Here’s a nice song culled from the bonus tracks of a reissue of Elvis Costello’s Goodbye Cruel World.
Costello is such a prolific songwriter that anytime I hear a new track I immediately assume it’s his own composition. But this song was actually written by Richard Thompson and has been performed by both him and his (one-time) wife Linda.
Elvis certainly does it justice here.
After a week featuring tracks by the likes of Nick Jonas, One Direction and Shawn Mendes, today’s song, from Barenaked Ladies’ 1992 debut Gordon, feels appropriate.
Boy bands are certainly an easy target, but BNL has some fun with the topic.
While boy bands have been around since The Monkees, their resurgence really came in the 90s with Backstreet Boys and NSYNC.
This Random Weekend selection is a very special dedication to my sainted mother, who turns 70 today.
My extended family will be celebrating this milestone over the next two weeks on cruise around the northeastern U.S. and into Canada, so I’ll be lining up some appropriate tunes to mark the time through the end of July.
Random Weekends will proceed as usual, of course. Now let’s spin the wheel and see what iTunes serves up to mark my dear mother’s birthday.
This is the third Nelly Furtado track I’ve featured on this blog, and not coincidentally it’s the third time Furtado has appeared on a Random Weekend.
Those three tracks also represent the only three tracks I’ve ever heard from Furtado’s 2006 album, Loose.
Of course this raises the question of why exactly Loose is in my record collection to begin with.
Beck recently released a new track, harkening back to his days as a playful pop-funk mixmaster. That comes on the heels of his Grammy win for Best Album for Morning Phase, a somber and elegant meditation on mortality and lost love.
Let’s face it. The man can do pretty much anything. Even Kanye became a fan after initially threatening to protest Beck’s win over Beyoncé
Meet Me In Montauk 