A thought on what goes clear to the bone
“Beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.”— Redd Foxx Redd Foxx is best-known for playing Fred Sanford in the show Sanford and Son, although many people didn’t know that Sanford… Read More
Tag: Tunes
Move On Up, served 3 ways
Curtis Mayfield’s Move On Up is a firecracker in every iteration, but you need to hear the album version — volume up, please — to get the full effect. Decades on, it still gets me…. Read More
You started this fire down in my soul
Last week, the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra achieved a key performing goal — putting bums in seats — with three consecutive Winter Pops concerts at the Arts & Culture Centre in St. John’s. It was 70s… Read More
Tune | A rapid response to Minneapolis, from Bruce Springsteen
In June 1970, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released a searing single called Ohio, just a few weeks after the shootings in Kent State, when the National Guard opened fire and killed students. “Four dead… Read More
The British Museum had lost its charm
I like a Gershwin tune, how about you? My favourite version of A Foggy Day — a 1937 film tune from George and Ira that was introduced by Fred Astaire — was made about two… Read More
What if I were Romeo in black jeans?
Michael Penn may be best known as the brother of Sean Penn, perhaps as the husband and sometime collaborate of Aimee Mann, but I think of him primarily for his debut single. No Myth is… Read More
The Paris Match: Revisiting a Tracey Thorn and Paul Weller collaboration
Later this month, a revamped version of the 1984 Style Council album Cafe Bleu will be released, and Paul Weller & co. have been goosing the deluxe treatment with social media posts. On YouTube, there’s… Read More