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Post by The Ocean on Jun 10, 2022 2:05:26 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #216 - 6/9/22 ‘Til Tuesday – “Are You Serious?” from Voices Carry
That opening guitar work sets a hell of a haunting tone. Aimee Mann’s voice fits so well over this funky groove.
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Post by luxexterior on Jun 10, 2022 12:42:54 GMT
Aimee Man is great I especially like the Til Tuesday stuff.
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Post by Espo on Jun 10, 2022 21:11:49 GMT
Odd till Tuesday story for you: when they were making the video for voices carry they did it in a small theater just outside of Boston and they asked for extras to be in the audience. My girlfriend and her sister were selected. Several months later I was moving and the truck I rented was littered with til Tuesday bumper stickers and band buttons. Needless to say, every gas pump, restroom and rest area we stopped at from Boston to Florida all got tagged with a till Tuesday bumper sticker or button. I still have buttons 30 years later. I was never crazy about the band but I always loved Amy's voice.
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Post by The Ocean on Jun 11, 2022 3:39:45 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #217 - 6/10/22 Rick Springfield – “1,000 Years” from Beginnings
I really wish I had known the extent of Rick Springfield’s catalogue before recently. He is a masterful singer-songwriter that I just never gave enough credit to. The entirety of his debut album Beginnings is a gift, and 1,000 Years is my favorite. It starts with a very simple progression played without much articulation on a solo piano, but the real magic is that chorus when an infectiously catchy chorus tells the listener “and in a thousand years I’ll still be thinking of you,” so mournfully, yet with an almost irrational hope.
I never pictured myself as a Rick Springfield fan until I listened to Beginnings, but now I am.
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Post by The Ocean on Jun 12, 2022 3:05:42 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #218 - 6/11/22 Screaming Trees – “Song of a Baker” from Nearly Lost You (Single)
Mark Lanegan was the lead singer on my favorite Queens of the Stone Age song In the Fade, which was the song I chose for their entry. That’s how I discovered Screaming Trees in the first place. I can’t say I was a devoted fan but I liked what I heard.
I was shocked to find that they had done a cover of my absolute favorite Small Faces tune, Song of a Baker, from Ogden’s Nut-Gone Flake. This is a song I also did for Deep Track of the Day. This may end up being the only time that a Deep Track entry is a cover of another Deep Track entry, but I really think the cover is fantastic. It is faithful, but there are enough little touches that make it their own. I love the dive-bombs on the organ in those pregnant pauses over the drum fills, and I love how the guitar tones and vocals and drums are unmistakably 90s in their production.
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Post by The Ocean on Jun 13, 2022 1:02:40 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #219 - 6/12/22 Mr. Mister – “I’ll Let You Drive” from I Wear the Face
Kyrie and Broken Wings are iconic for sure, but this is the song that gets my head bobbing. It’s synthpop for sure, but it also rocks. That’s something that I think may come across in a lot of my choices. Whether it’s Til Tuesday, Ultravox, Nik Kershaw, etc., I appreciate a synthpop song that can handle a solid rock backbeat and guitars. This is definitely a song I lip sync to in the car when nobody’s looking.
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Post by The Ocean on Jun 14, 2022 2:27:57 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #220 - 6/13/22 Whitesnake – “Nighthawk (Vampire Blues)” from Trouble
Whitesnake began life as a sort of Deep Purple side project. David Coverdale had done two albums as Deep Purple’s lead singer and began a new band with Purple’s Jon Lord (and later Ian Paice). They would be members of Whitesnake for their first several albums, long before their hair metal reinvention in 1987.
Prior to that, they were a solid hard rock verging on throwback metal band. Their first five albums are my absolute favorite, not to say that I dislike what they became, but I love this era of theirs the most. Nighthawks is a frenetic and bright song that makes me want to “play” air guitar and bang my head.
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Post by The Ocean on Jun 15, 2022 0:41:32 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #221 - 6/14/22 Scissor Sisters – “Almost Sorry” from Ta-Dah (Deluxe Edition only)
A decade ago my informal “audition” to join a band was to transcribe this song. Not in any exact note for note way. I just had to determine the chords and such. Getting to play this one live was a lot of fun. It’s an ode to schadenfreude. Your childhood tormentor has kicked the bucket. That’s so sad…. I’m sure… for somebody anyway. I’m sure their mom loved them… maybe. Well, sorry… almost…
This song is only available on the deluxe edition of the album Ta-Dah, and is a pretty rare one.
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Post by The Ocean on Jun 16, 2022 2:40:23 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #222 - 6/15/22 They Might Be Giants – “Spiraling Shape” from Factory Showroom
The opening jazz progression on pitched percussion gives way to the clavinet, suggesting a tiny bit of funk, but ultimately the song is a rock song at heart. I’m shocked that aside from featuring in a particularly hilarious scene on Malcolm in the Middle, this song was never a single and did not feature in any compilations for the band. People mention TMBG and thoughts generally run to Dr. Worm, Istanbul not Constantinople, Boss of Me, Particle Man, and Birdhouse in Your Soul. All legitimately great songs, but Spiraling Shape is their best in my opinion, and woefully underrated. I also have a soft spot in my heart for The Famous Polka and Number Three.
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Post by The Ocean on Jun 17, 2022 2:15:42 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #223 - 6/16/22 Jimmy Eat World – “Integrity Blues” from Integrity Blues
This song by Jimmy Eat World always makes me feel like I’m listening to a lost Beach Boys track. There is something just so beautiful about it and I feel as if I’m floating in an idle sea.
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Post by The Ocean on Jun 17, 2022 23:43:05 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #224 - 6/17/22 Blur – “Colin Zeal” from Modern Life is Rubbish
I’m not particularly fond of Blur, but I actually really like this song. I like the tightly precise layered vocals and I think the progressions are pretty interesting in parts. All in all while I’d never request Blur, this song in particular never gets skipped.
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Post by The Ocean on Jun 19, 2022 5:29:30 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #225 - 6/18/22 Zakk Wylde – “Road Back Home” from Book of Shadows
Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society may be an acquired taste for some. I can understand that he may be a bit much for some people. However, if you have not had an opportunity to sample his solo album Book of Shadows, I really recommend it. It’s at times haunting, frequently beautiful, and always entertaining. His early acoustic version of Peddlers of Death is macabre rather than aggressive.
Road Back Home starts with a prominent organ riff leading into some piano, and grows into something bigger as it goes along. It develops into a catchy rock song by the end but retains its softer edge, at least in comparison to Black Label Society.
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Post by The Ocean on Jun 21, 2022 4:00:54 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #226 - 6/20/22 The Fixx – “Girl with No Ceiling” from Beautiful Friction
The Fixx have never stopped making great music, and this song with the flowing and beautiful chorus is enchanting. Long after they made a name for themselves, The Fixx will always be in.
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Post by The Ocean on Jun 22, 2022 2:22:29 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #227 - 6/21/22 Nina Simone – “Love O’ Love” from Silk & Soul
Nina Simone has such an expressive piano playing style that it’s almost unfair that her voice is so expressive too. She glides and flourishes and also knows when to slow down and create the anticipation for more. This song is just beautiful and bright one of my favorites of hers.
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Post by The Ocean on Jun 23, 2022 2:58:10 GMT
Deep Track of the Day #228 - 6/22/22 Blondie – “Bermuda Triangle Blues” from Plastic Letters
This song goes on quite a journey in just under three minutes. Every element is built perfectly here. I love how the organ shines on this one, but as always Debbie Harry’s voice is the star.
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