A Brief Sabbatical

Unfortunately, the excu.. er I mean reason why this is going up at this time is because of Internet problems. Yes, I just had them this past November and I thought I'd be done with them for months, but I was mistaken. But, it's working fine now. Problem is, for the rest of the month I will just not have the time to do this, so the next time I'll post a song here will be on Monday evening, May 4th. By then things will calm down for me and be much less hectic, I promise.

No More Standing Along The Side Walls

To start things off randomly, I was looking at the website for the House of Blues in Orlando and at first I didn’t notice it, but then I saw that they indeed still had Service Industry Night there, which is a Sunday night get-together where electro music is blasted and you can have a few drinks without spending a lot. I don’t even remember the last time I went to one of them, as another club in Orlando has taken my focus as a place to go to, although SIN is sure as hell a lot cheaper than that club on Church Street… anyway, I’ll be back at SIN sooner or later.

Anyhow, I was wondering what I could upload here and I realized that it makes sense to mention Marvin Gaye, as last week was not only would have been his 70th birthday, but unfortunately, also the 25th anniversary of his death, at the hands of his own father. What a sad way to go, but amongst all the personal drama he had to deal with, he also had an amazing career.

Instead of talking about that sad stuff, let me upload a happy song from him, about a guy who gets the courage to stop being a wallflower at a party and start getting down and having a good time. Yep, I’m talking about Got to Give It Up, and not the single version, but the full album version that was included as the one studio track on his Live at the London Palladium album. It’s great stuff, both the song and the album itself.

Marvin Gaye-Got To Give It Up (16.3 MB, 192Kbits/second)

I'll be back sometime next weekend with something new.

Free Bird!

I’ll keep it simple this time around and I’ll post a pair of songs from a famous southern rock band, as I don’t talk about that genre of music on here really all that much.

The most well-known band in that genre is-obviously-Lynyrd Skynyrd. In the middle of March, I was able to drive up to Jacksonville on my own for the first time, and I heard Free Bird while I was up there. It was appropriate, as that’s where they are from. You hear their songs on the radio often, especially in the Sunshine State, but they have quality songs that you don’t hear on the radio and yet deserve to be heard by you if you haven’t experienced them before.

The first tune is Swamp Music, from the Second Helping album. It is a catchy boogie about being home on the swamp, hanging out with a hound dog and name-checks Son House too. It’s a good old time.

Lynyrd Skynyrd-Swamp Music (4.85 MB, 192Kbits/second)

The second tune also happens to be on the Second Helping album. This one is called Workin’ for MCA and is an autobiographical tune as MCA is the company that released their albums and they talked about their history and how they were signed by that label. It’s another incredibly catchy tune that you probably will enjoy.


Lynyrd Skynyrd-Workin’ for MCA (6.59 MB, 192Kbits/second)

I'll be back sometime next weekend with something else to spotlight.