Soul Sisters

Hard to believe that it is already Friday, with Todd back from France tomorrow night.

I managed to survive the week pretty well ... though let's say I don't plan on having a frozen pizza any time soon.  Work really picked up in the past week, so I didn't have that much idle time... and didn't even watch all the TiVo backlog that I thought I would while Todd was away... granted we have a whole new backlog of shows that I "saved" for Todd (and, for the most, part didn't watch)... and I won't be catching up tonight.

Unfortunately, Todd is missing out on the first show of our 2007-08 theater season (and the next one's not until January!)... so tonight, this ex-Jersey boy is off to see Jersey Boys.  I have heard pretty good things about the show and it's still at capacity on Broadway two years after it opened... so that seems to be a pretty good sign.

Ok, time to get around to the title of this post!.

I am aging myself, but iTunes has kind of brought back the days of the 45 record.  To my confused younger readers (though I am not sure I have any of those), there was a time when you could buy a small (the size of a personal pan pizza), vinyl recording of just one song (and a "B" song on the flip side).  I would guess 95% of my iTunes purchases are songs, not albums.

Alas, there wasn't too much internal debate about purchasing the whole album of the latest from Annie Lennox, Songs of Mass Destruction.  I have listened to it...and it is incredible!   It's a good sign when you have those earbuds in, he music up and you get those goosebumps.  Only a handful of singers can do that to me.  If you haven't heard the amazing first single, Dark Road, here is the video for it via YouTube (nicely provided by Annie herself!)... got some interesting imagery, is America on that dark road?

We were fortunate to see Annie during her last tour (sadly there's no Phoenix stop on her recently announced tour for SoMD).  Incredible show and we were in the 2nd row!   However, it is also remembered for my view being blocked by a rather large (and high!) wheelchair!  It kind of ticked me off... how could one be in the 2nd row and not be able to see the artist at various points around the stage?!?!  Todd pondered how I could be whiny about being blocked by what I am guessing was a quadriplegic!  Now that I think of it, it was all very Seinfeld-ish.

Ok, I said Soul Sisters... plural.   Lately, we've come around to groovin' on Joss Stone.  I'll admit I was not an early fan.  For the most part, I am not fond of the "child prodigy"... particularly those in the entertainment business.  We purchased have a bunch of her more recent hits (songs, not albums) off of iTunes.

Todd stumbled upon a song from her debut album (when she was 16!), that was never released as a single, but is now on frequent rotation on my iPod... it's called "Dirty Man"... LOVE IT !!   It has quickly ascended up my list all-time favorite "somebody done somebody wrong" songs.  I prefer the album version, but here's a You-Tube of Joss singing it live:

If you're looking to inject some soul in your life... Annie or Joss are currently at the top of my recommendation list!

Comments

[Todd]

Awesome songs/videos. I'm pretty much ready to hit that Dark Road home and certainly thinking a dirty, dirty man doesn't sound so bad. :)

[Alexander]

"Seems you never realize a good thing till it's gone." Just about sums up the state of our country right now, don'cha think? BTW, I got the CD last week and I've been playing it continuously. I luvs me some Annie!