#michael penn

[rocknrollflames]

Romeo in Black Jeans

[momoishii]

My first physical media post:

I rolled a d20 to see what CDs to go through, I got a 17 and a 6.

The 17 was to see how far down to go on the CD Tower I have and the 6 was to see which side I was picking (Even was CDs I bought and Odd was CDs gifted to me).

Most of the physical music I have(and physical media I have in general), I haven’t listened to or looked through, it feels so overwhelming to just pick, so I let the dice decide.

[Sidenote: I also have two other CD Towers, one that has CDs I’ve inherited and the other is empty cases. I’m currently sorting through boxes and finding random cases and disks alike. Also Question: Do books count for physical media? Because I very much am.

I also have records but no record player. I do not care about the price, I just want one that I can record the music playing off of it & have the least damage done to the vinyl itself. Also what do music boxes count as? Anyways]

It picked the album “March” by Michael Penn. I hadn’t listened to this album, I think I got it from a thrift store that has since sadly closed :(

My favourite song was the fourth track, “Brave New World”. The fifth track was good too. The album itself wasn’t really my type of music that I usually listen to but, I enjoyed listening to it.

Will I listen to it again? Probably not, but I do want to upgrade my laptop and get something(mp3/4 player? Idk what people use, I just don’t have the space on my phone or laptop to download all of it) to download all my CDs onto so I don’t have to rely on gosh dang music platforms that don’t pay the artists enough.

The rest of the pages were lyrics to the songs. Also the second photo isn’t washed out because of the lighting, it just looks like that. Oh also the booklet is the front cover, usually it’s a little booklet, in case ya didn’t know.

Yeah, it was alright. Let me know if you know more about this album, the art on the cover, or anything interesting about the musician.

(Sidenote: I don’t know SQUAT about this album besides looking at the cover and thinking “Neat” & “the ides of March…… mmmmm” )

Also I wish there were more colour to highlight words, I’m on mobile and these are the only colours. I want yellow or a grosser green, or cyan or whatever. It’s fine tho

Edit: it could also be that I’m tired, I’ll see if I like it better when I’m more awake.

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: September 1, 1989

Lyrics:

So

She says it's time she goes

But wanted to be sure I know

She hopes we can be friends

I think

Yeah, I guess we can, say I

But didn't think to ask her why

She blocked her eyes and drew the curtains

With knots I've got yet to untie

What if I were Romeo in black jeans

What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth

Maybe she's just looking for

Someone to dance with

See

It was just too soon to tell

And looking for some parallel

Can be an endless game

We

We said goodbye before hello

My secrets she will never know

And if I dig a hole to China

I'll catch the first junk to Soho

What if I were Romeo in black jeans

What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth

Maybe she's just looking for

Someone to dance with

Some time from now you'll bow to pressure

Some things in life you cannot measure by degrees

I'm between the poles and the equator

Don't send no private investigator to find me please

'Less he speaks Chinese

And can dance like Astaire overseas

(Okay)

What if I was

So, what if I was

Maybe she's just looking for

Someone to dance with

Songwriter: Michael Daniel Penn

What if I was Romeo in black jeans

What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth

Maybe she's just looking for

Someone to dance with

SongFacts:

👉📖

Homepage:

Michael Penn

[aharonov-bohm-affect]

Differential Forms

Differential Forms

One of the best math series on YouTube I've ever seen.

[nedison]

Visit Original Link

Evenfall - Michael Penn (1989)

Background vocals, masonic handshakes – Peter Blegvad Bass – John Pierce Drums [Left] – Jim Keltner Drums [Right] – Kenny Aronoff Guitar, vocals – Michael Penn Horns – The Ta Nica Horns Keyboards – Patrick Warren Percussion – Art Wood

Happy March!

[1spy]

1989 | Michael Penn - “No Myth”

So these posts I've been writing are documenting a project: A playlist that gets to the core of how I've experienced music in my life—one song for each year I've been alive. As I've been going through the process, I noticed most of the songs I chose are from foundational artists with long careers. Most of these artists have multiple songs and albums that are special to me. And I've had a REALLY hard time picking just one song and one year to represent these them.

But "No Myth" by Michael Penn isn't really that. It's just a great song that haunts me. A song that felt formative in my life, even if I never really cared about anything else he did. I mean, it's nothing personal. Michael Penn has had a long and fruitful career. He's released multiple critically acclaimed albums. He's the brother of famous actors Chris and Sean Penn. He's married to one of my all-time favorite songwriters, Aimee Mann. He's been a prolific film and tv composer.

So while It's accurate to say "No Myth" was his only Top 40 hit, I don't consider Penn a one-hit wonder. Still, that's kind of what he is for me. I've heard a bunch of his other stuff, and it's fine. But I only liked this one song. 

But, damn, what a song.

The insistent marching drums (for which the album is named). The oblique, literary lyrics. The hummable, descending bass line in the verse. The exquisite Lennon-esque vocal melody over a simple, driving acoustic guitar. Hearing this song is when I started to figure out what I love about music. And when I started to write my own songs, I was trying to build songs like this.

But I said haunting, and what haunts me is the Chamberlin organ the song uses to augment its god-tier guitar solo. As I learned from MTV, Harry Chamberlain's invention was a precursor to the Mellotron: an analog electric keyboard that played short tape recordings of music each time you pressed a key. Essentially, it was a machine built to play back samples of music before samplers or synthesizers existed.

The sound of the Chamberlain undulating beneath the lead guitar is intoxicating. And for a long time after hearing this song, it became what I demanded when I sought out new music. I wanted guitars and keyboards, but I no longer wanted songs that sounded like the bright synths and super-compressed lead guitars of the 80s. I wanted stuff that evoked the Beatles and Stones. Stuff that sounded like classic rock but also sounded new. Back then, I would describe this as "organic," years before organic food was really a thing. I was probably reading too much music criticism (I definitely read too much music criticism).

Fave Lyrics:

Some time from now you'll bow to pressure Some things in life you cannot measure by degrees I'm between the poles and the equator Don't send no private investigator to find me please 'Less he speaks Chinese And can dance like Astaire overseas (okay)

P.S. Lots of people I know love the rest of the album. They love multiple Michael Penn albums. But, as I said, I only really like this one song. I made a whole other playlist of songs that are like this for me. Not necessarily one hit wonders. Most of them aren't hits at all. They're just songs by artists both obscure and well-known where, for whatever reason, only one song ever did it for me. The playlist is called The Sound of One Song Hitting.

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/.../the-sound-of.../pl.u-y9XVfz4y41v

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6EpdbOvAPpvMrqRElfjZmo...

[dinosaursr66]

Aimee Mann and Michael Penn cover the Beatles “Two Of Us”. Today is my 22nd Anniversary. We had this song on our wedding CD handout playlist.

SONG OF THE DAY - Saturday, August 24, 2024

[joeinct]

Heading Higher, Photo by Michael Penn