Random Music Thoughts

[axolotl]

‘I was working as a cook when it went to No 1’: how Norman Greenbaum made Spirit in the Sky

‘My label said a four-minute single with lyrics about Jesus would never get played on radio. But, in 1969, the song sold two million copies. It’s now been No 1 in three different decades’

www.theguardian.com

 

[axolotl]

The Unfortunate Rise of Divorced Dad Rock

There’s a new retro-music trend featuring bands of the early aughts: Creed, Staind, Trapt. Is this the new Yacht Rock? Or does it suggest a world in the throes of full clinical depression?

www.esquire.com

Divorced Dad Rock rejects the concept of joy so completely that about 40 percent of it should come with a self-harm content warning. It is the sound of white male ennui, of disillusionment in a time of inept American leadership, a war we’d been misled into, a vanishing middle class, the debut of The Big Bang Theory.

 

[Ojai Sam]

The Unfortunate Rise of Divorced Dad Rock

There’s a new retro-music trend featuring bands of the early aughts: Creed, Staind, Trapt. Is this the new Yacht Rock? Or does it suggest a world in the throes of full clinical depression?

www.esquire.com

I'm neither divorced nor a dad, so rejecting joy is not part of my agenda.

 

[axolotl]

I'm neither divorced nor a dad, so rejecting joy is not part of my agenda.

I am both - divorced twice, and a dad twice - but, rejecting joy sounds like nihilism to me.

One son still lives with me. Though I would like him to have roots and wings, I am in no way unhappy with this situation.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

“I remember sitting down with Roger and saying, ‘Roger, this is insane!’”: The strange lost album that Pink Floyd abandoned in 1975

Only two tracks have ever been heard from what could have been Pink Floyd's most divisive record

www.musicradar.com

 

[axolotl]

“I remember sitting down with Roger and saying, ‘Roger, this is insane!’”: The strange lost album that Pink Floyd abandoned in 1975

Only two tracks have ever been heard from what could have been Pink Floyd's most divisive record

www.musicradar.com

We’re glad they came around, as Meddle has subsequently become a Pink Floyd curates’ favourite, with its most memorable cut being signature 23 minute epic, Echoes.

The first thing I thought of when reading this was Music from The Body by Geeson and Waters.

"Our Song" never fails to bring tears to my eyes.

 

[axolotl]

12 Years Ago Today, a Rock Legend Passed Away but His Biggest Hit Came When No One Expected It​

https://collider.com/12-years-ago-today-rock-legend-lou-reed-passed-away/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

 

[Unsomnambulist]

12 Years Ago Today, a Rock Legend Passed Away but His Biggest Hit Came When No One Expected It​

https://collider.com/12-years-ago-today-rock-legend-lou-reed-passed-away/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Good article, but I wonder how much, if any of it, was written with AI.

 

[axolotl]

Good article, but I wonder how much, if any of it, was written with AI.

The integral attitude towards music was a catalyst for realizing that explorative and progressive music could find legitimate commercial viability, even if not immediate.

At least past of it definitely was.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

At least past of it definitely was.

The funny thing is, I used to write like that in middle school.

 

[axolotl]

The funny thing is, I used to write like that in middle school.

In passive voice, like me? You were a prodigy.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

In passive voice, like me? You were a prodigy.

I used to have a brain.

 

[axolotl]

I used to have a brain.

Don't get into that self-deprecatory shit.

That's my schtick.

P. S. ...and, I'm schticking with it.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Gloria Estefan on Trump’s US: ‘I carry my passport just in case’

The Cuban-born singer is worried by the crackdown on immigration in America, looks back on sexual abuse and her long recovery from a career-threatening injury

www.thetimes.com

 

[Ojai Sam]

 

[axolotl]

This might interest someone (Lord knows who)

Brace Yourselves, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham Are Talking Again​

https://www.vulture.com/article/stevie-nicks-lindsey-buckingham-talking-again.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

 

[axolotl]

Patti Smith | ***Art Rats in New York City: Finding My Own Words***, a new essay by Patti Smith, published today by *The New Yorker* (behind a paywall). | Facebook

***Art Rats in New York City: Finding My Own Words***, a new essay by Patti Smith, published today by *The New Yorker* (behind a paywall).

www.facebook.com

Essay by Patti Smith: Art Rats in New York City

Finding my own words.

www.newyorker.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Australian Prime Minister’s Joy Division T-Shirt Sparks Major Political Controversy​

Australian Prime Minister's Joy Division T-Shirt Sparks Major Political Controversy

The biggest story in Australian politics this week has involved the Prime Minister wearing a Joy Division T-shirt. On Oct. 23, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, of the center-left Labor Party, was filmed and photographed exiting his plane wearing a tee with the cover art from 1979’s Unknown...

www.stereogum.com

 

[axolotl]

Todd Snider Injured In “Violent Assault” Outside Hotel, Cancels Tour​

Todd Snider Injured In "Violent Assault" Outside Hotel, Cancels Tour

Todd Snider’s tour is canceled due to injuries suffered when the cult-favorite singer-songwriter was the victim of a physical attack outside his hotel. Snider, 59, launched a run of shows in support of new album High And Lonesome And Then Some Thursday in Englewood, CO. It was brought to an...

www.stereogum.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Todd Snider Injured In “Violent Assault” Outside Hotel, Cancels Tour​

Todd Snider Injured In "Violent Assault" Outside Hotel, Cancels Tour

Todd Snider’s tour is canceled due to injuries suffered when the cult-favorite singer-songwriter was the victim of a physical attack outside his hotel. Snider, 59, launched a run of shows in support of new album High And Lonesome And Then Some Thursday in Englewood, CO. It was brought to an...

www.stereogum.com

Singer/songwriter Todd Snider arrested in Utah, accused of threatening hospital staff

Singer and songwriter Todd Snider was arrested while visiting Utah for his "High, Lonesome and Then Some 2025 Tour."He said he was "the victim of a violent assa

kutv.com