and it was so cute, I let it stay. Though generally I loathe Greek music.
Pitzirika (Eyal Golan & Trifonas)
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
A Train of Songs
The search for "Valerie" took me on an associative journey from performance to performance:
Son of a Preacher Man (Joss Stone) - originally Dusty Springfield. Wow. The girl generated enough raw energy doing this song to light up London. It sounded oddly misdirected to me though - she screams her heart out on the words "son of a preacher man!" as though she is screaming for the dying children in Africa, or the hopelessness of the human condition, at the very least.
Joss Stone and Melissa Etheridge singing a tribute to Janis Joplin - Joss's performance is skillful but flat and soulless here to my taste, but Melissa ROCKS. I admit I clicked on the video because of the image of her bald head.
Bruce Springsteen and Melissa Etheridge, Thunder Road. It looks like an indoor performance but I can smell the grass and dusty night air.
Son of a Preacher Man (Joss Stone) - originally Dusty Springfield. Wow. The girl generated enough raw energy doing this song to light up London. It sounded oddly misdirected to me though - she screams her heart out on the words "son of a preacher man!" as though she is screaming for the dying children in Africa, or the hopelessness of the human condition, at the very least.
Joss Stone and Melissa Etheridge singing a tribute to Janis Joplin - Joss's performance is skillful but flat and soulless here to my taste, but Melissa ROCKS. I admit I clicked on the video because of the image of her bald head.
Bruce Springsteen and Melissa Etheridge, Thunder Road. It looks like an indoor performance but I can smell the grass and dusty night air.
Saturday, May 17
This is a song that's played for days on end in the past. I love it.
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues (Elton John)
Later I was driving alone and I was listening to the radio, not just letting it play as a background to my thoughts:
All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow)
I love the way the "putt" sound of the drum tap plus hand clapping echoes the consonant sound as she says "All".
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues (Elton John)
Later I was driving alone and I was listening to the radio, not just letting it play as a background to my thoughts:
All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow)
I love the way the "putt" sound of the drum tap plus hand clapping echoes the consonant sound as she says "All".
Memorial Day / Independence Day, 2008
I refused to turn on the radio and hear the depressing songs all through Memorial Day this year, but as it was fading into Independence Day that evening I listened to this one by Ha-Yehudim:
Lo Kal (translation: Not Easy)
And recalled this one:
Hazman Shelach (translation: Your Time)
Then on Independence Day itself:
So Far (Habanot Nechama)
Lo Kal (translation: Not Easy)
And recalled this one:
Hazman Shelach (translation: Your Time)
Then on Independence Day itself:
So Far (Habanot Nechama)
Friday, May 2, 2008
Wednesday and Thursday, May 1
Two Israeli covers.
Inti Omri (Micah Shitrit; originally Umm Kulthum)
Smooth Criminal/"Annie, are you OK?" (J.Viewz; originally by Michael Jackson) - click on the icon below the photo to listen.
Never heard the originals before.
Actually, I never even listened to the cover versions I'm posting, just heard them on the car radio in the background, but they were retained.
Inti Omri (Micah Shitrit; originally Umm Kulthum)
Smooth Criminal/"Annie, are you OK?" (J.Viewz; originally by Michael Jackson) - click on the icon below the photo to listen.
Never heard the originals before.
Actually, I never even listened to the cover versions I'm posting, just heard them on the car radio in the background, but they were retained.
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