Category Archives: Music for a Sunday

More Music for a Sunday: The entire hip-hop genre, explained…

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…by the world’s lamest rapper:Every hip-hop meme is in there. Every. Single. ONE.(Thanks to the tweeterriffic @gameandpc, whom you are hereby commanded to follow. Queen’s orders!)

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Music for a Sunday: One of those “just because” songs

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

This one just seems to flow, doesn’t it? Straight from a sad place where we all have been at one point or another (yes, even you, the smug twit there at the back, pretending it’s never happened to YOU…)Crank it … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Leave a message with the rain

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Here’s the first Jefferson Starship song I ever heard, back in the summer of ’81:I had forgotten just how gorgeous the instrumentals of this one were. It’s been too long since I last heard it!And here’s the second, in an … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Two from Dame pa’ Matala

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Two more consciousness-elevating songs from Venezuela’s finest folkies:First, “Roba Caminos”:Best line: “Shuddup muddafucka!”Sounds like he’s tired of something. Hmmm, I wonder what?

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Music for a Sunday: People gettin’ high, people gettin’ low…

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…people gettin’ nowhere ’cause they don’t know where to go…Some of the best damn instrumentals ever. And also some of the funniest, most poignant lyrics.

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Music for a Sunday: Who’s that yonder dressed in red?

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

There are a lot of good versions of this song out there, but Eva Cassidy’s is my personal fave. That swinging organ and horn make for a dizzyingly perfect combination.

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Music for a Sunday: On the hill where he went when he ran from a raging storm

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Sabina Becker

When this Payola$ song first came out in ’83, it was considered unusual and a bit shocking for telling what life is like for children of abusive, alcoholic parents. It was inspired by an actual story, told to one of … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: As revealed by orange lights in a smoky atmosphere

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I looked for Genesis’s original of this song, which has been a favorite of mine for about twenty years now. It wasn’t on YouTube, but this very nice cover is surely the next best thing. It’s a lovely rendition in … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: “Mother, let me fight…”

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Rock ‘n’ roll is supposed to be the music of rebellion–right? Well, here’s a great example of that:Now, not to take anything away from Jerry Doucette, who is one of Canada’s greatest and most-covered guitar heroes, but let’s just contrast … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Sweet Diana to the rescue

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Today’s playlist is going out to all those imprisoned for peaceful protest in Toronto. Let me hear the radio:And just for good measure, another one from J. Geils that you’ll want to learn all the lyrics to:Sing it! “Bomp-ba-ba-bomp, bomp-ba-ba-bomp…” … Continue reading →

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