ONE WORD TRIGGERS
Music with expressionTRIGGER: Dandle
dandle (DAN-dl)
-verb
1. To move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one’s knee or in one’s arms.
2. To pet; pamper.
-synonyms
amuse, bounce, cosset, cradle, dance, fondle, love, nuzzle, pet, play, ride on knee, rock, sport, toss, toy with
TRACKS
- Spoon – Infinite Pet [album:Gimme Fiction 2005]
- American Babies – Rocker [album:American Babies 2008]
- Ben Folds – Rock This Bitch (Live Album Version) [album:Ben Folds Live 2002]
- Black Eyed Peas – Rock That Body [album:The E.N.D. 2009]
- Rob Thomas – Cradlesong [album:Cradlesong 2009]
- Atomic Kitten – Cradle [album:Greatest Hits 2003]
- Kate Nash – Play [album:Made Of Bricks 2008]
- Jamelia – Bounce [album:Thank You 2003]
- Black Eyed Peas – Movement [album:Behind The Front 1998]
TRIGGER: Materfamilias
materfamilias (MEY-ter-fuh-mil-ee-uhs)
-noun
1. The mother of a family
TRACKS
- Jack Savoretti – Mother [album:Harder Than Easy 2009]
- Leaf – Motherfucker [album:Lifes A Beach 2007]
- Usher – Mother’s Luv [album:Sex Appeal 2007]
- Dr. Hook – Sylvia’s Mother [album:Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Greatest Hits (And More) 1990]
- Eels – I Need A Mother [album:End Times 2010]
- Voxtrot – Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives [album:Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives 1 2006]
- Ronan Keating – Mama’s Arms [album:Songs for My Mother 2009]
- John Lennon – Mother [album:Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon 2003]
- B.B. King – A Mother’s Love [album:Reflections 2003]
- ABBA – Does your mother know [album:The Definitive Collection 2003]
Y Luv: Y Not?
The group Y Luv is a new one to me and from what I can make out they are still in college in Los Angeles but their debut EP ‘How Chill Can You Let Go’ was released on 24th April.
Band Members: Freddy Janney, Marcello Dubaz, Luke Hanna, Sam Nardella
Genre: Indie Pop-Rock
Influences: Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon, Bloc Party, The Killers
The track ‘All Night’ is well worth a listen: Sample it Here
A free download of the entire EP is available until around 24th May from their Bandcamp page here: http://yluv.bandcamp.com/
‘Y Luv – Nothing Matters‘
Website: http://www.iluvyluv.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ILUVYLUV
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/yluvmusic
TRIGGER: Incommodious
incommodious (in-kuh-MOH-dee-uhs)
-adjective
Inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable
-synonyms
annoying, awkward, cumbersome, detrimental, difficult, disadvantageous, discommoding, discommodious, disturbing, embarrassing, inexpedient, inopportune, pestiferous, prejudicial, remote, tiresome, troublesome, unhandy, unmanageable, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely, unwieldy, vexatious
TRACKS
- Newton Faulkner – Uncomfortably Slow [album:Hand Built by Robots 2008]
- Athlete – Awkward Goodbye [album:Black Swan 2009]
- The Boat People – Awkward Orchid Orchard [album:Chandeliers 2009]
- Craig David – Awkward [album:Trust Me 2007]
- Gabriella Cilmi – Awkward Game [album:Lessons to Be Learned 2008]
- KT Tunstall – Difficulty [album:Tiger Suit 2010]
- Robbie Williams – Difficult For Weirdos [album:Reality Killed the Video Star 2009]
- Madness – Embarrassment [album:Total Madness-All the Greatest Hits & More 2009]
- Howie Day – Trouble in Here [album:Stop All The World Now 2003]
One To Watch: Leftover Cuties
With a debut album set to release on 31st May, the Leftover Cuties offer a different twist to the ‘retro’ theme that’s very strong at the moment.
It’s Pop, but there’s a distinct 40′s feel. I’m thinking ‘prohibition’, ‘speakeasy’, ‘G-Men’, ‘Elliott Ness’. But somehow it works….and works well.
Listen to their Album Title track ‘Places To Go’
Watch the video for the track ‘Game Called Life’
Watch their version of Lady Gaga‘s ‘Poker Face’
Check out their website here: http://www.leftovercuties.com
There’s also a link on their site download a free copy of ‘Places To Go’
TRIGGER: Effloresce
effloresce (EF-luh-res)
-verb
1. To burst into bloom; blossom.
2. In chemistry, to change either throughout or on the surface to a mealy or powdery substance upon exposure to air
-synonyms
be in flower, bear fruit, blossom, blow, bud, burgeon, burst, develop, effloresce , fare well, flower, flourish, fructify, germinate, grow, open, prosper, sprout, succeed, tassel out, thrive, wax
TRACKS
- Air of December – Carnation in Bloom [album:William 2003]
- Wilco – When The Roses Bloom Again
- Badly Drawn Boy – The Blossoms [album:One Plus One Is One 2004]
- Diana Krall – A Blossom Fell [album:All For You 1998]
- Ben Lee – I Am a Sunflower [album:Breathing Tornados 2000]
- Cee Lo Green – Wildflower [album:The Lady Killer 2010]
- Destroyer – 3000 Flowers [album:Destroyer's Rubies 2006]
- Erik Hassle – Don’t Bring Flowers After I’m Dead [2009]
- Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Where The Wild Roses Grow [album:Murder Ballads 1996]
- Humble Souls – Watch My Garden Grow [album:Story Of Acid Jazz 2002]
- Eric Clapton – Let It Grow [album:Complete Clapton 2007]
TRIGGER: Polymorphous
polymorphous (pol-ee-mawr-fuhs)
–adjective
1. having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like.
2. polymorphic.
-synonyms
all manner of, assorted, changeable, changing, different, discrete, disparate, distinct, distinctive, divers, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, individual, legion, manifold, many, many-sided, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, multifarious, multiform, multitudinal, multitudinous, numerous, omnifarious, peculiar, populous, separate, several, sundry, unalike, unequal, unlike, variant, varied, variegated
TRACKS
- Joe Fuentes – Changing Lanes [album:Good Cup of Joe 2001]
- Lily Allen – Everybody’s Changing (Live) [2006]
- Boyzone – A Different Beat [album:By Request 1999]
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Mixed Up World [album:Shoot From The Hip 2003]
- Cousteau – Peculiarly You [album:Sirena 2002]
- Robbie Williams – How Peculiar [album:Escapology 2002]
- Boyzone – Separate Cars [album:Brother 2010]
- Thea Gilmore – Several Angels [album:Teach Me To Be Bad 2010]
TRIGGER: Fealty
fealty (fee-uhl-tee)
–noun
1. fidelity to a lord.
2. the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
3. fidelity; faithfulness.
-synonyms
constancy, dedication, devotion, divined, duty, faithfulness, fidelity, honor (honour), loyalty, obligation
TRACKS
- Cliff Richard – Faithful One [album: Something's Goin' On 2004]
- Lemar – Be Faithful [album: Truth About Love 2006]
- John Edmonds – Old faithful
- Regina Spektor – Fidelity [album: Begin to Hope 2006]
- D12 – Loyalty (Feat. Obie Trice) [album: D12 World 2004]
- Hurts – Devotion (With Kylie Minogue) [album: Happiness 2010]
- Weezer – Devotion [album: Weezer]
- G Love and Special Sauce – Honor And Harmony [album: Thicker Than Water 2003]
- Regina Spektor – Your Honor [album: Soviet Kitsch 2004]
- Sam Prekop – Two Dedications [album: Who's Your New Professor 2005]
The Airborne Toxic Event – Numb
Track: Numb
Artist: The Ariborne Toxic Event
Album: All At Once
Released: 26th Arpil 2011
Website: http://www.theairbornetoxicevent.com
Fecking Brilliant….add ‘em to your list!!!
TRIGGER: Wedding
It seemed appropriate to use this Trigger today.
Best wishes and Good Luck!
wedding (wed-ing)
–noun
1. the act or ceremony of marrying; marriage; nuptials.
2. the anniversary of a marriage, or its celebration
3. the act or an instance of blending or joining, especially opposite or contrasting elements
-synonym: marriage
TRACKS
- Brad Yoder – The Wedding Song [album:Etc. 2006]
- Busted – Crashed The Wedding [album:A Present For Everyone 2003]
- UB40 – Wedding Day [album:The Platinum Collection 2003]
- Weddings Parties Anything – Father’s Day [album:Trophy Night: The Best of Weddings Parties Anything 1998]
- Train – Marry Me [album:Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) 2010]
- Bruno Mars – Marry You [album:Doo - Wops & Hooligans 2010]
- The Beautiful South – Don’t Marry Her [album:Soup, Best Of 2007]
- ABBA – I Do, I Do, I Do [album:The Definitive Collection 2003]
- Lionel Richie – Say I Do [album:Louder Than Words 1996]
- Jude – I Do [album:No One's Really Beautiful 1998]
- Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You [album:So Far So Good 1993
- Elton John - Kiss The Bride [album:The Very Best of Elton John 1998]
One To Watch: Milo Greene
Just stumbled across this band and I have to say that it’s been a long time since I’ve been so instantly attracted to a song as I was with ’1957′
I can’t quite put my finger on a specific genre to classify it as, (maybe indie-pop, maybe folk-pop, maybe…), but it just shouts out Sunshine and Good Times!!!
As far as I can tell they’ve not been together as a group that long and are based in Los Angeles, California.
The line-up is Robbie Arnett, Graham Fink, Andrew Heringer, Curtis Marrero and Marlana Sheetz.
Milo Greene are definitely a keeper and one to watch closely.
Watch 1957 here:
You can download 1957 for free from their Bandcamp page here: http://milogreene.bandcamp.com/
Check out their website here: http://www.milogreene.com/
Share the love and tell the world about them…
TRIGGER: Matutinal
matutinal (muh-toot-n-l)
–adjective
pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day.
TRACKS
- Amos Lee – Morning [album:Amos Lee 2005]
- The Coral – In The Morning [album:The Invisible Invasion 2005]
- Eels – Saturday Morning [album:Shootenanny! 2003]
- Graham Colton – Morning Light [album:Drive 2004]
- Jody Wildgoose – Misty Morning Sunrise [album:Afterlife 2008]
- Junior Boys – In The Morning [album:So This Is Goodbye 2006]
- Lily Allen – Sunday Morning [album:Alright, Still 2006]
- Madina Lake – Morning Sadness [album:From Them, Through Us, to You 2007]
- No Doubt – Sunday Morning [album:Icon 2010]
- Razorlight – In The Morning [album:Razorlight 2006]
- Daniel Cox – Red Morning Sky [album:Pulse 2000]
TRIGGER: Peregrinate
peregrinate (per-i-gruh-neyt)
–verb
1. to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot.
2. to travel or walk over; traverse; voyage
-synonyms
circuit, cruise, fare, globe trot, go places, hie, hit the road, hop, jaunt, jet, junket, knock about, pass, proceed, process, push on, ramble, range, repair, roam, rove, safari, take a trip, tour, travel, traverse, trek, voyage, wander, wend
TRACKS
- Chris De Burgh – Journey [album:Road to Freedom 2004]
- Cloud Cult – Journey of the Featherless [album:Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) 2008]
- Fatboy Slim – The Journey (featuring Lateef) [album:Palookaville 2004]
- Irie Maffia – The Journey (feat. Kemon) [album:What's My Name?! 2009]
- Chris Curtis – Travelers [album:The Best of Our Lives 2003]
- Seth Lakeman – Tender Traveller [album:Hearts & Minds 2010]
- Ben Harper – Walk Away [album:Welcome to the Cruel World 1994]
- Franz Ferdinand – Walk Away [album:You Could Have It So Much Better 2005]
- The Kooks – Walk Away [album:Konk 2008]
- The Script – Walk Away [album:Science & Faith 2010]
- The Ting Tings – We Walk [album:We Started Nothing 2008]
- Hotrod Cadets – Walking in the Rain [album:Something in the Engine 2008]
TRIGGER: Scurrilous
scurrilous (skur-uh-luhs)
–adjective
1. grossly or obscenely abusive
2. characterized by or using low buffoonery
3. foul-mouthed, vulgar
—Synonyms
abusive, coarse, contumelious, defamatory, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, indecent, infamous, insulting, invective, lewd, low, nasty, obscene, offending, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, raunchy, ribald, salacious, scabrous, scandalous, shameless, slanderous, smutty, truculent, vituperative, vituperatory, vituperous
TRACKS
- Scissor Sisters – Filthy/Gorgeous [album:Scissor Sisters 2004]
- D12 – Filthy (feat.Eminem) [album:The Dirty Dozen (Bootleg) 2007]
- Chris Garneau – Dirty Night Clowns [album:El Radio 2009]
- Eels – Dirty Girl [album:Shootenanny! 2003]
- Fisher – Dirty Girl [album:Uppers & Downers 2002]
- Sugababes – Nasty Ghetto [album:Three 2003]
- Britney Spears – Outrageous [album:Greatest Hits: My Prerogative 2004]
- Paul Simon – Outrageous [album:Surprise 2006]
- Ruder Than You – Swatara [album:Horny for Ska 1996]
- Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone [album:Hearts Of Oak 2003]
TRIGGER: Chocolate
Traditional Easter fayre….delicious!!!
chocolate (chaw-kuh-lit)
-noun
1. a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
2. a beverage made by dissolving such a preparation in milk or water, served hot or cold: a cup of hot chocolate.
3. sweets/candy made from such a preparation.
4. any syrup or flavoring made from this preparation or artificially imitating its flavor.
5. a dark brown color.
–adjective
6. made, flavored, or covered with chocolate: chocolate cake; chocolate ice cream.
7. having the color of chocolate; dark-brown.
TRACKS
- Hot Chocolate – You Sexy Thing
- Kylie Minogue – Chocolate [Radio Edit] [album:Ultimate Kylie 2004]
- Muscles – Chocolate, Raspberry, Lemon & Lime
- R Kelly – Chocolate Factory [album:Chocolate Factory 2003]
- Snow Patrol – Chocolate [album:Final Straw 2004]
- Tom Waits – Chocolate Jesus [album: Mule Variations 1999]
Happy Easter
Just a very brief post to wish all who end up here reading this a very happy Easter.
- China Forbes – Easter Sunday [album: '78 2008]
Lily Allen – Blue Sky All The Way
What a glorious Good Friday it’s been.
Sunshine all day and beautiful blue skies….sounds like a cue for a song!
Coincidentally, it was 3 years ago (almost to the day) that I posted about another period of good weather here, so I thought I’d go with the same track for all the Lily Allen fans out there.
And what about ‘Our Lily’? What has she been up to recently?….
Well….the latest news is that she will celebrate her hen party at The Ritz hotel in London because she wants some “glamour” on her last day of singlehood. Her wedding to her fiance Sam Cooper is due to take place on 11th June in Gloucestershire.
It was recently rumoured that she was offered a spot on the judging panel for X-Factor but she turned it down. Pity, as I for one think she would have added some spice to the line-up.
Apparently she is concentrating on writing songs for a stage musical version of the successful book and film franchise ‘Bridget Jones’.
And of course she recently launched her fashion label ‘Lucy In Disguise’ with her half sister Sarah Owen and then there was the Channel 4 program ‘Lily Allen: Riches To Rags’.
So….not been up to much lately then, eh, Lil? 
- Lily Allen – Mr Blue Sky [2007]
TRIGGER: Corybantic
corybantic (kawr-uh-ban-tik)
-adjective
1. frenzied
2. agitated
3. unrestrained
-synonmyms
beside oneself, carried away, crazy, delighted, ecstatic, enthused, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hysterical, intoxicated, mad, overwrought, rapturous, thrilled, transported, wild
TRACKS
- Spooks – Crazy [album:Faster Than You Know... 2003]
- Fine Young Cannibals She Drives Me Crazy [album:The Raw & The Cooked 1988]
- Barry White – Its Ecstasy When You Lay Down [album:Love Songs 2003]
- Muse – Hysteria [album:Black Holes and Revelations 2006]
- Questionnaires – Madmen Do The Business [album:Arctic Circles 2003]
- Julie London – Mad About The Boy [album:Just Great Jazz Songs 2005]
- Daniel Cox – Mambo Madness [album:Pulse 2000]
- Rapture – I Need Your Love [album:Echoes 2004]
- Simply Red – Thrill Me [album:Stars 1991]
- Noisettes – Wild Young Hearts [album:Wild Young Hearts 2009]
TRIGGER: Osculate
osculate (os-kyuh-leyt)
–verb
1. to come into close contact or union.
2. Geometry . (of a curve) to touch another curve or another part of the same curve so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact.
3. to bring into close contact or union.
4. Geometry . (of a curve) to touch (another curve or another part of the same curve) in osculation.
5. to kiss.
TRACKS
- Scissor Sisters – Contact High (Demo) [album: Ta-Dah 2006]
- Alphabeat – Touching Me Touching You [album: This Is Alphabeat 2008]
- Kim Lenz and the Jaguars – Touch Me [album: It's All true 2009]
- Napoleon – I Love My Baby (But If Anyone Touches Her I’ll Kill Them) [2009]
- Black Eyed Peas – Union [album: Monkey Business 2005]
- David Ford – State Of The Union [album: I Sincerely Apologize For... 2006]
- Ben Harper – Steal My Kisses [album: Burn To Shine 1999]
- Right Said Fred – Don’t Talk Just Kiss [album: Up 1992]
- Flight of the Conchords – A Kiss Is Not A Contract [album: Folk The World Tour]
- Rosie Gains – Closer Than Close
Rocket To The Moon
I’m and instant convert!
My Son recently posted about some tracks on his blog and a band I’d never heard of were A Rocket To The Moon. What a treat I’d been missing!
A Rocket to the Moon is an american pop/alternative rock band who have released two EPs and a full length album. Their first studio full length was released in October 2009.
Nick Santino began the band in the summer of 2006 as an experiment, and decided to continue after receiving positive feedback. He was joined by guitarist Justin Richards and bassist Eric Halvorsen, and most recently, by drummer Andrew Cook.
The sound is definately Pop-Rock with a smidgen of Post-Punk mixed in for good measure. They remind me somewhat of The Argument, a USA college rock band that I happened across some years ago.
Definately one to add to the playlist!!!
As a sample to try, I’ll echo my Son’s choice of ‘She’s Killing Me’ taken from their 2009 album ‘On Your Side’ but also worth a listen is their version of ‘Single Ladies’ which comes from their 2010 EP ‘The Rainy Day Sessions’.
- A Rocket To The Moon – She’s Killing Me
- A Rocket To The Moon – Single Ladies
Visit their website here http://www.arockettothemoon.net/
For the sake of completeness, have a listen to ‘Grudge’ by The Argument and my personal favourite, ‘Inflatable Amy’
- The Argument – Grudge
- The Argument – Inflatible Amy
TRIGGER: Vociferate
vociferate (voh-sif-uh-reyt)
–verb
1. to speak or cry out loudly or noisily; shout; bawl.
2. to exclaim or cry out about (something) clamorously, vehemently, or insistently
-synonyms
protest; bellow; clamor; shriek; shout; utter
TRACKS
- Amos Lee – Shout Out Loud (Album: Supply & Demand 2006)
- Lostprophets – Everybody’s Screaming!!! (Album: Liberation Transmission 2006)
- Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out (Album: Heathen Cheistry 2002)
- Robin Barrett – Bawl Zout Wango!
- Sufjan Stevens – Soul Bellow (Album: The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras from the Illinois Album 2006)
- The Automatic – You Shout You Shout You Shout You Shout (Album: Not Accepted Anywhere 2006)
TRIGGER: Moratory
moratory (MAWR-uh-tawr-ee)
-adjective
1. Authorizing delay of payment.
2. Of, relating to, or resulting from delay in the payment or performance of an obligation
-synonyms
Delayed; Slow; Late; Sluggish
TRACKS
- Boz Scaggs – Payday
- Duffy – Delayed Devotion
- Irie Maffia – Slow Down Chale
- Michael Johns – It’s Too Late
- Newton Faulkner – Uncomfortably Slow
- Spinto Band – Late
- The Wombats – Lost In The Post
and…just for the crack…
- Bloc Party – Price Of Gasoline
TRIGGER: Praxis
praxis (PRAK-sis)
-noun
1. Practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
2. Convention, habit, or custom.
3. A set of examples for practice.
TRACKS:
- Barry White – Practise What You Preach
- The New Pornographers – Use It
- Odyssey – Use It Up And Wear It Out
- Linkin Park – Breaking The Habit
- Destiny’s Child – Bad Habit
WOW!!! Look at the dust in here!
I can’t believe that it’s two and a half years ago that I last posted here.
For many reasons I decided to cease posting to this blog but it seems that it just won’t go away. Judging by the number of hits it still gets every day, there are a large number of people out there that either have bugger all else to do with their time or liked the chance to listen to (hopefully) an eclectic mix of tracks inspired by just one word.
So…..making no promises about how frequently I shall post or how long it will last……let’s see if we can breathe some new life into this old dog….
Fingers crossed.
Baldyman
