Stromae - Meltdown

Stromae - Meltdown

Happy Thanksgiving all!

"Life is like a costume party. . .
We're all tryin' to be somebody else. . .
Your heart knows you hate yourself. . .
It's all pain we felt. . .
. . .Try to restrain us - even though you trained us!"
Meltdown

Quique Escamilla - Presa Fácil b/w 500 Years of Night

The dancing beauty of the music transcends all language barriers.
Presa Fácil

"I'm still here watching faithfully. Don't surrender. Don't stop breathing."
500 Years of Night

One Direction - Fireproof b/w Once in a Lifetime

Pure eartasty pop lyric and presentation. "Nobody loves you baby the way I do."
Fireproof

"it feels like a dream."
Once in a Lifetime

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Jungle Fever b/w Zim Zam Zim & The Formless Depths

"She started dancing. I lost my mind!"
Jungle Fever

"Let the vision come from where we all start - from before the big bang - from before conditions begin!"
Zim Zam Zim

"A heart with no pity sliding down the slippery pole to the edge of the night."
The Formless Depths

Sarah Manning - What the Blues Left Behind

Soulful jazz with an amateurish rock guitar solo included for fun.
What the Blues Left Behind

LeAnn Rimes - I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas b/w Someday At Christmas & Carol Of The Bells

Tis the season to be jolly!
I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas

Someday At Christmas

Carol Of The Bells

John the Conqueror - Waking Up to You b/w Let's Burn Down the Cornfield

Enunciation does not reign here, and the music rocks - so dance!
Waking Up to You

Fine cover version of this classic.
Let's Burn Down the Cornfield

Swear & Shake - Friday I'm In Love (cover)

Still Friday When I see this. Thanks Keri & Kari!

Candi Staton - Treat Me Like a Secret b/w A Better World Coming

"There's got to be a reason for the changes you put me through."
Treat Me Like a Secret

"How can we solve a problem when the problem lies within?"
A Better World Coming

Manfred Mann - Footprints b/w Bang A Gong

"All I've left of you is memory."
Footprints

Light My Fire

Heard It Through The Grapevine

Bang A Gong

Ruthie Foster - Second Coming b/w Brand New Day & The Ghetto

"you can kill this body, but you can't kill my mind. . ."
Second Coming

"I'm free. Are you?"
Brand New Day

"You might hear neighbors cussing when a kid breaks a window pane."
The Ghetto

Linsey Pollak - Carrot Jam

Frank Yamma - Everybody's Talking b/w A Blackman's Crying & Pit Juli Wankanye

Expert rock and roll in the Pitjantjatjara language.
Everybody's Talking

“The things you’ve taken from me belong to my people - now it’s gone like a dreamtime song”
A Blackman's Crying

Tasty dance inflected Pitjantjatjara rock and roll.
Pit Juli Wankanye

"Do you really know me? Do you understand me?"

Kasey Chambers - I'm Alive

"With my finger on the trigger I shot and I missed..."
I'm Alive

Jess Klein - Dear God

"This life has got me talking to you. . ."
Dear God

No video yet. Here's a live stream from SXSW 2010:

Willie Nelson - Yesterday

"Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be. There's a shadow hanging over me."
Yesterday

The Airborne Toxic Event - No More Lonely Nights

"Another lonely night might take forever. We've only got each other to blame."
No More Lonely Nights

Sammy Hagar - Birthday

"They say it's your birthday. It's my birthday, too. Yeah! Well we're gonna have a good time!"
Birthday

B.B. King - On the Way

"It would have been a lie if I said that I could please you every moment that I try."
On the Way

Steve Miller - Junior's Farm

"Olly Hardy should have had more sense,
He bought a gee-gee and he jumped the fence,
All for the sake of a couple of pence."
Junior's Farm

Smokey Robinson - So Bad

"There is a pain inside my heart that means so much to me. . ."
So Bad

Corinne Bailey Rae - Bluebird

"and you know what love is for. . ."
Bluebird

The Coral - Wrapped in Blue

"Play a song inside my mind and I'll have to let it go. . ."
Wrapped in Blue

Eric Bibb - Dream Catchers b/w Remember the Ones & Home

"Long time ago elders lit the fires, sending up the sparks higher and higher."
Dream Catchers

"Remember the ones who kept on walking when others triued to turn them around.
Remember the ones who kept on getting up everytime they was knocked down."
Remember the Ones

"My people led us through the fire and we are still not home yet."
Home

Tony Allen - Ewa b/w Boat Journey

Full five course meal eartaste drumming dance. . .
Ewa

"Running away from misery. . ."
Boat Journey

"If you're lucky to arrive, deep inside you will find yourself."

Michael Leonard Witham - Sideways Grin & a Wandering Eye

"She always knows when the lows outweigh the highs."
Sideways Grin & a Wandering Eye

Lutine - Sallow Tree

"Ancient words bring me down. . ."
Sallow Tree

Popa Chubby - I'm Feelin' Lucky

"Got a four leaf clover tatooed on my arm."
I'm Feelin' Lucky

Bette Midler - Bei Mir Bist du Schon b/w Baby It's You & Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

The Divine Miss M returns successfully to her 1972 formula.
Bei Mir Bist du Schon

Baby It's You

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

Jerry Léonide - Mauritius

Jazz suiteness in tribute to the island nation.
Mauritius

No vids, but short 2012 concert available for soul traveling eartasters:

Natalie Cressman - Turn the Sea

"You can't turn the ocean on it's back."
Turn the Sea

Jonathan - Whirled Beat

Found music. Thanks Annie!

Rory Block - Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader b/w I'm So Glad

"Let Jesus lead. . ."
Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader

I'm So Glad

John Zorn - Into the Light b/w Transmigration of the Magus & Perfect Mind

This beautiful set is not being marketed as a Christmas CD, and that's okay. It's being marketed as a meditation on the departing of Lou Reed from our plane of existence. No matter, it fits the season, and is a welcome addition to the eartaste world of wonder. Do you hear what I hear?
Into the Light

Transmigration of the Magus

Perfect Mind

Gnostic Hymn

No vids yet. An earlier meditation:

And here's a rocking out version of John Zorn in concert to contrast:

Vic Mulkey & The Blue Veins - Christmas List b/w Fat Old Man

"Four bags of money and some cuban cigars, some mohair suits and a trip to Mars."
Christmas List b/w Fat Old Man

Jordan Lee - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas b/w Emmanuel

Tasty light and fluffy desserts for Christmas.
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Emmanuel

Please Come Home For Christmas

Mark Kozelek - Do You Hear What I Hear

"A star, a star dancing in the night with a tail as big as a kite."
Do You Hear What I Hear

No Christmas vids yet. Here's an oldie:

Eric Bibb - Silver Spoon b/w Driftin' Door To Door & Turner Station

"I made my home in the north country in a time very few people looked like me."
Silver Spoon

"I've been down to Mexico - every where's the same. Hard times every place I go." Driftin' Door To Door

"Everything done changed - my walk, my talk, my state of mind - since I made the decision to leave this town behind."
Turner Station

Macy Gray - Bang Bang b/w Hands & Need You Now

We don't listen to Macy for the poetry. We dance with Macy for the eartasting joy.
Bang Bang

"I know you know that I'll keep you satisfied."
Hands

First Time

"I've been waiting for a long time for the world to change to get it right"
Need You Now

The New Basement Tapes - Kansas City b/w Spanish Mary +

Skip all the hype. Just enjoy the music =:-)
Kansas City

"Is it a mystery to live or a mystery to die?"
Spanish Mary

"There was no organization I wanted to join. . ."
Nothing To It

When I Get My Hands on You

Duncan and Jimmy

Stranger

Card Shark

"I'll be gone by tonight she told me today."
The Whistle Is Blowing

Pink Floyd - It's What We Do b/w Sum

Instrumental bliss. . .
It's What We Do

Sum

None of the videos on youtube match the released album. Enjoy this classic instead:

Marianne Faithfull - The Price Of Love

"You're dancing slow, you're dancing fast -
You're happy now, but that won't last."
The Price Of Love

"Wine is sweet and gin is bitter -
Drink all you can but you won't forget her."
Classic:

Sarah Jane Morris - For a Friend b/w Wild Flowers & Men Just Want to Have Fun

"The body changes but the soul remains. . ."
For a Friend

"I remember all the reasons why I had to run away. . ."
Wild Flowers

"when you hold up a condom just watch them run. . ."
Men Just Want to Have Fun

Jerry Lee Lewis - Rock & Roll Time b/w Mississippi Kid & Blues Like Midnight

"Goodness gracious great balls of fire!" Jerry Lee is still burning!

"If sometimes it seems I'm falling behind, remember I'm running, on rock and roll time!"
Rock & Roll Time

"I'm not looking for no trouble, but nobody dogs me 'round."
Mississippi Kid

"I wish a tornado would blow my blues away"
Blues Like Midnight

"I'm not afraid to die. . ."
Stepchild

Old timey wild one while waiting for more new videos:

Pre-Jerry Lee Mississippi Kid =:-)

Eric Gales - E2 (Note To Note)

Guitar duel/duel with Eric Johnson =:-)
E2 (Note To Note)

No new videos yet. So, enjoy this oldie as interlude. . .

The Living Sisters - Harmony Is Real b/w Baby Wants a Basketball for Christmas & Jingle Bells

"Harmony begins with one, but without two we have none..."
Harmony Is Real

"He wants to play a game, he wants to score. . ."
Baby Wants a Basketball for Christmas

"What fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh. . ."
Jingle Bells

Billy Cobham - Pomegranates

Pomegranates

Studio version has much better sound, but what a treat to witness a live show. . .

Eartaster: reality show that means something:

Ellis Marsalis Trio - The Breeze and I b/w Things You Never Were

The Breeze and I

Things You Never Were

No new videos. Yet. This live gig will whet your thirst. . .

Sweet. . .

Idina Menzel - Holly Jolly Christmas

Holly Jolly Christmas

Pentatonix - White Winter Hymnal b/w Winter Wonderland & Silent Night

Acapella version of Fleet Foxes =:-)
White Winter Hymnal

Fun medley
Winter Wonderland - Don't Worry Be Happy

Classic
Silent Night

Earth, Wind & Fire - Holiday

No better way to start the holiday season - Joy To The World with a dance beat! "Come on! Yes!"
Holiday

"Let Earth Receive Her King"

Annie Lennox - I Put A Spell On You

Making Halloween a lot more palatable this year with an hour of savory spell-binding videos. . .

"I can't stand it cause you put me down.
I put a spell on you..because you're mine.."
I Put A Spell On You

Annie

Jay

Nina

Creedence

David

Bette


Van

Joe

Eric

Joss

Animals

Jay Live

You+Me - From a Closet in Norway

"I would rather be anyplace else than here. . ."
From a Closet in Norway

"Since the world is round now, why can't we have everything?"

yMusic - Balance Problems

No problems for this eartaster. Fine fine flavors.
Balance Problems

The Cookers - Double or Nothing

Seven Cookers sound like a full jazz dance orchestra. Delicious.
Double or Nothing

An oldie:

Ryan Keberle & Catharsis - Inevitable Blues

No words required.
Inevitable Blues

Marcia Ball - Like There's No Tomorrow

"Come with me my friends to where the fun begins for a little while."
Like There's No Tomorrow

Shame. No video yet. That's okay - start chewing on this hot tamale, baby

Yusuf - Gold Digger

"Mister, can you hear my children cry?"
Gold Digger

No video yet, so enjoy the oldie:

Northern Soul: The Film Soundtrack (2014)

2 CDs - 54 dance tunes from the 60's for less than $9. No way to lose when purchasing this set. Except a few pounds. The film itself was okay, but ultimately irrelevant; the soundtrack is simply outstanding. Melanie is missing from the soundtrack, but I think it was used in the movie largely as a joke on what was playing on the radio at the time compared to all the great music that wasn't being played. No different than 2014, right?

Northern Soul: The Film Soundtrack

Martha Tilston - Lovely On the Water

"sons are gone to face the foe where the blundering cannons roar"
Lovely On the Water

No videos yet of the new version of this old tune. In the meantime enjoy the music of the moon. . .

Neil Young - I Want To Drive My Car b/w I'm Glad I Found You

"I need a place to go. Further and further on down the road. I need to find my way."
I Want To Drive My Car

"I'm no different than anyone else. . ." I'm Glad I Found You

Julian Lage & Chris Eldrige - Stone Cross

Pickin' on a dream. . .
Stone Cross

Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca - Rumba SoYo

Rumba SoYo

No can find video of Rumba SoYo, So Dikulusu wid yo feets.

Live:

Trigger Hippy - Rise Up Singing

"I get up in the morning, hear the work bell warning, shuffle to my 9 to 5
I come home in the evening I get that feeling - Lord, I start to come alive"
Rise Up Singing

The Stanley Clarke Band - Pop Virgil b/w Last Train to Sanity

James Brown visits Stanley & pops him one in the virgil! Good fun!
Pop Virgil

Retuning to the jazz root dances with savvy guests from the symphony.
Last Train to Sanity

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn - Bye Bye Baby Blues b/w And Am I Born to Die

Bye Bye Baby Blues

And Am I Born to Die

Keren Ann - Lay Your Head Down

The movie was over. Right at that moment I thought "that was a waste of 90 minutes" this song started playing. Made the entire movie disappear from my head and a new movie start - worth twice the price of admission. Velvet joy.

"The way you ride those waves makes me want to follow you blind."
Lay Your Head Down

Bill Frisell - Rumble b/w Telstar

Rethinking songs which predicted the 21st century through 21st century ears.
Rumble

Telstar

Lennon reinventions worth digging into - live!

Tiken Jah Fakoly - Diaspora b/w Saya

"Il est enfin que s'envole notre destin"
Diaspora

"Vous êtes tous invités"
Saya

No new videos, so here's a free ticket to a classic show:

Neil Diamond - Melody Road b/w First Time & Something Blue

"I know every song you lead me to is gonna be my friend."
Melody Road

"It's your time for making it happen!
. . .Get out your bed!"
First Time

"You showed what a little bit of love could do.
You opened my eyes and a light came through."
Something Blue

Drunk guy sings 'Bohemian Rhapsody' inside police car

Why in the world this showed up when I was searching you tube for a Minnie Driver video I'll never know. Serendipity is my guess. It's several years old, so everybody on earth has probably seen this but me. You get extra credit if you can watch this more than 4 minutes!

Minnie Driver - Master Blaster b/w Tell Me Why & Love Song

An album of ancient tunes presented with a Minnie attitude.

Master Blaster

Tell Me Why

Love Song

From the park I hear rhythms
Marley's hot on the box
Tonight there will be a party
On the corner at the end of the block

When you're moving in the positive
Your destination is the brightest star

Stevie feelin' as pretty as Minnie:

Glenn Tilbrook - Everybody Sometimes

"With the affable patience of the ruling class. . ."
Everybody Sometimes

Colbie Caillat - Never Gonna Let You Down b/w Land Called Far Away

Pure happy pop =:-)
Never Gonna Let You Down

"Everywhere I go I see a trail of broken hearts."
Land Called Far Away

Bryan Adams - She Knows Me b/w You've Been A Friend To Me

"There's a constant fire inside of her. . ."
She Knows Me

"I ain't to proud to say You've Been A Friend To Me"

Chris Duarte Group - Jump The Trane'

Good Saturday night instrumental dance groove. Not available as single :( Jump The Trane'

No new videos yet. Here's a 14 year old show to fill the Saturday night blues dance hour.

John Oszajca - Music Marketing Manifesto

You know, as huge as the music business is, it is always gratifying to find folks in the field that bend over backwards to be sure we all stay engaged. Earlier this week I received an email from John with a link to his most recent posting. Since he mentioned he was interviewing an artist I love, I of course clicked. Once there I found the interview was available on iTunes. I almost skipped the whole thing because I despise plugging my devices into my computer. It's a step that is no longer necessary and wastes time.

I decided what the heck, I'll post a quick reply to the list & ask he place the podcast feed on Stitcher so I could listen without having to go through he iTunes hassle. Amazingly the response was close to immediate and Stitcher took awhile to sync everything, but I got to hear the interview this morning.

So, why tell you? Well, I know most of the folks that leaf through this blog are also musicians looking for a place to get some publicity. If you ever find yourself in need for marketing expertise, I know for a fact that John went the extra mile in order for one of his many readers to be able to have access in the way I wanted. That is dedication to the highest degree - caring about one in the midst of many.

John's website is Music Marketing Manifesto/. The specific article that started this diatribe is Here’s How You Release The Number #1 Blues Album In America.

Billy Crudup - Home b/w Sing Along

"I don't know where the days have gone, but I know where I belong..."
Home

"Honesty changes all completely. Tread carefully. . ."
Sing Along

Also on the album worth hearing over and over:

Rudderless playing Over Your Shoulder, Beautiful Mess, Stay with You, Real Friends, & Wheels On The Bus.

Ben Kweller & Selena Gomez singing Hold On

Ben Limpic singing A*Hole

Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives - Saturday Night Sunday Morning

To many tasty treats on here to separate the wheat from the chaff. Buy the whole CD and enjoy a full seven course meal with specially selected wine to add depth to each flavorful bite!

Saturday Night Sunday Morning

Stevie Nicks - Starshine

"You used to make me shiver."
Starshine

Bob Seger - Ride Out b/w Adam & Eve, California Stars & Listen

"Ride out with your soul and your spirit
take a chance and get near it
everybody needs a dream."
Ride Out

"He smiled at her and she broke the rules."
Adam & Eve

"I'd give my life to lay my head tonight on our bed of California stars."
California Stars

"If you listen past bravado, if you listen past the whine...
everyone's so busy the truth gets left behind."
Listen

Jesse Winchester - A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble

"I can lose my car keys, mislay my hat
I can leave my cell phone in the laundry mat
But I never forget to boogie

Say that again well I lost the thread
I can't believe it but what I think you said was
You said your sorry, you said we're through
You said I'm good for nothing
But honey that's what I do
But I never forget to boogie
It's uppermost in my mind"

A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble

No more concerts this time around, but lots of cool videos on youtube to keep us company.

Red Sky July - Here Then Gone b/w Warm My Heart

Here Then Gone

Warm My Heart

While waiting for new videos, be astounded:

Jackson Browne - The Long Way Around b/w Walls And Doors & Here

"When I was a kid everything I did was trying to be free...
Now I'm a long way gone down this wild road I'm on"
The Long Way Around

"There can be freedom only when nobody owns it
I'm going to say that again
Because I know you know it
There can be freedom only when nobody owns it"
(Written by Carlos Varela, translation by Jackson Browne)
Walls And Doors

"The city waking up off in the distance
They're all working on some other existence
But you don't quite seem to care
It's like you know they're not going anywhere"

"You wait for the tears to fall but they won't
You think you should know what to say but you don't"
Here

Carlos Varela plays after Jackson translates the poem:

The Earls of Leicester - Big Black Train b/w Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down & Shuckin’ The Corn

"I've got a one way ticket and I won't be back."
Big Black Train

"I've been all around this big ol' world."
Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down

Instrumental gourmet bbq vegetable
Shuckin’ The Corn

John Cowan - Fate Full of Shadow

"He blows in on the wind from a world away. . ."
Fate Full of Shadow

No new videos. Chew on this oldie:

Immigrant Union - War Is Peace b/w Shameless

"play it safe, keep your head in the dirt"
War Is Peace

"I saw a scene of a man in a photograph
of a past that I did not like"
Shameless

Rob Ickes, Jerry Douglas & Mike Auldridge - Dobro Heaven

Dobro Heaven

Smile

Missy Higgins - NYE (New Year's Eve)

"All the girls are drunk...Every single taxi's hired..."
NYE

Bobby Bazini - Cold Cold Heart

"You're freezing my lips with your voodoo magic kisses"
Cold Cold Heart

The Duke Robillard Band - Confusion Blues

"My mind is all a mess. It's anybody's guess what the future holds for me."
Confusion Blues

while waiting for new videos, enjoy this show:

Mindi Abair - Haute Sauce b/w Kick Ass

Instrumental dance flavors
Haute Sauce

Yummy
Kick Ass

Joe Bonamassa - Love Ain't A Love Song

"Happiness is a lie you know, the calm before the storm. . ." Love Ain't A Love Song

Chuck Prophet - Felony Glamour b/w Tell Me Anything (Turn to Gold)

"Show me the money, show me the blood. . ."
Felony Glamour

"Anyone can toss a coin, anyone can take a chance. . ."
Tell Me Anything (Turn to Gold)

fill KEXP performance:

Jackson Browne - The Birds Of St. Marks b/w Leaving Winslow

It would not be off the mark to suggest this one could be re-entitled The Byrds of St. Marks...

"Silently she walks among her dying midnight roses."
The Birds Of St. Marks

The Leaving Winslow tune is a nice way to encircle "Take It Easy" 40 years later. . .

"I got a PhD in Sun and Wind and Rain"...

"I keep on hearing 'bout the disappearing ozone layer
I keep on hearing 'bout the disappearing Greenland Shelf
I keep hearing all about the disappearing middle class
I figure I'll be doing some disappearing myself"
Leaving Winslow

Markéta Irglová - Fortune Teller

"Is simply being yourself satisfying enough?"
xxx

Lucinda Williams - Protection b/w Stowaway in Your Heart

"I need protection from the enemy of love."
Protection

"Thank you for giving me a place to close my eyes."
Stowaway in Your Heart

Ani DiFranco - See See See See b/w Careless Words

"I still can make you feel like a man."
See See See See

"just glad it wasn't me that said all those things. . ."
Careless Words

Marianne Faithfull - Love More Or Less b/w I Get Along Without You Very Well

"I always thought that love must surely be something clearly seen in black and white."
Love More Or Less

Classic tune visited with wisdom
I Get Along Without You Very Well

Prince And 3rdEyeGirl - Wow b/w Plectrumelectrum & Funknroll

"Hello, how are you?"
Wow

creative dance
Plectrumelectrum

straight dance
Funknroll