For once, this is David‘s and Dayton’s doing: Pick a band and answer all the following questions with the titles of their songs. Chosen band: The Beatles. Yeah, we’re going easy. Are you a male or female?“Nowhere Man” Describe yourself:“Yer Blues” How do you feel about yourself?“I’m So Tired” Describe where you currently live?“Here, There,Continue reading “On a Morning Music Meme”
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On a Random Beatles Listen
So here I am, listening to The Beatles. I’d spent some time a few weeks ago and copied most–but not quite all–of my Beatles collection to the hard drive for easy access at writing time. (The only things I didn’t copy? Live at the BBC, 1, and The Capitol Albums, because they duplicate so muchContinue reading “On a Random Beatles Listen”
On Weird Concepts
So an idea came to me. An alternate history novel. An alternate history novel about the Beatles. There have been a few Beatles alternate histories. Larry Kirwan’s Liverpool Fantasy comes quickly to mind, as does Stephen Baxter’s “The Twelfth Album” and Ian McLeod’s “Snodgrass.” The concept is doable. It’s something that conceivably could have happened.Continue reading “On Weird Concepts”
On Bands I Like
Stolen from Keith, a music meme. List 10 musical artists you like, in no specific order (do this before reading the questions below). 1. The Beatles 2. Carbon Leaf 3. Coldplay 4. Nick Drake 5. Green Day 6. Vince Guaraldi 7. Led Zeppelin 8. Snow Patrol 9. Tom Petty 10. The Who Okay, ten musicalContinue reading “On Bands I Like”
On Beatallica
You can find the strangest things on Wikipedia. A search for Beatles tribute bands led me down a path to a band called “Beatallica.” A name like that–was it a mash-up of the Beatles and Metallica? I had to investigate. And that led me to Beatallica’s website, beatallica.org. They are just like they sound, aContinue reading “On Beatallica”
On a Serendipitous Happening
John Lennon tried to tell me something today. I was buying a greeting card in a drug store, and as I made my decision the muzak switched over to a John Lennon song that captured perfectly the mood of the greeting card I wanted to purchase. I won’t say which song. Just that it wasContinue reading “On a Serendipitous Happening”
On "Hey Jude" and Love
In November Capitol Records released Love, the soundtrack album for the Cirque de Soleil show in Las Vegas that uses remixed Beatles songs as its soundscape. It’s a fascinating album to listen to, presenting new ways of listening to old favorites. Some songs are heavily reworked, with backing vocals, instrumental parts, and the like takenContinue reading “On "Hey Jude" and Love”
On "Now and Then"
In 1994 and 1995 Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr got together at McCartney’s Sussex farmhouse studio and worked on three demo tapes given McCartney by Yoko Ono, to take demos done by John Lennon in the late 1970s and 1980 and turn them into finished Beatles songs. Two songs, “Free as a Bird”Continue reading “On "Now and Then"”
On a Beatles Christmas
Today I went in search of my Christmas music collection. It took a little digging, a little rearranging, and I probably needed a torch and a pith helmet, but ultimately the prize was mine. I had my Christmas music. 🙂 The Beatles themselves recorded a Christmas song–“Christmas Time Is Here Again,” released originally on oneContinue reading “On a Beatles Christmas”
On Remembering John
John Lennon, murdered twenty-six years ago today. The world could use John Lennon today. The world could use his powerful voice against those in authority. The world could use his poetic soul. Peace, John.