The recent thread Lorde vrs Lana del rey got me listening to them and then some songs recorded long ago that I liked and still like.
Songs that I think others might like.
Mainly 2 groups one well known the other not.
Simon and Garfunkel likely are still known, but honestly the only song of theirs I remember hearing in the last few years if 'Hazy Shade of Winter', but not their recording, the cover by the Bangles. I think from a purely pretty music standpoint the Bangles did it better, but to me it seems like the feeling was cut out to sound nice.
This pair had their share of hits, but I wonder how many people have heard some of their less known songs. Like Wednesday Morning 3AM, which is the title song for their first album. Or the profoundly disturbing 'The Sun is Burning' from the same album.
This being a Christian site their recording of 'Go Tell it on the Mountain' is worth mentioning. More upbeat than most renditions. To me it comes across as far more joyful than it usually does.
The Second group is Matthews Southern Comfort. Searches may work better using the lead singers name Ian Matthews (unless you want to have lots of hits on a whiskey). I was introduced to them when i was in Hawaii for Christmas and New Years and there was a countdown of the top 100 songs for the state. Their recording of 'Woodstock' was number 1 for the year. It also rose to number 1 in the U.K at one point (something I only found out recently looking up their songs online). I do not recall every hearing any of their recording on the radio in the Continental U.S.
Obviously Woodstock is a decent start. My favorite is 'The Castle Far' a very different song (and the version I recall is only 1 minute and 32 Seconds, what I find online has a couple of long musical interludes). "Please Be My friend" is musically upbeat but very sad.
And if one wants a special kind of melancholy then go with 'Darcy Farrow' and follow it up with 'Richard Cory' by Simon and Garfunkle. Yes I have a dark side.
Songs that I think others might like.
Mainly 2 groups one well known the other not.
Simon and Garfunkel likely are still known, but honestly the only song of theirs I remember hearing in the last few years if 'Hazy Shade of Winter', but not their recording, the cover by the Bangles. I think from a purely pretty music standpoint the Bangles did it better, but to me it seems like the feeling was cut out to sound nice.
This pair had their share of hits, but I wonder how many people have heard some of their less known songs. Like Wednesday Morning 3AM, which is the title song for their first album. Or the profoundly disturbing 'The Sun is Burning' from the same album.
This being a Christian site their recording of 'Go Tell it on the Mountain' is worth mentioning. More upbeat than most renditions. To me it comes across as far more joyful than it usually does.
The Second group is Matthews Southern Comfort. Searches may work better using the lead singers name Ian Matthews (unless you want to have lots of hits on a whiskey). I was introduced to them when i was in Hawaii for Christmas and New Years and there was a countdown of the top 100 songs for the state. Their recording of 'Woodstock' was number 1 for the year. It also rose to number 1 in the U.K at one point (something I only found out recently looking up their songs online). I do not recall every hearing any of their recording on the radio in the Continental U.S.
Obviously Woodstock is a decent start. My favorite is 'The Castle Far' a very different song (and the version I recall is only 1 minute and 32 Seconds, what I find online has a couple of long musical interludes). "Please Be My friend" is musically upbeat but very sad.
And if one wants a special kind of melancholy then go with 'Darcy Farrow' and follow it up with 'Richard Cory' by Simon and Garfunkle. Yes I have a dark side.
