Some Other Time – Barbra Streisand

SONG OF THE DAY “Some Other Time” — Bar­bra Streisand (Love Is The Answer, Colum­bia Records, 2009). Music by Leonard Bern­stein, with lyrics by Betty Com­den and Adolph Green. WHY TODAY? I heard it per­formed by the Los Ange­les Gay Men’s Cho­rus in an episode of “Six Feet Under,” and had never heard it before. A …

Child Of Mine — Carole King

SONG OF THE DAY “Child Of Mine” by Car­ole King (Writer, CBS/ Ode/ Sony Music, 1970). Writ­ten by Car­ole King and Gerry Gof­fin. WHY TODAY? Because it’s my birth­day, and my mom emailed me this morn­ing and said “think of me singing it to you”. What a com­pletely beau­ti­ful thing to say; I love you, momma! LYRICS

Burning Down The House — Bonnie Raitt

SONG OF THE DAY “Burn­ing Down The House” by Bon­nie Raitt (Road Tested, Capi­tol Records, 1995). Writ­ten by David Byrne. WHY TODAY? This incred­i­ble ver­sion of this song was fea­tured in a dance party scene in Six Feet Under, and was con­se­quently brought back into my con­scious­ness. I had men­tioned it ear­lier in this blog in an …

Girl With One Eye — Florence + The Machine

SONG OF THE DAY “Girl With One Eye” by Flo­rence + The Machine (Lungs, Island Records, 2009). Writ­ten by Matt Alchin, David Ashby, & James McCool. WHY TODAY Basi­cally, because I’m really bad. My dad bought this for me for my birth­day, but it came today and I got excited and opened the present and immediately …

I Wished On The Moon – Billie Holiday

SONG OF THE DAY “I Wished On The Moon” by Bil­lie Hol­i­day (Songs for Dis­tin­gué Lovers, Verve Records, 1957). Com­posed by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by Dorothy Parker. WHY TODAY? While lis­ten­ing to NPR last night, I heard a record­ing of Stephanie Nakasian doing a cover of this song. She was able to really cap­ture Billie’s voice, and, after the …

Our Love Is Gonna Live Forever — Spain

SONG OF THE DAY “Our Love Is Gonna Live For­ever” by Spain (She Haunts My Dreams, Rest­less Records, 1999). WHY TODAY? The song was fea­tured in the sound­track for an episode of Six Feet Under. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — Spain are an Amer­i­can rock band, led by Josh Haden. — Their song “Spir­i­tual” was cov­ered by Johnny Cash …

Iko Iko — The Dixie Cups

SONG OF THE DAY “Iko Iko” as per­formed by The Dixie Cups (“Iko Iko” / “I’m Gonna Get You Yet” [single], Red Bird Records, 1965). Writ­ten by James “Sugar Boy” Craw­ford. WHY TODAY? I had this song stuck in my head and was singing it around the house. Any nor­mal day. But Todd thought I was making …

Good Man — King Straggler

SONG OF THE DAY “Good Man” by King Strag­gler (King Strag­gler, Authen­tica Records, 2005). WHERE DID I HEAR IT? From the sound­track of the Jeff Bridge’s film The Ama­teurs. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — This is a musi­cal group con­sist­ing of actors John Hawkes, Rod­ney East­man and Brent Gore. – Here’s the MP3 on amazon.com. VIDEO OF THE DAY

King Of Spain – The Tallest Man On Earth

SONG OF THE DAY “King Of Spain” by The Tallest Man On Earth (The Wild Hunt, Dead Oceans Records, 2010). INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — The Tallest Man on Earth is the moniker of the folk musi­cian Kris­t­ian Mats­son of Dalarna, Sweden. — Mats­son also sings in a band called Mon­tezu­mas. — In 2007 Kris­t­ian Matt­son released a self-titled EP. …

Uprising — Muse

SONG OF THE DAY “Upris­ing” by Muse (The Resis­tance, Warner Broth­ers Records/ Helium 3, 2009). Writ­ten by Matthew Bel­lamy. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — “Upris­ing” is a song by British pro­gres­sive rock band Muse, fea­tured on their fifth stu­dio album The Resis­tance. — Writ­ten by lead vocal­ist and gui­tarist Matthew Bel­lamy, the song was released as the lead sin­gle from the …