Melodious Monk

For lovers of music that transcends genres and eras. From the timeless tunes of Johnny Cash, to disco with Donna Summer, and the voice of Sinead O’Connor. Exploring the eclectic sounds of the 70s and 80s, the soul of Motown, glam rock, the British Invasion, New Wave & Alternative, and more!

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Something for you to make note of -- when I die, check to see what the last song I listened to was: https://www.last.fm/user/dasenergi

If everything goes as planned, it will contain a hidden secret message for you.

(No, I'm not planning on dying. But I am planning on the universe being it's wonderful magical self.)

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“I didn’t know how to make a group,” Paul later confessed. “I assumed I must have known because I’d been in the Beatles. But I didn’t make the Beatles, it made itself, it was a chemical affair. It wasn’t like that with Wings.”

Excerpt From The McCartney Legacy, Volume 2, Allan Kozinn

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Jim Morrison / Val Kilmer

The Doors

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Roland’s outro guitar solo ISOLATED AUDIO

Roland Orzabal’s outro guitar solo is a real favorite of mine. It’s so musical, urgent and interesting. He doesn’t get enough credit as a guitar player.

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I asked Last.fm which artists I listened to the most for the past six years, from 21 Mar 2018 to 17 Oct 2024. I listened to 4,481 different musical artists during that time.

Here are my Top 20 Artists:

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I Am Stretched on Your Grave — Sinead O’Connor

(Awesome live performance October 29, 1990, in Brussels)

I am stretched on your grave

And will lie there forever

If your hands were in mine

I'd be sure we'd not sever

My apple tree, my brightness

It's time we were together

For I smell of the earth

And am worn by the weather

When my family thinks

That I'm safe in my bed

From night until morning

I am stretched at your head

Calling out to the air

With tears hot and wild

My grief for the girl

That I loved as a child

Do you remember

The night we were lost

In the shade of the blackthorn

And the chill of the frost?

Thanks be to Jesus

We did what was right

And your maiden head still

Is your pillar of light

The priests and the friars

Approach me in dread

Because I still love you

My love, and you're dead

I still would be your shelter

Through rain and through storm

And with you in your cold grave

I cannot sleep warm

So I'm stretched on your grave

And will lie there forever

If you hands were in mine

I'd be sure we'd not sever

My apple tree, my brightness

It's time we were together

For I smell of the earth

And am worn by the weather

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This 👆

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urgh! a music war is a halloween movie. is the thing

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In The Rock 11/7/1981: Urgh! A Music War, a documentary that featured over 30 up and coming “new wave” bands makes it debut. Joan Jett, XTC, The Police, Go Gos and dozens more are blasted into middle America on this classic midnight movie masterpiece. #Urgh #RockHonorRoll #altrockhonorroll

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Willie Nelson holds the distinction of being the very first artist that Dolly Parton duetted with after leaving The Porter Wagoner Show and rising to stardom as a solo artist in her own right. The country crooners’ duet of “Everything’s Beautiful (In Its Own Way)” was released as the lead single off The Winning Hand—their 1982 collaborative compilation with Kris Kristofferson and Brenda Lee—and became Parton’s 26th career top ten hit on the Hot Country Songs chart following the likes of “Jolene,” “Coat of Many Colors,” “9 to 5” and “Here You Come Again.”

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Of all the stories I have heard about Kris Kristofferson (like Kris telling Sinead O'Connor, "Don't let the bastards get you down.") this one has probably had the most profound affect on me.

Just that Kris attended the funeral for June Carter Cash, and saw Johnny sitting by himself... and he made the simple gesture of sitting next to Johnny during his time of grief.

“I’ll tell you a story,” Kris says. “After June passed, they were having a service where you view the corpse, all the people, friends and guests were there. John was sitting over in a chair right by the coffin, so I went over and sat next to him, and people were coming by, shaking his hand and paying their respects to June. This one guy came over and when he saw me, he said, ‘Oh, Kris Kristofferson! You are one of the best singers I’ve ever heard!’ He went on and on and shook my hand and left. As he walked away, John says, and you got to realize where John is at this moment in time, John leans over and whispers, ‘Well, that’s one.’ Kris laughs at the memory. “In the depths of his despair, he could still take the piss outta me!”