Wednesday, December 25, 2024: Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

1984.  

Forty years. The more things change, I guess.

Obviously, it's a product of it's time.  Yes, it's all white dudes singing the leads.

Yes, it's opportunistic and fairly condescending.

Yes, it accomplished almost nothing.

But, it certainly marked a time when thinking globally about issues was really coming to the forefront of peoples attitudes towards the news.  And, also, how people were beginning to think about how their lifestyle affected others on this planet, and lastly, how a global network of sound and vision was just starting to become a major player in how information was processed.  And disseminated. 

And, at the end of the day, at least they tried to affect change.  What have you done today?

Yoda can pound sand, trying matters.  And, here, at least someone started to try to help.

Anyway.  Merry Christmas, everyone.

 CSOTD will be taking an end of year hiatus, and we should be back on Thursday, January 2nd.

 Be safe, be well, take care, and have a great holiday season, everyone!

Monday, June 25, 2012: Band Of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You

I've blogged Band Of Horses before, so I was actually leaning more to posting Cee Lo Green's cover of this 2008 single, mostly because I'm leary of posting the same band twice.

I mean, there's so much good music out there, if I start doing double posts, or even triple posts, how can I share with you, gentle reader, all the cool songs that are out there?

But, I just love the honestly and good vibes that come from this song, and this band, and good vibes are definitely something everyone needs on a Monday morning.

So here's to the cool songs, and the cool bands, and double dipping into the cool pool to make a great Monday morning.

Enjoy.

Thursday, May 24, 2012: The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

RIP: Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm - May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012

“The one guy who can do any form of honest American music with authority. He can do Southern gospel like he grew up in a church, blues like he was born on the Delta, rock ‘n' roll like he was there at the beginning. He's the Delta of American music.” - Larry Campbell, Leader of the Levon Helm Band

Truly, here is a voice that came from the past, yet is still eternal. Even more so now.

CSOTD Bonus Edition: Band Of Horses - N.W. Apt

I'll admit, the über-clichéd drum into comes dangerously close to making this track uncool.

But after that, I'm totally in love with the pure-pop sensibilities and driving motion of this song. This is one of those tunes that is pure cotton candy; you probably won't get too much from it in the long run, but I doubt you'll hit your steering wheel harder to any other song you listen to this year.

Here's Band Of Horses.

Enjoy.

CSOTD EXTRA: The Gap Band - Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)

One of the side benefits of doing this CSOTD blog, is being able to bring you news that might not be covered too much in the mainstream media.

Like the recent death of Gap Band Bassist Robert Wilson, who died of an apparent heart attack on Sunday, in his home in Palmdale, California. He was 53.

I won't go into the details of his life here, but the Los Angeles Times has a good article HERE, and there is also a good article from Tulsa World, Tulsa being the hometown of Charlie, Ronnie and Robert Wilson, the founding members of the Gap Band.

Very few bands sounded like The Gap Band. When I first heard You Dropped A Bomb On Me, I felt like I was shaken down to my core and scales were lifted off these white, suburban, insolated eyes. Like when Sphere first visited Square in Flatland, I was introduced not to a new form of music, but a whole different dimension. Of music, of culture, of expression, of life.

RIP Robert Wilson. And thank you. For everything.