This is one of the very few cover versions of a Bob Dylan song which I think superseded the original and I don’t say that lightly. Lou Reed sung this at Bob Dylan’s 30th Anniversary concert in 1993 and I…
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Foot of Pride (1992) – Lou Reed
Tagged with: 30th Anniversary celebration, Bob Dylan, Foot of Pride, Lou Reed, Shot of Love
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Foolish Games (1995) – Jewel
I would have liked a dollar every time I heard this song when it came out and I’m still a big fan of it. I hardly know any of the rest of Jewel’s discography, but this one always tugs at…
500 Miles – (Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, Stark Sands)
This is the third article here from the Inside Llewyn Davis movie. It was a song made popular in the United States and Europe during the 1960s folk revival. The simple repetitive lyrics reflect a traveller who is far from…
Tagged with: 500 miles, Carey Mulligan, Inside Llewyn Davis, Justin Timberlake, Stark Sands
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
First We Take Manhattan (1986) – Leonard Cohen
I love everything 80’s about this track; the synthpop and corny women voices singing ‘I’d really like to live beside you, baby‘. The irony is, it’s an apocalyptic message and Leonard seems to be playing the instigator of this world…
First of the Gang to Die (2004) – Morrissey
It’s the strangest thing that the first two songs here from Morrissey are from his solo career, but nothing from his time in the Smiths. My friend who lives close-by put me onto the Smiths which I wrote in the…
Every Breath You Take (1983) – Sting (The Police)
We are backtracking in the music project as I realised when I was researching Sting’s Fields of Gold that I hadn’t included one of my favourite live performances which appears below. Like almost everyone in the Western-world I have heard…
Finlandia Op. 26 (1900) – Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius is a Finnish composer and violinist and recognised as his country’s greatest. Today’s piece Finlandia was composed for the Press Celebrations of 1899, a covert protest against increasing censorship from the Russian Empire, and was the last of…
The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 11) – Homogenous, Machiavellianism & Theosis
Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. Homogenous Corresponding in structure because of a common origen, common ethincity. When a group talks, looks and acts the same. Machiavellianism Cunning, scheming and unscrupulous especially in Politics. The term Machiavellianism was…
Finding You (2005) – The Go-Betweens
This is the third song to appear here from this quintessential indie-Australian music group’s 2005 album Oceans Apart. Finding You is one of my favourite songs from this group. The video below has got just 25,000 views. Now compare that…
Filipino Box Spring Hog (1999) – Tom Waits
This is a lot of fun to listen to a bit dishevelled and frivolous. I find with Tom Waits you have to be in the mood and if not, he will soon put you in the mood. When listening to…
