Lady Sings The Blues! Billie Holiday - I'll Be Seeing You

                          

Remember in the 90's when Clueless was your favorite movie?  Well maybe not yours but defintely mine!!! I watched that over and over!!!!  Every time i listen to Billie Holiday i'm reminded of the scene where Cher thinks Billie Holiday is a man!  "Do you like Billie Holiday?"  "O, I love him!"  HaHaha makes me laugh every time!!

Today's Throwback Thursday is Billie Holiday's "I'll Be Seeing You."  Probably one of my top favorites from her.  No one in the world can sound like her!  Her voice is so smooth and soft, a lady who can defintely sing the blues! I could listen to it all day,  puts me in a relaxed  mood making me wish i was transported back to the 40's!

While deciding on this song for today, i thought back to when it was used in the dancing scene from The Notebook.  Awesome movie scene and hands down an amazing movie!!!  Where's my Noah?! I think i have to go home and watch it tonight!  It's been too long!!! 

I need a time machine that will send me to different musical era's!  Just to go to a party, hang out for a day, anything!  Well, a girl can dream right?!  Such a romantic song for the hopeless romantic in me forever! oye... lol

~Penny Lane

It's A Girl Thing..... Robyn - Dancing On My Own

                        

I've recently found a new show to watch now that it's become my most dreaded time of year, the time when all my TV shows end for the summer....  Girls on HBO is yes a little bit strange and sometimes a bit too much truth of my genreations relationship games lol, but i can't seem to stop watching. 

Hannah, the main character, is in a way trying to find herself after graduating college and entering the real world.  A funny/strange journey of her and her friends and their many distorted relationships.

While watching an episode the other night, Hannah finds herself a bit depressed with weird boy troubles.  The end scene is of her in her room trying to decide what to tweet.  She's listening to a sappy love song and as she's trying to decide what to tweet, she changes the song.  The song that comes on is the one above, "Dancing On My Own" by Robyn.  Slowly Hannah starts to move, she finally tweets something and then starts to dance to cheer herself up.  I love when a song can do that!  Here you are, depressed, angry, whatever and then a song comes on that just kinda speaks to you and starts to make you forget what was bothering you.  Dancing becomes your remedy!  Guys... it's a girl thing... you woudln't understand! HaHa

I loved Robyn when i was younger, knowing that she can come back years later and can still give me something to dance to is awesome!  Dance yourself into a better mood!!!

~Penny Lane

A Suprising Twist! John Mayer - Shadow Days

                           

Oooo John Mayer, you  never stop suprising me!!!  Pop to Rock, back to Pop, then to a Classic Blues/Rock!

I was excited to hear that Mayer was coming out with his 5th album, anticipating for months now!!  Even with all his media crazed bullshit, i will always say that i have loved and will love everything he comes out with.  I know a lot of people cut him down and out with all that's been happening media wise but you do have to admit that the boy's extremely talented!

Growing up as a child listening to CSNY and Neil Young, i'd say i've grown accustom and maybe a bit partial to the "Classic Rock/Blues" genre.  Good old rock 'n' roll has always been my favorite.  I always say that they don't make music like they used to...and well they don't!!  So you could expect my delight when this album reminds me of old CSNY, Allman Brothers and a lil After The Gold Rush of Neil Young!!

I found out that an added bonus of David Crosby and Graham Nash harmonizing on the track "Born and Raised."  How aswesome is that??!!  There is not one song that i would skip over on Born and Raised!!

"Shadow Days"  Featured above is the new single but there is everything from your Country type rock (Allman Brothers style) "Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey" to your slower ballad of pure cuteness (Love Is A Verb....Wedding Song for girls across the nation!)  Let the over playing of this album begin! Till i'm sick of it that is...

~Penny Lane

A Perfect Little Weekend! The Black Keys - Gold On The Ceiling

                      

What a great way to spend the weekend... with The Black Keys!  This Saturday I took my first adventure down to Atlantic City to catch The Black Keys concert at the Revel!  They were amazing live!!  I already wouldn't mind becoming a groupie to follow them from concert to concert!

The song above is off their latest album El Camino, it's called "Gold On The Ceiling."  Some friends that came to the concert had never heard of the Black Keys and were not too sure if they were diggin' their music.... I told them to give it a chance because they are such a great live band!  Well needless to say, they loved them!!  My musical genius shown through again! lol

I've also included a couple of photos from the fun night we had! Plus my own little clip!!

~Penny Lane

RIP Queen of Disco....The Donna Summer Special - Bad Girls

                        

Today's Throwback Thursday is short and sweet, dedicated to The one and only Queen of Disco, Donna Summer.  Sadly, Summers passed away today at the age of 63.  A pure talent of the disco age with hits like "Hot Stuff", "Last Dance" and my personal favorite featured today "Bad Girls." 

Summers will defintely be missed and so will her funky music! HaHa
P.S. this video is crazy amazing!!!  Boy did the girl have some style! Check out those shades!

~Penny Lane

Yaaayy Joe B!!!! Joe Bonamassa - Further on up the Road (Featuring Eric Clapton)

                      

I fully believe that this man has magic fingers!  Last night I went to see Joe Bonamassa with my father at Count Basie! (Or as we joke around and call him "Joe B") Such a privilege to see such great talent.... I would even put him on the same lines as Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.  The way he plays is unbelivable!!!

The whole time during the show we kept looking at each other saying, "how is he doing that??!!"  It literally sounds like a five piece band coming out of his 1 guitar!  As Joe was greeting the crowd, he had said how after coming out with 13 albums he has yet to have a hit song!  I couldn't believe it!! Someone with that type of talent starting at the age of 12 when he opened for BB King!

Bonamassa said the first song he learned to play in full was "Further On Up The Road."  He got to play that song along with a long time idle, Eric Clapton at The Royal Albert Hall.  That video id featured above, along with my own video from last night of his acoustic guitar solo!  Guess what Joe ended the concert with last night.... Whole Lotta Love!  If anyone was meant to play Zeppelin or atleast try to replicate Page, he's the man to do it!

Let Joe B give you an education in Blues and Rock 'n' Roll!! 
~Penny Lane

Song Of The Weekend! Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

                         

Song of the weekend? Yea.. it consisted of this one on repeat!  I don't know if any of you do this but sometimes when i discover or rediscover a song i like to listen to it non-stop!  I can pretty  much keep it on repeat and not get sick of it.... weird i know.

My weekend melody was "This Must Be The Place" by Talking Heads.  What a great band they are!! Yes, very strange indeed but super talented!!  This song has such an 80's funky beat that;s just addicting.  I don't think i've really disliked anything they've put out!  The album is entitled Speaking In Tongues and it has so many awesome tracks!

1. Burning Down The House *****
2. Making Flippy Floppy
3. Girlfriend Is Better ***
4. Slippery People ****
5. I Get Wild/Wild Gravity
6. Swamp **
7. Moon Rocks ***
8. Pull Up The Roots ***
9. This Must Be The Place *****

As true Talking Heads style, I can't really figure out what is happening in this music video... maybe it's supposed to remain a mystery!

~Penny Lane