Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

Appropriate song title for this time of year. I've been listening to this song on loop lately- especially the version in the museum scene of Ferris Bueller's Day Off by Dream Academy:

mp3: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want



And then Michelle reminded me that this was originally by The Smiths:

mp3: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

Happy Holidays everyone! I hope you get what you want.

Song of the Week- Wichita Lineman

This is probably the song I've listened to most this year. It's just one of those songs that takes me someplace unique. Thanks for introducing me to it, Rian.



Mp3: Wichita Lineman
edit- Here's another version I stumbled on by Dennis Brown that I also like:
Mp3: Wichita Lineman

Michael Hedges

I've been rediscovering Michael Hedges lately. I grew up listening to his album, "Live on the Double Planet". Below are two videos- One of my favorite song of his- "Two Days Old", and a cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". I really like the melodic changes he makes to the chorus of the latter.

Artists of the Week- Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach

Two of my favorite songwriters - Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach - teamed up in 1998 to record an album together called Painted From Memory. The results were more than satisfying. Both masters of composing pop melodies, their talents combined well. Bacharach's trademark brass sound mixes perfectly with Costello's gritty-yet-delicate vocals. Below is a highlight of the album - God Give Me Strengh, and two favorite cuts from their solo careers.

mp3: God Give Me Strengh
mp3: New Lace Sleeves
mp3: Baby It's You