Random Friday Post ~ Happy Birthday Late Greats!
Yessirrebob, The Late Greats turns one year old today. I could wax all nostalgic about the past 365 days. Instead, I have decided to write a mission statement, besides the slogan (“home for the greatest songs never heard” which was paraphrased from the Wilco song that gave this blog its name). So here goes:
The Late Greats strives to introduce fans of music to new bands/artists/musicians that do not get much exposure in the blogsphere. Some criterion for “songs never heard”: well-written songs with meaningful lyrics and a nice melody; musicians that deserve more publicity than they get; and some miscellaneous stuff that I like that I have stored on my shelves and in my hard drive.
Am I exceeding in this mission? Leave a hullabaloo (or at least wish The Late Greats a happy birthday)
Oh, yeah, here are some birthday songs.
Soso ~ Birthday Song (sorta like Eminem)
Rusty James ~ Birthday (sorta like The Replacements)
Rigas ~ Happy Birthday (sorta like Moby)
Rustle of Luv ~ Birthday Girl (sorta like a walk in the woods with drunk band of hippies)
THC Squared ~ Happy Birthday (sorta like Green Day meets Bloodhound Gang)
Terry Gajraj ~ Chutney Birthday (sorta indescribable)
Sondre Lerche ~ Happy Birthday Girl (sorta long but worth a listen)
Michael Bach ~ Happy Birthday (to me) (sorta low-key)
Andrew Bird ~ The Happy Birthday Song (sorta like, the best album-ending song released in 2005)
Bright Eyes ~ Happy Birthday To Me (Feb. 15) (sorta like the Michael Bach song but still Conor)
I should give some thanks to the blogs/bloggers who have given The Duke some help/support over the last year (in beta-alpha-cal order as usual). Thanks guys and gals!!
Songs: Illinois/Craig
Some Velvet Blog/Bruce
music is art
Ick Music
I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS/Heather
Everyday Life/Marc
Ear Farm/Matt
Contrast Podcast
Best Week Ever
If I forgot anyone, sorry.
Other Randomness ~ Adventures in Time ~ Stars ‘n Bars ~ Summer Mashups ~ Mountain Songs ~ Xmas in July ~ Dave Eggers ~ Waltzing One ~ Waltzing Two ~ Waltzing Three ~ Is This The Best Wilco Song Ever? ~ Inlove with Insound ~ A Bunch of Allisons ~ Is This The Best Postal Service Song Ever? ~ 2006 Fall Mix ~ Cocktail Songs ~ Extremely Long Sorrowful Song ~ Songs With Friday In The Title ~ A Treasure-trove Of Xmas Music ~ Spotlight on Coconut Joe ~ 6 From ‘06 That Are 6 Minutes ~ A Good Week? ~ Scratch and Spliff ~ Random Repost ~ Ukulele Songs ~ Battle of the Bands ~ Mashups ~ Yes, I Think You’ve Heard This Before
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11 hullabaloos:
happy bday duke! :) its been a pleasure, and thankyou for yr support too
Happy, happy birthday. I visit every day because we have similar taste in music. I've enjoyed the last year very much. My blog will be a year old in a couple of weeks. My music page has 452 songs on it. You're welcome to check them out.
http://www.putfile.com/cuidado/
You can also get there through:
http://cre8ive1.blogspot.com/
yay! congrats on a year!
Awesome! You blog is definately in my top three fav music blogs ever, and I visit every single day! You have awesome stuff that can't be found anywhere else... so yes, you are succeeding fantastically in your mission :) Keep up the good work!!!
You exceed my expectations every day, and consistently add value to my synergies.
Happy Birthday! I adore your blog because it always has such great music, so keep up the good work!
Happy Day, Duke. Thanks for setting the blogging standard, and for introducing me to some great music too.
Happy Birthday and best wishes!
Thanks for everything.
xoxo, Ashley
Happy birthday indeed, dear Duke! I think you are succeeding fabulously in your mission, and i often just listen to your streampad instead of the radio. Beats my cd collection, which i mostly stopped adding to about 6 years ago. Cheers!
Happy birthday! Really digging the blog, and good luck with another year of greatness.
good job duke fuck. amazing shit all over the place. excellent!
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