Why listen to a 16-year old girl explain the meaning of life?
Because she’s Laura Nyro, one of the great neglected artists of our time.
A lesson in the reproductive imperative.
Song Of the week
232: Sufjan Stevens, ‘Romulus’
I may be befuddled, but I’m paying attention to the winged ones.
Continue reading...231: 10cc, ‘I’m Not in Love’
‘I’m Not in Love’ has been played on American radio over three million times. That adds up to 40 consecutive years of airplay.
Is he really not in love?
230: The Beach Boys, ‘Here Today’ (“Pet Sounds” Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 14)
We can follow the process of recording “Pet Sounds” take-by-take.
But God Only Knows how such beauty is created.
229: The Beatles: ‘I’ve Just Seen a Face’ (“Rubber Soul”)
Just picture it – half a million children of the Woodstock generation on half a million little desert islands, each one clutching to his/her breast his own personal, worn, beloved copy of “Rubber Soul”.
Continue reading...227: Vitamin String Quartet, ‘All Along the Watchtower’
My worst nightmare came true this week–I became my mother, listening to “nice” music.
Continue reading...224: Bob Dylan, ‘Motorpsycho Nightmare’
Have you heard the one about the farmer’s daughter and the traveling troubadour?
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