Tag Archives: Music

And Your Bird Can Sing

This is a major week for TVaholics TV Fans like me. Each TV network unveils its upcoming season for the advertisers in a series of daily “upfronts”. Each day this week, one of the networks shows off the new lineups … Continue reading

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Beatles Covers Part 2

First off, when talking about instrumental covers of The Beatles, I accidentally left off some great work by Booker T and the MGs. Their wonderful disco sounds really made great instrumental versions of some songs, especially Eleanor Rigby (which shows … Continue reading

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Life on Mars

My friend wrekehavoc has been doing a whole month of blog posts on great 70s music. It’s been a lot of fun reading her posts and I definitely recommend a look. Now that one of my favorite shows, Life On … Continue reading

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New Year, More Blog

It’s hard to believe it is 2009. Some days I wake up and I can remember the mid 80s like it was yesterday. When people tell you that time moves so fast, they are certainly telling the truth. It’s been … Continue reading

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Song of the day

My love of The Beatles has clearly transferred to my children. Both Avi and Noam know many Beatles tunes, and they can usually identify a Beatles song even if they have not heard it before (I’m very proud). Now Shayna … Continue reading

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Song of the day

Yesterday, October 5, marks the 46th anniversary of the release of The Beatles first single, Love Me Do. The song was written a few years earlier by Paul and later, John added the middle eight, as was common in their … Continue reading

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Song of the day

Continuing a look at some beautiful Hebrew songs, I am including a beautiful song called Livkot Lekha, or To Cry for You. As I said many of the beautiful poetry songs of modern Israel come from the fact that Israel … Continue reading

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Song of the day

When talking about music and songs, a frequent question is what is your favorite song? For many people this is a very simple question. But for those of us who truly love music it is not such a simple question. … Continue reading

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Song of the day

Being a native of New Jersey it is no surprise that I grew up listening to a lot of Bruce Springsteen. I think he is forever intertwined with the History of New Jersey. His most famous album, Born in the … Continue reading

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Covers Day 3

Today I want to look at covers of one song, and why I think one is good and the other is not. Dolly Parton is an artist who is not often covered. If you look at covers at pure tribute … Continue reading

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