The Fiery Furnaces always had a special place in my heart because of Blueberry Boat and Gallowbird's Bark, but once when I was skimming through their discography I never payed much attention to this album, because at the time I found it wasn't on par with the rest of their stuff.

And now I'm skimming through their disco again. Can't believe I left this alone for so much time. This song is a fine piece of drug music.

Just goes to show how absolutely genius these guys are.

Alex Cameron is back with another four-chord masterpiece. I love this man.

Awesome musical storytelling:

Currently I'm enjoying this song by Tupac Shakur, the drums and the bass are pretty damn dope. Back when I was a kid and a teen hiphop was pretty much forbidden and deemed socially unacceptable where I live, so never got to listen to it back when it was new. Gatekeepers and moral police can go screw themselves.

Really into John Dowland's Earl of Essex Galliard right now... such a great tune and would love to be able to play it but that fretting is too hard for me with my limited skills on the guitar and I suspect it's a lot of lever work on the harp as well. Will get there one day.

Other than John Dowland, guess it's gotta be Dua Lipa and "Houdini" but I may already be in the process of getting tired of it as it's popping up on multiple Spotify playlists these days.

OMD - Souvenir

My favorite non-metal album right now is definitely Kathodos - Parasomnia: Pavor Nocturnus. Released on Slithering Black Records. https://slitheringblackrecords.bandcamp.com/album/parasomnia-pavor-nocturnus

Bonnie Tyler - Loving You Is a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It)



I love both Jim Steinman and Bonnie Tyler. For some reason I just hadn't listened to this little masterpiece until yesterday. What a wonderful epic ballad with crazy good vocal melodies and lyrics. I think this lovely song is just massively overshadowed by Total Eclipse of the Heart. I can't think of any other reason it's not a massive hit.

Written by Metal Diogenes on 07.05.2024 at 14:04

Bonnie Tyler - Loving You Is a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It)



I love both Jim Steinman and Bonnie Tyler. For some reason I just hadn't listened to this little masterpiece until yesterday. What a wonderful epic ballad with crazy good vocal melodies and lyrics. I think this lovely song is just massively overshadowed by Total Eclipse of the Heart. I can't think of any other reason it's not a massive hit.

Nice choice, I enjoy some of her songs as well. It's a Jungle Out There is one of my favorites from her.
https://youtu.be/8txm3LE4DxY?si=6T8Tq7o8qWQ7sRNe

B-52's - Rock Lobster



All I can say is that back in the day people had much more imagination. Seriously, I was just casually listening to some average forgettable music when this thing popped up and turned everything upside down, like I had really good time listening to this. What a great, creative, out there rock song. I couldn't even imagine something this outrageously unique, intense and fun get played publicly anywhere, let alone become a hit. Creativity is so underrated these days. People are too comfortable in their little boxes to risk facing anything new.

I've been listening to some Mike & the Mechanics lately. Although their albums are inconsistent, uneven, there are songs that pleasantly surprise me. Catchy and enjoyable.

I find it amazing how these guys were able to create such psychedelic and alien music without any use of strange effects or synths, just acoustic instruments, skill and creativity - and probably a lot of acid. I don't think there's any other band that sounds like this. The whole album is great, one of my personal favourites.

Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052 is amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QipoNOweI0k This performance is particularly good.

Written by Ernis on 17.09.2024 at 12:52

Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052 is amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QipoNOweI0k This performance is particularly good.

Cheers for that, great performance indeed. I love playing some of Bach's works on guitar and piano but I generally don't really listen to his works. This is a great starting point though.

I've been listening to this old favorite in recent weeks. I'll never forget the first time I heard this song as a teenager. "Felt like a classic the moment it came out" - truer words were never spoken. Except maybe for every single line in this masterpiece of a song.

Frighteningly good stuff: