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Song 81: Cult films
“Many Rivers to Cross” by Jimmy Cliff The next song on the list also involves a Spaghetti Western mashup but in a radically different context. The Harder They Come was a surprise international hit—an independent, feature-length Jamaican film with an irresistible soundtrack that slowly climbed its way into cult classic status. More importantly, it offered…
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Song 80: Schizophrenic with dark alleyways and sundrenched corrals
“The Big Gundown” performed by John Zorn. If the 13th Floor Elevators are the band I associate most with my dad, John Zorn seems most twinned to my dad’s restless and experimental spirit—and what better example of this than Zorn’s mashup of legendary Spaghetti Western composer, Ennio Morricone! My dad loves Westerns and Film Noir.…
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Song 79: Pioneers of Psychedelic Rock
“Roller Coaster” by The 13th Floor Elevators Written by Matt “Recently, it has become possible for man to chemically alter his mental state and thus alter his point of view (that is, his own basic relation with the outside world which determines how he stores his information). He then can restructure his thinking and change…
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Assignment 18: The story of Dad
Name: Matt Moore Location: Los Angeles, CA Relation to music: listener and dabbler Industry: Digital librarianship Introduction When I first learned of Kristen’s fantastic Five Song Project, I immediately started thinking what sort of theme I might choose if I were ever fortunate enough to contribute. At first it was difficult to narrow things down—that…
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Song 78: Coming out of the dark
I will be back on Father’s Day with new content. For now, here is a post from my Mother’s Day week that go lost in the shuffle between a trip to New York and my birthday. Name: Kelley Song: “Coming Out of the Dark” by Gloria Estefan You may recognize Kelley from the third week…
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Assignment C: Out of office
I am enjoying a much needed vacation. I am currently out of the office.
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Song 77: That’s not what it means, Mom
Name: J Song: “Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League J: The song that reminds me of my mother is “Don’t You Want Me” because when I was six my mother and I had an argument about it that was very telling about how different we were as people. She felt bad for the…
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Songs 75-80: Songs to car dance to
Name: Kristen (creator of Five Song Project) and Nina (Mom) Song(s): “Panama” by Van Halen, “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen, “Boys Are Back in Town” by Thin Lizzy, “1999” by Prince, “Sexy Back” by Justin Timberlake, “Make me Feel” by Janelle Monae First of all I want to say thank you to my mom who has…
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Assignment 17: Word to your Moms
Today is Mother’s Day in the U.S. and Canada. (Mexico celebrated on May 10th and France will celebrate on May 27th.) This week the blog will focus on songs that remind people of their mothers. Whether they have influenced our music taste or songs that bring us back to specific moments in time that we…
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Song 79: Motors in her feet
[Photo provided by contributor] “Whizz Kid” by Mott the Hoople Marty E: I’ll never forget when my brother, Dave, brought this Mott the Hoople album, MOTT, home for me. I was wearing a weird pair of sunglasses, which is probably why he pointed at Ian Hunter on the cover and said, “That’s MOTT right there,…