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R.I.P. Mitch Miller

This week’s threesome is from Love and Rockets. Enjoy!

This week’s threesome have David Sylvian as the common denominator. The first song is from his band Japan.

Next up is a song from his brilliant solo work, The Secrets of the Beehive. Just check out the talented guests on the recording.

The last of the threesome is from The First Day, a project with Robert Fripp (and a host of other musical greats.)

Enjoy these songs!

This week’s Threesome is dedicated to Dawn Summers. I bet you didn’t know it was her birthday, did you? Who am I fooling? The entire world knows it is her birthday. Even the Empire State Building is lit up white/white for her birthday – get it, vanilla, vanilla? I bet you were thinking racist thoughts instead.

Enjoy this threesome of birthday songs. And Ms. Summers, I insist that you listen to each one.

The first birthday song to get you started is from Röyskopp.

The second birthday song is from The Birthday Party. I know that Dawn is a Nick Cave fan so she should enjoy this one. ; )

The third birthday song is from Altered Images. Whenever I think of birthday songs, this one always pops into my head, even before The Beatles and Sugarcubes.

I considered using The Smith’s Unhappy Birthday but Dawn would really think that I hate her if I had included it in the threesome.

- and if you live in the Washington DC area, be sure to pick up some yummy cupcakes from Hello Cupcake and more importantly, if you are a nice person, send some to Brooklyn!

This week’s threesome is from The Clash. As our Independence Day nears I thought I’d do a threesome of politically-tinged songs. Enjoy!

And if you are in NYC and looking for something to do this holiday weekend, check out the nycgo.com site.

I thought I’d mix up this week’s threesome a bit. The three songs are not from the same artist but are instead three cover songs.

First up is Gary Numan’s Down in the Park covered by the Foo Fighters.

Second is The Lovemongers covering Led Zeppelin’s Battle of Evermore.

And finally, Moby covers Joy Division with New Dawn Fades.

I’ve been slacking on my Mary Monday and Twofer Tuesday again so it looks like another threesome for this week. Not that I’m complaining, I’m thumbs up for a good threesome. Enjoy this one from the Pixies.

Due to the holiday and catching up at work I missed this week’s Mary Monday and Twofer Tuesday. I thought I’d make up for it with a Threesome Thursday. Sorry, no pictures.

Carrying on with some more Robert Fripp, here are three from King Crimson. These are best played on the loudest volume that you can endure. Enjoy! (everyone except Dawn Summers who will definitely not like any of these songs.)

Yesterday’s Mary song was from Robert Fripp so i thought I’d carry him over to the Two for Tuesday. And like yesterday I included two versions of the same song, today I’m doing the same.

A lot of prog rock fans think Mr Fripp is not very nice to his fans but I can’t agree with that. A long time ago I went to see Mr Fripp give a lecture on his music and electronics. I wanted to get a good seat so I showed up at the venue early. There were three of us sitting by the main door. One guy was playing Fripp’s cd Exposure out loud and we were all listening. The front door opened and out walked Robert Fripp with his guitar. He knelt down and starting playing along with the recording. Needless to say, the three of us were speechless. After the song ended, he got up and went back through the door. Of course we were all excited about what happened. I think at that point it was sealed that Robert Fripp was my musical god.

Granted this was only one interaction with him, and maybe he can be rude to his fans, it’s just a part of him that I have never experienced.

Two songs that are on Exposure also appear on two Peter Gabriel cds. I’ve included the Gabriel version of Exposure as well as the Fripp and Gabriel versions of Here Comes the Flood. Enjoy!

I’m done with the Mary Anns for now, back to the plain ole Mary Mondays this week. This week’s Mary Monday is courtesy of Robert Fripp. He’ll also be your Two for Tuesday artist tomorrow. Here are two versions of the same song from Exposure. The first one is sung by Terre Roche, the second by Daryl Hall.