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What are you listening to? Part III

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "More News from Nowhere"

Some may find the lyrics a bit strange but the tune has a great feel to it.
 
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Art Garfunkel - "99 Miles from L.A."

Great song expressing love and longing.
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That's a great song. As I'm sure you know, it's from Art's 1975 album, "Breakaway." I bought that album (the vinyl kind) in a 2nd-hand store in 1987. It is filled with great songs (including 3 charting hits). "99 Miles from L.A." is one of my favorite non-hits on it. ***UPDATE: Just now, while writing this, I found this 24-minute 1975 radio interview with Art, in which he discusses his "upcoming" album, "Breakaway" (among other things). I was intending to listen only to the first minute or so (to see if it is worth linking to). I'm now at 4 minutes and will listen to the rest of it after I post this comment. I am enjoying it very much. I really miss the polite/friendly, relaxed, laid-back, conversational interview style of the 1970s. Actually, I miss the polite/friendly, relaxed, laid-back, welcoming society of the 1970s more than anything.

As for 99 Miles from L.A., it was written by the prolific songwriter Albert Hammond. He wrote many great hits for many artists. He released his own version of the song in early 1975 (click the link to listen to it). It didn't do nearly as well as it deserved (I absolutely love it). It peaked at No. 78 on Cash Box and No. 91 on Billboard, both on 05-31-1975.

P.S. Hammond's most famous hit, It Never Rains in Southern California (one of my all-time favorites), peaked at No. 2 on Cash Box and No. 5 on Billboard, both on 12-30-1972.
 
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Read this great article on about Enya on "PitchforK" - great read!

Enya Is Everywhere

so of course - am now listening to some of my favorite Enya tracks

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MJWMac1988 said:
That's a great song. As I'm sure you know, it's from Art's 1975 album, "Breakaway." I bought that album (the vinyl kind) in a 2nd-hand store in 1987. It is filled with great songs (including 3 charting hits). "99 Miles from L.A." is one of my favorite non-hits on it. ***UPDATE: Just now, while writing this, I found this 24-minute 1975 radio interview with Art, in which he discusses his "upcoming" album, "Breakaway" (among other things). I was intending to listen only to the first minute or so (to see if it is worth linking to). I'm now at 4 minutes and will listen to the rest of it after I post this comment. I am enjoying it very much. I really miss the polite/friendly, relaxed, laid-back, conversational interview style of the 1970s. Actually, I miss the polite/friendly, relaxed, laid-back, welcoming society of the 1970s more than anything.

As for 99 Miles from L.A., it was written by the prolific songwriter Albert Hammond. He wrote many great hits for many artists. He released his own version of the song in early 1975 (click the link to listen to it). It didn't do nearly as well as it deserved (I absolutely love it). It peaked at No. 78 on Cash Box and No. 91 on Billboard, both on 05-31-1975.

P.S. Hammond's most famous hit, It Never Rains in Southern California (one of my all-time favorites), peaked at No. 2 on Cash Box and No. 5 on Billboard, both on 12-30-1972.
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Thanks very much for the links, particularly the interview. Listening to " It never rains..." brought back some good memories. Often played on the radio on my school bus in Montreal winter of 72. When it was -25 California sounded pretty good.
 
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Northern Man said:
Thanks very much for the links, particularly the interview.
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You're welcome. I enjoyed the interview from beginning to end.

Northern Man said:
Listening to " It never rains..." brought back some good memories. Often played on the radio on my school bus in Montreal winter of 72. When it was -25 California sounded pretty good.
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I can imagine how that song might be a great escape from the cold. Another song that might have had the same effect for many northerners is another of my all-time favorites: Beach Baby by First Class (it first entered the charts on 07-20-1974, when I was 13). Maybe it's because it was released during the summer that I always remember summertime whenever I hear it instead of wintertime. Trivia: It's interesting that both songs ("It Never Rains..." and "Beach Baby") are by British artists. :)

I've been a map collector and studier since I was about 11. Maybe I'm easy to please, but I find it fascinating that a portion of Canada is actually further south than where I have lived most of my life. I checked a while ago and, as best I can tell, Montreal's latitudinal location is only about 60 miles north of the latitudinal location where I presently live in western South Dakota (a wonderful state in which to live these days) and maybe 80 or 90 miles north of where I lived when I was growing up in central South Dakota.
 
Reggaeton artist Tony Dize for me today while I get on with switching up my closets. Summer street music in the air but winter clothes front and center for the season ahead. This is Bien Sudao' from 2008 album La Melodia de la Calle.

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Yesterday I was reading about the best last episodes of series, and as one would suspect, there were the usual ones:

The Fugitive
MASH
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
The Americans

Well, that got me thinking about songs used in last episodes, and away I went! Here are my favorites:

Breaking Bad, Badfinger: Baby Blue:


The Americans, U2:With or Without You:

Actual Version:


Fan version:


Probably the most famous one: The Sopranos, Journey: Don't Stop Believing:


Another one for The Sopranos, Don't Stop Believing Tribute:

 
Speaking of Journey, my wife and I attended a concert at the White River Amphitheatre on September 19, 2008, and there were 3 bands that performed in this order:

Cheap Trick
Heart
Journey

Cheap Trick was just so so, but Heart was really good. And for Journey, it was one of the first concerts they did with the new lead singer, Arnel Pineda, at the helm. He was/is certainly dynamic. When they did "Don't Stop Believing", the place was rockin', and at the end, the name Journey appeared on the bog screen, and the J was in the shape of a gun, in obvious tribute to The Sopranos. This video shows that performance, but the shot of the Journey "forgot" to include the J (in the shape of a gun):

 
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Seeking solace... JS Bach, Well Tempered Clavier, vol 1; Angela Hewitt on piano.

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I had read that Hewitt's most beloved Fazioli piano, F278, was accidentally smashed beyond repair when being moved, after she had finished recording for her latest album, assorted sets of Beethoven variations.

www.theguardian.com

Virtuoso mourns beloved £150,000 piano smashed by movers

Angela Hewitt’s unique F278 Fazioli was destroyed in an attempt to lift it on to a trolley
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So the last recording made by Hewitt on that piano is due out on October 2.

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