Archive for the 'Aural Pleasures' Category
It’s been a while since I’ve posted the current song I’ve been obsessed with. This is one of those songs that I liked the first time I heard it, although I didn’t really LOVE it until a while later when I heard it again. As before, I’m going to let someone else’s description stand […]
A Change Is Gonna Come [lyrics] [stream it]
by Sam Cooke [bio]
What others are saying about it:
“The last of his studio albums released in his lifetime, Sam Cooke’s Ain’t That Good News offers a lot of superb material, pointing in several directions that, alas, were to go largely unexplored. The central number is, of course, the […]
When the president talks to god
Published February 28th, 2005 in Aural Pleasures and Soapbox. 2 CommentsYet another great song I’ve stumbled across recently. I have at least a dozen waiting in the wings, as well.
When the President Talks to God [lyrics]
from Bright Eyes (aka Conor Oberst)
I don’t need to overanalyze this one, just listen to it. It’s not on an album, but the mp3 is available through the iTunes music […]
I must give credit to the rabble rouser for turning me on to this amazing artist. How I managed to be completely oblivious to her until recently is a shameful mystery.
Fool of Me [song clip] [lyrics]
from Meshell Ndegeocello’s album, Bitter
Punchy but tender piano notes fall like scattered raindrops into the well of Meshell’s sensual, […]
I love music. I love listening to it, I love playing it. I’m one of those people who stays up too late on a regular basis making mix tapes to play for people at work. Life would seem wholly unsatisfying without music, and I’ve never understood people who say they are indifferent to it, or […]
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