Advertisements Or, too much of anything The weekend after the concert, as I rapturously recounted it to a friend over brunch, she asked, “Did they do the big one? The one with the teenage wasteland?” Yes, they did. And, I thought, that’s exactly what the song, indeed the entire album, would be called if itContinue reading “Who Albums as FRIENDS Episodes”
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THE LAST TIME I FREAKED OUT
Advertisements Or, vintage Miley Writing about one of the most famous stutters in music reminded me of my personal favorite stutter, delivered by Miley Cyrus on the infectious chorus of 2007’s “See You Again.” She was fourteen, and the album whence it came, called Meet Miley Cyrus, seemed intended to give her some genre spaceContinue reading “THE LAST TIME I FREAKED OUT”
Who #3: why don’t you all ffffffff
Advertisements “we live in a generation where a generation we live in a generation lives in a generation we live in but y’all ain’t ready to have that conversation” : Lil Nas X What is a generation? This is not a question I asked myself while listening to “My Generation,” because I was busy wonderingContinue reading “Who #3: why don’t you all ffffffff”
Who #2: We’re off to see the Wizard
Advertisements The Pinball Wizard of, uh, Portsmouth! Today I’m here to talk about Elton John singing “Pinball Wizard” in Ken Russell’s 1975 film adaptation of Tommy. This bit must have taken some extra special directing, because… *gesticulates to everything* Side note right off: the more I have learned about Russell and his influences, the moreContinue reading “Who #2: We’re off to see the Wizard”
Who #1: “You lot don’t sound bad at all!”
Advertisements Or, a listy (listless?) review of a great show That is, if I recall correctly, exactly what Roger Daltrey says to us a few songs into the set. I am putting it on my CV, thank you very much. For a singer, Roger is not a talker. Probably healthy, and one of many thingsContinue reading “Who #1: “You lot don’t sound bad at all!””
The what, the where, the when, & the why
Advertisements …but most of all, the who! This story begins with a new listening cycle that started in late January or early February. It reached a milestone in late June, with a concert. I can see by now that it has no end. I guess I wasn’t ready for the Who until now. I haveContinue reading “The what, the where, the when, & the why”
Two Style(s) Pieces
Advertisements Or, two doors into Harry’s house I recently commemorated the end of Harry Styles’ Love On Tour with a review of his last music video from the Harry’s House record, for the song “Daylight.” It’s a follow-up of sorts to my review of “As It Was” last year, which had been the first video.Continue reading “Two Style(s) Pieces”
My Year in Song
Advertisements Remember when I didn’t do this back in December but there’s no time like the present to think about the past? January: “Bunny is a Rider,” Caroline Polachek February: “Oye Como Va,” Santana March: “Julien,” Carly Rae Jepsen April: “You’re Gonna Make It,” Dope Saint Jude May: “Company,” from Company June: “The Game ofContinue reading “My Year in Song”
Inspirations have I none…
Advertisements All I have is my love of love, and love is not loving. Today my beloved entrée to the land of concept albums, the record whose production quality still bears the standard, the galaxy’s greatest release by a metafictional band, turns 50. Similar to past honorary breakdowns (see here and here), I now breakContinue reading “Inspirations have I none…”
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY
Advertisements Or, we loooooooooooooooooooooove… (13 measures later) youuuuuuuu! Folks, you’ll be happy to hear your favorite lopsided Sondheim fan is branching out! Last weekend I got together with a group of strangers to sing through the (still unbelievably) now-late composer’s 1970 breakout hit Company. Let me tell you, spending seven hours tops on a difficultContinue reading “Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY”