Music Diary, Vol. -43
For the rationale behind this mad effort, explanations here . The full series of Music Diary posts are here . The full playlist is above, also here . Week of March 13-19, 2023 LYRICS: Tom Waits, "All the World Is Green" SONG: The electronic duo Silver Apples were one of those bands who weren’t so much ahead of their time as out of time. If you had to guess, would you have pegged this nervy, obsessive bubblegum pop confection as a product of 1969? ALBUM: My favorite Ry Cooder record, GET RHYTHM, is inexplicably not online, so I’ll share my second favorite, this wry, sweet acoustic collection from 1978 , which features the late great David Lindley on a few tracks. LYRICS: Lizzy McAlpine, "Hate to Be Lame" SONG: Sade’s silky pop sounded ageless and borderless when I first heard it on the radio back in 1984. This was the song that hooked me , with its simmering “Billie Jean” bass, needling guitar, and—above all—the sweet, sharp vocal harmonies. ALBUM: I loved t
