Today's song is...
Oprah
Do you think Oprah ever wakes in the middle of the night haunted by the ghostly voice of John Linnell calling her name behind a strong bass beat?
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Song of the Day - Day 562
Today's song is...
Asheville
This was one of the venue songs I was most excited to hear in it's original venue because, while it is included on the DVD with a video, it was never included in the venue song shows the band performed. (I believe it is also the only venue song with a video but no studio recording of the song but I could be mistaken about that.) Thus it has only been performed at The Orange Peel. And it is among my favorite venue songs, largely because it is so much fun listening to the way Linnell pronounces "orange" but also because it is fun to sing along with. I think I can honestly say that The Orange Peel is one of my favorite venues. It is just a neat place, the sound is great, the stage is huge. And they have a ridiculously large ceiling fan made by a company called Big Ass Fans. We will not talk about the fact that I did not realize the line in the song was "French Broad River" and not "french frog river" until I passed a sign for said river heading into Asheville. Total head slapping moment.
Asheville
This was one of the venue songs I was most excited to hear in it's original venue because, while it is included on the DVD with a video, it was never included in the venue song shows the band performed. (I believe it is also the only venue song with a video but no studio recording of the song but I could be mistaken about that.) Thus it has only been performed at The Orange Peel. And it is among my favorite venue songs, largely because it is so much fun listening to the way Linnell pronounces "orange" but also because it is fun to sing along with. I think I can honestly say that The Orange Peel is one of my favorite venues. It is just a neat place, the sound is great, the stage is huge. And they have a ridiculously large ceiling fan made by a company called Big Ass Fans. We will not talk about the fact that I did not realize the line in the song was "French Broad River" and not "french frog river" until I passed a sign for said river heading into Asheville. Total head slapping moment.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Song of the Day - Day 561
Today's song is...
Space Jam
I wish all of the regular little musical jams that get played on a tour had names like this one so we could document all the recurring ones. This one is fun. I'm sorry I missed it. That is some intense drum work.
Space Jam
I wish all of the regular little musical jams that get played on a tour had names like this one so we could document all the recurring ones. This one is fun. I'm sorry I missed it. That is some intense drum work.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Song of the Day - Day 560
Today's song is...
Somnabulist Spy Improvisation
I think I had previously deemed this track unqualified for SOTD because it is technically part of another song I had already used. But since it is actually a track that exists outside of the song it is a spin off from (and as I have said, I am running out of songs) I decided to give it its day. I have a feeling, if I possessed a broader musical awareness, that I would recognize a few odes to other bands within this improv. There is something rather reminiscent of The Who. But mostly, to me, it just sounds like the boys having fun and if I close my eyes, I can nearly perfectly picture the track playing out live.
Somnabulist Spy Improvisation
I think I had previously deemed this track unqualified for SOTD because it is technically part of another song I had already used. But since it is actually a track that exists outside of the song it is a spin off from (and as I have said, I am running out of songs) I decided to give it its day. I have a feeling, if I possessed a broader musical awareness, that I would recognize a few odes to other bands within this improv. There is something rather reminiscent of The Who. But mostly, to me, it just sounds like the boys having fun and if I close my eyes, I can nearly perfectly picture the track playing out live.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Song of the Day - Day 559
Today's song is...
To Serve Mankind
There are parts of this that remind me of days as a child playing around with the various pre-grogrammed settings on a electronic keyboard, particularly the vocal setting. I'm always kind of amazed at the kind of music you can create without using any actual instruments and still have it come out sounding like instruments were involved. This song seems to fit squarely into the category of "Flansburgh experiments with sonics" which is a wide and varied collection of songs and a pretty interesting collection at that. I'm all for it as it has provided us with some pretty fascinating music.
To Serve Mankind
There are parts of this that remind me of days as a child playing around with the various pre-grogrammed settings on a electronic keyboard, particularly the vocal setting. I'm always kind of amazed at the kind of music you can create without using any actual instruments and still have it come out sounding like instruments were involved. This song seems to fit squarely into the category of "Flansburgh experiments with sonics" which is a wide and varied collection of songs and a pretty interesting collection at that. I'm all for it as it has provided us with some pretty fascinating music.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Song of the Day - Day 558
Today's song is...
Coffee Table Of Love
My recording of this song is so terrible it is nearly unlistenable. I don't know if there is a better recording out there somewhere but it is a shame if there isn't because it sounds like a sort of interesting track. Or at least what I can hear through what sounds like a wind storm.
Coffee Table Of Love
My recording of this song is so terrible it is nearly unlistenable. I don't know if there is a better recording out there somewhere but it is a shame if there isn't because it sounds like a sort of interesting track. Or at least what I can hear through what sounds like a wind storm.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Song of the Day - Day 557
Today's song is...
Theme From Unlimited
This song has me thinking, not for the first time, what an incredible number of great instrumentals this band has produced. If I was more musically well-rounded I might be able to think of another band that has produced so many instrumentals along with their rock music but I am not familiar with one. But this has renewed my desire to make myself the instrumental mix CD I've been meaning to make forever.
Theme From Unlimited
This song has me thinking, not for the first time, what an incredible number of great instrumentals this band has produced. If I was more musically well-rounded I might be able to think of another band that has produced so many instrumentals along with their rock music but I am not familiar with one. But this has renewed my desire to make myself the instrumental mix CD I've been meaning to make forever.
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