Power of the Pentatonic Scale
World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale
Weakest Shade of Blue
won’t you come away with me
and begin something we can’t understand
i’m as lonely as the Irish Sea
i’m as willing as the sand
could it be so wrong, so wrong?
could it be so wrong, so wrong?
won’t you come unbury me
could you light me up like a lemon grove
i’ll save you from this dreamy life
to the hardest love you could ever know
could it be so wrong, so wrong?
could it be so wrong, so wrong?
but don’t cry baby,
please don’t cry baby
i’ll be tender til the day i die
this love i have for you is terrible and true
how this sheltered loveless life
fades into the weakest shade of blue
its ruinous and true
how this sheltered loveless life
fades into the weakest shade of blue
weakest shade of blue
could it be so wrong, so wrong?
could it be so wrong, so wrong?
but don’t cry baby,
please don’t cry baby
i’ll be tender til the day i die
this love i have for you is terrible and true
how this sheltered loveless life
fades into the weakest shade of blue
weakest shade of blue…
Life Shuffle
Having been tagged by Cordelia, I cheerfully submit my answers to this meme.
The Instructions:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING!
(I’m going to break the rules right away, and use my entire iTunes library, which currently stands at 23,056 songs. We’ll see what that gets me.)
1. How do you feel today? Can’t Get Used to Losing You (Andy Williams)
2. Will you get far in life? Barbara Bush Quote – the underprivileged are better off
3. How do your friends see you? The Lottery (Alex North)
4. Where will you get married? Rhythm is a Dancer (Snap!)
5. What is my best friend’s theme song? Stoppin’ Traffic/Party at Erics! (Kid Koala & Herbaliser
6. If someone says, “Is this ok?”, you say: Body (Hurra Torpedo)
7. What would best describe your personality? I Never Changed (The Exploited)
8. What do you like in a girl/guy? You and Me (The Cranberries)
9. What is your life’s purpose? Tamburitza Linga (Ani DiFranco)
10. What is your motto? Bad Mouth (Fugazi)
11. What do you think about often? Rabbit in Your Headlights (U.N.K.L.E.)
12. What is your life story? Thuggish Ruggish Bone (Bone Thugs ‘N’ Harmony)
13. What do you want to be when you grow up? worked up so sexual/Death Cab Mix (The Faint)
14. What do you think when you see a person you like? Oce Moj (Sinan Sakic)
15. What will they play at your funeral? Midnight Rider (Gregg Allman)
16. What is your biggest secret? The Undertones (Teenage Kicks)
17. What do you think of your friends? Xylophone (The Magnetic Fields)
18 What’s the worst that could happen? Come Away with Me (Norah Jones)
19. How will you die? Lion (Sandra Bezic)
20. What is the one thing you regret? Sit on my Face (Monty Python)
21. What makes you laugh? I Hope (Dixie Chicks)
22. What makes you cry? All Things Dull and Ugly (Monty Python)
23. Who is your secret admirer? Pool Shark (Sublime)
24. If you could go back in time, what would you change? Carcass (Siouxsie & The Banshees)
25. What hurts right now? Mistake No. 3 (Culture Club)
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Death by lion? I guess that sounds about right. And I have no comment about number 20.
California Stars
Words: woody guthrie – music: jay bennett/jeff tweedy 1997
Sung by Billy Bragg/Wilco
I’ve had this song in my music library with a bunch of other Wilco for awhile but never really listened to it until it was mentioned in a couple different blogs I read. I threw it in a playlist recently and it popped up this morning on the way to work, so I have it stuck in my head…
I’d like to rest my heavy head tonight
On a bed of California stars
I’d like to lay my weary bones tonight
On a bed of California stars
I’d love to feel your hand touching mine
And tell me why I must keep working on
Yes, I’d give my life to lay my head tonight
On a bed of California stars
I’d like to dream my troubles all away
On a bed of California stars
Jump up from my starbed and make another day
Underneath my California stars
They hang like grapes on vines that shine
And warm the lovers glass lke friendly wine
So, I’d give this world
Just to dream a dream with you
On our bed of California stars
My reality show concept: Celebrity Karaoke Roulette
Shakespeare’s Sister question of the day the other day was: “You’ve been given unlimited resources and creative control to create your own contest reality show (a la Project Runway) or game show: What’s your concept?”
I’ve had this one rolling around in my head: Celebrity Karaoke Roulette.
Take five famous musicians, throw them up on stage with microphones, hit shuffle on the karaoke machine, and make one of them sing whatever song comes up. Rate them on best performance, and whomever “wins” gets money for their favorite charity. In between, they could perform one of their own songs or promote their album.
It would give artists a chance to promote a recent album, let out-of-the-spotlight celebrities make a comeback, promote a worthy cause, give us a slew of interesting covers to listen to by people who are already established as good singers, and perhaps be comedic as well if they screw up a performance.
2008/02 Winter Mix
1 If You Want Me / Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova / Once (Original Soundtrack)
2 Falling Slowly / Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova / Once (Original Soundtrack)
3 Gay Messiah / Rufus Wainwright / True Colors (Soundtrack to the Logo Documentary)
4 City of Immigrants (feat. Forro In the Dark) / Steve Earle / Washington Square Serenade
5 Thread / k.d. lang / Watershed
6 Elenore / The Turtles / The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands
7 The March / Astra Heights / The March – Single of the Week
8 Anyone Else But You / The Moldy Peaches / Juno
9 This Heart / Nanci Griffith / The BoDeans / Flyer
10 Leader and the Falcon / Head of Femur / Leader and the Falcon
11 Radio Nowhere / Bruce Springsteen / Magic
12 The Golden State / John Doe / A Year In The Wilderness
13 Oh Yeah / The Cliks / True Colors (Soundtrack to the Logo Documentary)
14 Oxford Comma / Vampire Weekend / Vampire Weekend (Blue CD-R)
15 Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) / Robert Plant & Alison Krauss / Raising Sand
16 New Soul / Yael Naïm / New Soul – Single
17 1 2 3 4 / Feist / The Reminder
18 Billy Brown / Mika / Life In Cartoon Motion
19 The Wrath Of Marcie / The Go! Team / Proof Of Youth
20 Message To Myself / Melissa Etheridge / The Awakening
21 Takin’ Off This Pain / Ashton Shepherd / Takin’ Off This Pain – Single of the Week
22 Better Get to Livin’ / Dolly Parton / Better Get to Livin’ – Single
Music Rediscovered
We finally we able to upgrade the firmware on our Terabyte server last weekend, and it’s finally behaving in a stable fashion with iTunes (fingers crossed). It was apparently having trouble with long file names (!) and iTunes loves to create long file names, so it kept hiccuping. Since I’ve been home this week, I’ve been able to sort out and reload lots of our music that was acting funny, and I’ve been able re-rip lots of our CDs that have been buried in boxes since we moved in. One of my old favorites I haven’t listened to in many years – the Doo Wop Box.
I’ve been running around the house singing along – Stephanie’s already rolling her eyes. It’s probably safe to say you might here a few songs from this boxed set at our wedding reception, like maybe this…
Buzz Buzz Buzz
The Hollywood Flames
(The Doo Wop Box: 101 Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock ‘N’ Roll)
(wha-ooh, wha-ooh, wha-ooh, wha-ooh)
Well buzz buzz buzz goes the bumble bee
A twiddledeedledee goes a bird
But the sound of your little voice, darling,
Its the sweetest sound Ive ever heard.
Well, Ive seen the beauty of the red, red rose,
Seen the beauty when the skies are blue,
Seen the beauty of the evening sunset- but the beauty of you!
Sweet is the honey from the honeycomb,
Sweet are the grapes from the vine,
But theres nothing as sweet as you, darling,
And I hope some day you’ll be mine!
EW’s Best Love Songs Ever: The Top 25!
- “Just Like Heaven” – The Cure (1987)
- “As” – Stevie Wonder (1976)
- “Purple Rain” – Prince (1984)
- “Your Song” – Elton John (1970)
- “Time After Time” – Cyndi Lauper (1984)
- “If Not for You” – Bob Dylan (1970)
- “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” – Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell (1967)
- “Crazy in Love” – Beyoncé (2003)
- “Unchained Melody” – The Righteous Brothers (1965)
- “These Arms of Mine” – Otis Redding (1962)
- “You Send Me” – Sam Cooke (1957)
- “At Last” – Etta James (1961)
- “When a Man Loves a Woman” – Percy Sledge (1966)
- “Ring of Fire” – Johnny Cash (1963)
- “Maybe I’m Amazed” – Paul McCartney (1970)
- “In Your Eyes” – Peter Gabriel (1986)
- “All I Want Is You” – U2 (1988)
- “Sweet Child O’ Mine” – Guns N’ Roses (1988)
- “Wild Horses” – The Rolling Stones (1971)
- “I Will Always Love You” – Whitney Houston (1992)
- “Let’s Stay Together” – Al Green (1971)
- “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” – Aretha Franklin (1967)
- “Something” – The Beatles (1969)
- “Can’t Help Falling in Love” – Elvis Presley (1961)
- “God Only Knows” – The Beach Boys (1966)
Currently listening to…
Proof of Youth by The Go Team.
Discovered through a video posted on Coudal’s Fresh Signals.