I've felt for some time that the music I post on my personal tumblelog is often lost in the mix.
I like to share.
I spent 10 years in the music industry and I've been an avid consumer and collector of music from almost every genre and decade since I was a wee child.
What I post here may be familiar or foreign, old or new. Good music is just good music to me.
You can also find me here, for a more visual representation of my sensibilities.
Email me: atherdiscretion at gmail dot com
One Woman Show
All posts from May 30, 2008
Cat Stevens - If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out
I had the intention of posting another song altogether for my first tune in this here bloggy, but tonight I was reminded of this joyous little ditty which was written expressly for the 1971 Hal Ashby film, Harold and Maude.
Harold and Maude is on rotation in my top 3 movies of all time. Cat Stevens provided the perfect soundtrack to the film and it is amazing to me that this song was never publically released until the 1984 compilation, Footsteps in the Dark.
It’s a song that never fails to put me in a good mood.
Play count: 369
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Got My Eye On You
Well, where does one start with BJM?
Led by the outrageously talented [the man plays over 80 instruments], slightly mad, and notoriously Machiavellian Anton Newcombe and subject to more lineup changes than I’ve had Vegemite sandwiches, The Brian Jonestown Massacre… Well, they just rock.
You may call them [proudly] derivative and amateurish, but they’re nothing if not prolific. Neo-psychedelic rock is a fairly apt description. I’ve always wanted to see them live, if not just for the possiblity of onstage inter-band violence, for which they are well known.
If you haven’t seen the rawkumentary DiG!, which chronicles the misadventures of the then promising bands The Dandy Warhols and BJM, you’re missing out.
It’s one of the best rock documentaries, ever. Trust me.
Play count: 39
