During the day I listen to lots of music and I used to post all the cover art from the albums I listened to. Nowadays I pick the one that worked best for me that day. I try to listen to different things and today I started by leaving the house whilst listening to Here […]
Music today has been The Strawbs – From the Witchwood (1971) with its lineup of Dave Cousins on lead vocals and guitars and Tony Hooper on vocals and acoustic guitars and both of them on various other stringed instruments. At this point, the keyboard player was Rick Wakeman recording this album in February/March only weeks […]
Music today has been a real oddity, the first Beatles solo record and the first release on the Apple label in 1968, George Harrison’s Wonderwall soundtrack. The film, directed by Joe Massot and starring Jack MacGowran, Jane Birkin and the controversial Iain Quarrier, is actually available to watch on YouTube, something few have done, now’s […]
Music today has been Bob Dylan’s 1965 masterpiece Highway 61 Revisited, his sixth album which was recorded between June 15th-16th and July 29th-August 4th and released on…August 30th, those certainly were the daze. The album reached No.3 in the US and No.4 in the UK, No.2 in Greece and No.28 in Germany. Music Of The […]
Music today was Lou Reed’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal (1974) where Lou made the sacrilegious decision to sing Velvet Underground songs with accomplished ‘rock’ musicians. Personally, I like it both ways, although some critics didn’t. The idea that Nick Cave might Def Leppardize his material in the future is amusing and intriguing but as The […]
Music today has been Björk’s over-the-top new video and song, Ovule. It’s from the upcoming album Fossora and all I can say is don’t try this at home. Music Of The Daze The musical musings in this post are an excerpt from my daily blog, TO WHERE I AM NOW, featured on my main website. […]