If I were to attempt to create a mix of songs that symbolize Spring, I’d probably end up with something like I made last year. So instead, I decided to throw together a bunch of my favorite cover songs. Sometimes cover songs can be awful, but I believe that the songs in this lot are alright and I hope everyone who listens agrees. Enjoy!
*original artist is in parentheses
- The Tallest Man on Earth - I Want You (Bob Dylan)
- The Replacements - I’m Not Sayin’ (Gordon Lightfoot)
- Touché Amoré - Unsatisfied (The Replacements)
- Jens Lekman - You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon)
- Peter, Paul & Mary - Leaving On A Jet Plane (John Denver)
- Iron & Wine - Waitin’ For A Superman (The Flaming Lips)
- The Shins - Strange Powers (The Magnetic Fields)
- Camera Obscura - I Love How You Love Me (The Paris Sisters)
- Yo La Tengo - Andalucia (John Cale)
- Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
- Boris - Sometimes (My Bloody Valentine)
- Cap’n Jazz - Take On Me (A-ha)
- Big Star - Til The End Of The Day (The Kinks)
- Los Campesinos! - C Is The Heavenly Option (Heavenly)
- Mates of State - Sleep The Clock Around (Belle and Sebastian)
- The Mountain Goats - Sail On (Commodores)
- of Montreal - Friends of Mine (The Zombies)
- Wye Oak - Strangers (The Kinks)
- Björk - You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra)
- Spiritualized - Oh Happy Day (Traditional Gospel)
This already has so many notes and it hasn’t even been 48 hours!
Makeup stills from Raging Bull
Martin Scorsese’s influential filmmaking legacy is the focus of a new exhibition, aptly titled Martin Scorsese, at the Deutsche Kinemathek—Museum für Film und Fernsehen in Berlin. The exhibition, which opened in January and runs through May 12, purports to examine “the rich spectrum of Scorsese’s oeuvre,” including his sources of inspiration, working methods, and lasting contributions to American cinema. The Ransom Center loaned 19 items from the Robert De Niro and Paul Schrader archives to supplement materials from Scorsese’s private collection. Together, they constitute the first international exhibition about Scorsese.
A multimedia presentation on the creation of this exhibition can be found here at the Ransom Center’s Web site.
Louis Armstrong serenades his wife in front of the pyramids of Giza, 1961. Photographer Unknown.
oh.my.god.
Jordy - It’s really hard to be a baby!
It’s really hard to be a baby,
Oh la la, baby, it’s hard to be a baby
Oh la la, baby, it’s hard to be a baby
So hard to be a baby
My name is Jordy,
I’m four years old and I am small,
It’s hard to be a baby, it’s hard to be a baby!
Come here, don’t touch that,
Keep seated, don’t go there,
Do like this, do like that,
“Patati and patata!”
Why this, why that,
Why is it like this?
Why this, why that,
Why is it like that?
Oh la la, baby, it’s hard to be a baby
Oh la la, baby, it’s hard to be a baby
So hard to be a baby
And, Mummy, what are you saying?
(Go to) sleep, brush your teeth,
Keep your fingers out of your nose,
Don’t do this, don’t do that,
“Patati and patata!”
Why this, why that,
Why is it like this?
Why this, why that,
Why is it like that?
Keep seated, I disagree!
Don’t touch that, I disagree!
Don’t go there, I disagree!
You won’t get a dessert,
And Grandma, and Grandpa and Mummy,
It’s so hard to be a baby
Oh la la, baby, it’s hard to be a baby
Oh la la, baby, it’s hard to be a baby
So hard to be a baby
ELO live feat. Jeff Lynne w/o sunglasses
