THE CANON LOGIC

The Beatles vs the Stones.  Oasis vs Blur. PV vs…Spencer Pratt.

Mark suggested that I check these guy out because of their new album, and its awesome name…Go download the new Phoenix album, ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix’.

Before the release of In Rainbows I heard a version of Radiohead playing this song in Copenhagen.  It’s called ‘Four Minute Warning,’ a song about the public alert system used by Britain during the Cold War to give citizens four minutes of caution before Soviet nuclear missiles hit the UK.  Pretty crazy stuff.  Here’s an excerpt from the script that would have been broadcast on BBC 4 Radio in the event of an attack:

“This is the Wartime Broadcasting Service. This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons…Remember there is nothing to be gained by trying to get away. By leaving your homes you could be exposing yourselves to greater danger…Use your water only for essential drinking and cooking purposes. Water means life. Don’t waste it…We shall repeat this broadcast in two hours’ time. Stay tuned to this wavelength, but switch your radios off now to save your batteries until we come on the air again. That is the end of this broadcast.”

Aaaanyways, the song is great.  Enjoy.

One of my favorite Queen songs.  Released in 1975 on Night at the Opera.  Happy Memorial Day.

KASABIAN – FIRE

Roxy Music’s ‘2HB’

The title is a pun – the song is not about the European nomenclature of pencil leads, but actually dedicated to Humphrey Bogart.  In particular the song references Bogart’s classic ‘Casablanca’

I wonder if Paul McCartney had this PP&M song in mind when he was writing Rocky Raccoon. The two songs are similar enough in music and lyric to ask the question: Is Paul McCartney a fraud? I kid.

Here’s a really creepy video of Rocky Raccoon that proves that you can never trust your parents:

Since we finally have a nice day, I thought I’d bring in a little rain.

The Rain Song was released in 1973 on Led Zeppelin’s “Houses of the Holy”. Jimmy Page said the song was inspired by George Harrison who told Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham that the Beatles new wrote any ballads. In tribute to Harrison, the first two notes of the song are recognizably borrowed from “Something”

90,000 fist pumping teenagers + 2 onstage satellites  = Muse playing Knights of Cydonia at Wembley

Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Skeletons

Over the past few days I’ve been acquainting myself with the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs record, and while I haven’t fully wrapped my head around it yet, it only took one listen to fall in love with this smoldering gem of a fourth track.  I love songs like this that manage to balance a slow burn with just enough tension to keep the energy up.  Combined a clattering tribal rhythm, the synth motif conjures up some kind of space-aged Celtic dreamscape, and the atmosphere remains just chilly enough to keep its edge in spite of a warm melody…. and stuff.  

Enjoy!