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The 9 Volt Years
''The 9 Volt Years (Battery Powered Home Demos & Curios (1979-198?))'' is a compilation of early recordings by Marshall Crenshaw. It includes first versions of Crenshaw's best known songs, including "Someday, Someway" and "You're My Favorite Waste Of Time". Track listing All songs written by Marshall Crenshaw, except where noted. #"Run Back to You" – 2:32 #"Someday, Someway" – 2:33 #"Love Can Be Bad Luck" (Crenshaw, David Was, Don Was) – 3:18 #"Stay Fabulous" (Crenshaw, Robert Miller) – 2:29 #"Everyone's in Love with You" (Robert Crenshaw, Marshall Crenshaw) – 2:25 #"You're My Favorite Waste of Time" – 2:57 #"Like a Vague Memory" – 3:21 #" Bruce Is King" – 3:55 #"That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On" (Roy Alfred, Del Serino) – 2:50 #"She's Not You" (Robert Crenshaw, Don Jones) – 2:49 #"The Thrill of the Fight" – 0:09 #"First Love" (Crenshaw, Rick Cioffi, Fred Todd) – 2:22 #"Something's Gonna Happen" – 2:00 #"I'm Sorry" (Bo Diddley Ellas McDaniel (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall Crenshaw
Marshall Howard Crenshaw (born November 11, 1953) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for hit songs such as " Someday, Someway," a US top 40 hit in 1982, " Cynical Girl," and "Whenever You're on My Mind." He is also the co-author of one of the biggest radio hits of the ‘90s, the Gin Blossoms, "Til I Hear It from You." His music has roots in classic soul music and Buddy Holly, to whom Crenshaw was often compared in the early days of his career, and whom he portrayed in the 1987 film '' La Bamba''. Born in Michigan, Crenshaw performed in the musical ''Beatlemania'' before releasing his self-titled album in 1982. Crenshaw could not replicate the commercial success of ''Marshall Crenshaw'' and follow-up '' Field Day'' (1983) with later albums. Crenshaw has also contributed songs to other artists, writing singles for Kirsty MacColl and the Gin Blossoms. A quote from Trouser Press summed up Marshall Crenshaw's early career: "Although he was seen a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock (music)
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razor & Tie
Razor & Tie was an American entertainment company that consisted of a record label and a music publishing company. It was established in 1990 by Craig Balsam and Cliff Chenfeld. Based in New York City (with additional offices in Los Angeles and Nashville), Razor & Tie releases were distributed by Universal Music Group. Razor & Tie initially focused on compilation albums and re-issues. Directly marketed through television spots, the label had early success with 70s, 80s and 90s-themed albums, beginning with ''Those Fabulous 70s'' in 1990. A retail label was launched in 1995 to release new albums from established and developing artists, including Dar Williams, Graham Parker and Marshall Crenshaw. Razor & Tie continued to expand their rock signings, and by 2016, with releases by artists including The Pretty Reckless, Starset, All That Remains and Red Sun Rising it had become a leader in the genre. In 2001, Balsam and Chenfeld created Kidz Bop, a series of albums with young singe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miracle Of Science (album)
''Miracle of Science'' is the seventh studio album by singer/songwriter Marshall Crenshaw, and his first studio effort for the indie imprint Razor & Tie. Having left the major labels to increase his creative control, Crenshaw produced the album and played most of the instruments. Due to its status as Crenshaw's first indie album and first largely-self performed album, ''Miracle of Science'' has been singled by Crenshaw as a "case of circling back" to his pre-major label roots. He was largely spurred to record the album due to his faith in the song "What Do You Dream Of?": he explained, "I had 'What Do You Dream Of' as of 1992, a few years before the album. To some extent it was about needing to do an album in order to get that song out. You couldn't just do a single back then, at least I didn't think so." Crenshaw also revived "Starless Summer Sky" for the album, having co-written the song as "Starlit Summer Sky" in 1979. He recalled, "That was the first song that I ever co-wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
447 (album)
''#447'' is the eighth studio album by rock artist Marshall Crenshaw. It was released in 1999 on Razor & Tie. It was re-released in 2021 on Shinytone, in both vinyl and CD formats. There are two bonus tracks on the re-released CD. Track listing All songs written by Marshall Crenshaw, except where noted. #"Opening" – 0:49 #"Dime a Dozen Guy" (Crenshaw, David Cantor) – 4:05 #"Television Light" – 4:44 #"Glad Goodbye" – 4:05 #"West of Bald Knob" – 3:26 #"Tell Me All About It" (Crenshaw, Richard Julian) – 3:41 #"Ready Right Now" (Crenshaw, Bill Lloyd) – 4:49 #"Eydie's Tune" – 3:18 #"T.M.D." (Crenshaw, Bill Demaine) – 3:24 #"Right There in Front of Me" – 4:06 #"You Said What??" – 3:18 Personnel *Marshall Crenshaw - vocals, guitar, bass, drums, drum machines, percussion, Mellotron, celeste *Brad Jones – bass, chamberlain, electric piano, organ *David Hofstra – bass *David Sancious – electric piano *Greg Leisz – dobro, lap steel * Bill Lloyd – guitar, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Christgau
Robert Thomas Christgau ( ; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most well-known and influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and later became an early proponent of musical movements such as hip hop, riot grrrl, and the import of African popular music in the West. Christgau spent 37 years as the chief music critic and senior editor for ''The Village Voice'', during which time he created and oversaw the annual Pazz & Jop critics poll. He has also covered popular music for ''Esquire'', ''Creem'', ''Newsday'', ''Playboy'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Billboard'', NPR, ''Blender'', and ''MSN Music'', and was a visiting arts teacher at New York University. CNN senior writer Jamie Allen has called Christgau "the E. F. Hutton of the music world – when he talks, people listen." Christgau is best known for his terse, letter-graded capsule album reviews, composed in a concentrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Favourite Waste Of Time
"You're My Favorite Waste of Time" (also known as "Favorite Waste of Time" and "My Favourite Waste of Time") is a song written and first released by American singer Marshall Crenshaw. His 1979 home demo of the song was released as the B-side of his 1982 hit "Someday, Someway" and is available on his compilations ''The 9 Volt Years'' and '' This Is Easy: The Best of Marshall Crenshaw''. Written by Crenshaw while in ''Beatlemania'', the song was inspired by the Hollies and featured tongue-in-cheek lyrics about his wife. The song, though originally a B-side, would later be covered by many artists, including Bette Midler, who had a minor hit with the song in Australia and the US in 1983, and Owen Paul, who reached number 3 in Britain with his rendition. Original version "You're My Favorite Waste of Time" was one of the first songs Marshall Crenshaw wrote, preceding his 1982 hit, "Someday, Someway". Crenshaw explained, "That's one that I actually remember writing. I was still in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Someday, Someway
"Someday, Someway" is a 1982 song by American rock musician Marshall Crenshaw. The song was released on his 1982 debut album, ''Marshall Crenshaw''. A breakthrough song for Crenshaw, "Someday, Someway" originated as a take on Gene Vincent's "Lotta Lovin'." Crenshaw wanted to use the beat to create a hypnotic effect and wrote a new melody around it. The lyrics were described by Crenshaw as simple, but with a hidden depth; he later claimed that the lyrics had been influenced by the beginnings of his marriage. Crenshaw's version of the song was released as a single in 1982 after Robert Gordon covered and released the song in 1981. Both versions saw early success on New York radio, though Crenshaw's rendition saw greater success nationally. The song ultimately hit the top 40 in the United States and has since become Crenshaw's most famous song. It has since been covered by multiple artists. Background and recording "Someday, Someway" was one of the first songs Marshall Crenshaw wrot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Was
David Jay Weiss, known as David Was, is an American musician, music producer and journalist. With his stage-brother Don Was, he was the founder of the 1980s pop group Was (Not Was). Career Was was born in Detroit, Michigan to a Jewish family. A graduate of Oak Park High School in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park, Michigan, and later the University of Michigan, Was left his native Detroit for California, and found employment as the jazz critic for the now-defunct Hearst daily the ''Los Angeles Herald Examiner'', where he forged friendships with Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis and Mel Tormé. With his childhood friend Don Was he went on to form Was (Not Was), composing the lyrics and music and playing various instruments, primarily flute, keyboards and harmonica. Reviewed by ''The New York Times'' in 1980 as "the funkier art-funk band," Was (Not Was) used members of Funkadelic, alongside jazz musicians like trumpeter Marcus Belgrave; and singers Mel Tormé and Ozzy Osbourne. They rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Was
Don Edward Fagenson (born September 13, 1952), known professionally as Don Was, is an American musician, record producer and record executive. Primarily a bass player, Was co-founded the funk-rock band Was (Not Was). In later years he produced songs and albums for many popular recording artists including, since 1994, The Rolling Stones. In 2012, he became president of jazz music label Blue Note Records. Life and career Born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, Was graduated from Oak Park High School in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park, then attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor but dropped out after the first year. A journeyman musician, he grew up listening to the Detroit blues sound and the jazz music of John Coltrane and Miles Davis, amongst many others. As a teenager, Was took further influence from 1960s counterculture, most notably John Sinclair. In high school, Was became the lead singer and guitar player in a Detroit rock band called the Saturns. The first r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're My Favorite Waste Of Time
"You're My Favorite Waste of Time" (also known as "Favorite Waste of Time" and "My Favourite Waste of Time") is a song written and first released by American singer Marshall Crenshaw. His 1979 home demo of the song was released as the B-side of his 1982 hit "Someday, Someway" and is available on his compilations ''The 9 Volt Years'' and '' This Is Easy: The Best of Marshall Crenshaw''. Written by Crenshaw while in ''Beatlemania'', the song was inspired by the Hollies and featured tongue-in-cheek lyrics about his wife. The song, though originally a B-side, would later be covered by many artists, including Bette Midler, who had a minor hit with the song in Australia and the US in 1983, and Owen Paul, who reached number 3 in Britain with his rendition. Original version "You're My Favorite Waste of Time" was one of the first songs Marshall Crenshaw wrote, preceding his 1982 hit, "Someday, Someway". Crenshaw explained, "That's one that I actually remember writing. I was still in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blues Is King (song)
"Blues Is King" is a 1985 song by American rock musician Marshall Crenshaw. The song was released on his 1985 album ''Downtown''. Originally written as an instrumental titled "Bruce Is King," the song features lyrics inspired by the B.B. King album ''Blues Is King''. Though not released commercially, the song appeared on a 1985 promotional single. The song has since seen positive critical reception, though Crenshaw has expressed disappointment with the song's lyrics. Background "Blues Is King" originated as an instrumental titled "Bruce Is King" (named in reference to musician Bruce Springsteen). Crenshaw made this original demo playing Mosrite guitars. "Bruce Is King" was later released on the rarities album ''The 9 Volt Years''. Crenshaw recalled struggling to come up with lyrics for the song; he explained, "I was really struggling to come up with an idea. I thought of this old B.B. King album title, ''Blues Is King''. I made that the title of the song." Crenshaw attempted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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