Sunday Night Music Club

SNMC #22
What Is And What Should Never Be - Led Zeppelin (1969)

 Not much to say. My favourite Zeppelin.

SNMC #21
Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright - Emily Haines & James Shaw (2005)

Couldn’t decide what to post. Ended up with this. It’s a good song. Plus, you know, Bob Dylan. That’s all. 

SNMC #20
Where Does the Good Go - Tegan and Sara

[Milestone SNMC tonight. Twenty weeks! Wow.]
These two woman are absolutely adorable. I love this song. I love them. I love their music. And even though I’ve been posting songs from predominantly male artists, I have love for the female makers of music, too! Resolve: play one from the girls just as often.
I think next week I’m going to do a special full week of SNMC.  We’ll see.. 

SNMC #19
Boot Scootin’ Boogie - Brooks & Dunn (1992)

This warrants some explanation:
Two of my friends are doing something called the 30 Day Song Challenge. Day 14 is ‘A song that no one would expect you to love.’ Got me thinking.. I don’t know that there is a song that at least one of my friends wouldn’t expect me to like. There are a handful of musicians that people are always shocked to hear that I don’t like, but never that I do. If it’s music, odds are I like it.
So in lieu of a song that people wouldn’t expect me to love, I’d post a song that no one knows I love… because I’ve never told anyone before now. :)

SNMC #18
Raise A Little Hell - Trooper (1978)

This is how I feel right now! Like I need to go smash something. Or make something explode. And it feels so good. 
I also feel like the Stones and Pixies.
Oh, Hell Yes.

SNMC #17
Dust In the Wind - Kansas (1977)

I have to admit, I was originally going to post this song because I’ve been moping around all day, miserable. I felt very out of control and unhappy about a couple things.
However, tonight was Oscar night, and while I don’t normally care about that, a few of my friends from journalism school and I created a Facebook group and Oscar-chatted our pretty little hearts out. Best Academy Awards ever? Yea, I think so. J-School is awesome. 

SNMC #16
Up On Cripple Creek - The Band (1969)

I have been listening to, singing, whistling and humming this song since Monday night. The audio above is the original from 1969. The linked video is from The Last Waltz, a career-finale concert for The Band in San Francisco in 1976. Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Ringo Starr, Van Morrison and a bunch of other really, really awesome musicians came and played with them. To top it all off, Martin Scorcese filmed the whole thing. Listen to the song and then watch the video because both are incredible.
The Last Waltz show was the final time The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down was performed with Levon Helm. 
P.S. Wasn’t he a looker in ‘76? ;) 

SNMC #15
Life’s Been Good - Joe Walsh (1978)

I’ve been working on the most amazingly epic playlist of 70s music ever this weekend!! Eventually I’ll have one for the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. There’s a ginormous list of songs that I madly love, but don’t know the artist/song title (and should). I’m going to remedy that.

SNMC #14
You May Be Right - Billy Joel (1980)

Chose this for reasons I’m keeping only for myself.
I was going to post a David Essex song until I heard Billy Joel on the radio at work this afternoon and realized how perfect it was for me right now. Also, Glass Houses kicks ass.
To make up for being secretive, here’s the song I’ve had in my head all week.