It was a gorgeous day today. A great day to have off. Bill went to bed early last night and I watched TV until midnight. Totally uneventful. 2 days ago, was October 7 which is the first date I have posted on the blog. Go and see for yourself, I’ll wait. So I guess officially, now it’s been a year since I started writing. I saw Paul McCartney at the Garden on October 4th last year, had lunch with Song the next day following a job interview, and went to the Society for Ethical Culture on Central Park West a day or so later. That’s what started this whole thing, talking with Lewis Lapham after the reading
Which inspired me to start writing at least 500 words a day, everyday. Then talking to Rand about it a week or so after that, I gathered the pieces I’d written and loaded them into this here blog that dear old Rand set up for me. According to my memories, this has been a year and two days.
Here’s what the shuffle had to say.
The Love I Lost- Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
Classic Philly soul from the 1970’s, Gamble and Huff producing, Gene Page doing the arrangement and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes at the top of their game. Definitely a thrill to have Teddy Pendergrass singing that vocal. Definitely a hot and sexy singer, set off unheard alarms in me when I was but a lad.
Piccadilly Palare- Morrissey
A Jamaican guy I went out with in the early nineties was very much into Morrissey and the angsty industrial stuff out at the time. He got me into this collection of Morrissey singles, “Bona Drag’ and this is the lead track, with Suggs from Madness telling Moz, he was full of it.
Sugar on the Floor- Elton John
This was a B-side from Elton’s ‘Rock of the Westies’ when our Elton starts losing the plot. I liked the record then, now it’s merely so so, rife with memories. I didn’t get any singles so I’d never heard this song before. Really a top notch song, definitely wouldn’t fit in on the album.
Do They Know it’s Halloween?- Rilo Kiley
A great song sent to me by Juan a few weeks ago. A lot of fun listening to a lot of fun being recorded. Infectious, this radio mix. I like it more than I did in August. Must be since Halloween is fastly approaching.
Dreadlock Holiday- 10cc
A reggae spoof from the seventies that gets added to a lot of reggae compilations. This song got a lot of airplay back then. They do sound like a reggae band, got it down to a t. All about being mugged by some dreads while on holiday.
Come With Us- Brian Eno & David Byrne
A track from ‘My Life in the Bush of Ghosts’ Lot’s of atmospheric pots and pans being used for percussion. A very influential record that was remastered and re-released. The website allows you to remix some tracks from the album. Very hands on and cool.
http://bushofghosts.wmg.com/home.php
Smiling Faces Sometimes- Undisputed Truth
Great killer soul song from 1969. I heard it for the first time in the nineties and fell in love with it. Don’t know if Undisputed Truth had any other hits of this caliber.
Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)- Aretha Franklin
Oh Aretha in her prime. Fantastic stuff that still sounds great today. She sounds so happy and young. You can hear all the instruments all fall into place as she opens with ‘Baby baby sweet baby’. Would’ve been nice to be a fly on the wall for that session. Sounds like it was all done in one take though it probably has some overdubs.
I’m such a Music Geek!
That’s it for now. Cheers.