Music Diary, Vol. 74
For the rationale behind this mad effort, the initial post is here . The full series of Music Diary posts are here . The full playlist is above, and also here . Week of June 2-8, 2025 LYRICS: Queen of Jeans, "Tell Me" SONG: Happened to hear this Donna Summer banger in passing yesterday, and a) it took me straight back to 1979, when I owned a 45 of it, and b) it made me notice anew how much its gnarly rock/disco hybrid paved the way for “Beat It.” ALBUM: n/a LYRICS: Talking Heads, "Psycho Killer" SONG: I was already into the swampy groove and husky vocals of this great new Miley Cyrus jam , but it was when she unfurled the majestic 10-note melisma on the first syllable of “easy” that I was really done for. ALBUM: Recently spent some quality time spinning the Flying Burrito Brothers’ unfussy, under-loved third record , on which singer-songwriter Rick Roberts subs for Gram Parsons in what is arguably the most seamless frontman switch aside from Lou Ree...
