Category Archives: Music

Here, you should listen to this right now because it’s a song that changed my life. Maybe it will for you as well. Or you might just hate it.

Single Gun Theory – “From A Million Miles”

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Millions, Like Stars In My Hands, Daggers In My Heart, Wage War
Millions, Like Stars In My Hands, Daggers In My Heart, Wage War

“From a Million Miles”
by Single Gun Theory
from the album Millions, Like Stars In My Hands, Daggers In My Heart, Wage War
Buy the album on Amazon

I remember the very first time I heard “From A Million Miles.”  I was sitting in my bedroom and a slight breeze was coming through window.  It was after midnight on a Sunday so it was dead quiet in the neighborhood and the only light was the glow from the TV.  As soon as the video began to play, I was instantly transported someplace completely different.  There was something so exotic about the sounds and imagery.

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April Duets: “El President”

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The Best of Drugstore
The Best of Drugstore

“El President”
by Drugstore w/ Thom Yorke
from White Magic for Lovers
1998
Buy the album on Amazon

Sorry Lance – this is post 2 of 3 of Thom Yorke duets for the #AprilDuets assignment. This is a song that I came across randomly I think as far back as the Napster days. I used to sometimes do searches for things I wouldn’t otherwise know about, like “Thom Yorke duet”.

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Karaoke Tuesday: “Why Can’t I Be You?”

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Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

“Why Can’t I Be You?”
by The Cure
from the album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
1987
Buy the album on Amazon

Add this to the list entitled “Songs I Hope They’ll One Day Have at Karaoke But I’m Almost Certain They Never Will Until We Open the Chrance Karaoke Bar and Add It Ourselves”. There are certain songs that, if they haven’t been added yet, ain’t ever going to happen.

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Karaoke Tuesday: “Cult of Personality”

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Vivid
Vivid

“Cult of Personality”
by Living Colour
from the album Vivid
1988
Buy the album on Amazon

When I started regularly hitting up karaoke, I was having a hard time figuring out what songs to sing.  As previously mentioned, my tastes tend to run 80s/90s alternative and there just wasn’t much to choose from that seemed karaokey.  So I ended up stuck with 80s ballads or pop songs.

One night after some failed attempts at winging new songs, I was dejectedly flipping through the Karaoke Champ book and I stumbled across the Ls.  And then I saw it, right in the middle of the second page… Continue reading Karaoke Tuesday: “Cult of Personality” →

Cover Friday: “Hungry Like The Wolf”

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The Duran Duran Tribute Album
The Duran Duran Tribute Album

“Hungry Like The Wolf”
by Reel Big Fish (originally by Duran Duran)
from the album The Duran Duran Tribute Album
1997 Koch Records
Buy the album on Amazon.

I’ve had a few drinks and some Mexican queso fries so I’m feeling a bit silly.  This is a totally fun ska cover of a Duran Duran classic (and Lance karaoke staple).  It takes a song that should be fun to begin with and makes it a total riot.

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April Duets: “I’ve Seen It All”

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Selmasongs
Selmasongs

“I’ve Seen It All”
by Björk ft. Thom Yorke
from Selmasongs
2000
Buy the album on Amazon.

I keep thinking of more and more choices for the monthly theme – #AprilDuets. And a warning, this may start a string of duet postings featuring Thom Yorke. This one’s got two of my favorite singers, especially around the time that this soundtrack came out.

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Nirvana Show in Greenpoint

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I don’t usually feel any pangs of regret when I hear of some secret show I missed or whatever. I’ve seen my fair share of shows and don’t feel deprived. But man, I can’t deny wishing I could have been at the show last night watching Krist and Dave and J and Joan and Kim and all the rest.

http://gothamist.com/2014/04/11/videos_nirvana_friends_played_a_sec.php

Cover Friday: “All Apologies”

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I know I’m a week late, but felt like there should be a little bit of tribute for #CoverFriday.

“All Apologies”
by Ben Gibbard (originally by Nirvana)
2007
Download the full show at archive.org

 

Not a lot to say on this. I like the original song. I like Ben Gibbard’s voice. I’m nearly always a fan of crowd sing-alongs.

April Duets: “How I Could Just Kill a Man”

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Renegades
Renegades

“How I Could Just Kill a Man”
by Rage Against the Machine w/Cypress Hill
from the album Renegades
2000
Buy the album on Amazon.

I was never a Cypress Hill fan, and listening to the original of this doesn’t change that. But there are definitely times I love me some RATM. The regular cover of this (sans Cypress Hill) is just as good. I go back and forth between which version I like better, but ’tis the month for duets.

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Big Audio Dynamite II – “The Globe”

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The Globe
The Globe

“Rush”
by Big Audio Dynamite II
from the album The Globe
1991
Buy the album on Amazon.

So very many choices. Where to start? I don’t remember why I first bought this album. I just remember it was in one of the first batches of BMG or Columbia House cds (of which I partook many many times, for better or worse) I received. I remember my high school friend Joel and I were so into this album, and he would have me play it whenever he was over. This song is incredibly catchy, and like many songs, takes on a special rockingness when played as loud as possible, vs. the more mellow feel it communicates on lower volumes.

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