Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

Fred and Ginger, Follow the Fleet, “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”.

A few tunes from English folk singer Kate Rusby today!

One of the most beautiful songs I know: “Scythe Song” by Dougie Maclean. The song is about the long work involved in learning to do a thing and do it well, and the way you need to ideally spend time … Continue reading →

I’ve been posting an awful lot of classical music lately, so…let’s go with something from one of the great musicals! Here’s “There’s No Business Like Show Business”, from Annie Get Your Gun.

I obviously have to feature some Star Trek music today, but choosing which to use is a daunting task. Then I found these “Mega Suites” that some kind soul already compiled, so…start boldly going, people!

I don’t often share bad music intentionally, but I’m really curious, after reading this entertaining article last night: How many of you would agree that this is “the worst song of all time”? Or that it is, at least, “in … Continue reading →

Film music today: a suite from Jerry Goldsmith’s score to Patton. I only watched the film once, when I was ten or eleven. I don’t recall having much of an opinion, but I remember being struck by Goldsmith’s work — … Continue reading →

Tony Bennett is 90 years old! Wow. Here’s some Tony Bennett, because…Tony Bennett!