Music Meme - Day 18
Aug. 19th, 2010 11:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
goodolmikeDay 18. A song that you wish you heard on the radio
I first met my friend Brian over a decade ago, through a mutual friend, Michelle. They were both in the Mesa College jazz ensemble and began hanging out. I was eventually introduced to Brian as a possible drummer for a band Michelle and I were trying to start. The three of us became fast-best-friends, and we spent a lot of time "jamming" and listening to records.
Just when things were getting good, Brian moved to Spain for a year and eventually moved to San Francisco.
As a band, we were never very good, and we certainly weren't serious, driven or marketable. While Michelle and I were just having fun, Brian always dreamt of being in a real band that would tour the world. He really went out of his way to study drumming and music theory, and he's a brilliant drummer, no question.
So I was really happy to find out he joined a band that kind of matches his goals. They're called Birds and Batteries. If you live in the bay area (I'm talking to YOU,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
50poundnote), you should check them out. Tell em' Mike sent you.
I would love to see them go big. Here's one of my favorite songs by them.
I first met my friend Brian over a decade ago, through a mutual friend, Michelle. They were both in the Mesa College jazz ensemble and began hanging out. I was eventually introduced to Brian as a possible drummer for a band Michelle and I were trying to start. The three of us became fast-best-friends, and we spent a lot of time "jamming" and listening to records.
Just when things were getting good, Brian moved to Spain for a year and eventually moved to San Francisco.
As a band, we were never very good, and we certainly weren't serious, driven or marketable. While Michelle and I were just having fun, Brian always dreamt of being in a real band that would tour the world. He really went out of his way to study drumming and music theory, and he's a brilliant drummer, no question.
So I was really happy to find out he joined a band that kind of matches his goals. They're called Birds and Batteries. If you live in the bay area (I'm talking to YOU,
50poundnote), you should check them out. Tell em' Mike sent you.I would love to see them go big. Here's one of my favorite songs by them.
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Date: 2010-08-19 07:11 pm (UTC)I rarely get out to shows these days. I'm old.
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Date: 2010-08-19 07:20 pm (UTC)Hey, speaking of music, I just ordered New Order's Low Life. I can't get that song out of my head.
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Date: 2010-08-19 08:02 pm (UTC)If you snagged all the singles from Recycle, make an A-sides playlist. That'll give you the best idea of what New Order was all about.
01. Ceremony (first version)
02. Procession
03. Everything's Gone Green
04. Temptation
05. Blue Monday
06. Confusion
07. Thieves Like Us
08. Murder
09. The Perfect Kiss
10. Subculture
11. Shellshock
12. State Of The Nation
13. Bizarre Love Triangle
14. True Faith
15. Touched By The Hand Of God
16. Blue Monday '88
17. Fine Time
18. Round & Round
19. Run 2
Skip World In Motion, but add:
20. Ceremony (second version)
21. 1963
I'm getting ready to post a couple of radio documentaries, a live gig from '87, and then an album-by-album bundle of demos, soundtrack work, live cuts, and more.