Music Diary, Vol. -49
For the rationale behind this mad effort, explanations here . The full series of Music Diary posts are here . The full playlist (minus the Bowie memorial tribute, which is a Facebook video) is above, also here . Week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5, 2023 LYRICS: George Jones (w/ Virginia Suber and Johnny Mathis), "Brown to Blue" SONG: Few things lift my spirits like a big guitar riff and airy vocal harmonies, but there’s more than mere 1960s psych-rock throwback going on with the preposterously named trio Sunflower Bean. This shapely, soaring 2016 track is among their best. ALBUM: Tom Verlaine’s guitar provided both architecture and ornamentation, pulse and filigree, and his songcraft could be as endearingly wild as Charles Ives’. The Television records are essential but don’t sleep on this fierce 1987 collection . LYRICS: Tom Lehrer, "Silent E" SONG: Much as Mulatu Astatke’s Ethiopian jazz clearly shows the influence of Latin music, the Egyptian band Wust El-Bal...
