http://songstory.podbean.com #1 Blog on the World Wide Interweb Sun, 25 May 2008 04:02:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Albert King stood 6 foot 4 feet tall and weighed at least 260 pounds. He was born Albert Nelson in 1923 on a Mississippi cotton plantation and would later change his surname to King, forming an informal triumvirate of "Blues Kings" with B.B. and Freddie. As a child ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2008/05/24/oh-pretty-woman/ How a Electonica artist transforms himself into a bona-fide soul singer is one of the many things I don't understand. But there is one thing that I know...Jamie Lidell has done it. Rope of Sand is off Lidell's latest release Jim and is admittedly not really a soul ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2008/05/21/rope-of-sand/ Green Grass - Tom Waits By Harlyn Weijs There are many reasons to put a song on repeat. I am a repeat Queen and I am dating the repeat King and so a lot of songs get played over and over again. There is no ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2008/04/30/green-grass/ The Ramones have been called one of the greatest bands of ALL TIME. In fact, Spin Magazine put them at number two on their all-time list behind only The Beatles. Judy Is a Punk is a song off The Ramones 1976 self-titled debut album. Now lets do ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2008/04/27/judy-is-a-punk/ I'm not sure who this song is by. All I know is that its produced by 9th Wonder and one of the emcees really sucks. He sounds awkward the whole time and busts out lines like "You best fear, cause we don't have nothing to lose, so just ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2007/04/19/bubblegum-rap/ Changing Opinion - Music: Philip Glass / Lyrics: Paul Simon / Vocals: Bernard Fowler Songs From Liquid Days [1986] By Adam Collier Back when I was in high school when it got warm out, I would stay up all night writing things in chalk on my street. Sometimes I drew pictures, like ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2007/02/28/changing-opinion/ Dear Bilal, I hope this letter finds you well. I have an urgent matter I need to discuss with you. I am fully aware that you're a neo-soul artist who followed in D'Angelo's vootshteps (props to Young Frankenstein right?) but you don't have to make us wait a lifetime ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2007/02/23/letters-to-bilal/ When an album I dislike gets positive reviews I'll often question my initial assessment of it. Instead of assuming that the critics are lacking in taste, I'm inclined to consider that I wasn't in the right headspace, or perhaps failed to appreciate something in the music when I first ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2007/02/16/in-search-of-beauty/ Hazy Jane I - Nick Drake By Tony Bitzionis Again with the Nick Drake. What can I say? I love the Drake! In my previous post, the one where Dave made me out to be a pirate for whatever reason[1], we raised an interesting discussion about Drake’s ability to write stirring, ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2007/01/24/onward/ In 1999 Pharoahe Monch released his solo debut album, Internal Affairs, on the now defunct Rawkus record label. The album peaked at #41 on the Billboard Top 200 and #6 on the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Charts--quite impressive considering that Monch's previous album while a member of Organized Konfusion peaked ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2007/01/17/let-the-truth-be-told/ Bad - U2 By Andrew Hawks Bryce Everybody knows U2, one of the biggest bands currently recording. You’ve got the politically active humanitarian, Bono and the crazy wicked guitarist, The Edge. Then there’s those two other guys. In 1985 at Live Aid (if you don’t know about Live Aid check ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2007/01/13/not-bad/ My friend Joell is a very special guy. He can sing, he can dance like a male stripper, and he can do math. Only special people have lots of nicknames, and Joell's got a shitload: Joey, Joey Junk, Fat Joey Crack, Rufio, Poto, Tina, James Brown, Hoopert, Brokeback ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2007/01/05/the-band/ Happy Holidays and New Year and all that to everyone. I haven't posted anything on Songstory for a while now, and I apologize if there's anyone out there who has been disappointed by that. My plan was to post an extravagent collection of material on James Brown's life ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2007/01/02/2007/ Ahoy Mateys! Arrrrr, its time for the Blue Beard to update his evil blog. I'm a pirate mateys! Yes, my first mate Tony B., or the 'Plank Pusher' as we pirate folk like to call him, loves nothing more than to dance a jig while listening to ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2006/12/19/true-love/ Growing up Garret Keown was a big fan of Home Improvement’s Jonathan Taylor Thomas. Garret had posters of JTT all over his room, joined the fan club, and bought all the teen magazines featuring the pre-teen heart-throb. But like all lovesick 11 year olds must, Garret grew up ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2006/12/14/damn-girl/ I've tried really hard to limit the amount of Jay Dee I post on Songstory.  It seems like everyday I listen to something by Dilla that really excites me--and that which excites me is that which I want to share.  I'm at work now (on my lunch break, I'm no ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2006/12/13/simply-irresistible/ Tony is posting again.  And it's really good to see that he's still got great taste in music and the wit that we've all come to know and love.  What's the lesson here?  I suppose it is that you can go through hormone replacement therapy, and live your lifelong dream of becoming a 1970's professional ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2006/12/08/the-adonis-strangler/ Did you know that there are people who get paid big time dollas to program ipods with music?  People who are considered "musically astute" get paid by people who are, crazy? I don't know, to add music to their ipod.  Who the hell pays somebody to do that?  I would ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2006/12/05/rehab-yesyesyes-like-zanta/ Today brings us a contribution from a source who has requested they remain anonymous.  So lets call him "Tony B." wait, no, "T. Bitzionis".  Thats better.  Mr. TB (like the disease) has something to say, so y'all better open your ears and cover your groins, like Roy Orbison--he see's Tony coming.     End of the Line - ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2006/12/04/almost-not-a-dylan-song/ It has now been 4 days since we started Sample Week, when in earnest I posted a Stereolab song and you all were supposed to tell me who sampled it.  Lets take a look at some of the guesses we've had so far.  Andrew Bryce said that Puff Daddy used it in a Lil' ... http://songstory.podbean.com/2006/12/01/fail-your/