Some of the Music I like (Part 2)
Take a listen. What do you like?
So back in April I released an article which I think is obligatory at this point for everyone on SubStack to do. Here is part 1 of my choices.
So my niece over the weekend was watching the two Sing films. I enjoyed them more than I thought but there was one song that particularly whose lyrics caught my ear (after hearing it for the 50th time. Toddlers am I right?) That song was Could Have Been Me sung by Halsey.
So I liked the lyrics and immediately started looking into who the original artist was.
I would like to introduce people to The Struts, a band from Derby in the UK that formed in 2012 (No wonder I hadn’t heard of them, I was deployed when they released their first album.) Here’s the original version.
In the office I usually like to have BBC Radio 2 on but since all the good presenters have left I’ve now let one of the other office workers put what he wants on and I tend to listen to podcasts like Tim Pool, The Quartering and The Liberal Hivemind whilst I read SubStack articles work really hard in the office. One song that I constantly find myself humming along to is this.
I also watch Guardians of the Galaxy over the weekend (It’s probably my favourite Marvel film) and I’m always reminded how that the early Marvel films had some classic soundtracks. Here’s my favourite.
Let’s watch the intro as well. Star-Lord. Take it away.
Going back to my niece for a second and she wanted this nursery rhyme played. People this is bloody dark!! It’s like the Brother Grimm wrote it!!
Who has a pooping song? I do LOL.
And my favourite Johnny Cash song.
The best Disney song from the best Disney film. Come at me if you don’t agree.
Followed by the Second best Disney film. RIP Robin Willaims.
Question time. How many white virgin monkeys does Aladdin own? Answers in the comments.
So there you go. Songs that I’ve listened to recently. What do you all think?
Please like, comment and Re-Stack. Everyone needs to be reminded of these songs lol.
I hope I find you all happy and healthy.
Vulkan
I like the idea of this "Music I Like" post...makes a change from my usual Substack fare.
I have a post on STB which asks this question:
"How can we decide what (if anything) qualifies as great art in the vast archive of recorded popular music? For most people all this is a big thing in their lives in their teens and twenties; from then on interest wanes. Those for whom this phase ran its course at anytime in the 60’s to 90’s tend to think of themselves as having been around for the best of it. If the thee billion plus hits on Spotify’s most streamed songs is the measure, you could argue that it is now bigger than ever. But nobody seriously believes that any of them will go down in history as great ones. So what will? What songs will endure when all rock’s ephemera evaporates into the mist of time?
The final part of the essay is full of YouTube links that are my (part) personal answer to your question. https://grahamcunningham.substack.com/p/imagine-theres-no-muzak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc; Be My Baby
Boy in the Bubble ; Desolation Row; Sultans of Swing; Hungry Heart; Boys of Summer ; I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For; Fast Car; Season of Hollow Soul; Don't Go To Strangers; McArthur Park, Death of a Ladies Man; Both Sides Now; Television Antichrist Blues; Fisherman's Blues. Go Your Own Way; Love is a Stranger; Baker Street; Is This Love; Heart of Glass; Thank U and Pride (In the name of Love) ; I Wanna Dance with Somebody ;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3bksUSPB4c;
PS: I was heavily into Rock from around 1960 to around 2000 so anything after that has basically passed me by. PPS: I tried to copy paste all the links into this comment but only some worked but they'reall there in the essay itself