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Til Tuesday
Til Tuesday (often stylized as til tuesday) was an American new wave band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The band, consisting of Aimee Mann (lead vocals, bass), Robert Holmes (guitar), Joey Pesce (keyboards), and Michael Hausman (drums), was active from 1982 to 1989. They are best known for their 1985 hit single "Voices Carry". History 'Til Tuesday first gained fame six months after its formation when it won Boston's WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble in 1983. Their original composition "Love in a Vacuum" (credited to all members of the group) received a fair amount of airplay on the station, and the group was eventually signed to Epic Records. "Love in a Vacuum" was re-recorded for the Epic debut album, 1985's ''Voices Carry''; however, the breakthrough song turned out to be the title track. The "Voices Carry" single peaked at number eight on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and is said to have been inspired by an argument between Mann and Hausman, who had broken off a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything's Different Now
''Everything's Different Now'' is the third and final studio album by the American band 'Til Tuesday, released in 1988. (see 1988 in music). Track listing # "Everything's Different Now" (Jules Shear, Matthew Sweet) – 3:56 # "Rip in Heaven" (Aimee Mann, Kit Hain) – 3:31 # "Why Must I" (Mann) – 3:42 # "'J' for Jules" (Mann) – 4:26 # "(Believed You Were) Lucky" (Mann, Shear) – 3:38 # "Limits to Love" (Mann) – 3:36 # "Long Gone (Buddy)" (Mann, Michael Hausman) – 4:34 # "The Other End (Of the Telescope)" (Mann, Declan MacManus) – 3:53 # "Crash and Burn" (Mann, Hain) – 4:46 # "How Can You Give Up?" (Mann, Hausman) – 3:38 Personnel ;'Til Tuesday *Aimee Mann – vocals, bass and acoustic guitar *Michael Hausman – drums, percussion and programming * Robert Holmes – guitars and background vocals * Michael Montes – keyboards with: *Haeryung Shin – violin *Peter Abrams – French horn * Marcus Miller – additional bass on "How Can You Give Up?" and "Long Gone (Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome Home ('Til Tuesday Album)
''Welcome Home'' is the second studio album by the American band 'Til Tuesday, released in 1986. It peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. The band supported the album with a North American tour. Production The album was produced by Rhett Davies. All of its songs were written or cowritten by Aimee Mann. Critical reception The ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that "Mann is adept at writing melancholy lyrics about shattered romance, but they don't have to be set to languid music." ''Montreal Gazette, The Gazette'' determined that "none of the members of this East Coast modern pop quartet could put together a decent song if it were written on their beautiful foreheads, and one more video band takes the gas." The ''Orlando Sentinel'' called ''Welcome Home'' "a warm, sepia-toned collection of tunes that exploit Mann's songwriting abilities." ''The New York Times'' concluded that "one by one, the songs just barely steer clear of self-pity... But together, they add up to an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voices Carry (album)
''Voices Carry'' is the first studio album by American new wave band 'Til Tuesday, released in 1985. 'Til Tuesday's debut single was the album's title track, which went to #8 on the Billboard singles chart and remains the band's best-known song. The "Voices Carry" video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist and was played heavily on MTV. It depicts a boyfriend trying to convert Aimee Mann to his upper-class lifestyle; she finally lashes out at him during a concert at Carnegie Hall, standing up from her seat in the audience and belting the lyrics ("He said, shut up! He said, shut up! Oh God, can't you keep it down?...") as she removes her cap to reveal her signature spiky, rat-tailed hair, while her boyfriend hides his face in embarrassment and the rest of the attendees look on in shock. Except for one short establishing shot of the exterior of New York City's Carnegie Hall, the video was shot completely on-location in Boston, MA. The Strand Theater in Dorchester's U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voices Carry (song)
"Voices Carry" is a song by the American rock band 'Til Tuesday. It was produced by Mike Thorne for the band's debut studio album, '' Voices Carry'' (1985). The accompanying music video, directed by D.J. Webster, received wide exposure on MTV and positive reactions from critics. It was nominated for numerous awards and is thought to be the reason behind the song's success. It was released in North America in March 1985. "Voices Carry" became the band's highest-charting single and their only top ten hit in the U.S., peaking at number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Internationally it reached the top twenty in Canada and Australia. Writing and lyrics There is some debate over the subject of the inspiration for the song. One claim says that an argument between Michael Hausman and bandmate/former girlfriend Aimee Mann inspired the song's lyrics, but producer Mike Thorne disputes this and states the lyrics originally had Mann singing to another woman and that the gender wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lead Vocals
The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ensemble as the dominant sound. In vocal group performances, notably in soul and gospel music, and early rock and roll, the lead singer takes the main vocal melody, with a chorus or harmony vocals provided by other band members as backing vocalists. Lead vocalists typically incorporate some movement or gestures into their performance, and some may participate in dance routines during the show, particularly in pop music. Some lead vocalists also play an instrument during the show, either in an accompaniment role (such as strumming a guitar part), or playing a lead instrument/instrumental solo role when they are not singing (as in the case of lead singer-guitar virtuoso Jimi Hendrix). The lead singer also typically guides the vocal ensem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Brion
Jon Brion is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer. He performed with the Excerpts, the Bats, 'Til Tuesday and the Grays before becoming an established producer and film score composer. Brion has produced music for artists and bands including Of Montreal, Aimee Mann, Love Jones, Eels, Fiona Apple, Elliott Smith, Robyn Hitchcock, Rhett Miller, The Crystal Method, Kanye West, Sky Ferreira and Mac Miller. According to ''Stereogum,'' Brion's work on Mann's first solo albums "lay the groundwork for a sound that became synonymous with a strain of notable alternative acts at the turn of the century". Brion's film scores include '' Hard Eight'' (1996), ''Magnolia'' (1999), ''Punch-Drunk Love'' (2002), '' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' and ''I Heart Huckabees'' (both 2004), '' Synecdoche, New York'' (2008), ''ParaNorman'' (2012), '' Lady Bird'' (2017), and ''Christopher Robin'' (2018). He released his debut solo album, '' Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
(Believed You Were) Lucky
"(Believed You Were) Lucky" is a song by American band 'Til Tuesday, which was released in 1988 as the lead single from their third and final studio album '' Everything's Different Now''. The song was written by Aimee Mann (music, lyrics) and Jules Shear (music), and produced by Rhett Davies. "(Believed You Were) Lucky" peaked at No. 95 on the US '' Billboard'' Hot 100. The single version of the song, which is also used on the video, is different to the album version, replacing the final profane chorus with a non-profane version. Background "(Believed You Were) Lucky" was one of a number of songs on ''Everything's Different Now'' which was inspired by Mann and Shear's failed relationship. Mann told Steve Morse of ''The Boston Globe'' in 1988, "It was a really amazing relationship. I thought it was very healthy to stay together, but Jules just couldn't make up his mind." Music video The song's music video was directed by Peter Wallach and produced by Michael Faerman and Wallach. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in 2020, and has twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist, Best British Male Artist. In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Costello number 80 on its Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Costello began his career as part of London's Pub rock (United Kingdom), pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk and new wave movement that emerged in the mid-to-late 1970s. His critically acclaimed debut album ''My Aim Is True'' was released in 1977. Shortly after recording it, he formed the Attractions as his backing band. His second album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Other End (Of The Telescope)
"The Other End (Of the Telescope)" is a song by American band 'Til Tuesday, which was released in 1988 on their third and final studio album '' Everything's Different Now''. The song was written by Aimee Mann and Elvis Costello. Costello recorded his own version of the song for his 1996 album ''All This Useless Beauty''. Writing "The Other End (Of the Telescope)" originated with Mann, who wrote the music and her own set of lyrics. She then sent the song to Costello and his main contribution was providing a new set of lyrics. He told ''The Guardian'' in 1996, " twas written with Aimee Mann, but we weren't in the room together. It's a bit like the song I wrote with Burt Bacharach recently; what I call mail order songs. Your partner sends you whatever part of the composition you're not writing, in this case the music. Mostly, my contribution was the words. It was specifically written for her and the situation she was in at the time. I kept the intro and then wrote a whole other sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Sweet
Sidney Matthew Sweet (born October 6, 1964) is an American alternative rock/power pop singer-songwriter and musician who was part of the burgeoning music scene in Athens, Georgia, during the 1980s before gaining commercial success in the 1990s as a solo artist. His companion albums, '' Tomorrow Forever'' and ''Tomorrow's Daughter'', were followed by 2018's ''Wicked System of Things'' and 2021's '' Catspaw'', his 15th studio effort. Early life, family, and education Sweet was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. He graduated from Southeast High School in Lincoln, in 1983. Upon graduation he moved to Athens, Georgia to attend college. Career 1980s As a high school student in 1980, Sweet wrote songs and recorded them on four-track cassettes. He joined the band The Specs and released his first recording on a battle of bands LP produced by a local radio station, and fronted his own local band called The Dialtones. After graduating, Sweet traveled to Athens, Georgia, to attend college du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States. The publication has won more than 40 Pulitzer Prizes. It is owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by the Times Mirror Company. The newspaper’s coverage emphasizes California and especially Southern California stories. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to labor unions, the latter of which led to the bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. In recent decades the paper's readership has declined, and it has been beset by a series of ownership changes, staff reductions, and other controversies. In January 2018, the paper's staff voted to unionize and final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
