Music

Today's Song Of The Day is Tin Pan Alley by Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation off their fantastic sophomore album Mighty Rearranger.

I've been spending the last few hours indulging in what has now become one of my more frequent solutions to avoid working: watching interviews on YouTube. While many people find the music of Tom Waits a little too off-the-beaten-path, none can deny his genius as such, a lot of which can be evidenced in the following videos.

Today's song of the day is the title track from Philip Glass' seminal soundtrack for the movie Koyaanisqatsi. It is a wonderfully powerful song and like most great musical pieces, paints a vivid picture in my mind accompanied by a strong emotion en mi corazon. For moi, I usually feel an emotion of change and ... climactic anticipation.

Today's song of the day is an instrumental titled Bravest Face by Rush off their new album Snakes & Arrows. This is one of the first songs I enjoyed off the album (which has been steadily growing on me btw) - very catchy, especially the verse. I am by far not a fan of Geddy Lee. However, his vocals (with its sharp yet harmonious, albeit nasal twang) are perfect for certain songs, and this is one of them.

And already, I've been tardy with my SotD entries.. just goes to show that I _do_ have a life (so there!).

The song of the day is Megadeth's Amerikhastan, from their new album United Abominations which has been leaked on the Internet, weeks prior to official release. The album is on the whole rather disappointing, but there are a few highlights and Amerikhastan is one of them.

Somebody very dear to me informed me today that I have no life whatsoever. I am going to prove her right by making one rather pointless post on a daily basis (or I suppose whenever possible), informing the hoi polloi that comprise the audience of this blog of the song that has captured the attention of my picky ears. My listening habits are such that I frequently skip tracks until I find one that suits my mood and repeat it over and over again.

I've just started listening to Therion's new album Gothic Kabbalah. No opinions on the album as such yet (shit like this tends to grow on you, and I've learned my lesson about prejudging albums based on the first listen :P), but I do have an opinion on the first two tracks.