Today’s Top 5 Music Obsessions of the Day Features 5 of the Best Eclectic Tuesday Tunes. The Music flows from Trad Rock to Indie Pop to 90’s Alternative and Jazz/Hip Hop/Indie Pop Crossover to gift us a very Summertime Playlist of 5 that we are Swaying and Swinging, and Singing-A-Long to. Continue reading Top 5 Music Obsessions of the Day for July 25, 2017
My 5 Music Obsessions of the Day Continue reading Sometimes where you’re going Is hard to see :: M5MO
Starting over starts right now :: A Monday Playlist Continue reading Starting over starts right now :: A Monday Playlist
Quintessential Albums :: The Man Who (1999) :: Travis Continue reading Quintessential Albums :: The Man Who :: Travis
Writing to Reach You :: Travis from the album, The Man Who Directed by John Hardwick Writing To Reach You is the first single taken from Indie band Travis’ second studio album, The Man Who. The song was written by Fran Healy, who admitted that he took the guitar chords from Oasis’ Wonderwall; as an overt acknowledgement of this, the song contains the lyric “and what’s a wonderwall, anyway?”. According to Q Magazine’s 1001 Greatest Songs, Fran Healy of Travis says he basically borrowed this from Wonderwall by Oasis: “I just changed the rhythm and melody. You can sing Waiting To Reach You over Wonderwall, and vice versa.” In 2004, both Writing … Continue reading What’s a Wonderwall anyway? :: VOTD
Keep Art Alive :: Art by Kelly Vivanco Pour (by me) Glitter glue paint by numbers, candy sweet trinkets, you pucker up, blow. Ear pressed to the door, hear the sing-song, trill thrill tone, evolve. We become devoured potency, patty cake, with chocolate frosting, decay. Love in the time of Tivo, and attention disorder, pretty pink pills, swallow. Trade in your blue light saber, jumbo box of all you can draw, for a dress me up tie me down, withdrawl. Sell-out your childhood, at the next yard sale, bargain basement self-esteem, implode. All my wily words, fail. Writing to Reach … Continue reading What’s a Wonderwall anyway? :: songs and poetry
Re-Offender :: Travis “Cause you say you love me, and then you do it again, you do it again. And you say you’re sorry, and then you do it again, you do it again.” Continue reading Falling under your spell :: video of the day
Top Five Tuesday :: Rain songs I am having a wishing for rain kind of day, even though we did just have rain last Friday. There is something about January that always has me longing for raindrops and umbrellas, rain boots and jackets, and as I mentioned in the song-of-the-day post, the cinematic stereotypical kissing in the rain. Following are my top five favorite rain songs (though honestly, I could come up with a full playlist, and may just do that later this week). I would love to know your favorites, please share in the comments, they may just wind up … Continue reading Top five Tuesday :: Is it raining with you?
Sing :: Travis “But if you sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing. For the love you bring, won’t mean a thing. Unless you sing, sing, sing, sing, sing.” Continue reading Baby, you’ve been going so crazy