The Man Who... (Pick Word #19)

A lot of songs were written about men so it's impossible to dig through all of them and try to find only five. I've decided to search for few songs about The Man Who... because it seems to me more focused than any other option. So I found The Man Who Sold The World by David Bowie but then I thought it would be nice to pick the cover of Nirvana from the unplugged show in New York. After he sold the world, it seems that died in his boat as Grouper tried to tell us. If Grouper doesn't tell us enough, you can speak to The Man Who Told Everything. Back to death, you can find a man who dies everyday so that he doesn't have to play god anymore...

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (Taken From MTV Unplugged In New York, 1994, A David Bowie cover)

 

Grouper - The Man Who Died In His Boat (Taken From The Man Who Died In His Boat, 2013)

 

The Doves - The Man Who Told Everything (Taken From Lost Souls, 2000)

 

Ultravox - The Man Who Dies Everyday (Taken From Ha! Ha! Ha!, 1977)

 

Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse And Suzanne Vega - The Man Who Played God (Taken From Dark Night Of The Soul, 2010)

Ordinary World: 20 Years To Duran Duran's "Wedding Album"

After being one of the popular Pop bands in the 80's, Duran Duran faced a great challenge. On one side, they were so popular that they could continue to make fluffy-Popy songs for teenagers. On the other side, the world was changing and new voices has risen from Seattle, which offer to revive the Rock music in a new form. Duran Duran was a broken group the years before The Wedding Album: two of its founders: Andy Taylor and Roger Taylor left the band for different reasons and they become a Trio: Simon Le Bon (Vocals), John Taylor (Bass) and Nick Rhodes (Keyboards). For their seventh album, they called Warren Cuccurullo (Guitar), a founding member of The Missing Persons, which played with legendary Frank Zappa. The result was an album, which moves from Pop to Soft Rock, becoming a great comeback album, which features some great hits and a beautiful cover to The Velvet Underground's song, Femme Fatale. So here are five songs which celebrates 20 years since the releasing of that beautiful album

Come Undone

Femme Fatale

 

Too Much Information

 

Ordinary World

 

Breath After Breath (Featuring Milton Nascimento)

 

January Playlist 2013 Week # 1

The first week of 2013 has passed already and a new flow of music is running through my head. You can hear here the new songs of Telekinesis and Low alongside with IYES, The Rebel Light and a beautiful cover to Joni Mitchell's song called River, preformed by Blue Roses...

IYES - Lighthouse

Low - Just Make It Stop (Taken From The Invisible Way, 2013)

The Rebel Light - Googbye Serenade

Telekinesis - Ghosts And Creatures

Blue Roses - River (Joni Mitchell Cover)

2012 In Music - 5 Cover Versions

This is the last list about 2012. After exploring 50 songs that will remain in my ears, it's time to go back to the ormat of five songs each list. Today I've chosen cover versions which I liked last years including Julia Holter, Softspot, How To Dress Well, Field Music and Hooverphonic (You can hear the original versions in the links next to the song's name). Enjoy!

Julia Holter - Gold Dust Woman (Fleetwood Mac Cover)

Softspot - Run (Air Cover)

 

How To Dress Well - Again (Janet Jackson Cover)

 

Field Music - Rent (Pet Shop Boys Cover)

 

Hooverphonic - Unfinished Sympathy (Massive Attack Cover)