2026-08-25 19:57:24
#TuneTuesday this week is #WaitingSongs, and since I already did that Rentals one, here's a Weezer one. Always loved this song. My band in the mid 90s used to cover it.
https://…
#TuneTuesday this week is #WaitingSongs, and since I already did that Rentals one, here's a Weezer one. Always loved this song. My band in the mid 90s used to cover it.
https://…
#TuneTuesday (Aug 25)
The 1992 OPM folk song “Kanlungan” (“Refuge”) by Filipino singer Noel Cabangon, as part of the band Buklod, is one of my comfort songs and brings up a bit of nostalgia whenever I hear it.
https://youtu.be/wsKQ5fpxbYs
#Tunetuesday #WaitingSongs
Let's go back in time a little: Meatloaf, Heaven can wait
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_3…
#TuneTuesday (May 26)
Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas are extraordinary musicians and their song “When the Party’s Over” is one of my favorite of theirs. The song sounds simple, but the multi-layered vocals and understated accompaniment serves to bring out the piece’s deep emotional story.
The Mountain Goats, "The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton" (2002)
https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/track/the-best-ever-death-metal-band-in-denton
#tunetuesday
#templeandchurch
its too obvious...
https://sealedrecords2.bandcamp.com/al
#TuneTuesday (Jun 23)
Continuing the #PrideMonth 🏳️🌈 theme of featuring queer artists, here is R.E.M.’s 2004 song “Leaving New York”.
While far from being as popular as some of their earlier hits, like “Everybody Hurts” and “Losing My Religion” (based on Spotify streams and YouTube views…
The #TuneTuesday theme this week is #TogsAndClogs, and the first one that came to mind for me is maybe my favorite Eagles song- "Those Shoes".
https://youtu.…
#TuneTuesday #MusicAboutMusic
The ultimate pop song about pop: Pop Muzik, by M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPoiv0sZ4s4…
They tried to give me advice
Down at the record shop
Frank Black, "Freedom Rock" (1994)
#TuneTuesday
For this week's #TuneTuesday theme of #MusicAboutMusic, the Rentals and "Waiting".
https://youtu.be/9EJqs6mizws
#TuneTuesday (Aug 18)
“Didn’t I” is a very underrated 1999 song by British singer Valerie Etienne. This pop-R&B song is an upbeat romantic ballad with lovely harmonies in the chorus.
https://youtu.be/iiTbeeJb-yI…
#TuneTuesday
#EnterNight
Killer's Lullaby, by Faithless
https://soundcloud.com/faithless/kille
#TuneTuesday (Jun 16)
Continuing the #PrideMonth 🏳️🌈 theme of featuring queer artists, here is Savage Garden’s “Crash and Burn”, easily my most favorite song of this Australian duo from their popular 1999 Affirmation album. The music video with its sign language outro is also fantastic.
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#TuneTuesday
#EnterNight
The Police: Darkness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYpF3DhT8y4…
#TuneTuesday this week is #StrangeFirstLines, and let's go with the first lines of the first track of my favorite record.
Meat Puppets - 'Violet Eyes':
"Mother master, some things must be
Plastic master, this is for free
You give off a dark
Seems larger than life…
Was (Not Was), "Hello Dad... I'm in Jail" (1987)
#TuneTuesday #OdeToTheWall
A helpful YouTube comment with lyrics and meaning of the thumri. That comment here as image in case YT fails to show you the comment (which it does to me now and then):
#tuneTuesday #lyrics #meaning #Hindi
#TuneTuesday (Jul 14)
Released last year, the song “Guess She’s Cool” by British band Only The Poets is one of those underrated upbeat yet lyrically melancholic pop songs that deserves more views.
https://youtu.be/wthwIpJ_wE8
The Replacements, "Beer for Breakfast" (1987?)
#TuneTuesday #BreakfastSongs
#TuneTuesday #OdeToTheWall
Over de muur, Klein Orkest
A rather famous Dutch song about the Berlin Wall
https://www.yo…
I have one for the #TuneTuesday theme of #MisheardLyrics. At around 1:30 in Skeletonwitch's 'Longing for Domination', it sounds like he says 'let me be your parking savior'. No idea what Chance is really saying there. But it cracks me up every time 😂
#TuneTuesday (Aug 11)
I like a lot of Imagine Dragons’ songs and if I were to recommend one of them, “Wrecked” from 2021 would be the one. This song is very emotional yet demonstrates the band’s versatile musical chops, with the song transitioning from acoustic verses to the rock chorus and the choral-like falsetto vocals of the pre-chorus and outro.
One last #TuneTuesday #TravelSongs suggestion. Not only am I an academic, but tomorrow's Canada Day. So here's one of the country's best songwriters on traveling around, trying to convince people that your research matters.
I believe in you and your PowerPoints.
I know why you can’t sta…
#TuneTuesday (Jun 9)
Continuing the #PrideMonth 🏳️🌈 theme of featuring queer artists, here is “Closer” by Canadian twins Tegan and Sara. I love this 2013 synth-pop banger about desire, and I also love that they use their platform to advocate for
Skankin' Pickle, "I Missed the Bus" (1992)
#TuneTuesday #TravelSongs
For #TuneTuesday 's #TravelSongs I present A Passage to Bangkok. Groovy...
https://open.spotify.com/track/1p…
#TuneTuesday (Jul 7)
The Netherlands’ 🇳🇱 entry for #Eurovision 2023 was “Burning Daylight” by Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper. Maybe it’s because it’s not the usual kitschy Eurovision song why I like it a lot (and why it wasn’t in the final), but it actually reminds me of “Arcade” by Duncan Laurenc…
New to me: Nina Burmi thumri vocal. That voice and range, and the accompaniments. 🤯 🎶
Also, the stage, outfit, and posture will all transport you back to the courts of Mughal, Ottaman, and Persian emperors. 😍
#tuneTuesday #Hindustani #classical #music #vocal #sarangi #tabla
#TuneTuesday (Aug 4)
“Never imagined, like an assassin / Yeah, one look took me down”
I became really aware of Canadian electronic music duo Sultan Shepard a few years ago and I instantly loved their 2021 song “Assassin” when I heard it. While it is technically EDM, the song’s vibe is a lot more chill and uplifting especially with the quiet breakdown in the middle.
#TuneTuesday (Jun 2)
For #PrideMonth 🏳️🌈 I will feature songs by queer artists. First up is Adam Lambert’s cover of Duran Duran’s “Ordinary World”. I like the original, but Adam’s haunting and ethereal vocals really elevates his version to something deserving its own accolade.
#TuneTuesday (Jun 30)
For the final #PrideMonth 🏳️🌈 song, here is “Deep End”, written by Devin Lewis and Nick Sanza and sung by Sanza for the romcom film Things Like This.
#TuneTuesday (Jul 28)
“The rain, it ain’t permanent / And soon we’ll be dancin’ in the sun”
“Better Days” was written by Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy during the pandemic, and it’s a fantastic listen if you want something optimistic and inspiring, especially with ethereal backing choir singing in Irish.