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      <pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:46:54 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Am i the Same Girl  - Barbara Acklin]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4846</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A staple Northern Soul fave ,though not a dancer its cool breezy rhythym has been loved and revered by everybody from Dusty Springfield to Joss Stone ,.A relentless verse chorus onslaught boosted by fantastic brass and clen drums with a melody to sit down for .One of this over exposed genre.s unsung artists who is well worth a second look .]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:46:54 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[She - Gram Parsons ]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4845</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The single word title would always at least conjure an expectation of beauty in this instance that expectation is surpassed ,its country in the conventional sense ,it tells of loss ,lonliness and the pain of daily life ,its also tender and tells of hope and joy through singin and escaping a dreary existance ,yes all this really happens in about three beautiful minutes .I would recomend this in the truest sense ,to enlighten,to improve ,to educate and to soothe.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:52:19 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[into the clouds - sound of arrows]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4844</link>
         <description><![CDATA[beautiful and vivid. compelling with swells and drops in volume.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:39:36 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4843</link>
         <description><![CDATA[This song is a straight-up rock song with a great verse melody and infectious sing-along chorus.I am featuring this song on my blog http://www.songfortheday.com this coming week.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 05:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Prototype - OutKast]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4842</link>
         <description><![CDATA[I knew nothing about OutKast, and know little more now. What I do know is that this song was from a concept album in which both members of Outkast ("Andre 3000" and "Big Boi") produced a side each. Also from what I understand, this track may not be typical of their usual stuff. I also found out that this was played to death on the radio when it was released, so this may not be a new song to many. Not being a commercial radio listener, I missed it when it was released!I'm not sure what attracted me to the song first off. Perhaps it was how sparse and basic it seems, perhaps the humour in it ("stank you smelly much" - real lyrics in this love song), or perhaps the "behind the scenes" audio, like Andre's dicussion with the engineer. Why would he leave that in, I wonder. Is it a theme that runs through his side of the album? Anyway, a soulful and beautiful, if not strange song which I heard on a compilaton called "Strange Soul" put out by Albion Records.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 08:27:02 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Niki - The Third Wave]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4841</link>
         <description><![CDATA[It took me a while to get a copy of this album as even the out-of-print re-issue on Crippled Dick Hot Wax (that's the name of the label, folks. Promise!) sells for a bit these days. I'm glad I got it as it's a fantastic album - the only LP released by the 5 Filipino/American sister vocal group, although I think they released at least one 45". Discovered by George Duke, he wrote the arrangements and his trio of the time provides backing. The album was recorded in Germany (released by MPS) and is a little bit poppy, a little bit jazzy, a little bit funky. There are a number of songs which could be recommended (a number of them jazz standards, such as 'Maiden Voyage' and 'Cantaloupe Island'), but the one I've chosen is 'Niki'. I hadn't come across this track before getting the album, unlike a few of the other tracks which have turned up on compilations over the years.Another commendable and notable track on the album, and which I discovered through a compilation created by 'mine host' of Musical Taste, Senhor Delicado, is "Waves Lament". Absolutely fantastic.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 05:43:06 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Reaching out from Here - The Boo Radleys]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4840</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A Band doomed by the vagueries of fashion ,too late for the Madchester boom and too early for Britpop,despite consistantly great records like this ,a melancholy ,sixties influenced piece of perfect pop,never quite breaking into glee but a memorable chorus and a fine economic restrained pop song.A band worth looking back on in small doses]]></description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 07:42:17 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[In The Year 2525 - Visage]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4839</link>
         <description><![CDATA[This songs flower power origins  always seemed at odds with its retro future predictions for mankind,so when it was re recorded amidst the static buzz of late seventies synths it suddenly made more sense ,a mildly treated vocal from Steve Strange still retains the melody but the backing track transports its sentiments to a more appropriate time line a gives a great song a bigger and better home .]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:54:44 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mr Wilson - John Cale ]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4838</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The Mr Wilson in question is Beach Boy Brian, a rather obvious lyrical homage,musically speaking its a whole differnt ball game ,a sutle pop song with a great chorus which improves with repeated listens ,its sound is closer to the prog pop of Genesis or Supertramp and of course Brian Eno who aided and assisted on this fine track from a fine album Slow Dazzle.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:09:48 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Love and Pride  - KING]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4837</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A huge hit in the U.K in 1985 and the debut single from a band with global potential still retaing elements of the quick fire genres that happened in those times edgy punk sentiments ,white boy funk and even the two tone /mod revival appeal ,all things to all people ,all the ingredients to make the perfect contemporary pop song,.Its rousing anthemic chorus should have been the springboard to stadium size success which somehow slipped away within a year or two,perhaps its catch all ambitions recalled the adage that you cant please all the people all the time .This one piece of brilliance still remains as a monument to all the should have beens and great white hopes.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:40:17 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Peach, Plum, Pear - Joanna Newsom]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4836</link>
         <description><![CDATA[You will either love this one or hate it.  Joanna's voice is something I've never heard before, but I immediately fell in love.  She also uses a very large instument which I believe to be a harp.  She has some other beautiful songs, but none as facsinating as peach, plum, pear.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:40:19 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Park - Feist]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4835</link>
         <description><![CDATA[I feel like I've found love when I hear this song.  I also love love the acoustic sound.  Go outside when you're listen to this one...if you have those capabilites that is.  You'll enjoy it.  Promise.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:34:24 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Just Like the Movies - Regina Spektor]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4834</link>
         <description><![CDATA[I'm already a huge fan of Regina, but for me this is her absolute BEST.  Good luck finding it because I'm pretty positive it's not on any of her cd's, but it's a very beautiful song that you can hear her sing live on youtube.  It's so weary but very beautiful all at the same time.  However I feel like it's the simple, yet honest lyrics that blow me away.  &quot;Don't say goodbye like you're burrying him.  Cause the world is round and he might return.&quot;]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:30:21 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Swallowed in the Sea - Coldplay]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4833</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Sound is suttle in the beginning- (a mute organ is playing)and rises gradually. Voice is insanely calming.The song has so much meaning and it just makes you think about what's out there and it'ss my fav song write now. It's kind of a love-song- but it makes me think more?]]></description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:02:05 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[VJC - Clifford Coulter]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4832</link>
         <description><![CDATA[This is one of my all-time favourite tracks - most probably in my top-5 - and is a perfect example of what I understand "jazz-funk" to be. I came across it many years ago on a compilation put out by French label "Big Cheese Records". I hunted down the album it was from (not sure if it's been re-issued - or if it has, it hadn't been then) and was pleased to find that the whole album was strong with most songs carrying a similar vibe to VJC. Those that were different, were still great.I'm not sure what VJC stands for. I wonder if it's the initials of someone close - his mother or another familiar member perhaps? Throughout many of the tracks, he seems to be playing a character with chatter between the tracks leading one into the other leaving.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:09:25 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[James Brown - Nancy Dupree]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4831</link>
         <description><![CDATA[So, the song is called 'James Brown' and is written by a teacher, Nancy Dupree, with her students who are heard singing. It was recorded in 1970. By all reports a strong-headed and hearted woman, Nancy Dupree had much motivation for social causes and artistic output which didn't reach far beyond her home town of Rochester, NY, until the last decade or so. It was during this last decade that I first came across this track on a German compilation focussing on 'black movement' songs.Ugh... Good God]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song - Jadon Faith]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4830</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Acoustic cover of the hit song in the 1970's by original artist, B.J. Thomas.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:21:59 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Step Out - The Mamsa  and Papas ]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4829</link>
         <description><![CDATA[If you are familiar with the,by now,well played M and P sound this will surprise you ,a gentle ,light funky ballad with an entirely male led vocal .The measured ,considerate vocal by John Phillips takes the Mamas and Papas into a new mature almost sophisticated territory.Regretably short at 2.20,the previous sunshine pop makes way for new feeelings and concerns ,from a fantastic album callled &quot;People Like us &quot; which seemed to pave the way for what came to be known as AOR,the relentless sunshine of California discovers the humidity of 70,s L.A .This was their last record]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:59:27 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Rei do Carnaval - Ivan Lins]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4822</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Ivan Lins is a prolific song-writer, with his songs being covered by many artists from Brazil and beyond. Chances are you would've heard one of his songs before as they've been covered by names such as Sarah Vaughan, George Benson and Mark Murphy to name a few. This track is the opener from his debut 1974 album 'Modo Livre'. The CD reissue doesn't list the musicians on the album but it sounds like Sivuca singing parts in this - if not, I'm sure he was an influence. I like the way this song shifts from a feeling of happiness to a moment of 'concern' (not sure how to describe it, but that's how I hear it) in a single chord change only to return to its originally feeling. At the end there are some swells on the strings that just do something to my insides. Amazing how something so simple and fleeting can have such an impact.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sat, 9 Jan 2010 16:08:18 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Movin’ in the Right Direction - Steve Parks]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4821</link>
         <description><![CDATA[This has been a favourite of mine for years. If the sun's shine was converted into music, it would sound something like this. Released in 1981 on Steve Parks' only LP release (as far as I'm aware), this oft compiled track has stood the test of time. Another track I don't tire from listening to.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sat, 9 Jan 2010 15:52:32 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[I’m Wishing - Lorez Alexandria]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4820</link>
         <description><![CDATA[This track is for the heart-broken and the lonely. It's mournful and the lyrics are sad - yet it's still a pleasure to listen to. Originally released in 1968, I was introduced to it through a Gilles Peterson compilation on Luv N Haight titled "Gilles Peterson Digs America 2".]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sat, 9 Jan 2010 15:42:20 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room) - Flight of the Conchords]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4819</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Fans of Flight of the Conchords, who bill themselves as "New Zealand's 4th most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo", will know this track already as it is one of their most popular. Although lyrically clever and funny, I think their music writing is saved a lot by the production, to the point where the songs are very listenable and enjoyable (I wouldn't be recommending other wise, I guess). From their first widely available album (self-titled), this track is a highlight, as is 'Ladies of the World' (especially the shortvocal reprise - hard to believe it's them at times), and 'Business Time'. The second album has some great tracks also. The TV show's worth catching also.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sat, 9 Jan 2010 15:30:14 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sexual Healing - Hot-8 Brass Band]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4818</link>
         <description><![CDATA[I think Marvin would be proud of this version, though quite unlike the original. A typical brass band sound introduces the song for a couple of verses which then drop out as drums and hand-claps accompany a group singing vocals over the top. Raw yet fun. I've edited this audio clip to try get as much as possible a feel of the song into it.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sat, 9 Jan 2010 14:48:35 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Turkish Bath - The Don Ellis Orchestra]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4817</link>
         <description><![CDATA[When my musical tastes changed nearly 20 years ago, it was a drastic shift. This track, and the album it's from, was definitely significant in this change. It was a completely new sound for me and even now, all this time later, I still love it. Don Ellis was a trumpet player and band leader. He was renowned for composing and arranging tunes in really unusual time signatures (this track, in 7/8, is an example). In fact, it's said that the only song he played in 4/4 was Take Five (a little joke for the musos out there ;)...). It was 1968 that this was recorded, so at the peak of experimentation Western/Eastern music fusion. This track starts off with sitar providing the rhythm which is then picked up by the rhythm section. Ellis comes in with his personally created quarter-tone trumpet. For some, the sound is dissonant and unpleasant. Stick with it - you get used to it. From then on in, it's an energy roller-coaster, as hip as it is cool. After numerous solos, the track subsides and seems to end as the lone sitar returns. But then it picks up the riff again and *BAM* - back into the track with even more energy than before. I'm spent!]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sat, 9 Jan 2010 14:42:51 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bumblebee - Roman Andren]]></title>
         <link>http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=4816</link>
         <description><![CDATA[You'd be forgiven for thinking this one of Sergio Mendes' hipper tracks from his Brasil '66 or '77 period. It has that old sound to it and is really warm. It starts off breezy and builds with energy whilst Roman Andren, a young Swedish musician, composer and DJ, plays some beautiful electric piano over the top. Although it starts off with vocals over a sparse bass and electric piano combo, the vocals don't come in again until a while into the track. By the end of the track, the energy is at its most, yet still breezy, with brass, vocals and hand-claps providing a sense of a party. It's the perfect song for a summer's day or, close your eyes on a dreary winter's day and be transported.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sat, 9 Jan 2010 14:32:14 GMT</pubDate>
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