John Prine's new album The Tree of Forgiveness will be released on April 13. This will be John's first release of original songs in 13 years and that is worth celebrating...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
John Prine's Around the Bend
Summer's end's around the bend, just flying...John Prine - Summer's End
John Prine's new album The Tree of Forgiveness will be released on April 13. This will be John's first release of original songs in 13 years and that is worth celebrating...
John Prine's new album The Tree of Forgiveness will be released on April 13. This will be John's first release of original songs in 13 years and that is worth celebrating...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Something For Valentine's Day
Somewhere in her smile she knows..The Beatles - Something
One of the greatest love songs by The Beatles was written by George Harrision and it is Something...
One of the greatest love songs by The Beatles was written by George Harrision and it is Something...
Thursday, February 8, 2018
OMG, YLT OHM
Sometimes the good guys lose...Yo La Tengo - Ohm
I've just been getting into Yo La Tengo (YLT). It's hard to understand how this band doesn't get more attention. Anyway I have been enjoying this one from 2013's Fade.
Also there is a good story on the name Yo La Tengo on Wikipedia...
Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley formed the band as a couple in 1984. They chose the name "Yo La Tengo" (Spanish for "I have it", or referring to a female-gender object or person, also "I have her") in an effort to avoid any connotations in English. The name came form a baseball anecdote. During the 1962 season, New York Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn and Venezuelan shortstop Elio Chacon found themselves colliding the outfield. When Ashburn went to catch, he would scream "I got it! I got It!" only to run into Chacon who spoke only Spanish. Ashburn learned to yell "Yo la tengo! Yo la tengo!" instead. In a later game, Ashburn happily saw Chacon backing off. He relaxed, positioned himself to catch the ball, and was instead run over by left fielder Frank Thomas, who understood no Spanish and had missed a team meeting that proposed using the words Yo la tengo! as a way to avoid collisions. After getting up, Thomas asked Ashburn, "What the hell is a Yellow Tango?".
I've just been getting into Yo La Tengo (YLT). It's hard to understand how this band doesn't get more attention. Anyway I have been enjoying this one from 2013's Fade.
Also there is a good story on the name Yo La Tengo on Wikipedia...
Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley formed the band as a couple in 1984. They chose the name "Yo La Tengo" (Spanish for "I have it", or referring to a female-gender object or person, also "I have her") in an effort to avoid any connotations in English. The name came form a baseball anecdote. During the 1962 season, New York Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn and Venezuelan shortstop Elio Chacon found themselves colliding the outfield. When Ashburn went to catch, he would scream "I got it! I got It!" only to run into Chacon who spoke only Spanish. Ashburn learned to yell "Yo la tengo! Yo la tengo!" instead. In a later game, Ashburn happily saw Chacon backing off. He relaxed, positioned himself to catch the ball, and was instead run over by left fielder Frank Thomas, who understood no Spanish and had missed a team meeting that proposed using the words Yo la tengo! as a way to avoid collisions. After getting up, Thomas asked Ashburn, "What the hell is a Yellow Tango?".
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