I Recently Discovered.

The Tallest Man On Earth.





I've previously documented my tendency to discover songs on TV shows and this is no exception. I'd seen "Tallest Man..." on posters for festivals, but I never bothered to look him up till I heard his song on Parenthood (watch it and watch the film).  I'm hooked! He sounds like more modern Bob Dylan. He is definitely someone I'm be looking forward to seeing live. 


Daniel Martin Moore - It is Well With My Soul

I love this song, in spite of it's religious leanings. I think it is one of those songs that transcends religion. Daniel Martin Moore sings it so beautifully, every since I heard it, I try to tell myself - "It is Well With My Soul" when I'm getting stressed out or freaking out about something and it really calms me down. There is a detailed history of this song on Wikipedia. 


Tom Freund - Little Room of Mine





I don't remember hearing this on Parenthood, but when I went over to the Parenthood page on NBC it was on the list of songs featured and I thought I should check it out. And I'm glad I did. 

I think I fell for a song on TV/Free Music Download - Raising Hope/The Postelles - White Night

Heard this on "Raising Hope" and immediately fell in love with The Postelles!


They have received amazing reviews from magazines like 'rolling stone'. So, if you are the kind of person who likes to discover bands before they really start to make it big now is your chance.


Because The Postelles are so awesome, they are giving the single "White Night" away for FREE! simply follow enter your email to the box below and the song will be send to you. Or go to their website (http://www.thepostelles.com/) and download it from there.

Happy Monday!


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I think I fell for a song on TV - Parenthood

Very few shows feature a song by Devendra Banhart, even fewer shows feature two songs by Devendra Banhart in one season. That plus, using Bob Dylan’s Forever Young as it’s theme song, makes this show a musical force to be reckoned with.

In Season 1 episode 3, Lauren Graham’s character brakes up with her boyfriend/one night stand (the coffee barista) at his work and she tries to leave, but her car won’t start and Brett Dennen’s ‘Make You Crazy’ plays in the background. It was pure perfection! After that I started watching the show with a pen and paper so I can make note of the songs.

The entire season has got amazing storyline and music. It makes me happy to see the likes of Josh Ritter and Brett Dennen getting airplay on a mainstream show, it’s not radio, but it will do.

Parenthood manages to break my heart into many little pieces and build it back up again with a great end montage and beautiful music.  I think all the songs are worth listening to, but here are a couple of my favourites. Luckily, NBC.com has a full list of all the song featured and it is categorised by episode.

Bob Dylan – Forever Young

Brett Dennen – Make You Crazy

Loudon Wainwright III – The Swimming Song

Rocco Deluca – When You Learn To Sing

Josh Ritter – Change Of Time

My Robot friend – By Your Side

Monster Of Folk – Baby Boomer

Alexi Murdoch – Wait

I discovered him on the O.C. He is constantly overlooked and so underrated,  I just had to include him.

Run DMC –It’s Tricky

It is cliché to describe this as an "oldie, but goodie"?! 

Bedouin Soundclash  - When The Nights Feels My Soul.

This is one of those songs that many people know (from TV ads), but they don’t know who sings it.

Ben Sollee -  Try

Check: http://www.nbc.com/parenthood/music/ for more

I Think I Fell For The Song On TV - Cold Case

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Like Scrubs, Cold Case is pretty much set to music. They've had more than a hand full of episodes centred around the music of musicians such as; Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, Johnny Cash and Rolling Stones. 


It is great to see a show that understands the relationship between story telling and music. It has led me to discover and appreciate a lot of music I would never have given the time of day. The use of music on Cold Case  works well with the premise of the show, like having the right costume for the time period, the music is that extra component that takes the viewer to the place and time when the murder first happened. 




My favourite finds;


CCR - Have you ever seen the rain?



Jackson Browne - Running on Empty



The Troggs - Love is all around



Cursive - Gentleman Caller



Men without Hats - Safety Dance

This song was referenced on scrubs, but I had no idea what they were talking about till I saw this. 


Soul Hooligan - Soul Searching



The four Vagabonds - Rosie The Riveter



England Dan & John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight



Solomon Burke - The Judgement



Queen Latifah - Ladies first



Canned heat - Goin up the Country



There are many, many others that I didn't include for whatever reason, so check out: http://www.have-dog.com/coldcase/ for more music.
This youtube user has done an amazing job of compiling some of the music featured on the show: http://www.youtube.com/user/MrsMac5. 




I finished writing this and it occurred to me that every single show in my "I Think I Fell For The Song On TV" series has been cancelled .




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I think I fell for the song on Tv - Ugly Betty

UGLY BETTY


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I've been a fan of Ugly Betty since season one, the plot lines keep getting better and better. But, it wasn't till this season that the show really step it's game up in the music department.It prompted me to give V.V Brown a chance and led to me discover Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes. I'm not sure who picks the songs, but they get top marks for the revamp and for not sticking with popular stuff. 


I wish I could find clips to illustrate my point but I can't, so I'll just go straight to my favourite clips.


VV Brown



Edward Sharpe



Mocean worker - Move



Guajiros - Enamorados 



The New Ponographers - Adventures In Solitude 

I was a fan before Ugly Betty, but totally forgot about them. This episode of Ugly Betty made me dig up 'Electric Version'.


Freelance Whales - We Could Be Friends  



Melanie Fiona -- Bang Bang



Jasmine Ash - I wished for you



 Jeremy Messersmith - Miracles



The London Souls - Stand up





Till next week! 
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More music from Ugly betty and other shows: http://www.tvshowmusic.com/shows/uglybetty/season04.html

That's A Rap

Heard this on flashforward and as usual I hit google trying to find out the name of the song. Luckily, abc.com has a list of the music featured in each episode.








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I Think I fell for the song on TV - Eli Stone

ELI STONE



Eli Stone: image source: google images

Once the season opened with Jon Brion's 'Knock Yourself Out', I knew I was going to love this tv show.  The short lived series is about a lawyer Eli Stone (played by Johnny Lee Miller ) who has a brain aneurysm which gives him visions of the future. Like Scrubs, music plays a big role in this Tv series.  The entire first season was named after songs by George Michael and the episodes occasionally have a musical number. 


They even got George Michael to appear in one of the episodes;





Moments like that when he is caught having one of his singing/dancing hallucinations in public made me cringe. Also like 'Scrubs' the music adds to the story, although it does so to a larger extent on Eli Stone. The song in the music numbers often contain a clue or some advice for Eli. 


Some lovely person on youtube created a montage of the musical numbers;





I guess it was like an adult version of Glee.


After watching the first season I went on a quest to download all the songs featured. And I was glad I did, it led me to discover Mando Diao - an amazing Swedish band. I would like to believe that if the show went on for longer they would have released an official soundtrack, but unfortunately that didn't happen. It was cancelled before the end of the second season. 


My favourite discoveries;


I tend to write these things in no particular order, but this is number one without a shadow of doubt. The rest are in no particular order (LOL).













Sunday Afternoon from Remyyy on Vimeo.

















Writing about this series makes me want to watch it all over again, I might have to buy the DVDs.




More on songs from Eli Stone: http://heardontv.com/tvshow/Eli+Stone/Season+1
http://www.tvshowmusic.com/shows/elistone/



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I Think I fell for the song on Tv

This is the start of a short series about television and music. It is an amalgamation of two of my passions: television and music. I’m writing this based on television shows I watch and recommendations from friends/family (my sister is very keen on ‘House’ being on the list!).

SCRUBS


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It’s a little known fact that Christa Miller (played Dr. Cox's wife Jordan, but she is married to the show's creator Bill Lawrence) picks most of the music for Scrubs – most people credit Zach Braff. The song that is generally associated with Scrubs is the theme song ‘I’m no superman’ by Lazlo Bane, but the piece of music that made me start associating Scrubs with good music Joshua Radin’s Winter.

Discussing the music from Scrubs, Bill Lawrence said;

"A lot of times when we're outlining a show, we'll do it with a song in mind, because we really try to make the lyrics land with the visuals images that we're showing," he explained. "We're especially careful about this nowadays, because so many shows are doing end-of-show musical montages now. If they don’t stand out and they don’t seem special and well done, then you seem like you're just one of the crowd."

There is no way this list would exist without Scrubs. Christa Miller and the music + edit department changed the way viewers relate with music on television. On most television shows you have a theme song and occasionally a trendy song in the end of an emotional episode. On Scrubs the music is part of the episode, it tells the story, along with the dialogue and the images. For instance, the use of Joshua Radin’s Winter in the episode where Brendan Fraiser’s character (Ben) dies is apt because without being cheesey, the opening line (I should know who I am by now) captured how displaced the characters - particularly Dr. Cox, felt after his (Ben’s) death.


Shows like Grey’s Anatomy and House have gone to replicate Scrub’s use of music to a decent level of success. ‘Scrubs’ is (partly) responsible for my foray into music that is off the beaten path. I discovered Joshua Radin and looking into his influences led me to rediscover Paul Simon, Bob Marley and Cat Steven/Yusuf Islam as an adult. I had listened to their music as a kid, but it’s very different listening to their music consciously as an adult, stripping away the nostalgia and listening to the lyrics.

My favourite discoveries from the show:












I haven’t listened to most of those songs in a while, but I still love them very much and think of them fondly.

For more scrubs music season 1 – 7 check out: http://scrubs.mopnt.com/music/
Quote Source: http://blogcritics.org/video/article/cultivating-a-cult-audience-an-interview/page-3/