One of the very first songs that made the 13 year old me realise that the women can rock as hard as the men.
RIP Chrissy Amphlett
crazy // ray lamontagne [gnarls barkley cover]
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“I Can’t Make You Love Me” by Adele
Originally by Bonnie Raitt
Source: SoundCloud / ListenBeforeYouBuy
Harry Manx - It Makes No Difference
John Prine, Elvis Costello, Lyle Lovett, Ray LaMontagne - Loretta (Townes Van Zandt)
Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It’s the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.
Brian Eno, A Year With Swollen Appendices, 1996. I saw part of this quotation and thought “that’s fantastic”; some judicious googling turned up both the source (hat tip to here) and more of the original thought. (via imathers)
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When a piece of sculpture or a musical composition produces an emotion that one feels to be higher, purer, truer than ordinary life, such a work must correspond to a certain spiritual reality.
Marcel Proust (via fuckyeahproust)
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Welcome To My Nightmare
The Addams Family Theme
This Is Halloween - Danny Elfman
Halloween - Ryan Adams
Ghosts - Japan
Halloween - Siouxsie and The Banshees
I Walk On Guilded Splinters - Dr John
Halloween - Aqua
Witchy Woman - Eagles
Stay - Shakespears Sister
It’s A Curse - Wolf Parade
Where The Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue
Ghost Town - The Specials
Werewolf - Cat Power
Witchcraft - Wolfmother
Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) - Concrete Blonde
I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Animal Magic - The Blow Monkeys
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong - Arctic Monkeys
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Monster Mash - Bobby Pickett
Strange Brew - Cream
The Killing Moon - Echo and The Bunnymen
Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
Ghost Riders On The Storm - California Guitar Trio
Ghosts In The Radio - Pretty Girls Make Graves
Ghost Riders In The Sky - Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson
Do They Know It’s Halloween - North American Halloween Prevention Initiative
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr
Scary Monsters - David Bowie and Trent Reznor
Halloween On The Barbary Coast - The Flaming Lips
Horror Show - The Libertines
Werewolfs Of London - Warren Zevon
The Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast
As much as music means to me, there are only a few artists who have the distinction of being my own personal game changers. The artists whos music has impacted so heavily on my life, changing the way I hear, feel and react. In 1986 my entire musical life revolved around shiny top 40 pop and beautiful new romantics. Then 3 bratty boys kicked down the door and opened my ears and mind. The first blast of Licenced to Ill, was shocking, exciting and like nothing I had ever heard before. So today I am genuinely sad at the passing of one of my game changers.
RIP Adam Yauch
Happy Birthday Roger Taylor
One of the most wonderful things about The Band was that they had three unique and equally talented vocalists. So very sad to know that now all have fallen silent. The heavens must be rockin’ now that Levon is with Richard and Rick again
RIP Levon Helm
”He was my bosom buddy friend to the end, one of the last true great spirits of my or any other generation. This is just so sad to talk about. I still can remember the first day I met him and the last day I saw him. We go back pretty far and had been through some trials together. I’m going to miss him, as I’m sure a whole lot of others will too.” - Bob Dylan
Happy Birthday Ed O’Brien
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"Music Is The Art Of Feeling Weightless. It's About Shaking Yourself Free Of The Burden, The Obligation, The Ball And Chain Boredom Of Modern Life.
About How Three Chords And A Melody Can Make The Bad Stuff Seem Less Real. Less Powerful, Less Likely to Swallow You Up.
It's Made For Drunken Dancing, Slurred Singing, Being With Your Friends And Enjoying Life Despite What It Does To You"
