SONG OF THE DAY “Moving Song” by 17 Hippies (Heimlich). INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) – 17 Hippies is a band from Berlin, Germany, playing largely on acoustic instruments. – Their style is a unique mix of Eastern European melodies and rhythms, with French chanson and American folk music. They sing mainly in German, English …
SONG OF THE DAY “Life During Wartime” by The Talking Heads (Fear Of Music, Sire Records, 1979). INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) – The song’s live version from Stop Making Sense in 1983 was released as a single, which peaked at #80 on the Pop Singles Chart. – The song was included in The Rock …
SONG OF THE DAY “Modern Man” by Arcade Fire (The Suburbs, Merge Records/ Mercury Records, 2010). Written by Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry, Jeremy Gara, Win Butler, Will Butler, Regine Chassagne & Tim Kingsbury. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) – The Suburbs is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire. – …
SONG OF THE DAY “Birds Of A Feather” by Phish (The Story of the Ghost, Elektra Records, 1998). Written by Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, Tom Marshall, Page McConnell. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) – “Birds of a Feather” was released as a radio single in order to promote the album. – The song …
SONG OF THE DAY “Is That All There Is?” by Peggy Lee (1969). Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) – “Is That All There Is?” is a song written by American songwriting team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller during the 1960s. – The song was originally recorded by Dan …
SONG OF THE DAY “California Stars” by Billy Bragg & Wilco (Mermaid Avenue, Elektra Records, 1998). Written by Woody Guthrie, music by Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) – Mermaid Avenue is a 1998 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and …
SONG OF THE DAY “Mystery Train” by Elvis Presley (single, Sun Records, 1955). Written by Junior Parker & Sam Phillips. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) – “Mystery Train” was first recorded in Phillip’s Memphis Recording Service and Sun Records at 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee in 1953. Raymond Hill and Matt Murphy were in the …
SONG OF THE DAY “You Don’t Know How It Feels” by Tom Petty (Wildflowers, Warner Brothers Records, 1994). Written by Tom Petty. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) – “You Don’t Know How It Feels” reached #1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100. – MTV and many radio …
SONG OF THE DAY “Conquest” by The White Stripes (Icky Thump, Warner Brothers/ XL Records, 2007). Written by Corky Robbins. WHY TODAY? We always have the entire White Stripes discography on an MP3 CD in our car, and today I decided to rock out to it because it’s my birthday and I felt like rocking …
SONG OF THE DAY “I’m Gonna Be Your Girl” by The Love Me Nots (The Demon & The Devotee, Self-released on cdbaby.com, 2011). INTERESTING FACTS (a la cdbaby.com) – First, here’s the link to buy it on CDBABY! (Do they do gift certificates? I WANT.) – “What I felt the first time I heard ‘The …