Lewis and his shirt

A couple weeks ago on Sirius XMU I came across Owen Pallett "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt" from his album Heartland. It blew me away. Owen Pallett is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist from Toronto. He was formerly known as Final Fantasy (yes after the video game series). The song blew me away...especially the end. Why? Well if you see my last post you'll know why. I swear he's a dead ringer for Christopher Cross in the vocal department. Well at least at the end of the song. I'm yet to check out the album in it's entirety yet but I plan on doing so soon, its on my list. Enjoy.

Its not far down to paradise.

When I was a kid there was no one cooler when it came to musical tastes then my dad, he introduced me to the Beach Boys and Boston at a young age and they went on to become two of my favorite bands. When I was a bit older he started buying records religiously to play on his new turntable. He'd come home with some albums that I strictly loved because of the album covers. One I remember in particular was Christopher Cross' debut album. The one with the pink flamingo on it. The one with "Sailing" on it.

I remember when "Sailing" would come on in the car and I would voice my displeasure to my father or mother about it. Secretly I loved that song and I still do. I remember listening to the radio with my parents and acting like I hated every damn minute of Captain and Tenille, George Benson, England Dan & John Ford Coley and the legendary Gino Vannelli but really I loved every minute of those songs . All I need is my captains hat, white slacks and huarache sandals and I'm good to go. So without further ado I present to you my "songs your parents played in the car and you secretly loved" playlist: