Sunday, January 28, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Hurtin' Inside Vol. 8
Hurtin' Inside Vol.8 - Various Artists
Stephen Fretwell - Do You Want To COme With
Halloween, Alaska - You're It
Alexi Murdoch - Blue Mind
Smashing Pumpkins - To Sheila
Lou Barlow - Legendary
Tom Waits - Time
Alison Krauss & Union Station - It Doesn't Matter
Kings of Convenience - Homesick
The Honorary Title - Petals
Highwater Rising - Pillows and Records
Crosstide - Angeles (Elliott Smith Cover)
Bright Eyes - Waste of Paint
Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly - Once More With Feeling
Compiled by Statistic
Monday, January 15, 2007
Hurtin' Inside Vol 7
Hurtin' Inside Vol 7 - Various Artists
Pedro the Lion - Diamond Ring
Vic Chesnutt - When I Ran Off And Left Her
Josh Ritter - Come And Find Me
The Essex Green - Carballo
Simon & Garfunkel - April Come She Will
M. Ward - One More Goodbye
Graham Nash - Wounded Bird
Joan Armatrading - Down To Zero
Beck - Lost Cause
The Clientele - (I Want You) More Than Ever
Scott Walker - The World's Strongest Man
The Band - Whispering Pines
Harry Nilsson - One
Buffalo Springfield - Expecting To Fly
Dennis Wilson - Thoughts Of You
The Beatles - Good Night (Rehearsal 18/06/68)
Compiled by Westy
Hurtin' Inside Vol 6
Hurtin' Inside Volume Six - Various Artists
taxi to core - tindersticks
eden - talk talk
listen (listen listen) - wintersleep
i lost everything - sam cooke
monday - the jam
what does your soul look like part 1 - dj shadow
lullaby for an astronaut - kelli hansen
having it all - plush
last night i dreamt somebody loved me - the smiths
rock bottom riser - smog
the gleam in your eye - the overtones
velcro - women & children
daybreak (walking out on yesterday) - astrud gilberto
last night of the year - adolf noise
new mexico - brightblack
offside - the bats
song to the siren (take 7) - tim buckley
compiled by Rikard
Friday, January 12, 2007
Sad Scientific
Folks like their songs sad but in good taste
Altoona, Pa. -- Most people enjoy sad music as long as they consider it artistically pleasing, according to two Penn State researchers.
"Our data show that folks will listen to music even if it makes them noticeably depressed," says Dr. Valerie Stratton, associate professor of psychology at Penn State Altoona. "They're willing to make this tradeoff, as long as they feel the music has aesthetic value."
"Furthermore, people don't seem to mind emotional side effects as long as they have control over the music," adds Annette H. Zalanowski, associate professor of music at Penn State Altoona. "They can deal with a sad song if they have the option of turning it off."
The researchers conducted a study, using as stimuli recordings of a sad and happy song, along with a sad and happy essay. The songs were Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" version re-written for Princess Diana's death and "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Eat It," a parody of the Michael Jackson bestselling song, "Beat It." The two prose samples were a newspaper report about Princess Diana's death and a humorous skit by comedian Steve Martin on trying to join Mensa.
"We asked the 53 student participants to listen to the songs and essays, sad and happy, and rate enjoyment and aesthetics of each on a scale of 1 to 7," Zalanowski says. "On average, more students enjoyed listening to the sad song more than the happy song, while at the same time giving the sad song significantly higher aesthetic ratings than either the happy song or the essays."
Furthermore, compared to the happy song and essay, the sad song and essay significantly increased depression on an individual level. Nevertheless, the quality of being aesthetic or artistic counterbalanced this negative emotion for those listening to the sad song, say the Penn State researchers.
"Sad music can apparently serve as solace and provides a sense of not being alone in one's misery," Stratton notes.
Stratton and Zalanowski are co-authors of the paper, "The Role of Aesthetics in Enjoying Sad Music," recently presented at the Eastern Psychological Association convention in Providence, R.I.
Hurtin' Classic 001
David Crosby - If Only I Could Remember My Name ( Atlantic, 1971)
Shattered and frayed due to the combination of cocaine abuse and the car crash death of his long time girlfriend Christine Hinton, former Byrds member and enfant terrible of the Laurel Canyon hippy scene, David Crosby, delivered this dark and beautific opus on Feb 22nd, 1971.
Joined by a stellar cast of friends including Jerry Garcia (guitar, pedal steel guitar); Graham Nash (guitar, piano, background vocals); Neil Young (guitar, vibraphone, bass instrument, congas, background vocals); Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Kantner (guitar); Laura Allen (autoharp); Gregg Rolie (piano); Jack Casady, Phil Lesh (bass instrument); Michael Shrieve, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann (drums, percussion); David Frieberg, Grace Slick and Joni Mitchell (background vocals), the album displays a lush and jazzy feel throughout. However, on several tunes delivered a capella by Crosby, his voice multitracked and becoming like a selection of instruments, the sounds get downright spooky.
The haunting "I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here" is a hurtin' rememberance of girlfriend Christine, and one of this album's many highlights.
This album still sounds great today, and is a testiment to this sometimes ego driven, bullying and paranoid artists' true talent (particularly his magnificent vocal abilities). A catharsasis on wax, "If I Could Only Remember My Name" is a worthy subject as the first Hurtin' Classic on this site.
David Crosby - Song With No Words
The album has recently been remastered as a cd/dvd audio release and can be purchased here.
Bonus: "If Only I Could Remember..." Session Outtakes from An Aquarian Drunkard.
Hurtin' Inside Vol 5
Hurtin' Inside Volume 5 - Various Artists
everybody's been burned - the byrds
She paints - biff bang pow
of detachment - rf
farewell to forever - trembling blue stars
you're gonna make me lonesome when you go - ben watt
shadows breaking over my head - the left banke
no need to try now - silver ray
wicked ways - the cocktails
husband house - sneaky feelings
sorry - the wind up bird
tom - codeine
what's more, idon't need her - lee hazlewood
had you listened - power of dreams
just another lonely one - the sneetches
compiled by Quecker
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Hurtin' Inside Vol 4
Hurtin’ Inside Vol. 4 - Various Artists
just like heaven - michael anderson
muted thunderstorms - edison woods
m - friko
overnight - gonzales
disown, delete - ensemble
heavenly birds pt.1 - rikard javerling
tow the line - nick drake
lonely sea - the beach boys
woodenships (demo) - david crosby
beautiful - gordon lightfoot
by the water - guillemots
for some we loved - dorothy ashby
to let myself go - ane brun
the good and the bad - my brightest diamond
twighlight - dawn landes
through my sails - neil young w/ csn
morning light - rivulets
out walking - dean wareham & britta phillips
these days - susanna & the magical orchestra
compiled by Rikard
Hurtin' Inside Vol 3
Hurtin’ Inside Vol. 3 - Various Artists
Emitt Rhodes - Lullabye
Michael Chapman - The Aviator
John Martyn - Bless The Weather
My Morning Jacket - Hopefully
Edith Brown - Temporary Loan
Simon Joyner - I Wrote A Song About The Ocean
Iron & Wine - Waitin’ For A Superman (Flaming Lips Cover)
David Blue - Another One Like Me
Damon & Naomi with Ghost - The Mirror Phase
Smog - I Was A Stranger
Soltero - I’ll Be A Writer
Brad - Buttercup
Scott Matthews - Elusive
The Go-Betweens - Cattle & Cane
compiled by Westy
Hurtin' Inside Vol 2
Hurtin’ Inside Vol 2 - Various Artists
magnet - nothing hurts now
the lucksmiths - the sandringham line
elliott smith - reminds me of her
bob dylan - girl from the north country
magnetic fields - all my little words
silver jews - i remember me
brian eno - by this river
broken social scene - lovers spit (beehives album version)
richard hawley - coles corner
caetano veloso - cucurrucucu paloma
dino valente - shame on you
songs:ohia - blue chicago moon
bonnie 'prince' billy - bed is for sleeping
compiled by Westy
Hurtin' Inside Vol.1
Hurtin’ Inside Vol 1 - Various Artists
My Chosen One - Guillemots
His Hands - Candi Staton
Love Letters - Ketty Lester
Amy - Dirty 3
I Called You Back - Bonnie Prince Billy
‘Til I Die (Alt. Vers.) - The Beach Boys
It’ll Never Happen Again - Tim Hardin
We Remain As Two - Page France
I See You, You See Me - The Magic Numbers
Tears Are In Your Eyes - Yo La Tengo
Believer - Susanna & The Magical Orchestra
Colour Of Spring - Mark Hollis
Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Sandy Denny
Heartbeats - Jose Gonzales
compiled by Rikard
Welcome to the site!
Well, another day, another new blog to contend with. I was inspired to start this particular site following the creation of several mix sets made by myself and me mate Westy over in the UK. This will be a place to discover a cornicopia of new and old sounds, both familiar and totally obscure.
Stay tuned for more mixes created by ourselves along with special guests, and read all about some of the more interesting creators in popular music from yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Regards,
Rikard
