Pomplamoose performing "My Favorite Things" is one of MY favorite things!
Tuesday, 26 January, 2010 at 3:58 PM Before I get started, here's a note to Dena Harris: Read this whole piece & watch the video please? Because I know it's not your thing, but I'm curious, see... curious as to whether you think they're fun, after all, or you still don't care. Thank you! (Plus, hey! Free link to show my thanks!)
Do you know Pomplamoose? Well, not know them, know them, but are you familiar with their music? No? You. Have. Got. To. Check. Out. This. Duo. No seriously. You must! And just because I've included the My Favorite Things video here doesn't mean that's the only style they perform. Oh no! How magnificent that musicians so talented not only write their own music but also cover such a range of performers as Beyonce and Michael Jackson The Chordettes and Simon and Garfunkle and Nat King Cole... I could go on. And they do it all with charm and humor and talent and extreme creativity and, oh, do I have to keep this up? Looking for ways to try to entice you to go check them out, when really I wish you would just stop reading already and go find out for yourself while these two are so special?
Since I first discovered Pomplamoose, any time I'm in need of a boost, I go watch one of their videos. It's impossible to be in a bad mood and watch Nataly Dawn and Jack Conte, the couple who make up this musical duo, perform. Okay. I won't give it away. Watch a few of their videos, read a bit from their bio, download their music... be in a happy mood with me!!!
PS: I shan't take credit for stumbling across Pomplamoose all by myself. Not that I couldn't have. But I didn't, so I'll tell you. My friend Nathan Daughtrey turned me on to them, which is no big surprise since a) Nathan is a musician, and b) he seems to discover all kinds of new musicians on a fairly regular basis. See. You should be friends with Nathan and you could discover interesting musicians, too. Or read his blog. Or read my blog, since maybe someday I'll tell you about somebody else great that Nathan turns me on to. But not today. Today's all about Pomplamoose. Go check 'em out, already!
Reader Comments (8)
This reminds me . . . we really need to have a conversation about music sometime. All the time we've spent together and we've never talked about the artists we like. Got a few to run by you.
Thanks for the shout-out!
:)
Oooooh! Cool! Can't wait to show Owen.
LOL! It's a little scary how well you know me. I opened your blog, saw the title and video, and started to click away until my name caught my eye. :)
So... it was okay. She has an intriguing look and I really like her voice. But I can't imagine this is something I would ever pull up to watch or listen to again.I was kind of ancy watching it, like, okay I get it, let's wrap up.
Nothing against the group. Again, I really liked the tone of her voice. I'm just not a big music person in general. Sorry. =( But thanks for trying!!!!
Chris, I'd like that - you're the first person ever to show me Shazam before I had an iPhone and I knew, then, that we should talk music.
Nathan, my pleasure!
Brenna, tell me what he says!
Dena, thanks for being such a great sport. I think I've got my next blog topic, too. Or one for soon. I call myself all open-minded and un-needing of everybody around me to be the same, right? And you don't try to twist my arm and turn me into a runner. (Eek.) Why, then, do I seem to want, so badly, for you to enjoy the music I do? Or to the level I do? Hmmmm! Oh yea, that one should be fun to explore...
I enjoyed this. She is beautiful--I like her voice. Thanks Nathan for showing this to Melody.
So check this out. I popped by to see if you had a new blog post up yet. You didn't, but I decided to watch this video again - and enjoyed it more than the first time. That's the key to understanding me and music. I do not like things I don't know! Even though I know the words to this song, I didn't know how they were doing it. BUT, once I'd heard it and knew what to expect, I could relax and enjoy it the next time.
I think that's why I'm not a big fan of live music. I don't know the songs, I don't know what to expect. I like to relax to what I know.
So, perhaps this helps unravel the mystery of Dena? (At least in part...)
Mom, I thought you'd like it.
Dena, this story makes me happy. Cool to have a fresh slice of insight. Unraveling the mystery, a little every day! :)