The Trumpet Summons Us Again!

“The Trumpet” This comes from a weird old record called Sing Along With JFK, which was made up of Kennedy’s speeches played over music, with a very cheerful-sounding chorus singing his words after he speaks them. It almost sounds as though they are childishly mocking him, it’s just so bizarre. I can’t imagine why anyone would have thought that this would be a good idea. This is taken from the Happy Listener’s Guide To Mind Control tape.

Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z “Crazy In Love” – It’s just so great to hear them both performing up to their potential, isn’t it? Excellent stuff. I heart Beyonce.

Martina Topley-Bird “Need One” – Here’s another one living up to her potential, though to be fair, she’s never been anything less than spectacular. The band she’s playing with is Queens Of The Stone Age, if that means anything to you. In a better world, this song would be a huge mainstream hit in America, but in this world, it’ll probably just be a minor hit in the UK. It’s too bad that the American market is so segregated that a pop/r+b/rock hybrid like this would have a hard time finding airplay. It almost doesn’t matter that Michael Jackson hasn’t put out any decent music in the past several years, it wouldn’t get played anywhere for the same reasons.