Musiclectic

I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

I don't usually post very recent hits, but this song has been on almost every radio station recently because the Black Eyed Peas performed in Raleigh last night.  This song appeals to my aerobic side:

• Raleigh News and Observer interview, A Black Eyed Pea who loves the pod

"Amoreena" - Elton John

I thought I was familiar  with all of Elton John's hits in the 1970's so I was surprised to hear Amoreena at the opening of Dog Day Afternoon (which we recently watched, but which I was too young to watch when it came out in 1975):

 

Amoreena comes from his 1970 album, Tumbleweed Connection, which I need to get someday.

• Popdose article:  Cratedigger:  Elton John, Tumbleweed Connection.  
• Rolling Stone:  1971 Review of Tumbleweed Connection:

...Tumbleweed Connection is simpler than John's last album and next time around I hope he goes all the way and gets down to nothing but the basics. He is one of the few who is good enough not to need anything else.

"Everytime We Touch" - Cascada

Another song that daughter introduced me to.  I'm not sure what the song has to do with libraries.

I've never heard this song on any aerobics CD, although it would work well for one.  In 2006, it reached #10 in the U.S., and #2 in the U.K. (#1, at the time, was Hips Don't Lie by Shakira).

"Rebel Yell" - Billy Idol

In the summer, I tend to listen to more pop and rock music.  1984's "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol has been a recent favorite (yes, I end up with current favorites that are often decades old so this is relatively young).  I like the music, but never really paid much attention to the words (which often happens with me).
 

 

• Rolling Stone review of the album
• The Unsung Feminism of Billy Idol at Pop Feminist

"Who Knew" by Pink

Another post thanks to my daughter.  She's up to date on current music; I'm not.  When we're driving around, we surf radio stations.  If it's an older song, I'll keep it on - except for the ones she doesn't like.  Newer songs - she'll tell me this is a good one and we listen.  Recently, a number of those have been songs by Pink.

"Who Knew" is, Pink says, a song about the death of friendship (from her album, I'm Not Dead).  She lost friends to drug overdoses, which is reflected in the video:

If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
Cause they're all wrong
I know better
Cause you said forever
And ever
Who knew

 

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The song of hers that I know the best is Get the Party Started because it's quite popular on aerobics CD's.