I wrote about this song back in November, 2019 because it premiered in the hit movie of the same name and is one of my mother’s favourites – Goodbye Girl. I loved this song from the moment it played at…
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In Commemoration of ANZAC Day (25th April)…
Yesterday, after my children finished playing Tennis at their club here in Bogota, I returned home to open my ‘Reader’ page on WordPress and found Bruce Goodman’s solemn tribute to the ANZAC fallen – ANZAC Day 2022. It’s a beautiful…
Going Home (2012) – Leonard Cohen
44 years after the release of his first album, today’s track Going Home opens Leonard Cohen’s (at age 77) 12th studio album Old Ideas which has featured here prominently. This track is in polar contrast with the track which ends…
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) – Stephen Zaillian (Friday’s Finest)
The American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer has featured a lot here at Observation Blogger. One of my favourite documentaries – Bobby Fischer Against The World was reviewed here at Friday’s Finest back in January this year. Today’s movie Searching for Bobby…
Going Home (1983) – Mark Knopfler
This is one of my favourite tracks by Mark Knopfler, but it’s purely instrumental made for the above movie Local Hero, which is a really good movie by the way. I must revisit it and review on ‘Friday’s Finest‘. I…
Of Love and Other Demons (1995) – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a Colombian novelist and considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th Century, especially in the Spanish Language. In 1982 he was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature. García Márquez started as a journalist…
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Goin’ to Acapulco (1967) – Bob Dylan
Goin’ to Acapulco is the first song to feature here from The Basement Tapes recorded in 1967 by Bob Dylan and the Band and released in 1975. After Dylan was injured in a motorcycle accident in July 1966, four members…
Gladiador – Asa de Aguia
Someone on the Delta Force: Black Hawk Down multiplayer game recommended this song to me some years ago and I was always impressed by it. I went on to explore others by this group and liked them as well, but…
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) (1973) – George Harrison
I think George has featured here more than any other former Beatle. This was from reading Max at Powerpop’s post of this song back in 2019. I knew I had to add this to the collection since I had almost…
Give Me Just a Little More Time (1970) – The Chairmen of the Board
I don’t know how I came across this highly emotive and energetic song, but it was very recent and I was sold. Give Me Just a Little More Time was the debut single for Chairmen of the Board and features…
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