I'm honoured that you shared two songs I've posted on my blog; it was pretty clear you liked "Tough Times"! My son told me about that Alexisonfire record and I vowed to get us tickets next time they're here as it's their show-closer, I understand.
A great Depeche Mode track, pretty representative of their classic style. The Broken Bells song is fabulous too. And the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are... fiery! The Ben Lee cover didn't do much for me, nor did the ZZ Top (I've never been a follower of theirs), but Jimmy and Robert had a good thing going on there (the strings seem slightly out of place but add a nice mood of sophistication to the piece).
I hadn't heard the C2C piece before, and liked it until the vocal track. Reminded me a bit of Alvin and the Chipmunks. (A lot of music features similar sounds that I just have a massive resistance to.)
Matthew Good was an excellent choice to wrap up this week's juke box. Beautiful song. Thanks!
Thanks again for your detailed comment Steve. I get that not everything I post is going to be everyone's cup of tea. I sure understand that Ben Lee's cover of the Modest Mouse classic doesn't bring a lot new to the table but I'm fond of this version all the same. I'm a bit surprised ZZ Top missed the mark for you. I can take ZZ Top in small doses, but I feel La Grange is in a class of its own. That said, I find a lot of their stuff pedestrian and a bit tasteless. I don't much like the orchestra in the Led Zeppelin track either, but Plant and Page are brilliant. Unfortunately, there aren't as many good live tracks from back in the day to chose from, so gems like this are wonderful to have. That comment about C2C made me laugh. A French ensemble of 4 dj's, there music is almost hard to classify as music; I don't even know how they do it, but the band samples a lot of their material. Perhaps Down the Road https://johnsjukebox.substack.com/p/playlist-3?open=false#%C2%A7down-the-road-by-cc would be more to your liking. The big hit off the same album and no chipmunks. I agree on the Matthew Good song. I'm a huge fan so try not to overdo it. I did think it rounded the set off nicely.
I definitely liked the chipmunk-free track more! I actually quite enjoyed the orchestral backing on Page and Plant. ZZ Top were adored by someone who I had a toxic relationship with in school, so maybe that's part of the historical resistance on my part... guilty by association. ;-)
I get that associations like that can sour one to a certain type of music. I'e had a few of those, but eventually circled back to them and judged them on my own without those people in my life. M83: Tell Me a Story. Nice song. Brilliant video. I've added that to the end of my latest Photo Journal entry at https://johncharlton.substack.com/p/spider-webs
Thanks, John, that's a good point. I too will circle back to stuff I didn't pay attention to back in the day; often spurred on by David Marsden playing old tunes on his subscription service NYtheSpirit.com. Then I think, "wow, what a great song!"
Thanks also for the shout-out and sharing the M83 song. It's a nice way to end off the post you shared with your amazing photographs.
Love the Mars Bar, but I find I have been spoiled by music on demand. I just don't listen to radio the way I used to. I stopped listening to NY when they fired everybody I cared about one year. Even with a large Yagi antenna high above the house pointed down towards Toronto, it was a challenge bringing in the station from 90+ miles away. They had already morphed at that point into something other than what it was. That was the end of radio for me. I remember the days when working at The Photoshops in Scarborough we could call into the station and chew the fat with the on-air DJs and they would play stuff for you. It truly was a community radio station back then. I still follow Earl Jive on Facebook so have some interaction with him, although I've largely given Facebook up since coming to Substack. I followed Marsden and Jive to Toronto from Montreal, or maybe they followed me. Now, CKGM-FM aka CHOM. That was a station. The days of Doug Pringle, Earl Jive, Dave Marsden and Reiner Swartz. Thanks for your comments Steve. I really appreciate you taking the time.
My pleasure, John, and I appreciate learning more about the evolution of CFNY from you. By coincidence, Earl Jive appears on NYtheSpirit right after the Mars Bar signs off at 10 pm Central on Fridays. I enjoy his show, too, though it's a real discipline thing to sit down old-school at an appointed time rather than streaming a program on demand.
Thanks for your comment Dan. I think I have a lot of catching up to do myself. I was not even aware of 2023's Momento Mori. I was pleasantly surprised to hear Master and Servant pop up in The Decameron soundtrack in episode one when servant Licisca pushes master Filomena off a bridge and rides away to the tune; the first of many tracks woven into the show that bring modern sensibilities to the medieval farce. Broken Bells I am less familiar with. Do you have any suggestions beyond The High Road?
I'm a big fan of Broken Bells' first two albums: their self-tltled debut from 2010 and "After the Disco" from 2014. My personal favorite tracks from the former are The Ghost Inside, Vaporize, The Mall & Misery, and Mongrel Heart. The title cut of the latter album is great along with The Changing Lights, Control, Medicine, and The Remains of Rock & Roll. However, both albums are worth a deep dive. Of course, the group consists of Danger Mouse and The Shins' James Mercer. Both have a lot of good songs behind them!
I'm honoured that you shared two songs I've posted on my blog; it was pretty clear you liked "Tough Times"! My son told me about that Alexisonfire record and I vowed to get us tickets next time they're here as it's their show-closer, I understand.
A great Depeche Mode track, pretty representative of their classic style. The Broken Bells song is fabulous too. And the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are... fiery! The Ben Lee cover didn't do much for me, nor did the ZZ Top (I've never been a follower of theirs), but Jimmy and Robert had a good thing going on there (the strings seem slightly out of place but add a nice mood of sophistication to the piece).
I hadn't heard the C2C piece before, and liked it until the vocal track. Reminded me a bit of Alvin and the Chipmunks. (A lot of music features similar sounds that I just have a massive resistance to.)
Matthew Good was an excellent choice to wrap up this week's juke box. Beautiful song. Thanks!
Thanks again for your detailed comment Steve. I get that not everything I post is going to be everyone's cup of tea. I sure understand that Ben Lee's cover of the Modest Mouse classic doesn't bring a lot new to the table but I'm fond of this version all the same. I'm a bit surprised ZZ Top missed the mark for you. I can take ZZ Top in small doses, but I feel La Grange is in a class of its own. That said, I find a lot of their stuff pedestrian and a bit tasteless. I don't much like the orchestra in the Led Zeppelin track either, but Plant and Page are brilliant. Unfortunately, there aren't as many good live tracks from back in the day to chose from, so gems like this are wonderful to have. That comment about C2C made me laugh. A French ensemble of 4 dj's, there music is almost hard to classify as music; I don't even know how they do it, but the band samples a lot of their material. Perhaps Down the Road https://johnsjukebox.substack.com/p/playlist-3?open=false#%C2%A7down-the-road-by-cc would be more to your liking. The big hit off the same album and no chipmunks. I agree on the Matthew Good song. I'm a huge fan so try not to overdo it. I did think it rounded the set off nicely.
I definitely liked the chipmunk-free track more! I actually quite enjoyed the orchestral backing on Page and Plant. ZZ Top were adored by someone who I had a toxic relationship with in school, so maybe that's part of the historical resistance on my part... guilty by association. ;-)
Speaking of French electronic ensembles, have you heard M83? https://songoftheday.ca/2020/12/11/raconte-moi-une-histoire/
I get that associations like that can sour one to a certain type of music. I'e had a few of those, but eventually circled back to them and judged them on my own without those people in my life. M83: Tell Me a Story. Nice song. Brilliant video. I've added that to the end of my latest Photo Journal entry at https://johncharlton.substack.com/p/spider-webs
Thanks, John, that's a good point. I too will circle back to stuff I didn't pay attention to back in the day; often spurred on by David Marsden playing old tunes on his subscription service NYtheSpirit.com. Then I think, "wow, what a great song!"
Thanks also for the shout-out and sharing the M83 song. It's a nice way to end off the post you shared with your amazing photographs.
Love the Mars Bar, but I find I have been spoiled by music on demand. I just don't listen to radio the way I used to. I stopped listening to NY when they fired everybody I cared about one year. Even with a large Yagi antenna high above the house pointed down towards Toronto, it was a challenge bringing in the station from 90+ miles away. They had already morphed at that point into something other than what it was. That was the end of radio for me. I remember the days when working at The Photoshops in Scarborough we could call into the station and chew the fat with the on-air DJs and they would play stuff for you. It truly was a community radio station back then. I still follow Earl Jive on Facebook so have some interaction with him, although I've largely given Facebook up since coming to Substack. I followed Marsden and Jive to Toronto from Montreal, or maybe they followed me. Now, CKGM-FM aka CHOM. That was a station. The days of Doug Pringle, Earl Jive, Dave Marsden and Reiner Swartz. Thanks for your comments Steve. I really appreciate you taking the time.
My pleasure, John, and I appreciate learning more about the evolution of CFNY from you. By coincidence, Earl Jive appears on NYtheSpirit right after the Mars Bar signs off at 10 pm Central on Fridays. I enjoy his show, too, though it's a real discipline thing to sit down old-school at an appointed time rather than streaming a program on demand.
Big fan of the Depeche Mode and Broken Bells songs. We need new albums from both!
Thanks for your comment Dan. I think I have a lot of catching up to do myself. I was not even aware of 2023's Momento Mori. I was pleasantly surprised to hear Master and Servant pop up in The Decameron soundtrack in episode one when servant Licisca pushes master Filomena off a bridge and rides away to the tune; the first of many tracks woven into the show that bring modern sensibilities to the medieval farce. Broken Bells I am less familiar with. Do you have any suggestions beyond The High Road?
I'm a big fan of Broken Bells' first two albums: their self-tltled debut from 2010 and "After the Disco" from 2014. My personal favorite tracks from the former are The Ghost Inside, Vaporize, The Mall & Misery, and Mongrel Heart. The title cut of the latter album is great along with The Changing Lights, Control, Medicine, and The Remains of Rock & Roll. However, both albums are worth a deep dive. Of course, the group consists of Danger Mouse and The Shins' James Mercer. Both have a lot of good songs behind them!
I'll definitely go deeper. Thanks for the pointers.