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Song of the Day: Manchester Orchestra - Where Have You Been?

~ November 14, 2007 at 9:07 (Views: 46 )

I am a fan of Simplify Media, and their iTunes plug-in just got better by now also supporting Winamp. Now I can stream songs off my friends' machines regardless of which media player they use.

Today, I was trawling a friend's collection and saw an artist I had never heard before...Manchester Orchestra. So I just clicked and listened. It turns out that it was a great discovery, so I thought I'd share.

Manchester Orchestra - Where Have You Been? (mp3)

A nice side-effect of this use case is that the MyStrands client tracks these so if I'm streaming off an friends machine and I missed what I had played, I can just go and check out my play history.


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A Tale of Two Cats, A Diamond and Commercial Success

~ November 2, 2007 at 4:44 (Views: 195 )

There is a diamond commercial that is playing right now that has the web abuzz. The commercial is simple... a man quietly puts a diamond necklace on his wife while she is sleeping. The entire tone and emotional power of the commercial is provided by Cat Power doing a cover of "How Can I Tell You" by another Cat... Cat Stevens.

I don't go out of my way to buy Cat Power albums, but every time I hear any of her songs I like it. So, I went to search for it and you can find post after post of people asking "who does that song, I love it!". Well, the song is not available in anything more than the 30 second snippet from the commercial.

Cat Power - How Can I Tell You (mp3)

The word is that there is a Cat Power album of covers coming out next year. This commercial may very well turn Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power) into a mainstream star. Some people may call this a sellout, but I think when done right commercial soundtracks can be a very powerful tool. Nick Drake and Volkswagen. Feist and Apple. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole and eToys.

What to get a Cat Power fix to hold you over until the album comes out?
See the video at Cat Power Channel on MyStrandsTV


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