‘I’m a Survivor of Charcoal Lane’ Archie Roach Australian Aboriginal singer Archie Roach can certainly tell a good yarn through song and Charcoal Lane is evidence of that. This title track is the third song to appear him from his…
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Nocturne Op.9 No.2 (1832) – Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne op.9 No.2 is the third composition from Chopin to be presented here after the last entry – Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15. A friend sent me this piece a few years ago and I was captivated. For that reason,…
No Time to Think (1978) – Bob Dylan
No Time To Think is the fourth song to appear here from Bob Dylan’s 18th studio album Street – Legal. I wrote in the last entry New Pony – ‘To say, Street – Legal is ‘complex’ is an understatement. To…
No One (2007) – Alicia Keys
I was thinkin’ ’bout Alicia Keys, couldn’t keep from cryingBut she was born in Hell’s Kitchen, I was living down the lineI’m wondering where in the world Alicia Keys could beI been looking for her even clear through Tennessee Bob…
Manchester by the Sea (2016) – Kenneth Lonergan (Friday’s Finest)
Anyone who has seen Manchester by the Sea will understand how gruelling it is to watch. I believe I saw it for the first time at the cinema. I love the stand – alone music in the movie but they…
Tagged with: Casey Affleck, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, Michelle Williams
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Posted in Movies and TV
Njósnavélin (The Nothing Song) (2002) – Sigur Rós
I came across ‘The Nothing Song‘ song some years ago when I watched the final scene in the movie Vanilla Sky. Cameron Crowe, the director of Vanilla Sky has such a great taste in music as seen by the song…
Tagged with: Álmost Famous, Bob Dylan, Cameron Crowe, Njósnavélin, Sigur Rós, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, The nothing song, Vanilla Sky
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Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street) – Bob Dylan
Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street) is a song from Bob Dylan’s 25th studio album Down in the Groove in 1988. The album is one of Dylan’s most unfavourably received albums amongst critics and fans. It was…
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Posted in Music
1999 (1982) – Prince
The 80’s sound so many detest is here in all its glory. Can you imagine how good this might have sounded with crisper synth sounds, but I suppose music technology was still catching up. I’ll look for a live version…
Nightminds (2004) – Missy Higgins
If there’s one thing, I took away from this song it is this: But I will learn to breatheThis ugliness you seeSo we can both be thereAnd we can both share the dark That we don’t have to be alone…
