Posts by slrevare
It's not new. It's not particularly unique
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But I'll be damned if it's not a great song. Sorry, but it's cool.
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My Kind of Corporate Video Soundtrack
One of the best things I get to do is corporate videos for a trust company based in Overland Park, Kansas. What? That doesn't sound like fun to you? They give me complete creative freedom to make a funny video for their company because they know I will incorporate their marketing message in it and make it entertaining too. So in the latest video I've done (link coming soon) I needed a punk version
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Politics and Capitalism and Whiskers on Kittens
I just saw a post raving about how Taco Bell had convinced Joe Jackson to sell out regarding the latest combination of lettuce, cheese, fried taco shell, beef, lettuce, cheese, a soft taco shell, and tomatoes.I believe that any artist should do what they want with their songs. "One More Time" has nothing to do with tacos. Why shouldn't he make some money from his profession?However I do not con...
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Joe Jackson is Cooler than You Are
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If you're not a connoisseur of Joe Jackson's LOOOONG career, get up to speed. He starts out with the early pop/punk stuff of Elvis Costello. He continues with forays into jazz, world music, and straight pop.'Big World' formed the soundtrack for my later college years amidst the dearth of Van Halen, Madonna, and Night Ranger favored by my less-discerning classmates. Joe's new album is GREAT. I'...
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Songwriters and Their Daughters 2 of 3
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For the second in my series about songwriters and their songs about their daughters, I turn to the Ben Folds’ song Gracie. Like John Hiatt, I have always admired Ben Folds for his witty lyrics. He’s always clever about picking the right small moments to explode into a songHis father/daughter song starts like this:You can’t fool meI saw you when you came outLike “Georgia Rae,†you don’t
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Songwriters and Their Daughters 1 of 3
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I was doing some thinking about songs that singer/songrwriters write about their kids. I found a particularly interesting set of songs that male singers sing about their daughters.Describing the relationship of a dad and his daughter is fraught with danger. Resisting the urge to fall into sentimentality or sappiness is very difficult and many songwriters aren't able to handle the pressure. But I f
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Don't know much about the French I took
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Learned on WFUV this morning that it's Sam Cooke's birthday.I recall my first introduction to this song was on the soundtrack to the film "Animal House."My dad took me to see "Animal House" when I was 13. Profanity, nudity, binge-drinking. I loved every minute of it. Happy birthday, Sam.
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1847 Songs
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I have made a goal to go through my music library and rate every song in iTunes. This involves my own custom rating system: 5 stars for songs I like with a faster beat, 4 stars for slower beat, 3 stars for songs I like but other people probably would not want to hear, 2 stars for humorous songs (think Golden Throats), one star if it sucks.This way I can employ a lot of smartlists in iTunes to make
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