I've always had a rather complicated relationship with music in this increasingly digital world. I like music. I have a rather broad taste palette, though I tend to listen to a lot of soundtracks. This is partially because a lot of them are instrumental, so they're less likely to distract me while I'm trying to work on a document. Years ago when the music streaming … [Read more...] about Why I’m Buying CDs Again
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Acoustic Version of Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2's Bono and The Edge have released a very powerful reworking of Sunday Bloody Sunday on their Instagram. It's acoustic and shot in black and white. View this post on Instagram A post shared by U2 (@u2) The video features clips of coverage of Bloody Sunday in Derry in 1972. They've also reworked the lyrics of the final verse a little. The song … [Read more...] about Acoustic Version of Sunday Bloody Sunday
Meatloaf’s Bat Out of Hell
Meatloaf has passed away at the age of 74. So of course I'm listening to some of his greatest hits. This one in particular: Meatloaf's career spanned 60 years and his music will live on. The Bat Out of Hell album is one of the biggest selling records of all time. … [Read more...] about Meatloaf’s Bat Out of Hell
Mitivaï Serra Sings With Eric Serra
Luc Besson's film "Anna" features a soundtrack by Eric Serra. Hardly a revelation as so many of Besson's films have had Serra's music to accompany them. However what made this one a little different is that one of the tracks "I am Criminal" is sung by Serra's daughter Mitivaï Serra. The music video of a father and daughter working together to make music makes a nice … [Read more...] about Mitivaï Serra Sings With Eric Serra
Blue Monday WITHOUT Electronics
New Order's "Blue Monday" is a classic, but it's a classic of a particular genre of music that relies very heavily on electronics. I've no idea why they did this, but a couple of years back somebody did a version using musical instruments only available in the 1930s ie. long before the advent of electronics in music. Any by instruments we mean anything that can make sound, … [Read more...] about Blue Monday WITHOUT Electronics