Hello and welcome to Work Tunes.
Just back from a haircut to hurriedly throw this all together. Seems I have to hurry through everything at the moment with so many deadlines going around. Be that as it may, there's always time for music.
A couple of Best Ofs this week from folk rocker Tim Easton and 80s icon Pat Benatar. There's a grimy old Dinosaur Jr. and a more saccharine Cranberries debut. I found an Eminem bootleg and I'm spinning Jay-Z for a rap fix. Thanks to Clay5 I have my number 1 favourite Bob Dylan album. There's the Forrest Gump soundtrack courtesy of my Aunt who gave me all her CDs. It's been a while, so Out of Time is here; and lastly, something new from Atoms For Peace.
Check it out:
Just back from a haircut to hurriedly throw this all together. Seems I have to hurry through everything at the moment with so many deadlines going around. Be that as it may, there's always time for music.
A couple of Best Ofs this week from folk rocker Tim Easton and 80s icon Pat Benatar. There's a grimy old Dinosaur Jr. and a more saccharine Cranberries debut. I found an Eminem bootleg and I'm spinning Jay-Z for a rap fix. Thanks to Clay5 I have my number 1 favourite Bob Dylan album. There's the Forrest Gump soundtrack courtesy of my Aunt who gave me all her CDs. It's been a while, so Out of Time is here; and lastly, something new from Atoms For Peace.
Check it out:
- Tim Easton - Before the Revolution
- Eminem - Trailer Park Celebrity
- Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
- Pat Benatar - The Very Best Of Pat Benatar
- The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
- Atoms For Peace - Amok
- R.E.M. - Out Of Time
- Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
- VA - Forrest Gump
- Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
Top Five Artists Last Week
- Hilltop Hoods
- Eminem
- Beach Fossils
- Sonic Youth
- The Whitlams
Song of the Week : The Blackbyrds - Happy Music
I'm horridly pushed for time at the moment. So I'm picking a rushed SOTW but still a good song.
In early February, jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd died aged 83. Byrd (not that one) played with a bunch of greats like Hank Mobley, Art Blakey and even Coltrane. He was one of the pioneers of taking the jazz horn section and turning it into funk and soul.
What I didn't know is that a bunch of the students he taught at Howard formed their own funk/fusion band The Blackbyrds in 1973. When I read that in an obit, I checked them out via a Best Of compilation.
I chose Happy Music from the best of, because of our talk last week about maudlin songs. It seems appropriate and it's a really kick-arse funky track for a Friday afternoon.
Arrivederci
Did I mention I think I saw Poh Ling Yeow down the shops? She's cute and affable, but I'm not enough of a fan to bother her for a photo. Was pretty cool to see her though. She's probably home now marveling at how she saw me and didn't want to bother me. Probably.
Peace out homes. Hasala malakim.
Peace out homes. Hasala malakim.
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