Just Because Music: Sarah Bareilles’ “King of Anything”
Great lyrics:
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Just Because Music: Brewer and Shipley’s “One Toke Over The Line”
Heard this on the radio today and, once I remembered how much I liked this song, I wanted to share it with you. I’ve never quite understood the lyrics, which were written as a subversive joke (I always thought it was “one toe” over the line), but I still like
Continue readingDonna Summer, RIP
Donna Summer burst upon the music scene when I was in high school. She was gorgeous, she had a glorious voice, and she sang wild, throbbing disco music. This was one of my favorites: My love for dancing came about, in part, from bopping around my bedroom to Donna’s golden
Continue readingJust Because Music: Colbie Caillat’s “Brighter Than The Sun”
Because of my Mom’s and my kids’ needs, I’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time in the car lately. Sometimes I listen to audio books, but that’s not the best way for me to take in information. I usually fall back on the radio. After years of listening to
Continue readingJust Because Music: Toby Keith’s “Red Solo Cup”
What a silly, enjoyable song this is. I especially like it when Keith tells off FreddieMac:
Continue readingHot Chelle Rae’s “Good riddance to bad rubbish” *UPDATED*
I like Hot chelle Rae’s new break-up song. Rather than being a whiny dirge about a broken heart, it’s a cheery ditty about walking away from a disastrous, damaging relationship. I like to think that this will be America’s theme song in November 2012, as voters give Obama the boot.
Continue readingJust Because Music: The New Seekers “I’d like to teach the world to sing”
I remember the hippies as dirty, drugged-out, pathetic human beings lying on the streets in the Haight Ashbury. Their continuing legacy is one of drugs, sexual self-indulgence, and mindless statism wrapped up in equally mindless slogans of “love” and “fairness,” as if a government is capable of giving love or
Continue readingJust Because Music: Nietzsche invades the pop music charts
Friedrich Nietzsche: “What does not kill me, makes me stronger.” (From Twilight of the Idols, 1888) Kelly Clarkson:
Continue readingJust Because Music — Maurice Chevalier “I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore”
I was talking with a friend about the consolations of aging, so I promised to post this song: This is the kind of performance that makes one overlook Chevalier’s history as a collaborator.
Continue readingJust Because Music — Glen Campbell’s Southern Nights
I’ve always loved this song, and thought of it when I read Aaron Goldstein’s homage to Glen Campbell and his farewell tour:
Continue readingMartial Arts, Zumba, Ricky Martin, Channing Tatum, and Mia — all in one post.
I managed to miss most of the music from the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st Century. Don’t ask me how. I just did. So I also managed to miss Ricky Martin entirely. Here’s how I learned about him, and one of his songs: The other day, my
Continue readingJust Because Music — Jackson Browne “Lawyers in Love”
This song hit big not long before I went to law school. Unsurprisingly, it was very popular with the student body: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y3cdCt5oQ4[/youtube] One of the things that impresses me is that Browne’s live version is as good as the studio version. Most singers aren’t that good.
Continue readingThe perfect blend of 80’s pop and Tim Tebow
Some time ago, I don’t know when, I posted on this blog John Parr’s St. Elmo’s Fire, a song I’ve always liked. (For those of us who were young in the 80s, the music magic never dies.) As a Tim Tebow admirer, I’m therefore very pleased to present John Parr’s
Continue readingJust Because Music — Fun. : We Are Young
I totally don’t get the video, which goes from boring to creepy, and then back to boring again, but I kind of like the song. It’s a bit clunky, but quite cheerful: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq2ekIMMYXA[/youtube]
Continue readingJust because music — Hot Chelle Rae
I’ve spent a lot of time in the car with the children, which means a lot of time listening to their music. I’ve grown quite fond of this one: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbvzkdYqJDc&ob=av3e[/youtube] I have to admit to finding very amusing how young and dorky these boys look, considering that they’ve had the
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