Monday, November 16, 2015

DIfferent Drum

Here in Southern California, it's cooler than usual tonight. My mother isn't well, and I miss her very much. Here is one of her favorite songs, "Different Drum," by released in the fall of 1967 by a band called the Stone Poneys whose lead singer was a young woman named Linda Ronstadt. (I should clarify that even though the song was credited to the Stone Poneys, only other session musicians played on it). Anyway, my mother was very fond of Linda Ronstadt, and growing up we had her greatest hits on the record player a lot. She had a great run of country-tinged Top 40 singles. This particular song, written by Mike Nesmith (of the Monkees) is a perfect pop song, a wonderful example of a catchy, beautiful, but clever pop song, less than 3 minutes long. (And it has a bit of an edge too, lyrically).


5 comments:

Meep said...

Here's hoping she gets better. Will you be able to go see her?

That was a very nice warm song. Conjures up images of a warm sunny kitchen from the 70s

Meep said...

Have you seen this? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4635276/

Meep said...

Have you watched Master of None? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4635276/

spaceman said...

Yeah, I watched Master of None -- all the episodes one big binge. Loved it. I've always liked Aziz Ansari -- saw him years ago when he was doing standup at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in NYC. The music for Master of None was great. I recognized Ananda Shankar, the Slits, some Aphex Twin, very cool stuff.

And yes -- I did go see my mom. A quick trip. Will try to go again in Jan. Thanks.

Meep said...

Woo hoo!