Dive into the archives.
- “I Can See For Miles” – The Who
Here’s another Sunday quickie, The Who’s I Can See For Miles, from their 1967 album The Who Sell Out. And on the tail of this clip, the Charles Atlas ad from the same album, featuring the distinctive growl of John Entwistle. Which makes me want to cue up their Boris the Spider, one of my own personal [...]
- “Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing’” – James Brown
So… hung… over… heh.
Here’s some more magical vinyl for you all, and quite possibly the theme song of this blog, to boot.
It’s the Godfather himself, from all the way back in 1972, with the soothing groove of Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing’ for my savaged head, and for y’all’s, too, if you happened to be as foolish as [...]
- “Powerhouse” – Raymond Scott Quintette
Theme of the week: Raymond Scott’s Powerhouse. It’s everywhere.
Well, that’s it for another week. Please forgive my brevity, but I’m really late for work this time. Oy!
It’s that time again to hit y’all with the original, performed by the man (and his band) himself, Raymond Scott. Break out those smoking jackets and martini shakers, yo.
Raymond Scott [...]
- “La Villa Strangiato” – Rush
Theme of the week: Raymond Scott’s Powerhouse. It’s everywhere.
Good grief, but this is a long song.
Brief aside:
I’m not a Rush fan. I’m not a Rush hater, either. They’re a band that I’ve got to be in the mood to listen to, otherwise it just sounds like a bunch of self-indulgent wankery and then I put on [...]
- “Fraulein” – Devo
Theme of the week: Raymond Scott’s Powerhouse. It’s everywhere.
Today was hard. I’d had high hopes for the They Might Be Giants track that nods to Raymond Scott, Rhythm Section Want Ad, but alas, it committed the cardinal sin. The Powerhouse B riff wedged in the middle like a brief instrumental break was the only entertaining part, [...]
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