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Scorpion Rebels
This article lists examines Scorpio Musicians, or performers born between October 23-November 21. There are many more musical artists with a Scorpio horoscope than those I have highlighted here. I focused on artists who's music I recognized or who's biography/discography showed cultural significance. Let me know if I missed a favorite of yours.
By Lucy Alice Dickens4 years ago in Beat
Suddenly It's Christmas
Halloween is over and Suddenly It’s Christmas . I have created a playlist mirroring this that you can listen to here. This was inspired by the Loudon Wainwright III’s song (Rufus and Martha’s dad) which I have led in with , so here are some notes on this non Christmas Christmas playlist.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
ECLECTIC MIX OCTOBER 21
Well last month finally seen autumnal weather hit us, a little later than usual most probably due to climate change, which in itself is ironic as my city of Glasgow hosts COP26. The tree’s have now practically dropped all their leaves, and the wet and windy weather is giving way to shorter, darker colder days and nights. So it’s time to get cosy, crank the heating up (not too warm now, think of the planet) and enjoy home comforts while the weather shifts closer to winter.
By Gary Packer4 years ago in Beat
Music Lover
My absolute favourite past time has always been to dance and to dance, I need music. This is where my love of music began. At first it was children's rhymes and knee jerking movements that can never be replicated, but when I danced I was on top of the world.
By Colleen Millsteed 4 years ago in Beat
Songs About Zombies and the Undead
There's a Youtube playlist at the end of this commentary. Zombies! What is it about zombies that makes them so popular? Sure everyone likes a good scare and zombies are a staple of horror movies. But they are much more than that. In an article at Vox, Zachary Crockett argues that “the creature is more than an aesthetic horror – it is a form of political commentary. For 80 years, the undead have been used by filmmakers and writers as a metaphor for much deeper fears: racial sublimation, atomic destruction, communism, mass contagion, globalism – and, more than anything, each other.”
By Marco den Ouden4 years ago in Beat
Songs About Propaganda
Back in 2006, a music writer for the Guardian started an intriguing feature. Every week he would post a topic on the Guardian's music blog and Guardian readers would suggest songs on that topic. The writer would listen to the suggestions and compile a playlist of ten songs with commentary. That feature is still running though no longer at the Guardian. It is now at an independent website called the Song Bar. The bar's landlord posts a topic every week and a volunteer "guru" considers the suggestions and compiles a playlist with commentary. I have been a volunteer guru 29 times now and this is one of the topics I covered. You'll find a Youtube playlist at the end.
By Marco den Ouden4 years ago in Beat
An Out Of Time Playlist
Almost every song you hear on the radio , or you stream is in 4/4 time , Yes some are slow and some are fast but they are mostly 4/4 time. Classical Music does not have this constraint but Classical Music is hardly your perfect pop song despite actually hitting the charts via Waldo De Los Rios “Mozart 40” and various classical TV themes. Stars On 45 Had one which was played to a disco beat and the Portsmouth Sinfonia released a “Classical Muddley” (but they couldn’t really play , but were the orchestra on “Put A Straw Under Baby” on Brian Eno’s “Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy”.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
Like No Other #2
A few years ago I started a list of songs that were , in my opinion , #LikeNoOther , on my Seven Days In blog. These are eight songs for that list , and there will be a lot more in future. This is the second batch from those songs. Some will be familiar but they are really different from all other music that you know of although they may have been copied since then.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
The Song of the Salesman
Many years ago I was made redundant and to teach myself ASP.NET I created a website called “Song of the Salesman” , This meant I had something to show potential employers when looking for contracts. At hit’s height it brought me in about £400 a a month but Shazam and streaming effectively killed it off as an entity.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
Tears of A Clown
This is a list of songs that might make me cry at times, this is probably just me but crying is a good release, and I hope you feel free to cry and get rid of unhappiness. It won’t be a huge playlist and there will be repetitions from other posts. The Smokey Robinson song is appropriate because my tears could definitely be described as the “Tears of A Clown”.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
