When I told Alex this week would be a tribute to the music of our courtship, she immediately guessed two of the songs I was featuring. The first was ‘Galileo’. The second was this one.
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Randy Newman – Harps and Angels
Randy Newman has been away for awhile, and right when the country needed him most.
His last album of original songs, Bad Love, was released in 1999. And so the first decade of the 21st century had thus far gone unchronicled by America’s finest musical satirist. That is truly a shame, because George Bush has certainly deserved an earful.
He finally gets it in the centerpiece song of Newman’s excellent new album Harps and Angels. That song is ‘A Few Words in Defense of Our Country’ and anyone who knows Randy Newman knows defense isn’t what’s really on his mind.
Song of the Day #21: ‘Drive’ – R.E.M.
R.E.M.’s Automatic for the People came out in 1992 and remains a high point in their storied career. I seesaw between this album and Fables of the Reconstruction when filling the top spot on my ‘Favorite R.E.M. Albums’ list (something I’ve compiled on more than one occasion — here’s the latest).
Musical monogamy?
Commenter ‘Amy’ posed an interesting question in the Peter Gabriel thread: Should we constantly seek new music or be content with the music we already love? After all, there aren’t enough hours in the day, week or year to listen to all the music we’ve accumulated over our lifetimes, so why make it even harder by adding more to the pile?
It’s an interesting question… should we be faithful to our first loves? I say hell no!
Song of the Day #20: ‘Mercy Street’ – Peter Gabriel
Here’s another song that filled out the soundtrack of our lives in the summer of ’92. I remember listening to this while driving in my mom’s Miata, top down under the stars. It’s a really good nighttime song… especially on a very still night with nobody around for miles.
Meet Me In Montauk 