Year: 2007
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Song of the Week: The Star Spangled Banner
As you can tell from the header above, the anniversary of our Nation’s Independence is nearly upon us. Accordingly, the Pax Plena song of the week is none other than our National Anthem, The Star Spangled Banner. Normally, I would write a longer post analyzing the song and musical styles but in this instance, I…
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Song of the Week: This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race
The Pax Plena song of the week comes to you courtesy of Alternative music sensation Fall Out Boy and is titled, This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race. FOB has been a recent introduction to yours truly although the group has been around on the order of a few years. Like most success stories…
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Song of the Week: Painter Song
After last week’s 80s blast from the past, this song of the week is of a more mellow hue. Taken from eleven-time Grammy Award winner, Norah Jones, the Pax Plena song of the week is whimsically titled, Painter Song. Musically, the song carefully opens with the melded strains of acoustic guitar and Jones’ soft vocals.…
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Song of the Week: Walk of Life
We’re all about change here at Pax Plena. After a one time song of the week siesta (due largely to a confused blogger coming off a long weekend), this week’s Pax Plena song of the week is back with a vengeance. Stretching the boundaries of genre, good taste and form, the Pax Plena song of…
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Song of the Week: Guitars, Cadillacs
The Pax Plena song of the week comes to you from country music legend Dwight Yoakam and is titled Guitars, Cadillacs. As some fans may recall, way back in 1986 Dwight Yoakam took the country music world by storm introducing an unexpected resurgence of Buck Owens’ “Bakersfield sound” to an ailing industry which had begun…
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