "Baker Street," Foo Fighters (Gerry Rafferty)

78 "Ain't That a Shame," Cheap Trick (Fats Domino)

79. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," Isaac Hayes (Glen Campbell)

80. "Dear Prudence," Siouxsie and the Banshees (The Beatles).

81. "Twist and Shout," The Beatles (the Isley Brothers)

82. "Helter Skelter," U2 (The Beatles)

83. "Imagine," A Perfect Circle (John Lennon)

84. "Eleanor Rigby," Thrice (The Beatles)

85 "Live and Let Die," Guns N' Roses (Wings)

86. "With a Little Help From My Friends," Joe Cocker (The Beatles)

87. "Hurt," Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails)

88. "Enjoy the Silence," Lacuna Coil (Depeche Mode)

89. "I Will Survive" Cake (Gloria Gaynor)

90. "Rock el Casbah," Rachid Taha (the Clash)

91. "Sex (I'm A)," Peaches (Berlin)

92. "Caldonia," Mos Def (Cab Calloway)

93. "Wasted," Camper Van Beethoven (Black Flag)

94. "Low Rider," Drunken Boat (War)

95. "Turn, Turn, Turn," the Byrds (Pete Seeger)

96. "Don't Give Up," Willie Nelson & Sinead O'Connor (Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush)

97. "Glamorous Life," the Fever (Sheila E.)

98. "Stairway to Heaven," Rodrigo y Gabriela (Led Zeppelin)

99. "Since U Been Gone," Ted Leo (Kelly Clarkson)

100. "Star Wars" theme, Bill Murray (John Williams)

Baby, What You Goin' To Be?

2008-12-16T09:43:00.001-05:00

This song is so completely beautiful, it's four parts, SATB, and has the most gorgeous intricacies running through it as the parts intertwine. We got to do this in my church choir a few years ago and it was my favorite to sing of the entire program.

Donny Osmond did this on his "Christmas At Home" CD, and incorporated 34 separate tracks of his voice and he sounds just wonderful on it.

And by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, just gives me goosebumps is so gorgeous! By a choir is how this song sounds its most amazing.

Baby
Lying in a manger
Slumbering
So sweetly
Whatcha gonna be?

Baby
All the world
Is watchin'
All the world
Awaits to see
What will you be?

Baby
Sleeping
In a stable
Underneath
The heavens
Whatcha gonna say?

Baby
Did you bring
The Good News?
Did you come
To light our way?

Oh, look
See the cattle asleep
See
The shepherds beside
See the Wise Men
They bow unto you
Are you the one
Who was meant
To be Master?
To bring
In the Kingdom too?

Alleluia Baby
Hope of all the people
What you come here to do?
What you come to say?

Baby
Can you be the Savior?
Come to save
The world one day?

Baby
Can you be the Savior?
Come to save
The world one day?

Baby
lying in a manger
Will you save
The world one day?

I wish everyone the most joyful and blessed Christmastide.

An appreciation of The Eagles

2008-11-03T15:13:00.001-05:00

In light of my being so entirely pumped to see them in January (finally finally finally!!) , I thought I'd do another appreciation music post. The Eagles are a band that's just pretty much always been around most of my musical life. My father turned me on to them. After he and my mother divorced, my brother and I would spend weekends at his place, and he'd have "Hotel California" or one of their earlier albums playing so it was very comforting music to me. Easy to listen to.

Top notch writing and musicianship. Just some of the harmonies these guys can get out there! So here we go, a little "sampler" if you will, of my favorite Eagles tunes of the moment.

Hotel California

"Relax, said the night man. We are programmed to receive. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave". My favorite Eagles song. Always will be, I think. The guitar work of Don Felder (I miss seeing him in the band!) and Joe Walsh on this!

Love Will Keep Us Alive

Timothy B. Schmit's voice on this one! From "Hell Freezes Over". I love the words, too.

"Don't you worry, sometimes you've just gotta let it ride. The world is changing right before your eyes. Now I've found you, there's no more emptiness inside. When we're hungry, love will keep us alive."

Desperado

"Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger. Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home. And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'. Your prison is walking through this world all alone". And this beautiful nugget never even cracked the Top 40?! How is that possible?

Witchy Woman

Sentimental favorite. I remember after school rollerskating parties in the school gymnasium some Fridays, and this one was always played. Linked is a clip from the early 70s with the original band lineup. Bernie Leadon!!!

"She held me spellbound in the night, dancing shadows and firelight. Crazy laughter in another room, and she drove herself to madness with a silver spoon."

Life In The Fast Lane

Nice rocker! "He was a hard-headed man he was brutally handsome. And she was terminally pretty. She held him up and he held her for ransom in the heart of the cold, cold city. He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude, they said he was ruthless said he was crude. They had one thing in common, they were good in bed. She said faster, faster, the lights are turning red."

I Can't Tell You Why

Another of Timothy B. Schmit's sweet vocal leads. Nice little guitar solo here, too. "Look at us baby, up all night tearing our love apart. Aren't we the same two people who lived through years in the dark? Ahh... Every time I try to walk away something makes me turn around and stay and I can't tell you why."

Tequila Sunrise

It's the melody and the lyrics that make me like this one so much. "Its another tequila sunrise, starin' slowly across the sky, they said goodbye.He was just a hired hand workin' on the dreams he planned to try. The days go by."

Take It To The Limit

You can always just hum or sing along to this one, it's an easy key, and I find the sound and melody quite calming. "All alone at the end of the of the evening, and the bright lights have faded to blue. I was thinking 'bout a woman who might have loved me and I never knew..."

One Of These Nights

Classic. Simply classic. "I've been searching for the daughter of the devil himself, I've been searching for an angel in white. I've been waiting for a woman who's a little of both, and I can feel her but she's nowhere in sight."

Hole In The World

Written as a response to the events of September 11, 2001. This one showcases the beautiful and classic five part harmonies the Eagles are known for, and the song just gives me goosebumps.

"There's a hole in the world tonight. There's a cloud of fear and sorrow. There's a hole in the world tonight. Don't let there be a hole in the world tomorrow.
They say that anger is just love disappointed. They say that love is just a state of mind. But all this fighting over who will be anointed. Oh how can people be so blind..."

I could go on and on here, but I'll leave one more. It's the one I hear a lot at work lately and it makes me smile, because it's the Eagles, and they're back, sounding just as fantastic as ever....

Busy Being Fabulous

"And you were just too busy being fabulous, too busy to think about us. I don't know what you were dreaming of, somehow you forgot about love. And you were just too busy being fabulous, uh-huh." And! How Long is another off Long Road Out Of Eden that's fabulous in its own right! You can buy the CD on the website:

Official Band Web Site

I can't WAIT to hear many of these songs LIVE!!! *dances*

An Appreciation of Tori Amos

2008-06-30T11:50:00.001-04:00

I've shown appreciation for Tears For Fears in a previous entry. I think I'll continue it every now and then, bring up an artist I like and link you to some of their goodness like that.

This time? I'm picking Tori Amos because I've been listening to "American Doll Posse" quite a little bit since putting it on my iPod. You can see the persona of "Clyde" in this picture, and I relate to her I think the most of the posse at this point.

Anyway these are songs / videos of Tori's that I particularly like.

Bouncing Off Clouds

This song is attributed to Clyde on American Doll Posse. I love the video, if not for the pure reason that Tori is playing TWO pianos at the SAME TIME. That? Is fierce.

Make it easy
Make this easy
It's not as heavy as it seems
Wrapped in metal
Wrapped in ivy
Paint it in mint ice cream
We could be bouncing
Off the top of this cloud

Cornflake Girl

From "Under The Pink". Closed minded "cornflake girls" and open minded "raisin girls". Tori called herself a "raisin girl" but ironically appeared in a Corn Flakes ad for Kelloggs before she really hit it big. It's also said that this song was inspired from a book by Alice Walker called Possessing The Secret Of Joy which describes mothers in some cultures selling their daughters to men who would then subject them to "female circumcision". It's about betrayal between women.

Caught A Lite Sneeze

From "Boys For Pele". About her brief affair with Trent Reznor thus the line "Made my own pretty hate machine"?

Code Red

From American Doll Posse. A live clip because she's AMAZING live. Just watch her!!!!!!! There are quite a few live clips of her on You Tube, so look 'em up.

A six pack of Coke and a bottle of Jack
"whatever you do" he said "look after that," yeah well
Being trusted and lusted
It could be worse than that

A Sorta Fairytale

From Scarlet's Walk. One of my fave tracks off it.

And i'm so sad
like a good book
i can't put this day back
a sorta fairytale
with you
a sorta fairytale
with you

Raspberry Swirl

Off "From The Choirgirl Hotel". I loooove this track. Simply? It's about orgasm. Pure sensual, driving, bass booming track. GO, girl. Weird video but 'tis cool.

Boy you better make her raspberry swirl
Things are getting desperate
When all the boys can't be men

Crucify

The song off "Little Earthquakes" that got me into her in the first place. Oh. My. God.

Sleeps With Butterflies

From "The Beekeeper". Look at my LastFM channel, and you'll see. It's my top played track. Lovely, lovely, lovely. So in love with it.

Some songs of hers to check out further:

Winter
Spark
Black-Dove (January)
She's Your Cocaine
Past The Mission
Silent All These Years
Cloud on My Tongue
Jackie's Strength
Baker Baker
And her cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is great.
There are so many more though.

Tori is an amazing artist in my book. Fiery, passionate, emotional, relatable.

An appreciation of Tears For Fears

2008-05-28T10:43:00.001-04:00

I just got three albums on iTunes that I previously had only on cassette tape. "The Hurting", "Songs From The Big Chair" and "Seeds of Love".

So just because, enjoy these videos, linked from YouTube so you don't have to even look for them yourself. *winks*

Shout

Let it all out! These are the things I can do without so come on, I'm talkin' to you, come on! One of the big hits from "Big Chair".

Mad World

And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had. "The Hurting" was such a good album, a very strong debut. Yes this is that "Donnie Darko" song. Gary Jules did do a very good, moody cover of this one, slowed it up and just gave it a new life. But this is the version we all first heard. Curt's time to shine on lead vocal. The video cracks me up though... Roland's little dance outside the window. LOL!

Head Over Heels

Something happens and I'm head over heels. I never find out 'til I'm head over heels. Something happens and I'm head over heels. Ah don't take my heart, don't break my heart, don't throw it away. Who knew librarians could be hot?

Woman In Chains (with Oleta Adams) - Love this one so much.

Trades her soul as skin and bones
(You better love loving and you better behave)
Sells the only thing she owns
(You better love loving and you better behave) ooh ooh
Woman in chains (the sun and the moon), woman in chains

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Theres a room where the light wont find you, holding hands while the walls come tumbling down. When they do Ill be right behind you.

Sowing The Seeds Of Love

High time we made a stand and shook up the views of the common man. And the love train rides from coast to coast. Every minute of every hour - I love a sunflower and I believe in love power, love power, love power !!!

Break It Down Again

'No sleep for dreaming' say the architects of life. Big bouncing babies, bread and butter can I have a slice? They make no mention of the beauty of decay. Blue, yellow, pink umbrella save it for a rainy day. And all the love and all the love in the world won't stop the rain from falling. Waste seeping underground. I want to break it down. "Elemental" was definitely a Roland Orzabal solo album, but there were a couple of good cuts on it. The two halves are not as strong as a whole and TFF suffered, IMO when Curt left.

That said though, Roland was (IS) a strong songwriter and put together some fantastic arrangements.

Help Bring The Osmonds' World Tour to the U.S.A.!

2008-05-13T12:00:00.001-04:00

As the Osmonds are jetting their way to Britain today to begin a tour of Europe (the Wembley and Cardiff shows are sold out), Asia and Australia to celebrate 50 years in show business, we here in the U.S. feel left out. It's a world tour and we aren't included? What gives? Let the Osmonds know that we want the tour here, too! Show them there is the demand that they don't think is there!

Currently the family has gotten a boost in exposure due to the Oprah Show appearance, Marie being on Dancing With The Stars, and Donny having been quite visible himself on shows like Insider and Entertainment Tonight as guest correspondent. This past August, the family taped a concert at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, that you may have caught aired on your local PBS stations. It's gotten some interest in the family back, so I think a tour would fly here! I really do.

Not to mention we die hard fans unable to afford flying to and staying overseas would love the opportunity to see this show for ourselves, because after this the family as a single performing unit really will be no more.

There has been a petition set up so that we can show the family that we too want to be a part of this! WE WANT THE OSMONDS!!

Bring The Osmonds Tour To The U.S.!

World Tour - Schedule

Cassingle Flashback #2

2007-05-12T11:42:00.000-04:00

Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over) - Duran Duran (1990, Capitol / EMI)

This is from their album "Liberty". I kinda like this one. Bouncy, poppy and catchy with the band's typical synth-heavy sound. It's not badly arranged at all. It's another one we played to death at the store when the single came in.

No not their absolute best, and not as successful as some of their other singles, in fact only moderately so, but hey, whatever. It was another freebie I got to take home, so SCORE. Haha!

The flip side? "Yo Bad Azizi" which is really pretty much a throwaway that opens with Marilyn Monroe singing "Happy birthday, Mr. President..." going on to "Nuclear war! Nuclear war! Yo bad Azizi has a nuclear war!". It rocks harder than "Violence" I think, but is again, just plain weird.

Duran Duran are still rocking. They are slated to play at the Princess Diana memorial concert as well as the Live Earth event the first week of July.

Violence Of Summer...

Cassingle Flashback!

2007-03-21T17:05:00.000-04:00

Dug into my cassingle shoe box again, and randomly came out with this nice little gem from 1992. A cover of the Dusty Springfield classic.

Am I The Same Girl - Swing Out Sister (1992, Mercury Records)

Swing Out Sister were a British pop music duo consisting of Corrinne Drewery and Andy Connell. They are probably best known Stateside for their only U.S. top ten hit, 1986's "Breakout". Their sound is really poppy yet with a jazzy sort of sensibility. Heavy on horns. Lead singer Corinne Drewery's voice is quite smooth and serviceable and works with the material.

Completing the first side of the cassingle, after "Same Girl", is a little preview sampler including the songs "Notgonnachange", "Who Let The Love Out" and "Understand". The flip side of this single was a remixed version of "Breakout" that clocks in at almost seven minutes.

What made me buy this one? Simply the fact that I so liked "Breakout". And I thought Corinne's look was really cool, and uber sophisticated.

Swing Out Sister still make music and continue to enjoy a rather ardent fan base outside the U.S.

I hope you enjoy this one, it'll get your toes tapping.

Am I The Same Girl...

And just because I like it, here's:

Breakout.mp3

New Blog

2005-03-28T10:30:00.000-05:00

My new music blog. Let's see how it goes.