Today’s Simon & Garfunkel track, April Come She Will, is a lucid and breezy piece, carrying a touch of Celtic colouring similar to their sombre and melancholic Scarborough Fair, which happened to be paired with April as its A-side single.…
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April Come She Will (1966) – Simon & Garfunkel
Tagged with: April Come She Will, Scarborough Fair, Simon & Garfunkel, Sounds of Silence, the graduate
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
This Old Guitar (2005) – Neil Young (Ft. Emmylou Harris)
I first heard This Old Guitar in the Prairie Wind concert at the Grand Ole Opry House, featured in Jonathan Demme’s music documentary Heart of Gold (yes, the same Demme behind Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia). It’s this performance…
Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) – Scott Cooper (Friday’s Finest)
People might have been disappointed if they went in expecting the film to revel in The Boss’s highs. Instead, this biopic – much like how director Scott Cooper portrayed Bad Blake in Crazy Heart – focuses on mostly the lows,…
Tagged with: Bruce Springsteen, deliver me from nowhere, nebraska, Scott Cooper
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Never Be The Same Again (2000) – Melanie C (Ft. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes)
Let me just say from the outset – I’ve seen worse single covers than the one above. Wowee. If I’m hazarding a guess, I’d say Melanie C’s (from the British girl group Spice Girls) short-cropped hair and athletic look on…
Tagged with: Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, melanie c, never be the same again, northern star
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Why Don’t You Get a Job? (1998) – The Offspring
At the tail end of the 1990s alternative rock and punk scene, The Offspring exploded with a run of hits, and Why Don’t You Get a Job? was one of the catchiest of them all. It’s a song as much…
Right There Waiting (2003) – Delta Goodrum
Right There Waiting is one of those cutesy, guilty-pleasure love ballads I occasionally find myself listening to. I’ve been tossing up whether to feature it here for quite some time, but the last time I heard it, it raised the…
The Return of Jackie and Judy (2006) – Tom Waits
Talk about an interesting mix today. We have Tom Waits covering The Ramones with The Return of Jackie and Judy. Johnny Ramone personally choose Tom Waits to do it for their We’re A Happy Family tribute album (2003). There is so much…
Tagged with: orphans: brawlers bawlers & bastards, the ramones, The Return of Jackie and Judy, Tom waits
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Now and Always (2005) – David Gray
I was first introduced to David Gray’s music by a friend during a car trip to Hanging Rock, just outside Melbourne, around 2007. Man, do I owe that person a high five – and on the flip side – because…
Billie Jean (1983) – Michael Jackson
Ladies and gents, it’s time to warm-up that high-pitched “Woo!”, break out the ol’ white glove, black hat, and get those feet moonwalkin’ – because we’ve got one of the biggest hits of the ’80s from one of the greatest…
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