This and last week's iTunes Purchases: 11/18/05 & 11/25/05


Oldies but goodies...not the music, just the artists

Have fallen a little behind...no, not in purchasing iTunes music, just in telling you about it.

This week was actually pretty slow, with only one purchase:

Robbie Williams' new album, Intensive Care. Robbie Williams is pure pop, and I wouldn't say he's brilliant pop. There's nothing here that reaches the heights of Oasis' Wonderwall or Train's Drops of Jupiter. The kind of songs you can hear over and over without tiring of. The kind of songs you sing to yourself...or better yet with your drunk firends at the top of your lungs. But still I do not mean it as faint praise to say that it is tuneful, quality pop music. Robbie fans will enjoy, definitely.

Last week, however, was more expensive. As artists that I have followed for literally decades released new music.

Depeche Mode has a new album, Playing the Angel. I was reminded again what a debt Trent Reznor owes to the Depeche Mode guys. They originated and continue to release dark, but danceable music. I mean Blasphemous Rumors, anyone? (Which, by the way, reminded me that I never replaced that album, Catching Up with Depeche Mode on CD, so I don't have the song. Good thing iTunes does!)

Eurythmics released a new song, I've Got a Life. If you like anthemic Eurythmics, you will like this song. It's that simple.

Last of the oldies, Madonna's album was ready for pre-ordering, which I did, and got the download of her new single Hung Up. You know, typical effortless Madonna pop. Catchy. And with the stuff they can do in the studio her weak vocal are, as they have ever been, irrelevant.

Lastly, I bought the original songs album from the Cameron Crowe movie Elizabethtown. Very few directors on TV or in movies can attach music to images like Crowe. In Your Eyes in Say Anything. Tiny Dancer in Almost Famous. Totally amazing musical movie moments. haven't seen the film, but I knew the album would introduce me to some songs that I would like, and I was right.

There you have it. The folks who have been around since the 80s...and that's over 20 years for all of them...are still showing the rest of the musical universe how to do it! Long live the musical 80s :)

Posted: Tue - October 25, 2005 at 04:17 PM       EmailFeedback

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