Music Pick of the Week: Dick Brave
Posted by Bob Weber on Apr 3rd, 2009 in Music | 0 commentsIt’s been a while since I did a Friday Music Pick of the week, but I just haven’t stumbled across anything worthwhile… until now.
Dick Brave & the Backbeats is a band led by German singer-songwriter Sascha Schmitz. In 2003 and 2004 Dick Brave performed live, and recorded an album titled Dick This! The band broke up in November 2004, so this album of covers may be all we ever see from Dick. There are quite a few videos on You Tube of the band, but I picked this one. Avril Lavigne’s Complicated is a favorite of mine.
More Hurra Torpedo
Posted by Bob Weber on Jan 20th, 2009 in Music | Comments OffIt’s been almost a year since I posted the Hurra Torpedo videos, and I thought it was time to share another one.
Here is a great video of “All the things she said”
There is also a video of Brittany Spears’ Toxic on You Tube, but the quality is low. If anyone has additional links to Hurra Torpedo videos, please let me know. Doesn’t look like the band is currently active, so we may never get any more from them.
I Hate Kate on Coverville
Posted by Bob Weber on Mar 18th, 2008 in Music | 0 commentsYeah, OK, so I requested it, but it really is a rocking song. I highly recommend giving it a listen, and supporting I Hate Kate. They rock.
Band of Horses on Numb3rs
Posted by Bob Weber on Jan 12th, 2008 in business, Music | 0 commentsI’m sure many fo you watched Numb3rs last night, not only because it’s an awesome show, but because it was one of the only new things on the TV (stupid Writers Strike).
During the climactic scene of the episode we were once again treated to a great Band of Horses song, The Funeral, in the background. Must be exciting for these guys to get their music used on the prime time TV shows.
Music Pick of the Week: Rooney
Posted by Bob Weber on Dec 28th, 2007 in Music | 0 commentsIt’s interesting to me what “Alternative” or “Modern Rock” has become these days. I don’t listen to “Pop” radio much these days, just can’t take the Fergie, Kanye West, or Taylor Swifts of the world. Interestingly the hip hop, R&B and other music types that have taken over the pop charts in the last decade or two has forced much of the “power pop” type acts to the “Modern Rock” genre.
I say all of that to introduce this week’s Music Pick, Rooney. Rooney’s single, “When Did Your Heart Go Missing?” is currently getting airplay on the local Denver “Modern Rock” radio station. While I appreciate the introduction, this California band is much more influenced by 80′s power pop than anything that has been in the alt music scene in the last 10 years.
“When Did Your Heart Go Missing?” sounds like it just fell off the sound track to a John Hughes movie, even down to the semi cheesey voice-over last verse:
Things were so good
We had a little dream
A little dream together
Buy a house, settle down, do our thing
But you disappeared on me
And your heart, your heart went missin’…
I suggest you just watch the video for yourself and let me know what you think.
