I was sitting in one of the countless terminals at O’Hare yesterday, waiting for my flight back to Columbus, when I heard a series of announcements from the Department of Homeland Security over the PA system. One reminded me of the 3-1-1 rules that apply to carrying liquids (no more than 3 ounces, in 1 [...]
Archive for the ‘Music videos’ Category
Hey, Big Brother
Posted in America, Music, Music videos, Travel, tagged America, Big Brother, Music, Music videos, O'Hare Airport, Rare Earth, Travel on May 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »
And Speaking Of Key To The Highway . . . .
Posted in Music, Music videos, tagged Allman Brothers Band, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Key to the Highway, Music, Music videos on May 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This YouTube clip of Eric Clapton performing the song with the Allman Brothers Band — in recognition of Duane Allman, one of the essential members of Derek and the Dominos — is pretty darned good. But then, I could listen to Eric Clapton play just about anything and still be a happy camper.
Davy Jones, R.I.P.
Posted in Growing Up, Music, Music videos, TV, tagged Davy Jones, Growing Up, Music, Music videos, Teen Idols, the '60s, The Monkees, TV on February 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I was saddened to read today of the death of Davy Jones, one of the Monkees. Jones died of a heart attack at age 66. When The Monkees TV show first began airing and their songs dominated the airwaves, Davy Jones became the heartthrob of millions of adolescent girls. He was one of the first [...]
Thinking, Today, Of A Loved One Who Loved Chopin
Posted in Family, Music, Music videos, tagged Chopin, Classical Music, Family, Minute Waltz, Music, Music videos on February 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
May you rest in peace, in a place where classical music plays always.
An Elton John Interlude
Posted in Music, Music videos, tagged Elton John, Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters, Music, Music videos on January 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not a huge Elton John fan. I found his later, over-the-top Liberace-style phase off-putting — but I think his early work is really, really good. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters is one of my favorite songs from that era, with its beautiful melody and cryptic yet evocative lyrics. Even now, I can’t walk into [...]
Ziggy’s 65th
Posted in Music, Music videos, tagged All the Young Dudes, Changes, David Bowie, Diamond Dogs, Mott the Hoople, Music, Music videos, Rock 'N Roll, Space Oddity, The Jean Genie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars on January 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Happy birthday today to David Bowie. Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, and The Thin White Duke turns 65 today. Bowie is an interesting character for a lot of reasons and has produced a lot of memorable music. Bowie wrote All The Young Dudes — the epic song from the legendary band Mott the Hoople — and [...]
Dobie Gray Drifts Away
Posted in Music, Music videos, tagged Dobie Gray, Drift Away, Music, Music videos on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was saddened to read of the passing of Dobie Gray, the singer and musician most famous for the classic song Drift Away. Drift Away was recorded when I was in high school, and it almost immediately became, and for nearly 40 years has remained, a staple of FM radio playlists. Everyone seemed to like [...]
Offered Without Comment — An American Tune
Posted in America, Ipods, Music, Music videos, tagged America, American Tune, iPod classic, Music, Music videos, Paul Simon on November 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m working steadily on my iPod rebuilding project, moving through the iTunes library from A to Z. I’m up to P. I just now listened once again to Paul Simon’s epic, brilliant American Tune — and it spoke to me again, as it always does, even though it was first recorded more than 35 years [...]
More Of The Monkees
Posted in Music, Music videos, tagged A Hard Day's Night, Bobby Sherman, Help!, I'm A Believer, Last Train To Clarksville, Music, Music videos, Pleasant Valley Sundy, the Beatles, The Monkees, The Partridge Family, Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day on October 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been working on the months-long task of rebuilding my iPod after my old iPod crashed. I began with artists whose name starts with A and I’ll keep going until I reach ZZ Top. I’ve just gotten to the middle of the Ms, and I’ve realized — again — how much I enjoy listening to [...]
Nevermind, For 20 Years
Posted in Music, Music videos, tagged Music, Music videos, Nevermind, Nirvana on September 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On September 24, 1991 — 20 years ago, today — Nirvana’s Nevermind was released. From its classic cover, with the naked, floating baby reaching for the dollar bill on the fish hook, to the gritty, stunning music it contained, Nevermind burst onto the musical, and cultural, scene with the force of an A-bomb. Nevermind brought [...]
Country Music, The Merle Haggard Way
Posted in America, Music, Music videos, tagged America, Country Music, George Jones, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Music, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down on September 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I love country music. I’m not talking about the modern stuff that sounds like pop music, even though its sung by some poser wearing a cowboy hat and boots. No, I’m talking about the country music of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, when singers like Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, and Merle [...]
Heat Wave
Posted in Columbus, Music, Music videos, weather, tagged Columbus, Heat Wave, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Motown, Music, Music videos, weather on June 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It has been brutally hot in Columbus the last few days, with the mercury nudging uncomfortably close to the triple digits. When I left the office tonight, heat seemed to radiate from the buildings, the street, the alley, and the very air. I felt like panting like a dog. Instead, I thought of the classic [...]
Obscure Bands And Great Songs: The Trashmen And Surfin’ Bird
Posted in Music, Music videos, tagged Annette Funicello, beach movies, Dick Dale, Frankie Avalon, Music, Music videos, Obscure Bands and Great Songs, surf music, Surf Rock, Surfin' Bird, The Trashmen on April 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In the early ’60s, before the British invasion, American popular music was wide open. You had Elvis and Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chubby Checker, Connie Francis and Lesley Gore. You had girl groups and boy groups and novelty songs. And, emanating from somewhere deep in the American psyche, you had this odd, guitar [...]
Disco Bowling At The 2011 Salvino
Posted in America, Columbus, Music, Music videos, sports, tagged AC DC, America, Billie Jean, bowling, Carmen Salvino, Columbus, disco bowling, Justin Bieber, Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson, Music, Music videos, Peter Frampton, Sawmill Lanes, sports on March 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last night the firm held its bowling tournament, the 2011 version of the Carmen Salvino Akron-Canton Invitational, at Sawmill Lanes in northwest Columbus. From that one experience, it appears that Friday night kegling is alive and well in Columbus, Ohio. This is not bowling as Grampa Neal would recognize it. The only common touchstones are [...]
