Friday, March 28, 2014

5 on Friday -- Set 216



Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...

For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday bloggers -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.

I've been meaning to do an instrumental set for awhile now. So today's the day!

Here are five tracks done by groups normally known for the full meal deal.
  

1 - Frankenstein -- Edgar Winter Group









2 - The Other Way of Stopping -- The Police







3 - Immigrant Punk -- Gogol Bordello








4 - Oscillate Wildly -- The Smiths







5 - YYZ -- Rush



Friday, March 21, 2014

5 on Friday -- Set 215



Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...

For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday bloggers -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.

Happy Spring Everyone! For anyone on North America's northeastern coast, and even in the middle provinces and states, spring 2014 still feels like winter...brrr...

Let's heat up the weekend starting with this set.
  

1 - Discotheque -- U2







2 - Rhythm is a Dancer -- Snap!






3 - LoveGame -- Lady Gaga







4 - Give it to Me -- Timbaland, featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake






5 - The Sinner in Me -- Depeche Mode



Thursday, March 20, 2014

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Friday, March 14, 2014

5 on Friday -- Set 214



Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...

For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday bloggers -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.

I was recently tagged on Facebook by Anna Campbell to list the top ten albums that have stayed with me over the years. Talk about a challenge for a 5 on Friday blogger!

Five albums were full ballet scores or film soundtracks. The other five were these artists:
  

1 - Look Around -- Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66







2 - Sexy Sadie -- The Beatles





3 - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want -- The Smiths





4 - Behind the Wheel -- Depeche Mode





5 - P Machinery -- Propaganda


Friday, March 7, 2014

5 on Friday -- Set 213



Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...

For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.

It's March, and time for my monthly feature for 5 on Friday -- The Hit Makers.

Once a month I'm going to feature the songs that launched careers. I'll be looking at different musical styles and the groups or singers from those styles who I love the best.

This month, let's look ahead to St. Patrick's Day with some celtic rock. Here in the Maritimes, we have a large cultural impact from what is known as the Celtic Diaspora -- the mass emigration of Irish and Scottish people across the globe. A quarter of all Canadians claim Celtic ancestry, and Nova Scotia is New Scotland, after all.

East Coast Canadian music is filled with celtic rock, and it's the kind of music that always makes me feel like home. 
  

1 - And if Venice is Sinking -- Spirit of the West -- 1993

This band hails from Canada's West Coast, in Vancouver, British Columbia.





2 - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) -- The Proclaimers -- 1993

This duo is from Aulde Scotia -- Scotland.





3 - Fields of Fire -- Big Country -- 1983

Another band hailing from Bonnie Scotland.





4 - When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down) -- Great Big Sea -- 1997

Another Canadian band, this time from the East Coast and what we out here refer to as The Rock -- Newfoundland. 




5 - Salty Dog -- Flogging Molly -- 2000

Another West Coast band, this time from -- of all places -- Los Angeles, California.



Thursday, March 6, 2014

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