MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1 — “This Is Halloween”)

Released on this day in 1993…

we got some pretty unforgettable music…

from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.

(Music Cut #2 — Jack Skellington speaking)

By the way, Jack Skellington actually had…

two different voices.

Actor Chris Sarandon handled the talking…

but when it came time to sing…

(Music Cut #3 — “What’s This?”)

That was Danny Elfman!

Yep, the same guy who composed the soundtrack…

also provided Jack Skellington’s singing voice.

(Music Cut #4 — “What’s This?”)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“The sights, the sounds
They’re everywhere and all around
I’ve never felt so good before” – Danny Elfman “What’s This?”

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3,2, 1 – New Music Monday / 10-12-26

(3,2,1 New Music Monday Intro)

Welcome to Music That Matters with 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday.

This week: Troye Sivan gets some help from Hollywood, Greta Van Fleet builds a palace, and Sheryl Crow delivers it short and sweet.

Plus, new Royal Blood, Good Charlotte teams up with a Marley, and Johnny Cash goes blue on vinyl.

(Countdown Video)

3 major album drops.

First up – Troye Sivan with his fourth studio album, She’s the Best.

(“She’s the Best” clip)

Apparently Troye decided that the music alone wasn’t enough.

Nicole Kidman showed up in the title-track video, while Ian McKellen lends his voice to “Party.”

(“Party” clip)

Troye’s building himself a rather impressive guest list.

Next, Greta Van Fleet returns

(“Play Your Games” clip)

The album title – Palace for the People – was inspired by London’s Alexandra Palace, better known as “Ally Pally” — or “the People’s Palace.”

Maybe Greta Van Fleet will bring that massive 2027 tour there?

(“Saw You Stand” clip)

And then we have Sheryl Crow with Pick You Up.

(“Pick You Up” clip)

Don’t turn it on and leave the room because it’s just seven songs.

But you know what – Sheryl Crow doesn’t need 17 tracks to make her point.

(“Freedom Bus” clip)

2 new singles.

The Royal Blood duo says this one is about what music can do to your mind and your mood.

(“Dead Company” clip)

The song is “Dead Company” and it’s also another taste of Royal Blood’s upcoming self-produced album.

Next – Good Charlotte with Ziggy Marley on “U R.”

(“U R” clip)

That song was originally released under The Madden Brothers back in 2014.

Eventually, they pulled it from streaming.

Now they’re bringing it back under the Good Charlotte name – with Ziggy Marley joining this new version of “U R.”

(Record Scratch video)

And finally, one vinyl pick.

Johnny Cash with Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.

(“Blistered” clip)

The 1969 album has been reissued on blue vinyl.

The original album hit number one on the country chart and includes “Blistered,” “See Ruby Fall,” and “If I Were a Carpenter”

(“If I Were a Carpenter” clip)

Johnny Cash on blue vinyl?

Yeah. I’m good with that.

That’s your 3 albums, 2 singles, and 1 vinyl for the week.

This has been 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday

Until next time.

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released on this day in 1994…

Korn gave us their debut album…

simply titled…

Korn.

(Music Cut #2)

One of the album’s songs – “Shoots and Ladders” –

takes childhood nursery rhymes…

and turns them into something a whole lot darker.

But there’s also another unusual sound…

heard in the song.

(Music Cut #3)

Bagpipes.

That’s lead singer, Jonathan Davis, himself playing them.

He learned to play as a kid…

and even performed in a school pipe band…

and now… with Korn.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Hidden violence revealed darkness that seems real
Look at the pages that cause all this evil.” – Korn “Shoots and Ladders”

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released on this day in 1995…

Green Day followed up Dookie…

with their fourth album…

Insomniac.

(Music Cut #2)

For the album cover…

Green Day turned to artist Winston Smith…

who created this pretty bizarre collage.

He spent more than 48 hours in a row…

working on it.

(Music Cut #3)

Billie Joe Armstrong asked him…

how he managed to stay awake for so long.

His explanation?

He was an insomniac.

And just like that…

Green Day had a name…

for their new album.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“My mind is set on overdrive
The clock is laughin’ in my face
A crooked spine, my senses dulled
Past the point of delirium.” – Green Day “Brain Stew”

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1 – opening guitar of “Seasons in the Abyss”)

Released on this day in 1990…

Slayer gave us their fifth album…

Seasons in the Abyss

(Music Cut #2 – “Seasons in the Abyss,” heavier section)

The album’s title track took the band somewhere pretty unexpected.

Producer Rick Rubin had an idea for the music video.

He sent Slayer…

all the way to Egypt.

(Music Cut #3 – official music video, pyramids footage)

That’s Slayer…

performing in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza.

And according to guitarist Kerry King…

they got access to some of those locations…

by bribing people…

with cigarettes…

and pornography.

(Music Cut #4 – more official music video)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Close your eyes
Look deep in your soul
Step outside yourself
And let your mind go.” – Slayer “Seasons in the Abyss“

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Movies That Matter / 10-09-26

(Movies That Matter Intro)

(Movies That Matter Intro)

Welcome to Movies That Matter, where we look at three movies worth knowing about before the weekend begins.

Facebook is getting exposed again, Jessica Chastain has a really creepy houseguest, and Dolly Parton is heading back to the office.

(Countdown Video)

What’s new? The Social Network grew up – and Aaron Sorkin is taking us back into the world of Facebook with The Social Reckoning.

(The Social Reckoning clip – “The Algorithm Changed”)

Mikey Madison plays whistleblower Frances Haugen, who teams up with a Wall Street Journal reporter played by Jeremy Allen White to expose some of Facebook’s biggest secrets.

(The Social Reckoning clip – “We did.”)

And if social media isn’t scary enough…

(Other Mommy clip “Can I go into your heart?”)

Jessica Chastain stars in Other Mommy, playing both a young girl’s mom… and the creepy thing pretending to be her.

(Other Mommy clip “Where is she?”)

So if a creepy copy of your mom asks to come inside…

Just don’t open the door.

(Other Mommy clip – Mom Smiling)

And finally…

9 to 5 is returning to theaters for a special one-week engagement.

Dolly’s back on the big screen – and there’s an even better reason to go.

Net proceeds from U.S. ticket sales will benefit Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library through the Dollywood Foundation.

(9 to 5 clip)

46 years later… they’re still working 9 to 5.

That’s this weekend’s Movies That Matter. From Facebook whistleblowers to creepy double mommies to one very familiar office, there should be something waiting for you at the movies.

Until next time – keep on popping the corn.

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1 — “Rusty Cage”)

Released on this day in 1991…

Soundgarden gave us their third album…

Badmotorfinger.

(Music Cut #2 — “Rusty Cage”)

A few years later…

producer Rick Rubin approached Chris Cornell…

about rearranging “Rusty Cage”…

for another artist.

But Cornell couldn’t make the song work.

So he passed.

(Music Cut #3 — Johnny Cash, “Rusty Cage”)

That artist…

was Johnny Cash.

Initially, Cornell thought…

it was a terrible idea.

But when he finally heard Cash’s version…

Cornell admitted…

he was totally wrong.

(Music Cut #4 — Soundgarden, “Rusty Cage”)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Cutting my teeth on bars and rusty chains
I’m gonna break my rusty cage and run.” – Soundgarden “Rusty Cage”

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1 — “Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night”)

Yesterday…

John Paul Jones showed up with R.E.M.

So, for another day…

we’re going to stick with Led Zeppelin…

via Robert Plant.

(Music Cut #2 — Robert Plant, “Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night”)

Back in 1990…

Plant recorded this song for his album…

Manic Nirvana.

And it became a Top 10 hit…

on Billboard’s rock chart.

But Plant wasn’t the first to record it.

(Music Cut #3 — Kenny Dino’s original recording)

That would be Kenny Dino…

all the way back in 1961.

Nearly 30 years before Robert Plant…

but also before Led Zeppelin even existed.

(Music Cut #4 — Robert Plant)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Don’t you cry, don’t you cry, don’t you cry no more
Ain’t it gonna be the way it was before.”

– Robert Plant via Kenny Dino “Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1 — opening of “Drive”)

Released in the U.S. on this day in 1992…

R.E.M. gave us one of the biggest albums of their career…

Automatic for the People.

(Music Cut #2 — “Drive”)

Several songs on the album…

needed string arrangements.

So R.E.M. brought in another musician…

to help put it all together.

This guy came from a very different kind of band.

(Music Cut #3 — Led Zeppelin music cut)

John Paul Jones…

from Led Zeppelin.

He arranged the strings on four songs…

including “Drive”…

and “Everybody Hurts.”

(Music Cut #4 — “Everybody Hurts”)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“If you think you’ve had too much
Of this life, well hang on.” – R.E.M. “Everybody Hurts”

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1 – “Gentlemen”)

Released on this day in 1993…

The Afghan Whigs gave us their fourth album…

and one of the darkest breakup records of the ’90s.

Gentlemen.

(Music Cut #2 – more “Gentlemen”)

Gentlemen was basically Greg Dulli…

digging through the wreckage of a relationship.

But when he got to one particular song…

he decided…

maybe the woman should finally get to tell her side.

(Music Cut #3 – “My Curse” – Marcy Mays vocal)

So the microphone was handed off…

to Marcy Mays of Scrawl.

BUT — when Dulli started telling her how he wanted it sung…

she told him…

to get out of the studio.

He did.

And when he came back…

he realized…

she was right.

(Music Cut #4 – “My Curse”)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Curse softly to me baby
And smother me in your love
Temptation comes not from hell but from above.” – The Afghan Whigs “My Curse”

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