Music today has been CDs on my great stereo and what a difference it makes. Starting with Nick Drake’s Five Leaves Left (1969), then Genesis‘ Nursery Cryme (1971), followed by Jeff Beck’s Emotion & Commotion (2010) and finally Kevin Ayers‘ Whatevershebringswesing (1971). I’m collapsing onto my keys, I have to stop. Music Of The Daze […]
Music today has been Pesky Gee – Exclamation Mark (1969). Ostensibly, Black Widow before they changed their name. Every music nerd of a certain age knows Come To The Sabbat from their second album Sacrifice (1970) and first under the Black Widow moniker. It was music to scare your parents. Somehow the parents weren’t scared of […]
Music today was Cabaret Voltaire’s insane album The Voice Of America (1980). It was the first album I bought by them and I bought it new when it came out and I still have it. It’s like a strange space-age Residents. Experimentation using the sounds of the day can make things dated but this record […]
Music today was every classical composer you can mention and Bob Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks (1975) working somehow through the tinny little computer speakers. I guess good words don’t need Hi-Fi. Music Of The Daze The musical musings in this post are an excerpt from my daily blog, TO WHERE I AM NOW, featured […]
Music today has been half-listening to sixties songs on my laptop, my speakers are broken and I’m stranded without proper sound, the computer speakers are no good, so I thought I’ll listen to sixties music because it’s the kind of music that has such strong songs that you can almost get away with the terrible […]
Music today has been John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970), followed by Imagine (1971) and then Dennis Wilson’s solo album Pacific Ocean Blue (1977), followed by an old favourite, The Beach Boys‘ Wild Honey (1967). Music Of The Daze The musical musings in this post are an excerpt from my daily blog, TO WHERE I AM […]