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2012

Friday, 12/21/12

only rock ’n’ roll

There are only a few bands I come back to often.

One of them is The National.

—my (25-year-old) son Alex, talking music the other day

The National, “Fake Empire,” live, New York, 2011

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More?

Live, Netherlands, 2011*

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lagniappe

musical thoughts

Here’s Bryan Ferry talking about his new album (featured yesterday):

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*Here’s the set list (courtesy of a YouTube comment):

00:00 runaway. 06:30 anyone’s ghost. 09:45 bloodbuzz ohio. 14:40 afraid of everyone. 19:00 conversation 16. 23:20 lemonworld. 27:04 apartment story. 30:50 sorrow. 35:50 england. 42:10 fake empire. 45:45 encore break. 48:05 mr november. 53:13 terrible love.

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2012

Thursday, 12/20/12

what’s new

Bryan Ferry’s new album, The Jazz Age, which features songs from Roxy Music, as well as his solo career, refashioned as 1920s-style jazz instrumentals, is one of the stranger concept albums I’ve encountered in a long time—which I mean as a compliment.

Bryan Ferry, “Don’t Stop the Dance,” The Jazz Age
U.K. release, 11/26/12; U.S. release, 2/12/13

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Here’s the original (Boys and Girls, 1985).

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2011

Friday, 4/8/11

two takes

“Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (Gerry Goffin & Carole King)

This could go wrong in so many ways. But it doesn’t.

Bryan Ferry, live, TV broadcast (Later with Jools Holland, BBC), 1993

Vodpod videos no longer available.

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The Shirelles, 1960

Vodpod videos no longer available.

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lagniappe

sight seen

In Cambridge, Massachusetts, sitting on a brick sidewalk in Harvard Square, a panhandler with a large sign:

I HAVE A
DREAM
OF A
CHEESEBURGER

Hold the Pickle

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