4 posts tagged “pop music”

I don’t normally go for pop music, but Chris Cornell’s ‘Ground Zero’, used for promoting US Life on Mars and heard in the first episode, is quite enjoyable. It has a good beat, and there are scenes from the first few episodes.

We need a break from all this political talk. “Hat tip” to my friend Tanya. The idea: don’t you wish pop videos just said what was happening on the screen?

A very nice chap by the name of Apollo introduced me to Dizzler, a media player that allows one to stream (legally) music, video and radio. It’s pretty good and I incorporated it into my Facebook page, after programming in a bunch of songs, two videos and one radio station (Rix FM in Sweden).
   It’s not without its faults. Monica Zetterlund, one of Sweden’s top jazz artists, isn’t even represented on Dizzler. Sacha Distel has four songs, and one of them doesn’t even sound like him. KCSM-FM, the jazz station in the Bay Area, is not among the radio choices. On Facebook, I can’t see the search box words (black text on a black background is not a very good idea) and when I can see them, they’re set in Arial or Arial Rounded—two typeface families I intentionally uninstall from all our company computers as they breach notions of good taste and common decency.
   Apollo does admit it is more geared toward pop songs and the US, however. And despite its shortcomings, it does have enough songs for me to have a wee playlist of favourites. I’d still recommend it and hope that its catalogue becomes more comprehensive. Having the complete songs on my Facebook page is a nice touch.

I wasn’t searching specifically for this, but it brings back childhood memories. It’s a Michael Hui film—Hui is one of Hong Kong’s great comedians and comedic writers—with soundtrack by his very popular brother, singer, composer and lyricist Sam Hui.
   I grew up on Sam’s songs and this film would have been a hit the final year I was in Hong Kong. We did have the song on tape (yes, Virginia, there was a cassette tape) and I must have listened to it a lot. Very nostalgic stuff.