Lucky One
Pure Bathing Culture — Pure Bathing Culture - EP
Pure Bathing Culture, “Lucky One,” from their eponymous EP.
Elvis Costello, “High Fidelity,” from Get Happy.
An impressively sinister performance of “La donna é mobile,” by Luciano Pavarotti in the 1983 film version of Verdi’s Rigoletto.
Childish Gambino, “Heartbeat,” from Camp.
Since we’re already showcasing awkwardly set, semi-nostalgic Eighties videos today, allow me to present the stylings of the former lead singer of Kajagoogoo (a name from the history books, I’m sure) in his film soundtrack debut. This is Christopher Hamill, better known as Limahl, with ”The Neverending Story.”
Aztec Camera, “Somewhere in My Heart,” from Love. I have a suspicion that Roddy Frame is a genetic experiment combining the DNA of John Cusack and K.D. Lang.
Depeche Mode, “Enjoy The Silence,” from Violator.
Hooray for Earth, “True Loves,” from True Loves.
I’m a bit late on this one, but I had to put a little something out to the man I always wished I sounded like when I sang snatches of old folk songs to myself, walking home drunk in the dark. Pax, Levon.
If I Could Talk, I'd Tell You
The Lemonheads — Car Button Cloth
“If I Could Talk, I’d Tell You,” the Lemonheads, from Car Button Cloth.
I’d like to see iTunes incorporate the “tagging” sensibility that blogs use into a future version. Tracks within the same band, and even within the same album, often fall into multiple genres simultaneously. Think of the versatility! If you didn’t want to hear vocals, but didn’t care what you heard beyond that, you could set iTunes to display only tracks tagged “instrumental.” Jazz, classical, minimalist, even fingerstyle guitar, all automatically sorted together. Only female voicing? Play all tracks tagged “female vocalists”! There’s no end of uses to it. Frankly I can’t see why it hasn’t been thought of already.
Blind
Hercules and Love Affair — Hercules and Love Affair
Hercules and Love Affair, “Blind,” from Hercules and Love Affair.
The inimitable Karl Böhm conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in the Lacrimosa from Mozart’s unfinished Requiem mass in D minor.
