13 Again!!!! JT - Take Back The Night

13 Year Old Girl All Over Again!

Whelp that's it... We've officially lost it, gone crazy! (my best friend Kate and I that is).  Well if you havn't heard or you've been under a rock the last couple of days...Nsync reunited at the VMA's on Sunday! The Amazing 2 minutes that it was, it got us thinking.... how could we re-live our youth, our teenie popper days?!?!  Ya know go back to our crazy obsessed Nsync days??!!! Well since the boys aren't making any reunion tours..... seeing Justin live will just have to do! Oh Shucks! lol

So why not make extravagant purchases and go see Mr. Timberlake live.... IN THE 5TH FUCKING ROW!!! Woot Woot!  Anyone who wanted to know what credit card debt is all about... here ya go!  Yes we will probably cry or hyperventilate the entire time, maybe even get arrested for rushing the stage but being 10 feet away from the "President of Pop" is a life long dream and worth it!  We can die happy now Murph!!!!

So after about 15 plus years of being obsessed together with "our boys", we will be getting as close as we've ever been.  15 plus years of our amazing mothers putting up with our boy band hysteria and spending probably almost as much money on countless Nsync concerts.  We've finally made the last possible boy band extravagant purchase!!! Well my dear friend Kate... Here you go! Today's post is for you, me and the beginning of our countdown till November!!!!

Feels good to be 13 again.... :)

~Penny Lane

One of My Favorites.....Galway Girl!

One Of My Favorites.....

Yes, yes... I know i'm an Irish girl but after hearing this song I want to live and come from Galway!!!
 Goes down definitely as one of my favorite Irish songs.  So sweet (sigh)! Haha.  Just like in P.S. I Love You, a girls dream is to have this sung to her!!! Boys in bands, what can i say.... HaHa.  So many people cover this song but i love Steve Earle's version.  I know he's a Texas man and is known for his country music but this mix of a little country and a little Irish makes for a quite fun and romantic song!

So as i get pumped for my now 11 day countdown till i visit my very own Irish heritage, i have this playing all day... along with other greats!   Let the list making ensue!!!! A once in a lifetime trip for the fam and I!!!

~Penny Lane

Album Anticipation - Kings of Leon

Album Anticipation!

Ever get that feeling of anticipation???? Yes, anticipation can be for lots of exciting things in life... Haha but I'm talking about album anticipation!  It's such a tease when a band will put out a single to get you pumped for their new album and then make you wait! Wait for what feels like years for the rest of their album to emerge! 

Well I've been listening to the new Kings of Leon's song "Supersoaker" for what seems like forever.  It's all i have to go on so sometimes it just stays on repeat.... well i need more, and ITunes little snip-it of "Wait For Me" isn't enough either! (love that song too!!!) Well kids...it's sad to say but the new album Mechanical Bull won't be here until September 24th!!! Ughh! 

I can't wait to here what this little family band is gonna offer next!  Yes i did really enjoy their early stuff when it consisted more of the southern rock and blues sound but i still love them.  Just goes to show that even though a band can alter their sound a bit through the years, they still keep their trusted fans wanting more.... and ooooooo baby i want more! Haha

Enjoy!!!
~Penny Lane

My Kinda Blues... Stevie Ray Vaughn

My Kinda Blues....

I've always been into the Blues but I've gotta say that this man right here was the one that opened my ears wide to what the Blues were all about. 

When i was younger and still engulfed in my "Pop" music phase of N sync and the Spice Girls..HaHa i remember listening to my older cousins music while over my aunt's house, he played us some Stevie Ray Vaughn and WOW, mind completely blown!  What kind of music was this filling my head?! Lol.  After that i started listening to a lot of him along with others....Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, BB King, Etta James, John Lee Hooker....(well i could just keep going on there haha)  i just couldn't get enough.

I've always said there is definitely two types of Blues music.... the sad and actual feeling blue type Blues and then there's the upbeat/rock 'n roll type Blues.  To me Stevie Ray is definitely the upbeat kinda Blues, you wanna sing along loud and tap your feet! Depending on your mood you can get the best of both.

Today's pick might be one of my favorite Vaughn songs... so so good! It was a tough pick i must say but "Pride and Joy" off his first album Texas Flood is a classic.  His guitar playing is out of this world and i gotta give props to the dude on piano... damn!

Hope you enjoy today's pick as much as i do!!! Wish he was still around today!

~Penny Lane

The Good Old Days of Montell Jordan!

The Good Old Days of Montell Jordan

 

Anyone around my age that does not know Montell Jordan... well i just feel bad for you! You seriously don't know what you're missing!!  Montell was already on point well before anyone else!

So this morning while on my run, a certain good time oldie came on!  P.S. Please listen to Pony Radio on Pandora... it's simply amazing! HaHa.  So yes, i got to exercise to this little jam as well as some other greats.  Nothing but the classics on Pony Radio.

This is Montell Jordan's "Get It On Tonite" which came out in 1999!!! Yup good old 7th grade, Wow now i really feel old!  So it may not be Throwback Thursday just yet.... but i couldn't help myself!!! I hope you enjoy this little classic R&B hit that I've provided on hump day (kinda appropriate huh?!?! lol).

~Penny Lane

One More Time...Please?! The Black Keys - Run Right Back

    

  

  

One More Time... Please! 

   

 

Can I please see The Black Keys live in concert again?!!??!!  On this dreary, hungover Monday i find myself listen to this album on repeat!  Love Love Love this one!!  This little video of them performing "Run Right Back" at Lollapalooza in Brazil is pretty amazing.  Wish i could've seen that one....

I know, yes i have done a lot of posts with The Black Keys already but i can't help it today, they're my medicine lol.  Such a great live band... I now just sit here at work looking up ways i can see them again! Productive day right??? HaHa

Happy Monday
~Penny Lane

A Rainy Day Deserves The Blues, Don't Ya Think?!

                         

A Rainy Day Deserves Some Blues, Don't Ya Think?!

                       


Personally, after what I've heard and seen from this man, I would go to say that he's the closest thing my generation has to a new age Eric Clapton.

I first heard of Gary Clark Jr. when I went to see the Crossroads Guitar Festival in NYC with my father this spring.  Both Eric Clapton and Mr. Blues himself...BB King have said that he's going to become the next best thing in great guitar players.  From an early start in Austin anyone could see he was someday going to be the next "big thing".  Once Clark met up with promoter Clifford Antone his life was changed!  Antone has launched many acts including Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughn.  From then on Clark was hooked up with some of guitars greatest and so on from there!

At the age of 29 he can already sound and play like one of the many classic blues greats that have been around for ages....from Eric Clapton to Buddy Guy.  His smooth vocals combined with a sort of fuzzy guitar sound are what make him stand out. 

I heard him play this song and I was hooked!  The song is called "Ain't Messin' Around" off his album Blak and Blu.  I just purchased the entire album and I'm in love!!!  I can't wait to see him become our next guitar legend in the years to come!! Do yourself a favor, check him out!!!

~Penny Lane

One of the Best Music Videos!!!!!

                  

One of the Best Music Videos!!!

                  


I love a good music video.... Don't ask me why but there's always been something about seeing a catchy video associated with a song that I love!  Maybe it was my addicted days of Pop Up Video.... lol

Mumford & Sons.... ahh what can I NOT say about this band! A band that can fill and rock out in tons of large venues, yet they don't even have a full time drummer!!!  The band has said in interviews that they have to work extra hard to put on one hell of a show.... going on to say that if they don't walk off the stage absolutely exhausted and breathless then it just wasn't a good show.  I would say they could be considered one of the hardest working indie rock bands out there touring right now.  I have yet to see them live but OOOO Boy am I trying!!!

I was mindlessly par oozing Facebook yesterday and kept seeing all my friends reposting the same music video.... finally I had to check out what all this commotion was about... well I literally laughed out loud in my office, not what I was expecting to see at all! Haha

For those of you who haven't seen it yet, well I'm not going to ruin the surprise... just watch and enjoy!  Thank you Mumford & Sons... Thank you!  The song is called "Hopeless Wanderer" and its off the groups Sophomore album Babel, and awesome follow up to an already great first!

~Penny Lane

The Buddy Holly Factor!!!

The Buddy Holly Factor

                        

My father is a hardcore Hall & Oates fan.... through the years I've grown to love them, even finding myself at a "Home For The Holidays" concert...(right dad?!?!) HaHa. 

Being the avid music fan that my father is, he came across Palladia TV and his life has been forever changed!  Well needless to say there is a show on Palladia called "Live From Daryl's House".  My dad found it and could not contain his excitement!!!

The DVR is now packed full with Live From Daryl's episodes!  For any of you who have no idea what I'm talking about let me break it down..... Live From Daryl's House is a TV show created by Daryl Hall from Hall & Oates.  He has put together a music show which features a different artist or musician every week to come to his house in Woodstock, NY and play with him and his band.  It's actually a pretty sweet show!  My father has now gotten me addicted to watching every week along with him (a little family bonding time!).  We came across an episode featuring a young artist from San Francisco named Nick Waterhouse.

First of all, this kids musical repertoire is ridiculous!  Throughout the episode he lists all the musicians and artists that have inspired him and influenced his sound.  His whole album, "Times All Gone", has a great mix of rhythm, blues, jazz and soul.  It's nice to see someone so young incorporating classic sounds to their new wave music.  My father and I couldn't get over how much he looks and dresses just like Buddy Holly!!!!

The song I featured today is probably my favorite off the album.  The song is called "If You Want Trouble"  and this is the version from Daryl's House!!! Hope you enjoy - check this album out! It's awesome!!!! 

Happy Monday! ~Penny Lane





Here We Go Again!!! Muddy Waters - Katie

 

 

Here We Go Again.....

 

 

 

                     https://myspace.com/muddymississippiwaters/music/song/katie-84230

 

 

Well hello again cyber world!  I took a small break from writing but have come to realize more and more lately that I miss it so!!

 

My question today..... What is in a name? Or your own name rather....  Don't tell me that you've never "Googled" yourself or typed your name into your ITunes search to see what awesome things can be related to your name!  I know I have! And so have you!

 

I've always been a tad bit annoyed at my parents for not stopping to think....  "Hey, we have a daughter, yaayy! We should name her after a sick Rock 'n Roll song!"  Growing up with the name Katie, well you could go and say that in the late 80's it was quite possibly the most popular name out there.  Yes, very Irish indeed and I have the freckles to prove it.  I also went to a Catholic school... so Catharine was very, very popular!! In my class alone there was about 6 or so of us Catharine's or Kate's.

 

I stop and think of all the awesome songs that are named after some pretty sweet chicks.... "Angie" The Rolling Stones, "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" The Beetles, "Sarah Smile" Hall and Oates, "Come On Eileen" Dexy's Midnight Runners, "Layla" Eric Clapton, "Maggie Mae" Rod Stewart... I could go on for days!!!!

 

Well I did some research a while ago and it turns out I have my own pretty bad ass song!!!!  I came across Muddy Waters at a young age.  I have some pretty awesome parents and lets just say they raised me right! (Especially in the music department.)  As I became more and more interested I came across a song titled "Katie" off the Unk In Funk album. Such a great album!!!

 

I of course became addicted with "My Song"!!!!  A perfect combination of funk and blues! I couldn't find a YouTube video to accompany today's post but click the link on the top and give it a listen!!!

 

 

Enjoy and have a great weekend!!!

~Penny Lane