Here’s a French pop cover of a Bob Dylan song. What have you been listening to lately?
Marie Laforet, “D’etre a vous” (1969)
JPK is a friend of DougJ's who wrote a music post with the song of the week at Balloon Juice for awhile in 2012.
Song of the week
Hey, a good day! Here’s a long song of the week. What are you listening to tonight?
Pharoah Sanders, “The Creator Has a Master Plan” (1969)
Song of the week
Here’s some ’60s garage from the Netherlands. What’s sounding good to you all this week?
Cuby & the Blizzards, “Your Body Not Your Soul” (1966)
Song of the week
Belated, sorry all, will be back on a weekly basis. What’s been sounding good out there?
Michelle Shocked, “Anchorage” (1988)
Song of the week
L7, “Wargasm” (1992)
Song of the week
Marvin Gaye, “What Do You Want With Him” (1962)
Here’s an early Marvin Gaye that really wowed me this week. Sometimes I think Motown is kind of overrated by us Boomer types but then a song like this comes along that I never really knew and I can see how good they were all the way back. Does anybody know the documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown? Great stuff about the session players, like James Jamerson, that had so much to do with creating the label’s signature sound. There’s a Joan Osborne cover of “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” that spooks me how good it is. I always liked Osborne, even “One of Us,” and that’s kind of a hard thing to admit. But then I feel vindicated when I see something like this (video since yanked, sorry about that, documentary definitely worth seeing!).
What’s been sounding good to you?
Song of the week
Meant to get to this a couple days ago but life has been intruding. Did I miss anything around here? This is a cover of the big Van Halen hit, but torqued in a different direction. What have you all been listening to this week? Also too, R.I.P. Dick Clark and Levon Helm.
Aztec Camera, “Jump” (1985)
P.S. Oh, DougJ is doing songs about rain. I’m going to check to see if anyone has mentioned the Neil Sedaka song, “Laughter in the Rain.”