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Friday/FF/RW #13 :: Featuring new & old music this week by Sleeping At Last, Weezer, Sunglasses For Jaws, Scruffpuppie, Andy Gibb, Victoria Principal, James Ellis Ford, Laszlo Buring & Mandy, Indiana
Welcome to the latest edition of Ventipop’s Friday Fast Forward Rewind. My mother taught me to not tell lies, so I’ll openly admit it was weird writing Weezer, Andy Gibb and Victoria Principal in the same sentence. But she also taught me “If you’re not weird, you’re weird”. So, I’m borderline A-Otay!
Staying on the truth train, I’ll ‘fess up…this here mix is a curious five. It’s only appropriate to kick off this week’s favorite songs with one about the moms out there. Sleeping At Last lead off the top five favorite new songs with “Mother”.
SLEEPING AT LAST :: “MOTHER”
SCRUFFPUPPIE :: “HEAVEN SONG”
SUNGLASSES FOR JAWS (FEAT. ELLE MUSA) :: “CAFE BANANE”
JAMES ELLIS FORD :: “THE YIPS”
MANDY, INDIANA :: “DRAG [CRASHED]”
Here are the new album releases I’m most looking forward to this week:
Parker Millsap - THE WILDERNESS WITHIN YOU
James Ellis Ford - THE HUM
Scruffpuppie - IF JODI COULD BREATHE
Dropkick Murphys - OKEMAH RISING
Midwife & Vyva Melinkolya - ORBWEAVING EP
Peter Phillips - CAVALLERIA LEGGERA: BRILLIANT PIANO FROM THE GOLDEN AGE
“You don’t love someone for their loss, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.” ~ Oscar Wilde
1958 - The Everly Brothers started a four-week run at No. 1 with "All I Have To Do Is Dream." The track was recorded in just two takes. A random video of an Andy Gibb and Victoria Principal duet? Sure, why not:
1965 - The Beatles and Donovan were in the audience for a new American artist named Bob Dylan. The concert was at London's Royal Albert Hall.
1972 - Reginald Dwight legally changed his name to Elton John.
1974 - Bruce Springsteen's performance in Boston, Mass., inspired Rolling Stone critic Jon Landau to write, "I have seen rock and roll's future, and his name is Bruce Springsteen.”
1981 - Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley died at Miami's Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (now University of Miami Hospital) due to malignant melanoma. He was only 36.
1986 - Paul Simon played three songs from his upcoming Graceland album on Saturday Night Live. He was backed by South African musicians, including the vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who performed "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes" with him.
1987 - Europe peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart with their third album The Final Countdown, which went on to sell three million copies in the U.S.
1994 - Weezer released their self-titled debut (aka The Blue Album). The album produced three singles: "Undone - The Sweater Song," "Buddy Holly" and "Say It Ain't So," which brought Weezer mainstream success. While prepping for the studio sessions for this album, the band focused on their vocal interplay by practicing barbershop quartet-styled songs. One of my favorite videos of all-time:
1999 - Author and songwriter Shel Silverstein died at 66. Although he is primarily known for his cartoons, songs, and children's books, he also wrote Johnny Cash's 1969 hit "A Boy Named Sue".
2011 - One of the rarest rock T-shirts in the world — a 1979 Led Zeppelin tour shirt — sold for $10,000 on eBay. It was the largest sum ever paid for a vintage tee.
THIS WORKS…BUT CAUSES WHAT I CALL “POISON IVY BRAIN”
Dutch musician Laszlo Buring performed the iconic ZZ Top song “Sharp Dressed Man” in the unique style of Dire Straits.
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