Music Diary, Vol. -69
The rationale behind this mad project is here . The full playlist is above, also here . Week of Sept. 12-18, 2002 LYRICS: Kurt Robbins (Kendt/Warner), "Angora" SONG: Yet another great tune introduced to me by the indispensable "History of Rock Music in 500 Songs" podcast: Johnny Otis's "Castin' My Spell," a novelty earworm with a Bo Diddley beat I would have played to death had I heard it when I was 10. I mean, a black cat, a cave bat... LYRICS: Jimi Hendrix, "Castles Made of Sand" SONG: Not my favorite Meat Puppets song (that would be "Two Rivers"), but the one I'm most likely to turn all the way up when I hear it. The alternating keen and chug of Curt Kirkwood's electric guitar is a journey in itself. LYRICS: Dianne Reeves (Sondheim), "I Remember" SONG: Richard Rodgers was one of the great melodists, though it might be truer to say he was two of the greatest melodists, so different did he sound when...
