SONG OF THE DAY “Songbird” by Christine McVie. Written by Christine McVie. MY TAKE I heard an acoustic (possibly live) version of this song on 105.9 The River’s Acoustic After Dark program two nights ago. This program is seriously the bane of my existence because they play amazing versions of songs ALL THE TIME,... »
SONG OF THE DAY “Scenes From An Italian Restaurant” by Billy Joel (The Stranger, Columbia Records, 1977). Written by Billy Joel. MY TAKE First, I love how Billy Joel looks like a hoodrat in that photo I chose. Ridiculous. Now for serious… This song was probably milling around my world for a decade or... »
SONG OF THE DAY “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” by Blood, Sweat & Tears (Blood, Sweat & Tears, 1969). Written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson and Berry Gordy. MY TAKE This is a song I’ve loved since childhood. It’s really emotional, especially the lead vocals (though I do get weepy from the amazing brass... »
SONG OF THE DAY “Wild Nights” by John Mellencamp & Me’shell Ndegeocello (Dance Naked, Mercury Records, 1994). Written by Van Morrison. MY TAKE Eek! I love John/ny Cougar Mellencamp! He was my first concert as a music-conscious teen. It was summer at the beautiful Pine Knob (now DTE Music whatever, I still call it... »
SONG OF THE DAY “Fireflies” (Ocean Eyes, Universal Republic Records, 2009). Written by Adam Young. WHERE I HEARD IT It was featured on this season of So You Think You Can Dance (see the video of the performance below). INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) - Owl City is a Second Wave synthpop musical project by American Adam... »
SONG OF THE DAY “Murder, He Says” by Betty Hutton (1943). WHERE I HEARD IT There’s a chain of events that took me to this song, and it goes like this: (1) In 2003, I bought a DVD of Spike Jonz’s music video work, which included his video work for Bjork’s song “Oh So... »
SONG OF THE DAY “Jar of Hearts” by Christina Perri (single, iTunes release, 2010).Written by Christina Perri, Barrett Yeretsian, & Drew Lawrence. WHERE I HEARD IT This season of So You Think You Can Dance, which I’ve now totally quit watching because Alex “Freaking” Wong was permanently injured and, honestly, there’s no point to... »
1. “Fools in Love” by Joe Jackson (4:23) – A very early hit (1979) from this heralded and still active British new wave and pop star. You may think this song doesn’t belong on a love mix, but wait until the last line of lyrics. 2. “Let My Love Open The Door” by Pete... »
1. Road To Nowhere by The Talking Heads (4:28 ) – We thought this would be a funny set of lyrics to start out a road trip mix to! And we love the Talking Heads! 2. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC (4:12 ) – Todd was raised on AC/DC, and has very... »
1. When You’re Gone by The Cranberries (4:57) – This was our ode for five years of our relationship as we sustained a long-distance relationship. We’ would be remiss if we didn’t include at least one faraway love song on a mix about us! 2. Wouldn’t It Be Nice by Beach Boys (2:21) –... »
1. Heaven/Where True Love Goes by Yusuf (4:50) – This is a truly great ode to love by the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens. 2. All I Want Is You by Barry Lousi Polisar (2:40) – A great story song from the Juno soundtrack. 3. When You’re Next To Me by Mitch and... »
Walk Like An Egyptian – The Bangles 3:24 All I Want Is You – Barry Lousi Polisar 2:40 Poison – Bell Biv DeVoe 4:22 White Wedding – Billy Idol 4:09 Get Outta My Dreams Get into My Car – Billy Ocean 4:47 I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas 4:49 Never My Love... »
End of dinner, bring out the ice cream sundae buffet, get your dancing shoes on hour. This playlist still has a few classic standards but it’s trying to get you dancing, or at least thinking about dancing. Most of these didn’t make the cut to dancing songs because the tempo ran borderline slow dance,... »
Ah, the barely notices Cocktail/ Dinner Transition Hour playlist. My aspirations for this list is that it would give a vintage party vibe, a little more amped up than the last playlist but not without the feeling of time travel: Make You Feel My Love – Adele 3:32 – First discovered by watching So... »
We chose to play a delicious set of classic standards and covers during the cocktail hour to accentuate the ambiance of the vintage feel of the salon at the Roycroft Inn. Here’s the playlist and liner notes for the mix of standards that I gave some of the guests at our wedding as a... »
Here’s the music we used during the ceremony. Definitely some non-traditional choices, but each song was such a perfect fit for the function it was placed in during the ceremony that it really didn’t seem to be noticeably “different”; it was more like each aspect of the ceremony became noticeably more interesting. At least... »
Welcome the Part 1 of 10 of my Wedding Music blogging series. Today, I present you with the playlist I created to be used as prelude music during the hour before the ceremony. Rather than boring live strings doing vague covers of songs we love, we chose to have the DJ come and play... »
Joanee’s back, woot woot!! After a month-long wedding preparation hiatus, I am very pleased to announce the return of this daily blog to my routine and your computers! I missed this thing, and have a ****load of music queued up and ready to talk about, so grab a drink, sit down, and buckle in!... »
