I am such a rock 'n' roll purist that I went through all of my iTunes songs and inserted and/or replaced the supplied album cover pic with the track's single artwork instead. It took a while to complete the project, but now I have a wider variety of images which are more directly associated with the song I'm listening to. In fact, most of the artwork you see on this blog are from the cover of the song's single release.
It's real easy! Find the image on-line; save the image on your computer; right click on the iTunes song; click on 'get info'; click on 'artwork'; click on 'add', find the picture in your files and you're good to go!
Okay, here are a few just-released songs (and pics) you may want to add to your collection!
"COME ALONG"-VICCI MARTINEZ (with CEE LO GREEN)
"COME ALONG"-VICCI MARTINEZ (with CEE LO GREEN)
One listen and I was hooked! The slow, driving beat pulls you in but it's the perfectly paired voices of Vicci Martinez (who took third place on "The Voice") and Cee Lo Green who give this bluesy track its soul. It'll take just one-half of a listen to "Come Along" (which was originally recorded by Swedish artist Titiyo in 2001) before you accept Vicci's invitation and start singing with the chorus.
“I think the lyrics are really important for people today, for all of us but especially for our generation,” says Vicci. “We can break the cycle and habits that our society has been stuck in. It is a time of evolution, evolving into our divine, most perfect self. I feel this is a step that I’ve been trying to take and by singing this song, I’m asking everyone else to come along with me and take a stand.”
"GUARDIAN"-ALANIS MORISSETTE
I know it doesn't seem as though it's been over 15-years since the release of her breakthrough Jagged Little Pill, but I'm here to reassure you that you will not be aurally bitch-slapped while listening to Morissette's latest single "Guardian." The gentler, kinder, more nurturing Alanis has, more than likely, once again borrowed words from her personal diary and set them to a flowing rollercoaster back-track.
For now, this is all you get from the Canadian songstress as her seventh album, Havoc And Bright Lights, will not be available until August 28.
"HEARTBEAT"-JJAMZ
Katy Perry and I both agree that the perfectly-produced "Heartbeat" from this California supergroup should be the summer song of 2012. The LA-based musical collective known as JJAMZ (pronounced juh-jamz) got its moniker from the first-name initials of the five best friends in the band: Jason Boesel (Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes), James Valentine (Maroon 5), Alex Greenwald (Phantom Planet), Michael Runion (solo) and Z Berg (The Like). I hear it! Can you?
Also very good and worthy of a few moments of your time...
"THIS HEAD I HOLD"-ELECTRIC GUEST
"STARE INTO THE SUN"-GRAFFITI6
"TAKE A WALK"-PASSION PIT
