A classic from my undergrad days (originally released in 1983 and re-recorded in 1993. I did not know that!)
After years of back and forth between Apple (the Beatles record label) and Apple (the technology company), the Beatles are now on iTunes!
Sure, the original Cee Lo Brown song is mega-catchy and will have kids getting detention after being caught singing it on the playground for months to come. But really, didn’t the song just call out for a ukelele cover by a young woman sitting in what appears to be a closet?
What song makes you feel badass when it comes on your MP3 player when you’re walking? Suggestions for sad songs? What’s your most listened to song of all-time according to iTunes or last.fm? (And bonus question – Why Read?)
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Posted 05 November 2010
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I’m not sure – I may have posted a different version of this song before (it’s one of my all-time favourites) but I especially like this one taped during a live performance at a Chapters bookstore, somewhere in Canada. (Make sure you watch to around the 4:00 minute mark to see the setting put to […]
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Posted 01 November 2010
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Technically, I should’ve posted this clip yesterday. But with the way the so-called “weather bomb” snow blizzard crap hit us, I wasn’t really in my usual jaunty “first snow of the year” mood. It’s still supposed to get up to +9 by early next week so maybe I’ll have a do-over then…
I first saw Spike Lee’s documentary, “Do It Acapella” back around 1990 or 1991. In those days, if you saw something on TV, it was gone unless you were watching a channel like MuchMusic that repeated it’s programming on a set (six hour?) rotation throughout the day. In that case, you could set your VCR […]
This clip went viral over the weekend so you may have seen it by now. It’s by a band from New York called Atomic Tom who decided to do a performance of their latest single on a New York subway train using only the music apps on their iPhones – one for a microphone, one […]
Last year, folks online showed the growing power of social media by making a fifteen year old, anti-authority Rage Against the Machine song the UK #1 Christmas Number One. This year, another Internet-based group, Cage Against the Machine, has sprung up with an even better idea for what famous song should be propelled to this […]
