Wanna hear a GOOD song?
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139: The Swingle Singers/James Taylor, ‘On the 4th of July’
This week we talk about the United States’ bar mitzvah, how we discovered Bach, the history of The Swingle Singers, the marvels of Scandinavian a cappella festivals, and older people falling in love.
Continue reading...325: Brian Wilson, ‘God Only Knows’ (“At My Piano”)
God only knows how a mortal could make divine music.
Continue reading...201: Bob Dylan, ‘All Along the Watchtower’
Bob Dylan at his best. Which is to say the art of our time at its best. For time capsules, for satellites to distant universes, for future generations: this is what we had to offer.
Continue reading...133: Spencer Davis Group (Stevie Winwood), ‘I’m A Man’
My secret internal ringtone.
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