What are some of the songs and music you listen to on Thanksgiving Day? I listened to Arlo Guthrie's classic Alice's Restaurant this morning when I put it on my MySpace profile. It's still a lot of fun, even though a lot of people have no idea what a local draft board is anymore.
Another favorite of mine is Thanksgiving Day by Ray Davies. I think Ray has a knack for writing lyrics that matter, that tell the story and really bring home the way it is on this holiday for many people.
Almost Thanksgiving Day by Graham Parker is a good one to spin today as well.
It's an instrumental, but Turkey Chase by Bob Dylan and friends off the Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid soundtrack album is a fitting prelude to eating the gobbler.
If you have enough energy to get up and dance after eating dinner, you could listen to Little Eva's song Turkey Trot.
Then, in the spirit of thankfulness, try The Scaffold's Thank You Very Much and The Kinks' Village Green Preservation Society, which has a great list of things to be thankful for.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Soundtrack to the Snow
In case you haven't heard, it's been snowing today, continuing from yesterday, here at our home base in Denver. Westword, the weekly free news, arts and entertainment paper here, has a blog about music for snow, specifically favoring Brian Eno. A good choice, for sure. Here are some others.
As the snow falls, I like to get into a trance, staring at the snow with some ambient music and space music to serve as a soundtrack for the snow.
One album that is fit for the snow is Michael Hoenig's 'From The Northern Wasteland.' It's a terrific spacey journey. Then, to regain some balance, guitarist Brian Keane's (not the other BK) album "Snowfalls." If you listen to the music as it opens on the Crystal Lake side of Klaus Schulze's album "Mirage," it sounds like twinkling snowflakes. If you can imagine snowflakes twinkling. I could also go for Tangerine Dream, maybe "Ricochet," and Pink Floyd's title track to "Atom Heart Mother."
The Westword blog talks about Brian Eno. For a Brian Eno selection, there are several good ones. In fact, all of them are good ones. One of my favorites is "Ambient 4: On Land." But since I listen to that one a lot, maybe today I'd go with "Fourth World Vol.1 Possible Musics" by Jon Hassell/Brian Eno.
For non-instrumentals, I'm sure there are a lot of songs suitable for the snowfall as well. I think of Al Stewart's song Roads To Moscow from "Past, Present and Future." You can just picture this soldier as he makes his way through the heavy snows wondering if he'll see home again. For a laugh, I might pick Greg Lake's Humbug, which was the flip side of the 45rpm I Believe In Father Christmas.
What music do you like to listen to when it snows?
As the snow falls, I like to get into a trance, staring at the snow with some ambient music and space music to serve as a soundtrack for the snow.
One album that is fit for the snow is Michael Hoenig's 'From The Northern Wasteland.' It's a terrific spacey journey. Then, to regain some balance, guitarist Brian Keane's (not the other BK) album "Snowfalls." If you listen to the music as it opens on the Crystal Lake side of Klaus Schulze's album "Mirage," it sounds like twinkling snowflakes. If you can imagine snowflakes twinkling. I could also go for Tangerine Dream, maybe "Ricochet," and Pink Floyd's title track to "Atom Heart Mother."
The Westword blog talks about Brian Eno. For a Brian Eno selection, there are several good ones. In fact, all of them are good ones. One of my favorites is "Ambient 4: On Land." But since I listen to that one a lot, maybe today I'd go with "Fourth World Vol.1 Possible Musics" by Jon Hassell/Brian Eno.
For non-instrumentals, I'm sure there are a lot of songs suitable for the snowfall as well. I think of Al Stewart's song Roads To Moscow from "Past, Present and Future." You can just picture this soldier as he makes his way through the heavy snows wondering if he'll see home again. For a laugh, I might pick Greg Lake's Humbug, which was the flip side of the 45rpm I Believe In Father Christmas.
What music do you like to listen to when it snows?
Despite Snow, Steely Dan Is A 'Go'
*INCLEMENT WEATHER UPDATE: The show will still begin at 8pm. Doors at 7pm* - That's the word we get from the Wells Fargo Theater about tonight's Steely Dan concert. How many of you who have tickets are still going to go? Will you drive? Will you take RTD? Will you ski there? Send your comments about tonight's show, getting there, as well as reviews of the concert, to us right here, or you can email them to us, if you prefer, at kingsrecordshop@yahoo.com.
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