Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with MAZZY STAR!

Passionate indifference, it's how Johnny described Hope Sandoval's voice back then and it's still the perfect comparison if he does say so himself. Normally we don't start off the Music Series with a slower song, ie you don't want 'Ten Years Gone' first off by Led Zeppelin live, you want 'Rock and Roll' unless it's a fantastic song, like this one here.

'Fade Into You' from 2005.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with MAZZY STAR!

Now here is a fabulous acoustic version of their top ten hit 'Fade Into You'. Hope Sandoval stays with certain notes in this one that just makes this haunting song all the moreso. Johnny has described Hope's voice as 'passionate indifference' before and yeah, that sounds about right.

Sometimes simple is the thing.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with MAZZY STAR!

We'll kick off the music series tonight by letting Hope Sanoval's voice kind of work it's way around the room and really take hold of you. Here is the acoustic version of the song 'Bells Ring'. So intoxicating.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with MAZZY STAR!

Mazzy Star keeps us rolling along tonight with the baleful tune 'Blue Light'

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with MAZZY STAR!

Good God, has it already been 15 years since this song came out? Johnny is fond of referring to lead singer Hope Sandoval's voice as 'passionate indifference'. He loves her voice and hopes you will enjoy this performance of 'Fade Into You' from MTV Europe from 1994. The other half of Mazzy Star, David Roback does the honors of the acoustic geetar here. Did you know that Hope Sandoval was still in high school when she replaced Kendra Smith as Roback's musical partner in the band Opal? When Smith left the duo, Sandoval replaced her and she Roback changed the name from Opal to Mazzy Star.