morning babble / Friday 11-15-24
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(“The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”)
Bands can switch up lead singers for various reasons. That’s Peter Gabriel.
(“Hi There” )
(Morning Babble Intro)
Officially – mid-November. I can taste the turkey already. Hey – how are those 2024 goals coming? Are you rolling them over yet? Roll ’em. Just roll ’em. (“In the Air Tonight” clip)
Phil! I love Phil Collins. Probably too much. Check this out. (show journal) “Sorry I wasn’t Listening I was Thinking about Phil Collins” (“Sussudio”) What did Sussudio ever mean? Anyway – changing lead singers. Genesis did it successfully – from Peter Gabriel to their drummer, Phil Collins. And another band today is doing that – Linkin Park.
(Countdown Video)
New Music Friday:
Don’t worry – we’ll get to Linkin Park along with Jack White, Dwight Yoakam, and Jennifer Hudson.
I put together a Spotify playlist of the songs that I talked about and thought about today for New Music Friday. Click here for that!
- This first one – I’ve talked about this dude before – Ben Rector (“Thank God for the Summertime”) Playing wiffle ball at Steve’s place. Always use the yellow bat. Not those big barrelled red or blue bats – that’s cheating. That’s actually off my favorite album from Mr. Rector – from 2013: The Walking in Between. (“When I’m With You”) That’s another song from that album – “When I’m With You.” If my wife knew how much I teared up to that song, she probably leave or something (Jim Carrey vomiting) I’m sorry. We’ll get away from the lovey dovey and talk about his new stuff, but it is more “feel good” music (“Forever (Doesn’t Quite Seem Long Enough)”) – “Forever (Doesn’t Quite Seem Long Enough)” is one of 3 new songs that have dropped from Ben Rector’s upcoming album: The Richest Man In The World. By the way, Rector is an independent artist, and releases music under his own label. Here’s the title track off that upcoming album (“The Richest Man in The World”)
- Jack White who’s band The White Stripes just dropped their copyright lawsuit against Trump for playing this song (“Seven Nation Army”) Is Jack going to come after me? Get me a little attention – that would be nice. By the way, who did allow Trump to play their music (Kid Rock) Forgot about that guy. Back to Jack White – he released his No Name album this past summer. Today, he announced his world tour and paired it with the release of another new song “You Got Me Searching” (clip)
- Back in September, Linkin Park released a new song called “The Emptiness Machine” (clip) That was an exciting time. Not just for the new music alone, but the addition of Emily Armstrong being upfront with Mike Shinoda (“Heavy is the Crown”) Today, the whole new album called From Zero can be experienced in its entirety. 10 songs and yes, I know there are 11 tracks, but that :22 first track doesn’t count. Song being pushed today by Spotify is “Two Faced” (clip)
- Several quick hits of new music: You never talk about country (clip) Dwight Yoakam dropped his first album in nearly a decade. It’s called Brighter Days – there, I talked about country and that was real country music // Pusha T with no new music, but instead is launching a new coffee brand called Grindin – described as “a strong black coffee reflecting the artist’s taste.” – that’s a direct quote // 7th place finalist from 2004’s American Idol, Jennifer Hudson released her first LP in 10 years (christmas sounder) And it’s a Christmas album – The Gift of Love. Somebody’s going to bust me on this – it actually dropped back in October. Today though, you can purchase Double LP Pressed on Ruby Red Vinyl! Go to Rainbow Records in Newark, DE or whatever your local vinyl shop might be. I like this original one called “Santa for Someone” (clip)
Thank you to Spotify, Rolling Stone, Apple Music, uDiscoverMusic, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork, Louder, Spill Magazine, Dan Deluca of the Philly Inquirer & I know there’s more.
Be sure to check out the playlist on Spotify. As I mentioned in the beginning, it’s a playlist of songs that I’ve talked about and thought about: so, you’ll see some new music there from St. Vincent, The Black Keys, Shaboozey (see – there’s some more country), and anything that I really messed up and missed – well, that’s why I’ll be doing Missed Music Monday on Monday.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Deadlines are things that we pass through on the way to finishing.” – by Peter Gabriel
2024 goals become 2025 new year’s resolutions – key thing: don’t give up (“Don’t Give Up” clip) That’s Kate Bush singing with Peter Gabriel on the song “Don’t Give Up” – creepy video to watch now. Nearly 6 1/2 minutes of them holding one another and singing like that.