Life Imitating Art...

...imitating life.

The best songs are (in my opinion) drawn from artists' personal experience.

As a result, the audience is more likely to connect with the tune given the subject matter's closer proximity to reality.

I don't own a quarter million dollar automobile (yet), nor am I in the habit of "snatchin' your chick", or busting caps into anything or body. I can see how shooting ranges could be fun though. Next USA trip I'm down!

I can get down with this song though, one of my favorites for a number of years running...

Raphael Saadiq ft. D'Angelo - "You Should Be Here"

80's Baby pt 2

Had an amazing night out this weekend which further brought out my love for "older" music. Namely the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

Here's a song I came across randomly going through YouTube's suggestions after I listened to an earlier song I posted (Love Come Down.)

I'm considering abandoning this blog for one dedicated to creating an archive for the older tunes I like... It's hard to make blogspot blogs look good. If anyone know's how to easily migrate blog content, I could use some advice. Would hate to have to manually transfer my posts over to another platform.

Anyways back to the song. Just a "feel good."

Listen to this on a rough morning lol.

Enjoy!

Sweet Sensation - "Hooked on You"

Little Dragon x Drake

Wildfire remix, this is nothing new but I just like how it's the fusion of two of my favorite artists right now. I see it as a similar move to what Drake pulled with remaking Lykke Li's "Little Bit"; I like that Drake has his ears open to overseas talent.

Enjoy.



I always play it in tandem with this song for some reason.

Enjoy x 2.

M83 - "Midnight City"


No clue what that thing is btw.

Champagne King

As in Evelyn Champagne King. I think it's kinda hilarious that this video has been posted by a user named "sunmanpatoo" who has uploaded 395 videos, lol. What an age we live in. This song precedes our times to say the least.

"Love Come Down", a funky tune from the early 80's. This is a feel good beat for sure; I think the soul guitar is my favorite application of the instrument.

Enjoy.

The Motto

I have to write a quick post about the amount of fake versions of Drake's the motto I'm seeing on YouTube.

Here's the real version:



Come up the legit way, sheesh! Going nowhere with that approach.

Heroin Chic Part 2

As a follow up to the first post. Take a look at this video by The Weeknd. This probably won't see the light of day on the TV, but it's making the rounds on YouTube. It's the video for the song "Wicked Games." I have to give a warning here that this video contains depictions of drug use, sexual content and female nudity. So don't let your kids watch this!

The Weeknd - "Wicked Games"


For what it's worth, although its strong content, I think that video was amazing. It captures the vibe of the song to me.

Along these lines was a video by Theophilus London, which was actually the first music video from an artist I knew that featured nudity on YouTube.

Theophilus London - "Oops Oh My"

Never Mind the Title

It's a great live rendition:

Kanye West - "Harder Better Faster Stronger"