Brian mostly writes about movies and TV, but he’s contributed some music commentary over the years. This week, I’m revisiting seven of his song reviews and recommendations. “The System is Down” by Strong Bad From an email to me and Colton at 12:05 AM on May 23, 2015 Guys… [link to song] Reply to the…
Brian mostly writes about movies and TV, but he’s contributed some music commentary over the years. This week, I’m revisiting seven of his song reviews and recommendations. “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” by The Mystic Moods Orchestra — From “Mix This: Rainy Day Songs” (2014) Maybe “mood music” is a little too hippy-dippy for…
“I See the Light” from Tangled – #23 from “The Top 50 Disney Songs” (2014) Tangled features an innovative style of computer animation, meant to evoke the aesthetic of rococo oil paintings. Every frame abounds with lush detail, but, with the amalgamated eye-poppingness of tall ships, still waters, castle spires, and ten thousand glowing lanterns taking flight,…
Brian mostly writes about movies and TV, but he’s contributed some music commentary over the years. This week, I’m revisiting seven of his song reviews and recommendations. “Thneedville” from The Lorax – From “Five for Five: Brian’s Picks” (2014) God I love this song… While I would love to launch into a sprawling defense of [The Lorax] as…
Brian mostly writes about movies and TV, but he’s contributed some music commentary over the years. This week, I’m revisiting seven of his song reviews and recommendations. “Oscar Mayer Wiener Song” – #6 from “The Top 15 Advertising Jingles” (2015) Oscar Mayer bears the rare distinction of having not one, but two awesome jingles. The company’s ode…
Novelty, parody, and sketch songs have never been a major interest of mine. And most of my reviews would sound the same. So this week, instead of writing about the song, I’m going to pick one of its intriguing quirks or a related topic to spotlight. Spotlight: Chris Farley When I was in elementary school, my friend Andy introduced me to Chris…
Novelty, parody, and sketch songs have never been a major interest of mine. And most of my reviews would sound the same. So this week, instead of writing about the song, I’m going to pick one of its intriguing quirks or a related topic to spotlight. Spotlight: Things that make me feel old When I looked up “I’m on a Boat”…
Novelty, parody, and sketch songs have never been a major interest of mine. And most of my reviews would sound the same. So this week, instead of writing about the song, I’m going to pick one of its intriguing quirks or a related topic to spotlight. Spotlight: Bizarre #1 hits from 1958-1972 Reading about “Purple People Eater” inadvertently sent me down…
Novelty, parody, and sketch songs have never been a major interest of mine. And most of my reviews would sound the same. So this week, instead of writing about the song, I’m going to pick one of its intriguing quirks or a related topic to spotlight. Spotlight: Public domain, fair use, and parody In 1955, Philco released an affordable turntable made of…
Novelty, parody, and sketch songs have never been a major interest of mine. And most of my reviews would sound the same. So this week, instead of writing about the song, I’m going to pick one of its intriguing quirks or a related topic to spotlight. Spotlight: Variable-Frequency Oscillator In 1966, Jerry Samuels worked as a recording engineer for…