My favorite May-December clip.
A man and a woman and the electricity between them.
Ah, Brasil…
022: Roberta Sá and Chico Buarque, ‘Mambembe’
Song Of the week
086: ‘Different Trains’, Steve Reich (Kronos Quartet)
Minimalism and “the only adequate musical response—one of the few adequate artistic responses in any medium—to the Holocaust.”
Continue reading...300: Decapede, ‘Creston Gold’/Buddy Holly, ‘Peggy Sue’
The sweetest music you’ll never hear.
Continue reading...103: Little Stevie Wonder, ‘Fingertips’
Little Stevie Wonder recorded ‘Fingertips’ at the age of 12 – a fledgling perhaps, but certainly not innocent.
There’s a fervor brewing here that may have begun on the altar in the church choir, but reached its pitch afterwards up in the balcony with some willing young soprano.
SoTW 299: Brad Mehldau, ‘Junk’
Mehldau plays The Beatles. What the heck does that have to do with paranormality??
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297: Lake Street Dive (Rachael Price), ‘Hypotheticals’
I got a Plan A, and I got a Plan B
And if it’s absolutely necessary, we’ll go to Plan C
104: Charles Mingus, ‘Myself When I Am Real’/’Adagio Ma Non Troppo’
A brilliant, fully-realized composition improvised on the piano by an obstreperous bassist. Then it was orchestrated.
How wondrous are the works of Man.