Hello, music lovers and lovers of life. Time for another midweek cafe and lounge.
While I am researching something for a future midweek cafe and lounge edition (still researching Japanese ambient music), thought I’d go a bit retro. Let’s start out with Tubeway Army.
Most of us probably remember Gary Numan for his single “Cars” (parodied quite nicely on a British comedy The Mighty Boosh sometime last decade). “New Wave” in rock was actually a fairly broad term, actually. There were numerous recording artists who varied from the mildly experimental to the wildly avant-garde who collectively defied easy classification (in other words, a marketer’s nightmare, but a music-lover’s dream), and probably had its beginning sometime around the start of the 1970s, and didn’t really end until well into the 1980s.
For those of you wondering how I and Neon Vincent are circumventing Sucuri to embed videos, here is an example of the embed code we use, so that you can replicate as wanted:
Just remember that each unique 11-digit video code in YouTube needs to be pasted in two separate locations within the embed code in order for your video to show up properly. So easy that I can do it!
Enjoy!
Drinks for Valentine’s Day!
I have two recipes for tonight. First, Sweetheart Jello Shots.
Next, V-Day Shots.
The bartender is in and taking requests.
Turns out it is possible to sing quite passionately about wanting to be a machine.
We are the robots:
Take two:
Here’s an earlier Kraftwerk tune, from Ralf und Florian. I knew Kraftwerk mostly for their late 1970s and early 1980s output. What they were doing back in the early 1970s was a lot of fun. I just love the way that electric drum is rigged up.
King’s Lead Hat (an anagram for):
I always love blasting this song on long commutes. The synth solo at the end is a blast.
The promo vid for the title track to Robert Fripp’s album, Exposure. This is a demo version of the song, and not the final mix, and it’s not in stereo (so it sounds just a bit muddy). I suspect most folks would be more familiar with Peter Gabriel’s version, which itself is well worth hearing. Daryl Hall also recorded a version of the same song.
Some of the promo videos from back in the day were something else.
Once in a lifetime:
Quite a hit for Joe Jackson back in 1982.
Here’s a retrofuture cover of an 80s song for Valentine’s Day, Bizarre Love Triangle – Vintage Burt Bacharach – Style New Order Cover ft. Sarah Marie Young.
Sometimes something reasonably useful (and timely given this is Valentine’s Day) shows up on my Twitter feed:
8 Tips To Improve Your Relationship, Courtesy Of International Relations