Category: Music

Corinne Bailey Rae – Trouble Sleeping

I had another song all ready to go, but then Corinne Bailey Rae had to had to pop-up on my iPod. I remember originally seeing a video for “Put you records on” show up in the middle of the night on VH1. After that I ran across her on Austin City Limits, and then again on Live From Abbey Road on Sundance. Finally under her spell, I bought her first album and could have posted any number of track from it in this very spot. Sadly, in March her husband died of an apparent drug overdose. Breezy songs that radiate a warm smile are now filled with more than a touch of heartbreak as you realize that her husband must have been the inspiration for much of her writing.

*Please excuse me if you get an ad before the video. This was the best quality video that I could find on short notice.

Corinne Bailey Rae – official site

Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

I can’t claim to be quick in finding this one. Originally released in 1998, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, was an indie music hit with all the people you know that like bands as long as they were the first to discover them. A decade has past since its release and the album is now considered a modern classic. If you’re wondering about the Anne Frank imagery in the video, it just so happens that the entire album is inspired by/based off of the life, experiences, and fate of Anne Frank.

Neutral Milk Hotel – official site

Neutral Milk Hotel – Wikipedia

Sam Cooke (with Lou Rawls) – Bring It On Home to Me

Over the last year I realized that my music collection was somewhere between stagnant and long dead. I wanted a fresh start, a second chance at finding music that I wouldn’t be ashamed to own in a few years. The problem I can often run into with any medium is finding a jumping off point. With music, I had always had an attraction to the past. Thankfully, that attraction, along with a little luck, helped me rediscover Sam Cooke. One of the radio shows I enjoy listening to regularly always opens with a different movie clip followed by a song from any random genre of music. On this one particular day that song just happened to be “Bring It On Home to Me,” and I was instantly hooked. I purchased Portrait of a Legend: 1951 – 1964, and I consider it to be the cornerstone of my new foundation in music.