How Great Were the Robins - Free Saturday (“FL&R”)

     Finding songs that can be legally downloaded is easy. The difficult task is to find legally downloadable music that we recommend. Our plan is to post at least one Free, Legal and Recommended (FL&R) song each Saturday.

     Quoting the bio of How Great Were the Robins:

  My name is William, I’m an Italian musician and in 2017, tired of the city, I moved from Rome to a little quiet house, in small rural town, close to the bowels of the appennines and there started this little project of mine.

  On a quarterly basis, with each new season, I release new music, in a mild attempt to ghost the flow of life, the tumultuous changes of nature or just anything that makes me feel a little smaller.

     “Marionette” by How Great Were the Robins

Bandcamp: https://howgreatweretherobins.bandcamp.com/

Lyrics of “Marionette” by How Great Were the Robins

Day-in day-out in my life

Fade-in fade-out passing by

Stuck in my head

I will never last alone

All in my head

I would never care unless

You are on a stage

With my heart on a string

And my life at your will

Day-in day-out in my life

Fade-in fade-out passing by

Lights-in lights-out on the room

Turning my heart into stone

Day-in day-out in my life

Fade-in fade-out passing by

Lights-in lights-out on the room

Telling my arms how to move

Stuck in my head

A melody I'm too tired to sing

All in my head

I'm sensing a lie into how I feel

on a stage

With my heart on a string

And my life at your will

Day-in day-out in my life

Fade-in fade-out passing by

Lights-in lights-out on the room

Turning my heart into stone

Day-in day-out in my life

Fade-in fade-out passing by

Lights-in lights-out on the room

Telling my arms how to move

“Wonder Years” by Patrick Martin - A Song Feature

      “Wonder Years” touches the lyrically content of Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” and the backing vocals theatrics of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Still, the song from Patrick Martin stands on its own, and it does so way up firm and high.

     Patrick Martin is based in Los Angeles, after living his early years in Wisconsin. He was brought up in Saukville, Wisconsin, and graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee. In talking about his single, Martin stated:

  “’Wonder Years’ is one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written.  Quite simply, it’s a story about passion between two people and their ignorance to the true love that they’re experiencing.  The inspiration for this song came from a lot of relationships, summer flings, etc. that I experienced.  I tend to romanticize nostalgia, so this record is my reflecting on some of those times and wondering if what I experienced was deeper than I realized at the time.  I’m asking all the people I’ve ever had anything with, “Do You Wonder?” because if we’re both wondering, maybe we missed out on something extraordinary.  The song is certainly directed towards my first love, but the stories came from all different places.  The ‘Wonder Years’ are just those special times with special people, that no one likes to talk about, but can’t forget.”

     “Wonder Years” by Patrick Martin

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrickmartinmusic/

Website: https://patrickmartinmusic.com/

December Songs that Bear Repeating

Bob Weir on New Year's Eve

     As a welcome to the new month, here are the favorite songs from December posts of Indie Obsessive.

     “Humblebee” by Colour of the Jungle (from the post of December 14, CLICK HERE if interested).

     “Bad Man” by Benny Nelson (from the post of December 10, CLICK HERE if interested).

     “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Saint Mesa (from the post of December 20, CLICK HERE if interested).

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     “Monsters” by Hazlett (from the post of December 2, CLICK HERE if interested).

     “Diamonds” by Nikki Forova (from the post of December 4, CLICK HERE if interested).

     “All The Good That We've Done” by We Were Strangers (from the post of December 12, CLICK HERE if interested). Note: there isn't a Spotify availability yet.

     "It's Alright" by Mother Mother (from the post of December 26, CLICK HERE if interested).

     “Bulletproof" by Samantha Fish (from the post of December 30, CLICK HERE if interested).

     The comprehensive list of songs with Spotify accessibility and with deserving bonus tracks (via Spotify):

     “End of the Year” by Small Strides

     “Love Won’t Let Me Leave” by Seafret

     “Amends” by Count the Thief

      “The Cycle” by Kate Vogel

     “Temptress” by Dakota Avenue

     “Unstable” by Hope Wilkins