Is it a coincidence that there are eleven stars in Starry Night, by Van Gogh? Was he referencing the 11 stars of Joseph's dream? A teacher of mine once said that themes and meanings all come from the subconscious and can not and should not be consciously planned. Similarly, so much of what we say and do in life possesses and conveys unconsciously intended meanings. Our actions have subtexts, our body...
The Christmas weekend was fun and despite it being a pseudo-festival, I still ate and drank plenty to keep up the pretence. For my Dad's 70th we (my brothers and I) bought him tickets to see Don McLean at the Royal Albert Hall next year. When I was very young, my Dad would play the album "American Pie" on rotation in the car, so it's ingrained in my brain. Pete and I will accompany my Mum...
50 éxitos de sencillos, dos horas y media de música diversa .. de calidad una colección extraordinaria que no puedes dejar de tener para escucharla y disfrutarla como tú te mereceres. 50 hit singles, two and a half hours of diverse music .. average quality but a decent collection! CD 1 01 – Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 02 – [...]
- Magnus Holmen’s album Burn is a mix between hard rock and folk. I enjoyed the fact that all of his music incorporates some form of acoustics. Magnus definitely knows the instrument well. There really isn’t much else needed. The music is soothing and not at all busy. It sounds to me like a collaboration between Bob Dylan and Staind; it is neither as punk as Staind nor as country blues...
American Pie is a 1971 Don McLean song: Don McLean's site has a page devoted to the song. There is a website offering an analysis of the lyrics. Actually, there are lots of sites speculating on the meaning of the song... There is a fan group for Don McLean on Facebook, in addition to a group especially for this one particular song . The list of 500 Songs that shaped Rock and Roll comes from the Rock...
When the year 1959 began, there were only 48 states. Alaska and Hawaii would became part of the United States during that annum, the third year of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second term. It was the year Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba and took a goodwill tour of U.S., two months after an interview with Edward R. Murrow on CBS television...
Two weeks ago I wrote about The Story of Pi, a semi-educational retro video that visually explains Pi. One commenter (lynn) pointed out a song I hadn’t heard before, The Pi Song by Antoni Chan and Ken Ferrier. I present it below for your weekend edutainment. Set to the tune of the [...]
On Your Songs, Harry Connick, Jr. uses the Frank Sinatra swag to reinvigorate classic popular tunes like Billy Joel’s “Just the Way You Are,” Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love with You” and Don Mclean’s “And I Love You So.” The results are mixed. He gives the Beatle’s classic “And I Love Her” [...]
I'm finally getting around to publishing this top 10 list, after talking about it for weeks if not months. Putting together this list made me realise how subjective the concept of a guilty pleasure is. You might think that Chic and Abba are guilty pleasures, but as far as I'm concerned, if it belongs on the dance floor, then I'm not going to feel so much as a pang of guilt any time soon. So here goes,...
A group of musicians joined a campaign on Tuesday that asks the Obama administration to close down the terror suspect camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, reports MTV News. The musicians are all angered after hearing that their songs are reportedly being blasted at ear-bleeding levels in an attempt to break uncooperative terror suspects. Artists including Nine Inch [...]
R.E.M., Pearl Jam, AC/DC, Britney Spears, Marilyn Manson, Metallica and Bruce Springsteen. How's that for an all-star lineup? If you were fortunate enough to be a detainee at the terror suspect camp at Guantanamo Bay, you would have been treated to a playlist by these artists. At all hours of the day and night. At excessive volume. A November 2008 report by the Senate Armed Services Committee makes...
Music To Torture People By The hitlist of bands used by the US government to 'soften up' detainees for interrogation at Guantanamo Bay, through torturous volume and reptitivity, has been revealed. The theme song to Barney The Dinosaur makes the list, as we already knew, but some of the others Songs To Force Fake-Al Qaeda Confessions by are, well, not too horrific, if you don't include Matchbox 20 :...
and end to music as tortureWas the theme to "Sesame Street" really played to torture prisoners held at Guantanamo and other detention camps? What about Don McLean's "American Pie"? Or the Meow Mix jingle? Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A."?
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