[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUq_uTr6OrYI am sad to hear that R.E.M. have dissolved. I like their music a lot, and think it’s a great pity there won’t by any more by the band in this constellation. The first earworm they gave what Losing My Religion – no wonder, after all it was their big breakthrough hit. It took me…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DFPMnsZMFYKurt Weill is probably my favorite composer ever. And while I like tons of his songs, today’s earworm is Youkali. It’s in French, so I can’t even tell what it’s about. I just think the music magical. – Rike Horstmann
Last night, I saw Aretha Franklin live (the reason for the late post). Okay, more like semi-live, because she was in a tent in Metro Square, and I was looking at a screen on King Street. My hopes were up. Aretha Franklin – come on. She was opening the Toronto Jazz Festival for free. For…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAlnM7RUDcA I never really noticed how big Lady Gaga had become until now. It just happened so quickly, so astronomically, so (insert choice of superlative)-ly, that I’m not sure I have any concept of it. There is one benchmark, though: Everywhere I turn, I hear “Bad Romance.” Radio, orchestral, university a cappella, brass band – you…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPAzwUhXnzs… is my earworm of the day. I am feeling a certain restlessness at the moment, and the song captures this emotion just perfectly. In addition, I love the old A-ha songs. (They remind me of my youth!) – Rike Horstmann
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf-eIgFJg4w Ah, spring. It’s been late coming to Toronto, but we’ve had some indisputably springy days in T-Dot. And when the sun’s shining bright and birds are chirping, the first song that comes to mind is this song by Tom Lehrer. Don’t know what that says about my advocacy on behalf of pigeons, but I…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuuusuKxaB4… is my earworm of the day. I recently discovered that Jim Steinman is the composer not only of several great Meat Loaf songs, but also of Bonnie Tyler’s Holding Out for a Hero and Celine Dion’s It’s All Coming Back to Me Now, both of which I like immensely.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw It’s a name that’s been applied to Adele by more than one person. Beyonce has said that listening to her music is “like listening to God.” She’s actually been quietly around for a couple of years, but her new album 21 has broken all sorts of records and keeps knocking industry leaders down the…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ejeEBlDESc&feature=grec_index I’m getting sick of the songs at work, which rotate amongst a selection of company-approved schlock. But there’s one song that I haven’t tired of yet, and it’s Matt Weddle’s cover of “Hey Ya”, by OutKast. Now don’t get me wrong, I love the original. But somehow, the dynamism of MW’s cover, the way…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF_yN1R2b5MAlas, I’m not there! But my niece was there for a school trip the week before last, and it’s spring now, so I have been humming this song on and off. So hurray for early tulips and warm air and sunshine and for planning the next holiday! – Rike Horstmann
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